Friends Boarding Home Research - Quaker Heights Care Community

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RESEARCH
THE HISTORY OF
SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND GIFTS
& BEQUESTS AND LEGACIES
TO THE
1905 FRIENDS BOARDING HOME &
THE QUAKER HEIGHTS CARE COMMUNITY,
FORMALLY NAMED
THE FRIENDS HOME OF THE OHIO VALLEY
YEARLY MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY
OF FRIENDS, INCORPORATED
CLIENT’S REPORT
September 2009
Karen S. Campbell, Genealogist
1700 Penbrooke Trail
Dayton, Ohio 45459
Quaker Hill ~ Waynesville, Ohio ~ Quaker Historical District, NHR
1811 White Brick Meetinghouse (Left) & the new 1905 Friends Boarding Home (Right)
© Quaker Heights Care Community, 2009
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Old Medical
Building
Two more
“Cottages,”
99 Edwards &
39 Edwards
Duplex
QH ~ Assisted
Living
1905 Friends
Boarding Home
McMillan
House
QH ~ Main
Entrance
White Brick Friends
Meetinghouse
QH ~ Health
Care
Old 1898 Union
Schoolhouse
Quaker Heights ~
South Entrance
Red Brick Friends
Meetinghouse
Quaker Heights Care Community Campus
Quaker Heights~ Main Entrance ~ 2009
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N.H.R. (National Historical Register)
I.Y.M. (Indiana Yearly Meeting)
O.V.Y.M. (Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting)
F.G.C. (Friends General Conference)
M.M. (Monthly Meeting)
Q.M. (Quarterly Meeting)
Y.M. (Yearly Meeting)
M.M.M. (Miami Monthly Meeting)
F.B.H. (Friends Boarding Home)
F.H.I. (Friends Home, Inc.)
F. H. C. (Friends Home Corporation)
M.K.M. (Maple Knoll Management, Inc.)
L. M. V. (Little Miami Valley Plan)
Fm.H.A. (Farmers Home Administration)
F. H. F. (Friends Home Foundation)
Q.H. (Quaker Heights)
Q.H.C.C. (Quaker Heights Care Community)
I.L.U. (Independent Living Units)
A. L. (Assisted Living)
A.C.O.M. (Adult Care Options Management, Inc.)
W.A.H.C.C. (Waynesville Area Heritage & Cultural
Center)
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original publication for QHCC. QHCC permits information from the document to be
copied for non-profit educational use provided proper credit is given to the
research/author and QHCC.
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INDEX:
The Quaker Heights Care Community Campus: 2
Abbreviations: 3
Index: 4
Dedication: 5
Thank You: 6
Introduction: 7
Origins of the Friends Boarding Home in Waynesville, Ohio: 7
Finances: 21
The Role of Treasurer: 37
Types of Donations ~ Gifts/Contributions & Bequests/Legacies: 42
Purchases & Investments: 51
Sources: 53
Chronological List of the Names of Donors ~ Based on information from
Raymond Braddock, Board Minutes & FHF Reports: 55
Detailed Information about Donations & Donors ~ Taken from
Minutes of The Friends Boarding Home Board & Other Sources: 61
Appendix: 217
Photographs: 217
Sale of 7% Debentures ~ List of Purchasers: 224
Endnotes: 234
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DEDICATION:
To the “noble individuals” who through the donation of their
time, talent, & treasure made this ministry possible.
“What lesson from our past should we try to draw from? For myself I
have always appreciated and have been encouraged by the example of
many far-sighted hardworking men and women connected with Friends
Home. I cannot name all the Friends who have made an important
contribution to Friends Home. But I will speak of a few. Some I did not
know and some I knew and loved. Martha Welch and Robert Dean. Sara
and Raymond Braddock, Margaret Hadley, and Louis Neumann. Most of
these people were within my time. Their efforts, their work their
dedication to work hard on the present with their eyes on the future
helped to bring us here today. They were an example.
As my great-grandfather said in his address, ‘We live but for the moment;
one hundred years from now only the greatest of us will remain as fading
memories . . . thus it has ever been and thus it shall ever be with the
human race; men come and go and are not; but though the worker
disappears and is forgotten the work lives on. Our fathers labored and we
have entered into their labors. Let us see to it that preserving in its
essential line that which has come to us, and adding to it in our day and
generation as strength is given to us, we may leave for the coming century
good work and true . . .’”
~Horatio Wood IV, MD
Presiding Clerk
97th Annual Meeting 2001
April 21st, 2001
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THANK YOU TO:
Wendy Waters-Connell, Executive Director of Quaker Heights
Staff & Volunteers of the 1905 Friends Boarding Home Museum
Patti Kinsinger, Watson Library, Wilmington College
Staff of the Warren County Genealogical Society
Staffs of the Warren County Probate Court & Probate Court
Archive
Staff of the Green County Public Library, Xenia, Ohio
Natalie Fritz, Curatorial Assistant, Clark County Historical
Society, Springfield, Ohio
Jenny Ball, Reference Librarian, McClung Historical Collection,
Knox County Public Library, Knoxville, Tennessee
Byron Branson, Tom Hill, Seth E. Furnas, Jr., Fred Furnas,
Christine Hadley Snyder
Tom Hamm, Archivist of the Quaker Collection & History
Professor, Earlham College
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ORIGINS OF THE FRIENDS BOARDING HOME
IN WAYNESVILLE, OHIO
The idea of constructing and maintaining Friends Boarding Homes for elderly Friends
in the mid-west first came to light at Green Plain Monthly Meeting (Hicksite-FGC) in
Selma, Clark County, Ohio. 1 Reuben Matlack Roberts was an eastern Friend from
Chester Monthly Meeting in Moorestown, New Jersey who had moved west in 1886 to
marry Susan M. Merritt, a daughter of Edward Merritt of Green Plain Monthly Meeting,
Selma, Ohio. Reuben and Susan were married in her father’s home on 9th mo. 16th,
1886. They settled in South Charleston, Clark County, Ohio where Reuben became a
successful farmer. Their son was named after Susan’s father, Edward Merritt Roberts.
While living in the east Reuben had visited Friends Boarding Homes in Philadelphia
and in New Jersey and had been impressed by the services provided. He would
encourage Indian Yearly Meeting (Hicksite-FGC) to also develop Friends Boarding
Homes for the elderly and the infirmed within its territory. He devoted a considerable
amount of his time and treasure to its accomplishment. In his obituary he is described
as a strong leader with the martial and political abilities to persevere in any project
aimed at the good of the Meeting:
“. . . Not the soldier of military maneuvers,
but the soldier of dauntless courage and
valor, ever striving to think for the good of
the meeting. Not the statesman of political
government, but the government of our
meetings; well acquainted with the
discipline and all forms of procedure in
business. . . Though often he stood alone in
his views, many times they were indicative
of clear judgment and prophetic vision . . .
He was the moving spirit in the
establishment of the Friends’ Home at
Waynesville, Ohio. He devoted his time
with tireless energy to its promotion till it
became a reality; that was one instance of
his prophetic vision. He helped to keep
alive the agitation for several years of a
Friends’ Home at Richmond, Indiana, and
thought it did not materialize according to
his vision, in the end a Home was
established.” 2
Three Brothers ~ Edward, Reuben, and John H.
Roberts (ancestry.com, Parry Family Tree)
The obituary seems to imply that there was some opposition to the FBH project for
Richmond, Indiana and possibly for the first FBH in Waynesville. If this was the case,
we will probably never know the details of the opposition. None-the-less, Reuben M.
Roberts with the support of “weighty Friends” in both Miami and Whitewater
Quarterly Meetings would persevere and bring his vision to reality.
Since 1877, when the first Friends Boarding Home had been built in Philadelphia, this
model of care-giving had become very popular among Friends. By the 1890s the various
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Quarterly meetings of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Hicksite) decided to establish
"Friends Boarding Homes" for the senior members of each quarter. One of the first was
the present day "Hickman", formerly known as the "Friends Boarding Home of
Concord Quarterly Meeting" in West Chester, Pennsylvania.
The Friends Boarding Home in West Chester was the first in a series of similar
institutions established by Friends in the Philadelphia area in the 1890s and
early 1900's. The Barclay was established in 1894 and the Greenleaf in 1896. In
the following year boarding homes were established in Bucks Quarterly
Meeting and by Salem Quarterly Meeting in southern New Jersey. Two more
followed in 1898: one in Burlington Quarterly Meeting and the Kennett Square
Home in Western Quarter. Stapeley Hall in Germantown followed in 1904.
Quakers in the Philadelphia area thus were pioneers in developing these simple
and inexpensive boarding homes for the care of elderly and infirmed persons.
Most of them were sponsored by and under the care of their respective
quarterly meetings, a pattern which soon became the norm in the Hicksite or
Race Street branch of Friends.
The movement toward the establishment of boarding homes was given impetus
by the gifts and benefactions of Anna T. Jeanes, a wealthy Quaker woman in
Philadelphia who set up several funds to assist in their support. (She also
instrumental in the founding of the Jeanes Hospital in Philadelphia.) One
of these fund could be used to assist individual Friends whose resources were
insufficient to support them in the boarding homes. Another was designed to
encourage the development of infirmaries in the Quarterly meeting homes.
When the need for an infirmary was felt in the West Chester Home, several
rooms in the Annex were set aside for this purpose and a new elevator installed.
The cost was largely covered by the Joseph Jeanes Fund which Anna T. Jeanes
had set up in memory of her father. 3
Another successful farmer and “weighty Friend” of Selma, Ohio was Samuel Reeder
Battin (b. March 3rd, 1829 in Hanoverton, Columbiana Ohio ~ d. February 2nd, 1916 in
Selma, Clark County, Ohio). Along with Reuben M. Roberts, Samuel would work
tirelessly for the development of Friends Homes in the mid-west. Samuel R. Battin
would serve as the president of the Board of the FBH in Waynesville from 1905 till his
death on February 2nd, 1916. Miami Quarterly Meeting eulogized him thusly:
“Again we gathered under the cloud of sorrow and bereavement for
another one of our faithful Friends has been called home, Samuel R.
Battin, who has sat at the head of the meeting for so many years, is gone
from among us, and his presence and counsel will be sadly missed,
though he felt for some time that he was ‘Only waiting till the
shadows/Were a little longer grown’” (Friends Intelligencer, 3rd Mo. 4th,
1916, p. 156).
In 1874 Samuel R. Battin, his second wife Emily Tomlinson Battin, and their children
had moved from Salem Monthly Meeting in Columbiana County, Ohio to Green Plain
Monthly Meeting in Selma.
Two more Selma (Green Plain M.M.) names intimately associated with the Friends
Boarding Home in Waynesville were Howell and Emma Warner Pierce. Together they
would become the Matron and Superintendent of the FBH from 1915 to 1925 and once
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17th,
6th,
again from July 1933 to September
1935. Howell Pierce was born February
1856 in South Charleston, Ohio and died September 17th, 1935 in the Friends Boarding
Home of a heart attack. On his death certificate (located in the FBH Museum) it is stated
that he was 79 year, 7 months, and 11 days old at the time of his death. His death
certificate is signed by Dr. Mary. L. Cook.
Howell Pierce would take upon himself the duties of superintendent twice; first after the
death of the first superintendent Aaron B. Chandler, and, secondly, after the tragic death
of Superintendent Alonzo Curl.
On April 24th, 1878 Howell Pierce was married to Emma Warner (1858-1951), a
daughter of Simeon and Elizabeth M. Warner, also of Clark County and a member of
Green Plain M.M., Ohio. They had three sons and one daughter. They would celebrate
their 50th wedding in 1928 along with Emma’s two other sisters and their husbands at
Glenwilde, the old Warner place in Clark County near South Charleston. The Columbus
Dispatch dated Sunday, April 8th, 1928 ran a story of this family event, “Triple Wedding
of Half Century Ago to Be Celebrated at South Charleston” (see photos below). Fifty
years earlier three Warner sisters had wed their beaus in the parlor of their parent’s
home: Emma Warner married Howell Pierce, Mary Warner married Charles Dugdale,
and Laura Warner married Fred Wilson. The wedding was a traditional Quaker
wedding with the exception of the presence of the Justice of the Peace.
One more Green Plain M. M. Quaker that dedicated many years to the Friends
Boarding Home was Thomas Lawrence Calvert, one of the early Trustees that lived to
the ripe age of 83. Like Samuel Battin and Reuben Roberts, he moved to the area of
Selma, Ohio from the east having been born in Georgetown, Maryland on December
20th, 1858. He moved to the area of Selma with a brother when he was twelve. Three
years later he went to Newtown, Pa. to go to Friends Select School. Two years later he
clerked in a General Store in Bryn Maur, Pa. He returned to Selma and clerked in the
Hollingsworth Store there.
Eventually Thomas and his brother bought out
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Hollingsworth, which included the store, a grain elevator, and a coal yard. Thomas
Calvert married another daughter of Simeon and Elizabeth Warner, Elta, in 1888. In
1892 he returned to farming. 4 He became a leading agriculturalist in Ohio. Calvert
became the 10th Secretary of Agriculture for the State of Ohio and head of the Ohio
State Board of Agriculture. In 1916 he became the head of Ohio’s Drug and Food
Department. 5 His story is told in the Centennial History of Columbus & Franklin
County, Ohio by William Alexander Taylor, Illustrated, Vol. I & II (Chicago-Columbus;
The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co.,), 1909, pp. 613-614:
THOMAS LAWRENCE CALVERT.
Ability, enterprise, ambition and genuine worth never fail to leave an
impress upon the activities of the community, in which they are manifest.
Possessing these qualities Thomas L. Calvert through gradual stages of
advancement has reached the responsible position of secretary of the
Ohio State Board of Agriculture, in which connection he is doing splendid
work to further the farming interests of Ohio. Practical experience
acquainted him with the actual work of the farm in his boyhood days. He
was born at Georgetown, Maryland, December 20, 1858, a son of
Thomas L. and Elizabeth Calvert, who had formerly been residents of
Delaware county, Pennsylvania, except during a single year that
included the date of their son's nativity, that year being passed in
Maryland. Returning to Pennsylvania, they again established their home
upon a farm. As the name indicates the Calvert’s are of Scotch lineage
and there is also a Quaker strain in the blood.
While still in his youthful days Thomas L. Calvert, Jr., came to Ohio and
in this state entered the public schools, where he pursued his education
save for a year or two which he spent in the Friends School at Newton,
Delaware County, Pennsylvania, one of the excellent educational
institutions of learning in that day and one which had a great influence
in molding and fashioning for good the characters of its students. During
the entire period of his youth Mr. Calvert was associated with the farm
and its work, dividing his time between the duties of the field and the
work of the schoolroom with an occasional hour for play and recreation.
In his early manhood he secured a clerkship in a general store at Selma,
Ohio, and later, thinking to find the profession of telegraphy profitable
and congenial. he began learning the business. He was mistaken,
however, in thinking to find it a pleasant pursuit for it proved irksome
and monotonous to an active, robust youth and the indoor life was also
detrimental to his health. Therefore he turned his attention to clerking
and after a year in partnership with his brother. R. G. Calvert, he bought
out his employer and they conducted a successful and growing enterprise
until 1892, when Thomas L. Calvert disposed of his interests to his
brother and returned to the farm near Selma, devoting his energies to its
substantial development and cultivation until he was chosen to his
present position as secretary of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture on
the 1st of May, 1906. He still maintains his home on the farm where his
family spends the heated months of summer. The only other office which
Mr. Calvert has ever filled is that of trustee of Madison Township. Clark
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County. Ohio, which position he filled from 1879 until 1906, when he
resigned to enter upon his present duties.
On the 14th of June, 1888, in Selma, Ohio, Mr. Calvert was united in
marriage to Miss Elta F. Warner, a daughter of Simeon and Elizabeth
Warner, of that village. Her father was also connected with farming
pursuits. Mr. and Mrs. Calvert have three living children: Leland S.,
thirteen years of age; J. Donald, eleven years of age; and Helen E., a
maiden of nine summers. They have also lost three children.
In his political views Mr. Calvert has always been an earnest Republican
since age conferred upon him the right of franchise. Since 1891 he has
been a member of the Knights of Pythias Lodge at Selma and he is
connected with the Patrons of Industry. His characteristics are those of
an alert, enterprising business man and, with thorough and practical
knowledge of farming and a somewhat comprehensive understanding of
the work from the scientific standpoint as well; he is doing excellent
service to further the interests for which his office .stands.
The following is Calvert’s obituary found in the Friends Intelligencer, 1st
mo. 24th, 1942, p. 61:
“CALVERT ~ On his 83rd birthday, 12th mo. 20th, 1941, Thomas L. Calvert,
husband of Elta T. Warner Calvert. In addition to his wife he is survived
by two sons and one daughter. He was a native of Bryn Maur, Pa., and
came to the vicinity of Selma, Clark Co., Ohio, in 1870. A member of
Green Plain Monthly Meeting of Friends, he was for many years Trustee
of the Friends Home at Waynesville, Ohio. He was always active in the
civic and political affairs of his community and state, and was twice
elected to the Ohio State Legislature. His agricultural interests led to his
becoming a member and secretary of the State Board of Agriculture and
also State Dairy and Food Inspector.
Perhaps Thomas Calvert’s outstanding characteristic was his love of
people. He got acquainted early and retained his friendships. Formality
had little place in his life and work. He was a useful citizen, always
found on the side of right and righteousness.”
When Howell and Emma Pierce were Matron and Superintendent of the FBH, the
Calvert’s often traveled from Selma, Ohio to visit Elta’s sister Emma. Emma would
reciprocate with her visits to them. The following are examples of the Miami-Gazette
weekly newspaper of Waynesville which printed a “Friends Home” column:
“Mr. and Mrs. Tom Calvert and daughter, Miss Helen Calvert of Selma,
were dinner guests of Mrs. Pierce, on Sunday. . . “(January 13th, 1938)
“Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Calvert and daught3er Helen of Selma visited
their sister Mrs. Pierce on Sunday. . .” (April 28th, 1938)
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“Mrs. Emma Pierce attended a family reunion at Marion, last Sunday,
and spent the week end with her nephew and niece, Walter and Mabel
Wilson at Selma. . .” (May 26th, 1938)
Thomas’ daughter, Helen E. Calvert, a graduate of Earlham College and a teacher,
would become the treasurer of Green Plain Monthly Meeting and would also for many
years be a Trustee of the Friends Boarding Home. On January 7th, 1971 Helen Calvert
will purchase $10,000.00 worth of Bonds to support the building of Quaker Heights
Nursing Home(Bonds #168-187). Helen’s brother and his wife, Donald and Mildred
Calvert, purchased one $500.00 bond.
It would be representatives of Green Plain Monthly Meeting that proposed and
promoted the establishment of a Friends Home at the Miami Quarterly Meeting held in
Waynesville in 1898. Miami Quarter was made up of members of Green Plain and
Miami Monthly Meetings and their subordinate meetings. Miami Quarter approved
the idea and sent a letter to the Philanthropic Committee of the Indian Yearly Meeting
(Hicksite-FGC) requesting consideration and action on the proposal. The Philanthropic
Committee met in Waynesville with members of Miami Quarterly Meeting on May 14,
1900. They reported to Indiana Yearly Meeting during the annual meeting on August
22, 1900. The proposal was referred to “The Committee on the Establishment of a
Friends Boarding Home.” This committee was made up of twelve Friends, six each
from Miami and Whitewater Quarters of Indiana Yearly Meeting (Hicksite-FGC).
During the next annual meeting of I. Y. M. (Hicksite), it was reported that “We have
offers in the way of money and real estate to an amount which we feel safe in saying
will reach $13,000.00, with some conditions.” (August 19, 1901).
One condition of this generous gift was that the proposed Friends Boarding Home be
built in Waynesville, Ohio. The $13,000.00 was given by wealthy Friend Joseph F.
Schofield of Knoxville, Tennessee. He was a member and had been a minister at Fall
Creek Monthly Meeting at Pendleton, Indiana (Whitewater Quarter) for many years
before moving south in the late 1870s. Even though he moved to the south, he
maintained his membership in I.Y.M. (Hicksite-FGC) his entire life. He owned a great
deal of property in both Indiana and in and around Knoxville, Tennessee. During the
early 1870s, Joseph F. Schofield had also been a big supporter of the Hicksite Quaker
School, Miami Valley Institute (College) in Springboro, Ohio. He owned two shares of
stock in the Institute/College, initially worth $100.00. 6 Joseph Schofield also had an
emotional connection with Miami Quarter of I.Y.M. (Hicksite-FGC). He had married
the clerk of Green Plain Monthly Meeting, Sarah E. Warner, his second wife, on 8th mo.
18th, 1898. She was another daughter of Simeon and Elizabeth M. Warner (mentioned
above).
One might ask why Waynesville, a small town along the Little Miami River in Warren
County, would be a desirable site of the Friends Boarding Home. Waynesville had a
strong “Friendly” presence and a distinguished Quaker history. Miami Monthly
Meeting, established in 1803 in Waynesville, was the center of the Friends migration
into the newly opened Ohio territory in the early 1800s. In 1811 the plans for the White
Brick Meetinghouse were expanded to be able to accommodate the crowds for Quarterly
Meeting (Miami Quarterly Meeting). Miami M. M. became the mother of many other
meetings in southern Ohio that were “set off” from her. In the late 19th century the
Yearly Meeting of I. Y. M. (Hicksite-FGC) was alternately held at Miami Meeting in
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Waynesville, Ohio, Whitewater Meeting in Richmond, Indiana, and Fall Creek M. M. in
Pendleton, Indiana. Indeed, it was during a stressful meeting of Miami Quarterly
Meeting in 1828 in Waynesville that Indiana Yearly Meeting (Hicksite) had come into
existence during the unfortunate Hicksite Separation. The historical significance of
Miami Monthly Meeting was going to be commemorated by Friends in 1903 with a big
Centennial celebration.
Above: Orthodox & Hicksite Friends join to celebrate the Centennial of Miami Monthly Meeting in 1903.
Besides these historical connections,
1. Waynesville was centrally located in the area covered by Miami
Quarter, which ranged from Cincinnati, Hamilton County, up to
Zanesfield, Logan County, Ohio.
2. Cincinnati Monthly Meeting (Hicksite-FGC) had been recently laid
down and its membership transferred to Miami Monthly Meeting.
3. Waynesville was a substantial town sitting on a railroad line and Miami
Monthly Meeting was the largest monthly meeting in Miami Quarter.
Miami Quarter was made up of four meetings, two monthly, and two
“executive.” In 1900 Miami Monthly Meeting had a population of 117
members, Green Plain Monthly Meeting had a population of 49
members, and both Springboro Executive Meeting (15 members) and
Clearcreek Executive Meeting (24 members) were subordinate to
Miami Monthly Meeting. 7 Selma was a small village and Samantha,
the location of Clearcreek Meeting, was tiny. Springboro was a smaller
farmer’s town than Waynesville and isolated from rail transportation.
4. The village of Waynesville was thriving and Waynesville High School
and the town will invite the alumni and everyone who had once lived in
Waynesville to celebrate a week long ‘Homecoming” in 1906.
Ironically, there were three strong but now extinct meetings that were instrumental in
the establishment of the Friends Boarding Home in 1905 and later in its transition into
the Quaker Heights Nursing Home during the late 1960s and 1970s. The “Cincinnati
Fund,” which had been established with the money gained in the sale of the Cincinnati
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Meetinghouse and property in 1897, was an indispensable contribution from Miami
Quarter to the building fund for the FBH.
Green Plain Monthly Meeting near Selma, Ohio had been, during the antebellum
period, a radical anti-slavery meeting that had not only split into Hicksite and Orthodox
divisions but also a third group, the Progressive Friends of Selma, Ohio. The present
silent and empty meetinghouse belies its active and radical past.
Hopewell Preparative Meeting in Roachester, Ohio (near Morrow) had been an active
subordinate meeting of Miami Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) in a booming railroad town.
It was also the home meeting of Martha Welch who would in the 20th century provide
the FBH with the funds to transform it into a modern long-term nursing and assisted
living facility.
Hopewell Preparative Meeting in Roachester, Ohio
A preparative meeting of Miami Monthly Meeting
3rd mo. 20, 1817- 2nd mo. 10, 1866
There are no pictures of the old Cincinnati Hicksite
Meetinghouse.
Green Plain Monthly Meeting (Hicksite-FGC)
Est. 1821 ~ near Selma, Ohio
Miami Monthly Meeting (Hicksite-FGC)
Est. 1803 ~ Waynesville, Ohio
Another influence that inspired the founding of the FBH was the establishment of the
national level Friends organization, Friends General Conference (FGC), in 1900, which
was made up generally of Hicksite Quaker Yearly Meetings in the U.S.A. A new energy
was traveling through the Hicksite meetings.
During the first meeting of FGC on
August 21st, 1900, William W. Birdsall in his address emphasized the importance of
“noble individualism.”
This is not a selfish egoism. Noble individualism is a disciplined individuality, an
individualism nurtured to a spiritual maturity that seeks the common good and cares
deeply about others. It is an individualism rooted in healthy self-esteem. It was not a
compatible idea with the growing competitiveness and harshness of American culture
and the business world of the late 19th century. Individualism is not an excuse to be
greedy, self-centered or narrow. The “noble individual” was ennobled, as Quakers
believe, through the infusion of the “Light of Christ.” What makes the individual so
centrally important is this indwelling of “that of God” in every single person. But, with
this great universal blessing comes great responsibility. One’s internal struggle to rise to
a higher moral life is to be reflected in a very practical way in one’s social intercourse. A
Friend will participate in society’s struggle to rise to a higher morality.
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Local Friends during the Centennial Celebration of Miami Monthly Meeting in 1903
were well aware that Noble individualism was threatened by the growing corporate
mentality in the country. Wilson S. Doan made it quite clear in his presentation during
the 1903 Centennial that the business Trusts were ignoring the rights of the individual.
The following is an eloquent defense of the human rights of the individual. It sounds
remarkably contemporary and appropriate for the 21st century:
“All the battles for freedom have not yet been won. There are certain
inalienable rights that are inherent. Among these are the rights to follow
any lawful line of trade and commerce and upon the other side the
inalienable right to labor. We live in an age of combination when there is
too much danger of individuality being lost. The business man has
formed a partnership, and the partnership has formed a corporation,
and the corporation has formed a Trust; and every step has moved us
farther from the individual and in too many cases by this removal we get
away from the human conscience and from the sympathy of the human
heart and cheapen the value of human life and make man a machine
whose only value is the number of nails he can drive in a day or the
number of bolts he can make at the forge.
These organizations are but the natural outgrowth of our industries.
They are part of the evolution of society and they will remain, and should
remain; but they must be taught their proper place. Let the Church, let
the Society of Friends teach the corporation and teach the Trust the true
law, “whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to
them” (William S. Doan, “Has Quakerism a Vital Message for the World
Today?,” Friends ~ Miami Monthly Meeting ~ Centennial ~ Waynesville,
Ohio, 1803-1903).
Friends supported the Progressive emphasis on regulatory legislation but also stressed
that healthy character development was what implemented social change. If an
individual rises to a higher moral level, the whole world is uplifted. A Friend models the
ideals of progressive reform in his behavi9r because he strives to live up to the Light that
he/she has received. A friend has a healthy belief in his/her own ability to change for
the better and, consequently, a belief in the world’s potential to become the Kingdom of
God.
Friends General Conference embraced the new theological Liberalism or Modernism as
it was often called. The Liberalism of the turn of the century was not an insipid kind of
liberalism that allowed freedom for pleasure. Being liberal and non-creedal did not
mean lack of beliefs or moral fiber. This was a theological Liberalism that embraced
traditional Quaker beliefs and then re-stated them in modern more scientific terms.
These ideas were prominent in the private Quaker school system, too. Again, during
the Centennial Celebration of Miami Monthly Meeting in 1903, Dr. Joseph S. Walton of
the George School, a Quaker high school in Philadelphia, made the following remarks:
“I would call attention to the fact that Quakerism has stood for the
freedom of the individual. For the idea of individualism, for the setting
free of the individual man to have for his ruler that Divine Light which
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might be within him. One of the cardinal principles of Quakerism is the
freedom of the individual. It was upon this western continent that
individualism was born. The world had not discovered its existence until
it was revealed in this republic. . . You must free the individual, but you
must always recognize that the individual has a duty to the society, to the
state and to the community, and he must meet the demands of the society,
the state and the community. . . Quakerism has stood for a two-fold idea,
the individual free, but at work in society to secure the best results. These
two doctrines have always been held by Friends. We are a unit on the
point that individuals have a responsibility for the condition of the
community in which they live.”
The Hicksite Friends of Indiana Yearly Meeting took up the challenge of “noble
individualism” and accepted the responsibility of providing a safe and affordable home
for elderly Quakers and their sympathetic friends in the community. The first
superintendent of the FBH was Aaron B. Chandler of Waynesville. In 1911, Aaron B.
gave a speech about spirituality and character building during a local Grange #13
meeting in Waynesville. His friends had it reprinted in the Miami-Gazette newspaper,
March 22nd, 1911 and March 29th, 1911).
What do we believe to be the real object of life? To be happy and
successful? That is the idea of many; meanwhile others (judging from
their actions and appearance) believe that object of this life is to be
miserable and full of sorrow, that they may wear a crown of glory
thereafter.
Would it be better that we realize that the main object in life is the
building of character. He who starts in early youth with that ambition
and purpose, and keeps to it, will not only attain his object, but he will
too, attain happiness and true success, for there is no such thing as
failure for the man or woman of true character. We sometimes call a
man successful, who has accumulated a fortune, or achieved fame and a
position by doubtful means. Character is the result of the cultivation of
the highest and noblest qualities in human nature and putting those
qualities to practical use. There are men of brains, wealth and position
who are failures, and there are men of limited abilities and in humble
places, who are yet successful, because they make the utmost of
themselves and their opportunities. It makes no difference how lowly our
sphere in life may be, no matter how limited our environment, we can
build our character if we will. We need no outlay of money, no assistance
from those in power. Then build character, be happy and successful. It
has been said: “The infallible recipe for happiness is to do good and the
infallible recipe for doing good is to abide with our spiritual life.” To be
happy oneself is not the noblest aim of life. It is rather to make happy the
place where one lives. It is a great gift to learn to enjoy the present, to
get all there is out of it and think of today as a piece of eternity. If we
have not been doing it all these years, let us begin now to teach ourselves
this great art. To be able to enjoy Heaven, one must be able to enjoy
earth. We will find, in the effort to reach a higher spirituality in our daily
lives that the small things try our patience and our strength more than
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the greater ones. Home life, like business life, is composed of an
accumulation of trifles.
The FBH Committee of I.Y.M. (Hicksite-FGC) continued to labor in 1901-1902 to find
ways to establish a Friends Home. At the same time another committee was established
by Miami Quarter to work with the I.Y.M. committee (November 9, 1901). This
committee was made of five people three of whom were Quaker minister Matilda J.
Underwood, her husband, Elihu Underwood, and Sidney J. Chandler, the wife of Edwin
Chandler, all members for Miami Monthly Meeting.
The suggestion of the Miami Quarterly committee was that $5,000.00 be taken from
the fund of money, which had been conferred to Miami Quarter when Cincinnati
Monthly Meeting (Hicksite-FGC) was “laid down” and the meetinghouse sold in 1897,
and be used toward the establishment of a Friends Boarding Home. The money had
been invested in U. S. bonds which were sold to provide money for the FBH. The
committee pledged to collect at least $5,000.00 worth of subscriptions from members
of Miami Monthly Meeting (which was now a combination of the members of the laid
down Cincinnati Monthly Meeting and Miami Monthly Meeting) and Green Plain
Monthly Meeting and their subordinate meetings with the understanding that all
subscriptions would be upon condition that the amount of $15,000.00 be subscribed.
Quaker minister Matilda Jane Underwood, her second husband Elihu, her daughter
Ruth Anna Tomlinson 8 and her husband Curtis Tomlinson were all involved in the
establishment and continuance of the Friends Boarding Home in Waynesville. Thirty
years earlier in 1870, Matilda and some other members of Miami Quarterly Meeting
had objected to, but did not stand in the way of, the establishment of the Miami Valley
Institute, a Hicksite College in Springboro, Ohio. At that time, they were suspicious of
“liberal thought” and feared higher education as too “worldly.” Matilda also felt that
the school would not survive (The college did closed in 1883). Even so, there were other
members of Miami Quarter who were very supportive of the Hicksite college, for
example: Samuel R. Battin of Selma and Edward Merritt of South Charleston who were
both on the Board of Trustees of Miami Valley Institute/College. 9 This generation of
Friends, who were ready for retirement at the turn of the 20th century, were, however,
“in unity” concerning the Friends Boarding Home. A sizeable number of these seniors
were willing and able to substantially make donations themselves and were willing to
canvas for other Friends’ subscriptions for the building of the Home and its
maintenance.
Other factors influencing the giving of large contributions to the FBH project were
marital status (single or widow) and childlessness for married couples (i.e. Mark and
Edna McMillan in the 20th century). Many single and widowed women worked on
committees to establish and sustain the Home and often bequeathed substantial
amounts of money to the FBH. Frequently the last of their families, they were
contributing to their future security and nurturing a boarding home “family” for
themselves. Indeed, the first bequest came from a single woman of Morrow, Ohio,
“Minnie” Lownes, in 1911. Another interesting phenomenon is the number of single
sisters that lived together in the Home throughout the years and made substantial
contributions and bequests. 10 Examples of widowed and single women and men who
generously gave to the FBH and, later, the Quaker Heights Nursing Home are:
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Julia Underwood (widow)
Edith Butterworth (widow)
Paulina Butterworth (single)
Elizabeth B. Moore (single)
Miriam “Minnie” Lownes (single)
Anna M. Schofield (single)
Anna and Hannah Kelley (single)
Adeline and Frances Alden (single)
Katherine L. Hall (single)
Mame and Anne Brown (single)
Effie Hempleman (single)
Emma Raphun (single)
Clara Lile (single)
Ruth and Elizabeth Chandler (single)
Dr. Emma Holloway (single)
Minnie Catharine Dodson (single)
Clara Lile (single)
Miss Ada Austin (single)
Martha Welch (single)
Miss Julia Easton (single)
Robert McKenzie Dean (single)
Christine Marie Sweetman (single)
Long time residents of the Friends Boarding Home or QH were inclined to leave
bequests. For example:
Edith Butterworth
Julia Underwood
Jennie M. Whitely
Rachel Ann Faulk (Foulke)
Hannah & Anna Kelly
Alfaretta Lancaster
Mary Emma McLaughlin
Effie Hempleman (died while on the
waiting list)
Katherine L. Hall
Anna B. Moodie
Frances and Adeline Alden
Clara Lile
Anna & Mame Brown
Emma Raphum
Dr. Emma Holloway
Olive Williams
Minnie Catharine Dodson
Mrs. Mae Harrison
Miss Ada Austin
Miss Julia Easton
Another reason leading to the initial success of the 1905 Friends Boarding Home was
the unity found among strong leaders of the Quaker community on the local monthly
meeting level and at yearly meeting during the early stages of planning and
implementation of the FBH. Powerful leadership provided by Miami Quarterly
Meeting was the glue that brought everything together. The support of leaders such as
Reuben M. Roberts, Samuel R. Battin, Edward Merritt, Matilda and Elihu Underwood,
Elizabeth B. Moore, and the two brothers Aaron B. and Edwin Chandler of Miami
Quarter and John L. Thomas and Joseph F. Schofield of Whitewater Quarter, made the
Friends Boarding Home possible. All the “movers and shakers” of the FBH, knew each
other from years of networking through Quarterly and Yearly Meetings.
Another factor for success was the enthusiasm of the local merchants of Waynesville
who saw the new institution as a source of good business for the village. Many
donations were collected from businessmen and local citizens.
Later, when
contemplating the establishment of a nursing home in the mid 1960s, FHI would seek to
network with various social/service clubs and businesses of Waynesville. They would be
enthusiastically supported during the expansion by the village. Eventually, Friends
Home, Incorporated will open its membership to non-Quakers, encouraging local
Waynesvillians and others to share their giftedness and abilities on the Board of
Trustees.
All this cooperative work on the local level to gather subscriptions and promote the
project was successful.
The Elizabeth B. Moore House ~ also
known as the Wooten House and then
the Chandler House
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The Committee on the Establishment of a Friends
Boarding Home then requested that I.Y.M.
(Hicksite-FGC) donate the Alban Faucett
Fund ($2,000.00) to the construction of
the Friends Boarding Home. When the yearly
meeting committee made its final report at annual
meeting on August 22, 1904, their total
subscriptions amounted to $15,353.00. Therefore,
all the collected subscriptions were declared valid.
In the long run, the Friends Boarding Home in
Waynesville would return $1,000.00 of the Alban Faucett Fund to the Yearly Meeting,
hoping that it would be used to establish a second FBH in Richmond, Indiana.
Since enough subscriptions had been collected to begin
building, the Articles of Incorporation of a not-for-profit
corporation were taken out on June 20, 1904 (recorded in
Volume 102, page 149, of the Records of Incorporation in the
office of the Secretary of State). The early meetings of the
Board of the Friends Boarding Home first met during
construction of the FBH in the home of Elizabeth B. Moore,
which was located one block away from the building site on
the southwest corner of High and 3rd Streets.
The FBH would be opened on November 9th, 1905. 11 Three
hundred people came to support the endeavor. Another local
noted woman Quaker minister who attended was the 73 year
1831-1913
old Bethia Furnas (right), the widow of Quaker minister Dr.
Robert F. Furnas (1830-1901). Dr. Furnas was a brother of Davis Furnas, many years
the clerk of Miami M. M. and one of the signers of the Friends Boarding Home Charter
(see Appendix).
Thus began the Friends Home. The founding Friends saw the Home as just that; a
“home,” an intimate community.
The residents, the daily staff (matron and
superintendent as well as the cook, the dining room girl, and the laundress), and the
Trustees all thought of themselves as a caring family. This emphasis on “family” can
also be seen in a brochure entitled “Rules of Friends Boarding Home, Waynesville,
Ohio” published under the tenure of president of the FBH board, Seth E. Furnas, Sr.:
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The challenge for each generation is “to operate the Home as nearly like a private
family as the circumstances will permit.” (The brochure probably dates from the late
1940s to the early 1950s).
This vision of Quaker Service was one of meeting the needs of people whose needs might
not be otherwise met by providing affordable alternatives for seniors. A statement of
principles dating from 1994 proclaims these Quaker values embraced by the
organization throughout its existence:
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In word and in action we treat all persons with dignity, respecting their
autonomy, valuing the diversity they represent.
We resist involvement in programs based on artificial distinctions such as race,
class, or wealth.
We attempt to create an environment in which all persons have an opportunity
to learn, to grow, and to become a source of change and improvement.
We take time to care, and to promote love and understanding.
We act to develop consensus and cooperation. We attempt to resolve conflict in
an open and forthright manner, cultivating goodwill and mutual
understanding.
Simplicity is essential in applying our principles to our speech, our plans, and
our actions. We reject disguises of rank and position.
We oppose violence in all of its forms, and encourage development of a sense of
inner peace.
We protect the vulnerable and defenseless.
We try to be fiscally responsible in order to provide needed services, respond to
community needs, and control our destiny. Money is a tool with which to fulfill
our values, never an end in itself.
We lead by example, our words and deed guided by our basic beliefs. Our
commitment is to serve the community with humility, integrity and loving
compassion.
Quaker values define the character of Friends Home,
Inc. Throughout its many transformations from a
boarding home into an expanding medical facility,
which continually responds to the contemporary
needs of the day, and its navigation through the
many crises and difficulties that come with this
ministry, the positive values associated with a
“caring family” have always been maintained. In a
brochure published during the tenure of
administrator Andy Janovsky (1987-1998), these
same values are emphasized:
Andy Janovsky
“The residents of Quaker Heights are special. Walk our halls, visit with
our residents, and you will feel a difference, a warmth ~ a feeling that is
unique.”
“There is a closeness, a bond, between our staff and our residents that is
hard to explain, difficult to put your finger on, but impossible to ignore.”
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“Our residents are not just cared for, they are cared about. They are not
numbers, they are not ‘clients.’ They are friends, they are family, they
are dear to us.”
“Our facility provides the finest Nursing Home care available. The
reason? People. People who truly care.”
Today the mission of the Quaker Heights Care Community is summarized thusly:
Our philosophy honors that of God within. In doing so, Quaker Heights is
a place where love is made visible by service.
A final service of love that a family can conduct is a memorial service or funeral service
for a member of the family that has died. Many funerals of boarders that died in the
FBH were conducted in the Home. Many were conducted in the White Brick
Meetinghouse next door. One of the earliest funerals in the Home was that of Mrs. Ann
Hatton Kelly, the widow of Moses Kelly:
“DEATH OF MRS. ANN KELLY ~ At 3 o’clock in the afternoon of Seventh
Day, Fifth Month 1906 the gentle spirit of Ann Kelly took its flight to
Paradise, after a valiant warfare against trials and temptations for
almost 87 years, having been bon September 1, 1819, near Harveysburg,
Ohio. She was married to Moses Kelly in the year 1849, and to them one
son, Levi, was born who together with his father, preceded her to his
reward; her husband passing away July 1879.
Out of a family of ten brothers and sisters of the deceased, but five
remain: Jervis and George Hatton and Debora Dakin of Harveysburg,
Levi Hatton of Lincoln, Illinois, and Mary L. Fever of Chicago. Mrs. Kelly
firmly believed and practiced the doctrines of the Hicksite Friends and
her funeral was conducted in accordance with their customs. Having
been a member of the family at the Friends Home for several months, her
funeral took place there Monday afternoon and was quite largely
attended. Liberty was given any who wished to speak, and Rev. J. F.
Cadwallader, Thomas Thorpe of Selma and Bethia Furnas gave
expression to their feelings of love, admiration and reverence for the
departed one in appropriate remarks. Her body was laid away in Miami
Cemetery” (Miami-Gazette, May 30th, 1906).
Today memorial services continue to be held for residents who have died in the Quaker
Heights Care Community.
FINANCES
As all homes and families must do, Friends Home, Inc. has had to be a responsible
steward of finances. The ethical investment of assets and the dispersal of funds for the
furtherance of the ministry were the primary responsibilities of the early Board of
Trustees.
Home:
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There were four sources of income to finance The 1905 Friends Boarding
1. An active endowment was begun with the funds that remained after the Home
was built; funds which had been subscribed from members of Miami Quarter
and Whitewater Quarter of Indiana Yearly Meeting (Hicksite ~ FGC). It was
made up of monetary contributions both large and small. Some of the larger
“corporate” contributions came from Quaker monthly/quarterly/yearly
meetings. Even the local Orthodox Quaker meeting made contributions.
Other sources for large donations were wealthy Friends who were in the
railroad, banking, and pork packing industries. Other contributions included
the following:
a. From the very beginning, The Friends Boarding Home expected
donations from the general public. On Wednesday, November 8th,
1905, the Miami-Gazette published the following invitation to the
village of Waynesville and to all other interested parties:
“FRIENDS HOME OPENING TOMORROW: As has been
previously announced the Friends Boarding Home will hold its
formal opening tomorrow, Thursday, and the institution will
be thrown open to the public all day long. The general public is
invited to come and bring with them donations of anything
that can be used by the Home. Dinner will be served to visitors
in the dining room at 25 cents. Oysters will be served in the
evening at the same price.”
On that crisp Thursday in November it seemed like all of Waynesville and
parts of Corwin, Harveysburg, Centerville, and Lebanon were climbing the
eight steps that lead up to the stately porch of the FBH. Friends from
Richmond, Indiana; Xenia, Ohio; Selma, Morrow, Wilmington, Dayton,
and Cincinnati came to lend their encouragement and support.
Representatives from all over Indiana Y. M. (Hicksite) were present. One
guest came from as far away as Chicago, Illinois and another from
Washington, D. C.
The first person to enter the Home was Paulina
Butterworth who brought with her two cans of fruit as well as turnips and
cabbages.
The donation table was filled with gifts: loaves of bread,
bushels of turnips, gallons of milk and cream, cakes, pies, and bottles of
pickles. Other donations were: two-dozen mangoes, various cans of fruit
and vegetables, a #6 bottle of honey, and a large jar of jellybeans. The
chickens that were donated went directly out back to the chicken coop.
The guests had also brought household items: pillows, a bedspread,
porcelain “bric a brac,” and lace curtains. The guests who arrived on that
opening day would also give donations of money, a dollar here, three
dollars there, and quite often a five-dollar bill.
b. Throughout the history of the Friends Boarding Home, smaller
contributions of personal property continued to take the form of
donations of groceries, prepared food, wood, coal, home decorations
and furniture for the public areas, linen, books, magazines, clocks,
artwork 12, automobiles, and other useful items. The Home tried to be
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as self-sufficient as possible and originally had a large pasture and barn
with a cow for milk, raised chickens in a chicken house, and
maintained their own vegetable garden and often would sell their extra
produce to make a little money. Just taking a look at the receipts of
FBH during the 1920s and 1930s indicates that they sold eggs and
chickens; beans, sweet corn, and fruit. With a cow they could make
cottage cheese, which they would also sell. They also charged a rental
fee for keeping horses in their barn.
c. A permanent resident could bring his/her own furniture for their small
room. For example, the following is what Dr. Emma G. Holloway had
to say about her accommodations: “I brought with me from home, my
rug, two rocking chairs, a large chest of drawers and a smaller one, a
small square stand, my bookcase for a few choice books, and a desk.
Nearly all of these have been in the family a long while, but altogether
make my small room seem more home-like. My desk is an heirloom,
descended, as it happens from both my grandfathers, each having
owned it. My large window opens towards sunlight and a lovely view
of the White Brick 133 year old Quaker meetinghouse on the next lot
surrounded by tall trees. It is quite hilly here, so there are many
beautiful views in driving over the country and from within and near
town” (Letter dated January 11th, 1945). Often the furniture of a
resident who passed away was kept by the FBH which they could reuse
for a new boarder or store in the attic. Before 1994, the attic of the
FBH was filled with antique furniture. 13
Boarder’s Room in 1905 Friends Boarding Home, 1959
2. Money was collected for room rent from both permanent and transient
residents as well as payment for board, which would cover the cost of three
meals a day. The kitchen of the FBH also could provide lunch to people in the
village who signed up and paid for “food board” on a weekly or monthly basis.
It was hoped that the room and board fees would cover most of the day-to-day
expenses faced by the Matron and Superintendent. The boarders also paid for
extra services such as: tray service (taking food trays to boarders’ rooms), use
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of the telephone, extra washing and ironing, envelopes, postage, and
postcards, taxi services, and extra electricity. The Matron and Superintendent
had their own account books (Cash Books) separate from the “endowment”
account book of the Treasurer of the FBH Board.
There was a lot of maintenance associated with the FBH. There were
continual repairs and many replacements of the furnace.
The roof and
outbuildings always had to be repaired. The trim of the Home, the front
porch, the garage and the brooder house had to be scrapped and painted. The
car had to be maintained, the cow had to be fed, the fence repaired to keep the
cow in her field, the bill for the Pocahontas coal had to be paid, and also the
insurance on the Home and the outbuildings, especially the barn. Alfalfa seed
had to be bought from the Waynesville Farmers Exchange. The plowing,
disking, hauling manure, and sowing beans had to be paid for. The tractor,
plow, disk, harrow and cultivating tools had to be cared for.
It is almost impossible to determine how many times boarders’ rooms and the
common areas were re-decorated over the years. The kitchen went through
multiple transformations. Many checks over the years were written to buy
new rugs and curtains, paint for the hallways, the refinishing of furniture, and
the instillation and maintenance of the awnings on the many windows.
The Matron and Superintendent, usually a married couple, were direct
employees of the corporation and to save expenses, they usually lived in the
FBH. There were a few other employees whom they supervised: a cook,
cleaning women, laundry women, and farm laborers usually called
“caretakers.” The Matron was in charge of the Home itself. The
Superintendent was in charge of the entire property (Home, barn, garage,
outbuildings, fields and fences, and farm animals and produce).
a. The boarders at the FBH were not always elderly, nor were they
exclusively Quaker. For example, school teachers, who taught in the
public school across the street or were attending the Warren County
Normal School in the same building (1915-1926), often boarded at the
Home along side the senior citizens. In the early days, Waynesville
was a railroad town. Transients often stayed at the Home if any rooms
were vacant. This often happened in the summer, when some of the
permanent residents would vacation or when they would make holiday
visits to relatives staying for a long length of time. During their
absence, their rooms could be rented. To give one example, it was
reported in the Miami-Gazette newspaper on January 1st, 1948 that
“Miss Minnie Dodson left on Wednesday, for Indianapolis to spend
Christmas at the home of her brother, Mr. Joe Dodson and Family.”
Dr. Mary L. Cook, the founder of the Wayne Township Library in 1917,
later re-named in her honor, traveled extensively to visit relatives in
her retirement. She often, when home in Waynesville, would stay a
short time at the FBH as a transient boarder or at the Allison House,
the old S. S. & Eliza F. Haines home on 3rd Street which had been
transformed into a retirement home, instead of going to the time and
trouble of opening up her own house.
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Some transient boarders were seasonal. In her old age, Lydia Conard
Chandler, who had been the first Matron of the FBH, would stay at the
Home in the winter. The rest of the time she lived in New Vienna, Ohio
with her family. Another example of this custom involves Mrs. Anna
Cadwallader and her niece Miss Clara Lile who lived across the street
from the FBH but stayed their in the winter:
“Mrs. Anna Cadwallader and Miss Clara Lile, who have
been spending the winter at the Friends Home, have
returned to their own home for the summer” (MiamiGazette, date unknown)
One of the important jobs of the Matron and Superintendent was to
keep the rooms filled with paying boarders. A quick perusal of the
account books of the matron/superintendent shows that a stream of
transient boarders made a large contribution to the receipts of the
Home.
The Friends Boarding Home was a bustling place! The
people of Waynesville thought of the FBH as not only a
senior residence but also a cultural center. So many of
the boarders were retired teachers or were still teaching.
Other boarder had been successful professionals in their
fields. These people not only traveled when they could,
but their friends came to visit them. They belonged to
associations and social groups that would often meet in
the Friends Boarding Home. Dr. Mary L. Cook (left)
was one of the Waynesville doctors that made house
calls and also stayed periodically at the Home as she
grew older. Another connection with Dr. Mary was the
public library that she founded, which was directly
across the street from the FBH on the first level of the
old 1898 Union Schoolhouse from 1954 to 1988.
Elizabeth Chandler, who had library experienced,
worked at the public library in the evening during the
1950s & 60s. Her sister Ruth Chandler was on the
Dr. Mary Leah Cook, ca. 1920
(The Mary L. Cook Public Library) library board for years.
The Miami-Gazette newspaper of Waynesville loved to print the
doings and travels of the residents of the Home. Events of the Home
were published weekly, for example, this column from May 12th, 1938:
“NEWS FROM FRIENDS HOME ~ Friends held their May
Quarterly meeting on Sunday (at the White Brick
Meetinghouse) among those calling here were Tom Calvert
and wife and daughter, Helen, Ralph Howell and wife,
Selma, Mrs. Downing of Xenia, Dr. Richard Michener of
Lebanon. Foster Heacock and Margaretta of Bedford,
Penn., were with us again at this time.
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Mrs. C. H. Deatherage who has been spending two weeks
with her daughters, Mrs. Perry Davis of Carrollton and
Mrs. Freeman Baberton of Gent, Kentucky, returned on
Sunday.
Mrs. Emma Pierce, Mrs. Ann Tomlinson, and Mrs. Martha
Henderson, Miss Frances Alden, and Donald Hadley were
in Cincinnati on Thursday last.
Miss Ruth Chandler of Cedarville (where she was teaching in
elementary school) spent the week end here.
Miss Sarah Hartsock spent the week end with her
grandmother and other relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. A. E.
Hartsock and daughter Helen were Mother’s Day callers on
their mother, Mrs. Lena Hartsock.”
Another good example of the guests that visited the Home comes from
June 21st, 1934:
“Misses Anna and Mame Brown had as dinner guests at the
friends Home Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Sellers of
Lebanon, Miss Mary R. Brady of New York City, of the
Harmon Home, and Rev. and Mrs. John Schaeffer of
Dayton. Miss Brady is an unusually gifted woman and the
members of the Friends’ Home enjoyed her presence with
them very much.”
The soundness and simplicity of the Matron/Superintendent system of
administration came to an end with the building of the Quaker Heights
Nursing Home. The old roles of Matron/Hostess and Superintendent
were replaced by salaried staff of the nursing home; the first being
Thomas and Mildred Cooper who became the Directors of the FBH in
1968 and a few years later became the Directors of the Quaker Heights
Nursing & Care Center. By the 1980s the old 1905 FBH was in debt
every year. In 1987 the operations at FBH resulted in over $40,000.00
of loss. For a long time the FHI Trustees agreed to fund up to 10% of
the operating expense of the FBH. But, this kind of debt could no
longer be tolerated. Consequently, it was suggested that:
“We develop a plan for substituting live-in managers for the present
arrangement of a salaried staff. Such a change substantially reduces
personnel costs, the highest proportion by far of total operating costs,
ensures that services continue, and relieves the facility from the
absolute necessity of staying full in order to even enjoy the possibility
of breaking even. On a purely financial bases, a change from current
operating standards to a live-in management situation would enable
the organization to break even at a much lower average daily census,
or, alternatively, at lower average rates.” 14
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It was decided that the FHI engage independent contractors to be
managers of the FBH, in effect, re-instating a form of the old
Matron/Superintendent model. However, these “managers” were not
to be employees of FHI. They were responsible for paying their own
self-employment taxes, and for any workers compensation protection
for themselves or the employees they would hire to run the FBH. In
1989, the FHI trustees entered into a management agreement with
Ernest Wilson Lawson and his wife Helen Susan Lawson, who would
be the “managers” of the FBH. The following year the contract was
with Adult Care Options Management, Inc. (ACOM), the president of
which was Ernest Wilson Lawson. Unfortunately, this arrangement
did not result in the break-even in expenses as was hoped.
Matron’s Office in the FBH in 1959. A portrait of Aaron B. Chandler
is hanging on the left. Ruth Chandler was the Matron/Hostess when
this photograph was taken.
b. It was understood from the beginning in 1905 that the FBH could not
provide skilled nursing services. The boarders would have to provide
and pay for their own private nursing care if they required it, whether
skilled or practical. Many boarders over the years did just that and
their nurses would live in adjoining rooms which the boarders paid for
as well as their nursing services. It was not until the early 1930s that
Lena C. Hartsock 15 would be available as a practical nurse in the
Home. 16 Ill residents had to be moved to a hospital or a nursing home
to receive long term skilled nursing care services. Remarkably, the
Friends Boarding Home would still be renting rooms up until 1989
even though there was a growing trend for ambulatory senior citizens
to choose to remain in their private homes with support services.
Because of this phenomenon, increasing governmental regulations, and
the greater physical, emotional, and mental needs of the FBH boarders,
greater supervision, skilled nursing care and support were needed for
the FBH residents. 17 The physical limitations of the building and the
greater infirmity of the cliental created a situation where the FBH
became so heavily subsidized by QH that it was no longer feasible to
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keep the building open as a traditional boarding home. In 1989 the
building was leased to Adult Care Options Management, Inc. (ACOM).
ACOM opened the FBH as a group home for men suffering from
mental retardation and/or mental illness. The Home would be used for
this purpose up until March of 2000 but it continued to be a struggle to
remain solvent. FHI was hoping to reach out to the community in
other ways and this new role for the FBH was accepted and sanctioned
by the Board. On August 10th, 1995 the Friends Boarding Home
Annual Report (ACOM) was given at the FHI Annual Meeting:
“The profile of the residents of the FBH has changed in the last nine
years and more so in the last five. As economic conditions have
changed and the expense of operating a group home have risen
substantially many of those who could have entered Friends Home
now qualify for Medicaid or Medicare and go to Rest Homes or
nursing homes resulting in a large number of empty rooms at the
Friends Home. Friends Home, while still serving the elderly now
provides care for those who fall between the cracks in our society. By
providing care and housing to the mentally disabled we are providing
a vital service to the community. We are serving both elderly and
young adult mentally disabled. These are people who are shunned or
ignored. These are people who would otherwise be homeless, people
who just need someone to care for them and help with decent housing
and good and to have an opportunity to be part of the community and
not a burden to the community.”
The adaptation could not be made. After ACOM exited the Home on
December 1st, 1999 owing the Board of Trustees $19,200.00 in back
rent, the board considered leasing the building to a proprietor of a
“Sober House” for recovering alcoholics, to an organization that would
provide Respite Care, or to another that would establish another longterm housing facility for adults with disabilities. Opening the Home as
a Bed & Breakfast was considered, too. However, a local group
interested in the history of The Society of Friends, of Waynesville, and
of the surrounding area proposed to open the FBH as a local history
museum. The building now houses the Waynesville Area Heritage &
Cultural Center (WAHCC).
c. In 1952, the Board of the FBH took $10,000.00 from the endowment
to remodel the un-used 1836 Red Brick Meeting-house 18 into two
apartments and a large social hall for Miami M. M. The apartments
were then rented. This indicates that the FBH Board was becoming
aware of the need to provide larger apartments rather than the tiny
single or small double rooms of the Home (most rooms are 12’ X 14’).
This realization hints at the future Quaker Heights’ “Cottage Program”
and eventually the Assisted Living and Independent Living Programs
(I.L.U.). Indeed, in the future (March 28th, 1984) the Board of the
Friends Home, Inc. would include the two apartments in the Red Brick
Meetinghouse in the “Cottage Program.”
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3. Gifts from the living and bequests and legacies from wills consisting of real
estate, stocks, bonds and personal property will be given to Friends Home,
Inc. This would also be the case with the Quaker Heights Nursing Home.
4. Investments of assets will be made in real estate, stocks, bonds, and first
mortgages and loans to increase the principal of The Endowment. Socially
responsible and ethical investments have always been the concern of the
corporation.
An important role of the Board of the Friends Boarding Home as stated in the Charter
was to “acquire and hold suitable real estate on which to erect all necessary buildings
for use in caring for elderly Friends or members of other religious denominations.”
Another role was to “receive all property, real and personal, by gift, grant, devises or
purchase, and to hold, use, invest and expend the same in order that it may be used to
benefit members of the Friends Home.” 19 The initial “suitable real estate” for the
physical plant was a gift from Miami Monthly Meeting in Waynesville (Miami M.M.
deeded property over to FBH on December 12, 1905) as well as the purchase of
adjoining property so that the Home could have its own garden, pasture for a cow and a
chicken house. During the transition to a nursing facility, Quaker Heights (Friends
Home, Inc.) would purchase adjoining properties to develop the “Cottage Program.”
And, throughout the years, many gifts, grants, devises or purchases of property were
added to the assets of the Friends Home, Inc.
The sizes of the bequests drastically increased in the mid-1960s. Treasurer, Raymond
Braddock in his “The Quaker Heights Story” states:
“Between 1905 and 1965 Friends and others had given a total of over
$40,000.00 to the Home. In the latter 60’s we had received over
$207,000.00 from the Welch estate, and in 1972 the Riley bequest
amounted to over $105,000.00. At about the same time two other gifts
amounted to $7,000.00. At this writing (1980) the Corporation is in the
process of receiving another substantial bequest in excess of $150,000.00
from the estate of Mark and Edna McMillan.”
The amount of these gifts would allow Friends to expand their ministry to the elderly
and disabled by providing an extended care facility. Unlike the Friends Boarding
Homes in greater Philadelphia, the 1905 FBH in Waynesville had neither developed the
necessary funding for the establishment of an infirmary (clinic) on the FBH property
nor a separate fund to help needy boarders struggling to pay their room and board.
These needs would become much more demanding when the nursing home became a
reality.
From the inception of the nursing home, the twin financial difficulties of
providing the best of medical and nursing skills in the long-term care context, and, of
dealing with delinquent payment for services would challenge this benevolent
organization. The transition from the relative simplicity of the boarding home with
simple rules and regulation to a nursing home would often prove difficult.
The first crisis over the future of the FBH happened in the early 1960s during a meeting
of the Trustees in the Friends Boarding Home. The president had decided to sell the
pasture land that the FBH owned and had even made arrangements with a local realtor
to come to the meeting.
The president announced that the “I have sold the garden
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plots to Tom Florence for $10,000.00.” Raymond Braddock asked the president on
what authority he had sold the land, since only the Board of Trustees could approve
such a move. Consequently, the sale was not binding without the approval of the FBH
Board. The president thought it a good idea to sell the land since the FBH no longer had
a cow and the field cost the corporation money to keep it mowed. When asked what he
wanted the land for, Raymond Braddock first broached the idea of using the land for a
nursing home and retirement community. The Trustees decided at that time to keep the
land although there was no immediate discussion concerning a possible nursing home.
Mr. Braddock realized that without some younger blood on the Board and some
substantial money, his dream of a nursing facility could not become reality. Then in
1965, a substantial bequest “opened the way” to the possibility of a nursing facility.
Raymond Braddock explains:
Raymond Braddock
“Seeing that we would eventually receive a substantial
bequest, I asked for and the Board approved the sending
of a letter to each Meeting in the Yearly Meeting asking
whether or not there was any interest in having the
Friends Home develop a health care center. As might
have been expected, there was not a single response to
this letter. Then at the business session of the Yearly
meeting held at Waynesville in 1966, I presented the
possibility of our building a new facility for the care of
elderly and incapacitated Friends and others. One
member from Indianapolis said flatly that he would not
be interested in coming to Waynesville. Why
Waynesville? Mervin Palmer from Cincinnati suggested
that we should consider placing the facility in a city near an art museum,
or theatres or the ball park. However, the will (the Martha Welch
Bequest) stated specifically that the bequest was for the benefit of the
Friends Home at Waynesville. Furthermore, it would not seem to be a
mark of wisdom to place such a facility in Cincinnati or Indianapolis
with all the noise and smog encountered there. The Board, I believe,
never once considered the possibility of building any place but
Waynesville” (“The Quaker Heights Story” by Raymond Braddock).
Like his predecessor, Reuben Matlack Roberts of Green Plain M. M., Raymond
Braddock of Miami M. M. was a “soldier of dauntless courage and valor,” who often
“stood alone in his views, (but) many times they were indicative of clear judgment and
prophetic vision.” Many Friends feared the complicated professional responsibilities of
a nursing home, which included moving from a budget less than $100.000.00 a year to
a much larger and complicated budget, moving from just a few employees to a much
larger trained and professional staff, and moving from the maintenance of a single
structure and its out-buildings (barn and garage) to expanding the complex through the
construction of a modern medical building.
The concurrent expansion of the
regulations of federal, state and local regulatory agencies between 1970 and the present
time also added to the administrative and financial complexities. The constant need to
revise and change procedures, as well as the financial need to find enough funding for
compliance, added to the administrative pressures. Greater sophistication was needed
concerning fundraising and investments in the face of the explosive costs of health care.
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None-the-less, the choice in 1967 up until 1972 (when QH Nursing Home was
dedicated) was to either adapt the ministry to the needs of the people and the realities of
the industry, or, to close the 1905 Friends Boarding Home and end the ministry. The
journey would be one from the small 1905 Friends Boarding Home to a 30 bed Assisted
Living, four Independent Living Units, and a 98 bed Medicare and Medicaid certified
facility.
The negative element wanted to limit the new facility to only 30 beds. Instead of that
possibility, some wanted to add on to the existing 1905 Friends Boarding Home which
would have limited the number of new beds even more. The feasibility study indicated
that there was a need in the area for a nursing home with 100 beds. Advisors also
believed that a 100 bed facility could be administered more efficiently than a smaller
facility. However, as Raymond Braddock explains:
“Fear of failure was one of the biggest problems we had to deal with from
the beginning of our planning for Quaker Heights, and this worked
against our being able to have a facility large enough to be operated at
optimum efficiency. . . Fear of failure led to the compromise of 58 beds
with the provision that the building should be constructed in such a way
that a 40-bed addition could be made without change to the original
structure, should it ever be deemed advisable” (“The Quaker Heights
Story” by Raymond Braddock).
Five years later, the matter of expanding Quaker Heights’ services and the number of
beds to 98 was also plagued by the “fear of failure.” During the Annual Board meeting
in 1977 the members agreed to proceed with plans to expand Quaker Heights. In May of
1978, the Board learned that they would be able to get a Farmers Home Administration
(FmHA) loan at 5%. Five of the nine Trustees, however, feared that “the job was too big
for us.” They called for a vote at a special meeting of the Board and they voted down the
expansion. Raymond Braddock then decided to take the issue to a special meeting of
the Annual Board. He wrote to all the annual board members expressing his opinion.
“In my letter I explained that there had been no change in the reasons to
expand. 1) There was still the basic need for 40 additional beds; 2) A
100-bed facility could be operated more economically; #3 The kitchen,
dining room, and laundry had been planned for this size home; and 4)
since our last meeting we had discovered that we could finance the
construction at 5% interest, the cost we had thought possible at the outset.
The only adverse reason given the Board was that, ‘It’s just too big a job
for us.’”
After a long discussion and hearing all the arguments, the Annual Board once more
approved the expansion of Quaker Heights. Construction began the fall of 1978 and was
completed in July 1978.
Another project that was dear to the heart of Raymond Braddock was the “Cottage
Program.” Mark and Edna McMillan, who had returned from the southwest to
Waynesville to retire, inquired about living independently in a home and in 1973 the
property across the street from QH was bought for the McMillan’s (see page ). Shortly
after this two more houses were bought to be in the “Cottage Program” at 99 Edwards
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and 66 Edwards. At the same time the property along with the old 1811 Quaker
Schoolhouse (now a private residence) across High Street from QH was put up for sale.
The Board thought the property could be utilized in the “cottage” program; possibly a
site for apartments for seniors sitting high up on the bluff overlooking Camp Creek
which runs into the Little Miami River. Raymond Braddock met 18 times to negotiate
with the owner but no deal was made. In 1980 Byron Branson and Grace Hockett
Prendergast tried twice or more, but to no avail. There were no further attempts to
purchase the land.
Plans continued, however, to build a duplex next to the Medical Building on North
Street, which would provide two more apartments/units of the “cottage” or
Independent Living project. In March of 1979 Martha and Robert Dean, brother and
sister, applied for one of the units in the duplex. Martha Dean was quite frail with a
heart problem, but Robert Dean was very healthy for his age. Robert Dean would
become a great benefactor of Quaker Heights.
The “Duplex” directly east (left) of the old “Medical Building” on North Street.
Dr. Alfred Stout
Since the initial building of the nursing home, the board of
trustees had wanted to encourage physicians to move to
Waynesville. They bought the adjoining three acres with
the house that was built in the 1940s by Dr. Alfred Stout
(June 18th, 1906 – February 15th, 1952) to be his home and
his office (see below). The property was bought and the
building remodeled. QH offered the space rent free for a
year to a physician who would settle in Waynesville.
Eventually, a dentist, Dr. Becker who had just graduated
from a school of dentistry, showed interest. Three years
later Dr. Murphy, D. O., set up practice in the other half of
the building. A few years later he became the medical
director at Quaker Heights.
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The old medical office building, 581 North Street, is now (2009) part of the ILU program
and houses three Independent Living Units designed with seniors in mind.
Unfortunately, by the mid-1980s, Friends Home, Inc. was in financial trouble and in an
administrative malaise. A Columbus, Ohio company, Share, Inc.: Specialized Health
Administration Resources Enterprises, Inc., was engaged to take administrative control
March 10th, 1987. The QH administrator, Michael Burns, had resigned after being in
office for only a short time, the facility was over staffed, and over-spending was
rampant. There was no strong leadership and the employees, who wanted to unionize,
seemed to be the ones in control. The organization was suffering from excessive
operational expenses and no expenditure controls. Although the quality of care of the
patients remained satisfactory, there was great disorganization with the inflated staff.
Resources and supplies were used ineffectively.
Cultural changes were making funding more difficult, too. There were fewer and fewer
large bequests and gifts. The expansion of health care regulation and accelerating costs
and the heightened requirements for professional training and the unionization of the
employees generated many challenges for the organization. The old Friends Boarding
Home was becoming more and more archaic and unable to provide a modern
environment and space for long-term services. The “boarders” were requiring more
direct nursing services. The administrator, Andy Janovsky, in 1989 reported to the MidYear Meeting of Friends Home Corporation:
“Funding, a tightening labor market, increasingly stringent government
regulations, and a more knowledgeable and demanding public combine
to demand both our current attention and a farsighted sense of vision to
address the future. . .
1988 saw the advent of, and confusion over, constantly changing
government regulations. In 1987, Congress passed the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act (OBRA). A substantial portion of that legislation
applied to Nursing Homes nationwide, and has been called the most
sweeping reform of that industry since the initial passage of the Medicaid
program. New conditions of participation have been/ are being/will be
formulated. Trying to keep pace with the new regulations, with rumors
about the new regulations, and what state surveyors said the new
regulations are, is a full-time task.
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The government now promises to enforce what they consider more
stringent regulations, with monetary penalties for failure to comply.
More staff training is required; in some instances higher levels of staffing
are required. . .
Long-term care, for the first time, began to respond to the shortage (of
nursing professionals) by competing ~ that is by paying hospital wages
for professional personnel. Quaker Heights was no exception, and over
the course of the year, we raised professional wages between twenty and
thirty percent. . .
