Book: Wintersville Citizen

              WINTERSVILLE CIIZEI


VOL. 1, NO. 32.


THURSDAY: JULY 11. 19;3-- TEN PAGES.


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Garden


        By EVE SEITER
  A .wrought iron marker in
this writer's garden charms all
who linger there. In flowing
script it declares a 'truth we all
accept: "The kiss of the sun
for pardon - The song of the
birds for mirth - One is nearer
God's heart in a garden - Than
anywhere else on earth."
  As June slips into the early
days of July our gardens satis-
fy a particular need. The ever-
changing   cycle  of  creation
lures our thoughts into fresh
channels. The.: inevitable pat-
tern of life is revealed in every
greenling leaf, vine tendril and
painted blossom. Goethe put it
simply, "Nature is the living
visible garment of God'" John
Milton   unwittingly   comple-
mented the thought claiming
that   by  "contemplation   of
created things, by steps we
may ascend to God."
  Our garden may be in a dish
upon a table, in a generous
window sill or at the dooryard.
It may be contrived around a
tree, (in a stone wall or cover
yards of earth. Wherever we
find  it, contemplate it. we
seem to subtly become warmer,
finer persons.
  In a garden we exchange
gifts of -flowers wjth an aban-
don and joy unknown among
our other possessions. In a gar-
den we-lay aside cares, refrain
from hurting, find balm for
wounded spirits. The act of
creating  a   garden   rebuilds
lives; often turns a m a n's life


toward   entirely -new   goals
seemingly by accident.
  If you have recently visited
Lake Erie you may have seen
the newly developed gardens at
Cedar Point, This wonderland
of coloris the work of a man
whose love of gardening has
led him into a new pattern of
life. LeRoy J. Metzler was a
highly successful District Man-
ager of the Prudential Life In-
surance Co., who decided upon
early retirement. He always
said - to quote him - that he
did not want a job that got
him up early. Roy Metzler now
gets up at 6 P.M. six days a
week and loves it! He and his
staff of six men have created
beds of flowers using as many
as 2500 plants in one bed to
achieve the desired effect. In
the three years of his employ-
ment as Master Gardener at the
Cedar   Point  summer -play-
ground Mr. Metzler has had
1800 truckloads of soil hauled
in to provide the proper kind
of scil for his beautiful gar-
dens!
  Our gardens encourage philo-
sophic thought; provide the de-
tachment necessary to separate
the  woods   from   the -trees.
Many of you will recall the
fame of Bernard Baruch's park
bench to which he retired in
the heavy thrust of business to
sort out his thoughts and reach
important decisions.
  During the worst of Hitler's
Blitzing  of London   doughty


Winston Churchill walked
moonlit St, James     Gard
drawing strength to m e e t
burden of his days. When a
ious members of his staff ti
to dissuade him his retort
that  as a child his nu
couldn't keep him from
gardens and it was a cinch t
Adolph Hitler couldn't!
  Jesus walked in a garder
his greatest temporal need.
a   garden  He   communica
with h'is Father, found stren
to 'endure his deepest sorr
to   consummate   his  ete]
triumph.
  Gardens become    the f<
point of life's deeply toucl
rituals. Franklin and Eles
Roosevelt lie at rest in t
rose garden. When a yo
Lindy married Anne-it wa(
a   garden. Anne   Lindbur
wedding   bouquet had " b
gathered from the same gar
a short time before the c
mony.
  Thus. this writer medit
Saturday afternoon in r su
garden high upon a hill in E
set Gardens, Wintersv
Against a backdrop of purp
hills Joyce  Kreci exchan
vows with James Collins
Steubenville in the garden
her home in 345 Garden Dr
An improvised aisle outli
by white wicker, satin t
posts led to the altar contri
by -ingenious use of mound<
white   carnations  and  g
laced with dark green lei


         leaves. Urns of trailing ferns
         enhanced the effect. Pots of
         yellow m   m s served as newel
         posts in the charming arrange-
         ment,
           As white coated ushers seat-
         ed the families and friends in
         the intimate garden wedding
         music induced the hush of ex-
         pectancy. Miss Carole Betcher
         of Cleveland, Ohio preceded the
         bride to the altar. Attired in
         blue and carrying a wicker bas-
         ket of yellow roses, daisies and
         variegated ivy she joined the
         waiting gentlemen of the wed-
         ding party. Outstanding among
         the latter was Master Jimmy
         Collins proudly bearing the
         ring u po n a satin pillow., Mr.
         Louis   Staib of Steubenville
         served the groom as Best Man.
           Kandy K. Kreci and Kim Lea
         Kreci, small nieces of the bride,
         delightedly strewed flower pet-
         als in the bride's aisle. Wearing
         identical dresses of blue, small
         heads wreathed in shasta dai-
         sies, t h e y made an enchanting
         picture.,
           The 'bride, daughter of Mrs.
         Rose Kreci, walked to the altar
         on the arm of her elder broth-
 e n     er, Jack S. Kreci, of Linwood,
lens     N. J., formerly of Wintersville.
the      Wearing a    traditional white
nx-      gown of lace and satin and
ried      carrying an   arrangement of
was      white roses, stephonotis and
r se     imported flora amour centered'
the      with. yellow roses she was love-
;hat     liness personified. A sparkling
         tiara held her shoulder length
1 in     wedding veil in place.
In         The Reverend Robert Thomp-
lted      son, Pastor of the Bloomingdale
Igth      United  Presbyterian  Church
low,      read the double ring wedding
rnal     service presenting Mr.. and Mrs.
          James Collins to their assenm-
ocal      bled families and friends. Mr.
iing      and Mrs. Collins will make
Lnor      their home    in  Wintersville
heir      where, this writer was told by
ung       a mutual friend, a yellow rose
s in      has already been set out -the
gh's      nucleous of another garden.


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