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Sweet History
Couple broke
racial barriers
in business
by D onovan M .
S mith
T he P ortland O bserver
Y ou c a n ’t go there now , but the
sw eet treats o f M ilw aukie Pastry
K itchen are once again an O regon
h o t sp o t. C o -o w n e d by H u rtis
H adley Sr. and his w ife D orothy
H adley, the historical bakery is c u r­
rently the subject o f an exhibit at the
O regon H istorical Society, d o w n ­
tow n.
F o u n d ed in 1977, M ilw au k ie
Pastry K itchen w as not only the
sole black-ow ned business in the
city o f M ilw aukie at the tim e, it was
the first black-ow ned bakery in the
entire state o f O regon. The full-line
b akery o ffered sp ecialty breads,
assorted pastries, and creative birth­
day and w edding cakes to their
lune 18, 2014
Husband and wife
Hurtis and Dorothy
Hadley stand next an
exhibit featuring their
former bakery,
Milwaukie Pastry
Kitchen, now on display
at the Oregon Historical
Society, downtown.
Founded in 1977, the
Hadley's full-line bakery
made them the first
black owners o f a
bakery in the state o f
Oregon.
photo by M ark
W ashington /T he
P ortland O bserver
hungry patrons.
and the general reception he and his run for the next six to eight m onths
“Put a little Soul in your R oll” was w ife received im proved.
in the M adison R oom , w hich is used
the sh o p ’s slogan.
“A fter the first year, w e had a fo r m eetings and sm all receptions,
“ It was like a frontier,” H adley Sr. good reception from the co m m u ­ w ith an adjacent terrace and view o f
said, “ Som e o f the businesses w ere nity. W e had lots o f custom ers co m ­ the South Park Blocks.
very receptive and sent flow ers our ing!” says the Jefferson graduate.
A dm ission is free for residents o f
opening d ay .”
F or eight years the couple o p er­ M ultnom ah C ounty, and for active
But not all w ere happy to have an ated M ilw aukie Pastry K itchen. In and retired m ilitary personnel and
accom plished black couple in their 1985, the tw o w ere forced to shut th eir fam ilies through Sept. 1. On
m idst at the tim e, or black people at their doors because o f an econom ic Saturday, June 21, a special C om ­
all in the m ostly w hite tow n. H adley recession, one o f “casu alties” d ur­ m unity D ay gives free adm ission for
w as even falsely singled out as ro b ­ ing R onald R eg an ’s tenure as p resi­ everyone. O therw ise, general ad­
bing a w hite business ow ner at one dent.
m ission at the m useum is $ 11 for
point ju s t as the business was ju s t
A ll in all, they call their historical adults; $9 fo r senior citizens and
getting started.
run a g o o d one though.
students o v er 18; $5 for youth 6 to
A fter that tough first year, h o w ­
T h e O regon H istory M useum 18; children under 5 are adm itted
ever, H adley proudly says business exhibit, w hich began on M ay 25, will free.
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P resident O b am a says a Libyan m ilitant suspected in
the deadly Sept. 11, 2012, attack on A m ericans in
B enghazi w ill "now face the full w eight o f the A m eri­
can ju stic e system ." A hm ed A bu K hattala w as c ap ­
tured Sunday, m arking the first U .S. apprehension o f
an alleged p erpetrator in the assault that k illed U.S.
A m b assad o r C hris S tevens and three o th er A m eri­
can s.
H undreds o f friends and fam ily m em -
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during a m em orial Sunday in Beaverton.
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school Ju n e 5. H is friends, fam ily and teachers said he
w as “ alw ays h appy” and “a ray o f lig h t.”
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Police are investigating the eruption o f gunfire w hich
broke out at the C onga C lub in northeast P ortland early
M onday. T h ere w ere no reports o f injuries.
Largest Graduating Class
W ith m ore than 6,000 students, P ortland State U niver­
sity accounted fo r the largest graduating class in the
state o f O regon this year. T he grads received their
degrees Sunday in back -to -b ack cerem onies at the
M oda C enter. The 2 0 1 4 P S U class represented 44 differ­
ent states, 51 nations, w ith ages ranging from 19 to 72.
America Defeats Ghana!
C lint D em psey scored in the first
m inute and rookie substitute John
B rooks scored a late gam e w in ­
ner as the U .S . defeated G hana 2-
1 M onday in the W o rld C up
opener for both team s. T he v ic­
tory gave the A m ericans a m ea­
sure o f revenge against the tiny
W e s t A f r ic a n c o u n ty th a t
knocked them out o f the p rev i­
ous tw o W orld C ups.
Summer Engagement List Grows
A f te r s e e in g T h e P o r tla n d
O b s e rv e r’s ‘A c tiv ate S u m m e r!’
story last w eek detailing a list o f
c o m m u n ity reso u rces fo r young
people to take advantage o f this
sum m er, the folks at the northeast
n o n -p ro fit P o rtla n d C o m m u n ity
R einvestm ent Initiative w anted to
let you know o f som e o f the things
they are doing to keep kids engaged.
Y outh can learn the im portance
o f staying active and healthy w ith
PCRI ’ s “H EA L C am p” which is now
in its third year. T he group w ill also
host its M aya A ngelou A rts C am p
last this sum m er for people aged 5-
18 to explore their im agination and
creativity for a full tw o w eek cam p.
PC R I is also giving the Portland
R oots Festival m ore room to grow ;
sponsoring an Aug. 10 celebration
at P ioneer C ourthouse Square to
p ro m o te h e alth y liv in g th ro u g h
som e o f the traditional food prac­
tices o f A frican people. T he festival
w ill feature som e o f P o rtland’s tasti­
est A fro-food vendors, a variety o f
fun and educational health-related
activities fo r the w hole fam ily, and
p len tifu l in fo rm atio n from local
health based organizations.
T o learn m ore and sign up for the
special cam ps, visit P C R I’s w ebsite
at pcrihom e.org