Lancaster company makes linens for GOP convention

While the delegates might have gotten more attention, table linens also represented Lancaster County at the Republican National Convention.

The bars, press tables, dessert tables and water tables at the convention's welcoming reception Sunday night wore red-and-white-striped, geranium swirled and pewter-colored linens by MAX Inc., dba Special Occasions, 863 N. Queen St., Lancaster.

The company was hired for $4,000 by Sodexho Marriott, which catered the event at the New Jersey State Aquarium in Camden, N.J.

Special Occasions has been using table linens to turn events into magical occasions for 15 years.

"The tablecloth is the dress of the room. It's all about …