By Audrey Posten, Times-Register
The history of White Springs Supper Club is coming to life through a new book penned by Doris Barrette, who grew up at the iconic McGregor establishment, washing dishes and peeling potatoes as a girl, then later waiting tables and serving drinks. Her mother, Ethel Mann, helped run the Springs from 1949 until her death in 2004.
Barrette decided to write the book at the urging of her niece and the ladies at the Hair Hut, in Marquette, where she gets her hair done.
“I never expected to write a book,” she admitted, “but wherever I went, people would talk about the Springs. And I’m the only one who knows the real history.”