Darell C. Provencher

Hi Kevin,

Most likely it was the Mt Tabor Rose Festival Bicycle Race, promoted by the
Rose City Wheelmen. Here's an excerpt from the following link about Phil
Hohnstein:

"Hohnstein’s pride and joy was neither a daughter nor a son, but a bicycle
race - the Rose Festival Race, which he helped start in 1962.
Appropriately, the race’s name was changed in 1984 to the Phil Hohnstein
Rose Festival Classic in honor of the man who served as its official
starter and timer for more than 20 years."

http://www.volgagermans.net/portland/phil_hohnstein.html

And check out this website on the Portland Rose Festival Race, photos by
James Mason:

http://www.pbase.com/zidar/image/128295319

There might be a few people in the Portland area that might remember
William Boulton -- either Clark Henry or Roger Johnson. Contact me if you'd
like to explore further.

Darell Provencher
Team Rose City (founded 1951)

On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 3:24 PM, Kevin wrote:

> A friend is going through her deceased father's earthly possessions. She
> found a gold colored metal bicycle trophy with his name and this
> inscription:
> "Rose Festival '68 Award of Bicycle Institute of American 1st Place"
> Her dad was William Boulton. Does anyone have any information on Bill's
> racing history, or a Rose Festival bicycle race in 1968? I suppose it
> could be Pasadena's Rose Festival, but I thought I'd start here. Portland
> is more bikey than Pasadena!
>
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