[or-roots] Buttermilk Corner

[Anne Comer]

I have to get in on this Buttermilk Corner thing, though I have to say I 
never developed a taste for the stuff.  I kept thinking that the place 
was downtown somewhere, though I can't remember just where.  But I know 
I used to walk past it sometimes when I was downtown.  I think this was 
the main store but there may have been some smaller branch stores in 
S.E. or other parts of town.  Anyway I decided to look it up on 
Google.   TA-DA!  easy to find, or at least easy to find a page or two 
referring to the place.   I liked the story of Harley Hallgren who used 
to give people coupons to use at B. C. and then later he would go in and 
pay their bills.  What a nice guy!  The article says B.C. was at the 
corner of SW Third or Fourth and Taylor.      ----    Yes!  that sounds 
right to me, downtown.    In looking for it I found some interesting 
stories about early Portland days.    Worth the search.  These two pages 
made good reading:

Harley Hallgren:
http://www.temple-baptist.com/history/hallgren_ex.htm

The Steinfelds Story:
http://www.planetguppy.com/Looking%20Back/Steinfelds/steinfeld_story%20page%201.
htm

Amazing what you can find with a google. . . .

Anne
Descended from these Oregon/Washington Territory Pioneers and Early 
Settlers:
- Dela Fletcher  and Phoebe (Flanary) CRABTREE,  arrived 1846, Linn 
County
- James W. and Elizabeth (Empson) PEEK,  arrived 1847,  Lane County
- William Martin and Mary "Polly" (Dealy) PRINE,  arrived 1850, 
Linn>Lake>Linn Counties
- Rev. Joab and Anna (Beeler) POWELL,  arrived 1852, Linn County
- William Moore and Sarah (Scott) RUTLEDGE, arrived 1852, 
Thurston>Lewis>Baker>Linn Counties
- Thomas C. SMITH, arrived before 1860, Lane>Thurston>Benton Counties
- John Benjamin and Nancy Jane (Hamilton) HUDELSON, arrived 1876,  
Polk>Linn Counties

On Tuesday, September 20, 2005, at 01:55  PM, E V Barnes wrote:

> They had a store out near S.E. 68th that
> had milk in the slanted outer case, and it
> ran from non fat to buttermilk by the
> quart in glass bottles.  circa 1949.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Sue Steward
> To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 1:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [or-roots] Buttermilk Corner
>
> I wasn't privileged to go to "Buttermilk Corner" but I sure liked the
> buttermilk that we had after we churned the butter.  I really like it 
> when
> some of the list members reminisce about various things from their past.
> Genealogy is not just about names and dates, it's about the things that
> happen in a person's life and that of their ancestors.
>
> Sue
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <kat1928 at integrity.com>
> To: <or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 12:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [or-roots] Buttermilk Corner
>
>
> > Quoting dgoodma02 at comcast.net:
> >
> > > This morning my wife brought home a carton of Buttermilk and it 
> made me
> think
> > > of the "Buttermilk Corner" in Portland. Anyone remember that 
> place?  We
> lived
> > > on 59th SE and Hawthorne. I would walk to the corneron 59th SE from
> home,
> > > catch  a bus and get off near Powells Book store.  I attended 
> Multnomah
> Jr
> > > College in the YWCA Building and I know that the Buttermilk Corner 
> was
> near
> > > there, 'cause I bought a glas of Buttermilk ther once in a 
> while.--REAL
> > > BUTTERMILK with the small bits of butter in it. Not the synthetic 
> stuff
> you
> > > get today!!
> > >
> > > --
> > > Bob Goodman
> > > USAF Retired
> > > University Place, Washington
> >
> >
> > Bob;
> >
> > Yes, how well I remember the Buttermilk Corner!  We lived on 49th 
> just off
> > Hawthorne.  We would take the Hawthorne bus to downtown Portland.  The
> > Buttermilk Corner we went to was on Yamhill between 3rd and 5th; down 
> from
> the
> > original Fred Meyer and along by the Farmers' Markets.  We bought a 
> tall
> glass
> > of that "old-fashioned buttermilk".  We could drink all we could hold 
> for
> 10c
> > and at that time we could hold several glasses!
> > I often yen for some of that original buttermilk; the cultured stuff 
> just
> > doesn't measure up.
> > Isn't it wonderful that some of us can remember all that good stuff!
> >
> > Dorothy Webb
> >
> >
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