Barb:
I think the Hillcrest Drive In is now called the Amish Door
Restaurant in Wooster. The Floating Henryburger was closer to Apple
Creek Road on US 30, as I recall.
I found an article from the 12/27/54 Time magazine concerning new
ideas. It said:
Automatic hamburgers--K.M. Jesse, president of the Floating
Henryburger System (38 hamburger stands in twelve states) has
developed an automatic hamburger cooker. The hamburgers are shaped
by hand, then loaded on a conveyor belt that automatically carries
them through the cooker, dips them in sauce, turns them out at the
rate of 480 an hour. Price: $1,240.
At least whoever invested in the Floating Henryburger franchise
didn't lose much money. I don't remember whether I actually ate one
or just drove past the place trying to figure out what a floating
henryburger was. Now I can finally put my mind at rest, knowing at
last that I wasn't imagining seeing that name along US 30.
The Weaselmeister
- In dalton59@..., "Barb" <quiltnsew@...> wrote:
You're right Pat, it was the Hillcrest Drive In. I remembered
after I got
offline last night.
I remember those Great Danes, they were rather intimidating!
I'm working today so will have to run soon. I work 3 days a week
as the
Financial Secretary at the Methodist Church in Clayton, GA and I'm
also
their organist. I enjoy my work but keep thinking about retiring.
Barb
