FRIENDS BOARDING HOME OF WESTERN history

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.

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.

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.

On the 14th of June, 1888, in Selma, Ohio, Mr.

Two more followed in 1898: one in Burlington Quarterly Meeting and the Kennett Square Home in Western Quarter.

The historical significance of Miami Monthly Meeting was going to be commemorated by Friends in 1903 with a big Centennial celebration.

It was understood from the beginning in 1905 that the FBH could not provide skilled nursing services.

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.

In 1911, Aaron B. gave a speech about spirituality and character building during a local Grange #13 meeting in Waynesville.

41 place the case before the officers of her monthly meeting (November 10th).” 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.

1920 (The Mary L. Cook Public Library) 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.

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.

Matron’s Office in the FBH in 1959.

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.

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.

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.

In 1987 the operations at FBH resulted in over $40,000.00 of loss.

A specified percentage of the principal may also be used each year. 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.

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.