JACKSON COUNTY, INDIANA
MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENTS


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


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