Food Services, staff, Bennie Yates

This image shows Bennie Yates, assistant director of procurement, at an event in the mid-1970s commemorating Food Service staff employees who worked at Welborn Cafeteria, built 1925. Welborn Hall served as the main cafeteria for Appalachian State since its opening in 1925. It was designed to service over a thousand students at any one time. Food was supplied by the meat, vegetable, and dairy produce from Appalachian State's two farms, as a means of saving money for the University until the early 1960s.

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Appalachian State University

General Picture Files, Box 3, Food Services F2, C14.2.1.3.

University Archives, Appalachian State University

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Appalachian State University. Appalachian Food Services

1970-1979

Series 6 -- Colleges, Departments, Offices, and Centers

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