We will soon be entering negotiations for our second Union contract . . .
We have come to a point where we have attained a measure of
understanding with the Union. There exists a working relationship based
on the recognition that the success for both parties depends on each
other. . .
Friends Boarding Home ended 1988 with a loss of $45,000 (unaudited).
Low census was principally responsible for this, despite a relatively
extensive attempt to advertise. Many of the residents recently and
currently at the facility are borderline candidates for this level of service;
several could well be in a nursing home, appropriately. Alternative,
modern forms of more modern environment are rapidly becoming
available. As mentioned elsewhere, the future course of this organization
in that arena will demand much of our time and attention in the months
and years to come.
One of the roles of the Public Relations & Development Committee of Friends Home,
Inc., in 1989 was to “develop a plan for fund-raising to supplement the revenues from
operations so that we may better meet the future needs of the elderly and chronically
ill of our community.”
The crisis continued for two years. By 1990 major changes for the good had occurred:
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All nursing assistants underwent 80 hours of training in an approved
course. By 1990 all nursing assistants on staff had completed the
required training.
The establishment of a Nursing Home Patient Bill of Rights.
Implementation of a Quality Assurance Program.
The core administration and nursing staffs of Quaker Heights are
now considered “seasoned.” This lends stability to the institution.
Benefit improvements and increase in wages.
The use of Nursing Pool personnel, which is expensive, is drastically
reduced.
The Public Relations & Development Committee had:
o Implementation of the Hallway Quaker Art Works Project
o Established a Quaker literature rack and library
o Development of the Foster Friends Program, a program to
encourage Friends of O.V.Y.M, especially Annual Board
Members, to visit and become special friends of residents.
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o The formulation of statements on Death and Dying and the
Living Will.
By May of 1993 the Executive Meeting of FHI was considering expansion once more. In
response to their deliberation, Andy Janovsky wrote a document entitled “Trends”
which was a proposal; a plan for the year 2001. Janovosky, being another “soldier of
dauntless courage and valor” in the Friends Home experience, challenged the Trustees.
He wrote:
“Our Mission statement is not necessarily an impediment to growth, but
neither is it a whole hearted endorsement of an organizational desire to
grow. Closely related to this is the issue of organizational commitment.
One of the terms that the Executive Committee used to describe how they
would like the organization perceived as ‘risk-taking.’ This has not
traditionally been a risk-taking organization. Will that change? How
and why?”
By July 1st, 1995 Janovosky hoped to have a clear model for the further expansion of
Friends Home, Inc. The Quaker Heights skilled nursing facility would be the base for
certified Home Health Services provided for Warren, Clinton, Montgomery and Greene
Counties. These services would include a licensed adult day care and a licensed
childcare center. Community outreach and services would be the key to the
development. The services they hoped to develop included:
Adult Day Care
Child Care
Congregate Meals
Health Maintenance
Homemaker/Chore Service
Info & Referral
Outpatient Health Care
Recreational/Social Activities
A Senior Center
Case Management
Counseling
Friendly Visitation
Home Health Care
Hospice
Meals on Wheels
Personal Care
Religious Services
Transportation/Escort
The vision also included buying or building more nursing homes wherever there were
“certificates of need” in small town/rural areas. This was in keeping with the QH goal of
proving affordable long-term health care for those with moderate incomes. These
projected extensions of the QH community would be financed by tax-exempt bonds.
The expansion would, of course, necessitate an expanded management model or
structure, too.
This vision coalesced into the Little Miami Valley Community Model with the help and
advice of Maple Knoll Management (MKM) of Cincinnati. MKM was a subsidiary of
Maple Knoll Village, Inc., an 800-unit senior living complex with an excellent
reputation. In December of 1995 MKM was engaged to examine QH and make
recommendations concerning a long range plan which included a business strategy for
the facility. The discovery of the Stephanie Stackhouse embezzlement earlier in the year
had made this an absolute necessity. Their report was ready by March of 1996.
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The QH administration had drifted away from the sound basics of business practices.
Operational controls had to be tightened and business policies and procedures revised
and implemented. Internal communication would need to be improved and a upgraded
computer network would be needed. Job descriptions and wages would need to be reexamined.
In May of 1996, MKM representative, Bill Ciferri, held a retreat with ten members of the
administration and the staff. After the retreat, nine board sessions were dedicated to
the following topics: Communications, Facilities, Information Management, Personnel,
Board Responsibilities, Networking, Finance, Range of Services Provided, and
Infrastructure.
The corporation began to seek an interim Executive Director, undertook an extensive
reorganization which facilitated communication, and began planning for greater
outreach to the local community in the Miami Valley. Larry Douglas became the
advocate of this LMV program and he was invited to apply for the position of Interim
Executive Director. He was hired full time in this position which officially began July 1,
1998.
The LMV plan called for three levels of Care:
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Complete Independence ~ A LMV Senior Community Center located in the
remodeled 1898 Waynesville Schoolhouse would house the Friends Home, Inc.
Corporate Office and would provide the following services:
• Resource Counseling
• Community Volunteers
• Seniors Training Classes
• Entertainment
• Exhibition (Quaker History)
• Archives
• Meeting Rooms
• Congregate Meals
• Transportation ~ Activities
Assisted Living ~ An Assistance Care Center would provide:
• Adult Day Care
• Child Day Care
• Meals on Wheels
• Home Care
• Transportation ~ Escort
• Apartments (full fee and subsidized)
• Short term Respite Care
Full Care ~ Quaker Heights Sub-Acute Care:
• Long Term Care
• Rehabilitation
• Alzheimer Unites
• Hospice
Today Quaker Heights provides health care services (semi-private rooms, semi-private
deluxe rooms, and private rooms, as well as, two special care rooms in Dementia/
Alzheimer’s units. Short term respite care rooms are offered to the loved-ones of care
givers who need a respite from the stresses of care-giving. Assisted Living offers both
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studio units for individuals or couples. It also offers a larger one bedroom unit or a suite
corner unit.
Much of the LMV plan had not been implemented but as the needs arise or change in
the community and the financial resources for the services can be found, QH will do
what it has always done the best; it will provide loving care. QH is facing challenging
times. There are going to be major Medicare reimbursement changes which will lead to
tighter and tighter operations financially. Major health reform in the U. S. will also
impact long term care. A past Trustee/Treasurer of FHI believes that the future may
include more Independent Living apartments and a Home Health Care program. QH’s
greatest strength is its Quaker approach to people care and the Quaker philosophy of
honest business practices and the just and equitable treatment of employees. Services
and methods of financing may change over time, but the approach will ever be one of a
caring family.
THE ROLE OF THE TREASURER
An important task of the Treasurer of the Friends Boarding Home, beyond keeping
adequate records of income and expenditures, was to make good investments to
generate funds for the corporation’s operation by loaning out the surplus money as first
mortgages. In the minutes of the FBH dated 2nd mo. (February) 6th, 1906, it is clearly
stated:
“By motion, our Treasurer was directed to loan out first-mortgage
security, any money in his hands belonging to this Incorporation,
excepting, however, such amounts as appear to be needed to meet the
immediate demands of the Incorporation. Motion carried.”
The importance of this financial role was affirmed by Raymond Braddock who was the
treasurer of the FBH from 1942-1977. He has left us a document recording his
experiences as the Treasurer entitled, “The Founding and Early Years of Quaker
Heights to the 1980s” by Raymond Braddock (The Mary L. Cook Public Library).
Lindley Mendenhall was treasurer from 1915 till his death in 1941. Then Seth Furnas,
Sr., the President of the Board was treasurer for a year before Mr. Braddock was
appointed treasurer.
“Aside from keeping an accurate set of books, the principal job of the
treasurer at that time was to try to keep $40,000 in assets invested in
good real estate mortgages. The board had determined to invest in first
mortgages because during the depression in the early 30’s several
thousand dollars had been lost when the American Building & Loan went
bankrupt.”
“In the early years of my term as treasurer, I had an interesting and an
enlightening experience. Just coming out of the depression in the 1940’s.
I had never been burdened with investing money. Knowing that the
Home had some money to lend, a family in town asked to borrow $5,000
with which to purchase a dwelling on N. Main Street. It was our practice
to check the title of every property before we completed a loan. In this
case I knew the seller to be a retired farmer and generally well respected.
However, the title inspection disclosed the fact that the seller could not
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legally sell. The property was for his use only so long as he lived after
which it went to his step son. For one who wanted to believe everyone to
be honest, especially a retired farmer, this was a disillusioning
experience for me. (We regularly made loans at 5% and 6% until the
1970s when we had to increase it to 9%.)”
The reality was that the FBH began loaning money, primarily for mortgages, from the
very beginning of the FBH Incorporation. The first loans were made to Joseph F.
Schofield ($500.00 bearing 6% interest) and his daughter Annie B. Schofield ($200.00
bearing 6% interest), and Hannah Janney ($100.00). In the case of the Schofield
family, they had made gifts of money and furniture to the Home, they borrowed money
from the Home and paid interest on their loans, and they left large bequests to the
Home. It is not surprising then that the early administrators of the 1905 Home would
name one of the larger rooms in the FBH, which had also been decorated by Annie M.
Schofield, the “Schofield Room.”
Other early loans and mortgages up till 1920 were made to: Reuben M. & Susan M.
Roberts, Susan M. Roberts, Edwin Chandler, Lindley Mendenhall, Minnie & David
Cowan, E. Frank Fatzinger, Thomas Rich, John Zell, and J. C. Hisey.
In an article entitled “What’s A Cookin’” in the Waynesville Chamber of Commerce
Newsletter, dated June 1989, the anonymous author of the articles recollects that:
“ . . . An endowment for the home started in 1905 with some of the
endowment in the form of stocks and bonds and some of it loaned out.
The writer of this article remembers that her father obtained such a loan
from the Friends Boarding Home to purchase a farm that remained in
her family for 63 years. During the depression when many individuals
lost their businesses and homes, the Friends Boarding Home worked with
its borrowers to allow them to make interest payments only until the
economy improved” (The Mary L. Cook Public Library).
Below are some examples of FBH checks from the 1930s that illustrate Probate Court
activity and the loaning of money from the FBH endowment:
Fee for a copy of Jason Sheehan’s Will
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Recording J. C. Hisey Mortgage
$1,000.00 to increase the Vance mortgage to $2,200.00
$3,000.00 Crabbe mortgage
$1,000.00 Brown mortgage
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$1,075.00 Crew mortgage loan
There has also been a tradition of giving small loans to employees of Friends Home, Inc.
In 1990:
“a staff member has asked for a loan from Quaker Heights to provide the
down payment for a house she is buying. Andy spoke well of her
reliability. Loans of similar sizes have been made in the past. The
trustees agreed to leave the matter in Andy’s hands, subject to the advice
of the budget and finance committee” (Friends Home, Inc. Meeting of
Trustees, July 21st, 1990).
It was reported in 1996 that the Employee Advances Program had been in place for
years. Small loans up to $350.00 were made in house to employees with payback by
means of payroll deduction (Friends Home Corporation Meeting of Trustees, April 24th,
1996).
The endowment fund was started in 1905 with the generous contribution of $5,000.00
by Miami Quarterly Meeting, which drew a rate of interest of about 5% per year. Some
of the money was invested in stocks and bonds and the rest was used to make loans to
people in the community, even when local banks were not lending. The author has not
yet found the specific regulations or restrictions of this endowment. But, by 1959, this
fund had increased to $58,000.00.
The need for a second endowment fund to cover room and board for needy residents
was discussed in the Trustees’ Report of the FBH at Indiana Yearly Meeting (FGC),
which was held at Fall Creek Meeting House in Pendleton, Indiana in 1908:
“. . . The management of the finances is such that all current expenses are
paid from the income from boarders, and a small surplus is maintained.
We are again forcibly reminded how helpful an endowment fund would
be to our members in limited circumstances . . .”
The need for an endowed fund to help elderly boarders who ran out of resources to pay
for their room, board, laundry, any nursing or hospitalization, as well as extras was
illustrated by the predicament of the first boarder in the Home, the long-lived widow
Mary E. Terrell (b. ca. 1839) of New Vienna, Ohio, who lived in Room #4. By 1911, her
funds had run out and the Superintendent was instructed by the board to “consult her
relatives at once in regards to the board of Mary Terrell, and if there is no response, to
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place the case before the officers of her monthly meeting (November
Again in
1918, a committee of the Board again sought to “investigate in regard to Mary Terrell’s
board” and they “reported that the Wilmington meeting could not assist her. The
committee was continued to investigate further.” On March 24th, 1924 "It was moved
by T. L. Calvert that the Sec’y be instructed to inform the friends of Mary Terrell as
to her physical and mental condition and ask for immediate action on their part,
toward taking care of her in some suitable place." 20
10th).”
Even the generous contribution of Dr. Emma Holloway’s life savings could not cover the
real costs of her eighteen year long retirement lived in the Friends Boarding Home (see,
in the Appendix an accounting of her funds turned over to the FBH and the
expenditures for Dr. Emma from 1944 to 1962). Two death claims on Nationwide
Mutual, Inc. and Old American Insurance paid her final FBH bill and other remaining
bills after her tragic death in a car accident.
Throughout the history of the nursing facility there have been “outstanding bills;” the
unpaid bills of deceased residents. Payment was usually pursued by the treasurer or
another qualified Trustee who worked to have Quaker Heights reimbursed from the
estate during the probate process. Even when the claim was recognized, QH was often
not fully reimbursed for services. To give an example, the Harriet Turner Estate:
“Byron Branson has been working on the settlement of the Turner estate
for over two years. He has turned the fees awarded by the court for his
services as court appointed administrator over to Quaker Heights for
whatever purpose is desired. Harriett Turner had no will and a
$30,000.00 debt owed to Quaker Heights. A total of $16,000.00 was
obtained from the sale of the Turner property (located near Wilberforce
and Central State Universities). The court awarded $6,500.00 of this to
Quaker Heights and $1,300.00 to Byron as court appointed
administrator. The funds turned over to Quaker Heights include
$6,500.00 as settlement of the estate and $1,300.00 as a contribution
from Byron. It should be noted that the Turner Account had been written
off two years ago. We got a quarter of what was due” (Friends Home
Inc. Meeting of Trustees, January 25th, 1995).
During the winter of 1980, concern was growing about the inability of some residents in
the old Friends Boarding Home to pay their room and board even though fees were very
reasonable and Quaker Heights was in the position of heavily subsidizing the Home.
The McMillan Friends Home Assistance Fund, which was enhanced with a couple of
large gifts from Mark McMillan, was being quickly diminished. Attempts to get some
assistance from Warren County always failed. It wasn’t until 1991, 80 years after Mary
E. Terrell’s funds were depleted, that the Assistance Fund was greatly increased and
endowed by the sizeable bequest of Robert M. Dean. Today the Assistance Fund is one
of the assets of the Friends Home Foundation.
The expanded Assistance Fund can be available to all residents of the Friends Home
Corporation’s retirement community. The fund is under the jurisdiction of the Trustees
and its principal is invested and the income used for the purposes listed below. A
specified percentage of the principal may also be used each year. The fund is to be used
for three purposes:
o
Projects to benefit groups of residents
o
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Fund to help residents who “fall between the cracks” and need funds to help
them meet their expenses/bills.
o
Emergency situations.
Contributions may be added to this fund’s principal by any person or groups agreeing to
the purpose of the fund (Policy established during the Meeting of Trustees, November
26th, 1991).
The purpose of the Assistance Fund was re-affirmed during a meeting of the Friends
Home, Inc. Trustees on January 25th, 1995:
“The Assistance Fund of the management account with Society Bank is
invested in many ways: long term and short term financial instruments
including bonds, investments, and cash . . . The Assistance Fund was
started some years ago to support destitute residents. The purpose of the
Fund has evolved over the years. In general, the Fund is set up for
general benefit to residents. One example of fund distribution is the
purchase of the Quaker Heights van for resident trips.”
Today a person or association can give a donation to or bequeath a gift to one or more of
four specific funds. One is the Resident Assistance Fund discussed above. The other
three are the Friends For Life Fund which provides financial assistance to residents who
need financial help; the Linda Gilbert Memorial Fund which can lend assistance to QH
employees suffering from catastrophic events; and The Endowment Fund which
supports planning and development of services offered by Quaker Heights Care
Community.
The role of the treasurer expanded over the years as the corporation grew. Those duties
are now vested in the Board of Trustees of the Friends Home Foundation, whose
purpose is to oversee the socially responsible investment of The Endowment Fund and
other gifts made to Quaker Heights. The Board of Trustees of the FHF have been
assisted by investment and management firms: Bartlett & Co. of Cincinnati and the
Friends Fiduciary Corporation that provides financial services to Quaker meetings,
schools and other non-profit organizations.
Another duty of the first treasurers was to audit the books: both the Treasurer’s Book of
the Endowment Fund and the daily Cash Books of the Matron and Superintendent. As
the FBH grew into QH, the staff increased and Administrator became responsible for the
budget and daily expenditures. Over the years a number of accounting firms have
annually audited the books.
TYPES OF DONATIONS ~
Gifts/Contributions and Bequests/Legacies
1. The Building & Endowment Fund: It is clear from statements made in the
Board minutes, from the records in the Treasurer’s book, and by comments made by
Clarkson Butterworth that members of Miami Quarterly and Whitewater Quarterly
Meetings of Indiana Yearly Meeting (Hicksite-FGC) solicited money for a building
fund which eventually amounted to approximately $15,000.00. In-other-words,
Friends held a fundraising campaign. Friends as well as non-Quakers were solicited.
Some corporate donations were made by the Odd Fellows, by the Waynesville
National Bank, the Citizens National Bank, and Ambrose Moffit, a local undertaker.
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The local businessmen and residents of Waynesville and Wayne Township were
eager to encourage the building of the Friends Home in Waynesville. The list of
subscribers and the of donors/contributors with amount of their donations is found
in the “Treasurers Receipts of the Friends Boarding Home of Indiana Yearly
Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, Located at Waynesville, Ohio (Warren
Co.), 8th mo. 25th, 1904,” which is located in the Watson Library of Wilmington
College, Ohio. Raymond Braddock states that $5,000.00 was contributed by Miami
Quarterly Meetings which drew a rate of interest of about 5% each year. This
corporate gift from M.Q.M. was the seed of the Endowment Fund. We know that
Westfield Monthly Meeting and Whitewater Monthly Meeting gave substantial
amounts of money. By 1959, the endowment was worth $58,000.00.
The corporate donations were an important part of the campaign not only because of
the money collected but also for the community networking it represented. The early
Matrons and Superintendents nurtured that kind of relationship with the
Waynesville merchants and people. For example, the Friends Boarding Home
eagerly participated in the 1906 Homecoming by providing rooms for participants
and meals during the event. The Home rented rooms and provided board for
Waynesville teachers who worked across the street. The FBH was the site of the
meeting of many Waynesville social groups, to which the permanent boarders
belonged. Because of the generally higher education level of many of the boarders,
the FBH was thought of as a place of culture and refinement.
Since the demise of the railroad in the area and the death of industry in the
Waynesville area, corporate donations have disappeared, except those from the
Religious Society of Friends and occasionally from other churches.
Some of the early large contributors to the building fund and endowment were:
Paulina Butterworth
Caroline M. Reeves
T. Morris Hardy
S. R. & E. T. Battin
A. M. Schofield
Joel Evans
Anna & Hannah Kelley
Laura C. Taylor
S. L. Cartwright
Edith Butterworth
$500.00
100.00
100.00
400.00
150.00
500.00
250.00
250.00
100.00
100.00
Matilda Underwood
Edward Merritt
Reuben M. Roberts
M. J. & M. A. Warner
Samuel Hunt
Elihu Underwood
Joseph Schofield
William Whitacre
Mary H. Pine
Nathan V. Bronson
$150.00
300.00
250.00
250.00
100.00
150.00
1,300.00
50.00
50.00
100.00
The persons listed above, with one exception, were members of Miami Monthly
Meeting, Green Plain Monthly Meeting, Whitewater Monthly Meeting in
Richmond, Indiana, Fall Creek Monthly Meeting in Pendleton, Indiana, and
Hopewell Preparative Meeting in Roachester, Ohio, outside of Morrow.
Contributor Edith Butterworth of Foster, Ohio was the widow of Issac Butterworth
and boarded in the Friends Boarding Home for a short time. Although not a
Quaker, she entered the FBH on November 10th, 1906 & moved away to Indiana on
August 30th, 1907. According to Clarkson Butterworth in his Catalogue of Members
of Miami Monthly Meeting, 7th mo. 1897:
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Butterworth, Isaac W. ~ 1836.9.26 ~ He is brother of Rachel M. B.
Baylies, herein catalogued. He married a woman not in membership but
of Quaker stock, Edith, daughter of Edward and Abigail Potts, late of
Richmond, Indiana. They have two sons married and a daughter single,
Alfred P., Gilbert Percy, and Ruth W.
The Friends Boarding Home would always welcome non-Quakers as residents if
rooms were available without taking them away from elderly Quakers who applied
for a place in the Home. Even up into the 1960s, if a Quaker applied for admission to
the Home when it was full, a non-Quaker would be asked to vacate (Rules 1 and 2 of
the “Rules for operating Friends Boarding Home.” 21 Some non-Quaker permanent
and temporary residents were: the Brown sisters, who were Episcopalian and lived in
the Home for 30 years, Rev. & Mrs. A. K. Sargeant of Harveysburg (Pastor of Jonah’s
Run Baptist Church), Minnie and David Corwin, Episcopalian Reverend John F.
Cadwallader and wife, Clara Lile, the Alden sisters, Emma Heighway, W. H. Allen
and wife, and the Episcopalian Reverend Walter Dakin 22, who was the grandfather of
the playwright Tennessee Williams.
Some donors had dual memberships in churches. Donor and occasional boarder,
Seth Levering Cartwright, belonged to both the Methodist Episcopal Church and
Miami Monthly Meeting in Waynesville. George Riley, a large donor and unchurched, was sympathetic to both the Society of Friends and the Unitarians. In the
20th century, Mark and Edna McMillan were both members of the Society of Friends
and the Methodist Church. Some other non-Quaker donors were: Alfaretta
Lancaster, Agnes Baker, Katherine Hall, Annie Moodie, Effie Hempleman, Mae T.
Harrison, and Minnie Dodson. Some major Quaker donors had entered mixed
marriages, for example: Sarah Evans Lippinott and Laura Carroll Taylor. Although a
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One of the most distinguished early contributors to the
building fund/endowment was Samuel Hunt (right), a
brother of Elizabeth Hunt Hoel of Waynesville (see her
bio below). Hopewell Preparative Meeting thrived near
Morrow, Ohio, which was a booming railroad town at the
turn of the 20th century. At the time of his death in
Cincinnati, Samuel Hunt was a trustee of the Cincinnati
Southern Railroad, the President of the Detroit, Toledo
and Ironton Railroad, the Vice-President of the New
York, West Chester and Boston Railroad. Samuel Hunt
was born at Morrow, Ohio August 7th, 1850. His father
was Dr. Samuel Pancoast Hunt, a Pennsylvania Quaker,
who in 1813 moved his family Guernsey County, Ohio.
Later they moved to Morrow, Ohio where Samuel
Pancoast Hunt became the respected official surgeon of
the Little Miami Railroad.
Samuel Hunt grew up in Morrow and was drawn into railroad work. His first job was
as a telegraph operator at Xenia. A birthright Quaker, he remained a Friend
throughout his life although he dropped the sectarian dress and speech. He loved
the belief of his forefathers (Obituary, Western Star, May 18, 1905).
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Judge A. C. Thompson, of the United States district court, who was an intimate
friend of Mr. Hunt, said in the Commercial Tribune yesterday:
“The distinguishing features in Mr. Hunt’s character were his absolute
honesty and integrity and his devotion to duty, a devotion which caused
him to make incalculable sacrifices without a protest. He was a generous
man. He did much good, but he did it quietly and did not blazon his
charities before the world. His friends are many and their love is great
and their sorrow and grief sincere. Yet when he was in death sickness,
his one great cause of worry was found in the fear that he was causing
those friends trouble. In his death Cincinnati has lost a great man, a man
who did practical things and did them well” (A Genealogical History of
the Robert & Abigail Pancoast Hunt Family by Charles Cummins Hunt,
M.D., Dixon, Ill. MCMVI, pp. 56 ff.)
2. Donation of Useful Items: Many contributors gave household items for use in
the Friends Home such as furniture and other practical items:
a. Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Hoel Mills ~ furniture in honor of her mother
Elizabeth Hunt Hoel
b. Mrs. Eliza Haines, widow of Seth Silver Haines ~ furniture
c. Anna M. Schofield ~ furniture
d. Mr. and Mrs. David Corwin ~ dining room dishes
e. W. H. Allen ~ furniture
f. Jesse T. Lippincott & Katharine L. Holden ~ an automobile
g. Morris Fulkerson, Waynesville artist, painted an image of the White Brick
Meetinghouse and donated it to the Friends Home
h. Many anonymous gifts were given of practical objects from magazine
subscriptions to cut flowers to brighten the Home.
”This Room is Furnished in Memory of Elizabeth Hunt Hoel 1840-1904”
Plaque hanging in the Lower Courtyard of the 1905 Friends Boarding Home Museum
3. Stocks and Bonds: Many people contributed or bequeathed stocks and bonds and
other resources such as:
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a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
a Paulding Bond
Marion Shoe Co. Stock
a Coupon bond
½ Share of Valley Telephone Stock
Goodyear Stock
U. S. Treasury Bonds
With the coming of the very large bequests in the 20th century (i.e. the Welch,
McMilan, and Dean bequests), in which were listed many stocks and bonds as assets,
QH developed a policy of examining the bequest and the giver’s stipulations or
restrictions to make sure that the assets given could be utilized to further the
missions and purposes of QHCC. This practically took the form of being able to take
said bequeathed stocks and bonds and to convert them, if need be, into socially
responsible/just stocks and bonds. Also, any funds bequeathed as a Trust had to be
honored with periodic reports being made to Probate Court. The FBH Treasurer had
to keep track of all the stipulations in bequests and coordinate all investments.
Today an investment management company has taken over this aspect of the
Treasurer’s job.
4. Gifts while Living to the FBH and QH: Some boarders transferred deeds of
property and other assets to the Friends Boarding Home, to cover their expenses
until their death while leaving them a monthly income to live on. Examples of this
are:
a. Julia Underwood
b. Dr. Emma Holloway
See the details of their transfers of assets in the chapter entitled: Detailed
Information about Donations & Donors ~ Taken from Minutes of The Friends
Boarding Home Board & Other Sources.
5. Vehicles of Giving: Boarders often bequeathed money, personal property, stocks
and bonds, and real estate to the Friends Boarding Home. There are several vehicles
or ways of doing this. For example:
a. Line item bequest of money without stipulations less the requisite taxes.
b. Bequest to the FBH that requests a lifetime income for a designated
beneficiary, i.e. the identical wills of the Kelly sisters, Anna and Hannah,
who requested that M.M.M. and the FBH provide for their brother if he
survived them. The FBH also inherited ½ interest in the Kelly farm.
M.M.M. in Waynesville had the other ½ interest. The FBH interest in the
farm was sold and the money from the sale was re-invested ($7,500.00).
c. Legacy to the FBH out of the residue of a will when all of the beneficiaries
have died i.e. the George Riley Will. After the death of all the
beneficiaries, the last being his daughter Perle M. Riley in 1973, 1/3rd of
the residue was designated to be used for the “sole use and benefit for the
Friends Home;” $105,340.18. Mr. Riley also left a Trust of $5,000.00 to
the FBH, the sole beneficiary, in Item 7 of his Will. The Home received
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semi-annual payments of interest from this trust for decades. In 1983,
after the retirement of the Will’s executor, the assets of the Trust were
transferred to FBH Trustee and Treasurer Grace Hockett Prendergast, the
amount being $5,576.50. In 1990 the Board of Trustees of Friends Home,
Inc. investigated the possibility of requesting from Probate Court the
termination of the Trust and possession of the principal.
6. Examples of Bequests & a Gift/Contribution:
a. Frances Alden & her sister Adeline Alden ~
Obituary of Frances Alden (Western Star, March 12th, 1942):
“STROKE IS FATAL TO FRANCES ALDEN ~ WAYNESVILLE ~ Funeral
services were held at the Stubbs Funeral Home Tuesday afternoon for
Miss Frances Alden, aged resident of the Friends’ Home for the past five
years. She passed away Saturday after a short illness, having suffered a
stroke of paralysis on Thursday from which she never regained
consciousness. She was a native of the state of Maine and a former
teacher and librarian of the Institution for the Feebleminded at
Columbus. She had no survivors, her sister with whom he lived having
passed away just a year ago. She was a direct descendant of John Alden.
Miss Alden was a generous contributor to the Waynesville library.
Burial was in Miami cemetery.”
Estate of Frances E. Alden, deceased, Doc. 21, p. 80, Box #1049:
Her executor was Ross Hartsock, who had also been the executor of her
sister’s will, the President of the Waynesville National Bank. She signed
her will on June 14th, 1941. She left a legacy of $462.34, which is $500.00
minus $37.66 for inheritance tax and interest. Part of ITEM V of her will
states the following:
“I will and bequeath the following sums of money to the following
persons or institutions, to wit:
To the Wayne Township School Library (now the Mary L. Cook
Public Library), Warren County, Ohio, the sum of Five Hundred
Dollars ($500.00), for the purchase of books dealing with history,
biography, fine arts, and travel, the same to be paid to the proper
officers managing said library, and their receipt therefore shall be
a full acquitance to my executor.
To the Friends’ Boarding Home of the Indiana Yearly Meeting of
the Religious Society of Friends at Waynesville, Ohio, the sum of
Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).”
She also left Lena G. Hartsock $200.00 as well as Dr. Mary L. Cook,
$200.00. Lena was a practical nurse at the FBH and Dr. Mary L. Cook
was her physician.
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According to Charles Kenneth Hatfield in his “An Historical Study of the
Friends Home in Waynesville, Ohio,” p. 34:
“Another set of sisters who resided at the Home was the Alden sisters,
Adaline and Frances. The Alden sisters were from one of the New
England states. They both taught in at the School for the Feebleminded
at Columbus, Ohio. They were library and English teachers. Both of
them died at the Home. They had contributed money to the public library
in Waynesville, Ohio. They were not Friends” (Information taken from an
interview with Ruth Chandler).
b. Mame and Anne Brown ~
According to Charles Kenneth Hatfield in his “An Historical Study of the
Friends Home in Waynesville, Ohio,” pp. 33-34:
“Miss Mame Brown and Anne Brown were sisters who probably resided
in the Home the longest amount of time of any of the residents up to the
present time (1959). Their father was a native of Waynesville, Ohio, and
was editor of the ‘Miami Gazette.’ Anne taught school in Waynesville
and throughout Warren County, Ohio. She taught at the Ohio Soldiers
and sailors Orphan Home in Xenia, Ohio. She later taught at Columbus,
Ohio, in the School for the Feebleminded. Mame, as a young woman,
helped her father publish the ‘Miami Gazette.’ When he died she also
went to Columbus, Ohio, and taught printing at the School for the
Feebleminded. The two came to the Home while in their sixties. Mame
died at the Home in 1952 at the age of ninety-two. Anne died in the Home
in 1958. The two spent almost thirty years as residents of the Home.
They contributed to the Home before and after their death. The money
was received from the insurance on their father. The Brown sisters were
not Friends” (Information taken from an interview with Ruth Chandler).
Unfortunately, Mr. Hatfield does not give much detail about how the
Brown sisters gave money when they were alive and how they bequeathed
it after their deaths. The author of this report was unable to find the wills
of Mame or Anne Brown. There is no evidence that the sisters, who were
Episcopalians, were ever asked to leave the FBH during their long
residence to make room for two elderly Quakers. This perhaps indicates
the extent and consistency of their gifts to the Home. Elsewhere in the
FBH Board of Trustee minutes, the Brown sisters are named as generous
givers, but the details are unknown.
Obituary of Mary Thomas Brown, Western Star, December 30th, 1954:
“RETIRED TEACHER SUCCUMBS AT 90 ~ Miss Mary Thomas Brown,
aged 90, a resident for several years of the Friends Home in Waynesville,
died Tuesday after an extended illness. She was a retired teacher of the
state school for the feeble minded in Columbus and at one time was
associate editor of the Miami Gazette in Waynesville. She has been active
in the work of the St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Waynesville. Services
were held at 1:30 P.M. Friday at the church where the body was taken at
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10:00 A.M. Burial was in Miami Cemetery, Corwin, in charge of Stubbs
Funeral Home. The only immediate survivor is a sister, Anna U. Brown,
also a resident of the Friends Home, Waynesville.”
Obituary of Anna U. Brown, Western Star, June 26th, 1958:
“ANNA BROWN, 95, CALLED BY DEATH ~ Miss Anna Brown, 96, died
Sunday at 4 A. M. at the Friends Home in Waynesville where she had
resided for the past 30 years. She was a retired schoo0l teacher. Funeral
services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at the St. Mary’s
Episcopal Church in Waynesville with burial in Miami Cemetery.
Arrangements were in charge of the Stubbs Funeral Home.”
The Brown sisters belonged to St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Waynesville, Ohio. Below are Annie U. (left) and Mary T., “Mame” (right), in their
youth.
c. Olive H. Williams ~ On April 7th, 1944, Mrs. Olive Williams either gave a
gift of $1,200.00 to the FBH or it was a contribution towards her care. It
was probably a contribution towards her care since she also worked as a
“dining room girl” to help pay for her room and board.
Obituary of Olive Williams (Western Star, September 30th, 1954):
“OLIVE WILLIAMS SERVICES SUNDAY ~ Funeral services for Olive H.
Williams, aged 78, who died Friday at the Friends Home following a
heart attack, were held at 10 A.M. Saturday at Stubbs Funeral Home and
at 2 P.M. Sunday at Wright Funeral Home in Pendleton, Ind., with burial
in Pendleton Cemetery. She had formerly resided in Pendleton until 13
years ago when she came to Friends Home. For many years she was a
nurse. There are no immediate survivors.”
d. Minnie Dodson ~
Obituary of Minnie Dodson (Western Star, Jan. 22nd, 1959):
“MINNIE DODSON, TEACHER AT WAYNE, DIED SUNDAY ~ Miss
Minnie Dodson, 91, a teacher in the Wayne Elementary Schools for 11
years, died at 6:30 P.M. Sunday at the Friends Home in Waynesville
where she had been living since August 1946. Prior to her employment in
the Wayne local school district, Miss Dodson had been with the
Indianapolis, Indiana, school system for 40 years. She is survived by a
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brother, Harry I. Dodson, Omaha, Nebraska, and several nieces and
nephews. . .”
The estate of Minnie Catharine Dodson, Deceased, Doc. 30, Page 69, Box
#1354:
At the time of her death, her brother Harry Dodson lived in Omaha,
Nebraska. Her brother Joseph had already died. She had two nephews.
She signed her will on October 11th, 1954. Ross Hartsock was her
Executor. ITEM II of her will stated:
“ITEM II I make the following specific bequests:
1. To the Friend’s Home of Waynesville, Ohio One Hundred
Dollars ($100.00).
2. To the new Masonic Home being built near Waynesville, Ohio
Fifty Dollars ($50.00).
3. To the Eastern Star chapter in Waynesville, Ohio Fifty Dollars
($50.00).”
7. Memorial Gifts: Gifts from grateful relatives and friends who give in memory of
a loved one. This has become the most popular form of gift. Some examples:
a. In 1979 Mrs. Mounts gave a monetary gift in honor of her mother.
b. In 1981 gifts were given in the name of Louis Pond and Hazel
Youngmeyer.
c. In 1981 a gift was given by Alma Farquahar in memory of her motherin-law.
d. A gift was given in honor of Anna Hoak
e. A gift was given by Dwight and Glenna Michener in honor of the
Witters.
8. Gifts for the Staff:
a. In 1985 there was an anonymous gift of $1,000.00 which was to be
divided between the staff members who had nursed a certain resident.
Staff members received $30.00 a piece.
b. In 2006, Thomas Bennett gave $200.00 for an Employee Recognition.
9. Gifts that were Refused:
a. Because of the traditional Quaker testimony against gambling, the offer
of a donation from the proceeds of bingo in 1983 was refused.
b. The gift of the deed to a cemetery plot engendered a discussion among
the Trustees concerning what types of gifts to accept. The Board of
Trustees may accept or reject gifts depending upon the nature of the
asset, the restrictions placed upon the gift, or the possible costs and the
amount of work entailed in converting the asset into one that is
compatible with the mission, principles and purposes of the QHCC.
10. Internal Campaigns for Donations:
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a. In 2003 the anniversaries of employees were celebrated by a $25.00
donation to the Friends Home Foundation. During the same year the
first Employee Campaign was successfully held the week of June 22nd.
The use of payroll deduction to make a donation began.
b. The members of the Board of Trustees are encouraged to make
donations to the QHCC.
11. Public Campaigns for Donations:
a. In the Fall of 2008 and 2007 the Trustees of the FHF and the
Advancement Committee joined to send Letters of Appeal to people on
the QH mailing list. Funds collected were given to the FHF.
PURCHASES & INVESTMENTS
The Friends Boarding Home would often purchase real estate from an estate. For
example:
a. Elizabeth B. Moore ~ Her house would first be rented to the Wooten
family and then purchased by the Chandler sisters with mortgage.
The Friends Boarding Home purchased property when owners defaulted on mortgage:
a. The Rich Farm (located in Massie Township, Warren County, Ohio) ~ On
December 19th, 1940 it was mentioned in the Minutes of the FBH Board
that
“the meeting was called by the president (Seth E. Furnas) to consider the
Rich mortgage. After discussions, Orlando Battin moved the President
and Treasurer employ an attorney and buy the farm at best terms they
are able to obtain. Martha Henderson seconded.”
This Rich mortgage is the Thomas Rich mortgage initiated in 1919.
Thomas Rich, it appears, defaulted on the mortgage in 1940, but, the farm
now owned by the FBH, was rented or worked by the Rich family.
On February 4th, 1941 it was recorded:
“Martha Henderson moved the Friends Home pay for wiring at the Rich
farm also all over the electricity used by the Riches. Anna Tomlinson
seconded.”
In 1941 the Board of the FBH began looking for a family to rent or
purchase the “Rich Farm.” The farm was first mortgaged by Thomas and
Grace Rich. In 1948, the FBH entered into an agreement and Elbert
(Thomas’s son), Lida (Elbert’s wife), Thomas and Grace Rich (Elbert’s
parents) to contract the sale of the farm of 110.98 acres and the stock,
grain and other interest on the farm now owned by the FBH for
$9,000.00. This mortgage was paid off in 1966. The “Rich Farm” may be
the farm mentioned above by the anonymous author of the article in the
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“What’s A Cookin’” in the Waynesville Chamber of Commerce Newsletter,
dated June 1989.
Obituary of Elbert E. Rich, b. March 21st, 1909 - d. February 2nd, 1980, (Western
Star, Feb. 6th, 1980):
“Elbert E. Rich, 70, of 8953 Oregonia Road, Harveysburg, died Feb. 2 at the
home of his daughter in West Carrollton. He was a lifelong area farmer and
formerly belonged to many farming organizations. He was a member of the
Harveysburg Masonic Lodge NO. 312 F & AM the AASR Valley of Dayton, and
the Warren Chapter 224 Order of Eastern Star in Harveysburg. He was
preceded in death by a daughter, Laura Rich. He is survived by his wife, Alida;
three sons, Dick of Wilmington, Robert of Waynesville, and Charlie of Oregonia;
five daughters, Elberta Davis of Lebanon, Iona Jean Johnston of Wilmington,
Mary Jo Haines of Waynesville, Edythe Frost of West Carrollton, and Rose
Benningfield of Stanton, Ky.; 19 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; one
brother, Otis W. Rich of Milford; two sisters, Marie Jackson of Long Boat Key,
Fla., and Inez Harvey of Xenia; and several nieces and nephews. . .”
c. Between 1920 an 1960 the Friends Boarding Home negotiated thirty-six
loans/mortgages.
Raymond Braddock wrote that “the Board had
determined to invest in first mortgages because during the depression in
the early 30’s several thousand dollars had been lost when the American
B. & L. went bankrupt” (“The Founding and Early Years of Quaker
Heights to the 1980s”). The sad reality of the Great Depression was that
the FBH was forced to foreclose on some of their mortgages, for example:
“Orlando Battin moved the Treasurer be instructed to foreclose the Duke
and Fields mortgage if the interest remains unpaid. Also the Alvin and
Rachel Earnhart loan. T. L. Calvert seconded” (Minutes of the FBH
Board, May 3rd, 1938).
d. There was one loan considered and discussed in the “Budget & Finance
Committee” report on November 14th, 1989. A loan was going to be made
of $3,000.00 for a term of not more than two years with such security as
might be available to a highly valued employee of Quaker Heights. Andy
Janovsky was to negotiate the loan and Tom Hill was to prepare the loan
document.
The Lower “Courtyard” (Public Space) in the 1905 Friends Boarding Home Museum
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SOURCES
Records at Watson Library, Wilmington College:
o
Original Ledgers of FBH Board Minutes 1905-1975
o
Board of Trustee Minutes 1975-1983
o Treasurer’s Receipt Book, 1904-1944
o Folder of correspondence, some minutes, maintenance information and financial
records from 1961-1966, also an agreement from 1948 between the Friends Home
and the Rich family.
o
An Historical Study of the Friends Home in Waynesville, Ohio by Charles
Kenneth Hatfield (1959). Master’s thesis for Eastern Kentucky State College,
Graduate School of Education.
o
“The Quaker Heights Story” by Raymond Braddock. Covers the years 1942-1980.
o
Seven folders of information about wills and estates of donors and plans during
the development of “the Friends Home Complex” (Friends Boarding Home,
Quaker Heights Health Care Center, Cottage Program).
Records at The Mary L. Cook Public Library:
o
A copy of the original ledgers of the FBH Board Minutes 1905-1975
o
“The Founding and Early Years of Quaker Heights to the 1980s” by Raymond
Braddock
o
Copy of the Debenture Bond Offering ~ $400.000.00
o
Various newspaper articles in vertical files
o
Articles about Waynesvillians on the MLCook Library website,
http://www.mlcook.lib.oh.us
Records at The Friends Home Museum, The Waynesville Area Heritage & Cultural
Center (The WAHCC at the 1905 Friends Boarding Home):
o Register of Borders, 1905-1991
o Cash Books of the Friends Boarding Home (Matron & Superintendent Account
Books)
o Residents Index Cards, (FBH), 1962-1985
o The Dr. Emma Holloway Papers
o Five binders of the Board of Trustees of Friends Home, Inc. Minutes that range
between 1979-1993, originally owned by Byron Branson.
o One box of trustees minutes, auditor’s reports, Barlett & Co. reports &
miscellaneous papers, originally owned by Byron Branson.
Records at Earlham College:
o
Waynesville Friends Home Photograph Collection. 1850-1910. FMS 73, this
collection consists of about 150 photographs and images formerly kept in
photograph albums at the Friends Home in Waynesville, Ohio. Most of the
identified photographs are of members of Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends
(Hicksite), with some Friends from the east and a few historic Quaker figures.
Finding aid. (There is a copy of this collection in The Mary L. Cook Public
Library, Waynesville, Ohio.)
Records at the Quaker Heights Care Community, Waynesville, Ohio:
o Records donated by Thomas Hill (1972-1992)
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o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
Records (binders) donated by Christine Hadley Snyder (1990-1996)
Binders of Annual Corporate Meetings of Friends Home Corporation
Binders of the Friends Home, Inc. Trustees Meetings & Executive Meetings
Minutes
Binders of the minutes of the Friends Home Foundation, Inc.
Matron/Hostess Account Book, March, 1957 ~ July 1970 (Ruth Chandler up until
1962)
Account Book, January 1963 ~ February 1969
Box of registrations for 1970 Bond Issue, stubs, lists, redeemed Bonds, etc.
Waynesville National Bank Books, Treasurer of Friends Home, 1909-1912, 19131915, 1928-1938
Transcript of Proceedings ~ $1,3000,000.00 dated February 1st, 1992, Village of
Waynesville, Ohio, Healthcare Facilities Revenue Bonds (The Friends Boarding
Home of the Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends), Dated
February 1st, 1992 (The Friends Boarding Home of the Ohio Valley Yearly
Meeting of the Society of Friends.)
Sources not yet found:
o
Ruth Chandler’s List of Donors
o
Beulah Davis’ List of Donors
o
Photograph of Samuel Battin that once hung in the FBH
o
Typescript History of the Green Plain Monthly Meeting, by Miss Helen Calvert,
June, 1973
o
Registration Book for the Members of the Corporation at Annual Meeting.
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CHRONILOGICAL LIST OF THE NAMES OF DONORS
(Based on information from Raymond Braddock, Board Minutes & FHF Reports)
Paulina Butterworth (Miami M. M.)
Sarah E. Lippincott (Cincinnati-Miami M. M.)
Jesse Lipincott & Katie Holden
Laura Carroll Taylor
Peirce J. Cadwallader (Cincinnati-Miami M. M.)
Joel Evans (Miami M. M.)
Ann Vaughn
T. Morris Hardy (Fall Creek M. M.)
Sarah Clifton
Carrie Kane
Sarah Elizabeth Hoel Mills
Eliza F. Henchman Haines (Miami M. M.)
Mr. and Mrs. David Corwin ~
(Mary/Minnie L.)
Caroline Reeves
Thomas Borden
Joseph F. & Fannie M. Schofield
Anna M. Schofield
Edith Butterworth
Miami Monthly Meeting
Julia Underwood
Laura C. Taylor
Nathan V. Bronson (Green Plain M. M.)
Edward Merritt (Green Plain M. M.)
Elihu & Matilda Underwood (Miami M. M.)
Seth Levering Cartwright (Miami M. M.)
James Edwin Janney (Miami M. M.)
The Chandler Family (Miami M. M.):
Aaron B. Chandler &
Lydia Ann Conard Chandler
Edwin & Sydney Chandler
Ruth Chandler &
Elizabeth Chandler
The Battin Familiy (Green Plain M. M.)
Samuel R. & Emily T. Battin
Orlando Battin (oldest son)
Reuben Roberts (Green Plain M. M.)
George Riley Estate~ Trust Fund (1931$3,997.80)
Alfaretta Lancaster Bequest (1934$1,000.00)
Agnes S. Harrison Baker Legacy (1936$1,000.00)
Kathryn (or Katharine) L. Hall Estate
(1937-$100.00)
Mary E. McLaughlin Estate (1938$9,258.00)
Annie B. Moodie Estate (1940-$400.00)
Frances Alden Estate (1944-$462.34)
Olive Williams Gift (1944-$1,200.00)
Emma Raphun Estate (1945-$1,488.09)
Dr. Emma Holloway Gift (1948-Dr.
Emma gave all her assets except a
pension of $18.00/mo. to the FBH)
Annie U. Brown (1949-$1,000.00)
Clara Lile Estate (1950-$934.20)
Anna M. Schofield Estate (1950$7,648.36)
L. T. “Nat” Murray gift (1951-$100.00,
1955-$600.00)
Milton Sheehan Estate (1954-$934.20)
Ada Austin Estate (1956-$651.40)
Effie Hempleman Estate (1958-$187.26)
Mae T. Harrison Estate or Gift (1958$1,000.00)
Minnie Dodson Estate (1958-$93.14)
Geneva Phillips Estate (1959-$200.00)
Paul Tomlinson in memory of his wife,
Ruth Anna (1962-$16.00)
Emma Lou Lewis (1963-Donation of a
Bathroom in FBH)
Emma Holloway Estate (1968-$5,372.00)
Martha Welch Estate (1968-$230,720.00
given in her name and her brother
Martha J. & Margaret A. Warner (Green
Thomas Welch and her sister Esther
Plain M. M.)
W. Southgate)
Donations given at opening of the FBH on
Julia Easton Estate (1971-$5,000.00)
Nov. 15th, 1905 (see footnote #11)
Mark & Edna McMillan Gift (1971Miriam Lownes Bequest (1912- $500.00)
$2,000.00)
Martha Howell Estate(1915-$500.00)
George Riley Estate & Trust (1972 J. W. Whitely Estate (1920-$700.00)
$105,340.18 + $5,000.00 Trust)
Rachel Ann Foulke Estate (1920-$244.11) Schweitzer (1973-$50.00)
Anna & Hannah Kelley Estate (1925Cincinnati Meeting (1973-$12.50)
$1,681.62)
Mrs. Dunham (1976-A clock for FBH)
James Elliott Estate (1929-$92.82)
Mark McMillan (1977-Mark McMillan
Fund-$2600.00)
Gift of Mary Rye (1978-$10,000.00)
Mrs. Mounts (1979-In memory of her
mother-$500.00)
Mark E.(lai) C. McMillan (1980$160,000.00. The McMillan’s also
purchased a cottage for about
$25,000.00 and signed the deed
over to The Friends Home.
Lebanon Presbyterian Church (1980$110.00)
In memory of Louise Pond (1981$500.00)
In memory of Hazel Youngmeyer (1981$50.00)
Annual Donation from Alma Farquahar
in memory of her mother-in-law
(1981-$25.00 per year)
Anna Hoak Fund (1982-$303.00)
Dwight & Glenna Michener (1983Purchase of carpeting for steps in
FBH)
William Parker Furnas (1983-Re-hanging
and lighting of 1904 FBH Charter)
Bea Johnson donates print of “The
Quaker” in memory of mother Jesse
Robitzer (1983-value unknown)
Anonymous gift of $1,000.00 to be
divided among the staff (1985$1,000.00)
Anonymous gift of $1,000.00 in name of
sister-in-law (1985-$1,000.00)
Anonymous memorial gifts (1985-totaling
$955.00)
Gifts in memory of Helen Ross (1987Unknown amount)
In memory of Mary Kelly Farquar (1987$30.00)
In memory of Inez Spinner (1989$750.00)
Jane & Charles McCulloch (1989-donate
50 prints of Jane’s White Brick
Meetinghouse & free framing of
Quaker paintings)
Riley Bequest (1990-$2,000.00, Seeking
final termination of Trust, FHC is
now the only benefactor)
Robert McKensie Dean Estate (1991$150,000.00 & U. S. Savings Bonds,
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worth $67,457.40 designated for the
Assistance Fund. The total redemption value was $96,548.24)
The Margaret Hadley Memorial Fund
(1992-$410.00, used to purchase
items for the FBH)
Waynesville Progressive Women’s Club
(1992-Sewing machine for FBH)
In memory of Mary Chapman (1992Unknown amount)
Chapman Family in memory of Mary
Chapman (1993-Bookcase and
books, $200.00)
Mary L. Cook Public Library (1993Donation of VCR & Free movies for
FBH)
Esther Doster (1994-Donation of Dayton,
Power & Light stock, 450 shares)
Russell Craft in memory of Jo Ann
Howard (1994-$20.00)
Mr. & Mrs. Herman Chester in memory
of Jo Ann Howard (1994-$25.00)
Final settlement of Riley Trust (1995Principal & accumulated interest
from Trust Fund, $6,234.59)
Max Bailey (1998-stuffed pheasants)
In memory of Larry Douglas (1998$1,155.00 donated to the FHF)
Gift from Alice Palmer (2002-$1,000.00)
Gift from Corporation Board collected at
Annual Meeting (2002-$1,000.00)
Anonymous gift (2002-$20,000.00
given to off set the cost of Director
of Development costs for one year)
Anonymous gift (2002-$9,000.00 for
fine art prints for new Assisted
Living Units)
One other large gift for art prints for
Assisted Living (2002)
QH recognizing staff employment
anniversaries with $25.00 donation
(2003)
Establishment of The Linda Gilbert
Fund, an assistance fund for QH
employees (2003)
James Michael Milligan donation (2003$2,000.00, suggested a Bird Aviary)
Annual Employee Campaign (2003$4,296.00: $2,962.00 to Linda
Gilbert Memorial Fund and
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$1,354.00 to Residents Assistance
Fund)
Anonymous Donation (2004-$25.00)
Carol McFarren Donation (2004$25.00)Kathleen Brewer Donation
(2004-$30.00)
Four Trustees make Donation-(2005$2,250.00 for EMS Appreciation
Dinner, 6/27/2005)
John H. Hubbard (2005-2006$2,112.00, Dragonfly Pond)
Robert & Jill Thompson (2005-$30.00
in memory of Donna Cammack)
Lytle Methodist Church (2005-$50.00)
James & Marian Holland (2005-$25.00
in memory of Howard Jarrett)
Charles & Dorothea Rye (2005-$100.00
in memory of Sara Cook)
Estate of Donna Cammack (2006$5,000.00)
Paula Thomas in memory of Donna
Cammack (2006-$50.00)
Estate of Christine Sweetman (2006$64,000.00)
Pamela Thompson (2006- In memory of
Donna Cammack ~ $50.00)
Thomas Bennett (2006-Employee
Recognition ~ $200.00)
Horatio & Barbara Wood (2006Donation ~ $1,000.00)
Patricia Willey (2006-Donation$100.00)
Eleanor Freeland (2006-In memory of
Sara F. Cook ~ $25.00)
Nicholas & Marilyn Lang (2006- In
memory of Sara F. Cook ~ $25.00)
Dayton Friends Meeting (FGC) (2006Contribution ~ $100.00)
Lytle United Methodist Women (2006Crafts ~ $75.00)
Jerry & Peggy Bradley (2006-In memory
of Tom Fleenor ~ $25.00)
John Large (2006-In memory of Tom
Fleenor ~ $50.00)
Charles & Dorothea Rye (2006-In
memory of Wilma Bowman ~
$50.00)
Ohio Valley Religious Society of Friends
Yearly Meeting (2006- $400.00)
Lytle United Methodist Church (2006-
Donation January ~ $50.00)
Lytle United Methodist Church (2006Donation February ~ $50.00)
Dorothy Whitham (2006- In memory of
Rachel Hubbard ~ $5.00)
Thelma Lucas (2006- In memory of
Rachel Hubbard ~ $5.00)
Bill Rider ~ (2006-In memory of Rachel
Hubbard ~ $10.00)
Gomer Bledsoe (2006-In memory of
Rachel Hubbard ~ $5.00)
Cy & Jean Hunter (2006-In memory of
Rachel Hubbard ~ $2.00)
Daphne (2006-In memory of Rachel
Hubbard ~ $3.00)
Delphia (2006- In memory of Rachel
Hubbard ~ $3.00)
Thelma Irons (2006-In memory of
Rachel Hubbard ~ $2.00)
Luella Schoen (2006-In memory of
Rachel Hubbard ~ $5.00)
Gayle (2006-In memory of Rachel
Hubbard ~ $4.00)
Mary Hackney (2006-In memory of
Rachel Hubbard ~ $2.00)
Jim Hackney (2006-In memory of
Rachel Hubbard ~ $2.00)
Mary McGuire (2006-In memory of
Rachel Hubbard ~ $5.00)
Clyde and Bessie Hale (2006-In memory
of Billy Vanaderpool ~ $20.00)
James & Judith Crane (2006-In memory
of Billy Vanderpool ~ $25.00)
Stiles Family (2006-In memory of Billy
Vanderpool ~ $20.00)
Bo Helen & Vicki Smith (2006- In memory of Billy Vanderpool ~ $20.00)
Lynn & Evaline Fairchild (2006-In
memory of Billy Vanderpool ~
$20.00)
Marilyn Fultz (2006-In memory of Billy
Vanderpool ~ $100.00)
Thomas Kier (2006-In memory of Billy
Vanderpool ~ $30.00)
Alice Palmer ~ Donation (2006 $1,500.00)
Lonnie & Connie Schear (2006-Donation
~ $20.00)
Lytle United Methodist Church (2006Donation ~ $50.00)
William & Judith Kier (2006-In memory
of Billy Vanderpool ~ $40.00)
James & Sharon Jewell (2006-In memory of Billy Vanderpool ~ $270.00)
John H. Hubbard (2006-Donation for
Dragonfly Pond ~ $800.00)
Lytle United Methodist Church (2006Donation ~ $50.00)
Lytle United Methodist Church (2006Donation ~ $50.00)
Carole Johnson (2006-In memory of
Burnette Centers ~ $25.00)
Bob & Helen Smith (2006-In memory of
Burnette Centers ~ $20.00)
Tim & Patricia Hemmerick (2006-In
memory of Eleanor Adams ~
$116.00)
Helen & Susan Staab (2006-In memory
of Eleanor Adams ~ $40.00)
C. Susan Snider (2006-In memory of
Eleanor Adams ~ $25.00)
Karrie Whitsel (2006-In memory of
Eleanor Adams ~ $50.00)
James & Wilma Watson (2006-In
memory of Burnette Centers ~
$36.00)
Gary & Kathy Miracle (2006-In memory
of Burnette Centers ~ $50.00)
John H. Hubbard (2006-Donation for
Dragonfly Pond ~ $612.00)
Eugene Mills (2006-Endowment
Donation ~ $400.00)
Sandy Hartsock (2006-Cash Donation ~
$100.00)
J. Cooper Mickie (2006-In memory of
Dallie Webster ~ $50.00)
Jack & Anna Zachary (2006-In memory
of Dallie Webster ~ $40.00)
Paul & Diane Polly (2006-In memory of
Dallie Webster ~ $40.00)
Lytle United Methodist Church (2006Donation ~ $100.00)
Robert & Ellen Campbell (2006-In memory of Dallie Webster ~ $20.00)
James & Wilma Watson (2006-In memory of Dallie Webster ~ $40.00)
Lytle United Methodist Church (2006Donation ~ $40.00)
Lytle United Methodist Church (2006Donation ~ $50.00)
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Foundation Board of Trustees (2006-In
memory of Guy Snyder ~ $50.00)
Dale Hayes (2006-In memory of Edna
Locke ~ $50.00
Mary Foulk (2006-In memory of Edna
Locke ~$25.00)
Evelyn Moyer & Alice Dixon (2006-In
memory of Dallie Webster ~
$25.00)
Dayton Friends Meeting (FGC) (2006Endowment Donation ~ $100.00)
Mr. & Mrs. Irwin ~ In memory of Ruby
Keller (2007- $50.00)
Thomas Bennett ~ Donation (2007$500.00)
Horatio & Barbara Wood ~ Donation
(2007-$1,000.00)
Alice Palmer ~ Donation (2007$2,000.00)
Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting ~ Donation
(2007-$400.00)
Eugenia Mills ~ Donation (2007$500.00)
Lytle United Methodist Church ~
Donation (2007- $75.00)
Hope King in memory of Fred Buttner
(2007-$75.00)
Terrance & Jenifer Wynne in memory of
Fred Buttner (2007-$20.00)
Steven Rudy in memory of Fred Buttner
(2007-$50.00)
Battelle in memory of Fred Buttner
(2007-$25.00)
David & Janet Patterson in memory of
Fred Buttner (2007-$250.00)
AdCare Health Systems ~ Donation
(2007-$100.00)
Horatio & Barbara Wood ~ Donation
(2007-$1,500.00)
Dale Hayes ~ Donation (2007-$100.00)
Dr. Eugene & Christina Snyder ~
Donation (2007-$1,000.00)
Charles & Dorothea Rye ~ Donation
(2007-$500.00)
James & Sharon Jewell ~ Donation
(2007-$100.00)
Dayton Friends Meeting (FGC) ~
Donation (2007-$100.00)
James & Wilma Watson ~ Donation
(2007-$50.00)
Mark Simon & Alison Neil in memory of
Evelyn Simon (2007-$100.00)
Thomas Bennett ~ Donation (2007$1,000.00)
Arthur & Patricia Bonar in memory of
Kathleen Beck (2008-$200.00)
Barry & Patricia Kern in memory of
Kathleen Beck (2008-$40.00)
Lytle United Methodist Church ~
Donation (2008-$50.00)
William & Marilyn Stubbs ~ Donation
(2008-$200.00)
Lytle United Methodist Church ~
Donation (2008-$50.00)
Lytle United Methodist Church ~
Donation (2008-$50.00)
Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting ~ Donation
(2008-$400.00)
Alice Palmer ~ Donation (2008$2,000.00)
Lytle United Methodist Church ~
Donation (2008-$50.00)
Lytle United Methodist Church ~
Donation (2008-$50.00)
Estate of Grace Carolton Allen in
memory of Elwood D. Allen (2008$2,000.00)
Scott Simon ~ For Miles that Matter
(2008-$50.00)
Eugenia Mills ~ Donation to Endowment
Fund (2008-$500.00)
Lytle United Methodist Church ~
Donation (2008-$50.00)
Lytle United Methodist Church ~
Donation (2008-$50.00)
Dale Hayes ~ Donation (2008-$250.00)
Lytle United Methodist Church ~
Donation (2008-$50.00)
Lytle United Methodist Church ~
Donation (2008-$50.00)
MSHC Partners in memory of Lula Belle
Watkins (2008-$100.00)
David & Donna Allen in memory of Mary
Hackney (2008-$25.00)
Jim Thornbury ~ Donation (2008$100.00)
Dorothea S. Rye ~ Donation (2008$1,500.00)
Lonnie & Connie Schear in memory of
Vernon Polly (2008-$20.00)
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Shirley Ames in memory of Vernon Polly
(2008-$20.00)
Sarah Ellis in memory of Vernon Polly
(2008-$20.00)
Vaughn & Miriam Peebles ~ Donation
(2008-$50.00)
Kenneth Bordwell ~ Donation (2008$25.00)
Lytle United Methodist Church (2008$50.00
Warren Sheehan ~ Donation (2008$100.00
Senior Citizens Club of West Carrolton
in memory of Helen Trimble (200825.00)
AdCare Health Systems ~ Donation
(2008-$200.00)
Dr. Daniel & Helen Wilde in memory of
Esther Underwood Doster (2008$100.00)
Horatio & Barbara Wood ~ Donation
(2008-$1,500.00)
Benton Hoak ~ Donation (2008$100.00)
Eugene & Christine Snyder in memory of
Lucile Hadley (2008-$500.00)
James & Wilma Watson in memory of
Vernon Polly (2008-$100.00)
Marilyn & Vernon Cherrett ~ Donation
(2008-$200.00)
Richard & Kathleen Faux ~ Donation
(2008-$25.00)
Hubert & Rosemary Kelly in memory of
Lynn & Dick Day (2008-$100.00)
Ralph & Darlene Palmer ~ Donation
(2008-$100.00)
Donald & Barbara Edwards ~ Donation
(2008-$100.00)
Dr. Edwin & Cheryl Payne in memory of
Davis & Ada Furnas (2008$100.00)
Lisa Cayard ~ Donation (2008-$50.00)
Gerald & Beth Parrish ~ Donation
(2008-$30.00)
Bruce & Julia Pearson ~ Donation
(2008-$25.00)
Jane Zavitz Bond ~ Donation (2008$100.00)
James & Sharon Jewell ~ Donation
(2008-$100.00)
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Christopher Branson ~ Donation (2008$25.00)
Sam & Karen Bailey ~ Donation (2008$20.00)
Violeta Gwynn ~ Donation (2008$100.00)
Ross Gwynn ~ donation (2008-$100.00)
Dr. Robert K. Finley, Jr. ~ Donation
(2009-$100.00)
Lytle United Methodist Church ~
Donation (2009-$50.00)
Richard Boyce & Martha Viehman ~
Donation (2009-$50.00)
Katherine Clark & Phil Henry ~ In
memory of Marion Alter (2009$50.00)
Thomas Bennett ~ Donation (2009$1,000.00
Bobby & Marilyn Shryock ~ In memory
of Vernon Polly (2009-$30.00)
Charles & Janice Peach ~ In memory of
Vernon Polly (2009-$30.00)
William Whitaker/Cheryl Simpson ~ In
memory of Anna Marilyn Miller
(2009- $100.00)
David & Virginia Wood ~Donation
(2009-$25.00)
Alice Palmer ~ Donation (2009$2,000.00)
Mark Diott & Dale Goldberg ~ Donation
(2009-$25.00)
Patrick & Mary Lou Quinn ~ Donation
(2009-$50.00)
Thomas Bennett ~ Donation (2009$250.00)
OVYM of Religious Society of Friends ~
Donation (2009-$1,500.00)
Norman Henry ~ Chapel garden (2009$200.00)
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INFORMATION ABOUT DONATIONS & DONORS
TAKEN FROM MINUTES OF THE
FRIENDS BOARDING HOME BOARD & OTHER SOURCES:
1. Reference to offers of substantial donations to establish a
building fund for the projected FBH in 1901:
On November 9, 1901 Miami Quarterly Meeting appointed a committee to assist the
Committee on the Establishment of a Friends Boarding Home, which has been
appointed by Indiana Yearly Meeting (Hicksite-FGC).
The Miami Quarterly
Meeting committee included:
a. Quaker minister Matilda Jane Underwood ~
Matilda Jane Downing Underwood (b. April 10th,
1851 in Baldeagle Valley, Centre County, Pa. ~ d.
March 25th, 1932) was the much younger and
vivacious wife of Zephaniah Underwood (b.
November 10th, 1820 in Columbus, Ohio ~ d.
April 17th, 1900). He was 50 years old and she
was only 20 when they married on December 28,
1871. They had two sons and two daughters: Ruth
Anna, Zephaniah, Jr. (Zephie), Joseph Miles and
Jane Eva. Zephaniah Underwood was a well-todo fruit farmer. He owned 78 acres in Warren
County and 420 acres in Chester Township of
Clinton County. One hundred of those acres were
orchards. He was also the president of the
Southern Railroad Company.
(Right: Matilda Jane Downing Underwood)
The Underwood’s were steadfast Hicksite Quaker involved in Miami
Monthly Meeting (attending meeting at the Harveysburg Preparative
Meeting of Miami Monthly Meeting, Hicksite), as well as meeting in the
White Brick Meetinghouse in Waynesville, and participating in Miami
Quarterly Meeting and Indiana Yearly Meeting. From 1885 on Matilda
was an active minister in the Society of Friends. Matilda often visited
other Meetings as a traveling minister. Matilda and Zephaniah were also
loyal members of the W.C.T.U. (The Women’s Christian Temperance
Union).
The Underwood homes and farms can still be seen today between
Harveysburg and Wilmington, Ohio on State Route 73. Zephaniah built
“Orchard Home” (a Victorian house with a tower) to ease the memory of
loosing their daughter, Olive (March 23, 1881-October 27, 1882), who had
died in the old Federal brick farm house near Jonah’s Run Baptist Church.
Orchard Home was state-of-the-art when it was build. It had a large
storage tank on the second floor and a network of pipes for gravity flow of
the water into the kitchen and a bathroom with bathtub and lavatory.
When Zephaniah died in 1900, Aaron B. Chandler and Clarkson
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Butterworth helped settle the estate. Clarkson Butterworth had been a
witness to his Will. After the death of Zephaniah in 1900, Matilda then
married his youngest brother Elihu Underwood.
Matilda’s parents were Jacob and Jane Underwood Downing. Jane
Underwood Downing was the first cousin to Zephaniah, Matilda’s first
husband. Zephaniah had offered his widowed cousin Jane and her
children a place to live in exchange for work. So, they moved west.
Matilda’s mother, Jane, was a Friend who wore the traditional Quaker
dress until her death in 1906. Jacob, her father, had been an artist, an
unusual vocation for a Friend at that time. Matilda also had a precocious
talent. She wrote the book, Blue Bell of the Forest: A Story of Olden Times,
In the Midwest (see above). She also wrote her Autobiography, and a
variety of poems and other short works. Matilda’s brother, Joseph J.
Downing was a photographer in Waynesville and Xenia. He made his
home in Xenia, Ohio. Matilda died in 1932 almost 81 years of age. She died
in the home of her daughter, Ruth Anna Tomlinson, wife of Curtis
Tomlinson.
Obituary of Matilda J. Underwood, Friends Intelligencer, 4th mo. 16, 1932,
p. 321:
“UNDERWOOD
~ Suddenly, on third mo. 24th, at the home of her
daughter R. (Ruth) Anna Tomlinson, near Waynesville, Ohio, Matilda J.
Downing Underwood, aged 80 year. She is survived by her brother, J.J.
Downing, three children and nine grandchildren. Matilda J. Underwood
moved from Unionville, Penna., to Ohio in 1868 and until recently resided
at her Orchard Home Farm, near Harveysburg. She was a life long
member of the Society of Friends and had been a public speaker and
writer. She lived a life of love and kindness.”
b. Elihu Underwood ~
Obituary of Elihu Underwood, Friends Intelligencer, 5th mo. 25th, 1929:
“UNDERWOOD ~ On 3rd mo. 29th at his home near Harveysburg, Ohio,
Elihu Underwood, in the 91st year of his age; a birthright member of the
Society of Friends and throughout his life an active and helpful member
of Miami Monthly Meeting. His chief characteristics were sympathy for
those in affliction and a courage which received its reward for after
years of blindness, a skillful surgeon enabled him to again enjoy the
blessings of sight. His cheerfulness brightened the last few weeks of
illness as it had during the difficult places during the journey of life. His
wife Matilda Underwood, and four children survive him.”
c. Sidney J. Chandler (see bio below)
We have offers in the way of money and real estate to an amount, which we feel
safe in saying, will reach $1300.00 with some conditions. We think the establishment of a Home within our yearly Meeting is worthy of further consideration.
Signed on behalf of the Committee: John L. Thomas and Emily J. Battin (Third
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Book of the Yearly Meeting Minutes of The Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends 1901,
The Committee on the Establishment of a Friends Boarding Home).
