11340 NE Halsey St • Portland, OR 97220

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Wendy’s original logo                             The new Wendy’s logo

For the first time since 1983, the Ohio-based fast food company Wendy’s is being updated with a new logo. The company CEO Emil Brolick, said the current logo
had served the company well for the past three decades, but that it was time
for an update. The update will start appearing on newly built and renovated
restaurants this coming March.

Emil Brolick

Raymond Albert "Ray" Kroc (October 5, 1902 – January 14, 1984)

Ray Kroc, former CEO of McDonalds corporation joined the organization
in 1954 and build it into the most successful fast food operations in the
world.

Between the end of the First World War and the early 1950s Kroc tried his
hand at a number of trades including a paper cup salesman and a DJ at a
Oak Park, Illinois radio station.

Ray Kroc quote: "I was an overnight success all right, but 30 years
is a long, long night.”

Samuel Adams (September 27, 1722 – October 2, 1803)

Samuel Adams was a politician in colonial Massachusetts and one of the Founding
Fathers of the United States. He was a leader of the movement that became the American Revolution, and was one of the architects of the principles of American republicanism that shaped the political culture of the United States. Adams was a
second cousin to President John Adams.

Note: Samuel Adams did indeed operate a malt house in Boston, Massachusetts,
but after a few years, the entire company eventually went bankrupt. He lost a large
sum of his father’s money and returned to politics.

The above steel-paneled style Signal Gas station opened in the St. John’s area of Portland in 1939 and lasted until the late 1970s when the station was sold and
became a florist shop and its entire metal skin covered with plywood siding. In 2002,
a new owner removed the plywood, finding the metal siding largely intact. repaired
the original steel windows and its neon sign was restored. The service bay was converted into a kitchen and service counter and the waiting area into a dining
room. Antique gas pumps matching the originals were installed and the building’s
original color scheme was restored. Pizza is now being served from the old station
at 8302 North Lombard Street at North Charleston Ave.