New Berry Hotel Opens as Athens Social Center
The Berry Hotel in Athens debuts as a social hub with a reimagined atmosphere, luxury dining, and dancing. Freddy Johnson, the new catering manager, introduces modern menus and service after years at top hotels and notable yachts. The opening night features Russ Dean’s band and a formal, town-wide welcome.
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Berry Hotel
Newotel
Athens
Bee Shop
Tucker
Mary Pick
Sam Johnson
Berry
Neil House
Columb
Rici
Johnson
Russ Dean
T. W. Craig
Design Principles for Stairs and Safe Rise
The text outlines stair design basics focusing on riser height and tread depth to achieve comfortable, safe ascent. It notes that common rises around seven inches and 10 to 12 inch treads balance height and depth, while too many shallow steps or tall risers create awkward or dangerous climbs.
Hotel Staff Stand Ready to Carry On Amid Daily Emergencies
A Berry hotel illustrates the duty of its large staff to improvise and respond to constant crises. From missing banquet servers to broken water valves, desk clerks driving guests, doctors called for ill travelers, and special meal requests, the team must act quickly to keep the operation running and guests satisfied.
Children’s Playground Desirable Addition to the Home
A yard playground provides safe amusements for children with a range of features. A versatile playhouse, sandbox, small pool with boats, swing, trapeze, see saw, slide, and more can be built cheaply. For older kids, a concrete tennis court serves as a durable outdoor area for games and skating, plus quick-drying use in various weather. landscaping with trees and shrubs hides unwanted features.
Pat Bradley Runs Hotel Berry Bar With Wide Drink Range
Patrick Bradley oversees the Berry Hotel bar with a three sided kitchen work area and over 1000 glassware pieces. The most popular drinks are whiskey sours old fashions martinis and Manhattans. The bar supplies six ounce bottles of ginger ale or sparkling water for guest self service when two or more highballs are ordered.
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Patrick Bradley
Hotel Berry
Dinner Time Here in Hotel Beery Kitchen Inventory
List of kitchen equipment includes a dishwasher steam cooker range with broiler steam table salad table sandwich table bar three refrigerators mixer potato peeler silver burnisher slicer ice cream cabinet hot roll warmer waffle iron electric hot plates beer cooler dish racks pot racks and cashier's desk.
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Beery
Invigorating Morning Shower and Durable Wainscoting
A brisk morning shower sparks energy and ideas for bathroom upgrades. Consider partitioning a corner with wainscotting noted for durability, easy cleaning, and resistance to chipping or staining.
Beasley Starts Hotel Berry Venture After Car Empire
Fred R Beasley, once a leading independent car dealer with 20 Ohio Pennsylvania and West Virginia dealerships, took over Hotel Berry last March. He modernized the Athens County hotel and reports favorable reception from travelers and locals due to updated rooms and meals.
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Berry
Athens County
Surrey
East
Carpenter Street
George Junod
Beasley
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Athens
C. H Wyatt
Ameeville
Mr. Beasley
Jennie Donaldson
Amesville
Morris Avenue
Alice
Marjorie
Virginia
Waterproofing for Bathroom Walls in Modern Homes
Proper plumbing alone does not ensure a up to date bath. Wooden walls look out of place next to modern fixtures. The article notes wainscoting and over wall panels like imitation tile marble or color panels eligible under the modernization credit plan of the National Housing Act.
Rough Surface For Floors Is Added Safety
Concrete floors and steps used for foot traffic can gain nonslip surfaces of any roughness. Brushing after final troweling creates fine grooves. coarser marks with a corn broom. Grooved finishes suit rougher areas but not steel-wheel tracks. Nonslip aggregates include carborundum and alundum.
Ash Chute Adds Fire Safety To Home Wood Ranges
Installing an ash chute from range to basement reduces fire hazards by delivering ashes directly into a reinforced ash can in a fireproof chamber. It minimizes trips to empty ashes and prevents dust and ash from scattering on floors. Use noncombustible materials and protect any combustible parts of the house.
Busy L R Shaw Aids Hotel Berry In Athens Life
L R Shaw assistant general manager and auditor of Hotel Berry keeps a packed schedule in Athens. His day revolves around hotel operations from desk work to repairs and staff coordination as he builds extensive guest relations and oversees supplies, coal unloading, and glassware checks.
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L. R. Shaw
Hotel
Berry
Athens
Shaw
Hotel Berry staff housing plan described
A report outlines that more than half of the Berry's renting rooms would be needed to house its employees. The staff total includes one manager, 19 servers, a chef, cooks, cleaners, bell staff, clerks, barbers, laundry workers, maintenance, maids, hall boys, and a secretary.
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Berry
Curing Key in Concrete Making Water Retention
Curing is essential to concrete making to slow water loss and allow the cement to hydrate. The surface should be kept moist for about 10 days, with heavy weather requiring thorough wetting twice daily in the first week.
Newness at Hotel Berry Opens After Major Makeover
Hotel Berry unveils extensive renovations under Fred R. Beasley with over 55 000 dollars spent. New marquee guest rooms décor and dining spaces including Ivory Room and Coffee Shoppe expanded staff and a gala opening Saturday October 5 with a dinner dance and floor show.
New Berry Hotel Dishwashing Machine Destroys 4000 Dishes Hourly
A Berry Hotel installs a new dishwashing machine capable of washing up to 4 000 dishes per hour. Dishes are placed in trays fed into a shower bath with hot soapy water while a circulating pump keeps the water moving. The system runs noiselessly and can handle rapid tray turnover.
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Berry Hotel
Cedar-Lined Closet Is Protection from Moths
A cedar lined closet offers strong moth protection for heavy winter clothing coats furs and woolen garments. Enclosed shelves drawers and cedar cupboards keep blankets hats gloves and other items orderly and moth free. Cedar wood wins praise for its pleasant odor and neat appearance unlike paper wrappings.
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