2. Reference to more offers of substantial donations to
establish the FBH in 1902 (The Committee on the
Establishment of a FBH):
In addition to the financial aid reported last year, we have the promise of $1500.00
provided the Home is located at Waynesville, Ohio. As the amount reported last
year was with the understanding that the Home should be located at the same
place, we would suggest the propriety of ascertaining if Miami Monthly Meeting
would consider and act with this yearly Meeting in establishing such a Home, upon
the north east corner of its meeting property at Waynesville, Ohio. If such
arrangement can be satisfactorily entered into we would suggest the location of
such a Home there. We are united in recommending a building suitable to
accommodate ten persons, with plans that will permit additions if found necessary.
We are also united in suggesting that such a home should be arranged with the aim
for the comfort and convenience of any elderly Friends that my desire to avail
themselves of its comforts. Signed by direction and behalf of your committee.
Reuben M. Roberts, Mary E. Cook.
3. Clarkson Butterworth, member of Miami Monthly Meeting
in Waynesville, in his daily journal, refers to his efforts to
solicit money for the building of the Home in 1903. From
June 1904 on the Board of the FBH meets in Elizabeth B.
Moore’s home located a block away from the building site:
Mailed a letter to Sarah E. Lippincott, which I wrote last night and wrote and
mailed one to Paulina Butterworth ~ Set forth in each the claims of “The Old Friends
Home”, referred to in yesterdays acct. ~ Sought to know how much they would
help, if any (January 22nd, 1903).” and “In the minutes of the Y. M. I find the name
of the Home above mentioned is “The Friends’ Boarding Home”. In its interest I
wrote today to Laura Carroll Taylor and Peirce J. Cadwallader (January 23,
1903). He reports on February 11, 1903 that I called on Joel Evans who subscribed
$500.00 towards the Friends Home.
According to Clarkson’s diary dated May 30, 1904:
Paulina Butterworth paid A. B. Chandler, the agent of R. M. Roberts, Treas. of the
“Friends Home” Committee (Reuben M. Roberts of Green Plains MM), her $500.00
subscription to said home.
a. Sarah Evans Lippincott (June 12, 1837 ~ October 7, 1916), the wife of
William F. Lippincott, a non-Quaker, lived on Mt. Auburn in Cincinnati at
261 E. Auburn Ave. Sarah and William had four children. Sarah was the
daughter of Jason Evans and Mary Haines Evans. She was a member of
Miami Monthly Meeting in Waynesville. Her father, Jason Evans, was
born in Waynesville, was educated at the Waynesville Academy, and
eventually became a wealthy pork packer and banker in Cincinnati. Jason
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Evans was one of primary benefactors of the Miami Valley
Institute/College founded in Springboro in 1870. For biography of Jason
Evans, see: Jason Evans ~ Businessman and Philanthropist 1807~1876,
http://qugenswohio.blogspot.com/2005/10/jason-evans-businessmanand.html
Sarah E. Lippincott was the oldest daughter of Jason Evans and
married to W. F. Lippincott, who was one of the business partners of her
father.
According to Clarkson Butterworth in his “Catalogue of the Members of
Miami Monthly Meeting, 7th Month 1897,” Mary H (aines). Pine (b.
March 9th, 1835 – d. April 12th, 1924), a large contributor to the FBH, lived
with her cousin Sarah E. Lippincott, the daughter of Jason Evans. Mary’s
brother was William Pine. Her parents were Simeon and Sarah Haines
Pine who both were from New Jersey. Sources indicate that Simeon
arrived in the Miami Valley after walking from Burlington County, New
Jersey. He was received as a member of Miami Monthly Meeting on a
certificate of removal from Haddonfield Monthly Meeting in New Jersey,
on 29 June 1825. He transferred his membership to Springboro Monthly
Meeting. He was disowned for having Hicksite sympathies in 1829. Mary
H. Pine was one of six children. She never married. Mary H. Pine is
known to have lived at the FBH in 1917, after the death of her cousin Sarah
Evans Lippincott. She probably decided to live there because her sister,
Susan Jane Pine Sheehan was living at the FBH where she died in 1918.
Mary H. Pine died in the FBH in 1924.
Death Notice of Mary Pine (Friends Intelligencer, 5th mo. 1924):
“PINE ~ At the Friends Home, Waynesville, Ohio 4th mo. 12th, Mary Pine,
in her 90th year. Her cheerful nature and kindly ways endeared her to
all.”
Obituary of Sarah E. Lippincott, Friends Intelligencer, 10th mo. 28th, 1916,
p. 170:
“LIPPINCOTT ~ At her home in Cincinnati, O., on 10th mo. 8th, Sarah
Evans Lippincott, aged 79 years. She was the eldest child of Jason and
Mary Evans and the last member of an old and respected family. She
was born at Waynesville, O., where her ancestors resided. In 1842 the
family moved to Cincinnati. She had one sister, Susan Cunningham of
Cincinnati, and one brother, Benjamin Evans, whose home of recent
years was at Morristown, N.J. Her husband William J. Lippincott, died
several years ago, leaving the wife, two sons and two daughters ~ J.
Evans Lippincott, who died in 7th mo. last; Katharine L. Holden, Mary E.
Cadwallader, and Jesse T. Lippincott. The funeral services were held on
3rd Day, the 10th, and conducted by Friend Joseph Swain of Swarthmore
College, and formerly a member of Indiana Yearly Meeting, was present
. . .”
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b. Paulina Butterworth (1838-1915) was the
unmarried sister of Clarkson Butterworth. She
lived a life of benevolence and in her obituary it
states: Many persons can, and do testify to her
deeds of kindness and charity. Besides the
numerous individual gifts, she donated liberally
to the Friends Boarding Home (Miami-Gazette,
July, 1915).
(Mary L. Cook Public Library)
Paulina Butterworth was the unmarried fourth child of Moorman and Fanny
Smith Butterworth. She was a birthright Quaker and an ardent Temperance
worker, a member of the W.C.T.U. and member of Miami Monthly Meeting
(Hicksite). She was the sister of Clarkson Butterworth.
The following is the obituary of Paulina Butterworth found in the Miami-Gazette,
July, 1915:
“Paulina Butterworth, fourth child of Moorman and Fanny Smith Butterworth
was born near Maineville, Warren County, Ohio, 5th mo. 19th 1838, and died
7th mo. 1st 1915, at her home on Third Street, Waynesville, Ohio, aged 77 years,
1 month and 12 days. Her father was a native of Campbell County, Virginia and
moved to Ohio, with his parents, in 1812 and settled on the Little Miami River in
the southern part of Warren County. Her mother, Fanny Smith, was a native of
Bucks County, Pennsylvania. In about the year 1823 she moved to Waynesville,
Ohio, traveling the distance in a one-horse wagon in company with Ezra
Adams, one of Waynesville’s early settlers. Moorman Butterworth and Fanny
Smith were married 9th mo. 7th 1825. They settled on their farm where all their
five children were born.
Here they mingled their joys and sorrows contributing to the elevation and
comforts of their community until his death in 1841, when Paulina was but three
years of age. Paulina spent a number of her girlhood days in the family of
Edward Butterworth, south-west of Waynesville, Ohio, having finished her
school education at the Maineville Academy, but in the early sixties she, with her
mother, moved to her late residence. Here she not only ministered to her
mother’s declining years, but found time and pleasure in adding to the comfort
and happiness of those with whom she mingled. Many persons can, and do
testify to her deeds of kindness and charity. Besides the numerous individual
gifts, she donated liberally to the Friends Boarding Home.
She was a birthright member of the Religious Society of Friends and a faithful
attender of its meetings. She was likewise an active worker in the Temperance
cause in her community, being a faithful member of the Woman’s Christian
Temperance Union for many years and gave liberally of her time and means fro
the uplift of humanity. She read good books, lead an unassuming life and as to
the great throng of mankind she might easily make the language of the poet her
own:
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'I have not loved the world, nor the world me. I have not flattered its rank
breath, nor bowed To its idolatries a patient knee, Nor coined my cheek to
smiles, nor cried aloud In worship of an echo. They could not deem me one of
such.'
Clarkson Butterworth, a brother, and his family of Portland, Oregon, Martha
Witham, of Lawrence Kansas, a sister, as well as a number of nieces and
nephews, children of Ruthanna Witham, late of Union City, Indiana, and Edith
Girton, late of Westboro, Clinton County, Ohio, with her numerous friends and
neighbors, survive to mourn her loss."
c. Laura Carroll Taylor (June 10, 1832 ~ January 21, 1906) was the
daughter of influential Cincinnati Hicksite Quaker physician Dr. Thomas
Carroll (d. March 13, 1871) and Anne Lynch Williams (d. May 19, 1871). Both
Thomas and Anne came from long lines of Quaker ancestry. Laura Carroll
was born at St. Clairsville, Belmont County in eastern Ohio. She was married
twice; first to David Hendrickson Taylor (m. January 17, 1853), who was not a
Quaker. She had four children with her first husband. When David H. Taylor
died, she married his cousin Henry W. Taylor with whom she had no children.
Her brother was Robert Williams Carroll (July 28, 1826 ~ December 17,
1897), who was a successful lawyer and book publisher in Cincinnati (The R.
W. Carroll & Co.). Robert W. Carroll was not a member of The Society of
Friends and was a noted philanthropist. His second wife, Mary Arabella Piatt,
was a Roman Catholic (see, Catalogue of the Members of Miami Monthly
Meeting, 7th mo. 1897 compiled by Clarkson Butterworth, and “The Carrolls
of Cincinnati”:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ocarroll/Carroll%20bro
wser/ohio.htm#descendants, and, the “U.S. Carroll Biographies”:
http://carrolfamily.accessgenealogy.com/usbiogs.htm@Memories, and,
http://carrollfamily.accessgenealogy.com/usbiogs.htm#Centennial
Laura Carroll Taylor’s son, Dr. Henry Longstreet Taylor (1857-1932) was born
in Cincinnati, Ohio. He graduated from Haverford College, received a
medical degree from the College of Ohio/University of Cincinnati in 1882.
He became a famous researcher and innovator in the struggle against
consumption (tuberculosis) (see,
http://www.angelfire.com/mn/thursdaynighthikes/stalb1_arch.html).
Obituary of Laura Carroll Taylor ~ Friends Intelligencer, 2nd, mo. 24, 1906, p.
125 (also mentioned in F. I., 3rd mo. 17, 1906, p. 173):
“TAYLOR. ~ At the home of her daughter, Anna H. Simpson, College Hill, O.,
Laura C. Taylor, aged nearly 74 years. She had been confined to her room
for several months. She was a member of Miami Monthly Meeting of
Friends after the laying down of Cincinnati Monthly Meeting, Ohio ~
Elizabeth B. Moore.”
d. Peirce J. Cadwallader (December 27, 1853): According to Clarkson
Butterworth in his Catalogue of the Members of Miami Monthly Meeting, 7th
(History of Cincinnati and
Hamilton County, Ohio, Their Past
and Present)
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Month 1897:
Cadwallader, Peirce J., b.
1853.12.27. Address, business office, Johnston
Building, Cincinnati, Ohio. Is a practicing lawyer.
His wife was Ella Bacon. She and her children are
not members. His parents were Andrew W. and
Esther Peirce Cadwallader, herein Catalogued.”
Andrew W. "is the oldest living son of Jonah and
Pricsilla (Whitacre) Cadwallader whose home
was on Todds Fork two miles above Morrow.
Esther was the daughter of Richard and Mary
(Fallis) Peirce last of Wilmington, Ohio". Clarkson
also notes that Andrew and Esther had moved to
Chicago.
The family attended a Presbyterian church in Cincinnati.
Previous
generations had been Quaker. Peirce maintained his membership in Miami
Monthly Meeting in Waynesville. His ancestors were instrumental in
founding Cincinnati Monthly Meeting. See:
http://qugenswohio.blogspot.com/2005/11/peirce-j-cadwallader-quakerlawyer.html
e. Joel Evans was an important figure in Waynesville. As a young man he
learned the trade of his father, David, becoming an Auger. In 1840 Joel and
his first wife Susan Sharp Evans moved to Jay County, Indiana where they
lived near Camden. Susan died November 30th, 1840. After her untimely
death in Indiana, he returned to Waynesville where he lived for the rest of his
life.
Joel had been a surveyor (He began his surveyor
business in 1844.) a builder (from 1851-1861) and in
1866 became the Surveyor of Warren County. He
ran for County Surveyor as early as 1851 on the
Whig Ticket (see Miami-Visitor, August 1, 1851). He
won the office in 1866. He was the mayor of
Waynesville in 1855 (see Miami-Visitor, April 4th,
1855). He put out his shingle in Waynesville often
advertising in the Miami-Gazette: Joel Evans,
Surveyor, Conveyancer and Notary Public,
Waynesville, Ohio (see, July 5th, 1865). He was
elected to the Board of Warren County
Commissioners from 1871 to 1874. As a builder
(architect) he drew up the plans for the Warren
County Children’s and Orphan’s Home at Lebanon
and was the superintendent of its construction in
1874. He was on the first Board of Trustees of this
Children’s and Orphan’s Home. He served for two
terms.
(Earlham College)
His surveyor’s office was located on North Main Street next to his parent’s
home. He plotted the "Evan’s Addition" to Waynesville wherein was located
the Waynesville Academy. He surveyed and plotted Miami Cemetery in 1867
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and he was on the Miami Cemetery Board of Directors for many years. He
was elected to the Board of Education in Waynesville beginning in 1873 and
served as clerk for many years. He was also one of the first Directors of the
The Waynesville National Bank, which was founded in 1874.
See:
http://qugenswohio.blogspot.com/2006/01/joel-evans-quaker-mayor-ofwaynesville.html and http://qugenswohio.blogspot. com/2005/09/evansfamily-of-waynesville.html.
Obituary of Joel Evans, Friends Intelligencer, 11th mo. 2nd, 1907:
“EVANS. ~ At his home, Waynesville, Ohio, Ninth mo. 17th, 1907, Joel Evans,
aged 91 years, 7 months, and 4 days. He held many offices of trust, both in
the county and the Society of Friends, having been Quarterly Meeting
treasurer for nearly 40 years in succession. He and his brother, Jason S.,
were members of Miami Monthly Meeting held at Waynesville, Ohio.”
Obituary of Joel Evans, Western Star, September 19th, 1907:
“Joel Evans, A Prominent Citizen of Waynesville Dies at ripe Old Age of 91:
Joel Evans, ages 91, one of Waynesville’s oldest and wealthiest residents,
died at his home Tuesday morning at 4 o’clock from old age and exhaustion.
He was born near Waynesville January 23, 1816 and received a common
school education in a log school house near the village. His wife and two
children, Mrs. Seth W. Brown of Lebanon and David Evans of Waynesville,
now survive him. In 1844 be began studying surveying and in 1866 was
elected county surveyor serving capably for six years. From 1871 to 1875 he
was a county commissioner and while acting as such drew up the plans and
specifications for the erection of the Warren county Orphan Asylum and
Children’s Home. During the building of that edifice he was superintendent
of construction and at its completion served six years as a trustee of the
institution. At the opening of the Waynesville National Bank in 1874, Mr.
Evans accepted the position of cashier. He at one time was also a member of
the Waynesville Board of Education, was a successful business man and
leaves an estate worth $50,000.00. Mr. Evans though reserved in his
manners was pleasing and congenial and was held high in the esteem of all
who knew him. The funeral services will be held from the beautiful home
Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock.”
f. Elder Elizabeth B. Moore is an important member of the FBH Board:
The Obituary of Elizabeth B. Moore (9th mo. 30th, 1849 ~ 4th mo. 17th, 1913).
She entered the Friends Boarding Home on February 10th, 1913 and died a
little over two months later on April 17th, 1913 at 2:45 P.M. Lydia Chandler
nursed her for 54 days, Margaret Warner came to help nurse her for two
weeks, and Rosa Davis for 11½ days:
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Elizabeth B. Moore, born 9th mo. 30th 1849, died
4th mo. 17th, 1913, aged 63 years, 5 months and 18
days. She was born at the home of her grandfather,
David Brown, now owned and resided upon by S.
Ella Michener and family.
This David Brown, when twenty years of age came
from New Jersey with his parents, Asher and Mary
(Ward) Brown, with eight brothers and sisters and
settled on this farm in 1804.
When Elizabeth was but 12 days old her mother,
Sarah (Brown) Moore passed to the higher life, so
that she never realized the impress and devotion of
a loving mother.
In 1852 her father, Samuel B. Moore, remarried and moved to the west. Left
as she was in the care of her grandparents and a maiden aunt, Elizabeth
W(ilkins). Brown, she grew to womanhood under the atmosphere of
consistent Friends, who faithfully taught her the principles of love to God,
Justice and right living toward her fellow beings. Thus when at the age of 39
years, she in turn was qualified to faithfully devote her Christian fidelity to her
beloved aunt, and repay her in part, at least, by nursing her through a
protracted illness.
After the year 1883, Elizabeth B. Moore was left without any relatives in this
place nearer than first cousin, but not without many devoted friends in and
about Waynesville, Ohio, as well as among her religious associates in other
parts of Ohio in and in Indiana. So much was she beloved by many that her
willing service was often sought in time of sickness and bereavement. Much of
her life was given to the care of the afflicted whom she tired to comfort in their
declining years. Having never married she was more at liberty to bestow her
kindness, helpfulness and devotion to her friends.
Her school education was obtained in the Waynesville village schools, and
partly in a private school, taught in the little brick house on the Friend's
ground, wherein she afterward taught for a short time. She was a faithful
worshiper at the religious services of her life long society, in which she held
many offices of trust and responsibility, being the treasurer of Miami Monthly
Meeting, and one of its Elders at the time of her death.
She was an ardent temperance worker, giving her time and faithful service to
the local Women's Christian Temperance Union, which organization, during
her last illness sent her a beautiful floral spray as a slight token of regard and
sympathy.
She was one of the prime movers and was devoted to the welfare of the
Friends Boarding Home, having been of its Trustees from the beginning.
Thus was her life given to the service of others. "Inasmuch as ye have done it
unto one of the least of these, my brethren, ye have done it unto me." In this
Home she spent the last nine weeks of her earthly pilgrimage, being
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comforted by her friends until the language came, "It is enough, come up
higher."
1 Asher Brown Sr. b: 11 SEP 1760 d: 02 MAR 1832 (Asher Brown had eleven
other children after David)
+ Mary Ward b: 12 FEB 1763 d: 04 MAY 1851
2 David Brown b: 26 SEP 1784 d: 05 OCT 1862
+ Mary Wilkins b: 27 OCT 1769 d: 15 OCT 1857
3 Elizabeth Wilkins Brown b: 26 DEC 1809 d: 20 MAY 1888
(Never married)
3 Sarah Brown b: 11 MAY 1813 d: 12 OCT 1849
+ Samuel B. Moore
4 Elizabeth B. Moore (Never married)
According to Clarkson Butterworth in his List, Nearly or Quite Complete of
Changes of Membership in Miami Monthly Meeting and some other Matters,
from 10.13.1803-5.24.1843 compiled in 1904 Elizabeth B. Moore and
Elizabeth Davis, the widow of David Davis lived together in Elizabeth's house
which was located on the southwest corner of High and Third Streets.
AARON B. CHANDLER & LYDIA CHANDLER, 1905-1910,
SUPERINTENDENT AND MATRON
4. From the Miami-Gazette newspaper of Waynesville (Miami~
Gazette, Wednesday, May 17, 1905):
The General Committee of the Friends Boarding Home will meet in Richmond
during Quarterly Meeting of Whitewater Quarter next month where other matters
concerning the Home and the selection of superintendent and matron will be
discussed. Already Ann Vaughn, formerly of Richmond, now living in California,
has signified her intention of furnishing two rooms in the Home, and Sarah
Clifton, of Dayton, and Carrie Kane, of Richmond, have promised several
articles of furniture for their use.
a. Anna M. Vaughn ~ was a member of the Philanthropic Committee of
Indiana Yearly Meeting (Hicksite-FGC), 1900, from Whitewater Quarter.
We know that Anna M. Vaughn was a transient boarder for three weeks at the
FBH in 1912 ((Information taken from the Register of the Friends Boarding
Home located in the Waynesville Area Heritage & Cultural Center,
Waynesville, Ohio). According to her obituary in the Friends Intelligencer, 6th
mo. 13, 1925, p 477, she died in Waynesville and her funeral service was held
at the Friends Boarding Home before her body was taken to Richmond,
Indiana for burial. She was a dedicated teacher, Quaker, and First Day School
teacher.
b. Sarah Clifton
c. Carrie Kane
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5. From the minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board of
Trustees, June 2, 1905 (First reference to the “Cincinnati
Fund”):
Reuben M. Roberts moved and A. B. Chandler seconded the motion that the
Committee offer the Trustees of the Cincinnati Fund, market value less
commission, for the U.S. bonds to be used for the Home. Motion carried.
“The Cincinnati Fund” was the money given to Miami Quarterly Meeting after
Cincinnati Monthly Meeting (Hicksite/FGC) was laid down in 1897.
6. Friends Boarding Home Board of Trustee Minutes, August
25th, 1905: Lydia A. Conard is hired as matron, 8th mo. 25th,
1905.
Lydia would later marry Aaron B. Chandler. The following information indicates
how respected Lydia A. Conard Chandler was. Unfortunately, no photograph of
Lydia has been found:
Lydia Ann Conard Chandler, originally from Highland County, Ohio near Careytown
(daughter of Joseph [b. 9th month 22nd day 1805-d. 4th month 6th day 1854] and Rebecca
Good Conard [b. 1st month 20th day 1809-d.1st month 2nd day 1885]), lived 16 years after
her husband's, Aaron B. Chandler's, death. It is not surprising that Aaron B. would marry a
well-educated woman. She had attended Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana after her
graduation from high school. Lydia, her parents, three brothers and three sisters were
Hicksite Quakers who first belonged to Miami Monthly Meeting in Waynesville. They later
helped to establish a Hicksite Meeting near their farm, Clear Creek Meeting. Shortly after her
father’s early death when Lydia was 4 years old, the family moved into New Vienna, Ohio in
Clinton County. According to her obituary (see below), most of her life was spent in New
Vienna, except for her time in school in Indiana and her tenure as the first Matron of the
Friends Boarding Home in Waynesville. However, there is some evidence that she also had
lived in Columbus, Lima, Toledo and Blanchester, Ohio for a while. She is buried in the
Masonic & I.O.O.F. Cemetery in New Vienna, Ohio. Her tombstone reads, "Lydia Conard
Chandler, 1850-1931, Wife of A. B. Chandler". Her death notice in The Miami~Gazette reads
as follows: "Mrs. Lydia Chandler, wife of the late Aaron Chandler, passed away Monday at
her home in New Vienna. Mrs. Chandler was the first matron of the Friends Boarding
Home, serving in that capacity for about nine years. After the death of Mr. Chandler she
removed to her former home at New Vienna." Her death certificate is dated 3rd mo. 23 day
1931, Volume #6547, Certificate # 14392. (See below to read her full obituary in The New
Vienna Reporter).
There is an indication in the Miami-Gazette, that Lydia was hired into another “Matron” job
after Aaron B. Chandler’s death. The newspaper reported on Wednesday, January 17, 1917
that "Mrs. Lydia A. Chandler, who has been in Blanchester since early fall, has secured a
very lucrative position in the Boys Cottage at the Ohio Masonic Home at Springfield, Ohio."
The Boys Cottage is no longer extant. In 1917 Lydia was 67 years old when she took on this
job. It is most likely that she was unable to stay in this position very long due to her age.
Officials at the Ohio Masonic Home in Springfield were unable to find her employment
record. She is reported as living in New Vienna in June of 1917 (Miami-Gazette, June 13,
1917).
Lydia was also a dedicated member of The Order of the Eastern Star. Lydia Conard (before
her marriage to A. B.) affiliated with Miami Chapter #107, Order of the Eastern Star in
Waynesville on June 11, 1906. The Miami-Gazette reported on June 13, 1906:
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". . . After the regular routine of business had been disposed of, Miss Lydia Conard, Matron
of the Friends Home, was given a cordial welcome into the local lodge being admitted from
a
Toledo
organization,
after
which
light
refreshments
were
served."
She was an active member. On December 10, 1906 she was installed as Chaplain of Miami
Chapter. In 1908 she served on many investigating committees. On December 14th, 1908,
now as Lydia Chandler, she was installed as Warder. The following are more examples of her
activity. The Miami-Gazette reported on December 3, 1913:
"INSTALLED OFFICERS: Messrs and Mesdames J. E. Janney, J. C. Hawke and C. M.
Robitzer and Mesdames A. B. Chandler, F. H. Farr and Maybelle Fitzgerald motored to New
Burlington and attended the installation of officers for a new chapter of the Order of the
Eastern Star at that place Tuesday evening. Mrs. Hawke acted as installing officer. After the
work, a sumptuous banquet was served. All report a splendid time."
In the February 11, 1918 Minutes of Miami Chapter #107 is found the following entry: "Sister
Lydia Chandler asked for her demit as she can not attend here any more and wishes to join
at New Vienna (#327)." Lydia was received into the New Vienna Chapter #327 on April 5,
1918. The night before her funeral an Order of the Eastern Star funeral service was conducted
in her honor (see obituary below).
Aaron B. and Lydia had bought a home on Fourth Street in Waynesville when she retired
from the Friends Boarding Home as Matron in 1910. There home was located on Lot #9 and
a part of Lot #10 in the Thomas’ Addition to the Village of Waynesville (see Deed Book #101,
Page 543). On May 1, 1917, Lydia and her stepson, Walter D. Chandler, transferred the Deed
to William S. Graham (see Deed Book #102, Page 387). The Miami-Gazette reported on
November 22, 1916:
"W. S. Graham purchased the A. B. Chandler home on 4th Street last week. This property is
very desirable and will make the Graham’s a fine home. Mrs. Chandler moved her goods to
Blanchester last week and will make her future home at that place. Her many friends here
in Waynesville regret her leaving town."
Lydia Conard Chandler was widely liked and admired for her dedicated service as Matron of
the Friends Boarding Home. During her waning years she lived at the Friends Boarding
Home during the winters. According to the Friends Boarding Home Day Books she lived at
the Home as a transient boarder from January 1st, 1928 to March 8th, 1928, from July 7, 1929
to August 18, 1929, and from November 23, 1929 to April 21, 1930. She kept in contact with
the residents of the Home and with the Chandlers after Aaron B.’s death. There are many
references in The Miami-Gazette to her visits to Waynesville: "Mrs. Lydia Chandler of New
Vienna is visiting relations here over Thanksgiving" (November 28, 1917), "Mrs. Lydia
Chandler of New Vienna, spent several days last week with Edwin Chandler and family.
Edwin Chandler and family entertained at dinner Friday evening, the following guests: Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Smith, Mr. Will Smith and daughters Misses Esther and Virginia, Miss
Willy Ann Gently of Selma, Ohio and Mrs. Lydia Chandler of New Vienna" (July 30, 1924),
"Mrs. Aaron Chandler, former Matron of The Friends Home, is spending a few weeks at the
Home" (January 11, 1928) and "After spending several weeks at The Friends Home, Mrs.
Lydia Chandler returned to her home in New Vienna last Thursday" (March 14, 1928).
It was also mentioned in The New Vienna Reporter that the Society of Friends shared in
Lydia’s Estate. Miami Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends of Waynesville is given
$100.00 under the terms of the will of Lydia A. Chandler, filed in Probate Court. It is evident
that Lydia Conard Chandler loved the Friends Boarding Home and Miami Monthly Meeting.
VIENNA WOMAN EXPIRES AFTER LONG ILLNESS
Mrs. Lydia A. Chandler, 80, Dies At Home in Village Monday Morning
[Wilmington Journal-Herald, March 24, 1931]
Aaron B. Chandler’s Second Wife
These obituaries were found in the Genealogy Room,
Clinton County Historical Society, Wilmington, Ohio
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Mrs. Lydia A. Chandler, 80, of New Vienna, died at her home Monday at 10 A.M. after a
lingering illness of several weeks. Death was due to infirmities.
Mrs. Chandler was a long-time resident of New Vienna, having lived there for the past 65
years. She formerly was a resident of Waynesville. She was the widow of Aaron B.
Chandler. She was the daughter of Joseph and Rebecca Conard, and was born in Highland
County.
Mrs. Chandler was a member of the Hicksite Friends Church at Waynesville, and for the
past several years had spent her winters in the Old Friends Home there.
She is survived by a step-son, Walter Chandler of Honolulu, three nieces, Mrs. Geneva
Phillips and Mrs. W. A. Newby, of New Vienna, and Mrs. E. S. Creed, of Chicago, one
nephew, Charles Conard of Hillsboro, and two great nephews, Charles Chaney of this city
and F. L. Conard of Washington C. H.
CHANDLER RITES HELD AT VIENNA WEDNESDAY
Funeral services for Mrs. Lydia A. Chandler, 80, of New Vienna, were held Wednesday
afternoon at the home of her niece, Mrs. Geneva Phillips, of New Vienna. Judge Hugh J.
Wright was in charge. Interment was made in the Conard family lot in New Vienna.
THE NEW VIENNA REPORTER
OBITUARY OF LYDIA A. CHANDLER
[. . .various families of Friends] from Pennsylvania settled in Highland, Ohio, near
Careytown, forming a religious society of Hicksite Friends. One of these families was that of
Joseph and Rebecca Good Conard, who found their home on what is now the Henry Sanders
farm in 1846, and to whom was born in 1850, a daughter Lydia A. Here with three brothers,
Lewis, Charles and Frank, and three sisters, Sarah, Suzanna and Martha, she spent her
childhood in that spiritual atmosphere so characteristic of their religious faith and grew
into beautiful womanhood with a spirit marked by gentleness and serenity.
From the country and village schools she continued her education at Earlham College,
Richmond, Ind. A few years after the father’s death, the family moved to New Vienna, Ohio
where she has spent most of her long life. Some years were given in beautiful ministry as
Matron of “The Friends Home”, in Waynesville, O., and with the meetinghouse close by, she
found a Christian fellowship, which has ever been a happy memory. It was here in 1908 she
married Aaron Chandler, but this happy companionship was for only a few short years, he
passing away in 1815, leaving a son, Walter Chandler, now in Honolulu. She was loath to
leave those kindred associations to return to her old home town but there was awaiting for
her a real welcome by her many friends who have been blest by her quiet, beautiful life and
would pay a tribute of love to her today.
In her home we found hospitality, beauty and orderliness; she loved beauty in flower and
fabric as was manifest in garden and the plying needle; she never lost that social charm;
she did not grow old in spirit for hers was broad and fraternal; hers was an understanding
heart, not one that longed and sought for trifles light as air, but lived in thought so pure and
good, grateful for the Eternal things; her life was one of kindly ministry and serene faith
fraught with the sympathy that cheers.
On the morning of March 23, 1931 she slipped away after some weeks of weariness and
restlessness—the journey of four score years was complete.
“Life, we’ve been long together,
Through pleasant and thru cloudy weather;
‘Tis hard to part when friends are dear;
Perhaps ‘twill cost a sign, a tear;
Then steal away, giving little warning,
Choose thine own time.
Say not “Good night”, but in some brighter clime.”
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ATTEND FUNERAL: Out of town people attending the funeral of Mrs. Lydia A. Chandler
were, Mr. & Mrs. H.E. Conard of Columbus, Dr. Robert Conard, Judge & Mrs. Hugh J.
Wright, Miss Ellen C. Wright, Mrs. Emma W. Hale, Mr. & Mrs. Charles Chaney, of
Wilmington, Mr. & Mrs. F. L. Conard of Washington C.H., Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Conard
and Dr. Ella Blackburn, of Hillsboro, Mr. Levi Lukens of Waldo, Mr. Alonzo Larkin and Mrs.
Peter Adams of Highland, Mrs. Burch Trent and Mr. R. K. Larkin of Leesburg, Dr. & Mrs. J.
R. Coleman of Loveland, Mr. & Mrs. J. L. Mendenhall, Mr. & Mrs. A. S. Curl, Mrs. Anna
Cadwallader, Mrs. Mary Adams, Mrs. Ella Meredith, Mrs. Lena Hartsock, Mrs. George
Harsock, Mrs. Mame T. Brown, Mrs. Frank Elbon, Mrs. Frank Miller and Mr. & Mrs. Seth
Furnas of Waynesville.
ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR: On Tuesday evening, after the regular meeting of the
Order of the Eastern Star, a beautiful service was held in Memory of Mrs. Louis Penn and
Mrs. Lydia Chandler. The solo by Mrs. Katharine Williams added much to the
impressiveness of the service.
7. It was reported in the Miami~Gazette, Wednesday, September
27th 1905):
“FURNISHINGS FOR FRIENDS HOME. Mrs. Wm. Mills, of North Tonawanda,
New York, has notified the authorities of the Friends Boarding Home that she will
supply the furnishings for the corridors of the institution as a memorial to her mother,
the Late Mrs. Eliza Hoel (Elizabeth Thomas Hunt Hoel). Mrs. Eliza Haines
will furnish several rooms in the Home and several of those who will board in the
Home will furnish their own rooms.”
Elizabeth Hunt Hoel
a. Mrs. William Mills was the daughter of Elizabeth
Thomas Hunt Hoel, wife of Civil War hero, Captain William
Rion Hoel. Mrs. Mills’ full name was Sarah Elizabeth Hoel
Mills, b. Dec. 8, 1869 near Waynesville. She married William
Morris Mills on October 14, 1896. Mr. Mills was the Treasurer
of the Tonawanda Iron & Steel Co. Her brother Rion Hoel, b.
Sept. 15, 1871, was a deaf-mute who farmed Kildere Farm
outside of Waynesville located off Clarksville Road until his
retirement. Rion Hoel married Adelia Bake on June 30, 1896.
They had no children. Rion lived in the Friends Home off and
on as he aged. He is said to have died at the Friends Boarding
Home in 1952. Rion Hoel first entered the home as a boarder,
4-30-1906. Lindley and Georgia Mendenhall would later buy
Kildere Farm in 1907 (see: A Genealogical History of the Robert & Abigail Pancoast
Hunt Family with a Few Thumb-Nail Sketches of Some of the Heads of the Sub-Families
by Charles Cummins Hunt, M.D., Dixon, Illinois MCMVI, The Champlin Press,
Columbus, Ohio.
In 1879 Captain Hoel shot himself and died during an argument with a local doctor in
his home at Kildere Farm. Hoel, who was a blindly possessive and jealous man with a
terrible temper, was suspicious that the doctor and his wife were having an affair. He
surprised them together in the parlor and pulled his gun to shot the doctor. In the
skuffle Captain Hoel was killed. The doctor and Mrs. Hoel, after the inquest, were
exonerated of any wrong behavior. Also see,
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http://waynesgenhis.blogspot.com/2005/08/another-murder-in-waynesvillecaptain.html
b. Mrs. Eliza Haines was Eliza F. Henchman Haines the widow of
Seth Silver Haines (1824-1895), who was a prominent businessman in
Waynesville and Cincinnati and President of the Waynesville Bank. She
was the child of Griffith and Mary B. Allen Hinchman. She was born on
January 17th, 1829 in Coshocton, N.Y. She died April 1st, 1912 in
Waynesville, Ohio. Her son, John Wilkins Haines (1849-1893), had been a
physician and a recognized Quaker minister of Miami Monthly Meeting as
well as a spiritualist. Dr. Haines was a strong temperance man and
produced an “herbal” medicine to cure alcoholism and he maintained an
alcoholic sanitarium directly south of Waynesville on his father’s property.
Her home in Waynesville, still located on 3rd Street, became a rest home
for many years.
Obituary of Eliza F. Haines, Friends Intelligencer, 5th mo. 4th, 1912, p 286:
“Haines. ~ At her home in Waynesville, O., Fourth mo. 1st, of heart
trouble, at the advanced age of 83 years, Eliza F. Haines, widow of Seth
S. Haines and mother of the late James W. Haines; also the daughter of
Griffith and Mary Allen Hinchman; a member of Miami Monthly
Meeting; her seat was seldom empty on First Day when she was able to
go.”
Obituary of Eliza F. Haines, Miami-Gazette, April 10th, 1912):
“He giveth his beloved sleep. Entered into eternal rest at her home in
Waynesville, Ohio, April 1st, 1912, Eliza F. Haines, aged 83 years, 2
months and 14 days. Daughter of Griffith and Mary B. Hinchman, she
was born at Coshocton, N.Y. January 17th, 1829. In 1832 her parents
came from Gloucester Co., N.J. and settled in Warren Co., Ohio, where
the deceased grew to womanhood and spent her entire life. On June 1,
1847 she was married to Seth S. Haines and of this union, on February
16, 1849 a son was born, James W. Haines, who died July 16, 1893. On
February 11, 1895, less than two years after the death of the son, the
husband and father crossed the Great Divide, leaving his consort through
nearly half a century of sunshine and storm, a widow and childless.
Alone, yet no murmurs or complainings marred her life, but she bore her
burdens and sorrows through life’s changes and chances with a courage
and submission that were beautiful indeed. She was s devote wife,
always a loving mother, and from her home has ever radiate those ideals
that are the inevitable result of culture and refinement. Eliza Haines,
lived long and well. Good to the needy and oppressed, her sympathies
were always with the less fortunate in life, and her oft bestowed
kindnesses, unknown generally but to the recipients, live today in many
loving and grateful hearts. A birthright member of the Society of
Friends, she remained loyal to her Meeting to life’s close. In her passing
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away, our community has lost one of its noblest women, but she has left
an example of loving devotion, willing sacrifice and service, that will last
here beyond the lives of all contemporaries.”
8. It was reported in the Miami~Gazette, Wed. October. 18,
1905:
“HANDSOME GIFT TO FRIENDS HOME. Mrs. Lina DeVitt and Mrs. Ava Ebright
returned home Tuesday from Springboro, where they had been in attendance at the
Universalist Convention, and also visiting friends. While in Springboro these ladies
were handed a contribution from Mr. and Mrs. David Corwin to be used towards
procuring dishes for the Friends’ Boarding Home, a gift which they were pleased to
receive. But, a short time after their arrival home, they received a telephone message
from Mr. And Mrs. Corwin making the liberal offer to present the entire set of
dishes.”
a. Mr. and Mrs. David Corwin of Springboro are Mr. D. F. Corwin who
was married to Mary Mullins, a daughter of Job Mullins of Springboro,
Ohio. Job Mullins was a Hicksite Quaker Underground Railroad
conductor before the Civil War and was a substantial donor to the
establishment of the Miami Valley Institute/College, a Hicksite college
that existed from 1870 to 1883.
9. The opening of the FBH was reported in the Miami~Gazette,
Wed., November. 15, 1905:
AUSPICIOUS OPENING OF FRIENDS’ HOME. The ‘Opening’ of the Friends’ Boarding
Home, Thursday, Nov. 9, was a crowning success in all its appointments. . .
RECEIPTS.
o
From donations,
o
From meals served—dinner & supper
o
107.00
68.85
Checks were given as Follows:



Caroline Reeves, Richmond,
Sarah E. Lippincott, Cincinnati,
Thomas B. Borden, Richmond,
50.00
25.00
10.00
Also cash donations from $5.00 down were received from a number of others.
Valuable contributions of canned fruits, raw fruits, vegetables and Groceries;
miscellaneous articles including a sofa pillow, bed spread, lace curtains and a number
of pieces of bric-a-brac were presented. The Superintendent and Matron, the Board of
Trustees of the Home and the members of the Friends society unite in hearty thanks to
many friends of the Home for their liberal donations and for their kind and efficient
services in assisting entertaining and serving the visitors.
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a. Caroline Reeves of Richmond, Indiana is Caroline
Middleton Reeves (1827-1911), the wealthy widow of
Mark Ewan Reeves (1811-1883). In 1892, she donated
$30,000 to the Morrison-Reeves Library in Richmond,
Indiana. Mark Reeves had been a prominent merchant
and banker, who as a young man had worked for Robert
Morrisson. Mrs. Reeves made the donation to the library
in memory of her husband and her son, Arthur
Middleton Reeves, who had died in a train accident near
Hagerstown in 1891. See the website of the MorrisonReeves Library:
http://www.mrl.lib.in.us/tourmrl/library/cmreeves.htm
and
http://www.mrl.lib.in.us/history/biography/reevescm.htm
and
http://www.mrlinfo.org/history/thismonth/nov.htm
(Morrison Reeves Library,
Richmond, Indiana)
The Obituary of Caroline M. Reeves, Friends Intelligencer, 5th mo. 13, 1911, p. 300:
“REEVES. ~ At Richmond, Ind., 4th mo. 19, Caroline M. Reeves, aged 84 years.”
b. Sarah E. Lippincott ~ See bio above.
c. Thomas B. Borden of Richmond, Indiana would board at the Friends
Home in 1915 (Information taken from the Register of the Friends Boarding
Home located in the Waynesville Area Heritage & Cultural Center,
Waynesville, Ohio).
Obituary of Thomas B. Borden, Friends Intelligencer, 2nd mo. 20th, 1926:
“BORDEN. ~ Richmond, Ind., on First mo 30th, Thomas B. Borden, aged 87
years, a valued member of whitewater Monthly Meeting. The funeral was
held in the North A Street Meeting House, Richmond, on 2nd, mo 1st and on
the 2nd the remains were taken to Waynesville, Ohio, for internment in
Miami Cemetery beside his wife.”
10.
It was reported in the Miami~Gazette, November 22, 1905:
Miss (Anna) M. Schofield, of Knoxville, Tennessee, has provided one of the sleeping
rooms with a full set of furnishings, and expressed a wish to occupy that room if she
should ever become a broader at the Home.
The Schofield’s were members of the Fall Creek Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) in Madison
County, Pendleton, Indiana, Whitewater Quarter of Indian Yearly Meeting (HicksiteFGC). Even though Joseph F. Schofield lived many years in Tennessee, he never
changed his membership from Fall Creek Monthly Meeting in Indiana. Neither did his
daughter, Anna (1861-1947).
Obituary of Anna Mary Schofield (Friends Intelligencer, 4th mo. 5th, 1947:
“SCHOFIELD. ~ On March 10, at St. Petersburg, Florida, Anna Mary
Schofield, aged 86. She was a member of Fall Creek Meeting, Pendleton,
Indiana, and also of St. Petersburg, Fla. Friends Meeting. She was of a
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sweet, loved disposition, always having a sincere interest in the welfare of
all her friends. Her death will leave a void in the hearts of many.”
Anna Mary Schofield was buried in the New Gray Cemetery, Lot 22 in Knoxville,
Tennessee (The Graves of New Gray Cemetery complied by Robert A. McGinnis, 2002,
p.27).
11. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board of Trustees,
December 5, 1905:
Aaron B. Chandler is hired to be the Superintendent of the Friends Boarding Home
~ $20.00 per month.
Aaron B. Chandler (January 13th, 1844 ~ September 19th,
1915) was the first Superintendent of The Friends Boarding Home
that was built in Waynesville in 1905. He was a well-respected
citizen of Waynesville and Wayne Township. The Chandler
family arrived in the area of Waynesville in 1814 and was a
prominent family all throughout the 19th century well into the
early 20th century.
(Earlham College)
Aaron was a Civil War veteran who fought in the 79th Ohio
Volunteer Infantry. This regiment was known as the “Quaker
Regiment” because of the large number of young Quaker men
enrolled in its ranks. After Aaron returned from the war, he
married his first wife, Abi Carroll (January 4, 1843 ~ February
6th, 1903) in 1868. Aaron and Abi had two children:
· Mariana Chandler (1872 ~ 1908) who was a distinguished elementary
schoolteacher, and,
· Walter D. Chandler (1876 ~ 1938) who was a carpenter, an electrician, an
insurance man and an airplane mechanic.
Aaron B. Chandler established himself as a dairy farmer after the war and became
Waynesville’s milkman. He was a carpenter. He was also a teacher. The first mention of him
teaching is found in the 1870 Census. He was a teacher at the District #5 schoolhouse and
was also District #5 Director until 1885. This schoolhouse, which is now a private residence,
was called College Hill Schoolhouse and stood on his dairy farm property north of
Waynesville half way along Old Stage Road to the little hamlet of Mt. Holly. The details of his
teaching career are sketchy but in connection with education it was said of him, “Aaron B.
Chandler was so prominent in the affairs of this community for so many years that he
certainly needs no further introduction” (The Miami-Gazette, December 21, 1932). We, of
course, wish that the Miami-Gazette reporter would have elaborated a little more about
Aaron.
He retired from dairy farming in 1897 and the Chandler family moved into Waynesville.
Shortly after moving into town, Aaron B. Chandler became the Justice of the Peace for West
Wayne and East Wayne Townships. He also acquired an Insurance business, which had
previously been owned by F. E. Sherwood, and had his office at first in the Way Building on
North Main and then in 1899 moved his office into the Stoops Building on South Main. He
maintained his Insurance business until his death in 1915.
Aaron was a Past Master of The Waynesville Grange #13 (Miami-Gazette, February 25,
1903) and often was the treasurer of The Farmer’s Institute as well as its secretary (Miami-
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Gazette, March 13th, 1901). He was also active in The Wayne Township Farmers Club
(Miami-Gazette, July 17, 1912).
Aaron was a councilman of Waynesville before and during the Great Fire of April 7th, 1900
when almost a full block of North Main Street was destroyed. The earliest known reference
to his election to the village council is found in the Miami-Gazette on November 9th, 1898.
He was appointed to a committee to look into buying Potter’s Field for a garbage dump. On
December 14th, 1898 according to the same newspaper, A. B. Chandler was re-elected to the
Board of Directors of The Gas Works. They were in the midst of laying gas pipe for lights
throughout Waynesville. The following comment was made upon his re-election:
Chandler is the only one on the new board who served on the first board and proved
himself to be a faithful, persistent worker in the interests of the company, a fact
appreciated by its members as his re-election evidences.
Sadly, all the village’s council minutes had gone up in smoke during the Great Fire of 1900.
Aaron worked tirelessly on the committee that laboriously re-wrote all the village
ordinances. He was appointed to the Light Committee and was much involved in the
establishment of The Electrical and Water Works. He often served on the Finance and
Auditing Committees. After May 4, 1903 he retired from the council. From 1903 through
1909 he concentrated on the building and establishment of The Friends Boarding Home. In
1909, at the age of 65, he was asked to be a councilman again. Interestingly, when he
returned to this civic service, he served on committees to build sewers along Miami Street
from Fourth Street down the hill (opposite the FBH). He also worked on committees to build
cement street crossings from the FBH to the schoolhouse lot and from the NW corner of
Fourth and Miami to the FBH. He worked on the Sidewalk and Gutter Committee during his
final years. He was almost always appointed to the Finance and Auditing committees. From
1912 till his death in 1915, he was the Council Clerk.
Aaron B. Chandler was an important leader in the local meeting of Friends known as Miami
Monthly Meeting. He also was active in Miami Quarterly Meeting and in Indiana Yearly
Meeting (Hicksite, which after 1900 was known as Friends General Conference). He held
the important position of Clerk in Miami Monthly Meeting from 1873 till 1883 and then
again in 1890. Aaron was an active leader in the Indiana Yearly Meeting (Hicksite) from
1890 until his death. He served on a variety of committees and was one of the trustees of the
IYM Benevolent fund for many years. He was the clerk of Indiana Yearly Meeting (FGC) in
1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1910, and 1911.
Aaron B. Chandler was instrumental in the building and then administration of The Friends
Boarding Home during the first decade of its existence (1905-1913). He served on all the
planning committees and held the position of Vice-President of the Board of Trustees of the
Friends Boarding Home from its inception until his death. He helped to solicit funds for the
project from Friends. When the Cincinnati contractors, The Fox Brothers, went into
bankruptcy at the beginning of 1905, the burden of supervising the completion of this
building was laid on his shoulders. He supervised the buying of materials for the
construction and he supervised the workmen and paid them. He became the first
administrative Superintendent of the Home on December 5th, 1905.
The first matron of The Friends Boarding Home was Lydia Ann Conard of New Vienna,
Ohio. In 1903, Abi Carroll Chandler died after lingering with cancer for a number of years.
On October 27th, 1908, three years after they began to work together at the Friends Home,
Aaron B. Chandler married Lydia Ann Conard (1850-1931). In 1911, Lydia Conard Chandler
resigned as Matron. The couple bought a home for themselves on Fourth Street. Aaron
continued on as Superintendent and his widowed Aunt Esther Chandler Stout became the
new Matron. Esther resigned after a year as Matron. In 1912 both Aaron and Lydia Chandler
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agreed to be in the interim Superintendent and Matron again with the stipulation that they
not live in The Friends Home but in their own home only two blocks away on Fourth Street.
Lydia was 62 years old and Aaron was 68. They remained in these positions until September
1913. Alice Alcorn of Mendenhall, Pa. was hired as the new Matron and Jonathan Haines
became the overseer.
On September 13, 1915 Aaron B. Chandler was suddenly stricken with paralysis and there
was little hope for his recovery. He died in their home on Fourth Street attended by Dr.
Thomas Sherwood, M.D. and Dr. Robert Conard on September 15, 1915. On September 16,
1915, the Waynesville Council met in special session at the call of Mayor Hathaway. They
recommended L. A. Zimmerman to fill the vacancy and finish Aaron B.’s term in office. Then
the councilmen resolved to attend in a body the funeral of their friend and colleague
(Council Records-Village of Waynesville, Ohio, Vol. 1, Vol. 2, and Vol. 3). Funeral
arrangements were made through Ambrose Maffitt. The Rev. John F. Cadwallader, the
Episcopal Priest at St. Mary’s Church, officiated at the funeral. The funeral was held at the
White Brick Meetinghouse. Aaron is buried in Miami Cemetery next to his first wife, Abi,
and his daughter, Mariana, Section A. His son Walter is also buried in the family plot. Lydia
Conard Chandler lived many years after Aaron and is buried with her brother's family in the
OddFellow/Masonic Cemetery in New Vienna, Ohio.
Aaron B. Chandler of Miami Monthly Meeting is seated on the lowest step in front of the
Friends Boarding Home. Orlando J. Battin of Green Plain Meeting is standing on the right.
The gentleman standing on Aaron B. Chandler’s right and the gentleman sitting above him are
probably Samuel R. Battin & Reuben M. Roberts.
12. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board of Trustees,
December 12, 1905 records the gift of property from Miami
Monthly Meeting:
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By motion the deed for the Real Estate on which stand the buildings of this
incorporation was accepted from the Trustees of Miami Monthly Meeting of Friends.
It has been recorded in the deed record No.89 p. 88 of Warren County Deed Records.
As a further evidence of this transfer showing the consideration and agreements, see
the following action taken from the minutes of Miami Monthly Meeting of Friends held
at Waynesville, Ohio 12th mo. 27th 1905:
Minute: On behalf of the Trustees of Miami Monthly Meeting of Friends, Edwin
Chandler reported that agreeably to directions given by this meeting at its regular
meeting held 7th month 27th 1904. They the said trustees have in considerations of
the sum of two hundred dollars ($200.00) deeded to the Friends Boarding Home of
Indiana Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends the following description
Real Estate situate in Out log No.14 in the village of Waynesville, Warren County,
Ohio, and bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a stake on the westerly
corner of the intersection of Miami and Fourth Streets, said stake being 30 feet
from the center of each street measured at right angles, running thence with the
westerly line of Miami Street N. 60° W. 6.50 chs To a stake, thence S. 30° W. 2.00
chs, thence S. 60° E. 6.50 chs, to the northerly line of Fourth St, thence with the
northerly line of Fourth Street N. 30° E. 2.00 chs to the place of beginning.
Containing one and thirty hundredths acres (1.30 acres) Bearing true meridian.
After due consideration the action of the trustees was approved and the aforesaid
two hundred dollars ($200.00) purchase price is donated to said Friends Boarding
Home to be used in payment of the costs of making the aforesaid transfer and
any other accounts that will advance the interest of said Home”.
13. According to the Minutes of the Board of the Friends
Boarding Home, January 2, 1906, Julia Underwood pays for her
care by deeding over her Harveysburg home and personal
property to the FBH & Nannie C. Janney becomes the first FBH
resident to die:
The Deed to Julia Underwood’s House and lot in Harveysburg, Ohio recorded in
Deed Book #87 P.496 of the Warren County, Ohio Deed Records. A committee is
appointed to inventory her household effects she has brought to the home and to
arrange to have the real estate appraised by three disinterested persons.
According to Clarkson Butterworth in his Catalogue of Members of Miami Monthly
Meeting, 7th mo. 1897: Underwood, Julia, b. 1821.10.22. Post office and residence,
Harveysburg, Warren Co., O. ~ She is the widow of John Underwood, who was a
brother of Jane Downing, herein catalogued, and cousin to Zephaniah and Elihu
Underwood, also herein catalogued. Her maiden name was Babcock, and she was
sister to Rachel Babcock, who married David Cadwallader and became the mother of
Benjamin and Aaron Cadwallader herein catalogued. In the margin of his catalogue,
Clarkson wrote: Died at Friends Boarding Home 8 mo. 29th, 1912. She was 90 years
old when she died and she is buried in the Friends Graveyard in Waynesville. A. B.
Chandler paid for the burial.
Obituary of Julia (Babcock) Underwood, Friends Intelligencer, 10th mo 5th, 1912, p.
622:
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“UNDERWOOD. ~ At Friends Boarding Home, Waynesville, Ohio,
mo
Julia
(Babcock) Underwood, widow of John Underwood, in her 91st year; for several years a
familiar figure at the Home, diligent in the attendance of meeting, as long as strength
permitted. She was anxious to go to her eternal home and to be released from the
extreme weakness she suffered.”
8th
29th,
“Resolution: Whereas on the morning of 12th mo. 30th, 1905 our household was for the
first time, dipped into sorrow by the passing of Nannie C. Janney from this life to
the life eternal. Therefore, be it resolved, that in her death the members of the House
Family are made more fully to realize that/ no comforts however pleasant’ no wealth
however great can stay the hand of destiny, or lift the mantle of grief. Resolved: That
her cheerful countenance even through dire suffering, her spirit of sympathy, her
faithful compassion for the comfort of her friends and associates and her mantle of
charity has made sacred her memory and we desire to emulate her noble influence and
helpful character. Resolved: That a copy of these resolutions be presented to the
bereaved family that they be spread upon our minutes and a copy offered to each of
our Village papers for publication.”
Nannie (Nancy) Chaplain Janney was the first person to die in the Friends
Boarding Home only a few weeks after moving into the Home on December 30, 1905.
Her funeral was conducted in the Home and Episcopalian minister Rev. J. F.
Cadwallader officiated. She was buried in Miami Cemetery. She was the daughter of
Jonas and Ruth Davis Janney and was born near Springboro, Ohio in 1841. She was the
grand-daughter of Abel and Lydia Janney. In 1882, the Janney family moved to Fall
Creek Monthly Meeting located in Pendleton, Madison County, Indiana. She was 64
when she died. Except for a few years in Indiana, her entire life was lived in Greene and
Warren Counties, Ohio. She was a birthright Quaker. She cared for her elderly parents
and then became, herself, an invalid. Nannie's obituary was published in the MiamiGazette January 1906 and a Resolution made upon her death by the Friends Boarding
Home was published in the same paper on January 16, 1906. Her obituary was written
by Rev. John F. Cadwallader of St. Mary's Episcopal Church.
J. Edwin Janney
Her surviving brother, James Edwin Janney lived in
Waynesville. James Edwin Janney (1852-1928), attended
Miami Valley College during 1874-75. There is no evidence,
however, that Nancy Janney attended the college. J. E. Janney
and Jonah Sands of Spring Valley opened a store in Waynesville
in 1876, Sands and Janney. In 1878 J. E. Janney opened his
own drug store. The J. E. Janney drug store was quite an
institution in Waynesville up until the early 1920s. Mr. Janney
was married to Ruth Ellis, the daughter of Seth H. Ellis of
Springboro, the founder of the Ohio Grange. Ruth E. Janney
and his one child were not members of Miami Monthly
Meeting.
Mr. Janney was a Past Master of the local Masonic lodge in Waynesville and an official
of Palestine Castle, Knights of the Golden Eagle. He was the treasurer of the
Waynesville High School Alumni Association for many years (Special Home Coming
Number of The Miami Gazette (Waynesville, Ohio: The Miami Gazette, December
1905), p. 3). Also see the article about J. E. Janney in the Souvenir and Homecoming
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Edition of The Miami Gazette (Waynesville, Ohio: The Miami Gazette, October
1906). The Janney’s had retired to Deland, Florida where he died on May 11th, 1928.
J. Edwin Janney was on The Philanthropic Committee of the Indiana Yearly Meeting
(Hicksite-FGC) in 1900 (representing Miami Quarter) that worked on the
establishment of the FBH. He was very active in both Miami Monthly and Quarterly
Meetings. He taught young peoples classes in First Day School. He was the chairman of
the Peace Committee of Miami Monthly Meeting. Raymond Braddock lists him as an
early donor. He is listed in the Treasurer’s book as giving $50.00. Perhaps he paid for
his sister’s care?
14. In the Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board of
Trustees, Feb. 6th, 1906 is found the appraisal of the Underwood
property and the board approval for the FBH Inc. to loan money:
Julia Underwood’s household goods appraised at $30.75 and her real estate at
$183.33. The Board wants to sell the real estate for $300.00.
Other business:
Approval to Loan Money: By motion our treasurer was directed to loan on
first-mortgage security any moneys in his hand belonging to
this
Incorporation, excepting, however, such amounts as appear to be needed
to meet the immediate demands of the Incorporation. Motion carried.
15. In the Miami~Gazette, Wednesday, May 2, 1906, Vol. XLVI
#46 (Mrs. Mills is thanked again for her continuing support):
GENEROUS OFFER TO FRIENDS HOME: Mrs. WM. Mills, of North Tonawanda,
New York, has further evidenced her substantial interest in the Friends Boarding
Home by writing to Miss Conard, its Matron, that if it seems necessary to paper or
decorate the walls of the corridors that she is ready and willing to bear the expense of
the same, and offer which is greatly appreciated by all friends of the Home. It will
be remembered that Mrs. Mills gave the corridor decorations when the Home was
started.
16. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, 11th mo. 9th,
1906:
Aaron Chandler moved and Anna Kelley seconded the motion that the sum of
$2000.00 be loaned with first mortgage security to Minnie L. Cowan on property near
Springfield Ohio, willed by the late Edward Merritt to Minnie L. Cowan, if it was
deemed a satisfactory loan after investigation by Samuel R. Battin, and Reuben M.
Roberts.
Obituary of Edward Merritt, Friends Intelligencer, 9th mo. 29th, 1906:
“MERRITT. ~ At his home near South Charleston, O., 8th mo. 29th, 1906, Edward
Merritt, in his 87th year. He was a valued member of Green Plain Monthly Meeting,
and for over thirty years was an elder. He came with his parents from New Jersey in
1831, and settled in Ohio on the farm where he passed the last years of his life . . .”
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Edward Merritt had two son (Charles Merritt, Thomas Merritt), two daughters (Susan
M. Merritt and Sarah E. Merritt), and one step daughter. Edward Merritt was the father
of Susan Merritt who married Reuben M. Roberts.
(Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, January,
7th 1908):
The treasurer reported that the interest ($100.00) on the Minnie L. Cowan
mortgage had been paid and placed in the Springfield Savings Bank.
According to the Treasurer’s Book:
$2,000.00.”
“August 1908, M. Cowan’s Mortgage,
17. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, August
1908:
The treasurer reported having loaned $1500.00 to Susan M. Roberts on 1st
mortgage on 41 86/100 acres of land in Springfield Township, Clarke Co., Ohio
at 5% interest and asked the approval of the loan.
18. The Trustees’ Report of the Friends Boarding Home at
Waynesville, Ohio printed in the Minutes of Indiana Yearly
Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends held at Fall Creek
Meeting House, Pendleton, Indiana, 1908 (Mentions need for
an endowment):
“. . . The management of the finances is such that all current expenses are paid from
the income from boarders, and a small surplus is maintained. We are again forcibly
reminded how helpful an endowment fund would be to our members in limited
circumstances . . .”
19. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, May 7th,
1909 (Continuing support of Elizabeth M. Mills & family):
A Motion: Resolution carried unanimously: “Whereas, it is with pleasure and heartfelt
gratitude that we remember our numerous friends who have from time to time given
the Friends Boarding Home their valuable moral and financial support, Therefore, Be
it Resolved: That we hereby express our heartfelt thanks and gratitude to Elizabeth M.
Mills and family of Tonawanda, N.Y. for their continued interest and valuable
financial support in our benevolent work. Resolved that these resolutions be spread
upon our minutes and a copy handed to the family.”
20. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, May 13th,
1910 (Substantial support given by Joseph Fell Schofield and a
future $1,000.00 endowment):
Death of Joseph F. Schofield: “Whereas, it has been the will of the Divine Father to
remove Joseph F. Schofield, one of the prominent promoters of this institution,
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therefore, be it resolved that the Board of Trustees of the Friends Boarding Home of
Indiana yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends hereby acknowledge the
substantial and timely encouragement and support given by him we extend our
sympathy to his bereaved daughter Anna S. Schofield and widow Fannie M. Schofield
and direct our secretary to sign and forward a copy of this resolution.”
Obituary of Joseph F. Schofield, Friends Intelligencer, 4th mo. 16, 1910, p. 253:
“SCHOFIELD ~ At his suburban home, near Knoxville, Tenn., on 3rd mo 21st, 1910,
Joseph F. Schofield, in his 82 year. The deceased was a member, and for a number of
years, a minister of Fall Creek Monthly Meeting, at Pendleton, Ind. The many Friends
and others who in the past have enjoyed the general hospitality of his home will, on
reading this notice, revert to those occasions with tenderness memories. He, with his
family, moved to Knoxville more than 25 years ago, settling on a farm near the city,
where he engaged in mixed farming and gardening for many years and until failing
health and advancing years compelled him to give up those active duties.
With parentage and training in the Society of Friends, he held firmly to its precepts
throughout his long life and upright life, and was especially active in his advocacy of
Peace and Temperance on all proper occasions. The infirmities of age grew upon him
by slow degrees, but the end came suddenly and when not expected. He had taken
supper with the family as usual on the evening before, but soon after returning
complained of feeling ill. Severe pain, paralysis and death soon followed, and about 2
o-clock in the morning the spirit had flown. There had passed away the last member
of that large family of ten children ~ sons and daughters of Jonathan and Eleanor
Schofield of Indianapolis.”
Joseph F. Schofield (July 6th, 1828-March 21st, 1910) was the youngest child of Jonathan
and Eleanor (Brown) Schofield. In 1835 the family moved to Indiana. The family first
attended Milford M.M. (Hicksite) and then after it was set off Fall Creek M.M. Joseph
was married three times; the first time to Amanda Dawson (August 9th, 1822-February
20th, 1896), who was a non-Quaker. Joseph was disowned from Fall Creek M.M. due to
this “marriage contrary to discipline.” However, on 6th mo. 18th 1867 Amanda the wife
of Joseph and daughter Anna Mary were receive into the Fall Creek M.M. membership.
His second wife was Sarah E. Warner whom he married on 8th, mo 18th, 1898. His third
wife was Fannie Merritt (September 10th, 1838-June 20th, 1929) must not have been a
Quaker since Joseph was again disowned for a “marriage contrary to discipline” in
1901. Amanda and Fannie are buried with Joseph in Lot 50 in New Gray Cemetery, Lot
53 in Knoxville, Tennessee (The Graves of New Gray Cemetery complied by Robert A.
McGinnis, 2002, p. 200). The following is his death notice from the Knoxville Daily
Journal & Tribune, Tuesday, March 22nd, 1910:
“J. F. Schofield a well known farmer living on the Middlebrook Pike west
of the city, died at his home Monday morning at two o’clock after a very
brief illness. The funeral services will be conducted from the home
Wednesday morning at ten o’clock. Following the services at the home
the cortege will proceed to the New Gray Cemetery where interment will
be. The deceased is survived by a widow and one daughter, Miss Annie
Schofield. He was eighty two years of age.”
Joseph F. Schofield was a very wealthy man. He owned at least 9 houses in Knoxville
and his farm. He owned extensive property in Indiana, too. He owned a 115 acre farm
in Washington Township, Marion County, Indiana and four lots in a suburb of
Indianapolis. Joseph was disowned a third time for serving in the army in 1868.
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Perhaps Joseph Schofield became acquainted with Tennessee during his time of military
service during the Civil War.
In his will he mentions his second wife, Sarah E. Warner:
“I give and bequeath to my daughter Anna M. Schofield all the household
goods, pictures and silver ware which I got through my second wife
Sarah E. Schofield with the provision that if the sisters of my said wife
surviving me shall desire said property the same shall be turned over to
them to be divided among the sisters then living as they agree.”
Joseph F. Schofield remembered the Friends Boarding Home in his will:
“I give to the Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends of which I am a member
the sum of one thousand dollars as an endowment fund for old people’s
boarding home, this bequest is to be paid after the dearth of my widow”
(Knox County, Tennessee Will Books, Volume #5, pp. 301-302).
21. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, Aug. 2, 1910
(Thank you from Fannie and Anna Schofield):
Death of Joseph F. Schofield and Letter of appreciation from Fannie M. and Anna M.
Schofield.
“Dear Friends, We deeply appreciate the loving thoughts expressed in the resolutions
sent us and your kindness in sending them. It was a great comfort to him to hear of
the prosperity of the Home, and he often spoke about it in later years and no doubt
was thankful to have a part in the work. We are very thankful he could help when
the help was most needed and we crave the blessing of the Father on the Home.
Fannie M. Schofield & Anna M. Schofield.”
22. Financial statement of Friends Boarding Home of the
Religious Society of Friends of Indiana Yearly Meeting for
the fiscal, ending Seventh 31, 1910:
Cash Balance, Eighth 1, 1909 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $283.54
Receipts as follows:
Interest on loans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178.55
Weekly boarders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,594.19
Transient boarders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
97.50
Donation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00
Interest from Springfield Savings Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177.00
Outlay as follows:
Operating expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1987.59
Home furnishings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.66
Painting and varnishing . . . . . . . . . . . .51.18
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Two notes taken. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .700.00
Board paid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.25
Balance on hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 454.10
ASSETS Eighth 1, 1910.
One mortgage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$2000.00
One mortgage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1500.00
Two notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .700.00
Cash balance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .454.10
$4654.10
Reuben M. Roberts, Treas.
ESTHER CHANDLER STOUT & AARON B. CHANDLER, 1910-1911,
MATRON & SUPERINTENDENT
ALICE ALCORN & AARON B. CHANDLER, 1911-1915,
MATRON & SUPERINTENDENT
23. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, August 6th,
1912 (Donation given by Edith Butterworth):
Edith Butterworth makes a “liberal donation” to the Home.
24. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, November
8th, 1912 (Will of Miriam “Minnie” Lownes, the first bequest to
the Friends Home):
It is reported that they have received a $500.00 bequest from the Will of Marian
(Miriam) Lownes. A letter has been rec’d from Frank C. Anderson, Attorney,
concerning this matter. This is the first bequest the Home has received. The Board is
thinking of making additions to the Home. A Committee is appointed to look into this.
Edwin Chandler is on that committee.
Miriam Lownes (b. April 26th, 1837 ~ d. March 2nd, 1911 in Morrow, Warren County,
Ohio) was one of the children of Josiah B. and Anna Birdsall Lownes. According to
Clarkson Butterworth’s Catalogue of Members of Miami Monthly Meeting, 7th mo.
1897, Josiah and Anna raised their family of six children “south of Centerville,
Montgomery Co., Ohio. Josiah was the brother of Zachariah Lownes of Springboro,
Ohio, and brother to Charles Lownes who married Eliza Baily.” According to the 1882
History of Warren County, Ohio, the Josiah & Anna Lownes family lived in Centerville
for 24 years and then later settled near Springboro till 1861.
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Josiah B. Lownes (b. October
1799 in Bucks Co., Pa ~ d. May
1870, in
Hamilton Township, Warren Co, Ohio) and his wife Anna Birdsall Lownes (b. November
9th, 1809 in Virginia ~ d. September 6th, 1887 in Warren Co., Ohio) are buried in the
Morrow Cemetery. Josiah and Anna had been married in Maryland on May 16th, 1832.
27th,
16th,
In 1870, Miriam and her sister Annie moved their membership from Springfield
Monthly Meeting to Miami Monthly Meeting in Waynesville. Her sister Elizabeth Ann
Lownes was disowned when she married Dr. Richard S. Rust of Cincinnati (Ward 19), a
non-Quaker, in 1877. In the 1880 Federal Census he is listed as a minister. In the 1900
Census he is listed as a physician. Miriam Lownes is listed as living with Dr. Rust in
1900. Her sister is gone and Dr. Rust in 84 years old. Miriam is the care-giver. By
1910, Miriam is living in Morrow, Ohio. Another sister of Miriam was Rebecca Lownes
who had married William T. Whitacre of Morrow, Ohio.
Obituary of “Minnie Lowes” (Lownes), Western Star, March 9th, 1911):
“Miss Minnie Lowes (Lownes) aged 74, one of the oldest residents of Salem Township,
passed away at her home in Morrow Friday. The deceased was a sister of Mrs.
William G. Whitacre and of the late Mrs. R. S. Rust. The funeral was held on Sunday
afternoon at one o’clock and burial was made in the Morrow cemetery.”
