Banner Graphic, Volume 10, Number 156, Greencastle, Putnam County, 6 March 1980 — Page 5

Dear Abby : Learn to take a tension-break

DEAR ABBY: There is a lovely Negro spiritual by the name of "Slow Me Down, Lawd.” 1 heard that you once published a prayer by that title several years ago. Could that prayer have been stolen from the spiritual of the same name? Will you please print the prayer and tell us who the author was and when it was published? JESSE IN W. VA. DEAR JESS: The essay, “Slow Me Down, Lord,” was written b> Wilt'erd A. Peterson in 1952. Peterson said that the inspiration for his essay had come from an old Negro spiritual, but not a word of the spiritual was used. According to the author, the essay was written especially for modern business executives working under tension as a suggestion to slow down and relax. 1 think it's one of the loveliest things I have ever read; its message is as relevant todav as it was 2X jours ago. I shall print it again with pleasure: “Slow me down, Lord! Ease the pounding of my heart by the quieting of my mind. Steady my hurried pace with a vision of the eternal reach of time. Give me, amidst the confusion of my day, the calmness of the everlasting hills. Break the tensions of my nerves and muscles with the soothing music of the singing streams that live in my memory. Help me to know the magic restoring power of sleep, leach me the arl of making Minnie Vacations . . . of

Rev. Bowen officiates

McCarter, Cowger wed

Jody Kathryn McCarter and Mark Alan Cowger were united in marriage Dec. 29 at 6:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Greeneastle. The Rev. Paul Bowen officiated at the doublering ceremony before an altar of evergreen, palms, and poinsettias. Jody is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James McCarter, Route 2, Greeneastle. and Mark is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Mark, Overland Park, Kans., and James Cowger of Bloomington. Dorothy Brown provided the wedding music and Sara Peters was the" soloist. During the ceremony, an eternity wedding candle was lighted and the bride and groom presented each mother with a long steam white rose from the altar. The bride was given in marriage by her father and mother. She wore a gown of sheerganza and Chantilly lace, designed with a highrise neckline and bishop sleeves of lace. The sheer yoke was of Brussells lace with pearls outlining a cameo. The full skirt with ruffled lace extended into a full-sweep, chapel-length train. Her two-tiered fingertip veil was of matching late from a small chapel cap covered with seed pearls. She carried a bouquet of red and white roses, with baby’s breath and holly. The maid of honor was Vicki Bruce, friend of the bride. Bridesmaids were Teresa Wallace, Kathy Jones, friends of the bride, and Kelly Cowger, sister of the groom. The attendants wore identical floorlength gowns of forest green Qiana and each carried white silk roses with holly and red velvet ribbon. Holly Truelove, cousin of the bride, and Kristi Lewis, cousin of the groom, served as flower girls in long red velvet jumpers iwith white satin blouses. They carried baskets of white silk roses. The groom chose Craig Sibbit as his best man. The groomsmen were Joe Burnham, John Scobee, and George Pearson friends of the groom. Brian Mark, brother of the groom served as ring bearer. Ushers were

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Jeff McCarter, brother of the bride, and Steven Mark, brother of the groom. The groom and the father of the bride were attired in mint green tuxedos accented in forest green. The groomsmen, ushers, and ring bearer wore forest green tuxedos accented in mint green with a white rose and holly buotonniere. The mother of the bride wore a floor-length gown of spiced apple Qiana and the mother of the groom wore a floor-length gown of copper Qiana. They each carried long-stemmed white roses. A reception, buffet and dance at the Elks Club followed the ceremony. The three-tiered wedding cake, made by Barbara Alexander, was decorated with white doves, bells, holly and accented with red and green flowers. The white dove cake top was the one used by the bride’s parents. Cindy Byrd and Abby Reasor, friends of the bride, and Melanie Smith, cousin of the

slowing down to look at a flower, to chat with a friend, to pat a dog, to read a few lines from a good book. Remind me each day of the fable of the hare and the tortoise that I may know that the race is not always to the swift; that there is more to life than increasing its speed. Let me look upward into the branches of the towering oak and know that it grew great and strong because it grew slowly and well. Slow me down, Lord, and inspire me to send my roots deep into the soil of life’s enduring values that I may grow toward the stars of my greater destiny. Amen." DEAR ABBY: I work with a girl who plans to be married soon. Today she admitted to me that although she really doesn't love the man, she and her mother think this may be her last chance, and she hopes to hook him before he gets out of the marrying mood. She has four children by three previous marriages. Everyone at work says to keep quiet. Abby, I don't want to see this man used or hurt, but I don’t know him well enough to open my mouth. I work with the woman, which could cause problems if I were to tip the man off and he repeated my warning. Please suggest something useful OFFICE PROBLEM DEAR PROBLEM: The word from here is to keep mum. DEAR ABBY: 1 have worked for 10 years for the same

bride, served the Wedding cake and punch. Guests were registered by Melanie Smith. Kim Lewis, cousin of the groom, handed out a scroll to each wedding guest. Music for dancing and entertainment for the evening was furnished by the Millstones. A rehearsal dinner, on December 28, was given by the groom’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Mark, at Torr’s Restaurant for the wedding party, parents, grandparents, and close friends. A pre-wedding bridal luncheon was given on December 27 at Torr’s Restaurant by the aunt of the bride, Mrs. Paul Truelove, for the bride, ladies in the wedding party, mothers, aunts, and grandmothers of the bride and groom After a short wedding trip, the couple is residing at 313 Elm Street, Greeneastle. Mr. Cowger is presently employed at Byrant-Poff in Coatesville. Mrs. Cowger is employed at the Matador Hairstylist in Greencastle.

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company. I am going to be married in June and, as you know, wedding invitations are very expensive. My fiance and I both have large families and intend to send invitations to all our aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. There are 500 people in my department at work, all of whom are located on six floors of the main building. It has become a custom for each employee who gets mar ried to place an invitation on the bulletin board of each floor. I was told that this was very tacky. Is it? DON’T USE NAMES DEAR DON’T: If you can’t afford to send an invitation to all the people you know and want, invite them verbally. But tacking up an invitation as a general public announcement for 500 people (most of whom must be strangers) seems tacky to me. Do you hate to write letters because you don’t know what to say? Thank-you notes, sympathy letters, congratulations, how to decline and accept invitations and how to write an interesting letter are included in Abby’s booklet, “How To Write Letters for all Occasions.” Send $1 and a long, stamped (28 cents), self-addressed envelope to Abby: 132 Lasky Drive, Beverly Hills, Calif. 90212.

March 6,1980, The Putnam County Banner Graphic

THE FAMILY CIRCUS*

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"Billy has to stay in his room. He # s been taking after your side of the family again."

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By Bil Keane