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Show by John Eastman si ft' . , 10) o5 I . SI Sooner State Is ever. going all out to make its Semicentennial celebration the biggest and best Vv v'iW; - v r-.- t 74 slowing down when they get to be 50, but the state of Oklahoma is just hitting its stride. Its birthday celebration proves it! it's topped by a Oklahoma's Semicentennial is not only state-wid- e, International Exposition which will be the biggest single pageant in Southwest history and largest in the U. S. this year. The mammoth exposition will open Friday at the Oklahoma City fairgrounds and will run through July 7. Other birthday celebrations began in March and will be popping up all over the Sooner State until the end of the year. will have two acres to At the International Exposition, teen-age- rs call their own; nations the world over will show off their products and skills in the International House; auto makers will display their latest models as well as some hints of the future, and visitors will see television, stage, and screen stars performing in spectaculars. Teen-age- rs will have a ball. There will be plenty of refreshment stands for them, and a ballroom will be "jumping" 15 hours a day. Disc jockeys from everywhere will drop in to meet the kids, and they'll see the latest in teen fashions. Most important, there's no admission charge for Teen Town! to their teens, they can inspect After Mom and Dad wave good-by- e a genuine boom town, complete with oil wells; a replica of the first Sooner State post office, where they can buy special Oklahoma Semicentennial stamps; countless exhibits of modern technology from atoms to earth satellites, and models of the early Western forts. One way to make your Summer vacation memorable this year is to take in the gigantic International Exposition, then visit some of the other Semicentennial events throughout scenic Oklahoma. For instance, there's the Indian Capital rodeo in Muskogee, June 7; show in Enid, July the famed Western quarter-hors- e the birthday celebrations in Ardmore, July 28, and Lawton, Aug. 6. 2. And there's and the championship rodeo in Duncan, July in Claremore. the Will Rogers Memorial, open Sounds like it'll add up to a bang-u- p birthday party for booming, Oklahoma. Ieople - V. if; 24-d- t i 5 ? l:? i lx 41 may start ay 24-2- 20-2- 2; 31-Au- g. year-roun- d, 50-year-- old f . J - 4. fur" '! ' --V- . ""'"v Vmrfll4i: - 1 1' When the Oklahoma territory was officially opened on Apnl 22, 1887, settlers rushed to stake out claims. Some jumped the opening date, hence the nickname, Sooner State. Territory became a state in 1907. Arrows to Atoms": a symbol of Oklahoma's progress. 20 Family Weekly, June 9, 1957 Uklahoma is rich in oil deposits and, as this picture proves, there's a producing well right in front of the state capitol in Oklahoma City. |