Probate Papers: Warren County Courthouse, Box 652, Docket 11, page 313:
When Miriam Lownes died, her sister Rebecca Lownes Whitacre and her husband
William Whitacre were still living. Miriam also named a nephew and niece as her
closest relatives. She left $500.00 to the Friends Boarding Home and another $500.00
to the Methodist Episcopal Church of Morrow. We know that Miriam Lownes requested
a release from Miami Monthly Meeting on October 21st, 1891.
25. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, May 9th,
1913 (Anonymous donation of a $1,000.00 bond):
Through President (Samuel) Battin a thousand-dollar bond was presented to the
Home. “This 4% bond is issued by the village of Paulding, Paulding Co, Ohio with
interest payable semi-annually, February and August. The donor requests that the
income be used to assist needy persons who are unable to pay their expenses at the
Home. It is obligatory that the donor’s name remain unknown. It was moved and
seconded that Pres. Battin extend thanks to the donor, for this bond.”
26. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, June 12th,
1913 (A problem with the Mary [Mullin?] Corwin bequest):
“Whereas, it now appears that some of our legitimate business in connection with the
bequest of Mary Corwin, is likely to demand the aid of a competent attorney, therefore
be it resolved, that our President is hereby authorized to directed to secure such legal
counsel and further we authorize him to secure if possible the service of the law firm of
Stanly and Stanly of Lebanon, Ohio.”
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27. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, August
1913 (Purchase of Elizabeth B. Moore’s house, SW corner of
3rd & High Streets):
4th,
The committee in charge of the purchase of the property of Elizabeth B.
Moore reported that they bid it off at $800.00. On motion the Treas. was ordered
to pay to the administrator the amount of $800.00, the purchase price when the
executor furnishes a satisfactory deed.
28. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, August 25,
1913:
On motion, the Board instructed their committee to rent the property of Elizabeth B.
Moore to realize $100.00 a year, and also do necessary repairing.
29. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, October 18,
1913:
After a lengthy discussion, the members with one exception, voted to ask for $2100,
with interest to the time of payment from W. J. Emmons, one of the legates of the
Mary Corwin estate, rather than enter into litigation.
30. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, January 6,
1914:
The committee reported the Moore property rented at $8.00 per month for a year.
The committee was instructed to remove the old woodshed and build a coal shed on the
above named property.
31.
Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, May 8th, 1914:
“Whereas, the last will & Testament of Mary M. Corwin late of Warren Co., Ohio was
admitted to probate by the Probate Court of Warren Co., Ohio in the day of ___1906
and whereas, a controversy has arisen between the “Hicksite” Friends or Quakers as
designated in said will, and the other legates there in named, as to the interest which
said Religious Society has under and by virtue of said will, and whereas, it is the desire
and wish of said Religious Society, that whatever interest it may have under said last
will and testament shall inure to the benefit of the Friends Boarding Home of the
Indiana Yearly meeting of the Religious Society of Friends of Waynesville, Ohio, and
whereas, the committee appointed by the Indiana yearly meeting of said Society at its
last session, as assigned and transferred all the interest of the Indiana Yearly Meeting
of said society therein to the Trustees of said Boarding Home, their successors and
assigns, and whereas, an opportunity now exists to settle the controversy and avoid
litigation over the meaning and construction of said will, by assigning and
transferring to W. J. Emmons by Deed of General Quit-Claim, whatever interest this
Home may have under said will and said transfer and assignment, and in
consideration therefore, said Emmons does offer and agree to pay to the Trustees
hereof, the sum of $2100.00 together with interest thereon at the rate of 5% per annum
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from the
day of January 1914 until paid, said amount and interest thereon to
become due and payable in 60 days after the title of said Emmons shall be perfected as
against all branches and members of the Religious Society of Friends or Quakers. The
agreement for said payment to be evidenced by a written contract entered into
coordinate with the delivery of said deed, and the performance thereof to be secured by
a First mortgage upon the tract of land described in said Quit-Claim Deed to said
Emmons, and whereas, it is the judgment of this Board of Trustees, that it is to the best
interest of said society and especially of said Boarding Home to accept the proposition
of said Emmons and thereby completely settle the controversy upon the terms therein
set forth. Now, therefore, be it resolved, that the proper officers of this Board be and
they are hereby instructed and directed to settle said controversy upon the terms and
in the manner herein set forth and they are hereby empowered and directed to execute
and deliver to said W. J. Emmons his heirs and assigns, a Quit-Claim Deed for the 103
acres of land referred to in said last will and testament of said Mary M. Corwin,
deceased, and to accept in payment therefore the contract secured by mortgage as
herein provided. (Signed by Samuel R. Battin, President, Georgia Mendenhall,
Secretary, Edwin Chandler, Trustee, J. Lindley Mendenhall, trustee, Anna C. F.
O’Neall, trustee, Anna Kelley, Trustee and Aaron B. Chandler, Trustee.”
1st
Obituary of Mary Mullin Corwin ~
“IN MEMORIAM ~ Mary Mullin Corwin was born in the School section in
Montgomery County, Ohio, three miles north of Springboro, October 13th, 1832, and
died in Springboro, February 27th, 1906. When she was about nine years of age her
parents Job and Emeline Mullin, moved to the farm near Springboro, where she lived
until her marriage on the 18th of September 1860 to David Corwin. The first three
years of the married life was spent on a farm near Union Village. In the fall of 1863
they purchased and moved onto the farm on Clear Creek, now owned and occupied by
Gus Sieker. In the spring of 1876 they removed to the farm south of Springboro where
they lived four years coming to the house they had built in Springboro in the fall of
1880 where they continued to live up to the time of Mrs. Corwin’s death. Mrs. Corwin
was not identified by membership with any religious denomination but her early
associations were with the Friends and her sympathies were always with the faith they
professed” (Western Star, March 15, 1906).
32. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, September
1st, 1914:
The treasurer presented a note for two hundred and twenty dollars ($220.00) to Miami
Monthly Meeting as balance in full in the final distribution of the estate of Elizabeth B.
Moore, which was signed by the President and secretary and turned over to the
treasurer of Miami Monthly Meeting. A deed for the Elizabeth B. Moore property was
received duly executed and placed in the safety deposit at the Waynesville Bank.
Further information about the Elizabeth Moore house:
September 1, 1914 Aaron B. Chandler (Extr.) to the Friends B. Home Etc.
(Deed Book 99 Page 375)
Elizabeth B. Moore’s (a resident of the Friends Boarding Home) real estate is bought
by “The Friends Boarding Home of the Indiana Yearly Meeting of the Religious
Society of Friends”. The property is found in the 1910 Map Book (Warren Co. Court
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House) as in the President Square, Section 4 (#19), Eliza. Moore. The property is
bought for $800.00.
The Moore House was rented almost immediately to A. E. Wooten.
On March 2, 1918 at 11:50 P.M. this same property is deeded to Ruth A. Chandler
and Elizabeth W. Chandler for a dollar. (Deed Book 104, Page 169). Ruth and
Elizabeth buy the Moore property and pay off a mortgage for years up until their
retirements.
33. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, August 3,
1915 (Bequest & Trust of Mary Emma Wilson McLaughlin, d.
July 21st, 1915):
Information having reached this board, that the late Mary Emma McLaughlin of
Springfield, Ohio left a bequest to the Home, a motion was made and seconded that we
give this matter our consideration at this time. Carried. It was thought advisable to
consult Judge Stanley and a meeting was arranged with him at the Home at 2 P.M. to
which time, further discussion of this matter was deferred.
Upon the advice of Judge Stanley it was moved and seconded that we
send Samuel Battin, Zephaniah Underwood and J. L. Mendenhall as
representatives to a meeting to be held 8th mo. 5th at Springfield, Ohio, to
consult with the attorneys of the other benevolent societies who are
interested in the will of Mary Emma McLaughlin and to secure the
services of Judge Rockel to care for our interests in the same. Motion
carried.
Mary Emma McLaughlin was raised in Springboro, Ohio on her father’s farm. Her
father was Aaron Wilson who was born in New Jersey. Her mother was Sarah Jane
Brown who was born in Virginia. Her mother’s family was closely associated with Green
Plain M.M. Mrs. McLaughlin was a very propertied woman. She signed her will on
November 27th, 1914. She died on July 21st, 1915. Under Item 5 of her will she
authorized the sale of one of her farms, 225 acres in Cedarville Township, Greene
County, Ohio (“Application for Probate of Will,” Prob. 105, Barrett Brothers, Publishers,
Springfield, Ohio). The proceeds of the sale were to pay 32 legacies some of which are
the following:
“9. to the Friends Boarding Home of the Indiana Yearly Meeting of the
Religious society of Friends of Waynesville, Ohio, in trust One Thousand
Dollars, ($1000.00); the net income arising from same to be used for
worthy and needy members of the Society.”
“10. To the trustees of the Hicksite burying Groups at Green Plain, Ohio,
in trust, Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00); the net income arising from
same to be used in beautifying and caring for the lots and fences, and
keeping in proper position the grave stone of Jacob Brown and
descendants in said burying ground.”
“14. To the Trustees of the Cemetery at Springboro, Warren County,
Ohio, in trust, the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), the net
income from the same to be used in keeping up the lot o Aaron Wilson in
said Cemetery.”
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“19. To the trustees of the grave yard at Goose Creek Meeting House,
Louder county, Virginia, One Hundred and fifty dollars ($150.00) to be
used by them as seems best in keeping up said grave yard.”
She also left a $1,000.00 trust fund to the Clark County Memorial Home in Springfield.
The Mary Emma McLaughlin bequest will be received on April 4, 1918 ~ $1,000.00,
June 22, 1918, $4,540.75, and July 3, 1918, $3,800.00 (Treasurer’s Book).
We know that Mr. and Mrs. McLaughlin stayed at the Friends Boarding Home in 1914,
but we don’t know for how long or why (see, Register of the Friends Boarding Home
located in the Waynesville Area Heritage & Cultural Center, Waynesville, Ohio).
34. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, November
12, 1915 (Death of Aaron B. Chandler. Edwin Chandler
becomes Vice-President):
“Owing to the death of Aaron B. Chandler, the offices of vice President and
Treasurer were vacant, and the President called for nominations for the office of
vice-president. Edwin Chandler (Aaron’s brother) was nominated for vicepresident.”
(Left) Sidney and Edwin Chandler,
the parents of Ruth and Elizabeth
Chandler (Mary L. Cook Public
Library).
Sidney Chandler was a member of the
Miami Quarterly Meeting appointed
committee to assist the committee
appointed by Indiana Yearly Meeting to
look into the feasibility of building a FBH.
David Furnas, Matilda J. Underwood, and
Elihu Underwood were co-committee
members with her.
Edwin Chandler (October 3rd, 1849 ~ November 27th, 1924 [Death Certificate
#602, Volume # 4597]) was the brother of Aaron B. Chandler and John T. Chandler
and the father of Elizabeth, Ruth and Lewis W. Chandler. Edwin was a successful
general farmer and leader in the local Grange. He also started a farmers' cooperative
in the local community to share large farming equipment. He was president of the
Wayne Township Farmer's Club in 1916. By all the accounts found in the Minutes of
the Farmer's Club, Edwin, Sidney, his wife, and his children all were active
participants in this club. Like his brother Aaron B. Chandler, he was civic minded
and served as Trustee of Wayne Township on the Republican ticket (Memoirs of the
Miami Valley, Vol. III [Chicago: Robert O. Law Co., 1919], p. 56). The
Miami~Gazette reported that he was elected Supervisor of District #7 on April 7,
1875. He was elected to the same position on April 5th, 1880 and April 3rd, 1882
(see, Wayne Township-Warren County Records). His new public trust was put to
the test when a bridge washed out in his district:
The new bridge across Beech Run, near the Chandler district Schoolhouse washed
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out in the storm last Friday. The wings were not wide enough and the water cut in
behind the abutments and washed them out. Ed. Chandler has the contract for
rebuilding this bridge (Miami~Gazette, August 4, 1875).
Generations of Chandlers served on the Township School Board. This would include
old Aaron Chandler, his son David, and Aaron's grandsons, Aaron B. and Edwin
Chandler, who were quite involved on the Township School Board that governed the
district one-room schoolhouses. It was customary for the Township School Board to
meet twice a year with all the directors of the sub-districts of Wayne Township in
attendance. Board members were elected to office. Each district had a director and a
clerk. The following information is taken from a long series of articles in The MiamiGazette entitled The Little Red District School as it Existed in Wayne Township for
Year by The Hoosier. The anonymous author collected his information from the old
ledgers of the Township School Board.
Aaron Chandler began his tenure in office as a board member on April 11, 1849.
David Chandler became the director of District #3 on April 4, 1860
Edwin Chandler became the director of District #3 on April 20, 1874.
Two years after Aaron B. Chandler had bought College Hill Farm, a petition was
placed before the school board to divide district #5. The petition asked that one of
the new schoolhouses be built on the southwest corner of Aaron B.'s property. He
was paid $25o.00 for the land and the school, College Hill School, was built. It stood
half way between Waynesville and Mt. Holly. It was brick built by M. C. Darbyshire
for $1,130.00. The two schools that were built during this re-structuring of District
superseded the older Roselawn schoolhouse, which was located on the Shaner farm
at Crosswick (previously the Joseph Haines farm).
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The District #3 school was the Chandler Schoolhouse across from the Chandler
homestead. Between April and September of 1875 an unfortunate controversy arose
over the purchase of new school seats. Edwin Chandler was the chairman of the
investigating committee that examined the contract between N. S. Irwin, the agent
for the new school furniture, and the clerks of Districts 1 and 11. One of the board
members was expelled after the investigation. It was said of Edwin Chandler at that
time that he was a firm, yet kindly, adherent to the principles of right and justice as
he saw them.
Edwin's father, David and his second wife, Sarah Jane, had been the Superintendent
and Matron of Miami Valley Institute established by Indiana Yearly Meeting
(Hicksite). Edwin ("Eddie" as he like to be called) and his bride, Sidney, were
married on the campus of Miami Valley Institute on September 6th, 1871 by Emmor
Baily, Justice of the Peace. Quite an appropriate place for them to marry surrounded
by a family so interested in education. Edwin's two daughters, Ruth and Elizabeth
would become notabale teachers. David, Aaron B. and Edwin had been teachers in
the local schools, too. Edwin's wife Sidney was also a teacher.
Edwin Chandler was an initial member of the Friends Boarding Home and after the
death of his brother, Aaron B., he became the vice-president of the Board of the
Friends Home and then shortly afterwards the president. When he retired from the
farm, he moved into Waynesville after the family bought the Elizabeth B. Moore
house which is located a block east of the White Brick Quaker meetinghouse on
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Quaker Hill. It became known as the Chandler house. His daughter Ruth would,
after a distinguished teaching career, become the Matron of the Friends Boarding
Home in the 1940s and 1950s.
In the mid-1870s Edwin had ventured into a business venture with Nerr Brown. On
December 20, 1876 the following ad appeared in the Miami-Gazette:
NERR BROWN & ED. CHANDLER. FLOUR & FEED STORE. BROWN &
CHANDLER. SUCCESSORS TO JOHN E. TAYLOR. Respectfully announce that they
are in full swing at the old stand with a constant supply of the best: Flour,
Buckwheat, Corn meal, Unbolted Flour, Potatoes and Feed of all Kinds which they
sell at the lowest quotations.
Edwin Chandler stayed in the business only up to mid-March of 1877. On
Wednesday March 14, 1877 it was announced in the Miami-Gazette that "Ed
Chandler retired to rural life. We are sorry to loose him". After this announcement
only Nerr Brown is mentioned in the ad for the Flour & Feed Store.
Obituary of Edwin Chandler ~ Friends Intelligencer, 12th mo. 27, 1924:
“CHANDLER ~ At his home in Waynesville, Ohio, on 11th mo. 27th, Edwin
Chandler, a valued member and elder of Miami Monthly Meeting. He
was most active in service.
Not in joy and not in sorrow
Is our destined end or way.
But to act that each tomorrow
Finds us farther than today.”
Obituary of Sidney Chandler ~
“DEATH CLAIMS AGED WAYENSVILLE WOMAN ~ Death claimed one of
Waynesville’s oldest and best known citizens on Last Friday, July 13, when Mrs.
Sidney Chandler, 83, passed away at her home in that village. Funeral services
were held Monday afternoon at the Friends Meeting House on the 84th anniversary
of her birth. Mrs. Chandler was born at Roachester but spent her early life with an
uncle and aunt at Springboro. She was married Edward (Edwin) Chandler who
preceded her in death several years ago. Surviving are one sister, Miss Rachel
Petit; one son, Louis Chandler; two daughters, Misses Ruth and Elizabeth
Chandler; and a granddaughter, Miss Gertrude Chandler” (Western Star, July 19,
1934).
HOWELL AND EMMA WARNER PIERCE, 1915-1925,
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Other business for the Board of the Friends Boarding Home
on November 12th, 1915 (Will of Martha Howell):
The secretary read the following certified copy of the portion of the will of Martha
Howell making a bequest of $500.00 to the Friends Home, “Num. 7: I give and
bequeath to Evelyn B. Howell, wife of my son Ralph Howell, One thousand dollars,
to Martha Hines, Two Hundred Dollars, to David P. Wilson Five Hundred Dollars,
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and the Hicksite Friends Home at Waynesville, Ohio, the sum of Five Hundred
Dollars.” (Martha signed her will July 1st, 1911).
According to the 1870 Census, John and Martha Howell, the parents of Ralph
Howell, lived in Mad River Township, Clark County, Ohio. John Howell was a
farmer. In the Censuses of 1910 and 1920 Ralph, a farmer, and Evelyn Howell were
listed as living with their sons Folger B. Howell and John Waldow Howell in Mad
River, Clark County, Ohio. A servant named Martha Himes is living with them. In
the 1930 Census, Ralph (age 72) and Evelyn (age 65) Howell are living in Greene
County, Ohio.
Martha Howell was born in Maryland 1822. she died March 26th, 1914 in Mad River
Township, Clark county, Ohio. She was 92 years , 5 months, and 10 days old. She
was buried on March 30th, 1914 in the Ferncliff Cemetery in Springfield, Ohio.
Obituary of Martha Wilson Howell, Friends Intelligencer, 5th mo. 9th. 1914, p 303:
“HOWELL. ~ Martha Wilson Howell passed into the higher life the 26th of 3rd
month, at the home of her son Ralph Howell, near Springfield, Ohio. For nearly
three years she was a patient sufferer, always cheerful, and although five months
past her 92nd birthday, her mind was clear and active, ever interested in the life
around her till within the last few moments. She was born in Sandy Spring,
Maryland, and was the daughter of Hannah Pope Wilson (who was a descendant
of Peter Folger and for many years a prominent minister in the Society of Friends).
Martha Howell, though nearly all of her married life could be classed among
isolated Friends, adhered to the plain language and plainness of dress. She was a
woman of remarkable physical endurance, a mind always on the alert, quick to
observe, to think, and to act. She met all trials and vicissitudes with unusual
courage and fortitude, and her busy; useful life was full of good deeds. When called
upon to give up the activities of life, she did not lose her kind thoughtfulness of
others, and waited with prayerful longing to go home to the father.”
35. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, January 4th,
1916:
“The treasurer reported that on Dec. 16th he met the executors of the Mary Corwin
will and received $2, 305.62 principal land interest from them.”
(Upon the death of Paulina Butterworth) “Moved and seconded that Lindley
Mendenhall and Edwin Chandler be authorized to attend the sale of the home of
Paulina Butterworth, deceased, and bid not to exceed one thousand dollars for the
same. Moved and seconded that the fare of this committee and also that of the
treasurer on the trip to Lebanon to collect the Corwin legacy, be allowed.
Carried.”
36. Miami-Gazette Newspaper of Waynesville, Ohio, February
9th, 1916 (The Friends Boarding Home buys more land):
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“FRIENDS BUY MORE GROUND: the Society of Friends of Waynesville purchased
the four acres of Mr. and Mrs. Thad Zimmerman that lies just behind the Friends
Home. This ground will be utilized as a garden and as Supt. Pierce is a gardener,
the Home will have lots of good thinks to eat next summer and winter.”
37. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, February
11th, 1916 (The Death of Samuel R. Battin):
“The following was directed spread upon our minutes and a copy sent to the family
of the deceased. The death of our President, Samuel R. Battin removes a devoted
friend of the Home. His work has been most efficient, and is deeply appreciated by
this Board. He was elected President in 1904 and during the eleven years of his
presidency he was seldom absent from a meeting of the Board. The interests of
the Home were ever paramount with him. It was moved and seconded that
the secretary be instructed to procure a photograph of Samuel R. Battin for the
Home.”
Samuel R. Battin did not leave a bequest to the Friends Boarding Home (see Will of
Samuel R. Battin, Prob. 105 and 126-F, Clark County, Ohio, Barrett Brothers,
Publishers, Springfield, Ohio.
Obituary of Samuel R. Battin ~ Friends Intelligencer, 2nd, mo. 26, 1916, p. 141.
“BATTIN ~ On 2nd mo. 2 d, at Selma, O., Samuel R. Battin, in the 87th
year of age. He was a birthright member of the Society of Friends, at the
time of his death being a member and elder of Green Plain Meeting.
Aside from his church interests, the two great concerns of his later years
centered in the success of the Friends’ Boarding Home at Waynesville, O.,
and the Clark County Mutual Insurance Association, of both of which he
was president. He is survived by six children, seven grandchildren, and
four great-grandchildren.”
38. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, August 16th,
1916 (Edwin Chandler nominated for President):
“The sec’y cast 11 votes as directed and Edwin Chandler was declared elected.”
39. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, November
13th, 1916 (Donation of items made by Anna & Hannah Kelley):
“A vote of thanks was extended to Anna and Hannah Kelley for the following
goods: six pillows, 2 table-cloths, 7 napkins, 8 quilts, 4 white blankets, 4 cotton
blankets, 4 comforts, 8 roller towels, 12 towels, 16 sheets, 2 counterpanes, 4 pillow
slips, 2 doz. chairs, hall tree stand, 2 bolster slips, 3 stand covers, 2 runners, 2
doilies, 1 looking glass, 1 tabourettes, 2 rockers, 1 chest and 2 rag rugs.”
Anna & Hannah Kelley of Waynesville, Ohio (Anna and Hannah were the
surviving children of Samuel and Achsah (Stubbs) Kelley. Samuel was the son of
the pioneer family Samuel and Hannah (Pearson) Kelley. Ann, her sister Hannah,
and her brother Isaac lived just outside of the village to the southwest. The Samuel
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Kelly Homestead was 150.25 acres located in Military Survey #774 in east Wayne
Township, Warren Co., Ohio. Also see, Abijah and Ann Kelley O’Neall &
Samuel and Hannah Pearson Kelley ~ Early Quaker Settlers.:
http://qugenswohio.blogspot.com/2005/09/abijah-and-ann-kelly-oneall-samueland.html)
40. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, May 10th,
1918 (Bequest of Hannah Kelley & Jesse Lippincott and Katie
Holden give the Home a car):
Hannah Kelly died on March 14th, 1918. The Estate of Hannah Kelly, Dec’d, Warren
County Courthouse, Docket 13, Page 8, Box 745:
“Therefore I do, by this writing which I hereby declare to be a codicil to my said
last will land testament, and to be taken as a part thereof, order and declare that
my will is that I give and bequeath all my personal property, also my undivided
one/half interest in all personal property and real estate owned and held by the
said Ann Kelley and myself in equal shares to the Miami Monthly Meeting of
Friends, of which I am a member, held at Waynesville, County of Warren, State of
Ohio, and the Friends Boarding Home of the Indiana Yearly meeting of the
Religious Society of Friends, located at Waynesville, county of Warren, State of
Ohio, they to share and share alike. And furthermore, any part of Article 3 of my
last will and testament, which may conflict with this codicil, which I hereby add,
shall be void.”
“The Friends’ Home having received the gift of an automobile from Jesse
Lipincott and Katie Holden, the Sec’y was instructed to express the thanks of the
Board for their generosity.”
41. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, June 11th,
1919 (A special meeting is called to consider the sale of the
Home’s interests in the Cedarville farm, belonging to the
McLaughlin estate):
“An offer of 9 thousand dollars is made by the tenant Mr. Evans on the Cedarville
farm, for the interests of the three legatees in the farm. It was moved and seconded
that our president and secretary be authorized to sign a deed transferring the
Cedarville farm entailed to Mr. Evans by the McLaughlin will for the sum of 3
thousand dollars to the Home’s share.”
According to the Treasurer’s Book, “April 4, 1918, rec’d $1,000.00, McLaughlin
Estate and rec’d interest on McLaughlin Legacy, $96.66; June 22nd, 1918, Legacy of
McLaughlin Estate, $4,540.75; July 3rd, 1918, Mary McLaughlin Estate, $3,000.00.”
42. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, August 5th,
1919 (Mention of the Cardington property & the Legacy of
Rachel Ann Faulk, a.k.a. Foulke, d. April 14th,1919):
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“Thos. L. Calvert reported Cardington property not sold nor rented.”
This statement does not refer to property owned by the Friends Boarding Home.
This is property owned by Green Plain Monthly Meeting.
Further business:
“The Board has received an authenticated copy of the will of Rachel Ann Faulk.
‘Items III & V which pertain to the Friends Home are as follows: Item II The
residue of all moneys and credits which may belong to me at the time of my
decease, I bequeath to the Friends’ Boarding Home at Waynesville, Warren Co.,
Ohio. Item V I bequeath all my bedding to the Friend’s Boarding Home herein
before named.’”
According to the Treasurer’s Book, the FBH received from the Anna Foulke Estate
$300.00 on May 31st, 1918 and $244.41 on June 26th, 1919.
The Estate of Rachel Ann Faulk, dec’d., Warren County Courthouse: Docket 13, Page
178, Box 762.
Rachel Ann Faulk of Springboro, Ohio was a single woman. Dr. Emily Wright of
Springboro was the executor of her will. Dr. Emily Wright would later live in the
Friend Boarding Home. Jane F. Wright and Julia R. Easton were witnesses to the
will. Julia R. Easton would also leave money, $5,000.00, to the Friends Boarding
Home in 1971. Item III & V of Rachel Ann Faulk’s will were:
“The residue of all moneys and credits which may belong to me at the
time of my decease I bequeath to the Friends Boarding Home at
Waynesville, Warren Co., Ohio.
I bequeath all my bedding to the Friends Boarding Home hereinbefore
named.”
43. According to the Treasurer’s Book: “January 19th, 1920,
Anna Kelly by agt., $500.00.”
44. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, February
13th, 1920 (Gift of Seth Levering Cartwright):
"A proposition came before the Board from one of our members, S. Levering
Cartwright. He wishes to make a gift of five hundred dollars to the Home with the
understanding that either himself, his wife, or both, may occupy one of the rooms
at some future time, if they so desire. They agree to be governed by the rules of the
Home, pay such price and enjoy such privileges as other regular boarders."
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In the Register of the Friends Boarding Home located in the Waynesville Area
Heritage & Cultural Center, Waynesville, Ohio “S. Cartwright” is listed as living at
the Friends Home in 1923.
Seth Levering Cartwright (B. May 15, 1842 ~ d.
September 21st, 1929) was a birthright Quaker and remained
a Friend throughout his life (right). He lived in Waynesville,
then for a while in Topeka, Kansas, and then returned and
lived the rest of his life in Waynesville. He is an example of a
Quaker who chose to fight in the Civil War. In 1862 he joined
Co. F of the 34th O. V. I., known as the Piatt Zouaves, and
served with the Union forces throughout the Civil War. He
was a musician in his unit. When he died he was the last
surviving member of the Captain Hoel G.A.R. Post, which
was located in Waynesville. His brother, Lt. John W.
Cartwright was killed during the Civil War. He married
Emma F. Merritt on December 30th, 1868. She was the (Camp Dennison Civil
daughter of Absalom E. and Esther P (Kendall) Merritt.
War Museum)
In 1898 Seth Levering Cartwright retired from farming (the Cartwright farm was
located a few miles north of Waynesville on Bellbrook Road about half way to Middle
Run Church). The Cartwright’s made their new home in Waynesville in the old
“Waynesville Academy”, also known as the “old Janney place.” For several years he
was the Director of the Waynesville National Bank. He was very active in the
community. Organizations that were represented at his funeral were: the Soldier’s
Relief Commission, the Orphans’ Home Board (Seth L. had been the president of the
Orphans’ Home in Lebanon, Ohio), the Waynesville National Bank, the Miami
Cemetery Association, the Wayne Township Farmer’s Club, the American Legion,
and the National Military Home in Dayton, Ohio. He was a strong Republican. He
died on September 21, 1929 at the Soldiers’ Home Hospital in Dayton. The viewing
and funeral took place in the White Brick Meetinghouse.
Below is a quote from a 1951 speech given at a meeting of the Wayne Township
Farmer’s Club, which gives some of the history of the early days of the organization.
Not only is S. Levering Cartwright mentioned but also George Riley who also became
a contributor to Friends Home, Inc. (The Riley Bequest and Trust). The author of the
speech is unknown (Handwritten speech in pencil at The Mary L. Cook Public
Library):
“It seems a small group, called the executive committee, met at the home of S. L.
Cartwright early in 1908 to organize the club. The first meeting, complete with
dinner, business session and programs was held Thursday, April 9th, 1908 at the
home of D. J. Hawke. The constitution and by-laws which had been drawn up
by this first committee were adopted, Dr. P. D. Clagget was named president,
William O’Neal secretary, and thus the club was on its way. Each family
donated two dollars as an initiation fee and it was voted to keep the treasure
supplied as need arose by assessment.
“During the second meeting the special topic was ‘Corn’ by George Riley. Much
interest was created by the suggestion of the use of commercial fertilizer in the
growing of corn.”
“Eleven or twelve families seemed to attend these very first meetings, arriving
with their baskets at 10:30 and bidding good-bye about 3;30. the name of
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George Riley, father of our present members Miss Perle Riley and Mrs. Blanche
Miller, was very often mentioned in these first important meetings.”
Emma Merritt Cartwright (September
7th, 1847 ~ d. 1924) died five years
before her husband in 1924. She was a
devoted member of the St. Mary’s
Episcopal Church in Waynesville. She
was one of the founders of the Old
School Association and was the
organization’s first secretary. S. L. and
Emma Cartwright originated the idea
of establishing a Wayne Township
Farmer’s Club. It was organized in the
Cartwright home.
in 1905 (the “Old Academy,” now the StubbsConner Funeral Home (Special Home Coming
Number of The Miami Gazette, Dec., 1905).
Emma and Seth L. had two sons: John
O. Cartwright, who was the vice
president of the Waynesville National
Bank, and, Charles M. Cartwright of the
Western Underwriters Co., of Chicago.
The Cartwright Family Papers, 1877-1982 are located in The Newberry Library
(Midwest Manuscript Collection) in Chicago, Illinois. The next generation of the
Cartwright family moved to Evanston, Ill., and in the early 20th century where they
were primarily journalists. They included the son of Seth Levering Cartwright,
Charles Merritt Cartwright (Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Inter-Ocean editor),
Charles’s son, Stanley Levering Cartwright (Chicago Tribune reporter and editor of
the National Underwriter), and Ruth Russell, Stanley’s wife (feature editor for the
Chicago Daily News).
Charles M. Cartwright, known as C. M., graduated from Princeton in 1894. He also
helped to establish the insurance journal, Western Underwriters Magazine (Later
known as National Underwriter). Seth Levering Cartwright’s other son, John O.
Cartwright, was the circulation editor at National Underwriter (See, the Newberry
Library site:
http://www.newberry.org/collections/FindingAids/cartwright/Cartwrightb.html.
45. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, May 7th,
1920 (Elizabeth B. Moore mortgage at Eaton, Ohio):
Seth E. Furnas reported in regard to the Elizabeth B. Moore mortgage at Eaton,
Ohio. On motion the report was accepted and the sec’y was instructed to notify
David Moore that the Board will take action in the case if the expense of
releasing the mortgage is paid by him in advance.
46. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, August 3rd,
1920 (The Legacy of Jennie M. Whiteley):
The Estate of Jennie M. Whiteley: "The following certified copy of the portion of the
will of Jennie M. Whiteley, relating to her bequest to the Home was read. Item 4.
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The residue of my estate I direct shall go to our Friends Boarding Home at
Waynesville, Ohio where I now reside."
According to the Treasurer’s Book, the FBH received from Wm. F. Morris, the Exc.
of the J. Whitely Estate, $700.00 on July 3rd, 1919 and $63.04 on May 11th, 1920.
According to Clarkson Butterworth in his Catalogue of Members of Miami Monthly
Meeting, 7th mo. 1897, Elmira J. Whitely moved her membership in White Water
Monthly Meeting in Richmond, Indiana to Miami Monthly Meeting on November
20th, 1912. She had moved into the Friends Boarding Home next door. The Register
of the Friends Home indicates that she was living in the Home in 1911, 1912, 1913,
and 1914.
47. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, September
4th, 1923 (Transfer of the $1,000.00 received from the Alvin
Fawcett Fund of I.Y.M Hicksite back to the Yearly Meeting):
"It was moved by Orlando T. Battin (the son of Samuel R. Battin) and seconded by
Ida Keever that the Board of Corporation o f the Friends Home recommends that
the Board of Trustees transfer the $1000.00 received from the Alvin Fawcett Fund
of Indiana Yearly Meeting by the Friends Boarding Home, to the committee for the
erection of a Home at Richmond, Ind. Also that the treasurer of this Board be
authorized to sign the subscription paper for the above amount upon presentation
of same, to be paid in fifth, eighth, eleventh months."
48. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, June 7th,
1924 (The Bequest of Anna & Hannah Kelly to Miami Monthly
Meeting and the Friends Home & the Kelly-Moore
Endowment/Trust Fund):
Anna Kelly died March 14th, 1924. Her Last Will and Testament duplicated her
sister’s will and their estate was shared between Miami Monthly Meeting and the
Friends Boarding Home. The Estate of Anna Kelly, Dec’d., Box No. 842, Docket 14,
Page 321.
". . . the Anna and Hannah Kelly bequest to the Miami Monthly Meeting and the
Friends Boarding Home. President (Edwin) Chandler called the meeting to order
and all members were present. A certified copy of the will of Ann Kelly was read
before the joint session of the Board of Trustees of the Friends Boarding Home and
the Trustees of Miami Monthly Meeting. After some discussion, D. H. Hockett
moved and T. L. Calvert seconded the motion that J. Lindley Mendenhall be given
power of attorney to look after the business of the estate of Anna Kelly deceased.
Vote was unanimous in favor of the motion."
Obituary of Anna Kelley, Friends Intelligencer, 5th Mo. 3rd, 1924, p. 300:
“KELLY ~ On 3rd mo. 15th, at the Friends Home, Waynesville, Ohio, Anna Kelly, in
her 87th year. She was a life-long member and faithful worker in Miami Monthly
meeting.”
According to the Treasurer’s Book: “November 18th, 1925, Kelly Estate, $1,681.62.”
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According to the minutes of Miami Monthly Meeting, January
1935: “The
meeting approves of adding the Clearcreek property proceeds (This executive
meeting of Miami M. M. located in Samantha, Ohio was laid down.) to the ‘KellyMoore Fund’ (made up of bequests from the Kelly sisters & Elizabeth B. Moore). At
this time it has been decided to give the name ‘Trust Fund’ to what was formerly
known as the ‘Kelly-Moore Fund’ as it now includes bequest from Kelly and Moore
and the proceeds from the sale of the Clearcreek Meeting property.”
27th,
The “Trust Fund” in 1935
Kelly Fund
$8,632.37
Moore Fund
239.20
Clearcreek Fund
200.00
$9,071.37
49. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, February
3rd, 1925 (Death of Edwin Chandler):
"The following minute was adopted. 'Since our last meeting, death has removed a
charter member of the board of Corporation of the Friends Home ~ Edwin
Chandler, our President. He was deeply interested in the Home and has served as
an officer on the board since 11 mo. 1915, first as Vice-President at the death of
Aaron Chandler, and one year later at the time of Samuel R. Battin’s death, he was
elected President. He cheerfully rendered this service and was a faithful attender of
all meetings.
J. LINDLEY25 AND GEORGIA FRAME MENDENHALL,
MARCH 16, 1925-SEPTEMBER 15, 1930
SUPERINTENDENT & MATRON
50. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, March 31st,
1925 (Bequest of Anna & Hannah Kelley):
"Whereas the Friends Boarding Home of the Indiana Yearly Meeting of the
Religious Society of Friends of Waynesville, Ohio is the owner of the one half
interest in certain real estate consisting of a farm of about one hundred and fifty
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(150) acres of land situated in Wayne Township, Warren county, Ohio, said interest
in said land having been devised to the said The Friends Boarding home of the
Indiana Yearly meeting of the religious Society of Friends by the wills of Anna
Kelley deceased and Hannah Kelley deceased, and whereas it is the desire of the
said The friends Boarding Home of the Indiana Yearly Meeting of the Religious
Society of Friends to sell said one-half interest in said real estate for the following
reasons, First, to separate the interest of the Friends Boarding Home of the Indiana
Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends and the Miami Monthly Meeting
of Friends , a religious society of Waynesville, Ohio, which owns the other one-half
interest in said real estate and Second, Because the money arising from said sale
can be invested to better advantage, and Whereas Joseph Tinney has offered to pay
or secure to be paid to the said The Friends Boarding Home of the Indiana yearly
meeting of the Religious Society of Friends for said one-half interest, the sum of
Seventy-Five Hundred ($7,500.00) dollars and, whereas the Board of Trustees of
the said The Friends Boarding Home of the Indiana Yearly Meeting of the Religious
Society of Friends believes it would be for the best interest of the said The Friends
Boarding Home of the Indiana yearly meeting of the Religious Society of Friends to
accept said offer and to sell said real estate to the said Joseph Tinney. Now be it
therefore resolved by said Board of Trustees that the offer of the said Joseph Tinney
for said interest in said real estate be and same hereby is accepted subject to the
approval of the stockholders of the Friends Boarding Home of the Indiana Yearly
meeting of the Religious Society of Friends and subject to the approval of the
Common Pleas Court of Warren County, Ohio, etc."
51. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, August 3rd,
1926 (Donation of Furniture made by W. H. Allen & wife):
"Attention was called to the furniture, consisting of
2 rockers, 1 library table, 1 bookcase, and a
magazine holder presented to the Home by W. H.
Allen and wife since our last Board meeting. The
Sec’y was instructed to express the appreciation of
this Board to the donors."
William H. Allen started work at 18 as a clerk in the
Waynesville Bank.
He eventually became the
President of the Waynesville National Bank. William
H. Allen and his wife, Carrie White Allen, built their
new home in Waynesville on the SW corner of 4th &
North Streets. They hired a Xenia architect, H. W.
Owen, to design their new home. H. W. Owen had
designed the new bank building and would also
design the Friends Boarding Home.
We know that W. H. and Carrie Allen lived at the FBH
during the month of December, 1910. They also
stayed in the Home in 1920 (Register of the Friends
Boarding Home).
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Buildings designed by H. W. Owen in Waynesville:
Home of W. H. Allen,
4th & North Streets
Waynesville National Bank
The Friends Boarding Home
4th Street
52. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, September
6th, 1927 ($1,000.00 finally given to the Boarding Home in
Richmond, Indiana, Lauramoore):
“Whereas the conditions of former minutes in 6th mo. 4th, 1917 and 6th, 4th, 1923
authorizing the payment of one thousand dollars to the Richmond Boarding Home,
not having been complied with by the beneficiaries, therefore, this Board rescinds
all former action in the matter but thereby authorizes the treasurer to pay one
thousand dollars to the treasurer of the above Home as approved by the Indiana
Yearly Meeting in the following minute, dated 5th mo. 11th, 1927:
‘Indiana yearly Meeting is satisfied with the change of plan in regard to the Friends
Boarding Home at Richmond, Indiana and we wish to state here that this meeting,
with the approval of the Board of managers of the Waynesville Boarding Home is
willing that the One Thousand dollars subscribed in 1917 by the Waynesville
Boarding Home shall be paid to the treasurer of the Richmond Boarding Home.’”
53. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, December
14th, 1928 (Estate & Legacy of Alfaretta (Sallie) Lancaster of
Hopewell Township, Mercer Co., New Jersey, d. February 19th,
1928):
The board met “to consider the signing of a waiver in connection with a legacy
from the estate of Alfasetta Lancaster.”
According to the Register of the FBH, Sallie Lancaster lived at the FBH during 1926.
Legacy of Alfaretta Lancaster, Warren County Courthouse, Box 879, Docket 15, page
467:
Alfaretta was a non-resident of Ohio when she died. She and her husband Morris in
their retirement had been living with their daughter and her husband, Rachel L. and
Charles D. Clarkson, in Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey. They are
mentioned as doing so in the 1920 Federal Census. Morris Lancaster was from
Indiana and Alfaretta from Ohio. At the time of her death she owned 4 tracts of land
in Warren Co., Ohio. She left $1,000.00 to the Friends Boarding Home, but the
bulk of her estate went to her daughter.
According to the Treasurer’s Book: “August
$1,000.00.”
4th,
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1934, Lancaster Bequest,
54. Treasurer’s Book, September 23rd, 1929, James Elliott
Estate mentioned for first time, receive $92.82.
The James Elliott Estate is not mentioned in the Minutes of the FBH Board.
ALONZO S. & OLIVE M. CURL, 1930-July, 1933,
SUPERINTENDENT & MATRON
55. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, March 4th,
1930 (Endowment given by George E. Riley):
“Item 7 of will of Geo. E. Riley, deceased, herein after named the sum of five
thousand dollars to be held in trust by my said trustee as an endowment for the
Friends Home, incorporated under the Laws of the State of Ohio by the Indiana
yearly Meeting, situated in Waynesville, Warren county, Ohio. My said trustee
shall invest said sum in good, safe securities as provided by the General Code of
Ohio, and pay this net income arising there from semi-annually to said Friends
Home at Waynesville, Warren County, Ohio.
Should said Friends Home situated in Waynesville, Warren Co., Ohio, cease to exist
or function as a Friends Home, then and in that event I direct that said endowment
terminate and end and revert to my estate and be help and disposed of as provided
for the trust created in item 13 of my Will.”
According to Treasurer’s Book, the Friends Home began receiving payments from
the Riley Trust, February 17th, 1931. Friends Home, Inc. would receive the principal
in 1983.
Obituary of George E. Riley:
“PASSES AWAY AT COUNTRY HOME: Funeral services for George E. Riley, well
known and highly respected farmer of the Ridgeville neighborhood, who died
Saturday morning, were held at the residence Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock with
burial at Waynesville. Mr. Riley death was sudden and was a distinct shock to his
many friends throughout Warren County. He was born near Ridgeville on
September 29, 1845, and has spent his entire life in that neighborhood. He was the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Riley, natives of Maryland, who removed to Lebanon in
1826. Mr. Riley attended the public school at Ridgeville and later attended the
Normal school at Lebanon. He then engaged in farming and had accumulated
some valuable country property. In addition to his agricultural interests Mr. Riley
has been prominent in banking circles in Warren County. At the time of his death
he was vice president of the Waynesville National bank and was a stockholder in
the Lebanon-Citizens National Bank and Trust Company. He was for a number of
years a member of the Board of Directors of The Franklin National Bank. In 1869
Mr. Riley was married to Miss Ada A. Stokes. Mrs. Riley died in 1914. Two
daughters: Miss Blanche A. Riley and Miss Pearl M. Riley, survive” (Franklin
Chronicle, September 26, 1929).
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Obituary ~
“GEORGE E. RILEY ~ 1845-1929. Early Saturday morning a friend appeared in
the office of the writer and said, ‘George Riley has passed on.’ Deep, shocking news.
Pained beyond expression, we paused to mention many events that had transpired
during our long association. His passing leaves a vacancy difficult if not
impossible to fill. This entire community shares with his immediate family a keen
and heartfelt grief and sorrow. The life of this kindly gentleman is like an open
book, all know without being told that there was a real gentleman, one whom we
would properly designate as ‘a gentleman of the old school.’ George Evan Riley
was born in Warren County, Ohio , near Ridgeville, in this very vicinity, September
29, 1845. Passed away September 1, 1929. Had he lived eight days longer his age
would have been 84. While not strong during the last few years, giving up some of
the responsibilities and activities of his outside business interests, he maintained
supervision of his farm. Even on the day before his passing he was somewhat
actively engaged in housing his crops. How wonderful to lay down his working
tools, wend his way to the home and shortly fall asleep, mentally alert even to the
last moment. He was married to Miss Ada Stokes September 16, 1869. There was
but three weeks difference between his age and that of Mrs. Riley. She died
December 14, 1914. The writer is told that on one occasion when Grandmother
Riley was on a visit to Grandmother Stokes that the two infants were laid together
in a crib. An early beginning of courtship. They were school day sweethearts and
life long companions. Of this union there were born tow daughters, Blanche and
Pearl, who survive him. They occupied his home in 1876 and resided here the
remainder of their lives. His mother died when he was but three years of age, and
he frequently expressed the sorrow he experienced by being deprived of mother
love.
Mr. Riley was always a public spirited citizen. He was closely identified with the
financial interests of Warren County and was a stockholder in the Lebanon Citizens
National Bank and Trust company; vice president and director in the Waynesville
National Bank and one of the original stockholders and a director in the Franklin
National Bank. He was at one time a member of the Masonic order, taking a demit
from that organization when he found that he could not give it proper attention.
He served as a director in the county orphan’s home, as director in the Warren
County Fair board, and also as director of District No. 4 Clearcreek Township
school. His early aspiration was to be a chemist, but realizing the confinement of
that profession and desiring to espouse one that would keep him out of doors; he
chose agriculture as his calling.
He was broad minded and liberal in his religious views and leaned toward the faith
of the Universalist church and also toward that of the Friends. He was a member
of both Waynesville and Franklin Farmers’ clubs. The writer of this brief obituary
entertained a very high estimate of the sterling qualities of Mr. Riley. Knowing him
for a period of nearly fifty years, most of that time being closely and intimately
connected in both business and friendly association. Never a coarse word from
him; never a hasty or ill advised opinion. A wise counselor, a fatherly advisor,
sometimes touching deeply personal experiences.
Prone to give helpful,
encouraging assistance when needed. His criticisms timely, constructive and well
meant. Supporting and co-operating with the active patriotic work of the banks
and the Red Cross during the World War, he was an ideal citizen. When he
considered his views right he stood by them, often against a majority opinion. He
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was a lifelong Democrat and conscientiously supported the principals of that party.
With the multitudes of other friends we join, in expressing our sympathy to the
dear bereaved ones, and with them in heartfelt grief and sorrow” (Franklin
Chronicle, October 17th, 1929).
The George E. Riley estate papers can be found in the Archive of the Probate Court
of Warren County, Ohio located in the lower level of the Warren County Courthouse
in Lebanon, Ohio (Book D.E. Vol. 16, page 377). He left his money to the Friends
Boarding Home in a Trust, the principal totaling: $3,997.80. The above mentioned
file is full of the semi-annual reports to Probate Court concerning the activities of the
Trust over the years.
In the Friends Home files located in the Watson Library at Wilmington College are
two Memoranda associated with the Riley Trust. The first Memorandum dated
August 31st, 1972, concerns the estate of Perle M. Riley, the last surviving daughter of
George Evan Riley, who had remained single. Concerning Item 123 ~
Paid to Miami Monthly Meeting of Friends, Waynesville, Ohio, 1/3 of the
residue as provided in will of descendent herein, said money to be used for
“the sole use and benefit of the Friends Home. $30,790.15”
Item 123 ~ Also paid to the University of Cincinnati “strictly for the
purpose of developing the Clinical Lab of the Christian ‘R. Holmen
Hospital. $30,790.15”
There is another Memorandum dated January 18th, 1973 delivered with the final
check from the George E. Riley trust ~ $4,135.95. The two Memoranda are signed by
Meryl B. Gray, Attorney at Law and C. Dale Rosencrans, Trustee/Executor.
The full amount delivered to Friends Home, Inc. was $105,340.18.
56. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, September
1st, 1931 (Death of Reuben M. Roberts):
“In as much as death has claimed an honored member, since our last meeting, it
seems fitting that we pause and pay tribute to Reuben Roberts. In the history of the
Friends Boarding Home at Waynesville, no name is more outstanding for long
service and the faithful performance of his convictions. The welfare of this Home
was always of vital interest to him and many of the changes for growth and
betterment sprang from his ever alert mind. It was only at our last meeting he left
with us a very vivid picture, as he saw it of the ever growing need of institutions of
this kind, and a plan for a greater building program. Knowing as he did, the
weakness of man, and feeling in his own heart that the Father of All was beckoning
him, it seemed to be with supreme reverence he related his interest and pride, his
hopes and desires, that this place might continue in the Friendly spirit. This
greatest wish perhaps, was that it might ever be a Home for Friends who in the
Friendly manner might keep alive and growing, the historic meeting of his fathers.
Few were the meetings of this Board when Reuben’s voice was not heard, few will
be the meetings when his influence will not be felt.”
Reuben M. Roberts did not bequest anything to the Friends Boarding Home.
Obituary of Reuben M. Roberts, Friends Intelligencer, 12th mo. 20th, 1930:
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“ROBERTS ~ At his home, near South Charleston, Ohio, on Eleventh
month 29th, Rueben M. Roberts, in his 81st year. A member of Green
Plain Monthly Meeting. In Memory: To many of us, from our very young
manhood and womanhood, the name of Reuben M. Roberts will be
indelibly linked with the Friends’ Meeting, in our memories, with the
Monthly Meeting, the Quarterly Meeting and the Yearly Meetings
wherever they were held. In thinking of his mind and character, he had
many qualities that seemed kindred to the characteristics of the soldier
and the statesman. Not the soldier of military maneuvers, but the soldier
of dauntless courage and valor, ever striving to think for the good of the
meeting. Not the statesman of political government, but the government
of our meetings; well acquainted with the Discipline, and all forms of
procedure in business. When appointed on committees he was always at
the ‘post of duty.’ In our business meetings his mind was ever on the alert
to see that no details were overlooked and nothing neglected. Though
often he stood alone in his views, many times they were indicative of
clear judgment and prophetic vision. He was the moving spirit in the
establishment of the Friends’ Home at Waynesville, Ohio. He devoted his
time with tireless energy to its promotion till it became a reality; that
was one instance of his prophetic vision. He helped to keep alive the
agitation for several years of a Friends’ Home at Richmond, Indiana, and
though it did not materialize according to his vision, in the end a Home
was established.”
Obituary of Reuben Roberts (Springfield Daily News, November 29th,
1930):
“LONG ILLNESS IS ENDED BY DEATH: Reuben Roberts Succumbs at
Home on Dolly Varden Rd. ~ Reuben Roberts, 80, died at 4 AM Saturday
at his home, one mile west of South Charleston, on the Dolly Varden Rd.,
after an illness of two years. Mr. Roberts was born in Alexandria, Va.,
and came to the vicinity of South Charleston when a young man. He was
a member of the Friends Church of Selma. Besides his widow, Mrs.
Susan Roberts, he leaves a son, Merritt Roberts of South Charleston.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 PM Monday at the residence. Burial
will be made in Greensplains cemetery in Selma.”
Green Plain Monthly Meeting and Cemetery are located near the
intersection of S. Charleston-Clifton road and Dolly Varden Road.
57. Western Star Obituary of Alonzo Curl, past superintendent
of the Friends Boarding Home (Alonzo Curl dies tragically at
the Friends Boarding Home, May 1933):
“TRAGIC DEATH OCCURS MONDAY ~ Alonzo Curl Suffers Fatal Injuries In Fall
At Waynesville: His mind evidently temporarily deranged by several weeks of
intense suffering, Alonzo Curl, superintendent of the Friends Boarding Home in
Waynesville jumped from a window of his apartment at that place shortly before
midnight Monday suffering injuries that resulted in his death within a few minutes.
According to a story of one of the witnesses to the tragedy, Mrs. Curl had called
Marshall C. P. Joy and other friends to assist the physician in administering a
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sedative when her husband became violently delirious at about 11 o’clock. With this
accomplished, Mr. Curl appeared to be somewhat easier but he suddenly rushed to
an open window and jumped, falling a distance of about 15 feet. He struck a
concrete walk head first and although assistance was immediately rushed to the
injured man, he lived but a few minutes. It is believed that a fractured skull was the
cause of his death. FUNERAL WEDNESDAY ~ funeral services were held at the A.
H. Stubbs funeral parlors on Wednesday afternoon, the Rev. G. C. Dibert
officiating. Internment was made at Wilmington. Mr. Curl, who was about 65
years of age, was a native of Clinton County having spent most of his life in the
vicinity of Wilmington and later at Clarksville. He came to Waynesville in
September 1930 to assume the superintendency of the Friends Home. His widow,
Mrs. Olive Curl, survives” (Western Star, May 11th, 1933).
Olive Curl was Olive McPherson Curl, daughter of Henry C. McPherson and Anna
Hunnicutt.
HOWELL AND EMMA PIERCE, July, 1933–September 17, 1935,
SUPERINTENDENT & MATRON
58. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, August 6th,
1935 (Will of Agnes S. Harrison Baker):
“A notice from the Probate Court of Green Co. notified the Friends’ Home that the
will of Agnes S. Harrison Baker deceased, in which the Home was named a legate,
was admitted to probate.”
According to the Treasurer’s Book:
$1,000.00.”
“May 21st, 1936, Legacy of Agnes Baker,
59. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, November
5th, 1935 (Death of Superintendent Howell Pierce):
“The Board of Trustees of the Friends Boarding Home at Waynesville, Ohio wishing
to put in record their feelings of affection for the late Howell Pierce, and their grief
for his loss to the Home and to his co-workers there have approved the following:
As superintendent of the Home his services were invaluable. Faithful, scrupulous in
all his dealings and devoted to the best interests of the Home; kind, courteous to,
and thoughtful, for, all of the family who dwelt therein, he won their affection and
respect, while his kindly humor, observant shrewdness made him a delightful
companion, to us his co-workers and to all with whom he came in contact.
Although afflicted with an organic heart affliction he made light of his suffering
and bore up bravely until released by death.”
Obituary of Howell Pierce, Friends Intelligencer, Tenth Mo. 26, 1935:
“PEIRCE ~ On Ninth month 17th, at the Friends’ Home, Waynesville, Ohio, Howell
Pierce, son of William Darlington and Cosmelia Howell Pierce. He was nearly
eighty years old and for about twelve years, at different periods, he was an efficient
and beloved superintendent of the Home. Always kind, thoughtful and genial, he
was faithful in his duties to the minutest details, never sparing himself in any
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menial labor, except for the last few months on account of ill health. Henry Van
Dyke says: ‘To be glad of life because it gives you a chance to love and to work and
to play; to look up at the stars; to be satisfied with your possessions but not content
with yourself until you have made the best of them; to despise nothing in the world
except falsehood and meanness; . . . to covet nothing of your neighbor except his
kindness of heart and gentleness of manners; to think seldom of your enemies,
often of your friends, and every day of Christ; to spend as much time as you can,
with body and with spirit in God’s out-of-doors; these are little guide-posts on the
footpath to peace.’ Howell Pierce knew those guideposts.”
Obituary of Howell Pierce, Western Star, September 17th, 1935:
“DEATH OCCURS AT WAYNESVILLE ~ Howell Pierce succumbs to Heart Attack
Early Today ~ Howell Pierce, 78, a former superintendent of the Friends Home at
Waynesville and a respected resident of that community, died early today at the
Home following a heart attack. Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock Friday
afternoon from the residence of Tom Calvert, a relative near Selma, Ohio and
burial will be made at Springfield. He was a member of the Friends Church.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Emma Warner pierce of Waynesville; three sons,
Warner Pierce of Washington, D. C., Will Pierce of Carey, Ohio, and Raymond
Pierce of Toledo, and one daughter, Mrs. Bertha Bricket of Toledo. Mr. and Mrs.
Pierce had been married 56 years.”
Obituary of Howell Pierce, Springfield Daily News, September 18th, 1935):
“HOWELL PEIRECE DIES AT AGE 59: Former Resident of Springfield Succumbs ~
Howell Pierce, 59, a former resident of Springfield, died at 7:30 AM Tuesday at
Waynesville, Ohio. Mr. Pierce had charge of the Friends’ Home in Waynesville,
where he had been for two years. He was born in South Charleston and had lived
on a farm near that community for many years. He was a member of the Free and
Accepted Mason of Carey, Ohio, and of the Friends Church of Waynesville. Mr.
Pierce is survived by his widow, Mrs. Emma Warner; three sons, Warner, William
and Raymond, and one daughter, Mrs. Bertha Brickett. Funeral services will
beheld at the T. L. Calvert residence in Selma, Ohio. Friday at 2 PM. Burial will be
made in the Green Plain, Ohio, Cemetery.”
60. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, February 2,
1937 (Mary E. McLaughlin Estate):
“A request for a quit claim deed to a farm, a part of the Mary E. McLaughlin estate,
was received, as the Home has received its part in the full.”
61. According to the Treasurer’s Book: “February 9th, 1937,
Katherine (Kathryn) L. Hall Estate, $100.00.”
It was reported in the Minutes of the FBH Board on November 3rd, 1936, “The
treasurer reported a $100.00 bequest from Miss Kate Hall.”
According to the Register of the FBH, Miss Kate Hall of Cincinnati stayed at the FBH
in 1921 and from 1932 through 1934, and 1936.
Obituary of Katherine Hall, Western Star, May 29th, 1936:
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“MISS KATHERINE HALL DIES AT FRIENDS’ HOME IN WAYENSVILLE ~ Miss
Katherine L. Hall whose death occurred early yesterday at the Friends Home in
Waynesville, was a granddaughter of Major Robert Anderson, who was in charge
of Fort Sumter at Charleston, S. C. when it fell to the Confederates at the start of the
Civil War. She was also the daughter of the late Judge James Hall of Cincinnati
and a member of one of the prominent families of that city a generation ago. Miss
Hall, who was 90 years of age, had made her home in Waynesville for the past
several years, her death occurring after an extended illness. Five nieces and two
nephews survive. The funeral services will be held today at the Wiltsee Funeral
Home in Cincinnati and the body will be cremated.”
62. Miami-Gazette Newspaper of Waynesville, Ohio, September
1st, 1938 (The Last day of Emma Pierce as Matron of FBH):
“SERVES LAST DAY AS HOME MATRON: Mrs. Howell Pierce, who has been
matron of the Friend’s Home for the past fifteen years, has retired. Mr. Pierce,
acting as superintendent, served with her until his death three years ago. Mrs.
Pierce celebrated her eightieth birthday last April. During her long period of
service in this community, she has endeared herself not only to her family as she
called the members of the Home, but to the entire community. She possesses one of
those charming personalities which enables her to meet people and place them at
friendly ease. She radiates vitality which may well be the envy of all. At her last
dinner at the Home Monday evening, a large cake graced the tale which bore the
inscription “Fifteen Years of Loving Service.” The residents of the Home presented
her with a beautiful bouquet of mixed flowers. Mrs. Pierce is planning to spend this
winter with her son, Raymond and family of Toledo. Afterwards she will make her
home with her sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Calvert the ancestral
home near Selma. Foster and Margaretta Heacock are acting as superintendent
and matron of the Home.”
FOSTER J. & MARGARETTA HEACOCK,
SEPTEMBER 1, 1938-SEPTEMBER, 1941,
SUPERINTENDENT & MATRON
63. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, February
7th, 1939 (Jason Lamar Sheehan Estate):
“Martha Henderson moved the land received from the Jason Sheehan estate be
surveyed and corners established. Anna Hoak seconded. Motion carried.”
Jason Lamar Sheehan, born around 1856, near Centerville, Ohio, a son of James and
Susan Pine Sheehan. His daughters were Edith and Rachel. His second wife was
Anna Elizabeth Vail Sheehan. Her first husband was Samuel K. Michener of
Waynesville, Ohio ("A Genealogy of the Vale and Garretson Descendants, Family
Records with Biographical and Historical Records," by Lydia Anne Vale Leffler,
Ames, Iowa, 1913, The Torch Press, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.)
Jason LaRue Sheehan is mentioned as receiving payment from the Friends Boarding
Home for a service in 1911 (Waynesville National Bank Book, 1909-1912).
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Jason Lamar Sheehan was one of the brothers of George Milton Sheehan. George
Milton Sheehan will bequeath $928.46 to the Friends Boarding Home in 1954.
64. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, November
8th, 1939 (Selling the Sheehan land to LaMar Earnhart):
“Whereas Jason L. Sheehan devised to the Friends Boarding Home of the Indiana
yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends about six acres of real estate
situated in Wayne Township, Warren County, Ohio being a part of Section 6, Town
4, Range 4, and a part of the Military Survey No. 399 and, Whereas, said real
estate was thereafter surveyed and, Whereas, said real estate is not used or
occupied as a burial place for dead and, Whereas LaMar Earnhart has offered to
pay for said real estate the sum of three hundred dollars ($300.00) in cash, and,
Whereas the said Friends Home of the Indiana yearly Meeting of the Religious
society of Friends can make better use of the money arising from the sale of said
real estate and use it to better advantage than it can the real estate, Be it therefore
resolved that the offer of the said LaMar Earnhart be and the same hereby is
accepted and said property is hereby sold to the said LaMar Earnhart at said price,
subject to the approval of said sale by the common Pleas Court of Warren County,
Ohio.”
65. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, May 6th,
1940 (Gift in honor of Mrs. Anna B. Moodie):
“The Treasurer reported the receipt of a $400.00 check from Mrs. Laura Todd
McClelland of St. Petersburg, Fla., Miss Nancy Todd of Indianapolis, Ind., R.
Chester Todd, Middletown, Ohio, and Robt. A. Todd, Franklin, Ind., nieces and
nephews of Mrs. Anna B. Moodie. It was given in view of the service and cure Mrs.
Moodie received at the Friends Home during the month she was there.”
According to the Treasurer’s Book, the FBH received from the Mrs. Anna B. Moodie
Estate, $400.00 on April 26th, 1940.
Obituary of Anna B. Moodie, Franklin Chronicle, September 7th, 1939:
“FORMER RESIDENT DIES AT DAYTON ~ Mrs. Anna B. Moodie, aged 81, died at
2 A.M. Tuesday in a Dayton nursing home. Mrs. Moodie was born in Franklin, the
daughter of the late John S. and Nancy Todd. She was married to Rolla B. Moodie
in 1878, Mr. Moodie dying at Dayton in 1909. Mrs. and Mrs. Moodie resided in
Franklin for a number of years and were prominent members of the Presbyterian
Church. One daughter, Helen, who died in 1935, was born to them. Since the death
of her daughter, Mrs. Moodie lived at the Miami Hotel, Dayton, and the Friends
Home in Waynesville. Funeral services were held at the Boyer Sons Funeral Home
in Dayton yesterday and burial was made in Woodland Cemetery.”
According to the Register of Boarders, Mrs. Anna Moodie stayed at the FBH in 1937
and 1938.
66. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, February
4th, 1941:
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“Martha Henderson moved the President and treasurer be appointed to have
charge with authority to sell or rent the Rich Farm. Mabel Wilson seconded.”
NELLIE BUNNELL, SEPTEMBER 1941 TO NOVEMBER 1, 1942
MATRON
67. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, November
5th, 1941:
“We have verified the account of J. L. Mendenhall as Agent of the Tom Rich farm.”
68. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, September
1, 1942 (Upon the death of J. L. Mendenhall, Raymond
Braddock becomes the treasurer).
Obituary of Raymond Braddock (Western
Star, April 4th, 1990): “Raymond West
Braddock, 82, of Waynesville, died
Wednesday, March 28, at Kettering Medical
Center of complications following heart
surgery. He was born in 1907, the youngest
of three sons, to Frank and Jennie Braddock
of Waynesville, graduated from Waynesville
High School in 1925 and from the County
Normal School in 1926. He began teaching
that fall at Liberty School, a one-room
school near Lebanon. He married Sara
Cecilia Underwood of Harveysburg in 1930
and they had three daughters. Since 1945,
the family has lived on the farm where Mr.
Braddock was born and reared.
He received his teacher’s diploma from
Wilmington College in 1932 and his bachelor
of science degree in education from
Wilmington College in 1934. He received his
Sara & Raymond Braddock
his master’s degree in school administration from Miami University in 1941. Mr.
Braddock became principal of New Burlington School in 1928 and also taught seventh
and eighth graders there. He later began teaching seventh grade at the Waynesville
School. He also taught in Waynesville High School and was principal from 1937 to
1942. He was the superintendent of Waynesville Schools from 1942 to 1948. He also
sold insurance for the Nationwide Insurance Company in Waynesville from the 1940s
until the early 1970s. In addition, he taught high school English at the Lebanon
Correctional Institution for five years in the late 1960s. He served on the Wayne Local
Board of Education in the 1950s.
Mr. Braddock was a member of the Orthodox branch of the Society of Friends
(Quakers) in Waynesville, and joined the Miami Monthly Meeting of Friends, a
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Hicksite meeting in the late 1920s, in which he was an active participant all of his life.
He was treasurer of the Friends Home Board in Waynesville for more than 20 years
and was instrumental in the origination, planning and development of Quaker
Heights, a nursing home in Waynesville.”
69. Miami-Gazette, September 4th, 1941 (Nellie Bunnel becomes
Matron at the FBH September 1st, 1941):
“NEW MATRON AT FRIENDS HOME ~ Appointment of Mrs. Nellie Bunnell, of
Rural Route 1, Waynesville, as matron of the Friends Home, was announced this
week by members of the official board. Mrs. Bunnell will succeed Mrs. Maria
Elbon, who has been serving as temporary matron, since the resignation of Mrs.
Margaretta Heacock. Mrs. Heacock was forced to resign two months ago because
of illness. Mrs. Bunnell assumed her duties as matron, Monday, September 1st.”
70. Thomas L. Calvert, an early leader of the FBH, died on
December 20th, 1941 in Madison Township, Clark County,
Ohio.
Thomas L. Calvert did not make bequest to the FBH (#21320, Adm. Doc 32, pg. 85).
MARGARET D. WEBB, NOVEMBER 1, 1942
TO JUNE OF 1944, MATRON
71. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, March 28th,
1943 (Dr. Emma G. Holloway requests a life-residence at the
Home):
“The meeting was called to consider the Emma G. Holloway request for a life
residence at the Home in exchange for her properties. Orlando T. Battin moved
that the request be granted if certain parcels of real estate be sold with the
approval of the Friends’ Home. Merritt E. Roberts seconded. Motion carried.
Dr. Emma G. Holloway (1874-1962) graduated from Swarthmore College with
honors and then studied at the Hahnemann Medical College of Chicago and
graduated with honors. She practiced medicine in North Manchester, Indiana
(Sesquicentennial Scrapbook, Indian Yearly Meeting (General Conference), Held in
Waynesville, Ohio, 1970.) “Dr. Emma” would live at the Friends Boarding Home
from 1944 until 1962 when she was tragically killed in a car accident along
Matron/Hostess Ruth Chandler.
We know from letters deposited in the Friends Home Museum in Waynesville that
Dr. Emma had investigated a variety of possible “Homes” to retire to before choosing
The Friends Boarding Home. In a letter dated January 11, 1945 she writes to a
friend that she had considered the Estelle Peabody Memorial Home in North
Manchester, Indiana run by the Presbyterian Church, a “Home” in Warren, Indiana
run by the Methodists, and another one in Marion, Indiana, run by the Disciples of
Christ. She chose a “Home” run by her own church.
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It was reported in the Friends Intelligencer,
mo. 31, 1913 that Emma G. Holloway
stood in Miami Quarterly Meeting on 4th mo. 10, 1913 and spoke the following which
indicates the regard she held for Miami Friends in Waynesville:
5th
“Just before the meeting adjourned, Emma G. Holloway, a visiting
Friend from whitewater Quarter, rose and in a few earnest words, told of
her pleasure in meeting with Miami Friends and of the comfort and
strength she had drawn from the exercises of the day, and of the
assurance which they brought to her of the warm and vital bond which
unites all friendly people. Her words brought to her hearers the strength
and comfort of which she spoke. ~ I. W. K.”
According to the Financial Report of the Waynesville Friends Home, 1961-62, “in
1944 Dr. Emma G. Holloway turned over to the Friends Home the following:
1. Cash (Kansas Land)---------------------- $2700.00
2. Goodyear Stock (Mkt. Value) -----------
954.37
3. Civilian bond -----------------------------
100.00
4. Isle of Pines Acreage (20 acres in the Republic of Cuba):
The address was “Isle of Pines Land & Development Co, Columbia, Isle
of Pines, W. I.” In 1944 she transferred the property to the Friends
Boarding Home of the Indiana Yearly Meeting of the Society of
Friends, dated Jan. 11, 1945. S½9, Section 36, Acres 20, Record Page
176, Number 912. Dr. Emma never saw the land she had owned. A
deed for the land in Spanish, dated 30th, 1957 can be found in the
Watson Library, Wilmington College, Ohio.
5. In January 1949 Savings Acct. -------Total
1617.89
$5327.26
In addition to Bd & room, the treas. has paid to Dr. Emma $110.01 annually plus
Blue Cross premiums and misc. benefits.”
According to the Treasurer’s Book:
$1,600.00.”
“May 12th, 1944, Emma G. Holloway,
On February 7th, 1943 the Board of the Friends Boarding Home discussed Dr.
