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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1935
Page
24
The Hotel Berry runs a daily laundry operation where linen towels and uniforms descend chutes to a basement washing area. A large sideways barrel machine and a drying extractor replace sun and wind, with granulated soap washing soda and bleach. items emerge damp and ready to iron.
The Home Furnishing Company of Athens marks 33 years since its 1902 organization by M F E Twins and W W Daggett. Once at the Majestic Theater site the store moved to its current location beside Athens National Bank and offers a full range of furniture, rugs, drapes, wallpaper, stoves, and home goods.
Wallpaper dealers nationwide meet with the Wallpaper Industry Adviser to the Federal Housing Administration to promote modern designs as a home decor standard. They plan model room displays and in store windows to appeal to women who buy 87 percent of home furnishings, aided by FHA insured loans for purchase and hanging.
Instructions describe locating squeaks by walking the room, marking squeaky spots, and measuring distances. Techniques include wedging between subfloor and joists, jacking and reinforcing joists, and driving nails with wedges to separate rubbing flooring pieces.
Small tubular lights installed at the side of each shelf or a cave light above the bookcase offer convenient illumination. They reduce the need to switch on room lamps, especially in winter when brighter overhead lighting is less necessary.
Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Clark tour Swanson Shop noting two workers and a small operation that makes custom upholstered living room furniture. They highlight English lounge chairs in gray with adjustable cushions and describe in detail how frames are bought or made and leather pieces for the Berry Hotel lobby.
The Hotel Berry Coffee Shop sells Pabst Blue Ribbon draught beer kept cold and fresh by careful handling. C D Shafer Company ships beer from Milwaukee in refrigerated trucks to Athens and stores it in air conditioned rooms before serving. Regular turnover and strict temperature control preserve the brewery flavor.
Cross ventilation should be provided for the space enclosed by foundation walls whether excavated or not. Without air circulation dampness and moisture damage structural members. Openings for air prevent these issues and extend the structure's life. The openings must total at least 7 percent of the ground area and be tightly screened to keep rodents out.
The Bank Ice Cream Company at 79 East State Street supplies cream for the Hotel Berry Coffee shoppe. The article describes Banks pasteurization milk processing on three sides of a glassed room, with milk measured, pasteurized at 143 F for 30 minutes, cooled to 40 F, and bottled without touching caps. It notes cream separation, sterilization, and storage processes for dairy products. It ends with a brief notice: Harvey T. Gracely of Marion elected grand master of Ohio’s Grand Council Royal and Select Masters, with C Wood Bowen also elected grand captain of the guard.
A compact writing room near the lobby allows guests to compose correspondence. Five desks with lamps and ample ink and paper cater to travelers and salesmen for reports. The Berry operates its own mailbox and handles mail for all trains.
An extra folding kitchen table attaches to the wall with a drop leaf and sturdy braces. It provides space for extra dishes and food materials during large entertaining, folds away neatly to save space, and costs little while offering valuable accommodation.
The hotel remodel installs three stokers from Columbus Metal Products to control smoke and cut fuel costs. Sherman, a company official, installed stokers in Berry by Sherman. A Titusville boiler is added to handle higher laundry demand. Suggestions include using 2 by 6 or 2 by 8 framing to reduce noise and condensation in walls.
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