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May 17. 2006
Local Brame Family
Grows Careers
Business center dedicated
A grand opening for “Ma
hogany Beauty on the Go,” a
beauty products and gift outlet in
the Herman Brame Sr. Business
Center, 545 N.E. Killingsworth
St., will be celebrated May 26
through June 6 as part of a dedi
cation to the retail outlet bearing
the name of one of Portland’s
African American business pio
neers.
“Mahogany Beauty on the Go,”
operated by Seble R am sey,
started as a kiosk at Lloyd Center
Mall in 2002. In its new location,
the business will feature Patti
LaBelle fragrances, Flori Rob
erts and Interface Cosmetics, gift
items and more.
The Killingsworth center is
also home to Ricky M. Brame
Sr’s Studio Six Nine Hair Design
Salon, barbershop and profes
sional styling shear sharping ser
vice. Additional business suites
are currently available for lease.
Herman Brame Sr. was one of
Portland’s early African Ameri
can entrepreneurs. He settled in
Vanport after serving in World
War II in the late 1940s and
established the Cherry Street
Barbershop. Later he moved the
business to a building he pur
chased on North Tillamook Street
where he operated the Tillamook
Street B arbershop for many
years.
He later purchased the center
that bears his name on Northeast
Killingsworth. Mr. Brame passed
away April 28, 2004. His wife,
Eamestine Brame, and their four
children Herman L. Brame Jr., a
minority, women and emerging
small business coordinator for
Multnomah County; E. Louise
Brame-Spears, a university su
pervisor for Portland State Uni
versity; Rickey M. Brame Sr., an
electrician with IBEW Local 48;
and Sandra M. Brame, a literacy
and math teacher for Portland
Public Schools, are working to
make businesses in the Brame
center successful and keep Mr.
Brame’s dream alive.
Eamestine Brame (front,
center), wife o f the late
Portland entrepreneur Herman
Brame Sr., is surrounded by
her family (from left), Sandra
M. Brame, Rickey M. Brame
Sr., E. Louise Brame-Spears,
Herman L. Brame Jr., and
Seble Ramsey.
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Undergraduate Adult Degree-Completion Programs
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George Fox Evangelical Seminary (Portland)
Barber Herman Brame Sr.
served generations of
Portland residents.
Admissions contact: 800 765 4369, 503 554-2240
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Math, Science Day in Vancouver
Middle school students from
the Vancouver area will partici
pate com petitively in various
design activities to showcase
their m ath, engineering and
science skills at the Southwest
Washington Math, Engineering,
Science Achievement Day.
The annual event will be held
at W ashington State University
Vancouver from 8:30 a.m. to 3
p.m. on Saturday, May 20.
Competitive activities will in-
clude a math Olympiad, foil
floaters, catapault, straw tow
ers, naked egg drop and m ulti
purpose vehicle or mouse trap
car. Parents will have the op
portunity to participate in two
seminars entitled, “How Stu
d en ts L e a rn ” and “C ollege
Readiness.”
The M ESA m ission is to
bridge the gap in academ ic
achievem ent with enriching
educational opportunities for
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tact Armetta Burney at 360-
546-9676. WSU Vancouver is
located at 14204 N.E. Salmon
Creek Ave., east o f the 134th
Street exit from either 1-5 or I-
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