Emma’s annuity and decided that it be cashed for $18,000.00. The motion was
seconded and approved.
On May 2nd, 1945 the Board of the Friends Boarding Home further discussed Dr.
Emma’s finances:
“Martha Henderson moved that the annuities upon the policies #8238552,
#8238553, and #8238554 issued by the Equitable Life Insurance Society of the
United States now due on the life of Emma G. Holloway be transferred to her.
Merritt E. Roberts seconded. Motion carried. Anna Hoak moved that in addition
to the above she, Emma G. Holloway, be paid 3% interest on $3667.00 per year.
With this she promises to take care of small personal expenses. Mabel E. Wilson
seconded. Motion passed.”
Dr. Emma G. Holloway died intestate after severe injuries in a car accident in 1962.
She suffered from a compound fracture of the neck and other serious injuries. Her
death certificate was #61549. Ross Hartsock, the President of the Waynesville
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National Bank was executor (Emma G. Holloway, Deceased DE 33, p. 122, #601).
Her assets at the time of her death were:
Death Claim-Nationwide Mutual Inc.
$5,000.00
Death Claim-Old American Insurance
250.00
Cash
13.00
Sale of old coins, currency, postcards
55.00
Total
$5,318.00
The FBH made a claim of $3,593.08. The remainder of the money was used to pay
the remainder of her bills. Raymond Braddock wrote that the FBH received the total
residue of her estate, $5,372.00 in 1968.
72. According to the Treasurer’s Book: “March 30th, 1944,
Frances E. Alden Estate, $462.34.”
Sisters Adeline and Frances Alden boarded at the Home. Adeline died a year before
Frances on March 22nd, 1941. Frances died on March 7th, 1942. Frances was 77 when
she died. The sisters were born in Maine and taught at the School for the
Feebleminded at Columbus, Ohio.
Adeline moved to the FBH from Columbus in 1936. She lived in the Home till 1941.
Frances Alden moved to the FBH from Columbus in 1937 and lived in the Home till
1942.
73. According to the Treasurer’s Book: “April 7th, 1944, Mrs.
Olive Williams, $1,200.00 (a gift or her contribution towards
her care):
Olive Williams (b. August 16, 1876 in Urbana, Illinois – d. September 24th, 1954 in
Waynesville, Ohio at 9:00 AM in the FBH) was a Quaker from Pendleton, Indiana
and she was buried in the Pendleton Cemetery. Her Quaker service was held at the
Stubbs Funeral Home in Waynesville. Olive lived in the Home from 1943 till her
death in the FBH on September 24th, 1954. The cause of her death was a Coronary
Thrombosis (Stubbs Funeral Home Record of Funeral, p 198). She worked at the
Home as the “Dinning Room Girl” from 1943-1948. She would help serve meals and
clean up. Her profession had been in nursing. She had no living relatives when she
died. We know she had a sister named Miriam J. Fussell with whom she lived in
1930 in Pendleton, Madison Co., Indiana (1930 U. S. Federal Census).
RUTH CHANDLER, JUNE 12, 1944 TO AUGUST 25, 1962
MATRON ~ HOSTESS (THE TITLE SHE PREFERRED)
74. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, August 2nd,
1944 (Ruth Chandler becomes Matron of the Home):
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“As Margaret Webb, who has been matron since 11-1-42 resigned 6-12-44, the
President secured Ruth Chandler as temporary Matron at $75.00 per month. This
was approved by the board. Merritt E. Roberts moved Ruth Chandler be
permanently employed as Matron at $75.00 per mo. Mabel E. Wilson seconded.”
The motion passed.
Ruth & Elizabeth Chandler in front
of the Friends Boarding Home
porch.
Ruth & Elizabeth Chandler in the Matron’s
Office. Picture of Aaron B. Chandler hangs
above the desk.
Ruth and Elizabeth Chandler ~~ Many people in Waynesville, Ohio still remember the
Chandler sisters, Ruth and Elizabeth. Their parents were Edwin Chandler (October 3rd,
1849 ~ November 27th, 1924) and Sidney J. Pettit Chandler (1850 ~1934). They had
three children: Ruth (b. February 10th, 1884 ~ d. August 25th, 1962), Elizabeth (October
29th, 1886 ~ December 20th, 1978) and Lewis W. (March 4, 1874 ~ d. January 7, 1952).
Their uncle was the first superintendent of the FBH, Aaron B. Chandler.
Even though both sisters resided outside of Waynesville for many years living active and
interesting lives, people today remember them as elderly maiden ladies and associate
them with the 1905 Friends Boarding Home where they lived during their retirement.
Ruth was the Matron of the Friends Boarding Home from 1944 till her death in 1962.
Elizabeth, after her retirement from Hampton Institute in Virginia, moved to the Friend
Home and became Ruth's assistant. Sadly, since this line of the Chandler family has died
out with the death of Gertrude Chandler in 1997, many people do not realize how
prominent the Chandlers were in Waynesville.
Elizabeth and Ruth were close sisters but their personalities were different. Ruth was
never in administration and taught all of her career in Ohio. More quiet and deferring
than Elizabeth, she was a well-respected member of the Waynesville community and the
other towns she lived in during her career. She was noted for her intelligence and an
excellent teacher of elementary children and honored for it. She had a sense of humor
she was a steady presence in any organization. Elizabeth, although sickly as a child, was
more outgoing and ambitious. Enthusiastic about learning, her fervor was infectious.
Incredibly insightful and capable, she was a leader who walked the extra mile to strive
for excellence within herself and in others. She pursued continual education for herself
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and her vita is extensive. During her career, she lived in various places in Ohio,
Michigan and in Virginia. She retired a Professor of Education. Her career paralleled
developments in increasing higher education for teachers.
Ruth and Elizabeth had experience many teaching methods as children and many
teacher-training styles as adults. As children within their family circle progressive
minded teachers surrounded them. As students they experienced the one-room district
schoolhouse across the road from the Chandler farm known as the Chandler School. As
students they took the Boxwell Exam of the Ohio school system and graduated from 8th
grade with the promise of a free high school education. After graduating from
Waynesville High School and while attending the National Normal University in
Lebanon and attaining their teaching licenses, they both taught in the local district oneroom schools (Wayne and Clearcreek Townships and Lytle school system). They actually
taught together in the Lytle and Greenfield, Ohio school systems. They both taught in
the newly consolidated school systems of Ohio from 1915 on. Elizabeth exhibited great
ability at administrative skills. Elizabeth rose to be director of a number of Normal
Schools in Ohio and taught at numerous summer normal institutes during her career.
When the old Normal Schools for teacher training were being transformed into teacher
colleges, Elizabeth moved up to college and graduate levels of education. Both sisters
were perpetual students and consummate teachers. They lived during the years when
American education changed from being non-professional or semi-professional with a
focus on rote learning to being professional with a focus on the child and his/her family
and life.
In 1925, an anonymous author penned the following descriptions of Ruth and Elizabeth,
graduates of Waynesville Unity High School in a series of articles entitled “A Short
Resume of the Characteristics of Each and Every Graduate of the Waynesville Schools
(Miami-Gazette October 7th and October 14th, 1925):
RUTH CHANDLER (Class of 1900): She seems to be able to find, create and
cultivate a ready soil in which to plant the seed of understanding in the minds of
her students; her system, aim and hopes are of a high order. She also believes in
absolute cooperation between parents and teachers.
ELIZABETH CHANDLER (Class of 1904): Let us strive in our community to
have a moral and religious awakening, a resurrection in our schools, making
them a more constructive factor for good in the lives of our boys and girls,
helping them to solve the more important problems in life, giving them a larger
vision, a greater inspiration and power for actual service for good.
Clearly, Ruth and her sister Elizabeth Chandler were excellent teachers in their fields
and the Miami-Gazette newspaper of Waynesville delighted in documenting their
accomplishments.
"Ruthie", was already “a winsome little school marm” at the age of eighteen (MiamiGazette, December 4, 1901) who was teaching very successfully at the Wayne Township
District School in District #1 named Red Oak School. She taught there for two years
before being contracted to teach at another Wayne Township District School, the
Crosswick School (Miami-Gazette, July 8, 1903). The following report is taken from the
Miami-Gazette (April 29, 1903) which clearly depicts the life of a “school Marm”:
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Miss Ruth Chandler last Friday closed the second year of successful teaching at
Red Oak School. A large number of patrons and friends of the school gathered in
the morning and at noon enjoyed a picnic dinner together, after which a very
fine literary and musical program was presented by the pupils, much to the
pleasure of all present. Mrs. John Lamar, who had taken her Gramophone to
the school house, delighted the audience with a large number of selections,
many of them being the latest minstrel songs. Miss Chandler, at the beginning of
the term, offered a prize to the pupil who, at the close, had been neither absent
nor tardy, and was most happy to present a book to each of five pupils for this
praiseworthy punctuality.
In September of 1904 Ruth Chandler chose not to be assigned to teach at one of the local
district one-room schoolhouses. Instead she and her sister Elizabeth both entered the
National Normal University at Lebanon, Monday, where they will follow a course of
study during the fall and winter (Miami-Gazette, September 7, 1904).
Ruth Chandler’s students and their parents expressed their regard for her in a farewell
surprise party at the end of 1903-1904 school year. On May 4, 1904 the Miami-Gazette
reported that
the surprise was well arranged and carried out. Mrs. Evans, who lives across
the road from the schoolhouse, invited Miss. Chandler to take dinner at her
house. This invitation was given in order that the surprise, which was planned,
might be more complete and unexpected, for about noon thirty or forty friends
drove up to the school to spend the remainder of the day. They brought with
them baskets filled with good things for a delicious picnic dinner, which
everyone enjoyed. In the afternoon there was a program rendered by the
children appropriate to the closing day. The Spring Branch school has an
enrollment of about thirty pupils the past year, and the school has been very
successful.
In 1911 Ruth started teaching in the Selma, Ohio school system. It is reported in the
Miami-Gazette on May 15, 1917: RE-ELECTED IN SELMA SCHOOLS: Miss Ruth
Chandler has been re-elected Primary teacher at the Selma Centralized Schools at a
salary of $80.00 per month. This is the sixth year for Miss Chandler in the Selma
schools and her advancement is well deserved.
The Miami-Gazette reported on January 23, 1918 that Miss Ruth Chandler, who has
been teaching in the Selma Schools for a number of years, passed the examination at
Columbus recently and was awarded a life certificate. We congratulate the young lady
on her good fortune.
Ruth, who for a number of years had been teaching at Selma, was appointed as a teacher
in the Greenfield schools. The following is taken from the “Greenfield Republican”:
“Miss Chandler is a graduate of the National Normal University and is a teacher of
wide experience. She will be assigned to the Primary Department and will also act as a
critic teacher to the Normal School”. Miss Elizabeth Chandler is the director of the
Highland County Normal and Supervisor to the Elementary school at the same place
(Miami-Gazette, May 12, 1926).
Misses Elizabeth and Ruth Chandler, who have been attending summer school at the
University of Cincinnati, returned home Saturday (Miami-Gazette, August 31, 1927).
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The Chandler family was very active in the local Farmers' Club. Edwin Chandler was the
president of this organization in 1917. The local newspaper was peppered with many
references to their activities. For example, the Miami-Gazette reported on July 18, 1917
the activities of the Farmers’ Club meeting that was held at the Chandler homestead,
which included Miss Ruth Chandler reading an excellent paper prepared by Miss
Elizabeth Chandler. It dealt with our present conditions in a thoughtful way, bringing
out the idea that the unjust settlement of national differences caused the present war.
During a July meeting of the Farmer’s Club. . . Ruth Chandler read a short paper on the
modern reading lessons and quoted high authority as saying we were letting
imagination have too full sway in our children’s education (Miami-Gazette, July 20,
1921). At this same meeting her father, Edwin, opened the discussion on “Community
Threshing”.
Ruth Chandler was the secretary of Miami Quarterly Meeting from the early 1920s till
the time of her death in 1962. She inherited the job, so-to-speak, from her father Edwin
who was the clerk of Miami Quarterly Meeting after the death of his brother Aaron B.,
who held that office, in 1915 and many years before.
Ruth Chandler had become an active member of the New Century Club of Waynesville
during the 1944-45 year. This was the year of her retirement from the Cedarville School
system where she had taught sixth grade for many years. Every year each member was
assigned a topic that she would report on at their monthly meetings. From 1945 on Ruth
reported on Recent Books and News of Education. The club rotated the duties of
hosting the meeting (either in their homes or in a local restaurant) and planning the
program for each monthly meeting. During the year of 1948-1949, Ruth was the group’s
secretary. During the 1952-1953 year, Ruth was the President.
From 1948 until her death Ruth Chandler had been a faithful member of the Board of
Trustees of The Wayne Township Library (later renamed The Mary L. Cook Public
Library). On September 28, 1950 she accepted the position of Secretary. On December
29, 1960 Ruth became the First Vice-President of the Library Board. Upon her death the
Board wrote the following it its minutes: The board voted unanimously to embody in
the minutes a resolution recognizing and appreciating the efforts of Miss Ruth
Chandler for her long tenure on the board; sixteen years as secretary, and most
recently as Vice-President. She brought enthusiasm, a delightful sense of humor and
faithful care to every task. She will be sorely missed (Record Book [Minutes of the
Board] June, 1958-September 1967, p. 119).
While on their way to the Yearly Meeting in Wilmington on Saturday, August 25, 1962,
both Ruth Chandler, 78, and Dr. Emma Holloway, 88, were killed in a severe three-car
automobile accident at the intersection of US 42 and SR 73 in Waynesville. Also in the
car with Miss Chandler and Dr. Holloway were the driver Elizabeth Chandler, 76, Mrs.
Nellie Bunnell, 80, Mabel Bursk, 79, and Maria Elbon, 76, all residents of the Friends
Boarding Home. They were taken to Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton and all
recovered from minor injuries. The other two drivers, P. C. Zink, 78, along with his
wife Mary of Lebanon, and Mrs. Carol Pennington, 44, of Middletown were not
injured. Funeral services for Ruth Chandler and Dr. Holloway were held Tuesday,
August 28 at the Friends Meetinghouse in Waynesville at 2 PM and 10 AM. Ruth
Chandler was buried in Miami Cemetery in Corwin. Dr. Emma Holloway, a pioneer
woman doctor from Indiana, was taken to North Manchester, Indian for burial at 1:30
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PM on Wednesday, August 29, 1962. She had boarded at Friends Boarding Home since
October, 1944. (The Western Star, Thursday, Aug. 20, 1962).
75. According to the Treasurer’s Book:
Emma Raphum Estate, $1,484.97.”
“March 31st, 1945,
Emma Raphum died September 6th, 1944. According to the 1880 Federal Census
widow Jane M. Raphum and her two children John Raphum and Emma Raphum
were boarding with Ann R. Haines. Emma Raphum is mentioned again in the 1900
Federal Census as living in Waynesville with her mother. The family was originally
from Philadelphia.
According to the Register of Boarder, Emma Raphun lived in the home in 1941. She
is also listed as dying in September 1944.
The Estate of Emma Raphum, deceased, docket 22, Page 65, Box #1083:
Emma Raphum signed her will on August 11th, 1943. Her physician had been Dr.
Mary L. Cook. The fourth item of her will states:
“The proceeds of my bonds (three U.S. Savings Bonds) and the residue of my estate I
direct shall be given to the Friends Home of Waynesville, Ohio.”
76. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, September
3rd, 1947 (Death of Georgia Mendenhall and Ruth Anna
Tomlinson):
“Since our last meeting, death has removed tow members from our Board. Georgia
Mendenhall was an important factor in the organization of the Home; served as
Secretary 26 years, was Matron from 3rd mo. 15, 1925 to 9th mo. 20, 1930, vice
president 14 years and a member of the Home family at the time of her passing.
Ruth Anna Tomlinson became a member of the Board 8th mo. 6, 1916 and served as
Trustee of the Home several years. Both were deeply interested in the Home and
aided in many ways to promote its welfare.”
Georgia Mendenhall is sitting on the bottom step
77. According to the Treasurer’s Book: “February
Anna M. Schofield Estate, $3,397.61.”
14th,
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1949,
According to the Treasurer’s Book: “January 20th, 1950, Anna M. Schofield Estate,
$761.50.”
According to the Treasurer’s Book:
Estate, $803.75.”
“December 26th, 1950, Anna M. Schofield
78. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, September
7th, 1949 (Gift from Anna and Mame Brown):
“The president (Seth E. Furnas) appointed as auditing committee George Swain
and Ethel Eastman and as a committee to thank Anna and Mame Brown for their
gift he named Esther Furnas and Gertrude Thomas.”
According to Raymond Braddock, the gift was of $1,000.00 from Annie Brown.
According to the Treasurer’s Book: “March 18th, 1949, Anna Brown, $1,000.00.”
Ruth Chandler, "Hostess", visiting with the Brown sisters,
Mary T. (Mame) and Annie U., who lived in the Home.
December 22nd, 1950
79. According to the Treasurer’s Book: “April 11th, 1950, Clara
Lile Estate, $934.20.”
The Cadwallader’s house is
cattycorner from the FBH. The
shadow of the Home is seen over
the front yard.
Clara J. Lile was born in 1871. Her parents were
William and Maria Lile. According to the 1910
Federal Census Clara was living with her mother in
Xenia. By 1920, at the age of 49, Clara was living
with her aunt and uncle, the Rev. John F.
Cadwallader and Ann. L. Cadwallader in
Waynesville. Clara is listed in the Census as a high
school teacher. John F. Cadwallader was the
pastor of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church. The
pastor’s house is seen in the photo to the left, which
was taken in 1906 during the Waynesville
Homecoming celebration.
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According to the Register of the Friends Home, Clara was living at the FBH in 1920
and so were her uncle and aunt John F. and Anna Cadwallader. Clara Lile and Anna
Cadwallader were listed as living at the FBH in 1927, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1936.
There is evidence that they stayed in the FBH in the winter and returned to their
home in warm weather (Miami-Gazette, date unknown). Rev. Cadwallader had died
on April 13th, 1922. Clara would also be a transient resident for two weeks in
September 1946 and for one week in September 1947. Clara Lile was the Elementary
Principal at the Warren County Normal School, which was located in the old
Waynesville School building from 1915-1926 across the street from the FBH and the
Cadwallader house.
Obituary of Clara Lile, Western Star, October 6th, 1949:
“FORMER WAYNE TEACHER DIES ~ Word has been received in Waynesville of
the death of Miss Clara Lile of Xenia, teacher in the Waynesville schools for many
years. She died Sunday at McClellan Hospital in Xenia. Services were held
Tuesday at 3 P. M. at the Neeld Funeral Home in Xenia with burial there.”
Obituary of Clara Lile, Xenia Daily Gazette, 11-3-49):
“Miss Clara J. Lile ~ Miss Clara J. Lile, 79, retired public school teacher, died in
McClellan Hospital Sunday at 7 AM in failing health a year, she entered the
hospital Aug. 22 and her condition had been serious the last two weeks. The
daughter of William G. and Maria McKnight Lile, she was born at her parents’
farm home on the New Burlington Pk., four miles south of Xenia, June 6th, 1870.
She passed the greater part of her life in this community but resided in Waynesville
twenty-three years and for the last eleven years had made her home at 204 E.
Paint St., Washington C. H., with a sister, Mrs. Ethel Clyburn.
Miss Lile taught school for forty-three years, retiring more than ten years ago. She
formerly taught at Beavercreek and later in Xenia and then in Waynesville for
twenty-three years. She was a member of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church,
Waynesville, and the Browning Literary Club of Washington C. N.
Besides her sister, she is survived by a nephew, Lawrence Lile, and a niece, Mrs.
Ersle J. Hutchison, both of near Xenia. Services will be held at the Neeld Funeral
Home Tuesday at 3 PM, in charge of Rev. S. N. Keyes, rector of St. Mary’s Church,
Waynesville. Burial will be in Woodland Cemetery. Friends may call at the
Funeral home Monday from 7 to 9 P.M.”
80. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, November
1st, 1950 (A variety of gifts given to the FBH):
“Ruth Chandler told of the many nice things which had been given to the Home by
different persons, namely: Emma Holloway, Mary Boston, May Wright, Minnie
Dodson, Hannah Davis and Martha Henderson. Ruth and Elizabeth Chandler have
also given nice and useful things. Lucile Armitage and Leah Mills have also shown
a great interest in flowers which were enjoyed by everyone. All members of the
Board expressed their appreciation and asked Ruth Chandler to convey their
sentiments to the different individuals.”
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81. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, February
7th, 1951 (Gift from Mr. and Mrs. L. T. [Nat] Murray):
Mr. and Mrs L. T. Murray gave $100.00 to the Friends Boarding Home and also
$100.00 to the American Friends Service, Waynesville, Ohio, and $100.00 check to
the American Friends Service Committee, Seattle Regional Office.
According to the Treasurer’s Book: “February 9th, 1951, L. T. Murray, $100.00.”
Obituary of Nat Murray:
“NAT MURRY, GRAIN EXPERT, RITES TODAY ~ Nat C. Murray, aged 79, former
chief statistician, Bureau of Crop Estimate, U. S. Department of Agriculture, died
unexpectedly at his home in Waynesville, Tuesday. A Native of Cincinnati, Mr.
Murray held many prominent positions with the U. S. Department of Crop
Reporting and was former assistant editor of the Cincinnati Price Current. He was
associated with Clement-Curtiss Company in Chicago from 1923-1938 and made
many trips to Argentina to check wheat crops. He was American delegate to the
International Institute of Agriculture in Rome in 1922. He retired several years
ago. Funeral services will be held at 2 P.M. Thursday at the Friends church in
Waynesville with burial in Miami Cemetery. Surviving are his wife, Elsie, two
daughters, Miss Janet Murray, Washington D. C.; Miss Natalie Murray at home,
two sisters, Mrs. Edna Hebble, Terrance Park; Mrs. Corrine Weddell, Pensacola,
Fla, a brother Lowell, Tacoma, Wash.” (Western Star, August 28th, 1952).
According to the Treasurer’s Book: Starting in 1952, the Home is receiving money
from L T. Murray. This may indicate that there is a bequest in his will.
82. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, May 2, 1951
(Purchase of more land for the Rich Farm):
“Seth Furnas explained to members of the board that he thought it advisable to
purchase a three-cornered plot of ground adjoining the Rich farm for the sum of
$600.00. All trustees were in favor. The Treasurer was directed to make the
transaction.”
THE FRIENDS BOARDING HOME DECIDES TO REMODEL
THE RED BRICK MEETINGHOUSE CREATING TWO
APPARTMENTS. THE APPARTMENTS ARE RENTED OUT TO
INCREASE INCOME (see minutes, September 2nd, 1952).
83. Emma Warner Pierce, past Matron, dies in Toledo (June
30th, 1951):
“EMMA W. PIERCE ~ Mrs. Emma W. Pierce, 3222 Kylemore Road, widow of
Howell Pierce, died this morning in Parkview Hospital. She was 93. Mrs. Pierce,
born in Clark County, Ohio, came to Toledo 46 years ago. She was a member of
Green Plains Friends Meeting of Clark County. Surviving are daughter, Mrs.
Bertha Briskett, Toledo; Mrs. Elta Calvert, South Charleston, Ohio’; son Raymond
of Toledo; William D., Carey, Ohio; and Warner, Washington D. C.; 8
grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. Services will be Tuesday at 9 AM in the
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Flagler-Lehrman Mortuary with the Rev. Sidney A. Mayer, pastor of Epworth
Methodist Church, officiating. Further services will be at the graveside Thursday in
Springfield, Ohio” (Published in a Toledo newspaper, June 30th, 1951).
84. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, May 7th,
1952 (Mention of the George Evan Riley Estate):
“Ross Hartsock was appointed by the President (Seth E. Furnas) to consult Charters
Maple in regard to the Home’s interest in the George Riley estate.”
85. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, August 3rd,
1954 (The Home receives bequest from the Milton Sheehan
estate):
“Raymond Braddock reported that he had received a check for the Home for the
amount of $928.46 from the estate of Milton Sheehan which is a bequest of
$1,000.00 less inheritance tax.”
According to the Treasurer’s Book:
$928.46.”
“July 8th, 1954, Milton Sheehan Estate,
George Milton Sheehan (1858-1952) was a son of James Sheehan, Jr. (1819-1875)
and Susan Jane Pine Sheehan (1830-1918). His wife’s name was Samantha
“Martha” Clark. Milton’s mother, Susan Jane Pine Sheehan, was a boarder at the
Friends Boarding Home where she died on December 25th, 1918:
“SHEEHAN. ~ At Friends Home, Waynesville, Ohio, 12th mo. 25th, 1918,
Susan Sheehan, after a lingering illness, in her 89th year.”
Susan Jane Pine Sheehan was a sister of Mary Haines Pine who never married and
who lived with her cousin Sarah E. Lippincott in Cincinnati. After Sarah’s death,
Mary H. Pine moved to the FBH since her sister, Susan, was living there. It appears
that George Milton Sheehan gave a bequest to the FBH in honor of his mother and
aunt. His brother Jason Lamar Sheehan also left money to the FBH in 1939.
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“Mr. and Mrs. Milton Sheehan, of 114 S. Main Street, will celebrate their 60th
wedding anniversary, December 22nd. Mr. Sheehan is 88 years; Mrs. Sheehan is
82. They have lived in Centerville for 42 years. Though they have no children, the
Sheehan’s have many nieces nephews and grand nieces and nephews. Booth are
natives of Ohio. They are members of the Centerville Methodist Church _____
member” (probably a Dayton paper, date unknown, article found in the files of the
Burnett Butterworth Library in the Friends Home Museum).
86. According to the Treasurer’s Book: “January 6th, 1956, Ada
Austin Estate, $651.40.”
It is reported in the Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board by Ruth Chandler
that “the Home had received six hundred dollars less inheritance tax from the estate
of Ada Austin.”
87. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, August 7th,
1956 (Securing the deed for the Isle of Pines):
“A brief Treasurer’s report was given. Raymond Braddock was named to make
necessary contacts to secure deed for the Isle of Pines.”
o
September 4th, 1956 ~ “After a brief discussion, all agreed it advisable to
keep the Isle of Pines.”
o
November 5th, 1956 ~ “Raymond Braddock reported that he had made
necessary correspondence in regard to Isle of Pines.”
o
August 6th, 1957 ~ “The President being unable to make the trip asked Mr.
N. L. Swetland to secure the deed for the Isle of Pines which he consented to
do with no personal charge. We were pleased to have with us Mr. N. L.
Swetland from Yellow Springs, who gave a very interesting report about
the Isle of Pines. Everyone expressed their thanks and appreciation for his
coming.”
88. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, November
4th, 1957 (Bequest of Effie Hempleman):
“The president reported having received a bequest for $200.00 from the estate of
Effie Hempleman, Xenia, Ohio, who was on the waiting list for a room on the main
floor of the Home.”
It is reported in the Treasurer’s Book: “April 29th, 1958, Estate of Effie Hempleman,
$187.26.”
Obituary of Effie Hempleman (Xenia Daily Gazette, 10-1-1957):
“Funeral services for Miss Effie Hempleman, 87, who resided at 236 N. Detroit St.
for 22 years, will be conducted Wednesday at 2:30 P.M. at the Neeld Funeral Home
by Rev. Norman Darling, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. Burial will be in
South Charleston Cemetery. Miss Hempleman died Monday at 8:45 P.M. at the
VanderVoort Rest Home in Xenia after being in failing health several years and in
a serious condition the past year.
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The daughter of George and Margaret Hill Hempleman, pioneer resident of Clark
County, she was born near South Charleston June 20, 18790. Her early years were
spent on the farm and after the death of her parents she lived with cousins, Mr. and
Mrs. F. M. Jones at Bloomington, Ill., for several years. After their deaths she
returned to Springfield and later came to Xenia where she made her home at the N.
Detroit St. address.”
89. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, May 5th,
1958 (Bequest from Mae T. Harrison, deceased, March 2nd,
1958):
“Ruth Chandler presented a gift of $1,000.00 from Mae T. Harrison, deceased.
Everyone present expressed their appreciation.”
It is reported in the Treasurer’s Book: “May 5th, 1958, Mrs. Harrison Estate,
$1,000.00.”
The Estate of Mae T. Harrison, deceased, Doc. 29, age 116, Box #1329:
Mae T. Harrison was a very wealthy lady, but, according to the estate documents in
the Probate Court Archive at the Warren County, Ohio Courthouse, she did not leave
any money directly to the Friends Boarding Home in her will. She left everything in
a Trust at the Central Trust Company of Cincinnati to her son, Charles Randolph
Harrison, who lived in California. Interestingly, Elizabeth Chandler, the assistant
Matron/Hostess at the Friends Home was the Executrix of the Mae T. Harrison
Estate. Elizabeth traveled many times to Cincinnati to deal with the renters of the
rental properties owned by Mae T. Harrison. She also traveled to California once.
Elizabeth was compensated for her work as the executor, $2,700.00. It could be
possible that Elizabeth Chandler donated a portion of her compensation to the FBH.
Another possibility could be that Mae T. Harrison donated $1,000.00 to the FBH
before her death.
According to the Register of Boarders, Mae T. Harrison came to the Home in
December 1951 and lived there till 1957. She was taken to the hospital September
1957 and then brought back to the Home in November. However, she was taken to
the Carr Nursing Home in December of 1957 where she died on March 2, 1958.
Obituary of Mae T. Harrison, Western Star, March 6th, 1958 ~
“MAE T. HARRISON SUCCUMBS AT 91 ~Funeral services for Mrs. Mae T.
Harrison, 91, a former resident of Cincinnati who died Sunday evening at 11:30
P.M. at the Carr Nursing Home in Lebanon, will be held at 10 A. M., Friday
morning in the chapel of the Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati. Burial will be in
Spring Grove Cemetery under direction of the Stubbs Funeral Home. Mrs.
Harrison is survived by a son, Charles, living in California, and two grandchildren.
Friends may call at the Stubbs funeral Home Thursday evening, March 6.”
90. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, November
3rd, 1958 (A bequest from Geneva Phillips, niece of Lydia
Conard Chandler, the first Matron of the FBH):
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“Ruth Chandler reported that she had received a check for $200.00 as a gift to the
Home from Geneva Phillips, niece of Lydia Conard Chandler. The President (Seth
E. Furnas) asked Ruth Chandler to make a record of gifts that have been made to
the Home.”
This $200.00 gift is listed as “Geneva C. Phillips estate ---$200.00” on the Financial
Statement, Friends Home dated 8-8-1959.
It is reported in the Treasurer’s Book: “April 11th, 1959, Geneva C. Phillips Estate,
$200.00.”
91. According to the Treasurer’s Book: “November 11th, 1959,
Minnie Dodson Estate, $93.14.”
According to the Register of Boarders, Minnie Dodson lived at the FBH from 1945
till January 1959 when she died.
Obituary of Minnie Dodson, Western Star, January 22nd, 1959 ~
“MINNIE DODSON, TEACHER AT WAYNE, DIED SUNDAY ~Miss Minnie Dodson,
91, a teacher in the Wayne Elementary Schools for 11 years, died at 6:30 P. M.
Sunday at the Friends Home in Waynesville where she had been living since August
1946. Prior to her employment in the Wayne local school district, Miss Dodson had
been with the Indianapolis, Indiana, school system for 40 years. She is survived by
a brother, Harry I. Dodson, Omaha, Nebraska, and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at the Stubbs funeral Home
with the Rev. William Miller in charge. Burial was in Miami Cemetery.”
STATEMENT BY RAYMOND BRADDOCK CONCERNING THE
1960s AT THE FBH:
“The founding and Early Years of Quaker Heights to the 1980s” by Raymond Braddock
(The Mary L. Cook Public Library). Another version can be found at the Watson
Library of Wilmington College entitled, “The Quaker Heights Story.”)
“The 1960’s became a critical period in the evolution for the Friends Home, Was it to
withdraw with the changing needs of the times, or was it to increase its services to
meet the needs of the changing community? There was a great temptation to
withdraw for that was a much easier direction to choose.”
92. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, May 2nd, 1960
(More about the Rich Farm):
“Seth Furnas gave a financial report of the Rich Farm. It was decided to continue
on as contract states for the remainder of the year and that the Treasurer should
pay bill at Waynesville Farmers Exchange.”
93. August 25th, 1962 ~ The death of Ruth Chandler, Dr. Emma
G. Holloway and other residents of the Friends Boarding
Home in a car accident:
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Tragically, while on their way to the Yearly Meeting activities in Wilmington, Ohio
on Saturday, August 25, 1962, both Ruth Chandler, 78, and Dr. Emma Holloway, 88,
were killed instantly in a severe three-car automobile accident at the intersection of
US 42 and SR 73 in Waynesville. Friends who were up on the hill at the Red Brick
and the White Brick Meetinghouses attending Yearly Meeting activities could hear
the automobile crash. Friends said that their hearts sank because they feared that
Elizabeth and the other women inside the car, to whom they had just said good-bye,
had been involved in the crash. Elizabeth was driving. She was 76 at this time. She
was hurt as well as Mrs. Nellie Bunnell, 80, Mabel Bursk, 79, and Maria Elbon (the
daughter of Esther Chandler Stout), 76, all residents of The Friends Boarding Home.
They were taken to Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton. They eventually recovered
from their injuries.
According to the Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, November 7th, 1962,
“Ross Hartsock made a motion that the bookcases and books of Dr. Emma G.
Holloway be placed in the Library at the Meeting house.”
ESTHER WORKMAN BECAME THE HOSTESS IN AUGUST, 1962.
ON JULY 14, 1963, MRS. NETTIE PALMER WAS APPOINTED
ASSISTANT HOSTESS. ON FEBRUARY 21, 1966, LOUISE BURTON
BECAME THE ASSISTANT HOSTESS.
94. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, March 16th,
1964 (The Estate of Martha Welch):
“A special meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Friends Boarding Home of
Indiana Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends was held at the Home
March 16, 1964 with five members present. A copy of the Last Will and Testament
of Martha Welch, deceased (d. March 4th, 1964), in which the Friends Home was
named as a legate was read.”
The Estate of Martha Welch, Estate Docket 33, Page 410, Case #838, WR 70, p. 142:
Richard S. Whitacre was appointed Executor on March 9th, 1964. He had been
previously appointed her guardian on October 14th, 1963 (Guardianship DE 33, p.
255, case #702). According to a physician who examined her twice, Ms. Welch, who
lived at 302 Welch Road in Morrow, Ohio, was suffering from chronic brain
syndrome, due to cerebral arteriosclerosis which affected her memory, orientation,
intellect, and judgment to the point that it was advisable to appoint a guardian to
handle her affairs and her care. At the age of 94, Martha Welch was declared “an
incompetent person by reason of advanced age, improvidence, and mental
infirmity.” Seth E. Furnas, Jr. remembers that Martha’s family after her death also
ordered an autopsy of her body and brain in their efforts to prove that she was
suffering from dementia.
The estate of Martha Welch was valued in excess of $700,000.00:
Stocks & Securities:
Real Estate
$614,358.42
92,200.00
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Personal~Chattels
3,976.00
Acct’s Receivable
5,182.53
$715,716.95
On March 20th, 1964 the last will and testament of Martha Welch bearing the date of
the April 5th, 1959 was admitted to probate by the Probate Court of Warren County,
Ohio.
On June 18th, 1964 the relatives of Martha Welch (her two nieces who lived in
Columbus: Leah Welch and Esther McGovern) filed a petition asking that the April
5th, 1959 will be set aside desiring to prove that it was not the last will and testament
of Martha Welch. The 1959 will had been drawn up by the firm of Young & Jones
and stated that if any relative contested the will, their bequest would revert back to
the schools and churches named within the will.
Another claim made against the estate was made by a Morrow woman, Estella Kelly
who claimed that during the period of December 18th, 1947 to March 4th, 1964, she
had provided care for Esther Southgate, Martha’s sister. When Esther died, Ms.
Kelly continued to care for Martha Welch, it was claimed (Dayton Daily News,
Warren County Bureau, “Morrow Woman Sues for $54,000 of Estate,” (1964, exact
date unknown).
On April 20th, 1965 a settlement out of court is signed between “the relatives,”
Wilmington College, and the Friends Home of Waynesville, Ohio (see below).
After four years of probate, the Friends Home, Inc. received $230,720.00.
$105,000.00 of the Martha Welch Bequest is restricted, never to be spent. It is
contained in the Bartlett Account (as of 1997) and is now one of the asset of the
Friends Home Foundation, Inc.
Her April 5th, 1959 will stated:
“Item VIII: I give all the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, one-half thereof
to the Friends Home of Waynesville, Ohio, to be held as an endowment by the
Trustees thereof in a fund to be known as ‘The Martha & Tom Welch & Esther W.
Southgate Fund.’ The income therefrom to be used for the maintenance and
operation of the Friends Home in Waynesville, Ohio. The said Trustees may use up
to one-half of said fund to construct an addition to the building occupied by the
Friends Home at Waynesville, in the complete discretion of said trustees. The other
half of said residue and remainder of my estate, I give to the endowment fund of
Wilmington, College, Ohio.”
She also left Miami M.M. $4,000.00. She gave $500.00 to the Miami M.M.
Graveyard Fund. She directed that $500.00 be given to the trustees of the Friends
Meetinghouse in Roachester, Ohio (the old Hopewell Meeting) for maintenance and
repairs. She also left $2,000.00 to the trustees of the Friends’ graveyard at
Roachester (Hopewell Meeting) the income thereof to be used in the care of said
graveyard. She left any of her books that they would care to have to the Friends
Boarding Home. The Methodist and Presbyterian churches in Morrow received
$500.00 each and the Eastern Star and Masonic Lodges in Morrow received
$250.00 each.
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MARTH WELCH
The wall plaque at Quaker Heights reads:
“The generous bequest of Martha and Tom
Welch and Esther W. Southgate Fund ~~ to the
Friends Home, Indiana yearly Meeting, has
made possible the development of this
community health center ~ Quaker Heights
dedicated June 18, 1972” (see photo below).
This large bequest of $230,000.00 with a
$105,000.00 endowment restriction was given by
Martha Welch in memory of her sister Esther and her
brother Tom. Martha Welch (November 29th, 18681964), Thomas Cadwallader Welch (1861-1942) , and
Esther P. Welch nee Southgate (b. 1866) were three of
the five children of Isaiah Fallis Welch (1830-1907)
Martha Welch at
Hopewell Meeting
and Leah Cadwallader Welch (b. December 28, 1835 - 1911). It was this generous gift
that made Quaker Heights possible. According to Raymond Braddock there were a
number of proposed names for the new skilled nursing facility: “The Martha Welch
Home,” was one of them as well as the “Friends Quaker Hills”, and “The Friends
Home,” and “Quaker Heights.” 26
The following are the obituaries of these three siblings:
“OLDEST MORROW MASON EXPIRES: Rites for Thomas Welch, Retired Attorney,
Held Sunday Afternoon: MORROW ~ Thomas Welch, aged 80, widely known
retired attorney and oldest Past Master of the Morrow Lodge of Masons, died at his
home here early Thursday morning after a lengthy illness. Born at Harveyburg,
Welch practiced law in Cincinnati and Morrow and was a member of the Morrow
lodge for 50 years. He spent most of his life in Morrow. Funeral services were
conducted at the late residence on Sunday afternoon in charge of Rev. Walter
Peters of Montgomery. Interment was made in Morrow cemetery in charge of the
Vale Funeral Home. Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Esther Southgate and Miss
Martha Welch, with whom he made his home” (Western Star, July 9th, 1942).
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“THOMAS C. WELCH ~Morrow ~ (Special) ~ Thomas C. Welch, 80, retired
attorney and oldest living Past Master of the Morrow Masonic Lodge, died today at
his home here. Services will be conducted Sunday at 2 o’clock at the residence, with
burial in Morrow Cemetery. Mr. Welch practiced law in Morrow and Cincinnati
and was a fifty-year Mason. He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Esther Southgate
and Miss Martha Welch, with whom he resided” (Obituary in Warren County
History Society Library, date unknown, paper unknown).
“MORROW NATIVE SUCCUMBS AT 83: Was member of Friends Church and
Eastern Star Lodge ~ Mrs. Esther Southgate, aged 83, widow of Charles Southgate,
died Sunday at her home in Morrow. She was a member of the Friends Church and
the Morrow Eastern Star lodge. Mrs. Southgate was a life-long resident of
Morrow. She is survived by a sister, Miss Martha Welsh of Morrow and several
nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2 P. M. at Vale
Funeral Home, Morrow, in charge of the Rev. Walter Peters of Montgomery.
Burial was in Morrow Cemetery” (Western Star, October 5th, 1950).
”MARTHA WELCH SUCCUMBS AT 96 ~ Funeral services for Miss Martha Welch,
95, of Welch Road, Morrow were held Saturday afternoon at the Vale Funeral
Home with the Rev. Ralph Hitesman officiating. Miss Welch, a life-long resident of
Morrow, passed away Wednesday evening at her residence. Survivors include two
nieces, Mrs. Esther McGovern and Miss Leah Welch of Columbus, and a nephew,
Austin Welch of Boston, Mass. Burial was in Morrow Cemetery” (Western Star,
March 12, 1964).
Isaiah, Leah, Martha, Esther Welch Southgate, and Thomas C. Welch are buried in
Morrow Cemetery ~ Salem Township, Warren County, Ohio
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohwarren/Cemetery/Morrow/we.htm#Isaiah
Welch
We know that Martha Welch gave money to refurbish the Hopewell Preparative
Meeting building in Roachester in the 1955 (see photos, 1955 Restoration Picture
Booklet of Hopewell Meeting booklet in the Appendix). The following has been
taken from the minutes of Miami Monthly Meeting:
9th mo, 1955: “Elizabeth Chandler reported that the meeting at
Roachester is planned for ninth mo. 18. After a basket dinner a meeting
for worship will be held. The hope is that all those who are interest in
organizing at Roachester will attend.”
After the event Miss Chandler reported:
“To Miami Meeting: At Miami Quarterly in 8th mo. Our attention was called to
the work of Martha Welch of Roachester in restoring to use the Friends Meeting
House in that village. It was suggested that there might now be enough
interested Friends in the area to revive this meeting. After some discussion the
matter was left in the hands of the advancement committee of Miami Monthly
Meeting. They immediately went to work and announcements were sent out o
Meetings in the Surrounding area that on 9th mo. 18th a Meeting for Worship
would be held in the Roachester Meeting House following a picnic lunch there.
On the appointed day quite a number of Friends form various meetings came
and participated in a time of good fellowship and spiritual uplift. Following the
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meeting for Worship, Seth Furnas reviewed the history of the meeting. Some
time was also spent in discussing the possibilities of reviving this meeting.
Friends there were assured of Miami Monthly Meeting’s support in their efforts.
Elizabeth W. Chandler, Chairman, Advancement Committee of Miami Monthly
Meeting.” A copy of this report was sent to the clerk of Miami Quarterly
Meeting.
Seth E. Furnas, Jr. remembers that the reason Martha Welch refurbished the
Hopewell Preparative Meetinghouse was because her parents were married there.
She wanted to be buried from Hopewell.
Martha Welch was an artist and art teacher in the Morrow and Kings Mills Schools.
Below is a painting of the old mills at Morrow by Martha Welch, a gift given by the
Welch family to The Mary L. Cook Public Library.
According to the records of The Art Academy of Cincinnati, Martha Welch attended
art classes at the Academy from 1888-1893, 1895-1897, and 1901-1902:
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1888-1893, 1895-1896 ~ Drawing
o
1889-1892 ~ Pen Drawing
o
1889-1891 ~ Oil Painting
o
1891-1893 ~ Watercolor
o
1896-1897, 1901-1902 ~ Life
There is no evidence that Martha Welch ever stayed at the FBH. However, we know
she and her sister visited a friend in the Home. Her visit was mentioned in the
weekly news column of the events at the FBH in the Miami Gazette newspaper of
Waynesville:
“FRIENDS HOME ~ Mrs. Hattie Jones of Cincinnati, Mrs. Esther
Southgate and Mattie (Martha) Welch of Morrow called on Mary
Adams on Tuesday. . .” (Miami-Gazette, June 30th, 1938).
More information about Martha Welch and her family can be found in the Appendix.
95. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, March 23rd,
1964 (FBH hires Cedric G. Stanley as attorney to represent the
FBH in the settlement of the estate of Martha Welch):
“It was moved by Raymond Battin that we hire Cedric G. Stanley as attorney to
represent the Friends Home in the settlement of the estate of Martha Welch at a
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cost, on a contingent fee basis, of not more than 10% of the net amount received by
the Friends Home and that the President and the Secretary of the Board of Trustees
of the Friends Home be authorized to sign and send to Cedric G. Stanley a
memorandum of this minute. The motion was seconded by Grace H. Prendergast
and voted as follows: Anna Hoak yes, Raymond Battin yes, Ross Hartsock yes,
Grace H. Prendergast yes, Helen Calvert yes.”
Raymond Braddock talks about Martha Welch and her
bequest in his memoir “The founding and Early Years of
Quaker Heights to the 1980s” (page 2):
“A development occurred in 1965 which I realized was what we needed to get
something started. Martha Welch of Morrow and formerly a member of the
Roachester Friends Meeting (Hopewell), whose membership was moved to Miami
MM when the Roachester Meeting was laid down, died at the age of 91 or 92 (I
believe) and left almost one-half of her estate to the Friends Home. The other half
she left to Wilmington College. The nieces and nephews of Miss Welch sued to break
the will (Leah Welch, Esther McGovern, Albert W. Auld, James F. Auld, and Austin
Welch). Although no will had ever been broken in Warren Co. courts at that time,
and defense of the will was in the hands of the attorneys of the estate, Cedric
Stanley, a Lebanon attorney and politician, persuaded Seth Furnas and Ross
Hartsock that we should employ him to defend our interests. If he had nothing to
do he would charge nothing; but in any case his charge would be no more than 10%
of our bequest. For the record it should be noted that he had nothing to do, and he
suggested that we go along with the offer that the attorneys for the estate had made
to compromise and pay the nieces and nephews $50,000.00. Although Mr. Stanley
did nothing, he presented his bill for $24,000.00. When I objected, Stanley asked if
I did not think he had earned it. I replied that not by the widest stretch of the
imagination could he have earned it. This was the fourth experience in my life in
which I had observed at close hand a “rip off” by a supposedly honorable attorney.
This is not to imply that all lawyers are shady characters, but the profession does
attract more than its share of base members.
96. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, March 10th,
1965 (Questions and inquiries sent out to meetings to discuss
about the purpose of the FBH. The debate on how to utilize the
Martha Welch money begins):
“ . . . the purpose for which said corporation is formed as to provide a residence and
all needful comforts for members of the Religious Society of Friends and those in
sympathy with them as a moderate cost (Single rooms $55.00 to $80.00 per
month. Board received from those staying at Friends Home pays the cost of food
and general expenses for providing personal utilities, and other such day to day
expenses. Nursing care may be secured of at their (Boarder’s) expense. Under
proper administration the Trustees of the Board of Corporation provide the
building and its upkeep thereby furnishing a comfortable home or place to live.”
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97. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, April 4th,
1965 (Raymond Braddock encourages Board to think beyond
the boarding home model):
“Ross Hartsock gave a brief report of the Martha Welch Endowment fund.
Expansion plans for the Home were discussed. Raymond Braddock felt that it
would be good if we could work out a plan to care for peo0ple at three different
stages ~ at retirement, at the time when people desire living in one room only, and
at the time when nursing care is necessary. (At the present time members of the
Home family may have tray service or extra care at their own expense.) This would
require investigation in regard to possible plans and from a financial angle Barrett
Hollister suggested that information be secured. Each member of the Board was
named to inquire about other Homes and get all possible ideas and information.”
98. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, April 20th,
1965 (Everyone arrives at a settlement of the Martha Welch
bequest):
“Ross Hartsock introduced Cedric Stanley, attorney at law, legal representative for
Friends Home for the Martha Welch Endowment Fund. He explained in detail the
progress that had been made in regard to settlement. He stated that he, Murray
Seasongood, representative for Wilmington College and Mr. Young, representative
for named heirs, were proposing a settlement that they felt should be approved by
all concerned.
99. Resolution adopted by the Friends Boarding Home Board,
April 20th, 1965 concerning the Welch Bequest:
“Be it resolved by the Trustees of the Friends Boarding Home of Indiana Yearly
Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as, and ordinarily
doing business as the Friends Home of Waynesville, Ohio: That pursuant to the
resolution duly adopted by this Board of Trustees on the 20th day of April 1965,
approving a proposed settlement in the case of Leah Welch et al vs. Richard
Whitacre, Executor, the reduction to writing of the terms of said settlement
agreement and the approval thereof by Cedric A. Stanley as attorney for the
Friends Home this day presented to this board, that said settlement agreement, a
copy of which is hereto attached to this Resolution, and by reference incorporated
herein, is hereby approved as to form and substance, and agreed to by the Friends
Home; that the President and Secretary are authorized and empowered to sign
said agreement in triplicate on behalf of said corporation, and to execute the same
in the name of the Friends Home as commonly used by this corporation; and that
upon distribution to the Friends Home from the Executor of the Estate of Martha
Welch, deceased, of amounts sufficient to pay to the relatives or their attorneys the
sum of $46,250.00, that the treasurer is hereby authorized to pay and disburse said
sum in the fulfillment of the terms of said settlement agreement.”
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100. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, May 27th,
1965 (The terms of the settlement in the case of Leah Welch et
al vs. Richard Whitacre ~Martha Welch Bequest):
“”Cedric Stanley, attorney at law, stated that upon investigation in regard to
Martha Welch endowment fund had found that the Friends Home charter had
expired. He presented the attached resolution which stated the details required
which renewed the charter. Raymond Braddock was named statutory agent. Ross
Hartsock made a motion that its resolution be accepted. Helen Calvert seconded the
motion.
“Cedric Stanley presented as second attached resolution which states in detail the
terms of the settlement agreement in the case of Leah Welch et al vs. Richard
Whitacre. President and Sec’y were empowered to sign said agreement in
triplicate on behalf of Friends Home. Treasurer was authorized to pay and
disburse sum of $46,250.00 in fulfillment of the terms of agreement. Ross
Hartsock made a motion that this resolution be accepted. Grace Prendergast
seconded the motion. Vote: yes.
“The third resolution provided that Estella Kelly was to receive the Martha Welch
residence as part of her settlement. Ross Hartsock made a motion that this
resolution also be accepted. Anna Hoak seconded the motion. Vote: Yes.”
Martha also left her books to the FBH and they were stored in the basement of the
Home. The Board was not interested in keeping her books and so they asked the
librarian at the local library (Wayne Township Library, a.k.a. The Mary L. Cook
Public Library, if they would take some (September 4th, 1965). Eventually the
librarian at Wright Campus (Wright State University) took a number of boxes and
also shared some of the books with Miami University.
101. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, November
6th, 1965 (Investment of income from Martha Welch
Endowment Fund):
“Ross Hartsock made a motion that Raymond Braddock, Treasurer of Friends
Home be authorized to invest the income from Martha Welch investments in MIF
(Mutual Investment Fund) in $100.00 amounts and that the various other funds
receive from Martha Welch be placed in savings, certificates of deposit, or
government obligations. Helen Calvert seconded the motion. Vote: yes.”
102. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, January 8th,
1966 (The Rich Farm is conveyed to Elbert and Alida Rich):
“The Board of Trustees of the Friends Home, have heretofor entered into a contract
of sale for a certain farm known as the Rich Farm with Elbert and Alida Rich: This
contract states in part that when the purchase price shall have been reduced to
$5,000.00, then the Friends Home shall convey the said farm to Elbert and Alida
Rich, and it appearing that said balance has now been reached. Therefore, Be it
Resolved: That the Friends Home shall execute and deliver to Elbert and Alida Rich
a good and sufficient deed, on payment of the balance due thereon, further that the
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President and Secretary of the Friends Home be and hereby are authorized to
execute and deliver said deed.”
“Seth Furnas, agent for Rich Farm, reported that all taxes and interest due on farm
as of November 1965 had been paid. The amount $411.00 for insurance since 1953
remains unpaid and the amount of the principal is $4327.75. All other bills
including those for repairs have been paid. Elbert and Alida Rich propose to
borrow the total amount due which is $4916.25 plus interest on same, the amount
of which is $123.30. They agree to pay the 1965 taxes which are now due. They are
to receive a warranty deed for farm which consists of two traces, 110.28 acres and
1.88 acres respectively. A certified check for amount of $4916.25 will be received,
payable to Raymond Braddock, Treasurer of Friends Home upon surrender of
deed.”
“A check for the amount of ____ was received from Elbert and Alida Rich as a
final payment for the farm. The check was signed by President and Secretary and
delivered to Treasurer for deposit.”
103. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board, January
22nd, 1966 (Pay Cedric Stanley $15,000.00 for his services):
“Ross Hartsock moved that we pay Cedric Stanley amount of $15,000.00, the
amount due at present time for services in settlement of Martha Welch estate.”
MR. CLARENCE & MARIE WARD CAME TO BE MATRON
AND SUPERINTENDENT IN APRIL, OF 1966. THEIR DAUGHTER,
RISÉ WARD ALSO LIVED IN THE HOME.
104. At Yearly Meeting of Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting, the
summer 1966 according to Raymond Braddock (Debate about
building a nursing home):
“Seeing that we would eventually receive a substantial bequest, I asked for and the
Board approved the sending of a letter to each Meeting in the Yearly Meeting
asking whether or not there were any interest in having the friends Home develop
a health care center. As might have been expected, there was not a single response
to this letter. Then at the business session of the Yearly meeting, held at
Waynesville in 1966, I presented the possibility of our building a new facility for the
care of elderly and incapacitated friends and others. One member from
Indianapolis said flatly that he would not be interested in coming to Waynesville.
Why Waynesville? Mervin Palmer from Cincinnati suggested that we should
consider placing the facility in a city near an art museum, or theatres or the ball
park. However, the will stated specifically that the bequest was for the benefit of
the Friends Home at Waynesville. Furthermore, It would not seem to be a mark of
wisdom to place such a facility in Cincinnati or Indianapolis with all the noise and
smog encountered there. The board, I believe, never once consider the possibility of
building any place but Waynesville” (“The Founding and Early Years of Quaker
Heights to the 1980s,” p. 3).
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105. The Appointment of a Committee to Investigate Study
Possibility and Feasibility of Constructing a Nursing home
and Possibly Retirement Cottages, according to Raymond
Braddock, Fall of 1967):
“The committee met at our home in the fall of 1967 hardly knowing where to start.
It was finally agreed that we should visit other similar institutions in the area to
learn all that we could about nursing homes, the problems encountered, and the
feasibility of establishing one. Individuals visited various homes and several of us
visited Otterbein and Mt. Pleasant” (“The Founding and Early Years of Quaker
Heights to the 1980s”, p. 4).
There were no long term nursing facilities in Warren County at this time.
THOMAS & MILDRED COOPER BECOME THE DIRECTORS
OF THE FRIENDS BOARDING HOME IN 1968. THEY WILL ALSO
LATER BECOME THE DIRECTORS OF THE NEWLY BUILT QUAKER
HEIGHTS NURISNG & CARE CENTER
106. “The Quaker Heights Story” by Raymond Braddock (Hiring
of Thomas Cooper as administrator of the Friends Boarding
Home & Quaker Heights):
“Mention has been made of Thomas Cooper who was employed as administrator in
1968. We had known for some two or three years that the matron at the Friends
Home, a Mrs. Palmer, would be terminating her employment in favor retirement.
Thinking that it would be well to try to find a Friend to be in charge when the
hoped-for expansion got under way, I had thought that of Thomas Cooper, a
conservative Friend originally from the Barnesville area. When I first wrote to him
in 1966, he and his wife replied that they might be interested in coming to the
Friends Home and that their plans were not too definite. When I next wrote to him,
they had moved to Quaker Hill in Richmond where they had oversight of the
Friends Center there and some responsibility at the Friends Book Store. We had
become acquainted with the coopers when Thomas was business manager at
Barnesville Friends School and Mildred was hostess. Both were pleasant, gracious,
and capable people and individuals who could create a Friendly atmosphere
wherever they went. After several letters they agreed to come, and they did a very
good job while developing a real Quaker spirit around the Home.
The five years the Coopers were here was a period of great change at the Friends
Home. Thomas remodeled the basement area of the Home and made it into a
pleasant, attractive and livable area. All former matrons and superintendents had
lived in the Home, however, Thomas and Mildred purchased a home of their own at
the west end of Miami street.
Then in 1970 the implementation of the plans to construct the 58 bed institution got
under way. It, of course, fell to Thomas to reorganize and expand the many duties
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that resulted from the changed environment, not the least of which was the
employment of some 50 new personnel.”
107. Western Star newspaper, Lebanon, Ohio, Wednesday,
November 27th, 1968:
“NURSING HOME IS PROPOSED AT WAYNESVILLE: Friends Boarding Home
representatives and a number of service club members met in public meeting
Monday night at Waynesville to discuss the desirability of constructing a nursing
home or extended care facility in conjunction with the present home. Friends Home
Board of Trustees has studied the proposed expansion project for several months,
according to a board spokesman. The group considered two main points: the need
for such a nursing care facility and the impact of the project on the community.
Friends Home’s proposed expansion gained an ‘enthusiastic approval’ from the
eight organizations which attended the meeting. The committee studying the
project plans to make a report to the Friends Home Board of Trustees in the near
future.”
108. A Representative of the C M Corporation contacts the
Investigation Committee, according to Raymond Braddock,
Spring of 1969):
“It was in the spring of 1969 that a representative of C. M Corp. called at the
Waynesville Bank; and Earl Conner, the president, sent him down to my office. He
informed me that C M was in the business of building nursing homes as well as
operating them. They had already constructed some 15 or 16 mostly in Iowa, and
were desirous of expanding their operating territory to Ohio. Their first work
would be to make a feasibility study which was needed before the state would issue
a certificate of need. If there was a proven need, C. M. would then help us to find
the money needed for construction either through sale of bonds or loans from
commercial banks. They were prepared to provide the architectural services
needed and to obtain al the permits and licenses needed. They had their own
contractor and sources for obtaining hospital equipment at a reasonable cost. If
we so desired, they would provide an administrator and set up and maintain a
system of bookkeeping. Finally, they were prepared to lease the facility when
completed if we wished them to do so. This development seemed almost too good to
be true, for the committee had found it difficult to get the project off the ground”
(“The Founding and Early Years of Quaker Heights to the 1980s”, p. 4).
109. The 1970 Bond Offering (to build the nursing home), the
Friends Home, Waynesville, Ohio Debentures:
“Aggregate amount $400,000.00. $500.00 per bond, due 1990, Interest payable
December 1, at the rate of 7% per annum, offering price of each $500.00 bond is
100% of Par Value plus accrued interest, if any, from December 1, 1970.”
The bonds were 20 year 7% Debentures, Series A due on or before December 1st,
1990. See list of people who bought these bonds in the Appendix.
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Green Plain Monthly Meeting and its members are still involved and supportive of
Friends Home, Inc. Raymond Battin and Mildred J. Battin bought $4,000.00 worth
of bonds. Green Plain Monthly Meeting purchased $3,500.00.
The holders of the bonds were to have admission priority.
THOMAS & MILDRED COOPER ARE LISTED AS THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS OF THE FBH & QH IN THE
FBH REGISTER BOOK
110. Minutes of the Friends Home, Inc. Board, December 18th,
1971 (Estate of Julia R. Easton, d. December 12th, 1970):
The Estate of Julia R. Easton, Warren County Courthouse, Case #3564, Estate
Docket #39, Page 102, WR 85, p. 247.
“Item II. After the payment of all my debts and funeral expenses as directed in this
will, I hereby direct my hereinafter named executor to give the Friends Home at
Waynesville, Ohio an amount that in his opinion is right consideration being given
to the value of my estate, said amount not to exceed the sum of Five Thousand
Dollars ($5,000.00).”
Julia also gave her personal property (dishes, furniture and clothing) to the
Salvation Army. She gave a large amount to the Clinton Memorial Hospital.
Julia R. Easton was also a witness to the will of Rachel Ann Faulk, another
benefactor of the Friends Boarding Home in 1919.
“Seth Furnas Jr. reported having received a check for amount of $5,000.00 from
the Estate of Julia R. Easton. This was given with no stipulations. All were asked
to keep this in mind and think of some way this might be used in her memory. The
Sec’y was asked to send letter of appreciation to Arthur Easton (Executor)”
(Minutes of the Board of the FBH Trustees, Dec. 12th, 1970).
Julia R. Easton (b. July 1st, 1877 in Springboro, Ohio ~ d. December 12th, 1970 in
Springboro, Ohio) was a child of Brewster Gould Easton (1836-1916) and his first
wife Sarah Harp Easton. In 1930 she lived with her mother in Miamisburg, Ohio.
She is buried in the Springboro Cemetery, Clearcreek Township, Warren Co., Ohio.
According to the Register of Boarders, Miss Julia Easton entered the Home on
December 13th, 1965 and lived there until 1970. She was transferred to Whites
Nursing Home in August 1970 and died there on December 12th, 1970.
111. The Ground Breaking Ceremony for Quaker Heights took
place on August 17th, 1971 (Western Star, August 25th, 1971,
article By Bonnie Tigner):
“FRIENDS HOME GROUNDBREAKING ~ Groundbreaking ceremonies for the new
Nursing and Care Center, an extension of the present Friends Home, were held on
August 17th. The site of this Nursing and Care Center is on the right going west on
High Street, just west of the white Brick meeting house. The present home was
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established in 1905. It presently has 19 residents and will house 21 this winter.
Thomas and Mildred Cooper direct the home and indicate that 21 residents is
capacity for the present facility. The new Nursing and Care Center will have 58
beds when the first section is completed. There will be two beds to a room and a
bath. There will be a few private rooms. Eventually this new facility will house
100 patients. It will be operated more on the order of a nursing home specializing
in residents who need medical attention while the present home will continue to
serve as a retirement home. When the new facility is completed, it will meet
Medicare standards and there will be a registered nurse on duty at all times.
Mr. Cooper indicated that they hoped to be using the new facility by June of 1972.
When it is completed he and Mrs. Cooper will be directors of both facilities. The
new Nursing and Care Center has been made possible thought he generous grant
from the Martha Welch Estate, some 130 bondholders and a loan from the State
Fidelity Federal Savings and Loan Assoc. of Dayton, Ohio. Bonds are still being
sold. The 7% debenture bonds may be purchased through Mr. Cooper who can be
contacted at the Friends Home.
The Groundbreaking Ceremonies were conducted by Mr. Seth Furnas Jr. and
included introduction of various village officials and businessmen in the
community and the Board of Trustees of the Friends Home. Mr. Thomas Cooper
was given the honor of beginning the breaking of the ground for the new facility.
Wide community interest and participation has been shown in the Health Care
Facility which will serve the immediate and surrounding area of Waynesville and
Warren County.
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Probably out of the Western Star, date unknown, sometime in 1971.
They are standing in front of the 1905 Friends Boarding Home.
112. According to Raymond Braddock, the McMillan’s move into
their new home in Waynesville in April of 1972, 615 Miami
Street. Evidence indicates that Quaker Heights acquired the
house for the McMillan’s in December of 1973.
The house was located on the corner of Miami Street and Dayton Road (615 Miami
Street). It is a brick home consisting of three bedrooms, a living room, a large
kitchen with dining area, bath and attached garage (see below).
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During the 1970s, Friends Home, Inc. purchased four houses to begin the
Independent Living Units (I.L.U.) program (99 Edwards Road-September 1973 & 39
Edwards Road-October, 1975). The Duplex Units, 549 and 547 North Street were
also built and are still in use. The plat houses were sold by June of 2000 since they
were not suitable for the elderly.
99 Edwards Road
39 Edwards Road
113. The Quaker Heights Health Care Center is opened and
dedicated on June 17-18, 1972 and on July 11th, 1972 receives its
first patient, Elma Bailey.
The first phase of building is completed with 58 beds. The first patient is Elma
Bailey from the Friends Boarding Home. The nursing home is filled in sixty days.
Sara Braddock and Marjorie Furnas of Miami Monthly Meeting were nurses. It is
later claimed that Mary Chapman was the first patient.
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114. The Clinic (Medical Building) at 581 North Street was
acquired in February 1972.
The “Clinic” was originally the residence and office of Dr. Stout. It was occupied by
Dr. Dan Becker, Dentist, who paid rent, and also contained three sleeping rooms.
The three sleeping rooms were also rented. The maintenance of the building was
done by the Quaker Heights Maintenance Department. The cleaning of this building
was done by one of the girls on the staff of the Friends Boarding Home.
The “Medical Building” was purchased to provide office space for a physician who
would serve as the medical director the Quaker Heights Nursing Home.
“History of the Friends Home, Inc.” (In First Binder located at the Friends Home
Museum):
“In February 1972 property known as the Ireland home was purchased and the
south end converted into a Dentist office. The north end was rented out to peo0ple
who took their meals at the Friends Home (FBH).”
The “Ireland home” was also known as the Dr. Stout home.
GLADYS DAVENPORT, MARIE DAKIN AND BETTY TINNEY ARE
HOSTESSES IN THE FBH~ AYLEEN STUMP AND OPAL TESSLER
ARE NIGHT HOSTESSES, 1973-1977
115. In 1973 a dwelling (the old Quaker School built in 1811, now
a private residence) was for sale along with 3 or 4 acres. The
owner was Josephine Earnhart.
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According to Raymond Braddock, “some of us thought
this would be desirable for use of the Cottage Program,
and as Treasurer I was authorized to negotiate with Jo
for the purchase. The minutes indicate that I met with
Jo some 18 times without success. On two different
occasions I thought we had arrived at an agreement
only to have her change her mind later. A year or so
later early in 1980, Bryon and Grace met two or more
times with her, but now the Board had lost interest in
the project.”
According to Byron Branson, the three or four acres
attached to the old school ran behind the Red Brick
Meetinghouse, the cemetery, and the old school. The
idea had been to build an apartment building on the hill
overlooking the valley.
Byron Branson
116. An appraisal is made of the antiques in the 1905 Friends
Boarding Home, November 12th, 1973, $12,902.00.
117. Thomas Hill Board Meeting Notes, December of 1973
($50.00 donation from Schweitzer and $12.50 donation from
Meeting in Cincinnati.)
118. State of the old Friends Boarding Home, September 17th,
1975:
“Contains 19 single rooms ~ prices range from $175.00 to $200.00 per month. On
the Ground Floor ~ Consists of one 3 room apt. (living room, bedroom and bath),
three single rooms (one contains a ½ bath), a bath, and a lounge. Rest of ground
floor contains laundry area, storage areas, food storeroom, furnace room, etc. On
the First Floor ~ Consists of five single rooms (one contains a ½ bath), three baths,
a lounge, office, dining room and kitchen. The Second Floor ~ consists of ten single
rooms, three baths, and a lounge. Staff ~ Full time cook with one relief, two full
time cleaning girls (one on first shift and one on second shift) and one relief, one
third shift girl with one relief.”
119. Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Friends Home, Inc.,
October 29th, 1975 (Desire to preserve the name of donors):
“Action on a proper container for names of donors of gifts and bequests was
deferred to the January 1976 agenda.”
120. Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Friends Home, Inc.,
November 26th, 1975 (Gift from the McMillan’s):
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“A check from the McMillans for $221.00 was accepted and put in the Memorial
Fund.”
121. Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Friends Home, Inc.,
January 28th, 1976 (Byron Branson works on a Bequests flyer):
“After discussion and suggestion, Byron Branson was requested to prepare a flyer
concerning ‘Questions and Answers about Bequests to the Friends Home
Corporation.’ He is to consult with Harry Tischbein and Helen Calvert.”
122. Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Friends Home, Inc.,
March 21st, 1976 (Gift of a clock):
“Mrs. Dunham presented a clock to the Friends Home.”
123. Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Friends Home, Inc.,
May 26th, 1976 (More about the Bequests flyer):
“Byron Branson presented the ‘Bequest to the Friends Home’ flyer. He was asked to
begin appropriate pictures for the flyer and obtain an estimate of the cost of
printing.”
124. Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Friends Home, Inc.,
November 24th, 1976 (Bequest & Gifts Committee):
“Byron Branson will chair the Bequest & Gifts Programs Committee.”
125. In 1976, Raymond Braddock resigns as Treasurer after 35
years of service.
126. During the Annual Meeting of Friends Home, Inc., 1977,
approval is given to proceed to expand the Quaker Heights to
a 100 bed facility):
The nursing home consisted of ten private rooms and twenty-four semi-private
rooms. One hundred beds was considered the minimum practical size for a nursing
home and it was felt by some on the Board that before the original structure should
become outmoded, the facility should be expanded. Others would resist the
expansion. The Annual Board had to meet again in a special session to re-approve
the expansion after conflict froze the Friends Home, Inc. Board into non-action.
127. Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Friends Home, Inc.,
December 28th, 1977 (The Mark McMillan Fund (a.k.a. Friends
Home Assistance Fund):
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“T-244. Byron read a letter from Mark McMillan in regard to money he had
contributed to Quaker Heights ($1,000.00 in T-219, plus $1,600.00 contributed
since). The Board agreed to set the money aside to help those in need, paying out
$73.60 immediately. The balance will be kept in a special account, the Friends
Home Assistance fund. The Board’s earlier instruction for spending $500.00 of this
contribution (T-219) is rescinded.”
128. Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Friends Home, Inc.,
June 28th, 1978 (Gift of Mary Rye):
“T-379 Mary Rye has presented Friends Home bonds amounting to $10,000.00 to
the Board as a gift. A letter of acknowledgement was prepared by Margaret
Hadley and signed by members of the Board of Trustees and Beulah Davis. It is to
be determined whether the gift is meant for the Friends Home, Quaker Heights, or
Friends Home, Inc., since there were conflicting opinions.”
Minutes, July 26th, 1978: “T-399 Mrs. Rye’s gift of Friends Home Bonds was
designated to the Friends Home Corporation and will be used to help defray the
excess cost of the new addition above the amount borrowed from FmHA.”
129. Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Trustees of Friends
Home, Inc., October 25th, 1978 (Mark McMillan begins to
discuss moving from their cottage into the nursing facility):
“T-471a – Beulah Davis reported that Mark McMillan felt that it would soon be
necessary for them to move out of their home into the nursing home. He discussed
with her the disposition of their furniture.”
130. Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Friends Home, Inc.,
October 25th, 1978 (Redemption of Quaker Heights Bonds):
“T-477 - Quaker Heights Bonds are to be redeemed as of December 15th, 1978. The
Board approved borrowing money from the Waynesville National Bank, under the
authority of the FmHA, and authorized Byron to proceed. Checks will be made out
separately for interest and redemption, since they come from different funds.”
131. “Brief Notes on the History of FHI”, Revised 4/1999 (The
Expansion of the Nursing Home [two wings] is completed):
“1979 ~ Two more sides of the present quadrangle were completed adding 40 more
beds, for a total of 98 beds. Farmers Home Administration (FmHa) provided a $1.1
million loan at 5% interest as a second mortgage. Corporation bonds were paid off,
with original bondholder still retaining admission priority.”
The total number of beds is now 96.
132. Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Friends Home, Inc.,
February 8th, 1979 (Edna McMillan suffers a broken wrist):
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“T-538b – Edna McMillan is now a resident, at least temporarily, having suffered a
broken wrist in the fall. Mark McMillan wishes to pay for furnishing one of the
rooms in the addition for them to occupy.”
133. Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Friends Home, Inc.,
February 28th, 1979 (Edna McMillan becomes very ill):
“T-555b – Edna McMillan is not eating properly, seems disordered at times, and is
otherwise in a greatly changed condition. Board members expressed concern and
a hope for improvement.”
“T-555d – Mark McMillan still wishes to pay for furnishing one of the rooms in the
addition, at a cost around $2,000.00. The Board agreed to accept such
contributions gratefully and recommended that a plaque be put on the wall with
the name of the donor.”
134. “The Quaker Heights Story” by Raymond Braddock
(Martha & Robert Dean move to QH in March 1979):
The duplex next to the Medical Building is now completed and one of the
independent units is occupied by a sister and brother, Martha Helen Dean and
Robert McKenzie Dean. Robert Dean will become a great benefactor of Quaker
Heights.
Martha Helen Dean was born October 21st, 1904 and died August 24th, 1984, SS #
300-40-1413.
Obituary of Martha H. Dean (Xenia Daily Gazette, 8-24-1984):
“Martha H. Dean ~ Martha H. Dean, 79, of 549 North St., Waynesville, died
suddenly at her residence early today. A former school teacher, she last taught in
the West Carrollton school system. She was a former resident of the CedarvilleJamestown community. Burial will be in Woodland Cemetery, Xenia. StubbsConner Funeral Home, Waynesville, is in charge of arrangements.”
Robert McKenzie Dean was born October 10th, 1906 and died October 15, 1990, SS #
293-34-4015. His death certificate states that he died of Atherosclerotic and
Hypertensive heart disease. He is also buried in Woodland Cemetery in Xenia.
Obituary of Robert M. Dean (Xenia Daily Gazette, 10-17-90):
“Robert M. Dean ~ Robert M. Dean, 84, of North Street Waynesville, died Monday.
He was a retired farmer in the Waynesville area. He attended Jamestown
Presbyterian Church. He is survived by two cousins, Catharine Deana and Anna
Bell Dean, both of Jamestown. Graveside services will be at 2 P.M. Friday at
Woodland Cemetery, Xenia. Stubbs-Conner Funeral Home, Waynesville, is in
charge of arrangements.”
135. During the Annual Board Meeting of Friends Home, Inc.,
September 8th, 1979 (75th Annual Meeting):
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“Ray Furnas asked where the Corporation gets its funds. Byron Branson answered
that we have bequests totaling over $300,000.00 and cash gifts totaling over
$30,000. The Martha Welch fund is intact, in a 5th/3rd Bank Trust.”
136. Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Friends Home, Inc.,
October 16th, 1979 (Concern for residents who can not afford
to stay in the Friends Home):
“T-720 (c) – Margaret Hadley expressed concern about residents at Friend Home
who cannot afford even our low fees (now being helped by the McMillan fund), and
what would happen when supplementary funds are not available.”
137. Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Friends Home, Inc.,
October 31st, 1979 (Gift from Mrs. Mounts in memory of her
mother):
“T-727 (d) – A Mrs. Mounts of New York State, whose mother was cared for at
Quaker Heights until her death some months ago, recently sent a check for $500.00
as appreciation for the care her mother received. This money was added to the
‘Memorial Fund’.”
A 1979 Treasurer’s Report in the First Binder located in the Friends Home Museum
reports under “Receipts” that there was $4,000.00 worth of donations in 1979.
138. Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Friends Home, Inc.,
meeting at Quaker Heights, January 16, 1980 (The Estate of
Mark E. C. McMillan):
“80-2 Byron Branson indicated that Dr. Murphy would meet with us for a discussion
of enlarging his portion of the Medical building, and that Michael Foley would join us
later to discuss the terms of Mark McMillan’s will. He showed Board members a copy
of the will, which left furnishings of his house to family members but divided the bulk
of the estate as follows: one-half to Wilmington College, one-fourth to the American
Friends Service Committee, and one-fourth to Friends Home, Inc. . .
“80-6 Michael Foley, Attorney, joined the Board on behalf of Earl Conner, executor of
the will of Mark McMillan. He explained that the wills of Edna and Mark had left all
the property to each other, and that since Edna predeceased Mark, the property now
being divided under Mark McMillan’s will was that which had belonged to both of
them.
“Mr. Foley explained the terms of the will as given above (8-02). He said that a great
deal of the estate was in gold coins (a value of about $22,000) plus utility and goldmining stocks. Mark and Edna between them had owned over 4,000 shares in a South
African gold mine. At the time of Edna’s death, this was valued at $28.00 a share, but
on January 15, 1980, it was quoted at $50.25.
“He said further that the executor has the power to sell stocks or other property, and
that this was Mr. Conner’s intention. He particularly wanted to sell the gold-mine
stock, since this was a very volatile property. Mark’s brothers and sisters, who might
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have claimed the right to be executors of his will, had already signed a waiver, with
the exception of one nephew, Willard Furnas, who was in Florida. They expected to
have his waiver and to sell the stock the following week ~ sometime after January 21.
“Mr. Foley said that the value of the estate would probably be between $500,000.00
and $800,000.00. There was little likelihood that any Federal tax would have to be
paid. Since the value of assets was legally that on date of death, there would be no
capital gains tax to be paid on appreciation. Distribution of the estate would probably
be made about three months. The Board agreed to the sale of stocks and other assets.
“Mr. Foley said that the furniture in the McMillan home, except for appliances that
Mark listed as belonging to Friends Home, Inc., were to be divided among Mark’s and
Edna’s relatives. Among the furnishings was a box that contained silver coins with a
value of about $3,800.00. He raised the question as to whether this box and its
contents should be regarded as ‘furnishings.’ Since relatives received no money under
the terms of the will, Trustees agreed that the box and its contents should be regarded
as furnishings. Mr. Foley said that he would see about getting a similar opinion from
Wilmington College, but asked our help in contacting the American Friends Service
Committee. President Byron Branson is designated to speak for the Board with AFSC
or Wilmington College on any questions arising regarding the bequests. He will
contact J. Earle Edwards in Philadelphia to inform him of our action.”
The will of Mark E. C. McMillan, WR 108, Pg 234, Will, Vol. 45, pg 159, Case #6634:
Mark McMillan signed his last will on January 10th, 1976:
“ITEM III a.: To Friends Home Inc., 115 South 4th Street, Waynesville, Ohio, the
following household items: washer, dryer, refrigerator, dining table and six chairs,
double bed, two dressers, living room davenport and matching rocker and chair, one
folding card table and two folding chairs to match, picture of Tiber River in Rome,
painting by Paul Drum, portable fan, vacuum sweeper, tools in the patio shed
including ladders, and small electric heater with fan.”
Mark’s brother Herbert McMillan (b. April 5th, 1910-d. June 10th, 1986) received the rest
of the household goods and furnishings.
“ITEM IV: All the rest and residue of my estate, and in the event my wife does not
survive me, I give, devise, and bequeath as follows:
One-half to Wilmington College, Wilmington, Ohio
One-fourth to the American Friends Service Committee, 160 N. 15th Street,
Philadelphia, Pa.
One-fourth to Friends Home, Inc., 115 S. Fourth Street, Waynesville, Ohio.”
Edna and Mark had identical wills. The foreign gold coins were estimated to worth
$36,099.00.
139. Letter from Tom Hill to Byron Branson, February 14th, 1980
(The Administrator has Four Saving Accounts):
There is a regulation that the Treasurer maintains all bank accounts. There are four
savings accounts in the hands of Beulah Davis:
A. The Friends Home Assistance Fund (The “McMillan Fund”)
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B. The Memorial Fund (“Organ Fund”), $3,130.03 (Several
Expenditures in 1979).
C. Quaker Heights Activity Fund, $650.00 (The proceeds of the
Bazaar were used to open this account in November. This fund
belongs to the residents and will be left available outside the
structure of the Corporation)
D. The Sinking Fund
It was decided that there would be two saving funds, one for the FBH and one for QH
controlled by the Treasurer. The Treasurer already had the books of the Sinking
Fund. Any donations given to the Administrator to assists in the payment of
residents’ fees or to provide furnishing in one of the Homes shall be forwarded to the
Treasurer for deposit. The administrator will have the books for the Activity Fund.
This development reflected the new accounting system put into effect in January of
1980, which had one set of accounts for the Friends Boarding Home and other
Corporation properties and a second account for Quaker Heights. This change
allowed for detailed accounting of each building.
140. Letter from Tom Hill to Peter N. Breidenbach of William S.
Fry & Co., February 18th, 1980 (The Administrator’s Special
Funds):
“Beulah Davis has maintained three savings accounts containing special purpose
funds. These are now being transferred to Grace Prendergast, but you should
record the principal and 1979 interest in some fashion. The fund designations and
12/31/79 balances are:
A. Friends Home Assistance Fund
$4,363.07
B. Memorial fund
(Several 1979 expenditures for Furnishings)
C. The Sinking Fund
$3,130.03
$973.84.
Beulah will need to describe for you the sources of income (either gifts or interest)
and the precise uses of the payouts this last year.”
141. Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Friends Home, Inc.,
February 27th, 1980 (Plaques to honor donors & Concern
about helping those in the FBH who can not pay their bills):
The Board decides to place plaques to honor donors who give money to help furnish
rooms in Quaker Heights. The plaques will acknowledge the gift and the giver but
will not give the amount of the gift. Gifts of $2,000.00 or more will go to furnish the
residents’ rooms in the 300-500 corridors. Gifts of $1,500.00 to $2,000.00 will go
to furnish the residents’ rooms in the 100-200 corridors.
The old Friends Boarding Home is working with a large deficit which is being
subsidized by Quaker Heights.
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“It was pointed out that the Friends Home Assistance Fund (McMillan Fund) has
only something like $4,000.00 remaining in it and that since Mark McMillan had
established this fund, and kept it up, it would not likely continue to be maintained.
Beulah has tired on several occasions to get help from the County for those who can
not pay the full cost of board and room, but without success. If Friends were not
subsidizing them, as we have for many years, the County and State would have to
see to their welfare.”
March 26th, 1980 ~ It was reported that Beulah had again contacted the County
to see if they could get some assistance from them for FBH boarders who were
having difficulty paying their bills. She was un-successful in getting help from
Warren County. It was reported that there were three empty rooms in the FBH.
142. “Quaker Heights Home Expands Facilities,” (Western Star,
March 26th, 1980):
“Quaker Heights Nursing Home in Waynesville is expanding its facilities to meet the
needs of residents who are not physically disabled. Raymond Braddock, chairman of
the cottage committee and also a Quaker Heights trustee, explained what the new
program hopes to accomplish. ‘We want to establish a very nice retirement
community in conjunction with the nursing home,’ he noted. ‘somewhere where the
elderly can enjoy having their own home and still have a facility like Quaker Heights
to fall back on.’
A brochure recently released by the home explains many of the benefits of the new
community. It states that there will be many opportunities for those who wish to
contribute their time to worthwhile organizations, that there are few or no restrictions
as far as residency is concerned, and that the staff of Quaker Heights will do all
grounds keeping and maintenance as well as cleaning the cottages.
According to the pamphlet, health care arrangements can also be made if necessary
and cottage residents can receive up to four weeks of health care for half the price of
non-residents. Braddock noted that the community would be self-supporting and
therefore an entrance fee would be necessary. ‘Whether prices will change depends
mainly on how well we do with our current fees and what direction the economy
takes,’ Braddock stated. He added, however, that residents needn’t fear a sudden,
unexpected jump in costs.
According to 1980 estimates the cost to build a cottage would be between $25,000 and
$50,000. The Quaker Heights brochure states that cottage residents will pay a flat
monthly fee for elect5ic, gas and water services, and (if it becomes available) cable
television. According to 1980 estimates, the monthly rent rates will be $275 for a oneresident cottage and $325 for a two-resident cottage. Braddock explained that there
will also be an alternate plan for those who are not economically able to meet the
cottage arrangement. Although only one duplex has thus far been completed,
Braddock stated that the goal was to have from 30 to 40 one, two and four family
residences.”
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143. Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Friends Home, Inc.,
meeting at Quaker Heights, June 25th, 1980 (McMillan Estate
about to be settled):
“80-102 Mike Foley has notified Byron that the McMillan estate is about to be settled,
and that our share will be about $150,000.00. A small amount is being held back in
case any taxes must be paid. If not, this will be distributed later. The treasurer was
instructed to pay all costs of the Medical Building additions from this bequest, and to
invest the balance at a profitable rate of interest.”
144. Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Friends Home, Inc.,
meeting at Quaker Heights, July 23rd, 1980 (Distribution of
the McMillan bequest):
“80-111 Treasurer Grace Prendergast reported having received $100,000.00 as a
partial payment of the McMillan bequest. She has sent $50,000.00 to the 5/3 Bank to
reimburse our capital account for the money withdrawn to pay for the addition to the
Medical Building. $40,000.00 was put in a 30-month C.D. with the Waynesville
National Bank. $7,000.00 was paid to Beulah Davis for Friends Home subsidy, and
$2,000.00 is in the savings account.”
145. Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Friends Home, Inc.,
meeting at Quaker Heights, November 5th, 1980 (Another
check from the McMillan Estate):
“f.) McMillan Estate. Grace has received another check for over $56,000.00 which she
deposited in savings at the Waynesville Bank. Trustees agreed the money should be
deposited for a short time at high interest where it can be withdrawn on short notice.
Many uses have been mentioned for the money and these options will have to be
explored.”
It is interesting to note that the rooms at the old Friends Boarding Home are still being
rented at this time in 1980 and would continue until 1992. The Board of Trustees are
beginning to study what to do with the Friends Boarding Home which indicates that the
role of the Home had changed. Some of the suggestions were to add a room to the back
of the old building which would consist of one big meeting room and bathrooms. The
room would be a “center” used to provide a meal once a day to the “cottage program”
participants. They were hoping to also build an elevator on the outside of the building
(Board Minutes, October 1, 1980). These suggestions were never implemented.
Another view of the Friends Boarding Home (Mary L. Cook Public Library)
MARK E. C. McMILLAN
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Mark E.(lai) C. McMillan ~ b. Feb. 2,
1896 in Chester Township, Clinton Co., Ohio
and d. Dec. 23, 1979 at the age of 83 in his
home in Waynesville, Ohio (a Quaker
Heights cottage located at 615 West Miami
Street). His Social Security number was 72203-0378.
His parents were Joseph
McMillan (b. Aug. 24, 1861, d. April 29,
1938) 27 and Emma Dwiggins McMillan (b.
April 18, 1866, d. May 29, 1931) 28. Joseph
married Emma on Feb. 8, 1888. Joseph was
a dairyman. Mark E. C. McMillan was the 5th
child of 11 children (See family photo in
Appendix).
Mark E. C. McMillan in the Friends
Service Overseas uniform in 1919
(Wilmington College).
Mark E. C. McMillan married Edna Lola
Kelsey of Centerville. Ohio on August 27,
1927. Mark and Edna were married at the
Kelsey home in Centerville by Edna’s uncle,
Reverent Hugh Smith, of the Methodist faith,
and by Mark’s aunt, Reverent Jane McMillan
Carey, of the Friend’s faith. Edna was born
Aug. 27th, 1893. She died on Nov. 18, 1979 in
their home at Quaker Heights just a month
(35 days) before his death. They had been
married for 52 years.
At the time of World War I, many of his friends were joining the military to fight. He
would not serve in the military, however. He was in the “Friends Service,” instead.
In 1966 Mark McMillan wrote a memoir entitled “My Doings” in which he details his
experience in war-torn Europe.
Mark graduated from High School but had had no intention to attend college until his
family encouraged him to go to Wilmington College where they had obtained a
scholarship for him. In 1916, unlike many of his friends, he did not enlist
immediately but decided to finish college first. He also felt that he should try to live
up to the Peace Testimony. After his graduation from Wilmington College in 1918, he
worked on the farm for a while and then was engaged to teach at Mt. Pleasant High
School.
He then read about the American Friends Service Committee which was, as he said,
offering an opportunity of a life time. He was released by the Draft Board and he
served in the Friends Unit of the American Red Cross in France from April 1919 till
January 1920. He at first lived at the University of Paris in a student hostel.
Eventually he was moved to a place near Verdun at Grange-le-compt, the
headquarters of their mission to provide medical help, relief work, reconstruction of
houses, and agricultural help to the displaced people. At first he worked with British
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Friends but then they were joined by Mennonites and members of the church of the
Brethren. They were all volunteers and received no pay. These volunteer work
groups reconstructed Varennes. They would clear the rubble and debris and then
build a pre-fab house called a “mountable.” At a certain point Mark McMillan was
elected head of building and was in charge of the work with the returning French and
had to make sure that all the materials to reconstruct the houses was available to the
workers. All in all they built 100 small houses in Varennes.
After returning home he attended Ohio State University (agricultural training). Mark
completed his Masters Thesis at Ohio State in 1926. It was there that he met Edna
who was a teaching assistant. After they were married Mark taught one year in the
Kilbourn schools at Delaware, Ohio where he taught science. He was the head of the
Biology Department at Middletown High School from 1928-1942. Because of his
poor health, Mark was given a two year leave of absence from Middletown Senior
High School to recover his health in a better climate. The McMillan’s decided to
move from Ohio to the southwest part of the country. Their departure to the
southwest was delayed by the death of Edna’s mother and Mark’s near fatal surgery.
Mark took the time to apply to the Civil Service to be employed in the southwest in
soil conservation. Before his Civil Service job was confirmed, he was asked to teach
high school science in Rivers, Arizona. He accepted the job with the understanding
that once the soil conservation job came through, they would move on. Although not
told directly, Mark and Edna came to realize that he had been engaged to teach
Japanese at the Gila River Interment Camp. On December 3rd, 1943, Mark and Edna
left for a Japanese-American Relocation Center at Rivers, 25 miles south of Phoenix.
29 He taught High School science to the Japanese-American students. Edna taught
English to adult Japanese women.
Mark McMillan was offered a more permanent job with the United States Soil
Conservation Service which was accepted. They lived in Simla, Colorado, Hatch and
Roswell, New Mexico, and for 28 years at Dexter, New Mexico. In 1972 Mark and
Edna returned to Waynesville to be near their relatives and to be near Quaker
Heights.
According to Raymond Braddock, the McMillan’s were the first to enter the “Cottage
Program” at Quaker Heights: “The project really started in 1972 when Mark and
Edna McMillan, one time members of this community, asked The Friends Home
Board if there were any possible accommodations for a couple wishing to retire
here. They had left Ohio in 1940 for health reasons and had gone to New Mexico
where they worked with the Japanese, who were held as prisoners there. We had
not yet any firm plans for the retirement community, but this seemed a good time to
get started. Fortunately there was an attractive brick dwelling on sale just across
the street from Quaker Hts., and it seemed ideal for our needs as well as for the
McMillan’s. We purchased the property and Mark & Edna entered into the first
contract for a retirement cottage . . . the McMillan’s moved into the residence at 615
Miami St. in April 1972” (The Quaker Heights Story by Raymond Braddock).
Mark McMillan was a 52 year member of the Lincoln Masonic Lodge No. 693 in
Middletown, Ohio, Past Member of the Dexter, New Mexico Lion’s Club, and Past
Member and Layman of the Dexter United Methodist Church. He was a member of
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the Miami Monthly Meeting of Friends in Waynesville and an Associate Member of
the Waynesville United Methodist Church.
Mark wrote “My Doings” concerning his service with the American Friends Service
Committee and with his wife, Edna, an account of their experience in the JapaneseAmerican Relocation Center called “Seven Months at Rivers” (Information taken
from the Obituary of Mark McMillan found in the papers of Sara Braddock, The
Mary L. Cook Public Library.)
Upon his death, the Board of Trustees of Friends Home, Inc. wrote the following
memorial on January 2nd, 1980:
“The Board of Trustees of Friends Home, Inc. mourns the loss of Mark McMillan,
member of our Board of Corporation and an outstanding example of what a
Christian and Friend may be. He was most generous in giving both time and
financial support to the Friends Home, Quaker Heights, and Miami Monthly
Meeting, and various Friends organization, such as the American Friends Service
Committee. Edna and he were the first residents in our Cottage Program. He
volunteered to pay to furnish one of the rooms in the addition to Quaker Heights.
He was the coordinator of the worship program held at Quaker Heights on Sunday
mornings. His friendly, cheerful and unassuming manner in his relationship with
everyone he met, and his wise counsel in First Day School meeting will be sorely
missed and long remembered.”
It was reported in the November 30th, 1977 minutes of the Board of Trustees of
Friends Home, Inc., that Mark McMillan donated $1,000.00 to Quaker Heights. The
money was put in the Memorial Fund. $500.00 of the money was used to purchase
new wheelchairs. The rest of the money went to the Activities Fund. This decision
was reversed when Mark explicitly requested that his donation go towards helping
needy folk having problems paying their room and board. On August 1, 1979 it was
reported in the minutes that
“two pictures donated by Mark McMillan have been hung in the
multi-purpose room. He has paid for furnishing one room and Ruth
LaRue for furnishing another.”
The Board reported on October 31st, 1979 that there was a “McMillan Fund” of
$4,600.00, which was supplemental aid for residents who could no long pay their
rent. As of December 31st, 1979 the balance was $4,363.07. The Board was going to
divide “The Friends Home Assistance Fund,” the “McMillan Fund” into two separate
accounts, one for the FBH; and the other for Quaker Heights.
Obituary of Mark McMillan ~ Monday, December 24, 1979 (Wilmington, Ohio NewsJournal):
“Mark E. C. McMillan, 83, of 615 W. Miami Street, Waynesville, died Sunday at his
residence. His wife, Edna, died in November. Mr. McMillan was born February 2,
1896 in Chester Township in Clinton County, a son of Joseph and Emma Dwiggins
McMillan. He was a member of Miami Monthly Meeting of Friends and an associate
member of the Waynesville United Methodist Church, and a 52 year member of the
Lincoln Masonic Lodge at Middletown. He was a graduate of Kingman High School
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and Wilmington College. Surviving are four brothers: Willis of Cincinnati, Dillon of
Falmouth, Kentucky, Delbert A. of Bristol, Tennessee, and Herbert of Waynesville;
three sisters: Ruth Bohlander of Ft. Wayne, Indiana, Eva McMillan of Dayton,
Mabel Wilson of Waynesville, and several nieces and nephews. Services will be at 2
P.M. Thursday at the Stubbs-Conner Funeral Home at Waynesville, with the Rev. L.
L. Young officiating. Burial will be at the Centerville Cemetery, Centerville. Friends
may call at the Funeral Home from 6:30 to 8:30 P.M. Wednesday.”
Obituary of Mark McMillan ~ December 26th, 1979 (Lebanon, Ohio, Western Star):
“Mark E. C. McMillan, 83, of 615 West Miami St. in Waynesville died suddenly
Sunday, Dec. 23, at his residence. He was a graduate of Wilmington College and
Ohio State University. Mr. McMillan taught at Middletown High School and was a
soil conservationist in New Mexico until a few years ago when he retired and made
his residence in Waynesville. He was a member of Miami Monthly Meeting of
Friends in Waynesville and an associate member of the Waynesville United
Methodist Church. He also was a 52 year member of Lincoln Masonic Lodge 693 in
Middletown. His wife Edna preceded him in death in November. He is survived by
hour brothers. Willis of Cincinnati, Dillon of Falmouth, Ky., Adelbert of Bristol,
Tenn. And Herbert of Waynesville; three sisters, Ruth Bohlander of Fort Wayne,
Ind., Eva McMillan of Dayton, and Mabel Wilson of Waynesville, and several nieces
and nephews. Funeral services will beheld at 2 P.M. Thursday at the Stubbs-Conner
Funeral Home in Waynesville. The Rev. L. L. Young will officiate. Burial will be in
Centerville Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5:30 to 8:30 P.M. tonight
(Wednesday) at the funeral home.”
The death of Mark McMillan was noted in the Friends Home Register page 85:
Mark McMillan 83 passed away suddenly at his home on Miami Street, Sunday
A.M, December 23rd, 1979. Found dead in bed. Funeral services 2 P.M., December
27th, 1979, Thursday at Stubbs Conner Funeral Home. Interment at Centerville
Cemetery. Five week exactly since his wife, Edna’s death.”
Obituary of Edna Kelsey McMillan (found in the found in the papers of Sara
Braddock, The Mary L. Cook Public Library):
Edna Kelsey McMillan, the only child of Charles Elmer and Arilla Weller Kelsey,
was born and raised on a Weller farm one mile east of the Centerville Station
August 31, 1893. After a very beneficial life for others, she passed away at the
Quaker Heights Nursing Home in Waynesville, November 18, 1979, having lived 86
years, 2 months, and 18 days.
Upon finished grade school and graduating from high school, she taught in the oneroom red brick school house near home where she had gone to school and her
parents had gone in their youth. In 1913, Edna’s parents moved on a farm of their
own, tow miles north of Waynesville on the Ferry Road.
Edna studied at Ohio Wesleyan a year, taught second grade at Miamisburg a year
or two ~ then entered Miami University, graduating in 1917. She made many lifetime friends there, was a member of Chi Omega Sorority. With B. A. and B. S.
degrees, she taught in the high schools of Miamisburg, Centerville, and Ansonia.
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In 1921 and 1922, Edna became secretary for the Veterans Bureau in New York City
and helped the wounded Veterans of World War I in New York, New Jersey and
Connecticut. She was employed as principal of Waynesville High School in 1924,
’25, and’26. She made many long-time friends in the school and community. She
taught mathematics at Ardmore, Pa., in 1926-27.
Edna married Mark McMillan, also a high school teacher, on august 27, 1927 a the
Kelsey home in Centerville. Her uncle, Rev. Hugh Smith and Mark’s aunt Rev. Jane
Carey officiated at the ceremony.
After one year at Kilborne High School near Delaware, in connection with Ohio
Wesleyan University, they lived the next fifteen years at Middletown where Mark
taught in the senior high school and Edna took part in the activities of the
community and the Methodist church.
She served as Mother of LeNora and JoAnn McMillan after the death of their true
Mother in 1932, and shortly after their father, Dillon, re-married in 1936. She also
gave loving care to her Mother during her later years and her last illness until her
death in the spring of 1943.
Mark developed an infected sinus, quit teaching in June 1942, became seriously ill
after her mother’s death and was hospitalized. Following an operation, and a Godgiven recovery, his doctor advised him to live in the Southwest where the air was
drier.
The severe illness of her two close loved ones was very trying for Edna and to move
to the Southwest would be even more so. However, her experiences there were most
interesting and rewarding.
Employment was procured in Arizona and arrangements were made to leave Ohio,
December 3, 1943 for a Japanese relocation center at Rivers, 25 miles south of
Phoenix.
Mark taught high school science to Japanese students soon after arrival at the Canal
Camp. Upon getting acquainted with the adult Japanese and their very polite ways,
Edna helped teach English to a class of Japanese women and thoroughly enjoyed it.
She thought the Minister at Canal Christina Church, Rev. Osurni, was equal to any
she ever heard in New York City. Again many lasting friends were made.
Upon completion of the spring term of school, Mark was offered more permanent
employment with the U. S. Soil Conservation Service which was accepted. The lived
in Simla, Colo., Hatch and Roswell, New Mexico and for 28 years at Dexter, New
Mexico.
Although childless, Edna had a special love for children. She taught many of them
piano lessons and songs in their early life. Later, as adults, she received several
letters from them. Neighborhood girls would come for visits and leave with a treat.
Edna always found something to be happy about. She had a very keen sense of
humor.”
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The McMillan’s gave $160,000.00 to the Friends Home, Inc. They also purchased a
cottage for about $25,000.00 and signed the deed over to The Friends Home. They
also gave the A.F.S.C. and Wilmington College $160,000.00 each.
Also see: Thomas & Deborah Marsh McMillan Family, 1706-1977 by Dorothy Carter
and Jane Spargur (Self Published) and the McMillan Surname File in The Mary L.
Cook Public Library in Waynesville, Ohio.
”The McMillan Surname File”, Mary L. Cook Public Library
146. Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Friends Home, Inc.,
November 5th, 1980 (Donation from the Presbyterian Church):
“80-150 – Friends Home Corporation received $110.00 donation from Lebanon
Presbyterian Church. The church tithes 10% of its proceeds from the Honey Bee
Festival each year to three retirement homes in the area. The contribution will go
into the McMillan fund.”
147. Friends Boarding Home of Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting of
the Religious Society of Friends, Inc., Statement of Income,
Year Ended December 31st, 1980:
“Donations and Bequests: General $156,852.00.”
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THERE ARE MULTIPLE HOSTESSES AT THE FBH:
GLADYS COPAS, ILENE CHRISTOPHER, ALYLEEN STUMP, OPAL
TRESSLER/ COOKS: MARY JOHNSON , VIOLA DAKIN, MARIE DAKIN
148. Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Friends
Home, Inc., April 29th, 1981 (Long range plans
for the old boarding home):
President Tom Hill appoints a long range planning committee for
the old 1905 boarding home.
Left: Tom Hill
149. Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Friends Home, Inc.,
June 24th, 1981 (Two donations made to Quakers Heights):
“81-57 – This month Quaker Heights received a $500.00 donation in the name of
Louise Pond, and a $50.00 donation in the name of Hazel Youngmeyer. The
Treasurer will place these donations in the Memorial Fund.”
Louise Pond (b. August 24th, 1891 – d. February 14th, 1981) was 90 years old when
she died at QH. Death Certificate #023583, SSN 271-16-8057.
Hazel Hess Youngmeyer (b. April 15th, 1896 in Missouri – d. June 1981 at Quaker
Heights) was the widow of John E. Youngmeyer. Her parents were Samuel and
Anna “June” Hess. She entered the FBH on November 8th, 1975. She was taken to
Kettering Hospital on November 2nd, 1976. Her SSN was 510-32-8466.
150. Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Friends Home, Inc.,
August 26th, 1981 (Annual donation from Alma Farquahar):
“81-78 – Mrs. Davis recently rec’d a check for $25.00 from Alma Farquahar. She
sends this amount annually in memory of her mother-in-law.”
151. Friends Boarding Home of Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting of
the Religious Society of Friends, Inc., Statements of Income,
Years Ended December 31st, 1981 and 1980:
“Donations and bequests: General: $16,044.00, 1908 Total: $156,852.00.”
“Mr. and Mrs. Mark McMillan ceased residence but waived the refund of the
$10,600.00 balance of their payment. The balance was recognized as income in
1980.”
152. Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Friends Home, Inc.,
March 31st, 1982 (Donations in Memory of Anna Hoak):
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“82-20 (2) – Donations amounting to $198.00 given to the Friends Boarding Home
in memory of Anna Hoak have been given to the Friends Boarding Home
Committee for oversight.”
April 28th, 1982 ~The Anna Hoak Fund - $268.00 (Thomas Hill notes on Board
Minutes)
July 28th, 1982 ~ The Anna Hoak Memorial - $303.00 (Thomas Hill notes on
Board Minutes)
July 28th, 1982 ~ A water color of the 1905 Friends Boarding Home painted by
Jane McCulloch is given to the Friends Boarding Home and is hung over the
central fire place.
153. 1982 Report to Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting, July, 1982,
presented by Tom Hill (Comments concerning financial
resources):
“We are confident that the last year has demonstrated an improved stewardship of
our financial resources. While we have received few substantial gifts or bequests,
overall operations showed an excess of income over expenses in 1981.”
154. Friends Boarding Home of Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting of
the Religious Society of Friends, Inc., Statement of Income,
Years Ended December 31st, 1982 and 1981:
“Donations and bequests: General: $1,168.00, 1981 Total: $16,044.00.”
155. Probate Papers of George Riley, February 3rd, 1983, (C. Dale
Rosencrans wants to resign as the Trustee of the George Riley
Trust. The Friends Boarding Home, Inc. petitions Probate
Court for Grace Hockett Prendergast to be the successor
Trustee of the Riley Trust):
Because the Friends Home, Inc. is now the sole beneficiary of the Trust in the
original principal amount of $5,000.00 established by Item 7 of the will of George E.
Riley, the FBH, Inc. petitioned Probate Court of Warren County, Ohio for the
appointment of a successor trustee: Grace Hockett Prendergast, 146 w. Third Street,
P.O. Box 214, Waynesville, Ohio 45068. The assets of the Trust were transferred to
Grace H. Hockett, the amount of $5,576.50.
156. Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Friends Home, Inc.,
March 30th, 1983 (Gift of carpeting for the steps at the 1905
Boarding Home):
“83-15 (2) – Ruth read a very kind letter from Dwight and Glenna Michener who
provided funds to purchase carpeting for the steps of the Boarding Home. Glenna’s
mother, Mrs. Witter is at Quaker Heights and her father, Mr. Witter, has been at
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Quaker Heights and is now at the Boarding home. Dwight and Glenna are very
appreciative of the loving care the Witter’s have received at both residences.”
April 27th, 1983 ~ A microwave oven is also given by the Witter’s family to the
Quaker Heights employees.
Obituary of Lavina Witters (Western Star, April 13th, 1983):
“Lavina M. Witters, 77, a resident of Quaker Heights in Waynesville, died there
Wednesday, April 6th. She was a birthright Quaker and a member of the New
Westville Friends church in Preble County. She was a pianist and Sunday school
teacher there. Surviving are her husband, Glenn, of the Friends Home in
Waynesville; a son, Marvin of New Paris; a daughter, Glenna Michener of
Waynesville; two grandsons, a brother, Robert Breese, and a sister, Minerva
Breese, both of Richmond, Indiana.”
157. Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Friends Home, Inc.,
May 25th, 1983 (Offer of a gift that is rejected):
“83-5 – Two individuals contacted Beulah about giving the proceeds from a ‘bingo
business’ they were interested in starting, to Quaker Heights. After some discussion
it was agreed that Beulah would tell them that we appreciate their considering
Quaker Heights for such a gift, but that because of the Friends principles as regards
gambling, the Board does not wish to have Quaker Heights participate.”
Davis Furnas
1829 ~ April 7th, 1906
Clerk of Miami Monthly Meeting
(Hicksite)
from 1880-1894
Shortly before he died.
Spokesman for the committee from Miami Monthly
Meeting seeking incorporation for the
Friends Boarding Home.
One of the signer (witnesses) of the Charter.
158. Administrator’s Report to Annual Meeting (Beulah Davis),
September 10th, 1983 (The Charter of the Friends Home at
Quaker Heights, see Charter in the Appendix):
“As many of you know, the charter for the Friends
Home has for some time been hanging on the left wall
of the front entrance of Quaker Heights. It was not
easily seen in that location, and quite often visitors
stop to read this document. It was suggested that it be
moved to a more conspicuous location, where it could
be readily seen and read. The re-hanging of this
charter was made possible by William Parker Furnas.
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William has done this in gratitude for the care and
kindness shown his Mother at Quaker Heights, for his
Father, the last living grandson of Davis Furnas, and
for Davis Furnas himself. There will be a light hung
over the charter in the near future, also through the
courtesy of William. ‘Davis Furnas had a special
concern for a home for needy Friends. He carried this
concern to the state authorities where he spoke for a
committee appointed by Miami Monthly Meeting. This
monthly meeting was granted this charter in 1904.’”
The Mary L. Cook Public Library
159. Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Friends Home, Inc.,
November 30th, 1983 (Donation of print, “The Quaker” by Bea
Johnson):
“83-47 (b) – Beulah Davis showed a numbered print entitled “The Quaker” that was
donated by Bea Johnson, in honor of her mother, Jesse Robitzer.”
Jesse L. Robitzer passed away at QH on November 4th, 1977. She was born on June
25th, 1889. She was the widow of Charles Robitzer. She had one daughter Beatrice.
Her SSN was 291-10-0564.
160. Friends Boarding Home of Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting of
the Religious Society of Friends, Inc., Statements of Income,
Years Ended December 31st, 1983 and 1982:
“Donations and bequests: General: $1,372.00, 1982 Total: $1,168.00.”
161. “Brief Notes on the History of FHI,” Revised 4/1999
(Expansion of the dining area and kitchen)
162. Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Friends Home, Inc.,
March 28th, 1984 (Red Brick Meetinghouse apartments
become part of the Cottage Program):
“The Trustees discussed the use of the Red Brick apartments by Cottage Program
residents. Recognizing that the facilities are not as attractive for the elderly as our
other units and that the stairs to the second floor apartment might be difficult for
an older person to handle, the Trustees nonetheless approved allowing participants
in the Cottage Program to rent either of the apartments at a monthly rate of
$100.00 plus utilities plus $60.00 per person per month for each meal taken in the
program.”
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163. Letter from Thomas C. Hill to Robert M. Dean, October 8th,
1984 (concerning Mr. Robert Dean’s Last Will & Testament):
Thomas Hill (Taft, Stettinius & Hollister of Cincinnati) drafted a will for Mr. Robert
M. Dean who intended to leave the residual estate to the Friends Home. Thomas
Hill writes to Mr. Dean saying that as a member or trustee of the Friends Home, it
would not be right for him to proceed as his lawyer. He recommends that Mr. Dean
seek advice from another lawyer in Waynesville. Michael Foley of Waynesville
became his attorney.
164. Friends Boarding Home of Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting of
the Religious Society of Friends, Inc., Statement of Income,
Years Ending December 31st, 1984 and 1983:
“Donations and bequests: General: $533.00, 1983 Total $1,372.00.”
165. Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Friends Home, Inc.,
May 29th, 1985 (The McMillan Fund is used again to help the
1905 Friends Boarding Home):
“The Trustees approved a payment from the McMillan Fund for two weeks rent for
a resident of the Boarding Home who had moved to Quaker Heights and had never
moved back. The trustees gave the Administrator and the Treasurer general
authority to transfer money from the McMillan Fund to the Boarding Home to
subsidize Boarding Home residents who cannot meet the posted room rates.”
166. 1985 Annual Report to the Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting (The
Idea of Developing Assisted Living Facilities):
“The third major area of activity and interest among the Trustees has been the idea
of developing assisted living facilities. Our Cottage Program has not been a
rousing success. We have had wonderful people who have taken up residence in the
Cottage Program, but we have not been able to fill our available housing with
interested people over the age of sixty years. And Friends Home, our oldest
building (in use since 1905), for people who are able to take care of themselves
within the assisted living framework, has not always been full. We have wondered
if the facilities we have are what people want and whether we would be able to
develop more of a retirement community if we had difference facilities. To this end
we have commissioned a feasibility study by a Columbus firm to see if we can get a
clearer idea of whether some different assisted living facilities would make our
program more attractive for more people.”
Also in 1985, the dining area size was doubled and the kitchen was upgraded.
167. Administrator’s Report to Annual Meeting of the Board of
Directors, September 14th, 1985 (Memorial Gifts in response
to the good care given to loved ones at Quaker Heights):
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“The work of our staff was recently recognized by two of our families upon the
death of their loved ones. One family gave us $1,000.00 to be divided equally
among the staff members who had taken care of her sister-in-law, and this resulted
in 34 of our staff receiving $30.00 each. She also gave Quaker Heights a check for
$1,000.00 in memory of her sister-in-law. Another family whose mother was one
of our residents requested that memorial gifts be made to Quaker Heights . . . this
resulted in $955.00 being donated to us. The staff received a beautiful coffee maker
in memory of another or our residents, in appreciation of their care and concern.
We are proud of our facility and feel it is reflected in the care given by our
dedicated staff . . . the type care they give because they are proud to be a part of a
facility as well known as Quaker Heights.”
A VERY HARD DECADE BEGINS FOR FRIENDS HOME, INC.
The decade will see the near loss of accreditation & large financial losses, 1987-1997.
Andy Janovsky becomes Administrator and the Trustees begin to receive extensive
and detailed reports on finances, inspections and personnel.
The insolvent Friends Boarding Home is contracted out to Ernie Lawson.
The first mortgage is paid off and a second undertaken.
The shock of embezzlement in 1995 will lead to a re-structuring and the
establishment of the Executive Director position in 1996-1997.
168. Friends Home, Inc. ~ Annual report 1987 (A year of severe
crisis for Friends Home, Inc., 1986-1987. Quaker Heights
nearly looses its accreditation):
“The year since last yearly meeting has probably been the most challenging year
for Quaker Heights Health Care Center since we opened. A crackdown by the Ohio
Department of Health on nursing homes has resulted in upheavals in many nursing
homes. This created many changes for us and our residents. The changes have
been equally difficult and stressful for our employees who have experienced many
administration and management changes during this past year. Some of the
events are summarized there:
~ Director of Nursing resigned last August
~ All new corporation officers last September
~ New Director of Nursing & Administrator in September and November of
1986
~ Follow-up inspections last October ~ near loss of our Medicare license in
November. Intake restrictions cause census reductions of 15%. Licensure &
Certification restored December 1986, Census is now back to normal.
~ Employees organized and filed with NLRB to create a union and vote in
March 1987 ‘for’ a union. Still negotiating initial contract for one year.
~ The new Administrator resigned in February. Unknown problems inherited,
union activity and the magnitude of the task were the main reasons for his
departure. He advises the trustees to hire a management consultant firm
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specializing in non-profit nursing homes to provide a replacement
Administrator and to assist us in our stressed situation. Hired SHARE, Inc.
~ New Administrator, Andy Janovsky, assumes duties in June.
~ Annual state inspection took place in May. There are still problems in the
Nursing Department. . .
~ Face more state hearings soon regarding our certification.”
Quaker Heights will voluntarily withdraw from the Skilled Nursing Facility
Program to be able to concentrate more fully on rebuilding the organization.
169. Policy on Use of Stored Furniture at Friends Boarding
Home, approved by Friends Home Trustees, January 21st,
1987:
“Furniture stored at the Friends Boarding Home (FBH), while property of FBH or
left by former residents, should be made available for use as needed at other
locations within the Friends Home community, primarily in public places at
Quaker Heights Health Care Center (QHHCC). Traditionally this stored furniture
has been used for new residents of FBH only. Any stored furniture needed for use
outside FBH will be coordinated with the Chair of the Friends Boarding Home
committee. All items moved from FBH will have a record made which will include
the following: two photos (from different angles), comments about the conditions
(especially scars, missing, damaged or broken parts), date of move and new
location. The record will be signed by the Administrator and a representative of
the FBH Committee and the record will be retained in the FBH Committee’s files.
Because much of the furniture has antique value, if loaned furniture is to be
refinished, permission will be obtained from the FBH Committee before any
refinishing occurs and shall be done only with the recommendation of the
committee and approval of the Trustees. If refinished, the borrower will be given
use of the furniture item for at least 2 years. If the FBH needs the furniture, the
borrower will be given four (4) weeks notice of the need. When the furniture is no
longer used/needed, it will be returned to FBH storage. The original record will be
completed with two new photos (dated), notations of repairs/refinishing, etc. and
comments about its general condition (damage, wear & tear, additional parts
missing, etc.) and retained by the FBH Committee. In establishing this policy,
furniture items already at QHHCC on January 1, 1987 will be inventoried and a file
established for each item. The date of inventory will become the initial loan date.”
170. Special Meeting of the Board of Trustees, February 12th,
1987 (Encouraging more Bequests):
“87-30 Reed Smith suggested that we should think about getting bequests and work
toward a Development Foundation from which we could operate on interest.”
Accountant Robert Reed, who was associated with the Friends Care Center in Yellow
Springs, Ohio, recovers back payments from Medicaid.
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171. Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Friends Home, Inc.,
May 27th, 1987 (Donations in memory of Helen Ross who died
April 17th at Quaker Heights):
“Several checks have been received in memory of Helen Ross who died April 17 at
Quaker Heights. These have been deposited in the Memorial fund. Someone of the
QH staff is to acknowledge these gifts.”
172. Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Friends Home, Inc.,
June 24th, 1987 (Fire at the old Friends Boarding Home):
On “June 10th at 10:45 AM, a fire occurred in the outside walk-way of the FBH. It
was caused by a short in the outdoor light switch. Under Rick’s supervision and
help of the staff at FBH, the evacuation of the residents was quick and smooth.
Some residents went to Quaker Heights, some went home with relatives, and some
went home with staff members. The Fire Department responded quickly.”
173. Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Friends Home, Inc.,
August 26th, 1987, (Donation made in memory of Mary Kelly
Farquar):
“Alice W. Farquar from Lakeland, Florida, gave $30.00 in memory of Mary Kelly
Farquar. This goes into the Memorial Fund.”
174. Executive Committee, Friends Home, Inc., October 21st,
1987 (Review the stipulations of the Welch Bequest):
“There was discussion of the importance of determining in the near future the value
of the Welch bequest in order that we not draw down our endowment below the
minimum level consistent with the limitations established in the Martha Welch will.
Tom Hill will do some additional research on what records we have of the securities
actually received from the Welch estate.”
175. Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Friends Home, Inc.,
December 9th, 1987 (Difficulty of finding details of Welch
Bequest and missing stock records):
“87-EC181. Tom Hill reported on the search he had made of the records stored in
the basement of the medical center when looking for details of the Welch Bequest
investments. Andy Janovsky and Seth Furnas will look at some of the more current
files at Quaker Heights to see if the missing stock records may be there.”
The Last Will and Testament of Martha Welch, which gives a full list of her assets at
the time of her death, is located in the Friends Home files in the Watson Library,
Wilmington College.
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176. Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Friends Home, Inc.,
February 10th, 1988 (Policy concerning the corporation’s
stocks):
“Tom Hill reported for the Budget & Finance Committee that the precise details of
the handling of the Corporation’s stocks had been difficult to locate and that it
seemed simplest to adopt a policy of treating all dividends and capital gains on the
Corporation’s stocks as income, with principal to be defined as the specific stock or
other securities given to the Corporation or the value of those securities on the date
of the gift. Because the stocks in the Martha Welch Bequest had essentially all been
converted to other stocks or sold, the budget & Finance committee representatives
present proposed and the Executive Committee agreed to recommend that the
Trustees adopt the following policy on investments:
The Corporation will accept gifts that are restricted to forbid the
expenditure of any principal and maintain such gifts in a separate fund
or funds to be described as ‘endowment.’ All income, including interest,
increasing value due to inflation and ‘capital gains,’ will be available for
support of the Corporation’s operations, and the value of any restricted
gift on the date of the gift will be established as the minimum below
which the principal may not be reduced.
As to the ‘Martha and Tom Welch and Esther W. Southgate Fund,’ the
amount of the original bequest was $207,648. 00, which is to be held for
use only in accordance with the Martha Welch will.”
177. 84th Annual Meeting of Friends Home, Inc., Saturday,
September 10th, 1988 (Revision of Qualifications for Annual
Board Members):
It was recommended by the Trusteeship/Nominations Committee that the Annual
Membership of FHI be opened up to non-Quakers in the local Waynesville
community. It was required that the nominees be residents of Waynesville or that
they work full time in Waynesville.
178. Report to the Mid-Year Meeting, Friends Home
Corporation, March 11th, 1989 (Fate of the 1905 Friends
Boarding Home):
“Friends Boarding Home incurred a loss of $44,930.00 in 1988 (unaudited),
principally due to a low census . . . Continued decline in census suggests that we are
not responding to the market ~ that is, we are not providing the accommodations
and services that people want and need. This situation has led the Trustees, the
Friends Boarding Home Committee, and the Long Range Planning Committee to
inquire into options for the future operations of the Boarding Home. Three options
have been considered:
2.) to cease operations of the facility. This is, from a
sentimental viewpoint, the least desirable option. It
would result in an immediate savings of $45,000.00 per
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year, but would create emotional trauma both for
displaced residents and fro Friends.
3.) To develop alternative housing for the residents of the
Boarding Home, and expand the market by offering more
modern accommodations.
4.) To engage a couple as live-in managers. Financial
projections suggest that this is a feasible alternative, even
at a lower census. Ultimate control of, and responsibility
for, operations, would remain with Friends Home, Inc.
The facility could be operated at break-even, or even at a
modest profit. This option is currently being explored in
tow different formats, and could serve as an interim
arrangement until new housing was developed.”
179. Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Friends Home, Inc.,
June 27th, 1989 (Gift to the Memorial fund in the name of Inez
Spinner):
“89-49 We recently received a contribution of $750.00 to the Memorial Fund, for
Inez Spinner, who died recently. This led to some discussion of whether the
memorial fund is generally known and identified so that families know about it.
The fund is a repository for gifts made in memory of deceased residents, and is to
be used for the benefit of residents. According to Seth Furnas’ records, we had
$6,530.59 in the Memorial Fund on March 31, 1989. We used $600.00 from that
fund on March 18 for the picture project of the Quaker Concerns Committee, and
the large screen TV, purchased earlier, cost about $2,600.00. It was asked that we
bring to the next meeting a clear proposal on the purpose of the Memorial Fund. It
was also suggested that a flier be prepared about this fund.”
Obituary of Inez Spinner (Western Star, May 10th, 1989):
“Inez Spinner, 91, former resident of the Mason area, died Sunday, May 7th at
Quaker Heights Health Center in Waynesville. She was born in Pleasant Plain and
was the widow of Walter Spinner, who died in 1978. Surviving are two daughters,
Dorothy Schutte of Mason and Alverta Grubbs of Mesa, Ariz.; three grandchildren;
four great-grandchildren; and a sister, Sadie Johnson of Lancaster, Cal. Services
were conducted today (Wednesday) at 2 P.M. at Shorten Funeral Home by Rev.
Albert Tomer of Mason United Methodist Church, with burial in Rose Hill
Cemetery. Visitation was one hour preceding. Memorial donations can be made to
Mason United Methodist church.”
180. The Quaker Concerns & Public Relations & Development
Committee (October 1989, The Quaker Quill newsletter):
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“Two committees ~ Quaker Concerns and Public
Relations & Development ~ chaired by Christine Snyder,
have been active during the year and are in process of
working on many projects. Among those in evidence at
the present time are the literature rack containing
pamphlets on various Quaker subjects and 13 Quaker
pictures hanging in the halls of Quaker Heights. The
pictures were framed by Jane and Charles McCulloch at
cost of the materials. Jane also donated 50 copies of her
ink drawing of the meetinghouse which are for sale to
help cover the expense of the materials for the framing.
The committee is also helping the administrator prepare
a brochure which will be coming out in December 1989.”
Christine Hadley Snyder
181. Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Friends Home, Inc.,
January 30th, 1990 (A Bequest from the Riley Estate, separate
from the one which came directly to Friends Home):
“Grace Prendergast is the trustee for a bequest from the Riley Estate (separate
from the one which came directly to Friends Home). The income is to come to
Friends Home Inc. A check for $2,000.00 has been received. Byron Branson will
hold this check until we know the terms of the bequest.”
182. Memorandum from the Treasurer, Byron M. Branson, to
the Friends Home Trustees, February 26th, 1990 (The George
E. Riley Trust):
“Tom Hill has responded to my request for information about this trust. In
summary it was created by item 7 of George Riley’s will. He did not have a copy of
the will but his recollection is that there was no restriction on the corporation’s use
of the income distributed by the Trustee of the Trust. The Trustee is appointed by
the Probate Court of Warren County who must submit a report to the court about
every two years. The most recent arrangement will continue until it terminates
according to its original provisions or the court terminates it upon application of
an interested party. Tom Hill says we are an interested party, and proposes that
we consider the circumstances after he and Grace submit a report to the court,
which is overdue. If the report data supports a claim, we may act as an interested
party to request the court to terminate the Trust as it could be managed with less
expense to the only benefactor (FHC) and if it is deemed consistent with the
testator’s intent.”
183. Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Friends Home, Inc.,
March 27th, 1990 (Ernie Lawson becomes the Resident
Manager of the 1905 Friends Boarding Home):
“Ernie Lawson, the Resident manager of the Boarding Home attended the Trustees
meeting to explain recent problems. Ernie explained how some residents were still
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having trouble accepting the change in management. With regard to antiques
being sold from the third floor, Ernie had Andy’s permission, made a list, which
Andy has, and deposited the funds in proper accounts.”
Ernie Lawson became manager of the 1905 Friends Boarding Home in 1989 through
his company Adult Care Options Management (ACOM). The FBH would now serve
as a residential/group home for adults with mental retardation and mental illness.
ACOM was contracted to operate the Friends Boarding Home up until 1999. Ernie
Lawson also leased the following residential house properties: 99 Edwards Street
and 39 Edwards Street.
184. Friends Boarding Home of Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting of
the Religious Society of Friends, Inc. Statements of Support,
Revenue & Expenses for the Years Ended December 31st, 1990
and 1989:
“Donations & Bequests: $1,560.00 (QH), $2,000.00 (FBH), Total $3,560.00 The
1989 Total was $4,454.00.”
In 1990 the first mortgage is paid off.
185. Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Friends Home, Inc.,
January 26th, 1991 (The Dean Estate):
“Settlement of the Dean Estate, for which we are the beneficiaries, is expected soon,
perhaps in May.”
The Robert McKensie Dean Estate, E010299 Estate, 10/26/1990:
“Item III: I give devise and bequeath all of my estate, both real and personal,
wheresoever situated, to the Friends Boarding Home of the Ohio Valley Yearly
Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. I direct that this bequest be deposited
in the assistance fund.”
His tangible personal property amounted to $2,644.82. His intangible personal
property was valued at $232,028.48. Total: $234,673.30. He had U.S. Savings
Bonds amounting to $67,457.40.
Robert McKenzie Dean was born October 10, 1906 in Salineville, Ohio. He died at
the age of 84 on October 15th, 1990 at 12:30 P.M. His S. S. number was 293-34-4015.
He was living on North Street in Waynesville, Warren County, Ohio. He was a
retired farmer. He had never married. His death certificate number is 079750. His
father was Frank Ernest Dean (b. 1870). His mother was Helen McKenzie Dean
(1875-1953). He had one sister Martha Helen Dean. In 1910 the family was living in
Toledo, Ward 7, Lucas County, Ohio. In 1920 the family was living in Greene
County, Ross Township, Ohio. In 1930 Robert is listed in the census as living with
his parents on the farm in Greene County.
Obituary of Robert Dean (Western Star, October 17th, 1990):
“Robert M. Dean, 84, of 549 North Street in Waynesville died Monday, October
15th. He was a retired farmer and a member of the Jamestown Presbyterian
Church. Survivors include two cousins, Catherine Dean and Annabell Dean, both of
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Jamestown. Graveside services will be held at 2 P.M. Friday, October
at
Woodland Cemetery in Xenia. Stubbs-Conner Funeral Home in Waynesville is
handling local arrangements.”
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186. The Friends Home Register, July 19th, 1991:
One of the last entries: “A temporary license has been granted by the State of Ohio
to operate as an adult group home.”
187. The 87th Annual Meeting, September 14th, 1991 (The Robert
Dean Estate):
“Robert Dean made Friends Home the major beneficiary of his will. The
corporation has received a check for $150,000 plus a large number of U. S. Saving
Bonds. These will be redeemed in the best way to avoid large taxes, which should
bring the total to between $210,000.00 and $220,000.00. This money goes to the
‘Assistance Fund’ according to the will. The greatly increased size of this fund
made it necessary to clarify its uses. Because of Medicaid procedures it is difficult
to render assistance to most individuals. Uses for the Assistance Fun are: (1)
Projects to help groups of residents, (2) Expenses that ‘fall through cracks’ of
reimbursement and (3) emergency needs where a quick response is required (often
repayment will be made to the fund).”
188. Another Appraisal of the Antiques in the 1905 Friends
Boarding Home is made by the St. Augustine Emporium in
Waynesville, Ohio, August 1st, 1991:
Eleven pages of antique items are appraised by Jo Ann Hass. There were 252 pieces.
189. Friends Boarding Home of Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting of
the Religious Society of Friends, Inc. Statements of Support,
Revenue & Expenses for the Years Ended December 31st, 1991
and 1990:
“Donations & bequests: Quaker Heights: $2,873.00 FBH: $217,750.00 Total:
$220,623.00. 1990: $3,560.00.” (Report reflects the Dean bequest.)
190. Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Friends Home, Inc.,
March 21st, 1992 (The Margaret Hadley Memorial Fund used
in the 1905 Friends Boarding Home):
“A portion of the $410.00 received from the Margaret Hadley Memorial Fund will
be used to purchase a framed print of the White Brick Meeting House; the rest will
be used to purchase serving pitchers or a rocking chair. A plaque, noting the
source of the contribution, will be attached to some of the items.”
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Margaret Cook Hadley was born on August
1912 in Warren Co. and died
February 5th, 1992 at 6 P.M. at Kettering Medical Center at the age of 79 years. She
had been a bank teller. She was a widow (Donald L. Hadley). Death Certificate
012409, S. S. # 301-34-0302.
8th,
Obituary of Margaret Cook Hadley (Western Star, February 12th, 1992):
“Margaret C. Hadley, 79, of North Street, Waynesville, died Wednesday, Feb. 5 at
Kettering Medical Center. Mrs. Hadley was a retired teller for Peoples Savings and
Loan in Waynesville. She was a birthright member of the Miami Monthly Meeting
of Friends. She was also a member of Miami Chapter OES, Progressive Women’s
Club and the Waynesville Historical Society. She served on the Board of Trustees
for the Friends Home. She was preceded in death by her husband, Donald L., in
August 1973 and her brother Ernest Cook, in October 1990. Surviving are her
daughter, Donna Markley of Lebanon; one brother, Warren Cook of Oregonia, one
sister, Ruth Doster of Englewood; two grandchildren and one-great grandson.
Funeral services were held Saturday, Feb. 8 at the Stubbs-Conner Funeral Home in
Waynesville. Burial was in Miami Cemetery in Corwin.”
In 1979 Margaret Hadley lived at 374 Miami Street, Waynesville, Ohio 45068 (List of
Friends Home, Inc. Trustees).
Memorial of Margaret Hadley, a “minute of appreciation” (Friends Home, Inc.
Meetings of Trustees, May 26th, 1992):
“ 92-21 The Presiding Clerk presented a minute of appreciation for Margaret
Hadley: ‘Margaret Hadley was employed for many years at the Friends Boarding
Home (FBH) before she was on the Board. She was Corporation Secretary for
many years, including the years when Quaker Heights Nursing Home was being
constructed. She continued to serve on the Board of Trustees form many years and
on the Friends Boarding Home Committee until her death. Her presence will be
missed by all Board members, Staff, and Residents.”
191. Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Friends Home, Inc.,
May 26th, 1992 (Robert Dean’s Bonds are not yet cashed & a
Minute of Appreciation for Margaret Hadley & the Donation of
a Sewing Machine to the FBH):
“The Corporation will pay the income tax on the Saving Bonds for the period from
which Mr. Robert Dean owned them. The bonds have not been cashed yet because
they are earning an acceptable interest.”
“The Presiding Clerk presented a minute of appreciation for Margaret Hadley:
‘Margaret was employed for many years at the Friends Boarding Home before she
was on the Board. She was Corporation Secretary for many years, including the
years when Quaker Heights Nursing Home was being constructed. She continued
to serve on the Board of Trustees for many years and on the Friends Boarding
Home Committee until her death. Her presence will be missed by all Board
members, Staff, and Residents.’”
“The Boarding Home Committee reported that the Waynesville Progressive
Women’s Club has donated the use of a sewing machine to the Boarding Home.”
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192. Minutes of the Board of Trustees of Friends Home, Inc.,
September 29th, 1992 (Donation made by the Chapman
Family):
“Any called the Trustees’ attention to the enclosed letter thanking the Chapman
family for their monetary donation. (Mary Chapman was the first patient admitted
to Quaker Heights.) Andy recommended that the donation be used as ‘seed money’
to refurbish the 400 hall lounge.”
193. “History of Friends Home, Inc.” (The Mortgage on Quaker
Heights refinanced in 1992):
“At the insistence of the FmHA, the mortgage on Quaker Heights was refinanced in
1992. Society Bank refinanced at a rate of 6½% for the first ten years. An
additional $400,000.00 was borrowed to renovate resident rooms.”
194. Friends Boarding Home Committee Minutes, February 10th,
1993 (Mission Statement for the FBH Committee):
“The Friends Boarding Home Committee is a committee for communication
between Friends Home, Inc. Trustees and Adult Care Options Management, Inc. to
maintain Quaker principles and philosophy in the operation of the Friends
Boarding Home. The committee also helps maintain continuity between other
programs of our Retirement Community and the Friends Boarding Home.”
195. The 1905 Friends Boarding Home in 1992 lost $20,000.00
and seeks to be Licensed as an Adult Group Home):
In 1993, the Board of Trustees was generally pleased with the management of Ernie
Lawson of the 1905 FBH even though the FBH is still in debt every year. Mr.
Lawson, who is a student at Miami University working on a degree in sociology and
Gerontology, and his wife, and a maintenance person manage the Home. They are
renovating the basement which will make room for 22 boarders. The State of Ohio
Department of Health issued a License #9055-AGH for an Adult Group Home for 16
residents in 1993. Mr. Lawson also wants to be licensed as a Rest Home.
196. Letter from Adult Care Options Management, Inc., March
11th, 1993 to the Clerk of Friends Home Corporation (Policy
concerning donations giving to the Friends Boarding Home):
“Dear Sir, it is the policy of ACOM that any donations received at the Friends Home
shall be considered the property of Friends Home Corporation. Items received will
be logged and the Boarding Home Committee informed of the donations. Monetary
donations will be noted and forwarded to the Treasurer of Friends Home
Corporation. Ernie Lawson, President of ACOM.”
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197. Friends Home, Inc. Meeting of Trustees, July
1993
(Bookcase and books donated in the name of Mary Chapman):
20th,
“The construction of a bookshelf and $200.00 for books were donated in the name
of Mary Chapman, the first resident of Quaker Heights.”
198. Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Committee,
October 10th, 1993 (Donation to the FBH from the Mary L.
Cook Public Library):
“Library donated the VCR and movies free.”
199. Friends Home, Inc. Meeting of Trustees, January 25th, 1994
(The Riley Trust Fund):
“Years ago when Grace Prendergast was corporation treasurer she was named
administrator of a $5,00o.00 Riley Trust fund on behalf of Friends Home, Inc.
Dividends and interest have not been transferred to the corporation for some time
now. The trustees agreed to request Tom Hill to pursue the transfer of this fund
directly to the corporation.”
200. Friends Boarding Home Committee, March 11th, 1994
(Friends Boarding Home attic sale):
“Attic Sale with Miami Monthly Meeting having an option to examine items before
sale.”
“A rummage sale of items in the attic was suggested. Choice items have been
removed, and we need to clear the space. Proceeds could go toward either
landscaping or recreation” (Friends Home, Inc. Meeting of Trustees, March 29th,
1994).
201. Friends Home, Inc. Meeting of Trustees, March 29th, 1994
(Stock from Esther Underwood Doster & Tom Hill has been
asked to resolve the Riley Trust Fund):
“Seth Furnas presented the treasurer’s report. 300 shares of D.P.& L. stock from
Esther Doster have been invested in the Bartlett Account, and in additional 150
shares will be invested there. The Assistance Fund, in addition to the Doster gift,
consists of $113,000.00 in a Society Bank Savings Account.”
Esther Doster died 14 years after her gift of Dayton Power & Light Stock. Esther and
William Doster would also later purchase $1,000.00 worth of Bonds in 1970.
Doster, Esther Ruth - Death Notice - DOSTER, Esther Ruth 105, of Wilmington,
Thurs. Oct. 23, 2008. Memorial service 2 P.M. Tues., Oct. 28, Jonahs Run Baptist
Church, . . . Published in the Dayton Daily News on 10/25/2008.
Obituary of Esther Underwood Doster (The Western Star, October 30th, 2008):
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“Esther Ruth Underwood Doster, 105, died October
2008, at Clinton Memorial
Hospital, Wilmington, Ohio. She is preceded in death by her father and mother
Daniel Bailey Underwood and Wilhelmina Hahn Doster. She was born March 29th,
1903 on her father’s farm on Brimstone Road, Chester Twp., Clinton County.
Esther is also preceded in death by her husband William Sexton Doster; sisters and
brothers-in-law Sara Braddock, Ada Grace Braddock and Ruby Dale Wilde. She
grew as a member of the Miami Quaker Meeting and later a member of Jonah’s
Run Baptist Church. She also belonged to Tau Theta Chi Sorority, Progress Club,
Daughters of the American Colonists, Harveysburg Book Review, Women’s
Christian Temperance Union, Anti-Cant Society; Ohio State Retired Teacher’s
Association. She taught school in four counties, from the one room school house to
most recently teaching in the Clint-Massie School district until her retirement. She
received her teaching certificate from Wilmington College; she also received and
held a Life Teaching Certificate. She is survived by sons and daughters-in-law, Dr.
D. Howard (Barbara) Doster of Waynesville, Ohio; Dr. W. Robert (Mary Lou)
Doster, Buckeye, Arizona, John Underwood (Carol) Doster, Waynesville, Ohio,
Jane (Doug) Strecker, Medical Lake, Washington. Also surviving her are her
grandchildren David (Cindy) Doster, Daniel (Melody) Doster, Susan Doster, Anne
(Travis) Doster Glaze; Karen (Shawn) Dunivant, Diane Doster, William C.
(Tammy) Doster, Stephen Doster, Debra (Richard) Hovey, Alison (Stephen)
Crombie, Amy Doster, Amanda Doster, and 20 great grandchildren. Also several
other nieces and nephews. Graveside Services 10 AM Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
in the Miami Cemetery, Corwin, Ohio., Memorial Services 2 PM Tuesday, October
28th, 2008 at Jonah’s Run Baptist Church, 9614 SR 73,Wayensvile, Ohio, both under
the direction of Reynolds-Smith Funeral Home, 327 N. South St., Wilmington, Ohio,
Pastor Roger Hilbert officiating. Friends may call at the Funeral Home Monday 58 PM. Memorial Contributions to Quaker Friendly Center, 290 Prairie Ave.,
Wilmington, Ohio 45177 or Jonah’s Run Baptist Church, 9614 St. Rt. 73,
Waynesville, Ohio 45068 or Waynesville Friends, % Quaker Heights Care
Community, 514 W. High Street, Waynesville, Ohio 45068. For more information
or to sign the registry of condolences visit www.smithandsonsfuneralhomes.com.”
23rd,
“Tom Hill has been contacted about the administration of the Riley Trust Fund, and
requests this fund be transferred directly to the corporation.”
202. Friends Home, Inc. Meeting of Trustees, September 27th,
1994 (Donations in memory of Jo Ann Howard):
“Two checks were received into the Memorial Fund in remembrance of Mrs. Jo Ann
Howard, a resident at the Boarding Home.”
Friends Home, Inc. Treasurer Report, September 27th, 1994: “I received two checks
in memory of Jo Ann Howard, one from Russell Craft for $20.00 and the other
from Mr. & Mrs. Herman Chester for $25.00. They have been deposited in the
Quaker Heights Memorial Fund.”
203. Friends Home, Inc. Meeting of Trustees, November 29th,
1994, Draft of Minutes (Request for the picture of Samuel
Battin):
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“The granddaughter of the first clerk of Friends Home (Samuel Battin) has
requested that his photograph be given to her. The photograph (now in Friends
Home) has special meaning to her and should not be discarded. The board notes
her request, but believes the picture should be retained as a part of the history of
the institution. The Board approves that a copy of the photograph be sent with a
cover letter from the clerk explaining our action.”
204. Friends Home Corporation Board of Trustees, March 29th,
1995, (Final report concerning the Riley Bequest):
“Bud Furnas presented the Treasurer’s Report (see attached Treasurer’s Report
dated March 29th, 1995). The Warren Co. Probate Court has issued a final ruling
on the Riley Estate fund. The principal and accumulated interest from that fund
was deposited in the Friends Home account 10Feb.1995.”
