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HOLLYS LARGESTIN SOUTH HAVEN89 Employe* Work at Grill and Main Establishment;Thousands ServedEighty-nine employes are required to $erv? in Holly's restaurant andgt n during the summer seasonwhen resorters swarm the two eating places and wait in line iortables.The h'slory of the restaurant reads like a Horatio Alger success storj for the owner. Ward Wehster,The restaurant had its beginning 13 years ago when Hollis Webster and his father, E C. Webster, opened a hot lunch room in the lobby of the Webster hotel where it was conducted for a year At the end ofthat time, Ward Webster returned tram Denver. Colo., where he had been employed, and entered business with his brother, Hollis, in the location of the Princess cafe then owned by Albert Dick.The grill was added after therestaurant had been in operation five years. In 1835, Hollis sold to WardHie Websters are a family of restauranteurs, E C Webster, late deceased, having owned a restaurant in Nappanee, Ind., and one here before going into the hotel business Each year, the restaurant has had added facilities and been made more modem. There is a seating capacity of 155 in the restaurant and 50 inthe grill.Air-conditioning, an ice creamplant, a private dining room anc outside catering service feature thebusiness.In 1937 Holly's paid out $25,000 to employes, for electricity, $2,275 andfor gas, $2,000.hi last year, 76,000 pounds of meat, fish and poultry were used, three tons of coffee brewed, and28,000 quarts of milk, 17.500 quarts of cream, 15,450 pounds of butterand 5.300 dozen ctiffs used
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South Haven Daily Tribune
South Haven, Michigan, US
Fri, Aug 26, 1938
Page 15
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