Delta Reporter file photo Referred to as “historians” by restaurant patrons, Ted Mabie of Wilson, center, and Ken Arbor of Bayview, right, share coffee with John Sweeney at Mr. Donut in Escanaba, in this photo published in the Oct. 18, 1992 edition of the Delta Reporter. The pair stopped at the restaurant every morning because it employed a waitress “who will put up with us,” they said.

Delta Reporter file photo

Referred to as “historians” by restaurant patrons, Ted Mabie of Wilson, center, and Ken Arbor of Bayview, right, share coffee with John Sweeney at Mr. Donut in Escanaba, in this photo published in the Oct. 18, 1992 edition of the Delta Reporter. The pair stopped at the restaurant every morning because it employed a waitress “who will put up with us,” they said.