Edgar Ray Woolbright was an American entrepreneur who planned and developed the Beverly Hills subdivision of Lahug, Cebu City in the Philippines.
22 Facts About Eddie Woolbright
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Edgar Ray Eddie Woolbright was born in Boswell, Oklahoma on 18 March 1920, son of Ray Wiilbright and Nell Sanders of Oklahoma, United States.
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Eddie Woolbright joined the United States Merchant Marine, and was in Caracas, Venezuela at the time of the December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Eddie Woolbright sailed in a convoy to Russia in 1942 during the Battle of the Atlantic, in which many of the ships were sunk by German aircraft.
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Eddie Woolbright served in the allied invasion of Sicily and in Naples.
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Eddie Woolbright's ship was badly damaged in an Atlantic storm and he stayed in the Azores for several months while it was repaired.
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In October 1944 Eddie Woolbright sailed on a supply ship from New Guinea to join the American fleet in the invasion of Leyte.
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Eddie Woolbright participated in the Battle of Leyte with the forces of General Douglas MacArthur.
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Eddie Woolbright served with the US Coast Guard in Leyte.
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Eddie Woolbright had several guards with machine guns at his scrapyard.
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In 1947 Eddie Woolbright was running a hardware and spare parts store, and founded the Airline Hotel and Coffee Shop beside it.
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Eddie Woolbright had his own generators, so was not affected by the erratic electricity supply in Tacloban, and could run ice cream machines.
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Eddie Woolbright used skills his father had taught him to build an air conditioner, and his was the first air-conditioned restaurant and hotel in Leyte.
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Eddie Woolbright came to know the teenaged Imelda Marcos at his restaurant in Tacloban.
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In 1949 Woolbright moved to Cebu City, where he opened "Eddie's Log Cabin Coffee Shop" and "Eddie's Auto Supply".
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Later Eddie Woolbright built the Beverly Hotel, which served traditional American food.
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Eddie Woolbright married Annie Corrales, who was Miss Philippines in 1957.
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Eddie Woolbright became involved in land development, construction, water drilling and trading.
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Eddie Woolbright saw the potential of the Sudlon Hills in Cebu.
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Eddie Woolbright bought the land and used army surplus equipment to bulldoze tracts for residential development.
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Eddie Woolbright improved the property through grading and filling, and donated these improvements to Cebu City effective 29 May 1969.
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On 20 February 1995 the Cebu City Council named Eddie Woolbright "An Adopted Son of Cebu".