Richart B Chandler 87 Dies in Valley Funeral
Obituary notes the death of Richart B Chandler aged 87. Services and arrangements detail a local funeral in his hometown with surviving relatives and community members.
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1935
Page
7
Obituary notes the death of Richart B Chandler aged 87. Services and arrangements detail a local funeral in his hometown with surviving relatives and community members.
Miss Jean and Miss Mary Morton daughters of Prof and Mrs R L Morton hosted a bridge luncheon at the Athens Country Club on August 3 celebrating their twentieth and nineteenth birthdays. Ten guests attended with out of town visitors including Mrs Robert F P Morean and Miss Gwen Frame. Prize winners were Miss Jo McVay for high score and Mrs Morean for consolation. Athens guests included Miss Virginia McVay and several local ladies.
Readable fragments list a series of visits and travels among family members and friends. Mrs Stephen Cabigal and Miss Dorothy Putnam travel toward White Plains and New York. Professor J. R. Morton and Emma plan a trip to Niagara Falls with Donna Morton joining for a motor tour through New England.
Announcements reach Ohio University Alumni Secretary Mr. Clark E. Williams about the marriage of Mademoiselle Therese Purtschet, a 1933 graduate, to Monsieur Louis Cartan in Paris on July 20. The bride’s and groom’s families send formal notices describing their backgrounds and titles. Therese Purtschet held campus roles with the French Club and other groups.
The Past Chiefs Club met Friday at Mrs. Lillian Cokonougher's home with president Mrs. Hannah Mills presiding. Twelve members answered roll call. Bingo games filled the evening as hostess and daughter Esther served home made ice cream cake and iced tea. Next month's meeting place to be announced. An odd note claims ten cosmic rays with energies up to ten billion volts pass through the human body each minute.
A midcentury ad promotes a Bird of Paradise wall hanging in golden yellow. It advertises a simple embroidery project with a transfer pattern, framing, and quick stitches, inviting readers to order from Mt Dept. 82 Eighth Avenue New York.
At Camp Arden New York hundreds of girls enroll to learn cooking sports and leadership skills. Directors note mothers previously overcontrolling are being transformed into healthier, more relaxed companions for their daughters through structured activities and peer support.
Athens area Girl Scout Camp near Stockport enters its second week with campers from Logan Zanesville Duncan Falls Cambridge Marietta Parkersburg Nelsonville and Athens. Morrow morrison Tompkins Connett Carpenter Hess Woolley McKinstry attend as staff reopens under director Mrs. Thor Olson at the Boy Scout Farm on the Muskingum River near Lake Chute where 129 campers joined last week.
The narrator recalls a camp experience that changes a mother’s view of her daughter who previously avoided chores. Adrian Richards, nine and a half, learns bravery with jungle camp tasks, touching a garter snake in a jar and feeding a pet rat, while preparing for walking trips and outdoor sleeping arrangements.
In a Lake Crest confrontation Jo resists Bret’s accusations about Fragonet and a possible affair. Bret demands Jo leave before Fragonet returns, clashes erupt, and Jo asserts independence as she plans to return to the Inn. The scene ends with Bret confessing love amid rising tension.
Mothers view camp life as daughters cook on rock fires and fry bacon and eggs using heated stones. Girls blaze trails make jelly and study clouds mosses and fungi while the camp halts for deer sightings and a 6 pound snapping turtle.
Mrs. Jamea Parfitt hosted Friday afternoon for daughter Jeanette Parfitt’s tenth birthday. Guests joined a treasure hunt amateur program and a kisses hunt, followed by ice cream cake and pink lemonade. Attendees included Gene McCullough Margie Darnell Eleanor Michael Wilma at tea Darien Harmon Mary Lou Ferrer Betty Hill Mary Elizabeth Campbell Lois Shields La Donna McDonald Aileen Davies Geraldine Davies.
Richland Avenue M P Church will host Genheimer Night on Tuesday August 13 at 7 45 PM to greet Reverend and Mrs Genheimer former pastor of the church. All friends and acquaintances invited.
The Willing Workers Sunday School Class of Richland Avenue M. P. Church held a picnic on the State Hospital grounds. Nearly all members attended with their mothers. The class was taught by Mrs John Ator. An enjoyable day was spent.
Mr and Mrs Wilbur Imes of 87 Central Avenue announce the birth of their daughter, nine pounds, on Friday August 2 at Sheltering Arma Hospital. She is named Sue Ann and is the granddaughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Bardin and Mr and Mrs R B Imes.
Mira Marjorie Spaeder of Cleveland and Gerald B King of Athens were married by Rev Carl B Johnson at St Marys West Virginia on May 12. The couple reside at 10 Palmer Street with only Mary Morton and Sam Facchipena in attendance. Community notices include a Richland Avenue M P Church ice cream supper on Aug 8 1938 and the Keirn family reunion on Aug 11 at Hooper Ridge with a Keirn family tree display. The Philathea Class of the First Christian Church plans a Birch Hollow premiere on Tuesday with attendees meeting at the church at 4 pm and bringing table service.
At a Bishop Class gathering Mre Ward Radford Mre Nelle Oge and Mra Grace Goldsberry performed a trio and hot solos, according to the report.
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