[or-roots] Buttermilk Corner

[kat1928 at integrity.com]

Quoting Anne Comer <comerslr at mindspring.com>:

> 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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>
Anne;

You were about first grade when the two Bills, Bob, Dwight, and I were going to
the Original Buttermilk Corner.  That was in the early 40's.  Real buttermilk,
ice cold is nothing like the cultured kind.

Good to hear your voice!

Dorothy