Treasurer’s Report ~ March 29th, 1995: “On Feb. 10th, 1995 Grace
Prendergast and Tom Hill deposited the Riley Trust ($5,000.00) and
interest ($1,234.59) to the Friends Home, Inc. I have not put this money
in the Bartlett yet as I am not sure as to where to put the interest. This
has been a long procedure with the Warren Co. Probate Court and is now
final. Seth E. Furnas”
205. Letter to the Trustees from Andy Janovsky, May 22nd, 1995
(Discovery of Large Embezzlement):
Andy Janovsky announces to the Trustees the discovery of a major embezzlement by
a trusted employee who had worked at QH since 1990. $263,000.00 was embezzled.
“Nursing home clerk indicted”, Dayton Daily News, Wednesday, June 21, 1995:
“A payroll clerk at a Waynesville nursing home was indicted on an aggravated
theft charge after being accused of stealing more than $250,000 from her
employer. Stephanie Stackhouse, 45, of Wilmington was indicted on one count of
aggravated theft by a Warren County grand jury, County Prosecutor Tim Oliver
said. Stackhouse was charged with stealing at least $280,000 between June 1993
and May 1995 from the Quaker Heights Nursing Home. ‘She falsified overtime
records so that (money was) paid to her, but the overtime was charged to
individual employees.’ Oliver said. Andy Janovsky, administrator of Quaker
Heights said, ‘We have reassured the residents and their families that there hasn’t
and won’t be a reduction of services.’”
Andy Janovsky offered to resign but his resignation was not accepted by the
Executive Meeting even though questions concerning his administrative ability were
increasing due to his possible mismanagement of multiple complaints and
allegations of sexual harassment made against some QH supervisors by employees.
206. Senior Health and Fitness Fair, held at the Quaker Heights
Health Center for the first time on May 31st, 1995 from 10 AM
to 2 PM.
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207. 91st Annual Meeting of Friends Home, Inc., September 9th,
1995 (Report on the Embezzlement):
“From late 1992 until May of this year, payroll clerk Stephanie Stackhouse had
embezzled $275,000.00 from our payroll account. When employee withholding and
employer taxes are added in, the amount reached almost $360,000.00. The reason
why this scheme happened is sloppy management and poor controls. The payroll
clerk had access to the signature stamp and reconciled the payroll account herself.
In addition, the Quaker Heights payroll varies widely in hours worked and
bonuses. The amounts embezzled were initially small and increased incrementally.
There was never a precipitous increase in the amount of payroll. Andy noted three
specific steps he had taken to insure that this series of events will not reoccur.
Stephanie Stackhouse was indicted in early June for theft in office. Her trial is set
for November 3rd. Friends Home, Inc. will file a civil suit against Stephanie seeking
recovery. We are insured $50,000.00. This amount along with tax refunds could
provide up to $130,000.00 in cash recovered. On the other hand, we will amend
out cost reports to Medicaid and could lose as much as $90,000.00 withheld from
their payments in upcoming periods.”
The Board of Trustees chose the Cincinnati firm Maple Knoll Management, Inc. to
conduct a study of QH business methods. It will not evaluate the quality of the
nursing care as well as the administrative structure of QH. Their report will be
completed in early 1996.
208. 91st Annual Meeting of Friends Home, Inc., September 9th,
1995 (Report on Funds):
“The Friends Home Assistance fund (with Key Corp.) is $121,876.00, a gain of
$11,559 in 10 months. The accounts in Society Bank in Waynesville include the
Memorial Fund ($5,034.00), Assistance Fund ($8610.00) and checking account
($5,319.00). The Assistance Fund includes a $5,000.00 gift from Miami Monthly
Meeting.”
209. Friends Home Corporation Meeting of Trustees, November
29th, 1995 (Report on U. S. Saving Bonds which were a gift of
the Estate of Robert Dean):
“Seth and Jim Crane went to Society Bank, Waynesville, to examine and report on
the U.S. Savings bonds that are being held in a lock box. The bonds were a gift of
the Estate of Robert Dean in October, 1990. They are all thirty year bonds; the first
one will mature in 2004. The bonds are earning approximately 8% annually, and
have a current, (10-31-95) value of $96,548.24.”
210. Letter from Andy Janovsky to Trustees of FHC, January 5th,
1996 (Stephanie Stackhouse is sentenced):
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“Judge Bronson sentenced her to four to fifteen years in Marysville, beginning right
away. No probation. . . Stephanie expressed remorse, but there was no indication
of where the money has gone.”
211. Friends Home Corporation meeting of Trustees, February
28th, 1996 (Update concerning Stephanie Stackhouse):
“”Stackhouse filed an answer to our civil suit. We must prove our case because she
pled ‘nolo contendere’ at her trial. The answer simply denied all allegations. We
will have to take the case to trial to obtain judgment.”
212. Friends Home Corporation Meeting of Trustees, March
27th, 1996 (Martha Welch Bequest):
“John Jagodzinski addressed the Board with questions arising from the audit by
Clark, Schaefer, Hackett & Co. A review of the assets of Friends Home, Inc.
revealed some ambiguity with regard to the bequest of Martha Welch. The April
1959 will predates Quaker Heights, but the bequest was used as collateral when the
Nursing Home was built. Paragraph VIII of the will seems to indicate restrictions
on use. Half of the $207,000.00 bequest could be used for construction, but the
other half should go to an endowment fund. Only the income of the endowment
fund would be used by Friends Home, Inc. The Board minuted that $105,000.00 of
the Martha Welch bequest be specifically named as a memorialized fund, and that
the remainder be available as unrestricted funds.”
213. Friends Home Corporation Meeting of Trustees, June 26th,
1996 (Pastoral Counseling for the Friends Boarding Home):
“Christine Snyder presented a concern about sharing a pastoral counseling
structure with other facilities in Clinton County. She introduced Elisabeth
Hangartner who is beginning a pastoral counseling program at Friends Boarding
Home with a staff of student interns from Earlham School of Religion. Larry
Barker is familiar with the program and proposed the following minute:
‘Recognizing the need to care for the whole person, Friends Boarding Home of the
Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, Inc., believes it is in
good order to allocate $10,000.00 from the Assistance Fund to Elisabeth
Hangartner or her designee to liberate her to provide counseling and other services
to the residents, families of residents, and stag.’
“Elizabeth spoke to her vision of responding to the spiritual needs of residents in
institutions that provide little more than board and room. She commented that a
funding level of $30,000.00 would suffice. She had hoped that 2/3rds of this
amount would come from County Recovery Services moneys, and 1/3rd from
Quaker heights. When recovery Services dropped out, she decided to present her
vision to the Board and ask for their input. She feels that counseling services are
needed at Friends Boarding Home, but cannot continue without a long term
commitment for an additional $20,000.00.”
Andy suggested seeking grant money. He noted that some grants have fast turn
around times. Larry thought there may be moneys available from sources within
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Wilmington Yearly Meeting. The Board concluded that as a group it is favorable to
the concept, but not at the $30,000.00 level.”
214. Olive Branch Pastoral Care & Counseling Service is
contracted by Quaker Heights, September 1st, 1996:
Olive Branch Pastoral Care & Counseling Service is sponsored by Chester and
Wilmington Friends Meetings is a program committed to making loving and
compassionate care available to persons living in Friends facilities in South Western
Ohio. Olive Branch ministers belong to the College of Chaplains or the American
Association for Clinical Pastoral Education. Residents or interns of the Kettering
Medical Center Pastoral Ministry Program involved in the program will be
supervised by Kettering Medical Center. This program costs $10,000.00 a year.
THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR OF QUAKER HEIGHTS ~ 1997
215. Annual Board of Friends Home Corporation, 93rd Meeting,
April 19th, 1997 (Martha Welch Bequest & the Restructuring of
Friends Home, Inc. with the Establishment of the Friends
Home Foundation, Incorporated):
“He (Seth Furnas) noted that the Martha Welch bequest required special handling
in keeping with her last wishes.”
The Friends Home Corporation (the over-all board) will have three sub-boards
operating:
~Quaker Heights Nursing Home Division for the nursing home
~Boarding Home and Other Properties Division for the Boarding home and all
other properties
~Outreach Services Division will administer future new services.
“The mission of Friends Home Foundation shall be:
~to encourage and receive gifts, bequests, and donations, and to conduct fundraising activities consistent with the testimonies of the Religious Society of
Friends
~to provide responsible stewardship of the funds and assets of the Foundation
To responsibly disburse funds in furtherance of the mission of Friends Home of
Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, Incorporated.”
The assets contained in the Friends Home Foundation, Inc. are the Assistance Fund
and the Bartlett & Co. Account (The Endowment Fund which had been transferred
from the Key Trust Account):
~The Assistance Fund (substantially increased by the Robert Dean Bequest of
1990) had been used during the previous year (1996) to fund the final two
payments of the Pastoral Care Program and used to pay for the Garden at
Quaker Heights. As of December
$214,432.98.
31st,
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1997, the Assistance Fund had a value of
~The Endowment Fund is managed by Bartlett & Co. beginning in 1997 has a
value of $1,590,742.00. The restricted fund of the Martha Welch Bequest is in
this account.
216. Waynesville Gazette, vol. No. 1, Issue 17, Friday, July 4,
1997 (Rededication Renews Quaker Heights Service Mission,
June 28th, 1997 from 2-5 PM):
“The Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting of the religious Society of Friends strengthened its
ministry to the elderly and chronically ill during Rededication of Quaker Heights
Nursing Home at Waynesville on Saturday, June 28th. Byron Branson welcomed
all who were in attendance to the dedication ceremonies of the 25th anniversary
stating that this would be a short and fast moving rededication program. Branson
state that he attended the first dedication ceremony of Quaker Health Care Center.
He was master of ceremonies for that dedication and is happy to be here for its 25th
rededication. Judy Moore from the Olive Branch Pastoral Counseling and Quaker
Heights chaplain gave the Invocation, blessing the nursing stag, health care
workers, Kitchen personnel, construction workers and administration.
Branson then gave introductions and greetings to special guests asking them to
show their hands as he called the names ~ Marjorie Schenk (who came back from
Florida to be here) was the first Executive Director of the local chamber of
commerce, Pam and Dave Allen9Not in attendance) she being the current Executive
Director. Of the Friends Home Inc. trustees of 1972 only three remain: Seth Furnas,
Grace Prendergast and himself.”
During the ceremonies, two Quaker Heights employees were honored for their long
time service: Betty Bumgardner and Joyce Harrison who had worked at the nursing
home since its opening. Tours of the facility and the old Friends Boarding Home and
the meetinghouses were offered. Cake, Punch and ice cream were served.
A major refurbishment of the entrance, reception area, nurses’ station, dining room,
and common room was finished in time for the open house celebration.
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217. The Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting (FGC) Yearly Meeting, the
177th Annual Session held at Earlham College, Richmond,
Indiana, August 3rd, 1997:
There is an extensive report on the re-structuring of Quaker Heights included in the
annual report as well as the detailing of other positive activities during the year:
Refurbishing of entrance and reception area
New office area lay out
Networking computer system established
Fire detection and alarm system put into operation
Major roof repairs
A garden, pergola and fountain are built with the help of the Assistance
Fund.
218. The Friends Boarding Home of the Ohio Valley Yearly
Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, Inc., Statements
of Activities, Year Ended December 31st, 1997:
“Donations and bequests: Quaker Heights: $3,660.00.”
219. Friends Home Corporation Meeting of Trustees, May 20th,
1998 (Strategic Planning Committee):
“Strategic Planning Committee: Written report of the committee was presented.
The first recommendation of the committee, to hire an Interim Executive Director
immediately, was held for the end of the meeting. The committee recommends that
Trustees develop an annual calendar for the entire organization which details
tasks, deadlines and accomplishments for all committees and administrative
individuals.
Trustees approved.
Finally the committee recommended the
publication of an organization newsletter which will be distributed to the Annul
Board, monthly meetings of OVYM, Wilmington Yearly Meetings and others
concerned with the mission of Friends Home. This task will be the responsibility of
the Interim Executive Director Trustees approved this recommendation.”
Lawrence (Larry) B. Douglas was invited to apply for the position of Interim
Executive Director. He was hired full time in this position which officially began
July 1, 1998.
220. “Brief Notes on the History of FHI,” Revised 4/1999 (The
development of a strategic plan for Quaker Heights, the
“Little Miami Plan” in 1998):
By 1998 the Trustees, the Annual Board Members, and the staff had worked together
to plan and implement a strategic plan for the organization, which included an
increase in services, geographic expansion, community outreach, and the creation of
an Executive Director position. The plan was known as the “Little Miami Plan” with
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a service area that covered four counties. Bill Ciferri of Maple Knoll Management
was their consultant. In May 1996 Mr. Ciferri had conducted one retreat and nine
planning cessions with members of the corporate board. There were three phases to
the implementation of the Little Miami Valley Plan:
Step I: The establishment and hiring of an interim Executive Director
Step 2: The streamlining of the organization and improvement in
communications
Step 3: Establishment of outreach programs, i.e. a Little Miami Senior
Community Center.
221. Friends Home Corporation Meeting of Trustees, July 15th,
1998 (The old Waynesville School which had also been the site
of The Mary L. Cook Public Library for a time is considered a
possible senior citizen center to incorporate into the mission
of Quaker Heights ~ “The Little Miami Senior Community
Center”):
“Larry Douglas submitted a report on his discussions with the American Legion
about the use of the Mary L. Cook Library (The old school across from the FBH). It
was noted that the Village o Waynesville completed a plan with the American
legion to convert the school into an office building. The cost of the renovation was
$600,000.00. The American Legion backed out of the plan after further
consideration. They indicated that they wanted to use the building for community
purposes and yet not lose control of the facility. Larry noted that our costs might
be less as the renovation could take place over a longer time period.”
“New Business: Milton Cook requested that the Memorial fund be used to buy
labels to be placed on the stuffed pheasants given to Quaker Heights by Max Bailey.
Christine Snyder also noted that the Quaker Concerns Committee has objects to
label.”
Max Bailey was a Trustee of Friends Home, Inc.
222. “Brief Notes on the History of FHI,” Revised 4/1999 (Larry
Douglas is hired as Interim Executive Director but is then
tragically killed):
1998 ~ Larry Douglas is hired as interim Executive Director to implement the new
strategic plan for Quaker Heights. His temporary office was in an upstairs room at
Miami Monthly Meeting. Andy Janovsky resigns as Administrator. However, while
vacationing, Larry Douglas is killed. Andy Janovsky continues at FHI as Interim
Executive Director. Brenda Moore is hired as the QH administrator.
A Memorial/Obituary of Larry Douglas (Christine H. Snyder Papers):
“It is with great sadness that Friends Home, Inc. says good-bye to our Interim
Executive Director, Larry Douglas. In early October, Larry and his wife Phyllis
were vacationing in Michigan. Posing on a scenic cliff for a photograph, Larry lost
his balance, falling into the deep waters of Lake Superior. Authorities later found
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him 35 feet under wat4r. His energy and many talents are a great loss to our
organization.
“Larry worked tirelessly to unite the several parts of Friends Home, Inc. into a
financial and cooperative whole, visiting with committees, volunteering time and
effort to bring their vision into reality. Larry brought a vision of his own to
Friends Home, Inc., a vision of growth to better serve the aging population of
Waynesville and Warren County.
“Larry started at Quaker Heights, working as a secretary after a mid-life change of
careers that led him away from accounting. Larry had returned to school to earn
licensure as a Nursing Home administrator. With this combination of talents in
accounting and administration, Larry was quickly promoted to Interim Director.
In his sort tenure with Friends, Larry also organized a men’s social group at
Quaker Heights. May he rest in peace.”
223. Funeral of Larry Douglas in the manner of Friends (October
14th, 1998):
“The loss of Larry Douglas is difficult on a personal basis and for the ongoing
development of Friends Home inc. Trustees continue to grieve as does Larry’s
family and friends. Miami Monthly Meeting will host and sponsor a Memorial
Service for Larry Douglas. Although Larry was not a member of the Religious
Society of Friends, he felt very close to Friends and Miami Meeting. His wife has
requested that the Memorial Meeting be conducted at the White Brick Meeting
House in the manner of Friends. The Memorial Meeting is scheduled for
Wednesday, Tenth Month, 14th, 1998 at 7:30 PM at the White Brick Meeting House.
Preceding the Memorial Meeting there will be a tree planting in the front area of
Quaker Heights Nursing Home at 7:00 PM in memory of Larry Douglas.”
224. Friends Home Corporation Meeting of Trustees, October
21st, 1998 ( Memorial Minute for Larry Douglas & the Quaker
Historical District on the National Historic Register):
“Larry Douglas officially met with the Board of Trustees on 15 October, 1997 and
agreed to advise us on business and accounting procedures. In January the Board
sponsored a six session seminar on strategic planning. Larry quickly grasped the
importance of strategic planning to Friends Home and began to incorporate the
principles into a revised organizational structure. By June it was obvious that we
needed expert and dedicated guidance to define a viable future for our ministry.
Larry’s tenure as Interim Executive Director officially began in July. By then his
extraordinary organizational skill and personal drive began to generate a sense of
momentum to Friends Home. He had begun to articulate a vision of expanded
service to the aging and chronically ill. A fitting memorial to Larry Douglas will be
to carry out the direction of his vision in needed services to the people of the Little
Miami Valley.”
“Milton Cook reported that the Boarding Home Committee had met. The boarding
home is included in the ‘Quaker Historical District.’ The district is now on the
National Historic Register and also includes the white Brick Meetinghouse of
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Miami Monthly Meeting, the Red Brick Meetinghouse and graveyard. An open
house is scheduled for November 22nd, 1998.”
225. Friends Home Inc. ~ November 10th, 1998 Report from
John Keyes to Finance Committee FHI and Trustees FHF
(Donations in Memory of Larry Douglas & the Cashing of
Bonds from the Dean Estate):
“Ten donations in memory of Larry Douglas have been received, as of November 5,
Thank you notes have been mailed. Total value of donations is $550.00.”
“Milton Cook and John Keyes inspected the savings bonds of the Assistance Fund
that are located in the bank deposit box. Mike Foley has been asked to obtain a
copy of the will and death certificate of the donor (Dean). Then the bonds will be
cashed by the bank and a check issued to The Friends Boarding Home of the Ohio
Valley Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Milton Cook maintains
the checking account of this organization. Milton will deposit the check from the
bank. Then a check will be issued to Friends Home Foundation, Inc. The check will
be deposited into the Society checking account. Then a check will be issued to
custodian Legg-Mason-Bartlett.”
226. The Friends Boarding Home of the Ohio Valley Yearly
Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, Inc.,
Consolidated Statements of Activities, Years Ended December
31st, 1998 and 1997:
“Donations and bequests: Quaker Heights: $4,877.00, Friends Home Foundation:
$1,155.00, 1998: $6,032.00, 1997: Quaker Heights: $3,660.00.”
The $1155.oo donation was given to Friends Home Foundation in memory of the late
Larry Douglas.
227. “Brief Notes on the History of FHI,”
Revised 4/1999 (A feasibility study for
assisted living is commissioned and
Wendy Waters-Connell becomes the new
FHI Executive Director.)
In May (5th month 3rd) of 1999 Wendy Waters-Connell
became the C. E. O. and is charged with coordinating the
development of an Assisted Living Facility with child day
care and a community center.
Wendy Waters-Connell
228. Friends Home Inc., Meeting of Trustees, May 26th, 1999
(Ernie Lawson plans to move clients in FBH to a new facility):
“Under new business, Wendy reported that Ernie Lawson plans to move the
Boarding Home’s present clients to a new facility north of Waynesville, and change
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the Boarding Home to private pay housing for low-income seniors. Ernie’s lease is
month-to-month, and his rent is now two months overdue. Quaker Concerns might
review Ernie’s plans to be sure they comply with our mission. We also mentioned
the possibility of converting the Boarding Home to a Quaker museum and office
space for Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting and other Quaker Groups.”
229. Summary of Executive Director Activity, July 28th 1999
(The Dean Bond “Saga”):
“I received a letter last week from the Department of the Treasury indicating that
the photocopy of the Final Account for the estate of Robert M. Dean is not
acceptable and the Department is requiring a court order or the decree of
distribution to be certified by the clerk of the court, under court seal. Additionally,
the death certificates must also be certified or sworn to by the state, under seal. I
have an appointment with Mike Foley on Tuesday, 7-27-99, to expedite this request
I have already sent the information to his paralegal and I am hoping that some
action has been taken to fulfill the Department of the Treasury’s specific requests.”
230. Friends Home Inc., Meeting of the Board of Trustees,
November 17th, 1999 (Future of the 1905 Friends Boarding
Home):
“Wendy began the discussion of the future of Friends Boarding Home. Larry
Barker helped her connect with Teresa Nieberding of New Housing Opportunities.
Teresa has three preliminary ideas of how FBH could be used: 1). Sober House for
those who have already been through detoxication 2). Respite Care for families of
those with severe disabilities 3). Long-term housing for adults with severe
disabilities. ACTION: Wendy will call Teresa and ask her to make a formal
presentation to the Board at the 12th mo. meeting, including what she perceives as a
need in this area and relevant licensing issues. The Board reiterated their desire to
use this facility to serve. Warren County is the second fastest growing county in
Ohio, but social services are not keeping up with the needs of the people.”
231. Corporate Annual Meeting, March 15th, 2000 (Fate of the
1905 Friends Boarding Home):
“Ernie Lawson notified the Board of his intention to vacate the Boarding Home,
effective December 1st, 1999. Most of the residents were transferred north to
another facility leased by Ernie Lawson. Ernie Lawson owed (and still owes)
Friends Home, Inc. $19,200.00 (nine months of arrears). The future of the
Boarding Home was now uncertain. To keep the insurance premiums low, FHI
administrative offices were relocated from 581 North to the Boarding Home.
Interest in the use of the building for recovering adult males in a state of sobriety
was initiated and then discontinued after a formal inspection of the building’s
condition. Extensive repairs and maintenance would need to be completed to
ensure public safety within the building.
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Another group demonstrated some interest in converting the home to a museum.
This group continues to meet and pursue potential grant funding for rehabilitation
of the Friends Boarding Home.”
Legal counsel was retained to pursue legal action against Ernie Lawson.
232. “History of Friends Home, Inc.” (1999 ~ A Garden Area was
created at Quaker Heights to provide a place for the residents
and their families to enjoy.)
233. “History of Friends Home, Inc.” (1999 ~ The Assisted Living
Facility project begins):
“In 1999, the feasibility study for assisted living was completed and the project was
found to be favorable. AdCare Health Systems, Inc. was hired as the consultant
project developer for the Assisted Living facility. JMM architects from Columbus
were retained to design he building.”
234. The Friends Boarding Home of the Ohio Valley Yearly
Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, Inc.,
Consolidating Statement of Activities, Year Ended December
31st, 1999:
“Donations and bequests: Boarding Home: $60.00, Friends Home Foundation
$500.00, Total: $560.00.”
235. 97th Annual Corporation Board Meeting, The Executive
Director/Administrator’s Annual Report (The Future of the
1905 Friends Boarding Home):
“April, 2000 ~ The Fourth Month brought the on-set of the new future for the
historical, yet dilapidating, friends Boarding Home. A local community group
formed to convert the Home into a museum. The Waynesville Area Heritage and
Cultural Center Committee began work to restore the Home to its original
condition and make it a site of cultural interest and education. ACOM, the
company that previously leased the Boarding Home, was engaged in litigation
with Friends Home, Inc.”
236. “Waynesville Nursing Home to Expand: Population
Growth Creates Need for Senior Citizen Care; Plans Include
Assisted Living Area,” (Dayton Daily News, April 6th, 2000 by
Nita Teeters):
“WAYNESVILLE ~ The explosive population growth in Warren County has created
greater demand from senior citizens who need specialized or nursing home care.
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The Quaker Heights Nursing Home in Waynesville is preparing to expand to help
meet that demand and other needs of the growing community. The original 98-bed
nursing home is adjacent to the historic 1811 Meeting House of Miami Friends
Meeting and behind the historic 1905 Friends Boarding Home. Wendy WatersConnell, executive director of Friends Home Inc., which manages Quaker Heights,
said that the board of Friends Home Inc. supports the expansion ‘because it is an
expansion of their mission, so that’s why it all ties together in the long run. They
have this nursing home as a ministry to provide care to the chronically ill and
aged.’ The expansion plans include a 30-bed assisted living area. ‘We’re looking to
provide assisted living to middle-income family’ in keeping with Quaker tradition
and mission, Waters-Connell said.
In addition to the assisted living expansion, there will be an addition of a
community room, which will serve as an activity center for the nursing home and
assisted living residents, as well as a multipurpose room for use by Waynesville
community organizations. It will hold 100 people banquet-style and at least 200
theater-style.
A primary focus of the assisted living expansion will be to provide care for people
diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, which slowly destroys a person’s mental
abilities. There would be 12 beds dedicated to high-level dementia care as well as a
sing for early dementia care.
Waters-Connell said that nursing home officials hope to break ground this summer
and be ready for occupancy by June 2001. The community room, as well as new
administrative offices, will be included in the $7 million expansion. ‘We are also
looking at expanding into child day care (which) is a population that is grossly
underserved in the Waynesville area,’ Watters-Connell said. This part of the
expansion cannot be funded through traditional loans so there will be a need for a
capital campaign in order to raise money from community donations, she said.”
237. The Friends Boarding Home of the Ohio Valley Yearly
Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, Inc.,
Consolidating Statement of Activities, Year Ended December
31st, 2000:
“Donations and bequests: Quaker Heights: $1,054.00, Friends Home Foundation:
$1,200.00, Total : $2,254.00.”
238. “History of Friends Home, Inc.,” Annual Corporation
Meeting, March 10th, 2003 (Tax-Exempt Bonds to Finance the
Assisted Living Development in 2001):
“In 2001, the Board of Trustees moved forward to secure tax-exempt bonds, which
financed the assisted living development. The eight million dollar expansion and
rehabilitation of the existing facility started in late summer 2001. The project was
completed and a Grand Opening ceremony took place on March 9th, 2003. Eight
residents took occupancy in Assisted Living as soon as it was licensed as a
residential care facility. Currently, Quaker Heights Care community has the
capability of serving up to 158 residents through the work of over 112 employees.”
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Building Assisted Living
239. “Properties Under the Care of the Boarding Home and
Other Properties Division of Friends Home Incorporated,”
(The 545 North Street house)
“In 2001, 545 North Street was purchased when a ‘chain of title’ building restriction
was discovered during routine title searches for closing on the Assisted Living loan.
The restriction would have prevented the construction of a multi-residential unit
next to the property. Purchasing the real estate allowed the corporation to release
the restriction and move toward with the development of Assisted Living units
adjacent to 545 North Street. The property is currently rented to a single family.”
240. Board of Trustees Meeting, Executive Director Report
December 26th, 2001 (Fundraising Development Position):
“Purpose of Position: The purpose of this position is to provide effective, ethical
fundraising support to the Friends Home Foundation, Inc. in order to fulfill the
organization’s mission, and to ensure its’ future growth and vitality. The person in
this position has responsibility for coordinating and implementing the fundraising
operations of the organization, for identifying opportunities for capital growth and
initiating new programs, and for representing the organization positively to staff,
clients, volunteers, the community, and the Board of Trustees. The Director of
Development is responsible for coordinating the volunteer programs within the
Foundation.”
The position was filled by Pamela Staton Tipps. She eventually became Director of
Community Relations.
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241. The Friends Boarding Home of the Ohio Valley Yearly
Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, Inc.,
Consolidating Statement of Activities, Year Ended December
31st, 2001:
“Donations and bequests: Quaker Heights: $468.00, Friends Home Foundation:
$20,545.00, total: $21,013.00.”
242. Friends Home Foundation, Inc. Meeting of the Trustees
(April 25th, 2002):
“Wendy reported a donation of $1,000.00 from Alice Palmer from the flyer handed
out at the Annual Corporation Board Meeting.”
243. The Friends Boarding Home of the Ohio Valley Yearly
Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, Inc., consolidated
Statements of Operations and Net Assets, Years Ended
December 31st, 2002 and 2001:
“Donations and bequests: 2002: Quaker Heights: $2,905.00, Friends Home
Foundation: $2,695.00, 2002 Total: $5,600.00. 2001: $21,013.00.”
244. Friends Home Foundation, Inc. Meeting of the Trustees,
January 22nd, 2003 (Memorials and Tributes):
“Pam informed the Trustees that around $26,000.00 was donated to the
Foundation last year. Thus far in 2003, there have been $9,335.00 in gifts
donated. She added a large portion of this year’s donations was the art for resident
rooms in Assisted Living and the remainder were memorials and tributes. Pam
explained that she and Wendy are working towards involving staff members in
donating for anniversaries and birthdays.”
245. Executive Director’s Report, January 20th, 2003
(Anonymous gift to purchase prints for each resident unit in
assisted living.)
“The Foundation received another anonymous gift to purchase 30 prints for each
resident unit in assisted living. Upon Admission, residents will have the
opportunity to choose, from those available, a print to display in their unit.”
246. Executive Director’s Report, February 19th, 2003 (Another
source of gifts to the Foundation):
“New gifts are being generated by the process of recognizing staff employment
anniversaries with tribute donations to the Foundation. It raises awareness for
giving, as well as supporting the Foundation’s mission.”
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247. Meeting Minutes for the Board of Trustees, February, 26th,
2003 (New Dementia Unit is opened & Anniversaries of
employees celebrated with a gift of $25.00 to the Foundation):
“The new dementia unit is open. There are 12 residents in the unit currently, with
four moving back to 400 Hall soon. She (Emily Lease) stated the atmosphere is
very calm and the surroundings are beautiful.”
“Wendy announced Quaker Heights has begun to recognize the employees’
anniversary with a $25.00 donation to the Foundation.”
248. “Quaker Heights Growing Strong with Expansion: Facility
Nearly doubling in Size,” Western Star, February 27th, 2003 by
Sharon Smigielski):
“The dust is settled and the work crews are nearly finished as Quaker Heights Care
Community gets ready to unveil the latest in providing daily living assistance to senior
citizens. Nearly doubling in size the space of the Waynesville health care facility, the
$8 million renovation included the addition of two wings of 30 assisted living units.
The project, which broke ground in August 2001, also included general renovations to
the existing facility’s health care and special care units with new paint, doors, carpet,
handrails and lighting among the $1.2 million in improvements. Quaker Heights
shows off its new look with a grand celebration on March 9. The ribbon-cutting
ceremony is scheduled for 1 P.M. with an open house to follow.
With a focus on giving its residents a measure of independence while still providing
assistance, the Quaker Heights’ addition follows the current trend in assisted living
care, said Amanda Yauger, director of admissions and marketing. Its home-like
atmosphere is ‘what residents are looking for. That’s what their children want in
making the transition to assisted living care easier,’ Yauger said. The sense of home is
fostered by the tastefully decorated, well-appointed common living areas that are far
removed from the traditional institutionalized look of yesteryear. Each wing provides
a commons area complete with fireplace and grand piano to give residents an inviting
space for entertainment and socialization. Residents and staff also can make use of a
common kitchen as well. New laundry facilities, administrative offices and a beauty
shop complete the unit which also features access to outdoor courtyards. Dining,
housekeeping and laundry services are provided as well.
According to Yauger, seven of the 30 bedroom and studio units have been reserved.
The addition also offers a spacious community room ~ accommodating up to 150
persons ~ for use by both residents as well as the public. Renovations to the existing
facility included a new front canopied entrance that leads to a remodeled lobby and
reception area. The kitchen, dining and activities area of the 98-bed facility were
updated with new furniture, carpet, paint and lighting.
‘The new and renovated look meets the residents’ need, meets the community needs
and meets Quaker Heights’ needs,’ said Yauger who added that the residents ‘were
very patient, very understanding’ during the entire construction project. The residents
‘knew they were going to have a beautiful home once it was completed,’ she said.
Through the duration of construction, they also were kept informed of the project’s
status which ‘was a tremendous help as well,’ she said”
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New Main Entrance & Community Room
New South Entrance
249. Minutes for the Board of Trustees, March 26th, 2003
(Assisted Living is Opened on March 9th, 2003, A Donation for
an Bird Aviary, and the Establishment of Special Funds):
“Wendy announced the Assisted Living is open and there are currently eight
residents and one other commitment for a unit.”
“Pam (Staton) announced a new fund for the Foundation was established for
employees who need assistance in extenuating circumstances. The fund will be
named after Linda Gilbert, an employee who recently passed away, and a
reception will be held to finalize the naming. One employee has been awarded a
grant from the fund, which was donated to her by other employees. The grant
amount was based on employees donating unused vacation time, which was
converted to a dollar figure, with the taxes taken out before their contribution was
made to the employee Assistance fund.”
The dedication of “The Linda Gilbert Memorial Fund” was on May 28th, 2003 at
5:30 PM in the Community Room.
“Pam announced a $2,000.00 gift from the project Architect, James Michael (Mike)
Milligan. Mike stated his donation resulted from how impressed he was at Grand
Opening with the facility and employees. Mike indicated he would like the gift to be
used to enhance the resident’s enjoyment of their home and he suggested a bird
aviary. Research is underway to obtain an aviary for health care.”
“Pam reported the following amounts for the Foundation funds: Employee
Assistance fund, $530.00, and Resident Assistance Fund, $3,150.00.”
250. Friends Home Foundation, Inc. Meeting of the Trustees,
April 24th, 2003 (Donor Recognition and Levels of Giving):
“Donor recognition and levels of giving-many Quaker organizations do not have a
donor wall or levels of giving. How does our Board feel? Wendy requested
direction from the Board on the appropriate Quaker practice for recognizing
donors. Wendy said in Pennsylvania Quaker facilities, they put a plaque on the
wall despite the amount donated. Milton Cook commented it would be Quakerly to
recognize all donations equally. Byron Branson noted he agreed with Milton, but
also understand that it is hard to acknowledge large donations the same way all
others are recognized. They agreed to recognize routine tributes and memorials
with a plaque with slots to be added. Wendy suggested, as a Board, the Foundation
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should decide at what amount defines a large donation. Byron also noted he liked
the donors being recognized in the newsletter.
“NEW BUSINESS: Reporting of donations to the FHF Trustees: Wendy WatersConnell discussed the donations to the foundation thus far in 2003 and reminded
the Trustees of the confidentiality of that information. The current procedure says
the donor information would not be shared unless written acknowledgement from
the donor. However, Wendy feels it is important for the Trustees to have specific
information to see the direction and where the Foundation is going. Wendy added
that the reports were generated from the new fund raising software, Raiser’s Edge.
The Employee Assistance fund is listed on the reports and is a new fund intended to
help employees in a catastrophic event. Wendy explained Employee Assistance
fund was renamed The Linda Gilbert Memorial Fund in honor of a staff member
that passed away in March. It was recently used for an employee diagnosed with
leukemia. When other employees wanted to donate their vacation time to her, a
dollar amount was calculated based on the donors wage and hours donated, a
check was cut, the amount was transferred to the Foundation, and then given to the
employee as a grant. Wendy added that although it did not increase the amount in
the Foundation, it honored a peer and raised awareness to the Fund. The formal
naming will be held 5-28-03 at 5:30 PM.
251. Executive Director’s Report, April 22nd, 2003 (Dr. Opsahl’s
project and the Senior Housing Project):
“There are still opportunities to work with Dr. Opsahl on possible joint ventures
with independent living. I will continue the dialogue as appropriate and keep the
Board informed of our possible involvement.”
February 26th, 2003 ~ It was reported at this meeting of trustees that “Dr.
Paul Opsahl, Waynesville family physician and medical director for
Quaker Heights, is planning to build up to 50 independent living
apartments for seniors on his property on State Route 73 just outside of
Waynesville. He is interested in partnering with Quaker Heights for this
venture, and requests that Friends Home, Inc. consider entering into a
management agreement. This would potentially be a ‘win-win’ whereby
Dr. Opsahl would benefit in terms of the excellent reputation that the
Quakers have in providing care to seniors, and the Quakers would have
an excellent source of clients to ‘feed’ the ALU and skilled nursing care
units of Quaker Heights once they required assistance in ADL’s and could
not longer remain independent.”
“The Senior Housing Project (currently owned and operated by Waynesville
Rotary) was reviewed for the possibility of assuming ownership and management.
The current mortgage balance is $100,000.00 and thus we are not in a position to
negotiate ownership. Fiscally, it would not be prudent to assume this debt in
addition to our new HUD loan.”
252. 99th Annual Corporation Board Meeting, May 10th, 2003
(Report from the Friends Home Foundation, Inc. made by
Byron Branson):
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“~ The first ever appeal to the Corporation Board membership at the 2002
annual meeting netted a $1,000.00 gift.
~ An anonymous gift of $20,000.00 dollars was received. The donor’s intent
for the gift is to off set the cost of the Director of Development expense in the
first full year.
~ The end of the year saw yet another anonymous gift for nearly $9,000.00
dollars for the purchase of fine art prints for the new assisted living units.
Residents will be able to choose from a selection of 30 pictures.”
253. 5th Annual Corporation Board Meeting Friends Home
Foundation, May 10th, 2003 (Memorial Gifts to the
Foundation):
“Review of the Treasurer: Wendy Waters-Connell reported on donations the
Foundation has received in the past year. She acknowledged that memorial gifts
from families of residents who have recently passed away at Quaker Heights have
been received. She also reported a $20,000.00 anonymous donation was received
to be used for the Director of Development position. A discussion on fund raising
for the Foundation began and questions were posed. Wendy explained the fund
raising position would be about building relationships and would take some time to
establish. She told the members the monies would be used for charitable care in
Assisted Living and to restore the Foundation. Members requested a newsletter be
sent and have the donations recognized in it.”
254. Meeting of the Executive Committee of Friends Home, Inc.,
May 28th, 2003 (The Bird Aviary Arrives):
“Pam Staton reported the bird aviary arrived and is located in the front lobby of
health care. The aviary was initiated by a $2,000.00 gift from Mike Milligan, the
architect for the Assisted Living Project. Pam also discussed the grant she has
written to seek funding to off set the remaining expense associated with the first
two years of aviary maintenance.” (Bahmann Foundation grant)
255. Minutes from the Board of Trustees Meeting, June 25th,
2003 (Foundation Fundraisers):
“Pam Staton thanked the Trustees who attended The Linda Gilbert Memorial Fund
dedication on 5/28/03. She reported that the Foundation received just under
$3,000.00 in donations that evening. There has been just over $13,000 for the
Linda Gilbert Memorial Fund and $13,000 for the Resident Assistance fund raised
year to date.”
“Pam will receive a certificate for fundraising Management thru the Fund ‘raising
School in Indianapolis in October after completion of a couple more classes.”
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256. Meeting of the Executive Committee of Friends Home, Inc. ,
July 23rd, 2003 (Staff donated $4,000.00 during the recent
Employee Campaign):
“In Pam Staton’s absence, Wendy Waters-Connell gave the report. Wendy reported
that Pam is attending a course at the Fundraising School in Indianapolis right now.
Wendy informed the Trustees that staff donated $4,000.00 dollars during the
recent Employee Campaign. Along with the funds, awareness of fundraising and
development were also raised. Wendy raised the possibility of Henry Freeman, a
Quaker Fundraiser, visiting Quaker Heights to speak to the Trustees of Friends
Home and the Foundation on 9-24-03 about fund raising.”
The Fundraising Workshop with Henry Freeman was cancelled.
257. Friends Home Foundation, Inc. Meeting of the Trustees,
July 24th, 2003 (Report about donations and the first employee
campaign):
Xan Smith reported: “The contributions line item of $22,000.00 is mostly due to the
Linda Gilbert Memorial fund. $6,000.00 of the total was funds that were given to
a specific employee and went thru the Foundation. The remainder are gifts
received year-to-date. Specific gifts were $9,000.00 in artwork for Assisted
Living, $3,000.00 from the reception naming the Linda Gilbert Memorial Fund,
and a large donation after the Grand Opening Assisted Living. Christine Snyder
requested a list of gifts received for each recording period is given to the Trustees.”
Pam Staton reported: “The first employee campaign was held the week of June 22nd.
The purpose of the campaign was to increase awareness of the Foundation and
also to seek gifts from employees. The employees can use payroll deduction as an
option when making donations. A total of $4,296.00 was raised during the
weeklong campaign, of which $2,962.00 went to the Linda Gilbert Memorial Fund
and $1,354.00 to the Resident Assistance fund. The campaign will be an annual
giving. The next campaign will target Board Members, with resident family
members and a community campaign following in the spring.”
Pan Staton recommended developing a sub-committee for donor recognition.
258. Executive Director’s Report, August 19th, 2003 (Hopewell
Crisis Services Group proposal):
“The Hopewell Crisis Services Group (HCSG) Proposal for sub-leasing existing
nursing beds for use as intermediate mental health beds continues to be
investigated. As it stands, Scott Moore is preparing a packet for the HUD attorney
to formally review and approve.”
The proposal was denied by the HUD office in Washington (Reported in the
Executive Director’s Report, November 12th, 2003).
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259. Minutes from the Board of Trustees Meeting, October 28th,
2003 (Parking cars at Quaker Heights during the Sauerkraut
Festival for a fundraiser):
“She (Pam Staton Tipps) reported that our parking lot was opened on the weekend
of the Sauerkraut Festival for handicapped parking as a fundraiser. She plans to
hold the same fundraiser nest year and the festival committee has already
approved the parking.”
260. Minutes from the Board of Trustees Meeting, December
17th, 2003 (Development of a new donation envelope for the
Quaker Heights Care Community Foundation)
The new donation envelope gives five gift options to choose from:
o
Wherever needs are greatest
o
Resident Assistance Fund ~ supports additional programs and
services for our resident that we would be unable to provide without
donations.
o
Friends for Life Fund ~ provides financial assistance to Assisted
Living residents who can no longer afford to live in Assisted Living.
o
Endowment Fund ~ provides QH the opportunity to grow and
improve in its services in response to the needs of the senior
population. For example, the Endowment Fund helped support the
planning and development of the Assisted Living facility.
o
Linda Gilbert Memorial Fund ~ helps employees who have
experienced a catastrophic event and are in financial need.
261. The Friends Boarding Home of the Ohio Valley Yearly
Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, Inc., (A NonProfit Organization), Consolidating Statement of Operations
and Net Assets, Year Ended December 31st, 2003:
“Donations: Friends Home foundation: $33,243.00.”
262. Minutes of the Board of Trustees Meeting, Executive
Director’s Report, July 21st, 2004 (Completion of the Second
Dementia Unit):
“In addition to the report, the Second Dementia Unit is completed and residents are
in the process of moving into the unit on a structured plan.”
Executive Director’s Report, July 16th, 2004:
“The 400 Hall retrofit for a second dementia is complete and residents have been
moved into the area as appropriate. In-services for staff working in this area have
been scheduled and we are trending the behaviors and responses of residents and
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staff in this area of the building. We will not advertise the opening of this new unit
until we have addressed the dynamics of care within the unit. There are 13
residents in place in the 14 bed-unit.”
263. Board of Trustees Meeting, September 20th, 2004 (Quaker
Heights Celebration of 100 Years of Incorporation ~ August
21st, 2004).
The event was successful socially but Quaker Heights was cheated of services which
were to be provided by Cher Bell of Panache, Inc.
264. The Friends Boarding Home of the Ohio Valley Yearly
Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, Inc. (A Non-Profit
Organization), Consolidating Statement of Operations and Net
Assets, year Ended December 31st, 2004:
“Donations: Friends Home Foundation: $3,640.00.”
265. G/L History Report from 1/2004
(Contributions-Friends Home Foundation):
thru
12/2004
Anonymous Donation ~ $25.00
Carol McFarren Donation ~ $25.00
Kathleen Brewer Donation ~ $30.00
266. Executive Director’s Report to FHI Meeting of the Trustees,
April 27th, 2005 (First Installment of bequest from Christine
M. Sweetman):
“The foundation received a gift in the amount of $25,000.00 dollars from the estate
of Christine M. Sweetman. We have been unable to determine her connection to
Quaker Heights. The estate attorney indicated this is a partial payment of the full
gift, which will be settled after the sale of her home. If you have any information
that may lead to identification of this person’s connection to us, please let us know.
We would like to provide proper acknowledgment of the gift.”
The Sweetman bequest was discussed during the Trustee’s Meeting. No one knew of
a connection and it was reported that Ms. Sweetman’s attorney would not disclose
any information concerning her motive.
267. Minutes from the Board of Trustees Meeting, May 25th,
2005 (Donations from four Trustees):
“We have received a total of $2,250.00 in donations from four Trustees for the EMS
appreciation dinner on 6-27-05.”
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268. Minutes from the Board of
Trustees Meeting, June 29th,
2005 (Proposal for an Odonate
Dragon Fly Pond at Quaker
Heights):
The proposal was made by John H.
Hubbard (left). John and Rachel Hubbard
were Quakers and had been Trustees of
Friends Home, Inc. Their home was in
Cincinnati. They belonged to Cincinnati
Community Meeting. John was a Civil
Engineer. He held degrees from Tufts
University and the University of
Pittsburgh. John was on the Executive
Board of the Metropolitan Area Religious
Coalition of Cincinnati and on the Board
of the Interfaith Refugee Services of Ohio
in Columbus.
He was interested in
John Hubbard next to the Dragon Pond
environmental issues and water quality.
The Hubbard’s helped in the planning of Assisted Living at QH. Eventually, they
moved to Quaker Heights. John proposed and paid for the Dragon Fly Pond which
he could see outside his window at QH. Rachel passed in 2006. John continued to
live at QH until he moved to be near his daughter in Georgia. He has since passed
away.
269. Friends Home Foundation, Inc., Meeting of the Trustees,
July 19th, 2005 ($39,000.00 Bequest Deposit ~ Sweetman
Bequest):
“Cindy Coggins asked for approval to disperse the $39,000.00 gift in accordance
with the investment policy’s objective and guidelines. Wendy stated there are no
restrictions on the gift. Christine stated the gift should be deposited into the
Endowment fund. MINUTE 05-14-01: The Foundation Trustees approved the
deposit of the $39,000.00 bequest form Christine Sweetman into the Endowment
Fund and invested according to the objectives and guidelines of the investment
policy.”
Included with the minutes is the letter of thanks to Paula Hill, Executrix for the
Christine Sweetman Estate from Wendy L. Waters-Connell, Executive Director,
Quaker Heights Care Community, dated August 15th, 2005.
270. Minutes from the Board of Trustees Meeting, August 3rd,
2005 (The Odonate Pond Proposal and the Settlement of the
Sweetman Bequest):
“A private donation from John Hubbard will support the development and
construction of a small odonate pond in the courtyard of assisted living. The
construction will begin next Monday, 8-8-05. Trustees discussed the importance of
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this addition to the campus and expressed appreciati0on to John Hubbard for the
gift, which made the project possible.”
“The estate of Christine Sweetman was settled and an additional bequest gift of
$39,000.00 was given to the Foundation. Wendy stated we are contacting the
estate attorney to determine the connection to Quaker Heights Care community
and if there is someone from the Sweetman family who could receive an
acknowledgement for the gift.”
271. Friends Home Foundation, Inc. Meeting of the Trustees,
October 25th, 2005 (Nancy Sweetman is Norma C. Tecklenburg
Sweetman):
“Wendy Waters-Connell reviewed the steps to contact the niece of Christine
Sweetman. The estate attorney gave the woman’s name to us. Paula Hill would
not return our phone calls. A letter sent to this relative of Christine Sweetman.
Wendy reviewed the internal research, which discovered a former resident by the
name of Nancy Sweetman. Nancy died at Quaker Heights in 1992. We are unable
to confirm the connection since Paula Hill will not have contact with our
organization. Byron Branson expressed appreciation for the effort to discover the
connection and the letter sent to Paula Hill.”
Nancy Sweetman is actually Norma C. (Tecklenburg) Sweetman, the mother of
Christine Marie Sweetman. Norma was born March 29th, 1912 and died at Quaker
Heights on February 9th, 1991 at 6:50 AM. She was 78 years old at her death (Death
Certificate #014151; SS #302-34-6401). Norma was a divorced homemaker who
lived at 2714 S. Smithville Road in Dayton. Her parents were Gerhard and Catherine
Tecklenburg who lived in Ft. Loramie, Shelby County, Ohio. Gerhard is listed as a
meat cutter (butcher) in the 1930 Federal Census. She had two sisters, Berndetta,
who was six years older than Norma, and Irene, who was five years younger than
Norma. Irene was still living in 1991.
272. The Friends Boarding Home of the Ohio Valley Yearly
Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Inc., and Affiliates
Combing Statement of Activities and Changes in Net Assets,
December 31st, 2005:
“Contributions: Friends Home Foundation: $77,760.00.”
273. G/L History Report from 1/2005
(Contributions-Friends Home Foundation):
thru
John Hubbard ~ Dragonfly Pond ~ $700.00
Robert & Jill Thompson ~ Memory of Donna Cammack ~ $30.00
Lytle United Methodist Church ~ $50.00
James & Marian Holland ~ Memory of Howard Jarrett ~$25.00
Charles & Dorothea Rye ~ Memory of Sara Cook ~ $100.00
12/2005
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Obituary of Howard Jarrett (Dayton Daily News, December 2nd, 2005):
“JARRETT, Howard A. 82, of Waynesville, passed away peacefully December 1,
2005 at Quaker Heights Care community. He was born in Dayton, Ohio, August 5,
1923. Howard was in the first graduating class of Wilber Wright High School,
Class of ’41. He was a veteran of the U. S. Army with services in WW II, where he
got his nickname ‘Kokomo.’ He retired from WPAFB. Howard is preceded in death
by his parents George and Marie Jarrett; brother and sister-in-law George Jr. and
Pauline; sisters Minnie, Mabel, and Dorothy, son Howard Jr. ‘Skip.’ He is survived
by his loving wife of 56 years Joan Jarrett; son Thomas G. Jarrett, loving fiancé
Terri Long; daughter and son-in-law Susan and Jim Slankard of Tucson, Arizona,
daughter and son-in-law Linda and Louis Hernandez, Waynesville; sister and
brother-in-law, Marian and Jim Holland of Dayton; 8 grandchildren, 11 great
grandchildren; numerous other family and friends. Services will be held 11:00
AM Saturday, December 3, 2005 at Newcomer Funeral Home, 3940 Kettering
Blvd. Dr. Roger Vester officiating. Family will receive friends tow hours prior to
services. Internment will be at Glen Haven Cemetery. In lieu of flowers
contributions may be made to Hospice of Dayton or Quaker Heights Care
Community in Howard’s memory. Expressions of sympathy may be made to
www.NewcomerFAmily.com.”
Obituary of Sara Furnas Cook (Dayton Daily News, December 14th, 2005):
“COOK, Sara R. (Furnas) age 84 of Waynesville passed away Mon. Dec. 12, 2005 at
Quaker Heights Nursing Home, Waynesville. Sara graduated high school from the
George School in Philadelphia, received her bachelor’s degree from Ohio State
University, and retired from Wayne Local Schools in 1984. Her family was one of
the original families that moved here in 1803 and started the Miami Monthly
Meeting of Friends in Waynesville. In addition to being a member of the Miami
Monthly Meeting of Friends, she was also a member of the Retired Teachers of
Warren County and the Grange. She as preceded in death by her husband Ernest
in 1990. She is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law Milton and Sue Cook of
Waynesville and Gary and Jay Cook of NC, four grandchildren Travis and Zach
Cook of Waynesville and Ernie and Seth Cook of NC, one brother and sister-in-law
Seth Jr. and Marjorie Furnas of Centerville, and several nieces and nephews.
Memorial service 2:00 P.M. Wed., Dec. 28 at the Miami Monthly Meeting House,
Waynesville. If desired, contributions may be made to Quaker Heights Nursing
Home or the Museum at the Friends Home. Stubbs-Conner Funeral Home,
Waynesville is serving the family.”
274. Quaker Heights, Summary of Foundation Activities for
Year Ending, December 31st, 2006 (The Estate of Donna
Cammack):
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“The Estate of Donna Cammack, January
$5,000.00.”
3rd,
2006,
Donna Cammack was born November 30th, 1915 and died on
November 7th, 2005. She was a resident of Wilmington,
Ohio. S. S. # 289-10-8563.
Obituary of Donna Louise Blade Cammack (Wilmington
News Journal, November 9th, 2005):
“Donna Louise Blade Cammack, 89, completed her earthly
journey 10:15 PM Monday (Nov. 7th, 2005) at Clinton
Memorial Hospital, Wilmington. She was preceded in death Donna Cammack
by her husband, Ivan Oglesbee Cammack, who died Dec.
22nd, 2001. They were married for 63 years. Mrs. Cammack
was born Nov. 30, 1915, in Washington Court House, daughter of the later Elmer
and Lacy Crawford Blade. She was a member of the First Christian Church
(Disciples of Christ), Wilmington. She was an avid bridge player and enjoyed
crafting during her years as a homemaker. She is leaving behind many
compassionate and caring angels on earth who cared for her during her final years
at Friendly Center, Cap May and Quaker Heights. Her soul will be dancing with
the angels for eternity ~ free at last. She is survived by three daughters, Linda
(Noel S.) Assad of Louisville, Ky., Sandra (Stephen) Pidgeon of Wilmington and
Candace (Jim) Barnes of Lexington, Ky.; seven grandchildren, Deborah (Mark) Lee
of Seattle, Wash., Kris (Eddie) Broaderick of Cottontown, Tenn., David (Kassi)
Barnes of Stanford, Ky., Richard (Jill) Assad of Cleveland, Tracey (Jason) Meyers
of Wilmington, Doug Pidgeon of Wilmington and Juna (Chris) Garber of
Zanesville; and nine-great-grandchildren. In addition to her husband and parents,
she was preceded in death by two brothers, Carol Blade and Hubert Blade.
Services will be held 1 PM Friday at Reynolds-Smith Funeral Home, 327 N. South
Street, Wilmington, the Rev. Donald K. Mertz officiating, with burial in Sugar
Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be from noon to 1 PM Friday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Quaker Heights Care Community, 514 W.
High Street, Waynesville, 45068. For more information or to sign the funeral
home’s online registry of condolences, visit www.smithandsonfuneralhomes.com.”
Donna’s husband was Ivan Oglesbee Cammack, a successful farmer, who was born
October 19th, 1915 in Xenia, Greene County, Ohio in McClellan Hospital to Charles
Henry and Anna Oglesbee Cammack. He died December 22nd, 2001 at 7:10 AM at
Quaker Heights (Death Certificate #105470). S. S. #301-34-0328. On December 3rd,
1938 he married Donna Louise Blade, a secretary from Washington Court House.
Ivan belonged to the Wilmington Society of Friends and he attended Wilmington
College and Ohio State University. Ivan was a member of the Elks and a 50 year
member of the Mt. Pleasant Grange (see, Clinton County, Ohio 1982, Vol. 1, A
Collection of Historical Sketches & Family Histories Complied by Members and
Friends of the Clinton County Historical Society, Wilmington, Ohio, pp. 125-126).
Ivan O. Cammack is mentioned twice in the Quaker Height’s Admission Records: on
November 30th, 2001 Ivan was admitted from Clinton Memorial Hospital into room
105M. He was re-admitted on December 21st, 2001 to the same room at QH. He
died the next day.
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275.
Annual Corporation Board Meeting, Friend Home
Incorporated, April 15th, 2006 (Revision and Streamlining of
the by-Laws of the Corporate Board).
276. “Properties Under the Care of the Boarding Home and
Other Properties Division of Friends Home Incorporated”:
“In 2006, a new long term lease as established with the WAHCC to be used as a
museum and cultural center for 25 years.”
277. 9th Annual Corporation Board Meeting Friends Home
Foundation, March 16th, 2006 (Approval of Loan to remodel
the North Street Medical Office and Reception of a special
bequest from Christina Maria Sweetman Estate):
“Foundation approved the $150,000.00 loan for the renovation of the 581 North
Street medical office building into three independent living apartments for seniors
and/or adults with chronic illnesses.
Foundation received a special bequest from the Christine Sweetman estate in the
amount of $64,000.00.”
Christina Marie Sweetman was born August 9th, 1948 and died November 6th, 2004
(S. S. #272-44-3582). She was single. She was a resident of Dayton, Ohio. Parts of
her estate papers are online at the Montgomery County Probate Court Online
Record Search, http://www.mcohio.org/government/probate/prodcfm/casesearchx,cfm,
case number 2004ESTATE2590. Her attorney was Jospeh E. Balmer (937-2932141). After a bequest to her niece, Paula Hill, she left sizable bequests to three
institutions:
“Item IV: All the rest residue and remainder of this my estate, both real land
personal, of every kind and description, wheresoever situated, which I may own or
have the right to dispose of at the time of my decease, I give, bequeath and devise as
follows:
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50% to Immaculate Conception Church on Smithville Road, Dayton, Ohio
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25% to Hospice of Dayton, 324 Wilmington Ave., Dayton, Ohio 45420
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25% to Quaker Heights Nursing Home in Waynesville, Ohio.”
Christina M. Sweetman signed her will on January 31st, 1997. Her estate was valued
at $293,217.07. Settled on September 7th, 2005.
Obituary of Christine Marie Sweetman (Dayton Daily News, November 9th, 2004, p.
B5):
“Christine Marie Sweetman of Dayton who was a 1966 graduate of Carroll High
School, an employee with Key Bank for over 30 years and an active member of Our
Lady of the Immaculate conception and SICSA (Society for the Improvement of
Conditions for Stray Animals), died Saturday, November 6th, 2004, after a lengthy
illness at Miami Valley Hospital. She was 56. Christine is survived by her sister
JoAnn Murphy, by her brother Gary Sweetman; by her aunt Irene Tecklenburg, by
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numerous nieces and nephews and by a host of friends. Funeral will begin
Wednesday, 10 A. M. in Harris Funeral Home, 49 Linden Ave., Dayton (937-2533129) followed by an 11:00 AM Mass of Christian Burial in Our Lady of the
Immaculate conception Church. Burial will be at Calvary Cemetery. Friends may
call at the funeral home from 5 to 7 P.M. on Tuesday. May her soul rest in peace.”
278. Minutes from the Board of Trustees Meeting, May 31st,
2006 (Dragon Fly Pond Maintenance and Acknowledgement
of John Hubbard’s contributions):
“Horatio Wood suggested a policy or procedure be developed to address the
maintenance needs of the dragon fly pond. John Hubbard will be leaving the
campus soon, moving closer to his daughter in Georgia. Horatio expressed a
concern over the proper care and support of John’s gift. Trustees agreed special
provision should be created to ensure the pond’s sustainability and beauty. Wendy
stated she would consult John Hubbard to develop the policy. Additionally,
Trustees recommended a certificate or plaque and picture for John to take with him
to Georgia. Wendy stated she would coordinate the appreciation gift for John
prior to his transfer. ACTION: The board of Trustees formally thanks John
Hubbard for his years of service to the community. They also acknowledge the
importance of his gift of a dragon fly pond as a means for improving the quality of
life of residents and beautifying the campus.”
279. The Friends Boarding Home of the Ohio Valley Yearly
Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, Inc. and Affiliates
combined statements of activities and changes in Net assets
for the year ended December 31st, 2006:
“Contributions: 2006: $23,696.00”
280. Quaker Heights Summary of Foundation Activities for
Year Ending, December 31st, 2006 (Contributions):
Pamela Thompson ~ In memory of Donna Cammack ~ $50.00
Thomas Bennett ~ Employee Recognition ~ $200.00 (Thomas Bennett is
a Quaker, a Board Member and member of Community Meeting in
Cincinnati).
Horatio & Barbara Wood ~ Donation ~ $1,000.00 (Horatio Wood was a
Quaker and a psychologist/MD. He was called to minister to the
psychiatric needs of prisoners. He accepted a position as Director of
Psychiatric Services at the Federal prison in Lexington, Ky. in 1990. He
was a Board Member for many years. He was on the Assisted Living
committee and on the Foundation Board.)
Patricia Willey ~ Donation ~ $100.00
Eleanor Freeland ~ In memory of Sara F. Cook ~ $25.00
Nicholas & Marilyn Lang ~ In memory of Sara F. Cook ~ $25.00
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Dayton Friends Meeting (FGC) ~ Contribution ~ $100.00
Lytle United Methodist Women ~ Crafts ~ $75.00
Jerry & Peggy Bradley ~ In memory of Tom Fleenor ~ $25.00
John Large ~ In memory of Tom Fleenor ~ $50.00
Charles & Dorothea Rye ~ In memory of Wilma Bowman ~ $50.00
Ohio Valley Religious Society of Friends Yearly Meeting ~ $400.00
Lytle United Methodist Church ~ Donation January ~ $50.00
Lytle United Methodist Church ~ Donation February ~ $50.00
Dorothy Whitham ~ In memory of Rachel Hubbard (former Trustee of
Friends Home, Inc.) ~ $5.00
Thelma Lucas ~ In memory of Rachel Hubbard ~ $5.00
Bill Rider ~ In memory of Rachel Hubbard ~ $10.00
Gomer Bledsoe ~ In memory of Rachel Hubbard ~ $5.00
Cy & Jean Hunter ~ In memory of Rachel Hubbard ~ $2.00
Daphne ~ In memory of Rachel Hubbard ~ $3.00
Delphia ~ In memory of Rachel Hubbard ~ $3.00
Thelma Irons ~ In memory of Rachel Hubbard ~ $2.00
Luella Schoen ~ In memory of Rachel Hubbard ~ $5.00
Gayle ~ In memory of Rachel Hubbard ~ $4.00
Mary Hackney ~ In memory of Rachel Hubbard ~ $2.00
Jim Hackney ~ In memory of Rachel Hubbard ~ $2.00
Mary McGuire ~ In memory of Rachel Hubbard ~ $5.00
Clyde and Bessie Hale ~ In memory of Billy Vanaderpool ~ $20.00
James & Judith Crane ~ In memory of Billy Vanderpool ~ $25.00
Stiles Family ~ In memory of Billy Vanderpool ~ $20.00
Bo Helen & Vicki Smith ~ In memory of Billy Vanderpool ~ $20.00
Lynn & Evaline Fairchild ~ In memory of Billy Vanderpool ~ $20.00
Marilyn Fultz ~ In memory of Billy Vanderpool ~ $100.00
Thomas Kier ~ In memory of Billy Vanderpool ~ $30.00
Alice Palmer ~ Donation ~ $1,500.00
Lonnie & Connie Schear ~ Donation ~ $20.00
Lytle United Methodist Church ~ Donation ~ $50.00
William & Judith Kier ~ In memory of Billy Vanderpool ~ $40.00
James & Sharon Jewell ~ In memory of Billy Vanderpool ~ $270.00
John Hubbard ~ Donation for Dragonfly Pond ~ $800.00
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Lytle United Methodist Church ~ Donation ~ $50.00
Lytle United Methodist Church ~ Donation ~ $50.00
Carole Johnson ~ In memory of Burnette Centers ~ $25.00
Bob & Helen Smith ~ In memory of Burnette Centers ~ $20.00
Tim & Patricia Hemmerick ~ In memory of Eleanor Adams ~ $116.00
Helen & Susan Staab ~ In memory of Eleanor Adams ~ $40.00
C. Susan Snider ~ In memory of Eleanor Adams ~ $25.00
Karrie Whitsel ~ In memory of Eleanor Adams ~ $50.00
James & Wilma Watson ~ In memory of Burnette Centers ~ $36.00
Gary & Kathy Miracle ~ In memory of Burnette Centers ~ $50.00
John Hubbard ~ Donation for Dragonfly Pond ~ $612.00
Eugene Mills ~ Endowment Donation ~ $400.00
Sandy Hartsock ~ Cash Donation ~ $100.00
J. Cooper Mickie ~ In memory of Dallie Webster ~ $50.00
Jack & Anna Zachary ~ In memory of Dallie Webster ~ $40.00
Paul & Diane Polly ~ In memory of Dallie Webster ~ $40.00
Lytle United Methodist Church ~ Donation ~ $100.00
Robert & Ellen Campbell~ In memory of Dallie Webster ~ $20.00
James & Wilma Watson ~ In memory of Dallie Webster ~ $40.00
Lytle United Methodist Church ~ Donation ~ $40.00
Lytle United Methodist Church ~ Donation ~ $50.00
Foundation Board of Trustees ~ In memory of Guy Snyder ~ $50.00
Dale Hayes ~ In memory of Edna Locke ~ $50.00
Mary Foulk ~ In memory of Edna Locke ~$25.00
Evelyn Moyer & Alice Dixon ~In memory of Dallie Webster ~ $25.00
Dayton Friends Meeting (FGC) ~ Endowment Donation ~ $100.00
Obituary/Death Notice of Thomas L. Fleenor (Western Star, January 19th, 2006, B3)
“FLEENOR, Thomas L. Age 69, Spring Valley, Ohio died January 11th, 2006.
Visitation was 1-2 PM January 14 with funeral following at 2 PM all at Stubbs
Conner Funeral Home, Waynesville, Ohio.”
Obituary of Wilma Bowman (Dayton Daily News, January 31st, 2006):
“BOWMAN, Wilma C. age 73 of Waynesville, Ohio. Passed away on Sunday
evening Jan. 29th, 2006 at Quaker Heights Extended Care Facility in Waynesville.
Wilma was born to Oscar and Rosie (Reed) Brizendine on Feb. 29th, 1932 in Ohio
Co., KY. She was a member of Far Hills Baptist Church and will be remembered by
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many from Woody’s Mkt. in West Carrollton. She is survived by her son and
daughter-in-law Dale and Pam Bowman of Waynesville, Ohio, daughter and sonin-law Carolyn June and Michael Parker of Albuquerque, N.M., 2 brothers Jim and
wife Mary Brizendine of Guthrie, KY, Richard and wife Martha Brizendine of
Beaver Dam, KY., sister June and husband Bill Meade of Louisville, KY., 3
grandchildren Allyson, Steven and Carly Bowman. Visitation will be Tuesday
(Today) Jan. 31, 2006 from 5-7 PM at the Sanner Funeral Home, 800 So. Alex Rd.,
West Carrollton. Further services will take place at the William L. Danks Funeral
Home in Beaver Dam, KY. Final resting place will be at the Point Pleasant
Presbyterian Cemetery in Butler Co., KY. on Thursday. In lieu of flowers memorial
contributions may be made to Hospice of Dayton, 324 Wilmington Ave., Dayton,
Ohio 45420.”
Information about Rachel Hubbard: S S # 202-26-9035, b. December 24th, 1923 and
Died March 8, 2006 in Waynesville. She and her husband John were members of
Community Meeting in Cincinnati. They celebrated their 50th Anniversary on April
3rd, 2004 (See, Quaker Quill, vol. 29, no. 2). Rachel had been a Trustee of Friends
Home, Inc. for many years.
Obituary of Billy Vanderpool (Dayton Daily News, April 4th, 2006):
“VANDERPOOL, Billy J. age 76 of Waynesville passed away Sun. April 2, 2006 at
Hospice of Dayton. Mr. Vanderpool was born June 12, 1929 to A. J. and Maud
Vanderpool in Pumpkin Center, KY. He received both a Bachelors and Masters
degrees from Morehead State University and retired from Wayne Local Schools
after 30 years of teaching. He was a member of the Cornerstone Community
Church in Franklin and greatly enjoyed fishing, gardening, music, and spending
time with his grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his son Jeff in 1999 and
his parents. He is survived by his wife Helen, married 51 years, two grandchildren
Nicholas and Justin, brother and sister-in-law Bobby and Marian Vanderpool of
KY., sister and brother-in-law Peggy and Don Adams of KY, and several nieces,
nephews, and close friends. Funeral services 11:00 AM Wed, April 5 at StubbsConner Funeral Home, Waynesville. Pastor Roger Dale McCloud and Pastor
Lonnie Peters officiating. Burial Miami Cemetery, Corwin. The family will receive
friends 4-8 PM Tues. at the funeral home. If desired, contributions may be made to
Quaker heights Nursing Home or Hospice of Dayton.”
Death Notice & Obituary of Burnette F. Centers (Dayton Daily News: 6/6/2006):
“CENTERS, Burnette F.: Age, 91 of Waynesville, Ohio died June 5, 2006. Funeral
was June 8 at 11:30 AM at Hindman Funeral Home, KY. Visitation was June 6, 6-8
PM at Stubbs Conner Funeral Home.”
“CENTERS, Burnette Francis, age 91 of Waynesville & formally of Knott County,
KY. Passed away Monday 6/5/06 at Quaker Heights Community Care Center,
Waynesville. Burnette is survived by two daughters, Helen Vanderpool of
Waynesville and Carolyn Bibb of Ashland, KY; 1 grandson; 1 granddaughter, & 6
great grandchildren; 1 brother, Vincent Francis of MI. The family will receive
friends from 6-8 PM Tuesday 6/6/06 at the Stubbs-Conner Funeral Home,
Waynesville. Funeral services are 11:30 AM Thursday at the Hindman Funeral,
Hindman, KY. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Quaker Heights
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Community Center, P.O. Box 677, Waynesville, OH 45068 or Hospice of Dayton,
324 Wilmington Ave., Dayton, OH 45420”
Obituary of Eleanor R. Adams (Western Star, Thursday, June 1, 2006):
“ADAMS, Eleanor R. ~ Age 89 of Dayton, passed away Tuesday, May 30th, 2006 at
Quaker Heights Care community in Waynesville. She was preceded in death by her
husband, Carol H. Adams and seven brothers and sisters. She is survived by her
daughters and son-in-law, Patricia and Timothy Hemmerick and Marilyn Whitsel;
grandchildren, Anthony Katros, John, Jeremiah, Jacob and Joseph Whitsel, Joy
Zuptich and Jill Wilson; great grandchildren, Brittany, Carissa, and Andrew
Katros, and Reece and Michael Wilson; and brother George Bush of FL. Eleanor
retired from Rike’s after 15 years of service. She was a charter member and very
active with Oak Creek United Church of Christ. Funeral services will be 11:00 AM
Saturday, June 3, 2006 at the Tobias Funeral Home-Belmont Chapel, 648
Watervliet Ave. Her family will receive friends from 10:00 AM until the time of
Service Saturday at the funeral home. Interment in Royal Oak Memorial Gardens,
Brookville, OH. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in her memory to
Quaker Heights Care community or Hospice of Dayton.”
