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ROWDY DEAD AT 61

Heart attack at 61. One super good guy.

WOW! HE DIED TODAY

CENTRAL DRUG WITH NUDELMAN'S NEXT DOOR

AS IF THE WHITE HOUSE COULD CARE LESS ABOUT THIS PANT LOAD

Just imagine the cost of this trip! Hoping that Ted Wheeler will run against this huckster.

THIS BLOG PREDICTED REGGIE'S NEWS STARDOM

REGGIE AQUI HAS BEEN SIGNED BY KGO TV IN SAN FRANCISCO TO ANCHOR THE NEWS. THIS YOUNG MAN HAS IT. I NOW PREDICT HE WILL BE ON A NETWORK WITHIN FIVE YEARS. 

WHO WAS HENRY KAISER?

Henry Kaiser was a talented and driven individual. He developed The Hoover Dam during the great depression, built liberty ships during World War II and of course a car. Kaiser only built passenger cars from 1947 to 1955 and the Kaiser Dragon was the top of the line model in 1953. He was also instrumental in starting Kaiser Permanente, today one of the biggest medical conglomerates in the country.

(Car pictured is The Kaiser Dragon)

Kaiser Dealership in Portland. I could be wrong on this, but I think it was owned by Ron and Marv Tonkin's father.

HELP IS FIFTY YEARS OLD

 

LEGENDARY BARBER HARRY JAFFE

Harry Jaffe grew up in an apartment over his father’s barbershop in Seattle and began cutting hair when he was only 14. He opened his first barbershop in Portland at SW 4th near Stark in the early 1930s. The shop boasted a manicurist and a  shoe shine man. Harry embraced the new razor cutting techniques in the 1960s and hired two young men right out of barber college to assist him, both of whom went on to own their own shops.

 

When the building sold in 1974, Harry convinced Pete Mark to open a shop in the lobby of the Oregon Pioneer Building on SW 3rd and Stark, where he partnered with Tony Monaco; Jaffe and Monaco stayed open through the 1980s. After its closing, Harry continued cutting hair in a shop owned by one of his protégés

TO SEE MORE PHOTOS OF VINTAGE BARBER SHOPS VISIT WWW.VINTAGEBARBERSHOPS.COM

 

BRAND NEW RON TONKIN CHEVROLET

New Tonkin digs after Ron left Barbur Blvd and opened out 122nd way!

Thanks to The Oregon Jewish Museum. Put it on your list to visit. Currently they have a terrific exhibit on locals and their autos. 

www.ojmche.org

FELDENHEIMER JEWELERS ON 3RD & WASHINGTON

THANKS TO THE OREGON JEWISH MUSEUM FOR THIS GEM. 

   www.ojmche.org