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ige 8/The Battalion/Monday, November 14,1983 'Hurricane” creator dies United Press International 'JEW ORLEANS — A funeral s scheduled Saturday for Pat EJrien, who became famous drinks called Hurricanes i a French Quarter bar that irs his name. O’Brien, co-owner of the dmark French Quarter bar O’Brien’s, died Thursday at his Covington home after a long illness. He was 89. Services were scheduled at Schoen Funeral Home in Covington Saturday, with burial following at Pilgrim’s Rest Cemetery. O’Brien opened a package li quor store in the French Quar ter Dec. 3,1933, but soon moved ATTENTION AGGIES! teed a place to rent for your sorority or private parties? Sons of Hermman Lodge is the place. For additional information call: Don Roberts 822-4238 or 845-0336 Management Restaurant Managers If Your Expectations Reach Beyond the Ordinary... m ou've set high standards for your personal performance, and have great expectations of where your accomplishments can take you. 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George Oechsner, the bar’s former gen eral manager and now its vice president, said Thursday O’Brien and Cantrell made a perfect pair. “Charlie was a very shrewd 1 businessman,” Oechsner said. “Mr. Pat was a back-slapper, and he didn’t want to be bothered with any details. “He wanted to make the cus tomers come in and enjoy them selves. Pat let Charlie run the business, and Charlie let Pat handle the customers,” he said. The partners in the late 1930s wanted to move the bar and were interested in a building a block from the original site. That building was erected in 1791 to house the first Spanish theater in the United States. But the partners had to buy the building without seeing it, Oechsner said, because the own er would not permit them in side. The partners had to perch on stepladders in a courtyard next door to see what they could. They made the owner an offer, which he accepted. A mirrored bar and a lounge with twin pianos, where sing- alongs are popular with tourists and locals alike, flank the car riageway entrance. Another bar is in the rear courtyard, com plete with a flaming fountain. O’Brien was born in Chatta nooga, Tenn., and grew up in Birmingham, Ala. He served in the Army’s Rainbow Division in World War I and received a Pur ple Heart. After the war, he became a tobacco salesman and moved to Houston. In the 1920s he sold stocks and bonds in Texas. But when the stock market crashed in 1929, O’Brien struck out for Los Angeles to try to make his fortune. In 1972, however, that venture failed. O’Brien returned to Birming ham, sold his last piece of prop erty and was heading back to Texas when he passed through New Orleans. O’Brien once said some friends convinced him to “hang around for a few days,” and he stayed the rest of his life. The Air Force presently has positions available for Clinical Psychology Internships. To qualify, indi viduals must be presently enrolled in their last year of a program leading to a PHD in Psychology. Applications must be in by 2 Jan 1984. Interested applicants should contact Capt Ellis or MSgt Thompson (out-of-town, call collect) at (713) 954- 6762 or 6763. A great way of life. Time for the soaps Students flock to the MSC Basement, regular as clockwork, John Makely, Battalion staff in time to grab a bite to eat and catch their favorite soap operas. I— PROBLEM PREGNANCY ' Are you considering Abortion? 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Layaways All major credit cards accepted 415 University Dr. NORTHGATE Charges 545-5816 Train crash kills aunt United Prc«* International MILWAUKEE — After Dorothy Blask stepped on an Amtrak train to Dallas, she told her nephew it would be her last train ride. It was. Five cars of the Amtrak Eagle derailed Saturday near Mar shall, Texas, killing 74-year-old Blask of Milwaukee, and three others. James Blask, the woman’s nephew, took the elder Blask and her sister to the station in Milwaukee Friday afternoon. He couldn’t get off in time and ended up riding with them to Glenview, Ill. “On the way down, Dorothy said, ‘Jimmy, this may be my last train ride,”’ Blask said. Blask and her sister, Matti Gigl, 80, were on their way to Dallas to start a new life. They had rented an apartment in North Dallas and planned to live near Gigl’s son William, a civil engineer. Blask said his aunt was caring woman, always happy and gre garious. Her fiance died in World War II. She never mar ried and devoted herself to her family after his death. , When Gigl’s husband became ill with cancer, Blask moved in with her and they stayed together after he died. ■MSC - TOWN • HATlV w An evening with the Friday, November 25, 9 pm “Bonfire” G. Rollie White Coliseum Tickets $10.00, $9.50, $8.50 MSC Box Office 845-1234