Dallie W. Webster was born July 2, 1910 and died July 26th 2006 in Waynesville at
Quaker Heights Care Community. In 1992 she lived in Ashville, N.C. Her SS #40844-7979.
Death Notices of Edna Locke (Dayton Daily News & Shoppers’ Extra WC):
“LOCKE, Edna Mae, 94, of Waynesville, formerly Bellefontaine, Wed., October 18,
2006. Service 2 PM Saturday, Stubbs Conner Funeral Home, Waynesville”
(Dayton Daily News: 10/19/2006).
“LOCKE, Edna Mae, age 94 of Waynesville, OH died October 18, 2006. Visitation
6-8 PM Oct. 20 with funeral 2 PM Oct. 21 all at Stubbs Conner Funeral Home,
Waynesville” (Shoppers’ Extra WC, October 22, 2006).
281. Minutes from the Board of Trustees Meeting, March 28th,
2007 (Resignation of Horatio Wood):
“Alice Palmer acknowledged the formal resignation letter from Horatio Wood
describing his need to have more time to care for his granddaughters. Trustees and
staff outlined the significant personal and professional contributions Horatio has
made to the organization. Trustees offered examples including his former role as
Presiding Clerk for the Board, and his pivotal role in the design and development
committee for assisted living. Trustees expressed respect for Horatio’s changing
life roles. Staff expressed gratitude for the lessons Horatio offered on the Religious
Society of Friends. Horatio’s Friendly (and weighty) perspective will be missed by
the Trustees and staff alike.”
282. Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes, June 27th, 2007
(Donation of a burial plot):
“Wendy shared that Mandy Yauger had been contacted by a donor seeking to give
Quaker Heights a cemetery plot at Memorial Gardens for a $100.00 transfer fee.
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Trustees then discussed the need for a gift accepting policy and recommended the
Advancement Committee assume responsibility for writing such a policy. Trustees
then discussed the burial plot donation and the mechanism to choose a resident to
utilize the property, the testimony of equality, and the market value of the donation
as well as the process for setting property donation to the organization.”
“ACTION: the board of Trustees approved action for staff to contact the donor and
clarify the donor’s level of comfort giving the burial plot with the understanding the
organization may sell the property to convert the donation to cash in order to
purchase something which would benefit all residents of Quaker Heights (such as
resident public computers). The donor needs to understand that we do not have a
policy to support this type f gift. ‘Therefore we would offer the plot at market value
to staff and resident s and put the proceed s in the resident fund. The board also
approves that the advancement committee creates a policy for these types of gifts.”
283. Board of Trustees meeting Minutes, November 28th, 2007
(Gift Acceptance Policy):
“Tom Bennett reported his discussion with other fund raiding organizations such
as Friends Fiduciary as it related to the development of a Gift Acceptance Policy.
Tom stated the organization will need to be very intentional in its decision making
regarding what gifts to accept, limitations, socially responsible exceptions, and that
this process will take time. In the interim, Tom stated staff should have direction
from the board and the general direction at this time is to advise staff to accept
gifts of cash only and to seek input and guidance from the board on any other
donation. Further Tom advised the Trustees an annual solicitation letter will be
drafted by the Advancement committee for the Presiding Clerk to sign, asking
Trustees to give to the organization.”
284. Quaker Heights Summary of Foundation Activities for
Year Ending, December 31st, 2007 (Contributions):
Mr. & Mrs. Irwin ~ In memory of Ruby Keller ~ $50.00
Thomas Bennett ~ Donation ~ $500.00
Horatio & Barbara Wood ~ Donation ~ $1,000.00
Alice Palmer ~ Donation ~ $2,000.00
Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting ~ Donation ~$400.00
Eugenia Mills ~ Donation ~ $500.00
Lytle United Methodist Church ~ Donation ~ $75.00
Hope King ~ In memory of Fred Buttner ~ $75.00
Terrance & Jenifer Wynne ~ In memory of Fred Buttner ~ $20.00
Steven Rudy ~ In memory of Fred Buttner ~ $50.00
Battelle ~ In memory of Fred Buttner ~ $25.00
David & Janet Patterson ~ In memory of Fred Buttner ~ $250.00
AdCare Health Systems ~ Donation ~ $100.00
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Horatio & Barbara Wood ~ Donation ~ $1,500.00
Dale Hayes ~ Donation ~ $100.00
Dr. Eugene & Christina Snyder ~ Donation ~ $1,000.00
Charles & Dorothea Rye ~ Donation ~ $500.00
James & Sharon Jewell ~ Donation ~ $100.00
Dayton Friends Meeting (FGC) ~ Donation ~ $100.00
James & Wilma Watson ~ Donation ~ $50.00
Mark Simon & Alison Neil ~ In memory of Evelyn Simon ~ $100.00
Thomas Bennett ~ Donation ~ $1,000.00
Death Notice & Obituary of Evelyn F. Simon (Dayton Daily News & Western Star):
“SIMON, Evelyn F. Age 76 of Waynesville, OH died December 7, 2007. Services
private. Arrangements Stubbs Conner Funeral Home, Waynesville, Ohio (Western
Star, December 13th, 2007).
“EVELYN F. SIMON, age 76 of Waynesville and formerly of NY, FL, and CA, passed
away Fri., Dec. 7, 2007 at Quaker Heights Nursing Home, Waynesville. Evelyn
greatly enjoyed knitting, bingo, puzzles, crossword, movies, and dining. She was
preceded in death by her husband Larry in 1970. She is survived by her two sons L.
Scott Simon and his spouse Louis V. Cesarini of Waynesville and Mark and his wife
Alison O’Neil Simon of FL, daughter Susan Eberhard of FL, granddaughter Laura
Jean Eberhard, sister Shirley Wallet of CA, family dog Lance, and family cockatoo
Amadeus. Private services were held Sun. Dec. 9. If desired, contributions may be
made to Hospice of Dayton or Quaker Heights Nursing Home. Stubbs-Conner
Funeral Home, Waynesville is serving the family. Condolences may be sent to the
family at www.stubsconner.com.SIMON,EvelynF.” (Dayton Daily News:
12/16/2007).
285. Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes, January 30th, 2008
(Soliciting members of Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting for
donations):
“Advancement Committee: Tom Bennett reported on the goal of the Advancement
Committee to engage Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting solicitation with the help of the
Boards’ liaison, Dale Hayes. Tom talked further about the complications for
developing a Gift Acceptance policy and he distributed a draft policy the committee
is recommending being forwarded to legal review. ACTION: The Board of Trustees
approved Dale Hayes seeking approval from Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting for access
to an electronic copy of the mailing list for the purpose of soliciting members for
donations.”
286. Quaker Heights Foundation, Inc., Meeting of the Trustees,
April 28th, 2008 (Selection of Friends Fiduciary Corporation
for investment services for the FHF):
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“ACTION in response to 08-05 and 08-06: The Foundation Trustees heard
presentations from both Friends Fiduciary Corporation and Mennonite Mutual
Aide regarding investment management services. After careful considerations and
discernment, the Trustees came to unity about the selection of Friends Fiduciary
Corporation for investment services for the Quaker Heights Foundation. This
decision was based on the Friends Fiduciary Corporation experience with socially
responsible investment screening, and adherence to the testimonies of the Religious
Society of Friends. Byron Branson will work with Wendy Waters-Connell and
Connie Brookes to transfer the assets from Citi Corp. under Coggins Consulting
Group to Friends Fiduciary Corporation within the next 60 days. The Trustees
authorize the Presiding Clerk and the Executive Director to carry out the necessary
steps and execute the appropriate documents to engage Friends Fiduciary
Corporation and complete the transfer of assets to Friends Fiduciary Corporation.
One of the services of the Friends Fiduciary Corporation is “Planned Giving
Services” which includes:
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o
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Charitable Gift Annuities
Donor Advised funds
Pooled Life Income funds
287. Quaker Heights Care community Board of Trustees
Meeting Minutes, October 31st, 2008 (Gift solicitation and
Acceptance Policy is approved):
“Advancement Committee Report: Tom Bennett gave a report about the
committee’s work on a Gift Solicitation and Acceptance Policy which was
distributed during the meeting (see attachment to the meeting minutes). Tom
summarized the rationale behind the legal reviews of the policy and its contents.
Tom then discussed the newly engaged Friends Fiduciary Corporation as the
primary source for investment management and socially responsible investing for
the Foundation. Given the reduction in responsibility for portfolio oversight, the
opportunity for the Foundation to assist in Advancement activities for the
corporation (such as fund raising) will increase.”
The Board of Trustees approved the new Gift Solicitation and Acceptance Policy
(See policy in the Appendix).
288. Quaker Heights Summary of Foundation Activities for
Year Ending, December 31st, 2008 (Grace Carlton Allen
Trust):
“Estate of Grace Carlton Allen: June, 24th, 2008, $2,000.00.”
On June 17th, 2008, Wendy Waters-Connell received a letter from U. S Trust: Bank
of America Private Wealth Management, Bank of American, St. Petersburg,
Florida, notifying her of the specific bequest of $2,000.00 to Quaker Heights from
the Grace C. Allen Trust in memory of the Grantor’s husband’s father, Elwood D.
Allen.
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Grace Carlton Allen (b. June
1908 – d. December
2007), S.S.N. 262-801257. Her last residence was: 33613 Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida.
20th,
16th,
289. Quaker Heights Summary of Foundation Activities for Year
Ending, December 31st, 2008 (Contributions during 2008):
Arthur & Patricia Bonar ~ In Memory of Kathleen Beck ~ $200.00
Barry & Patricia Kern ~ In Memory of Kathleen Beck ~ $40.00
Lytle United Methodist Church ~ Donation ~ $50.00
William & Marilyn Stubbs ~ Donation ~ $200.00
Lytle United Methodist Church ~ Donation ~ $50.00
Lytle United Methodist Church ~ Donation ~ $50.00
Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting ~ Donation ~ $400.00
Alice Palmer ~ Donation ~ $2,000.00
Lytle United Methodist Church ~ Donation ~ $50.00
Lytle United Methodist Church ~ Donation ~ $50.00
Grace Carlton Allen Trust ~ Bequest ~ $2,000.00
Scott Simon ~ For Miles that Matter ~ $50.00
Eugenia Mills ~ Donation to Endowment Fund ~ $500.00
Lytle United Methodist Church ~ Donation ~ $50.00
Lytle United Methodist Church ~ Donation ~ $50.00
Dale Hayes ~ Donation ~ $250.00
Lytle United Methodist Church ~ Donation ~ $50.00
Lytle United Methodist Church ~ Donation ~ $50.00
MSHC Partners in memory of Lula Belle Watkins ~ $100.00
David & Donna Allen in memory of Mary Hackney ~$25.00
Jim Thornbury ~ Donation ~ $100.00
Dorothea S. Rye ~ Donation ~ $1,500.00
Lonnie & Connie Schear in memory of Vernon Polly ~ $20.00
Shirley Ames in memory of Vernon Polly ~ $20.00
Sarah Ellis in memory of Vernon Polly ~ $20.00
Vaughn & Miriam Peebles ~ Donation ~ $50.00
Kenneth Bordwell ~ Donation ~ $25.00
Lytle United Methodist Church ~ $50.00
Warren Sheehan ~ Donation ~ $100.00
Senior Citizens Club of West Carrolton in memory of Helen Trimble ~$25.00
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AdCare Health Systems ~ Donation ~ $200.00
Dr. Daniel & Helen Wilde in memory of Esther Underwood Doster ~ $100.00
Horatio & Barbara Wood ~ Donation ~$1,500.00
Benton Hoak ~ Donation ~ $100.00
Eugene & Christine Snyder in memory of Lucile Hadley ~ $500.00
James & Wilma Watson in memory of Vernon Polly ~$100.00
Marilyn & Vernon Cherrett ~ Donation ~ $200.00
Richard & Kathleen Faux ~ Donation ~ $25.00
Hubert & Rosemary Kelly in memory of Lynn & Dick Day ~ $100.00
Ralph & Darlene Palmer ~ Donation ~ $100.00
Donald & Barbara Edwards ~ Donation ~$100.00
Dr. Edwin & Cheryl Payne in memory of Davis & Ada Furnas ~ $100.00
Lisa Cayard ~ Donation ~ $50.00
Gerald & Beth Parrish ~ Donation ~$30.00
Bruce & Julia Pearson ~ Donation ~$25.00
Jane Zavitz Bond ~ Donation ~ $100.00
James & Sharon Jewell ~ Donation ~ $100.00
Christopher Branson ~ Donation ~ $25.00
Sam & Karen Bailey ~ Donation ~ $20.00
Violeta Gwynn ~ Donation ~ $100.00
Ross Gwynn ~ donation ~ $100.00
Death Notice of Kathleen Beck:
“BECK, Kathleen M. 88 Harveysburg, Fri., Jan. 18. Service 2 PM Tues, Jan. 22,
Stubbs-Conner Funeral Home, Waynesville” (Dayton Daily News, January 23rd,
2008).
“Beck, Kathleen Marie, Age 88 of Harveysburg, Ohio died January 18th, 2008.
Funeral was January 22 at Stubbs-Conner Funeral Home, Waynesville, Ohio .
Burial Middle Run Cemetery” (Western Star, January 24, 2008).
Death Notice of Lula Belle Watkins (The Western Star, September 4th, 2008):
“WATKINS, Lula Belle 72, of Waynesville, Ohio died August 28. Service was 12 PM
September 2 at Stubbs-Conner Funeral Home.”
Obituary of Lula Belle Watkins (Dayton Daily News, August 29th, 2008):
“WATKINS, Lula Belle age 72 of Waynesville passed away Thurs. Aug. 28, 2008 at
Quaker Heights Nursing Home, Waynesville. She retired from NCR in 1972 after 10
years of service. She greatly enjoyed the Cincinnati Reds and spending time with
her family. She was preceded in death by her parents Langley and Carma Cassidy,
one brother Thomas Cassidy, and one sister Betty Wampler. She is survived by her
son and daughter-in-law Thomas and Leslie Watkins of Waynesville: daughter and
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son-in-law Rhonda and Shannon Maloney of Waynesville: seven grandchildren
Meghan Maloney-Philpot and her husband Brandon, Stacey Maloney, Stephanie
Campbell, Sarah Watkins, Alison Watkins, Brittney Faun, and Sydney Watkins;
three great grandchildren Emma, Kellen, and Cameron; and one sister Shirley
Cassidy of GA. Funeral services Noon Tues., Sept 2 at Stubbs-Conner Funeral
Home, Waynesville. Burial Miami Valley Memory Gardens. The family will
receive friends 10 AM-Noon Tues. at the funeral home. If desired, contributions
may be made to Quaker Heights Nursing Home in Waynesville. Condolences may
be sent to the family at www.stubbsconner.com.”
Death Notice & Obituary of Vernon Polly:
“POLLY, Vernon E. 82 of Waynesville, Ohio, died November 22nd, Service was 11
AM November 26 at Stubbs-Conner Funeral Home” (Western Star, November 27th,
2008).
“Vernon Polly age 82 of Waynesville passed away Sat. Nov. 22, 2008 after a long
illness. Vernon was born in Mayking, KY to George and Alta Polly, who preceded
him in death. He was a proud WWII United States Army veteran. Mr. Polly, a
science teacher, retired from Wayne Local School. He also served the school system
as high school principal, baseball and golf coach, and as athletic director. Vernon
had many hobbies. He loved fishing in Cherokee Lake in TN, making his own lures,
taxidermy, and playing golf, among others. He is survived by his wife Johnnie of
Waynesville, one son Greg and his wife Heidi, two precious grandsons Nathan and
Jake all of Granville, one brother and sister-in-law Paul and Diane of Carlisle, KY,
one sister June Kincer of Whitesburg, KY, three nieces Judy, Kathy, and Susan,
nephew Scott, and many cousins and friends all whom will mourn his passing.
Funeral services 11 AM Wed. Nov. 26 at Stubbs-Conner Funeral Home,
Waynesville. Comer Bond and Dennis Bunnell officiating. Burial Miami Cemetery,
Corwin. The family will receive friends 6-8 PM Tues. at the funeral home. If
desired, contributions may be made to Quaker Heights Nursing Home,
Waynesville. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.stubbsconner.com”
(Dayton Daily News, November 24th, 2008).
Obituary of Lucile Hadley (Western Star, June 11, 1997):
“Lucile Hadley ~ Lucile Fisher Hadley, 81, of Wilmington died Friday, June 6th at
Quaker Heights in Waynesville. She attended Wilmington College and taught
elementary school at new Vienna and at Morrow. She was a birthright member of
Fairview Friends Meeting, and a member of Springfield Friends Meeting for more
than 50 years, and she was an active contributor to the work and activities of the
Meeting.
She served on the board of trustees of Wilmington College, headed the Springfield
Cemetery Association and was an active member of the Clinton County Historical
Society, the USFW, the WCTU, the George Clinton Chapter of the DAR, the Clinton
County Retired Teachers Association, the Ohio State Historical Society and many
other organizations.
She was interested in Quaker history, chaired the Springfield Meeting
sesquicentennial celebration in 1959 and worked on the publication of books on
local and Quaker history and a Quaker cookbook.
Her interests included archaeology, geology, paleontology, local and family
Quaker history, genealogy and quilts as well as education and the domestic arts of
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home and farm and family. She was preceded in death by her husband Herbert M.
Hadley in 1991; sisters Lois Fisher, Pauline Leslie and Erma Nordin; and brother
Dale Fisher. She is survived by daughters Mary Ellen Krisher and her husband
Fred, Harriett Clark, Christine H. Snyder and her husband Eugene, Anna Jean
Hadley and son Herbert Jonathan and his wife Rebecca; 13 grandchildren; three
great-grandchildren; brothers Harold Fisher and his wife Evelyn, Henry Fisher,
Howard A. Fisher and his wife Sarah, John Fisher and his wife Nicole; sister Mary
Jane Burgess and her husband Irwin; and many nieces and nephews.
Visitation was held Monday, June 9 at Reynolds-Smith Funeral Home in
Wilmington with funeral service Tuesday, June 10 at Springfield Meeting on Todd’s
Fork Road. Burial was at Springfield Friends Cemetery. In lieu of flowers,
contributions may be made to the Lucile F. Hadley Scholarship at Wilmington
College.”
Death Notice & Obituary of Davis Furnas:
“Rites Wednesday for Davis Furnas ~ Private funeral services were held at 2 PM
Wednesday for Davis Furnas, aged 65, widely-known farmer, who died at his home
near Waynesville Wednesday, followed by graveside services at Miami Cemetery,
Corwin. He was a birthright member of the Friends. Surviving are his wife, Ada;
two daughters, Mrs. Evelyn Pringle, Germantown; Mrs. James Payne, Chillicothe:
a son, David at home, two sisters, Mrs. Ada Smith, Mrs. Anna Hoak, of
Waynesville; three brothers, Fred, Jamestown; Robert and Roscoe, Waynesville”
(Western Star, December 17, 1953).
“Obituary ~ Davis Furnas was the eldest of six children born to Rebecca Parker
Furnas and Seth Furnas. It was his blessed heritage to be born a birthright
member of Miami Monthly Meeting on June 14, 1888 in the family home that had
been built in 1803 by his great great-grandfather, Robert Furnas. This same
dwelling became their first home when he and Ada Snook were married June 15th,
1911. For the past 35 years the Davis Furnas family has lived on the farm where
Davis passed away Dec. 14th, 1953 at the age of 65. Four children blessed this
home: Harry, who preceded his father in death, Evelyn Pringle, Jane Payne, and
David, who is at home.
The sincerity of Davis’s love and devotion to his family, his loyalty as a neighbor,
and his constant desire to mingle with his friends so long as his strength endured,
were unquestionable. As did his pioneer forefathers, he earned his living from the
soil. He was both happy and successful in this chosen profession for which he
sought advancement and improvement. Davis has been the exemplification of
courage. In the last year he has portrayed the code by which he had always lived ~
physical courage, when he faced what he feared in spite of fear; moral courage,
when he stood up for what he believed to e right no matter what the cost; and
spiritual courage when he put his fate into the hands of God. Survivors include his
widow, Ada, two daughters, a son, six grandchildren, three brothers and two
sisters.”
Obituary of Ada Furnas (Western Star, April 26th, 1978):
“Mrs. Ada Furnas, 91, of Route 2, Waynesville, died Wednesday, April 29th at the
Hospitality Home, Xenia. She was a school teacher in Warren County for several
years, a member of the Miami Monthly Meeting of Friends, and one of the first
members of the Farm Bureau Council. She was preceded in death by her husband,
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Davis, and one son, Harry. She is survived by one son, David Furnas of
Waynesville; two daughters, Mrs. Estey (Evelyn) Pringle of Waynesville, and Mrs.
Edwin (Jane) Payne of Chillicothe; 15 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren;
one brother, Chester Snook of Kissimmee, Fla.; three sisters, Reba Fox of Mason,
Cecilia Mounts of Palmyra, N.J. and Ruth Weaver of Vandalia, several nieces and
nephews.
Funeral services were held at 2 PM Saturday at the Friends Meeting House in
Waynesville. Burial was in Miami Cemetery, Corwin. Stubbs-Conner Funeral
Home, Waynesville, was in charge of arrangements.”
290. Quaker Concerns Committee, February 3rd,2009 (Planning
for the “Quiet Room,” a Chapel at Quaker Heights):
The Quaker Concerns Committee and Violeta Angele Gwynn, QH chaplain, plan for
a “Quiet Room” or Chapel for Quaker Heights. They plan the dedication to be in
Spring of 2009.
The “Quiet Room” with one of the original benches from the
Friends’ White Brick Meetinghouse (1811)
291. Quaker Heights Summary of Foundation Activities for Year
Ending, December 31st, 2009 (as of June):
Dr. Robert K. Finley, Jr. ~ Donation ~ $100.00
Lytle United Methodist Church ~ Donation ~ $50.00
Richard Boyce & Martha Viehman ~ Donation ~ $50.00
Katherine Clark & Phil Henry ~ In memory of Marion Alter ~ $50.00
Thomas Bennett ~ Donation ~ $1,000.00
Bobby & Marilyn Shryock ~ In memory of Vernon Polly ~ $30.00
Charles & Janice Peach ~ In memory of Vernon Polly ~ $30.00
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William Whitaker/Cheryl Simpson ~ In memory of Anna Marilyn Miller ~
$100.00
David & Virginia Wood ~Donation ~ $25.00
Alice Palmer ~ Donation ~ $2,000.00
Mark Diott & Dale Goldberg ~ Donation ~ $25.00
Patrick & Mary Lou Quinn ~ Donation ~$50.00
Thomas Bennett ~ Donation ~ $250.00
OVYM of Religious Society of Friends ~ Donation ~ $1,500.00
Norman Henry ~ Chapel garden ~ $200.00
Obituary of Anna Marilyn Miller (Western Star, January 1, 2009 & Dayton Daily
News, December 29, 2008):
“MILLER, Anna Marilyn Age 84, lifelong resident of Waynesville passed away Sun,
Dec. 28, 2008 at Quaker Heights Nursing Home, Waynesville. She graduated from
Waynesville High School class of ’42 and along wit her husband Ray, owned and
operated Miller’s Department Store for 25 years. She was a lifelong member of the
Waynesville United Methodist Women, Progressive Women’s Club, New Century
Club, and Friendship Club. She was citizen of the year in 1978, served as a
presiding judge for the Board of Elections, participated in Waynesville Community
Aid, and was a dispatcher for the Wayne Township Fire and Rescue Squad. She
was preceded in death by her parents Walter and Winifred (Meredith) Whitaker,
an infant son Harold, and two brothers Charles and Meredith Whitaker. She is
survived by Ray, her husband of 63 years, son Charlie (Karen) Miller, two
daughters, Diana (Ed) Miller and Sallie Dalton, seven grandchildren, Jeff, Mike
and David Miller, Scott and Todd Sollar, and RaeAnna Wieland and Joanna Miller,
seven Great-grandchildren, and four step-great-grandchildren. Anna Marilyn will
always be remembered for her loving heart and caring smile. Funeral Services
10:30 AM Tues, Dec. 30 at the Waynesville United Methodist Church. Pastor Brian
Blankenship, Pastor Tammy Jo Reiser, and Pastor Jing Chow officiating. Burial
Miami Cemetery, Corwin. The family will receive friends 5-8 PM Mon. at StubbsConner Funeral Home, Waynesville. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made
to the Waynesville United Methodist Church. Online condolences may be made to
the family at www.stubbsconner.com.”
APPENDIX
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THE CHANDLER FAMILY
These two photographs were taken of the Chandler family on September 24th, 1901,
the day after the death of David Chandler (b. Dec. 9, 1818- d. September 23rd, 1901).
(Above) Ruth Chandler is sitting on the top step. Next step down are seated the three sons of David
Chandler and their wives left to right: Edwin Chandler & Sidney Chandler, John T. Chandler & wife,
Abigail & Aaron B. Chandler. The lady on the left of Aaron B. Chandler is probably his daughter
Marianna Chandler. Front row: Maybe Asa Chandler, David’s brother, the widow Sarah Jane
Chandler, and probably Hannah Ann Chandler, the sister of David Chandler.
(Above) The extended Chandler family
MARTHA WELCH
Martha Welch ~ Artist
Nude by Martha Welch
Original photograph located in the
Warren County Historical Society Museum, Lebanon, Ohio
Possibly a self-portrait ~ unconfirmed
Warren County Historical Society Museum
Information on this page found in the
Warren County, Ohio Historical Society Museum & Library
Dr. Frank Welch & wife Emily
One of the brothers of Martha Welch
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1955 RESTORATION PICTURE BOOKLET OF
HOPEWELL MEETING
219
220
221
DR. EMMA HOLLOWAY ACCOUNTS
222
Dr. Emma Holloway’s Cuba property (Isle of Pines)
223
224
SALE OF 7% DEBENTURES~
Margaret C. Hadley, Secretary
NAME
Esther L. Farquhar
Ruth T. LaRue
Grace Leaming
C. I. Satterthwaite or
Miriam W. Satterthwaite
Seth E. Furnas, Jr. or
Marjorie Furnas
Elizabeth A. Petterson
Willis H. Hall
Mary Blackburn
Mary Heston Hartsock
Mary Margaret Anderson
Seth E. Furnas, Sr. or
Sara F. Cook
TOWN
Wilmington
Kettering
Wilmington
DATE
12/10/70
12/10/70
12/10/70
#OF BONDS
WORTH
2 (#1-2)
2 (#3-4)
2 (#4-6)
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
Wilmington
12/14/70
2 (#7-8)
$1,000.00
Centerville
Wilmington
Wilmington
Wilmington
Waynesville
Waynesville
12/14/70
12/10/70
12/10/70
12/10/70
12/10/70
12/11/70
4 (#9-12)
2 (#13-14)
2 (#15-16)
10 (#17-26)
2 (#27-28)
2 (#29-30)
$2,000.00
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
$5,000.00
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
Centerville
Seth E. Furnas Sr. or Seth
E. Furnas, Jr.
12/15/70
2 (#31-32)
$1,000.00
~ transferred to Sara F. Cook, 2/9/74
Centerville
Earl W. Conner or Doris S.
Conner
Grace W. Brown
Audra O. Hampton
Elsie R. Hockett
12/15/70
2 (#33-34)
$1,000.00
~ transferred to Seth E. Furnas, Jr, 2/9/74
Waynesville
Waynesville
Wilmington
Waynesville
12/15/70
2 (#35-36)
$1,000.00
12/15/70
4 (#37-40)
$2,000.00
12/15/70
2 (#41-42)
$1,000.00
12/15/70
2 (#43-44)
$1,000.00
~#43 transferred to Jean Bunnell, 1/30/76
~#44 trans. to Ruth Edgington, 1/30/76
12/15/70
10 (#45-54)
$5,000.00
Keller Hoak or Anna Hoak
Ross H. Hartsock & Edna
D. Hartsock
Ernest E. Cook or Sara F.
Cook
Milton E. Cook
Gary Allan Cook
Ray Skaggs or Isabel
Skaggs
Miriam M. Retallick
Naomi Gray,Wm. Sawyer,
and Barbara Sawyer
Harold B. Earnhart of
Josephine H. Earnhart
Homer Walton or Lillian
Walton
Howard Halm or Lena M.
Irons
Waynesville
Waynesville
12/15/70
2 (#55-56)
$1,000.00
~ transferred to Edna D. Hartsock, 9/11/74
Waynesville
Waynesville
Waynesville
12/15/70
12/15/70
12/15/70
Waynesville
Norwood
12/15/70
2 (#63-64)
$1,000,00
4/9/73
2 (#65-66)
$1,000.00
~transferred from Sarah Burnet Estate
2 (#57-58)
2 (#59-60)
2 (#61-62)
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
2 (#67-68)
$1,000.00
~ transferred to Wm. Sawyer or Barbara Sawyer or Carla
Linebaugh, 1/26/74
Waynesville
12/15/70
2 (#69-70)
Dayton
12/15/70
2 (#71-72)
$1,000.00
~ #71 transferred to Lillian Walton, 12/10/74
Lebanon
12/15/70
1 (#73)
$1,000.00
$ 500.00
225
Mary Ellen Lacy
Edith S. McKay
Ruth A. Skimming
Benton K. Hoak or Alberta
Hoak
Paul Tomlinson
Arthur A. Benfer of Vera
E. Benfer
Charlene Riley
Charles D. or Eleanor
Freeland
Waynesville
Wilmington
Wilmington
12/17/70
12/17/70
12/17/70
2 (#74-75)
2 (#76-77)
2 (#78-79)
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
Waynesville
Wilmington
12/17/70
12/17/70
2 (#80-81)
2 (#82-83)
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
Waynesville
12/17/70
2 (#84-85)
$1,000.00
~ 2 bonds transferred to Charles D. & Mabel Davis, no date
Wilmington
12/17/70
2 (#86-87)
$1,000.00
Waynesville
Harley R. Moss
Waynesville
Merle L. Younce or Betty
Jean Younce or Merle
Terry Younce
Charles G. Blackburn
Waynesville
New Vienna
Lena M. Irons
Louis Newmann or Nancy
Neumann
Edwin Michenor
Kenneth M. Retallick or
Carolyn S. Retallick
Esther Gons Filer
Ralf Johns or Anna Johns
Adda Kenrick
Warren Lacy or Virginia
Nicely
Walter Sheehan
Mildred D. Sheehan
Esther A. Palmer
C. Mervin Palmer
Margaret C. Hadley or
Donna H. Markley or
Donald L. Hadley
D.R. Smith or Mildred
Smith
Lucile Armitage
Elizabeth Boone
Raymond Brattin
Mildred G. Brattin
Raymon Hatfield
1/4/71
3 (#88-90)
$1,500.00
~ transferred to Eleanor L. Freeland 9/11/72
12/19/70
2 (#91-92)
$1,000.00
~ transferred to William Moss 9/11/72
Lebanon
12/19/70
2 (#93-94)
$1,000.00
12/19/70
2 (#95-96)
$1,000.00
~ transferred to Bertha D. Blackburn, 7/31/75
12/31/70
2 (#97-98)
$1,000.00
Maineville
Waynesville
12/2//70
12/29/70
3 (#99-101)
1 (#102)
$1,500.00
$ 500.00
Waynesville
12/28/70
1 (#103-104)
$1,000.00
Waynesville
12/28/70
4 (#105-108)
$2,000.00
Waynesville
12/29/70
4 (#109-112)
$2,000.00
Waynesville
12/30/70
2 (#113-114)
$1,000.00
~ transferred to Frank W. & Edith M. Kurfiss, 4/29/74
Dayton
Waynesville
Waynesville
Amelia
Amelia
12/30/70
12/30/70
12/30/70
12/30/70
12/30/70
Waynesville
12/31/70
2 (#125-126)
$1,000.00
~ transferred to Donna R. Markley, 10/9/73
1 (#127)
12/30/70
Redeemed
$ 500.00
12/31/70
2 (#128-129)
$1,000.00
1/4/71
2 (#130-131)
$1,000.00
1/4/71
4(#132-134)
$2,000.00
1/4/71
3 (#135-139)
$2,000.00
1/4/71
2 (#140-141)
$1,000.00
~ transferred to Ruth C. Hatfield, 1/9/75
1/4/71
2 (#142-143)
$1,000.00
Waynesville
Waynesville
S. Charleston
S. Charleston
S. Charleston
Lebanon
Ruth C. Hatfield
Charles D. Freeland or
Eleanor L. Freeland
Lebanon
Eva W. McMillan
Dayton
Waynesville
2 (#115-116)
2 (#117-118)
2 (#119-120)
2 (#121-122)
2 (#123-124)
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
12/15/70
2 (#144-145)
$1,000.00
~ transferred to Eleanor L. Freeland 9/11/72
1/5/71
4 (#146-149)
$2,000.00
226
Meriam H. Lukens
Marian & Doris Snook
Lebanon
Esther S. Turner
Herbert L. Vaught or
Susie Vaught
Jesse Willmer Roland or
Lucina P. Roland
Leonard Tinney or Besse
Tinney
Albert H. Stubbs or Opel
P. Stubbs
Douglas Parker of Rebecca
J. Parker
Grace H. Prendergast or
Mary Alice Prendergast
Grace H. Prendergast or
Rebecca A. Prendergast
Helen E. Calvert
Frank W. Kurfiss or Edith
M. Kurfiss
George H. Henderson or
Nancy Henderson
Charles E. Moore
Emma U. Gearhart or
Opel P. Stubbs
J. Elbon or Mildred
Schickedantz
Minnie M. Brown
Dailey L. Bugg or Frances
C. Bugg
Mary E. Brock
Richard Z. Smith or
Virginia L. Smith
Mary F. Brown or Francis
G. Brown
Mary F. Brown or Eileen
B. Roberts
Mary F. Brown or Richard
E. Brown
Mary F. Brown or Patricia
B. Wells
Mary F. Brown or
Lawrence D. Brown
Harold Whitaker or
Catharine Whitaker
Bessie L. Cook
Selma
West
Carrollton
Raymond Braddock or
Sara U. Braddock
Sara U. Braddock or
Ramona Braddock
Sara U. Braddock or
Quaker Heights
1/5/71
2 (#150-151)
$1,000.00
1/12/74
2 (#152-153)
$1,000.00
~ purchased bonds from Anna T. McDorman
1/4/71
2 (#154-155)
$1,000.00
1/5/71
2 (#156-157)
$1,000.00
Spring Valley
1/5/71
2 (#158-159)
$1,000.00
Waynesville
1/5/71
2 (#160-161)
$1,000.00
Waynesville
1/5/1971
2 (#162-163)
$1,000.00
Wilmington
1/7/71
2 (#164-165)
$1,000.00
Waynesville
12/15/1970
1 (#166)
$ 500.00
Waynesville
Springfield
1 (#167)
20 (#168-187)
Waynesville
12/15/1970
1/7/71
12/29/70
1/7/71
4 (#188-191)
$2,000.00
Waynesville
Harveysburg
1/9/71
1/9/71
2 (#192-193)
1 (#194)
$1,000.00
$ 500.00
Waynesville
1/12/71
1 (#195)
$ 500.00
Selma
Dayton
1/12/71
1/12/71
2 (#196-197)
2 (#198-199)
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
Waynesville
S. Charleston
1/14/71
1/14/71
2 (#200-201)
2 (#202-203)
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
Wilmington
1/18/71
2 (#204-205)
$1,000.00
Waynesville
1/19/71
2 (#206-207)
$1,000.00
Waynesville
1/19/71
2 (#208-209)
$1,000.00
Waynesville
1/19/71
2 (#210-211)
$1,000.00
Waynesville
1/19/71
2 (#212-213)
$1,000.00
Waynesville
1/19/71
2 (#214-215)
$1,000.00
$ 500.00
$10,000.0-
Waynesville
1/22/71
4 (#215-219)
$2,000.00
Waynesville
1/23/71
2 (#220-221)
$1,000.00
~ transferred to Lawrence M. Cook from Bessie L. Cook Estate
Waynesville
1/23/71
4 (#222-225)
$2,000.00
Waynesville
1/23/71
2 (#226-227)
$1,000.00
227
Wilhelmina Branson
Sara U. Braddock or
Jennifer Lee Fischer
F. Rue Dinwiddie
Roscoe C. Furnas or
Esther M. Furnas
Alice Gons VanderVoort
Jon D. Kelton
Erma M. Evans
Jane M. Morgan
Emma A. Swindler or
Oratene Smith
Waynesville
1/23/71
2 (#228-229)
$1,000.00
Waynesville
Dayton
1/23/71
1/26/71
2 (#230-231)
2 (#232-233)
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
Waynesville
Wilmington
Wilmington
Dayton
1/29/71
1/29/71
2/7/71
2/15/71
2/20/71
1 (#234)
2 (#235-236)
2 (#237-238)
2 (#239-240)
2 (#241-242)
$ 500.00
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
Friends Home
10/5/74
2 (#243-244)
$1,000.00
~ transferred to Emma A. Swindler, no date
Lebanon
$2,000.00
Waynesville
Dayton
3/3/71
4 (#245-148)
~ transferred to John D. Bolin
~ redeemed on 2/76
March
1 (#249)
3/11//71
2 (#250-251)
Spring Valley
3/11/71
2 (#252-253)
$1,000.00
Lebanon
3/14/71
2 (#254-255)
$1,000.00
Springfield
Lebanon
Lebanon
Dayton
3/14/71
3/23/71
3/23/71
3/19/71
2 (#256-257)
10 (#258-267)
2 (#268-269)
1 (#270)
1 (#271)
$1,000.00
$5,000.00
$1,000.00
$ 500.00
Waynesville
Lebanon
Waynesville
Friends Home
Waynesville
4/1/71
3/29/71
4/1/71
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
4/1/71
2 (#272-273)
2 (#274-275)
2 (#276-277)
Redeemed
2 (#278-279)
Dayton
3/31/71
4 (#280-283)
$2,000.00
Englewood
3/31/71
2 (#284-285)
$1,000.00
Lexington, Ky
Wilmington
4/2/71
4/2/71
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
C. D. Cook
Mollie Ward or James
Ward
Wilmington
4/8/71
2 (#286-287)
2 (#288-289)
Redeemed 4/76
2 (#290-291)
Lebanon
Paul W. Stokes
Donald Calvert or Mildred
H. Calvert
Lebanon
4/20/71
2 (#292-293)
$1,000.00
~ transferred to Marian or Doris Snook, 8/23/75
4/15/71
2 (#294-295)
$1,000.00
John D. Bolin or Gladys
H. Bolin
C. Erwin or Grace Ellis
Marguerite Blaylock
James T. McDonald or
Janet M. McDonald
Earl W. Smith or Helen
Smith
Marjorie E. Smith or
Emma H. McClure
George R. Henkle
Harriet G. Gray
Douglas Kenneth Baker
VOID
William Doster or Esther
Doster
F. Randall Ivins
Elizabeth W. Chandler
Ethel S. Dunham
Marion J. Jacobs or Ralph
M. Jacobs or Elizabeth
Jacobs
Don Ballechino or Alberta
Ballechino
Raymond Braddock ,
Agent for Eugene B. or
Carol Gallagher
Lucille Salisbury
Yellow Springs
Maumee
$ 500.00
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
5/10/71
1 (#296)
$ 500.00
~ transferred to Mildred H. Calvert, 5/28/74
228
Bertha P. Brickett or Betty
Wachter
Robert K. Crane
Yearly Mtg. Benevolent
Fund
Campus Friends Meeting
Miami Quarterly Meeting
Campus Friends Meeting
Miami Quarterly Meeting
Green Plain Monthly M.
Yellow Springs Friends
Meeting
Howard C. Hahn or Lena
M. Irons
Virginia L. Smith
Nellie M. Gordon or
Lillian L. Fife
Arnold L. Barton or Helen
J. Barton
Irene K. Walker
Roy T. Ellis or Cleta Ellis
Elizabeth A. Peterson
C. Mervin Palmer or
Esther A. Palmer
Esther A. Palmer
Warren C. Nelson or
Mildred N. Nelson
Lola S. Cotterman or Nelle
C. Deger
Lola S. Cotterman or
Carolyn C. Jones
Roscoe C. Furnas or
Esther M. Furnas
Eugenia F. Whitaker %
Nancy Neumann
Velma Owens
Ruth P. Rosell or Louise P.
Craig
Anna M. Rosell or W.
Frank Rosell
Seth E. Furnas ,Sr. or Sara
F. Cook
Toledo
Lebanon
Roger Boone,
S. Charleston
Wilmington
Waynesville
Wilmington
Waynesville
Selma
5/10/71
4/30/71
2 (#297-298)
4 (#299-302)
$1,000.00
$2,000.00
No date
1/7/71
3/2/71
1/7/71
3/1/71
4/6/71
1 (#303)
1 (#304)
1 (#305)
1 (#306)
5 (#307-311)
7 (#312-318)
$ 500.00
$ 500.00
$ 500.00
$ 500.00
$2,500.00
$3,500.00
Yellow Springs
April 1971
4 (#319-#322)
$2,000.00
Lebanon
Wilmington
April 1971
5/27/71
1 (#323)
2 (#324-325)
$ 500.00
$1,000.00
12/15/70
4 (#326-329)
$2,000.00
Waynesville
1/2/70
4 (#330-333)
$2,000.00
Lebanon
2 (#334-335)
$1,000.00
Waynesville
3/17/71
1 (#336)
$ 500.00
~ transferred to Frank W. or Edith M. Kurfiss, 7/15/74
Wilmington
7/8/71
2 (#337-338)
$2,000.00
Amelia
Amelia
7/10/71
10 (#339-348)
$5,000.00
7/10/71
2 (#349-350)
$1,000.00
~ transferred to Evelyn B. Allen, Aug. 14, 1971
Lebanon
7/12/71
2 (#351-352)
$1,000.00
Dayton
6 (#353-358)
$3,000.00
Miamisburg
6 (#359-364)
$3,000.00
Waynesville
7/19/71
1 (#365)
$ 500.00
Maineville
Springfield
8/9/71
3 (#366-368)
2 (#369-370)
$1,500.00
$1,000.00
Kettering
8/14/71
2 (#371-372)
$1,000.00
Lebanon
8/16/71
2 (#373-374)
$1,000.00
Dayton
Seth E. Furnas, Sr. or Seth
E. Furnas, Jr.
8/16/71
2 (#375-376)
$1,000.00
~transferred to Sara F. Cook, 2/9/74
Dayton
C. Mervin Palmer or
Esther A. Palmer
8/16/71
2 (#377-378)
$1,000.00
~ transferred to Seth E. Furnas, Jr., 2/9/74
Amelia
8/16/71
2 (#379-380)
~ transferred to Frank D. Allen
$1,000.00
September
$1,000.00
James R. Cooper or
Bertha M. Cooper
Barnsville ~
Friends Bd. Sch.
2 (#381-382)
229
Deckard Ritter or Mary R.
Ritter
Lola S. Cotterman or Nelle
C. Deger
Lola S. Cotterman or
Carolyn E. Jones
Esther A. Palmer
Ada A. Greene
Anna May West
Roberta S. Hahn or
Marvin S. Moon
Lida B. Derr
Lutie T. Richardson or
Lutie M. Irelan
Dick A. Irelan or Lutie M.
Irelan
F. Rue Dinwiddie
Sarah Burnet
Mary S. Rye
John R. Palmer or Geneal
Palmer
Ann Telfair Johnson or
Frederick T. Johnson or
Daniel L. Johnson
Dick A. Irelan or Lutie M.
Irelan
William Doster or Esther
Doster
Don Bollechino or Alberta
Bollechino
Verna W. Hiatt
Lena M. Iorrns or Howard
C. Hahn
Benevolent Fund ~
Indiana Yearly Meeting
Charles E. Moore
William F. Hayden or
Molly Tan Hayden
Wilson H. Nicholas
Edith Denny
Irving D. Welch or Alice
Welch
Eva W. McMillan
Harold D. Ary or Emma
M. Ary
Virgil M. Retallick or Pearl
Yellow Springs
9/17/71
2 (#383-384)
$1,000.00
Miamisburg
No Date
2 (#385-386)
$1,000.00
Miamisburg
Amelia
Wilmington
Lebanon
No Date
8/19/71
10/1/71
10/8/71
2 (#387-388)
2 (#389-390)
2 (#391-392)
6 (#393-398)
$1,000.0
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
$3,000.00
Wilmington
No Place
No Date
No Date
2 (#399-400)
40 (#401-440)
$1,000.00
$20,000.00
Waynesville
11/5/71
2 (#441-442)
$1,000.00
~ transferred to Lutie M. Irelan, 8/31/73
Waynesville
12/11/71
2 (#443-444)
~ Redeemed October 1975
12/13/71
1 (#445)
$1,000.00
No Place
No Date
1 (#451)
$ 500.00
Athens
1/12/72
2 (#452-453)
$1,000.00
Waynesville
No Date
5 (#454-458)
~ redeemed October 1975
$2,500.00
Waynesville
No Date
2 (#459-460)
$1,000.00
Englewood
Wilmington
No Date
2/26/71
4 (#461-464)
2 (#465-466)
$2,000.00
$1,000.00
Lebanon
Roger Boone
S. Charleston
Harveysburg
No Date
4 (#467-470)
$2,000.00
4/6/72
5/24/71
1 (#471)
1 (#472)
$ 500.00
$ 500.00
Dayton
Friends Home
Waynesville
June 1972
20 (#473-492)
Dayton
$ 500.00
Friends Home
Waynesville
12/13/71
1 (#446)
$ 500.00
~ transferred to Van B. Retallick from Sarah Burnet Estate
Waynesville
No Date
4 (#447-450)
$2,000.00
$10,000.00
Lancaster
6/15/72
2 (#493-494)
$1,000.00
~ transferred to Dale H. Nicholas, no date
5/21/72
4 (#495-498)
$2,000.00
Lancaster
Dayton
6/21/72
6/21/72
2 (#499-500)
2 (#501-502)
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
Waynesville
7/1/72
2 (#503-504)
$1,000.00
230
B. Retallick
Howard C. Hahn or Lena
M. Iorns
Louise Griffiths
Mary S. Rye
Esther A. Palmer
C. Mervin Palmer
George Henderson or
Nancy D. Henderson
Elizabeth C. Page
Lebanon
7/11/72
4 (#505-508)
$2,000.00
~ transferred to Mary V. Townsley (#505), 7/26/73
~ transferred to Patricia G. Gilman (#506), 7/26/73
~ transferred to Charles E. Retallick (#507), 7/26/73
~ transferred to Mark & Gregg Townsley, Keith & Heather Gillman,
Lesley Retallick (#508), 7/26/73
Lebanon
Wilmington
Waynesville
Amelia
Amelia
7/25/72
7/29/72
7/31/72
9/2/72
9/2/72
1 (#509)
6 (#510-515)
16 (#516-531)
2 (#532-533)
2 (#534-535)
$ 500.00
$6,000.00
$8,000.00
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
Waynesville
Wilmington
10/31/72
1/15/73
2 (#536-537)
2 (#538-539)
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
THE McMILLAN FAMILY
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McMillan Family Picture
Grandma & Grandpa McMillan (Joseph & Emma)
Picture taken in 1909 just before oldest daughter was to go to nursing
school in Grand Rapids, Michigan
(Left to right) Grandpa (Joe), Robert, Adelbert (infant) Willis,
Mark, Dillon, Eva, Ruth, Vera, Reba (back) Mabel,
Herbert (on lap), Grandma Emma
The Lower Courtyard of FBH
Outbuildings of the FBH ~ White garage,
chicken house with carriage shed behind,
red barn
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TRANSCRIPTION OF THE CHARTER OF FRIENDS
BOARDING HOME OF INDIANA YEARLY MEETING OF THE
RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS
(Now Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting)
On this Seventeenth Day of the Sixth Month, A. D. 1904:
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The persons named below as subscribers of Articles of Incorporation, desiring for
themselves, their associates and successors to become a body corporate in
accordance with the general corporation laws of the State of Ohio, under the name
and style of Friends Boarding Home of the Indiana Yearly Meeting of the Religious
Society of Friends, and with all the corporate rights, powers, privileges and
liberties enjoyed under or imposed by such laws, did subscribe, acknowledge and
afterwards, to wit:
On the 20th day of Sixth Month, 1904, file in the office of the Secretary of State of the
State of Ohio, at Columbus, in the State of Ohio, articles of incorporation, as follows
to wit:
CHARTER ~ STATE OF OHIO
These Articles of Incorporation of Friends Boarding Home of Indiana Yearly
meeting of the Religious society of Friends,
Witnesseth: That we, the undersigned, all of wh9om are citizens of the State of
Ohio, desiring to form a corporation, not for profit, under the general corporation
laws of said State, do hereby certify:
First. The name of said corporation shall be The Friends Boarding Home of the
Indiana Yearly meeting of the Religious Society of Friends.
Second. Said corporation shall be located and its principle business transacted
at Waynesville in Warren County, Ohio.
Third. The purpose for which said corporation is formed is to provide a
residence and all needful comforts for members of the Religious Society of
Friends and those in sympathy with them at a moderate cost, and to acquire
and hold suitable real estate on which to erect all buildings necessary for the use
of said corporation in the accomplishment of the purposes above mentioned,
and to erect such buildings and to receive all property, real and personal, by
gift, grant, devise or purchase, and to hold, use, invest, and expend the same to
enable it to accomplish the purposes above named.
In witness Whereof, We have hereunto set our hands this 17th day of sixth Month, A.
D. 1904.
A. B. Chandler, Georgia Frame, Davis Furnas, Elizabeth Moore, Edwin Chandler
ENDNOTES:
Green Plain Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends (Hicksite) is located 0.1 mile N.W. of
the intersection of S. Charleston-Clifton Road and Dolly Varden Road, Madison Township of
Clark Co., Ohio. The site is now on the Ohio and National Register of Historical Places. “The
Green Plain Meeting House is a rectangular, one story brick structure in common bond, 22 feet
X 42 feet. It has six bays across the facade ~~ 2 doors and four windows. Stylistically it is a
highly vernacularized Greek Revival. The facade can be divided into two parts in the normal
Friends’ custom. Each side has a central door flanked by a window on each side. A stove flue
is built into each of the two short sides and they rise above the ridge of the roof by about 2 feet.
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Within the building is again divided into two sections: one for men and one for women. Each
side has a center aisle with straight-back pews on either side. There is a space for the speaker
at the front and also a place on the end walls for a stove. The two sections are separated by a
waist-high walnut paneled divider. Ave that is a walnut paneled wall, which folds towards the
long walls when communication between he men and women was necessary. The only
alterations to the building consist in: 1.) many years ago the iron heating stoves were
removed; 2.) as the original floor joists were only about 12” above the ground, the floor rottedout about the turn of the century. It was replaced by a solid, poured concrete slab floor. All
original interior woodwork, as well as window sash, doors, transoms and shutters are
original. The Meeting House sits on the front half of a square acre plot. The back half contains
a cemetery which is still in use and well maintained” (National Register materials ~ Ohio
Historic Inventory, Ohio Historic Preservation Office, Ohio Historical Center, Columbus, Ohio
43211). There is an Orthodox Friends Meetinghouse in Selma itself. The Hicksite meetinghouse
has been referred to as the “little brick” to differentiate it from the Orthodox meetinghouse
which was built in 1871 to replace the original 1832 frame meetinghouse.
The Lauramoore Friends Boarding Home would open in Richmond, Indiana in 1927. For
more information, see: http://www.quaker.org/lauramoore/. The name “Lauramoore” comes
from the previous owners of the home, Charles and Laura Moore. Unlike the 1905 Friends
Boarding Home in Waynesville, which was built specifically to be a boarding home,
“Lauramoore” was a private residence built in 1860 in the Italianate style. In 1927 Whitewater
Monthly Meeting (F.G C.) became the owner of the house. That same year, they sold the old
Hicksite Meeting House, which is now houses the Wayne County Historical Museum on North
A Street. The intention was to build a new meetinghouse on the property of “Lauramoore.”
This never happened. Meeting was held in the parlor and living room of “Lauramoore.” From
1927-1951 Whitewater Monthly Meeting owned and managed the Home. In 1951 it was
incorporated as a non-profit organization with a twelve member board of Directors. The Home
has rooms for nine people.
2
One Hundredth Anniversary: The Hickman Friends Boarding Home of Concord Quarterly
Meeting, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1891-1991 by John Morrison Moore (West Chester, Pa.:
Friends Boarding Home of Concord Quarterly Meeting, 1991), pp. 9-10.
3
A Standard History of Springfield and Clarke County, Ohio, Vol. II by Dr. Benjamin F. Prince
(Chicago & New York: The American Historical Society), 1922, pp. 16-18.
4
“Thomas L. Calvert” (Ohio History Central),
http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=2950&nm=Thomas-L-Calvert.
5
Quaker Education & Miami Valley Institute: A Hicksite Quaker College, 1870-1883 by Karen
Campbell (Published by Karen S. Campbell, 2004), p. 300.
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7
Minutes of Miami Quarterly Meeting of I.Y.M. (Hicksite-FGC), 11th mo. 10th, 1900).
“WAYNE WOMAN BURIED SATURDAY ~ Lengthy Illness Fatal to Mrs. Ruth Tomlinson
Thursday Morning ~ WAYNESVILLE ~ Following an illness of seven months, Mrs. Ruth Anna
Tomlinson, aged 74, died early Thursday morning at her home near Waynesville. She is
survived by her husband, J. C. Tomlinson, a son Paul, of Waynesville, two daughters, Mrs.
Ruth LaRue of Dayton and Mrs. Faith M. Shank of Lima, five grandchildren, a brother Joseph
Underwood of Rural Route Waynesville, and a sister, Mrs. Jane E. Haines of Wilmington.
Services were held Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Friends Meeting House with burial in
Miami Cemetery” (Western Star, August 7th, 1947).
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Quaker Education & Miami Valley Institute: A Hicksite Quaker College, 1870-1883 by Karen
Campbell (Published by Karen S. Campbell, 2004), pp. 104 and 119.
9
Another set of sisters that lived at the Friends Boarding Home was Emily and Lydia Wright.
According to Charles K. Hatfield in his Master’s thesis, the Wright sisters from Springboro,
Ohio, resided in the Home for several years. According to the Register of Boarders, Lydia lived
at the FBH from 1939 to 1943. Dr. Emily Wright lived there in 1939 and 1940. “Emily was a
doctor and had practiced in Chicago. Lydia spent most of her time in Springboro, Ohio, caring
for her parents. The Wrights sisters were Friends (Society of Friends). Their father and
mother were old residents of Warren County in Ohio” (Information taken from an interview
with Ruth Chandler). The author has not been able to find any evidence of a substantial gift or
bequest from the Wright Sisters.
10
We know that Emily Wright attended Miami Valley Institute/College, a Hicksite College in
Springboro, and graduated from there. She was a member of the Miami Valley College Board of
Education for a while. She taught school for a short time at Friends’ Academy, Locust Valley,
N.Y. She then worked in a business office to earn enough money to go to medical school in
Philadelphia. She practiced first in Chicago. She moved to Rock Island, Illinois where she
practiced until her retirement. According to another source, Aron and Mary Wright by Mary W.
Chapman [New York: Charles Francis Press, 1942], p, 50, “During her last years she (Dr. Emily
Wright) resided with her older sisters in the old house in Springboro and visiting there was a
real treat.” Dr. Emily did not die in the FBH. According to the Friends Intelligencer (8th mo. 3,
1940, p. 503), Dr. Emily Wright died on July 13th, 1940 at her home in Springboro, Ohio in her
81st year. She was the daughter of the late Josiah and Emily Wright and a lifelong member of the
Society of Friends. Another Wright sister was Ida Wright Keever, who was an original member
of the Friends Boarding Home Corporation (Minutes of the Friends Boarding Home Board of
Trustees, June 1904, Book 1, page 7). Ida W. Keever was the wife of Dr. Dudley Keever of
Centerville. Both Ida and Dudley were graduates of Miami Valley Institute/College in
Springboro.
(The Miami Gazette, Wednesday, November 15, 1905) “AUSPICIOUS OPENING OF
FRIENDS’ HOME. The ‘Opening’ of the Friends’ Boarding Home, Thursday, Oct. 9, was a
crowning success in all its appointments. All the visitors seemed more than pleased with the
building and the entertainment, and the management of the Home is happy and full of
gratitude for the friendly courtesy and substantial interest manifested by the visitors. It is a
day long to be remembered. Friends began to assemble as early as nine o’clock, and at eleven
the building was overflowing with a happy and interested throng. From eleven until two was
devoted to satisfying the inner man, and about two hundred people were fed. At the two
meals, dinner and supper, some 300 persons were served. At 2:30 a program of literary
exercises began, presided over by Superintendent A. B. Chandler, who read from the 14th
chapter of St. John, and was followed in prayer by Rev. Benj. Hawkins. Esther S. Wallace, of
Richmond, Indiana, read an interesting article of her own preparing, both in prose and
poetry, which is published in this issue of the Gazette. Eliza Morris, of Richmond, Mrs. Thomas
J. Brown, of Waynesville; Caroline Reeves, Richmond; Davis Furnas, Waynesville; Mrs. A. K.
Sargeant, Harveysburg; Benjamin Hawkins, Bethia M. Furnas, Rebecca M. Merritt and A. B.
Chandler, of Waynesville, enlivened the occasion with prayer, praise, exhortation and
expressions of sincere gratitude; after which the exercises closed with good will and good
wishes for the success of the Home. RECEIPTS.
 From donations,
107.00
 From meals served—dinner & supper
68.85
 Checks were given as Follows:
 Caroline Reeves, Richmond,
50.00
 Sarah E. Lippincott, Cincinnati,
25.00
 Thomas Borden, Richmond,
10.00
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Also cash donations from $5.00 down were received from a number of others. Valuable
contributions of canned fruits, raw fruits, vegetables and Groceries; miscellaneous articles
including a sofa pillow, bed spread, lace curtains and a number of pieces of bric a brac were
presented. The Superintendent and Matron, the Board of Trustees of the Home and the
members of the Friends society unite in hearty thanks to many friends of the Home for their
liberal donations and for their kind and efficient services in assisting entertaining and serving
the visitors.”
Some of the artwork donated to the Friends Boarding Home was a painting of the White
Brick Meetinghouse in Waynesville by Morris Fulkerson and a water color of the old Friends
Boarding Home by Jane McColloch. They are both hanging in the FBH Museum (Waynesville
Area Heritage and Cultural Center, WAHCC).
12
An appraisal of the antique furniture in the Friends Boarding Home was first made in 1973.
By 1987, the Trustees of the Friends Home, Inc. had approved a policy concerning the care and
loaning of the furniture to other buildings in the Quaker Heights Health Care Center. In 1990,
Ernie Lawson, the manager of the FBH, with permission, sells some of the pieces from the attic.
In 1991 the Trustees commission another extensive appraisal. In 1994, an Attic Sale was
approved since the choice antiques had been removed. Unfortunately, many of these antique
pieces seem to have disappeared.
13
14
Friends Boarding Home ~ Proposal for Operational Changes, October, 1988.
Obituary of Lena C. Hartsock: “MRS. HARTSOCK, 88, CALLED BY DEATH ~ Funeral
services for Mrs. Lena C. Hartsock, 88, who died at 3:15 A. M. Monday at Miami Valley
Hospital, Dayton, were conducted Wednesday at the Friends’ Meeting House in Waynesville
under the direction of the Stubbs funeral Home. Burial was in Miami Cemetery. Mrs.
Hartsock is survived by one son, Ross, president of the Waynesville National Bank, 11
grandchildren and 19 great grand-children, a sister, Mrs. Emma Harvey of Lebanon and a
brother Stacy Burnet of Spring Valley. She was a charter member of Harveysburg O. E. S.,
and a member of the Waynesville grange. Services by the Eastern Star were conducted
Tuesday night at the Funeral Home.
15
Lena Hartsock was also a privately engaged nurse, probably at the recommendation of the
Friends Boarding Home. If she had to stay with a patient, the boarder would pay for her board.
Lena appears to have had a fee schedule. She made monthly statements to the FBH concerning
what boarders paid her for her nursing. Some times she would report that the boarders had not
yet finished paying her for the month. When she had received her pay, she would divide by
three what she earned and would underline the amount of 1/3rd of her profits. It could be
possible that she gave a third of her earnings to the FBH for recommending her, or, perhaps it
was her gift to the Home.
16
In a report dated June 30th, 1982, Dorothy Swisshelm, a social worker and Friend, who had
been employed in early 1980 to try to find financial assistance for residents living in the old
Friends Boarding Home, met with the Board of Friends Home, Inc., to state clearly some of the
unfulfilled needs of the residents of FBH. “The fact that the home has seldom had all the rooms
filled in the last three years, I know has been a serious financial problem. This fact and the
increasing physical and emotional problems of those who do come, emphasizes to me that the
original function of the home has become changed. There are so many resources today to help
the elderly remain in their own communities and these are expanding all the time.
Consequently, it is likely that more and more of those who apply here will be more and more
handicapped and therefore more needful of something besides food and shelter. If they have
been mental patients surely there need to be extra care and loving attention, with someone
responsible for follow up on the mental status . . . In short it appears the boarding home could
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continue to serve a vital function if there is effort on part of Board, administrator and staff to
(1) Recognize that each person now there, and those to come, have emotional and physical
needs which must be dealt with. It is possible that the applicant’s personality, previous lifestyle, physical and mental condition, have not been sufficiently evaluated prior to admission
due to the pressure to fill the rooms? (2) Follow up with whatever attention is needed, on
every individual, through their relatives as much as possible; if no family, then through social
work dept/, Council on Aging, etc.” (Presentation found among the notes of Thomas Hill on
minutes of the Friend Home, Inc. Board).
The Red Brick Meetinghouse, built in 1836 by the Orthodox Quakers of Waynesville, was
owned at this time by Miami Monthly Meeting (FGC) and still is. The remodeling was paid for
by the Friends Boarding Home.
18
An Historical Study of the Friends Home in Waynesville, Ohio by Charles Kenneth Hatfield,
August 7, 1959, submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements fro the Degree of Master of
Arts in the Department of Education of the Graduate School of Education, Eastern Kentucky
State College, p. 12 & 18. Statement is found in the 1904 Charter.
19
The problem of how to pay for those who can not pay for their room and board was a
perennial problem at the Friends Boarding Home. It was reported on June 29th, 1977 in the
minutes of the Board of Friends Home, Inc., “Nellie Reed can no longer pay all of the rent for
her room at the Friends Home since the rent has increased. She can pay all but $19.00 per
month. It is decided to accept what she can pay and keep a record of the arrearage so that at
the time of her death, a legal bill can be presented.”
20
See, Letter dated July 15, 1966 from Seth E. Furnas, President, to Mrs. Richard Miller
concerning moving her mother out of the Home because a member of the Friends Meeting, a
widow, had applied for admissions the Friend’s Home (Letter at Watson Library, Quaker
Collection, Wilmington College, in a folder of correspondence, some minutes, maintenance
information and financial records from 1961-1966, also an agreement from 1948 between the
Friends Home and the Rich family).
21
The Rev. Walter Dakin stayed in the Friends Boarding Home from May to October 1946
according to the Register of Boarders.
22
Seventy-two years after its founding, the original purpose of the Friends Boarding Home was
affirmed on July 29, 1977 in Article Three of the Articles of Incorporation of the Friends Home
Corporation: “The Annual Board of the Friends Home of Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting of the
Religious Society of Friends reaffirms the intentions of its founders. We are a religious body
whose primary purpose is to provide a home for members of the Religious Society of Friends
who desire to live in a loving community. The Annual Board is dedicated to giving preferential
consideration to members of the Religious Society of Friends, and those in sympathy with
them, in every aspect of our retirement facilities unless we are prohibited by requirements
over which we have no control. This affirmation is not intended to practice discrimination
against any person for any reason; as such a policy is in conflict with the testimonies of the
Society of Friends.”
23
Obituary of Emma Warner Peirce ~ SERVES LAST DAY AS HOME MATRON (The Miami
Gazette, Thursday, September 1, 1938): “Mrs. Howell Peirce, who has been matron of the
Friend’s Home for the past fifteen years, has retired. Mr. Peirce, acting as superintendent,
served with her until his death three years ago. Mrs. Peirce celebrated her eightieth birthday
last April. During her long period of service in this community, she has endeared herself not
only to her family, as she called the members of the Home, but to the entire community. She
possesses one of those charming personalities which enable her to meet people and place them
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at friendly ease. She radiates vitality which may well be the envy of all. At her last dinner at
the Home, Monday evening, a large cake graced the table which bore the inscription, “Fifteen
Years of Loving Service”. The ladies of the Home presented her with a beautiful bouquet of
mixed flowers. Mrs. Peirce is planning to spend this winter with her son, Raymond, and family
of Toledo. Afterwards she will make her home with her sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Calvert, at the ancestral home near Selma. Foster and Margaretta Heacock are acting
as superintendent and matron of the Home.”
“PROMINENT WAYNE RESIDENT CALLED ~ Rite for J. Lindley Mendenhall Are
Conducted Wednesday ~ WAYNESVILLE ~ The community feels deeply the passing of one of
its prominent citizens and civic leaders, J. Lindley Mendenhall, aged 72 years, who died
Monday at the McClellan Hospital, Xenia, after an illness of less than a week. He is survived
by his wife, Georgia, and one brother, who resides in Malta, Ohio. He was a retired farmer
and fruit grower, having lived his entire life in this locality. He was a prominent member of
the Friends church, superintendent and treasurer of the Friends Home, a former member of
the Warren county school board and a member of the local Grange. Funeral services were
held at the Friends Home Wednesday at 2 P. M. where his body lay in state from twelve until 2
P. M. Burial was made in Miami cemetery” (Western Star, October 28, 1942).
25
According to Byron Branson, there were many other names considered before settling on
“Quaker Heights.” Suggestions were: Friendship Manor, Hillcrest, Locust Knoll, Crest View,
Friends Haven, Friends Living Center, Friends Retirement Center, Friends Health Center,
Friends Community Project. Miami Friends Center, and Quaker Heights Community. On
November 6th, 1971 the name “Quaker Heights” was approved by the Board.
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“FUNERAL SERVICES AT FRIENDS CHURCH: Joseph McMillan buried in Miami Cemetery
on Monday Afternoon ~ WAYNESVILLE ~ On Monday afternoon at the White Brick Friends
Church, a large gathering of relatives and friends gathered to pay their last tribute of respect
to the remains of Joseph McMillan, who died Friday night at his home near Waynesville, aged
76 years. He was born in Chester Township, Clinton County. After attending Wilmington and
Otterbein Colleges, he married and raised eleven children. The oldest daughter passed away a
few years ago and his wife seven years ago. The service was open with silent prayer. Friend
Windell Farr of Wilmington College, read the 23rd Psalm, this was followed by a period of
prayer and a trio, “In the Garden” by three young men from the Friends church of Springfield,
the piano accompaniment being played by Mrs. Reynold Beam; a most beautiful obituary was
then read; Friend Farr then read a poem, “Taking Your Choice,” and delivered a beautiful
address on it; the trio then sang “There Is a Beautiful County”; this was followed by a prayer
by Friend Farr after which the leave was taken. The body, followed by his three daughters, six
sons, one sister, and seventeen grandchildren and many other friends, was laid to rest beside
the wife in Miami Cemetery” (Western Star, May 5th, 1938).
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“MRS. EMMA MCMILLAN DIES LAST SAUTRDAY ~ WAYNESVILLE ~ Mrs. Emma D.
McMillan died at her home on Route 3, about 12:30 O’clock Saturday morning. Death was
caused by an apoplectic strike which she had sustained about six hours previously. Funeral
services were held at the White Brick meeting house, Monday afternoon, Fremont Milner of
Leesburg officiating, and burial was made in Miami cemetery. Mrs. McMillan was the wife of
Joseph McMillan and is survived by her husband, five sons, and three daughters. The news of
her sudden demise came as a great shock to her many friends” (Western Star, June 4th, 1931).
28
Gila River Internment Camp in Arizona opened July 20th, 1942 and closed on November 10th,
1945. At its height it contained a population of 13,348. The Japanese prisoners came from
Sacramento Delta, Fresno County, in the Los Angeles area. The camp was divided into Canal
Camp and Butte Camp. 1100 citizens from these two camps served in the U. S. Armed Services
and 23 were killed in action. The State of Arizona accredited the schools in both camps. One
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thousand prisoners worked 8000 acres of farmland around Canal Camp growing vegetables and
raising livestock.