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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1935
Page
19
The Athens Messenger describes Hotel Berry's new lobby with modern design, red leather chairs, thick carpeting, and varied color lounges. Visitors enjoy reading areas, a compact desk, bulletin board, cigar counter, bar shop, and shoe shine parlor in a warm ivory and gold themed space.
D Heck Plumbing Company Cart ck and Jim Sweeney completed two months of remodeling at Hotel Berry. They shifted kitchens, removed old water mains, installed extensive new water gas and steam piping, and updated the water server in the tap room in compliance with state building code.
The Cline Ice Cream Co. celebrates over 31 years at the same Athens location and notes its role as a regional pioneer in ice cream freezing. From a small 1904 plant to expanded facilities, the firm grew through Ohio and West Virginia, adding pasteurization and a Charleston WV plant.
In western framed houses studs run through the full height creating open spaces. If unprotected attic or basement connections exist rising warm air escapes to the attic reducing heating efficiency. Close these gaps at basement and attic floor levels to save heating costs.
White painting of areaways and light shafts mirrors light to adjacent rooms. Large offices seek brighter interiors through reflection. Unpainted red brick reflects 15 to 20 percent light, white painted brick reflects about 80 percent.
Pico Wholesale Company operates six county beer distribution in Southeastern Ohio. Founded 1918 by James Pico and sons Carl and Julius Pico, the firm started as candy tobacco wholesalers and later became Brucks beer distributors. Offices are on High Street Glouster with trucks delivering from a Cincinnati brewery to a South High Street storage plant.
A plastered wall can save a coat by sizing the surface. Sizing partly seals pores to improve adhesion. A suitable preparation may be bought from a paint dealer or made from first class interior varnish thinned with turpentine and tinted with wall paint.
Builders brace sagging rafters with struts to transfer extra weight from heavy snow to the roof bearing partitions.
Athens Lumber Company, a major Southeastern Ohio millwork supplier, provided high grade wormy chestnut for wainscoting, millwork, and interior remodels at the Hotel Berry. The firm, founded in 1890 and now led by W L Ross, operates a full mill and kiln-drying facility at 169 West Union Street, with a Glouster yard.
It is recommended to apply a paint primer to window and door frames before installation. The priming coat protects against weather and prepares surfaces for the final paint finish.
Old houses can gain in appearance value and comfort by reroofing over the existing roof with new shingles. The method saves labor and cost by avoiding roof removal, reduces debris, protects interiors from rain, and supports a variety of roofing materials.
When modernizing the kitchen add two or three shelves above the sink for soaps brushes and other materials. Shelves may be open or enclosed and can be painted a bright contrasting color.
A stalled electrical bell annunciator in the kitchen signals which door is rung, offering convenience and saving many steps for the user.
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