![]() My father saw that in him and sent him to school for cake decorating. Her late husband, Gary, started out as a pan washer at the bakery and eventually "turned the business around," she said. I'll be in at 5:30 in the morning and don't leave until eight (at night)."īiemiller, who celebrated her 76th birthday Thursday, got married in 1958. "My kids were used to it, and they knew I wasn't going to be home. ![]() "In the 25 years my husband and I have been married, I'm not around from the beginning of November to the beginning of January," she said of her work schedule. "Everywhere I go, people know McMillan's Bakery."Įmmons also talked about the craziness of the holidays at the famed bakery, in the township's Westmont section. ![]() "To be able to work in a business that's been around so long is amazing. "I'm a very proud daughter and granddaughter," said Kristine Emmons, one of Biemiller's five children. "Over 75 years? Let's just say on the day before Thanksgiving, we'll make 200 dozen doughnuts alone.īiemiller and some of her family members recently took a break from their duties to reflect on the milestone. "It's probably billions," noted master baker Ed Skotnicki, who has been at McMillan's for 44 years. ![]() McMillan's has produced thousands and thousands of the confectionery creations over the decades, not to mention millions of cookies, doughnuts, muffins and pastries. The irony won't be lost on the hundreds of people expected to attend the 9 a.m. ![]() "Isn't that funny? I never thought about that." "Oh, my, nobody ever thought about a cake," exclaimed head "meeter and greeter" Arline Biemiller, whose parents opened the Haddon Township bakery three quarters of a century ago. ![]()
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