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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1968
Page
2
Inquiries cover basement entertaining, neglect of a daughter-in-law’s photos, and a teen’s guilt after a sneaky date. Abby advises against hosting in damp basements, suggests not nagging a husband about his mother, and urges the teen to avoid a boy who won’t meet her parents, labeling him bad news.
Solon groom William Boyd Stahle and Miss Gladys F Ross wed November 30 at the bride’s home with Rev Adrian Schoenmaker officiating. A Holiday House reception followed the ceremony. The couple resides in Solon where the bridegroom works for Connelly Construction Co. Brandon couple Dennis Albert and Karen Seamans exchanged vows December 7 at First Presbyterian Church with Rev Floyd Conroy officiating. The bride is daughter of Roland and Rowley Seamans and works at Rowley Savings Bank. The groom farms in Brandon.
Four Cedar Rapids and Marion piano students were winners in the Iowa City area auditions sponsored by the Iowa Music Teachers Association. Winners include Karen Griffin Laura Nielson Shirley Weston and Bruce who advance toward the national audition with a chance to perform with a symphony orchestra at the national convention.
Dorothy Whitney Straight Elmhirst, 81, founder of The New Republic and a key figure in Dartington Hall Devon projects, died Saturday at Dartington Hall in Totnes. She and her husband transformed a ruined site into a leading coeducational boarding school in Britain.
The text identifies the daughter of financier William C. Whitney and widow of Willard Straight, noting her role in founding the New Republic alongside Straight.
In a 7 o'clock Sunday ceremony Miss Paula Jean Decker married Ronald Eugene Benfer at the United Church of Christ with Rev. Calvin Schumacher officiating. The couple's parents, from London and Bellevue, Ohio, attended as a reception followed in the church parlors. The gown featured an Alencon lace neckline, long sleeves, and a chapel train. maid of honor Miss Marjorie Ware and bridesmaid Miss Elaine Kopecky wore turquoise gowns.
Charles Jordan served as groomsman with ushers James Inghram and Greg Seeber and flower girl Lynn Hunawardsen and ringbearer David Ware. The Benfers both study at Eden Theological Seminary in Webster Groves Missouri and will reside there. The bride, a University of Northern Iowa graduate and former Coolidge School teacher in Cedar Rapids, wed a Defiance College alumnus from Defiance Ohio.
KCRG TV 9 airs a color Christmas program featuring the full choir of St Michael’s Episcopal Church at 6 p.m. Monday.
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