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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1928
Page
6
Messenger staff writer Robert Richards details The Spanish Shawl, a new confectionery and ice cream parlor on South Court Street opening November 21. The venue features a Spanish courtyard theme with casement windows, palm trees, a bird bath, Spanish textiles, and a Frigidaire drinks fountain. The seating capacity is 64, with booths in the back and sides, and wrought iron light fixtures.
The interior features amber deflected ray lighting and steel shelves with quarter-sawed oak finish. A rear room houses candy production while an electric phonograph provides game and election programming. Special opening day program with flowers balloons and music planned.
R E Gillette and H J Weeks open a new confectionery named Spanish Shawl in Athens. Gillette says he liked Athens on a recent visit and sought a good location after touring the state. Weeks, formerly of Kent, has long worked in confectionery business. Both owners live in Ravenna.
Musical entertainment arrives at the Spanish Shaw with an electric phonograph amplified by a five tube system. The basement machine powers loud music heard on the main floor via a concealed amplifier, not a slot device.
In the rear of the main room the windows admit little light while music fills the space. Despite expectations of an orchestra or performers there is no visible entertainment, by person or device, due to the overwhelming volume.
Handmade candies are to be a feature of the Spanish Shawl, a new confectionery and ice cream parlor on South Court Street. Hand dipped chocolates candy canes and novelties are the specialties of Stanley Demos the candy maker and shop owner.
After 18 years in the eastern United States as a candy making expert Mr. Demos is eager to begin work in Athens. He speaks little of his craft and invites a reporter to view his operation at opening. The workshop shares space with the main room and features the tools of his trade.
Beautiful hand painted Spanish shawls hang from the walls of the Spanish Shawl a new ice cream parlor and confectionery on South Scourt Street The shawls are more than six feet square and draped from old fashioned casement windows Red roses and green leaves on white form the decorative scheme The shawls are made of delicate silk crepe
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