Immanuel Lutheran
Church Scene of Weber-Zegler Nuptial Rites
The Immanuel Lutheran Church, in candlelight was the scene of one of
the lovelist weddings of the winter season at half after six o'clock,
the evening of Sunday, January 26 when Miss Jewell Weber exchanged
marriage vows with Robert Zeigler of Van Wert, Ohio.
The Rev Victor A. Mack read the vows in the double ring ritual of the
Lutheran faith before an altar banked with palms, ferns, standard of
gladioli and lighted by two seven branch candelabra.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hiam Weber, 820 South Pine
Street and Mr. and Mrs. John Ziegler of Van Wert, Ohio, are the parents
of the bride-groom.
Preceding the nuptials, W. P. Preuss, at the organ, played a selection
of bridal airs changing to the traditional wedding march for the
entrance of the bride and her party. Mrs. Virgil Stahl, vocalist, sang
"Oh Perfect Love", "Beautiful Savior" and following the benediction she
sang "The Lord's Prayer".
Miss Evelyn Stahl was maid of honor and Misses Janet Ruth Weber, sister
of the bride and Alberta Zumhingst, cousin of the bride served as
bridesmaids.
Robert Hankins, brother-in-law of the bridegroom, of Van Wert, was
bestman and the ushers were Harold Burbrink and
Herbert Zumhingst, cousin of the bride.
The bride, who entered alone, was lovely in her wedding gown of white
faille fashioned with fitted Basque with nylon yoke embroidered in a
rose design of seed pearls, long fitted sleeves pointed over the hands
and a full skirt that swept into a long train. Her finger-tip veil of
net was two-tiered and cascaded from a cap formed of looped net and
caught at the sides by pearlized orange blossoms. She carried a shower
bouquet of white roses centered with a corsage of gardenias, with
white satin ribbons knotted white stephanotis.
Miss Stahl wore a gold taffeta period style gown fashioned
fitted Basque, buttoned to the waist in front, period style
sleeves. and full floor length skirt. She wore a half hat
of gold velvet caught at the sides by gold loops. Her bouquet was
of turquoise pom poms tied with gold ribbon.
Misses Weber and Zumhingst wore gowns identical to the maid
of honor in turquoise, gold hats and carried bouquets of pom poms
tied with gold bon bon. The attendants all wore gold bracelets, the
gifts of the bride.
Mrs. Weber chose for daughter's wedding a black lace trimmed gown with
which wore black accessories and a corsage of pink roses. Mrs. Ziegler
was gowned in a white wool striped frock, yellow hat and black
accessories and her corsage also of pink roses.
A reception was held a home of the bride's parents immediately
following the ceremony for the bridal party, families, and
seventy-five guests. The service table was laid with a lovely white
linen cloth centered with a beautifully decorated three-tier cake
topped with small bride and bridegroom figurines, banked southern
smilax. White tapered candles tied with gold ribbon in crystal
two branch candelabras burned at either side of the cake.
Mrs. Charles Schrader, sister of the bride and Mrs. Robert Hankins
of Van Wert, sister of the bridegroom, served
the wedding cake, and Misses Miriam Newkirk, Mary Katherine Weber,
Regina and Glenna Taskey assisted in the serving hospitalities.
Mr. and Mrs. Ziegler left Sunday evening on a short wedding trip with
Mrs. Ziegler traveling in a yellow wool dress over which she wore a
brown shorty coat trimmed in leopard with hat to match and the gardenia
corsage from her bridal bouquet.
The young couple will be making their home at South Shannon, Van Wert,
Ohio, were Mr. Ziegler works in the livestock business with his father.
Mrs. Ziegler is a graduate of Seymour Shields High School with the
class of 1945 and was a member of the F.A.A, Girl Reserve, and
Personality Club. She is a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church and
until recently was employed with the Southern Indiana Telephone Company.
Mr. Ziegler is a graduate of Van Wert High School and attended Ohio
State University. He received his discharge from the army Air
Forces last October.
Out of town guests at the wedding included Mrs. John Ziegler, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Hankins, and Mrs. Daisy Cornwell of Van Wert, Ohio.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Williams, Fort Wayne; Mrs. Charles Haney, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles LeMark and family, Miss Carolyn Lucas, Indianapolis;
Albert Weber, Cincinnati; Miss Mary Mousie, Anderson; and Mrs. Frank
Spencer, Arbor, Michigan.
Source: Wednesday, January 29, 1947.Social Events
Contributed by Dianne Malone
The Brownstown Banner Newspaper, 11 Oct 1925
Headline "MARRIAGE LICENSE"
Dewey Claude Young, 21, plumber, son of Thomas Young, to Martha Rhoda,
20, daughter of Wm. Rhoda, all of Bedford. Fred W. Taskey, 21, farmer,
son of Wm. Taskey, to Dorothy Louise Ross, 16, daughter of James W.
Ross.
Contributed by Dianne Malone
Seymour Newspaper Notice of the marriage of
Hallek Charles Dannettell and Martha Glass Fleehearty
Yesterday, Wednesday, September 18, 1800 at 2:30 P.M., at the residence
of the bride’s parents this city, Mr. Hallek Dannettell and Miss Mattie
G. Fleehearty, were united in marriage by Rev. W. W. Snyder, pastor of
the M. E. Church (Methodist). Mr. Dannettell is the well
known young farmer and stock raiser of Chestnut Ridge and the handsome
accomplished bride is one of the twin daughters of Mr. J. R. Fleehearty
, a well known plaster contractor of this city.
Hallek and his bonny bride left on the 9:00 train last night for
Cincinnati on a bridal tour before they snuggle down on their snug home
at the Ridge. The best wishes of the Republican (Newspaper) are
for their success and happiness in life.
The bride’s sister will be lonely now, Horace. See that she has
all the comfort and good cheer that you can give her, even to welding
the golden link as Hallek has done.
( Horace White was the man that married Martha’s twin sister
Mary Jane Harris Fleehearty)
Contributed by Carol Dannettel-Biederman
Indiana Seymour Daily News
Marriage Announcement
Announcements have been received here of the marriage of Miss Anna
Katherine Miller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Miller, of Denver
Colorado, to Mr. Merle Q Dannettell , son of Mr. and Mrs. H. C.
Dannettell of 540 West Fourth St. The wedding took place at
Denver, Colorado Wednesday March 28
Mr. Dannettell is well known in this town. He graduated from the
local high school in the class of 1915 and was a student at Purdue
University, Lafayette. He is also a graduate of Colorado School
of Mines and is now employed as a successful mining engineer with
headquarters at Denver. Mrs. Dannettell is an honor student of
Denver Manual Training High School and attended a year of Denver
Secretarial School. Mr. and Mrs. Dannettell are on an
extended bridal tour through the East and will arrive here
sometime next month to be the guests of the groom’s parents
They will be at home in Denver in the early fall.
Contributed by Carol Dannettel-Biederman