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Newspaper
Richmond Daily Register
Location
Richmond, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1920
Page
3
The Kentucky river near Boonesboro Beach saw a record crowd Sunday with the largest attendance of the season. People arrived from Richmond and the north, enjoying picnics, fishing, and mingling as improvements at the resort drew praise from visitors and locals alike.
Mrs G W Pickels entertains the Clef Club at 2207 in honor of granddaughter Miss Dally Pickels of Baltimore who was an enthusiastic member during her Richmond stay. Monday afternoon Mrs J W Caperton hosts card party for Miss Katherine Jennings of Jacksonville Fla.
Mrs Paul Putnam will host a river party Tuesday afternoon to entertain Miss Jennings. This social gathering centers on a polite, intimate event along the riverbank with invited guests and light refreshments.
A brief readable fragment notes a person named Adsh Gav from Winchester in a local context, suggesting a mention of a lawn parity or similar event with unclear details. The garbled OCR provides limited usable facts and no explicit outcome or date.
A Wednesday lawn party entertained friends at a country home with music and games followed by refreshments. Richmond guests Mr. Deatherage performed solos. attendees included many Misses and Messrs from local towns. Hostess Mrs. Tledge Gay and Mrs. Miller Foley assisted with arrangements and luncheon. Guests from Richmond Versailles Lexington and California attended.
Mrs Clifton B Ross hosted a refined luncheon at her Lexington home honoring Mrs Mohlie Graddy and Mrs Grosvenor Walker who arrived from Haxey Kansas. Dorothy Perkins roses and blue decor featured in the gathering.
Miss Alice Kellogg hosted a swimming party at Boonesboro Beach on Friday with about fifty friends, followed by a picnic and pavilion dance. Numerous local residents hosted or attended dinners and visits, with many guests from Lexington and Louisville, and plans to spend time in Marlington and Richmond before returning home.
Miss Ruby Smith of our city and Bert Johnson of Richmond united in marriage last Thursday at 2 30 in the bride’s sister Mrs J Robertson’s apartment. Rev Cunningham officiated. the couple drove to Lexington after the ceremony with Mrs Chester Low en and Miss Margaret Lowen accompanying. Mrs Johnson, longtime dry goods department manager at S E Welch, is highly regarded in town. Mr Johnson, educated locally, is admired by students and faculty.
President Coates of Eastern Normal organizes a ten day short term course for teachers. Classes on drawing under Miss Gibson arithmetic child welfare under Miss Davis discipline and management by Prof. R A Edwards and others meet daily to prepare teachers to resume charges of their schools.
Readers enjoyed the day as temperatures hovered around the ninety degree mark. The warmth drew people outdoors to parks and streets, with many noting the pleasant heat and sunlit skies.
A Bristol based social list notes guests and visits including Mr Fred Millard and Mr Rex Cowan from Bristol. It lists Miss Hamilton of Virginia visiting Arlington. the Elkins and Collins from elsewhere returning from Cincinnati area. Several Winchester and Lexington residents are mentioned as visiting Waco and Searcy households. Beazley, a local teacher candidate, passed two certification exams and prepares for September work at the Eastern State Normal.
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