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D-8 Home Life Wednesday, May 18, 2016 The Press-Dispatch Family Talk by By Dr. James C. Dobson A message to the husbands of Christian homemakers Pike County Personals by Judy True By Dr. James Dobson drjamesdobson.org If the usual coping mechanisms fail to deliver viable solutions to the prob- lems of marital conflict, what is the an- swer? Here's some straight talk to hus- bands and wives. Never before have I abandoned diplomacy in dealing with family issues, but I beg your tolerance in this instance. The current crisis in marriage demands a bold approach that is equal to the magnitude of the danger. You can't kill a dragon with a pop-gun, as they say. Therefore, I'll first take a few shots at men and then turn my guns on the ladies. A message to the husbands of Christian homemakers: It is high time you realized that your wives are under attack today! Everything they have been taught from earliest childhood is being sub- jected to ridicule and scorn. Hardly a day passes when the traditional val- ues of the Judeo-Christian heritage are not blatantly mocked and under- mined. • The notion that motherhood is a worthwhile investment of a woman's time suffers unrelenting bombard- ment. • And the idea that wives should yield to the leadership of their hus- bands, as commanded in Ephesians 5:21–33 is considered almost medie- val in its stupidity. • And the concept that a man and woman should be- come one flesh, finding their identity in each other rather than as separate and compet- ing individuals, is said to be in- tolerably insulting to women. • And the belief that di- vorce is an unacceptable al- ternative has been abandoned by practically everybody. (Have you heard about Sue and Bob?) • And the description of the ideal wife and mother, as offered in Prov- erbs 31:10 –31 is now unthinkable for the modern woman. (She's come along way, baby.) • And the role of the female as help mate, bread baker, wound patcher, love giver, home builder and child-bearer is nothing short of disgusting. All of these deeply ingrained val- ues, which many of your wives are trying desperately to sustain, are con- tinually exposed to the wrath of hell itself. The Western media—radio, tel- evision and the press—are working relentlessly to shred the last vestig- es of Christian tradition. And your wives who believe in the spiritual heritage are virtually hanging by their thumbs! They are made to feel stupid and old-fashioned and unful- filled, and in many cases, their self-esteem is suf- fering irreparable dam- age. They are fighting a sweeping social move- ment with very little sup- port from anyone. Let me say it more di- rectly. For the man who appreciates the willing- ness of his wife to stand against the tide of public opinion – staying at home in her empty neighbor- hood in the exclusive company of jel- ly-faced toddlers and strong-willed ad- olescents – it is about time you gave her some help. I'm not merely suggesting that you wash the dishes or sweep the floor. I'm referring to the provision of emotional support...of conversation... of making her feel like a lady...of build- ing her ego...of giving her one day of recreation each week...of taking her out to dinner...of telling her that you love her. Without these armaments, she is left defenseless against the foes of the family – the foes of your family! From Dr. Dobson's book, Straight Talk To Men For additional help and encourage- ment, visit: http://drjamesdobson.org. BIRTHDAYS Belated: May 11 – Candy Hunt; Cindy Clark turned 57; Hunter Gentry turned 15; Tony Wolfe turned 67. May 13 – Jenny Manning. May 14 – Nancy Wheat- ley. May 16 – Michael Cham- ness turned 52; Sandy Bane. Current: May 18 – Er- ic Newman; Tina Morri- son turns 54; Bailee Pierce turns 16; Lily and Sophia Morrison turn 4. May 19 – Barry Bane. May 20 – Debbie Morri- son Alexander turns 57. May 25 – Cydnee Morri- son turns 7; Ron Ackerman. May 27 – Cornelia Bane. May 30 – Payton Wright turns 14; Ella True turns 1. ANNIVERSARY Todd and Audrey Mor- rison will celebrate their 18th wedding anniversary on May 22. WEEKLY TIDBITS Mike Chamness and his mom, Bridgette Chamness, along with Mary Bellamy, her daughter, Doris Bella- my and granddaughter Val- erie Eversoll recently had lunch at a restaurant near Petersburg. Charles and Shelba Shoultz joined his family to help celebrate his uncle Harrell Shoultz's 93rd birth- day on May 12, at an Amish restaurant near Washing- ton. Mother's day visitors of Mike and Ann Ice on Sun- day were Jason, Leafy, Jake and Eli White and T.J., An- drew, Luke, Ethan and Ruthie Ice. Tom and Jean Adams spent Mother's Day with their daughter Meredith and her husband Derek and their grandson Adam Bysa- rovich at a restaurant in Ft. Branch. Last Wednesday, Tom and Jean Adams attended the Wood Memorial Hon- ors night where their grand- daughter Makenzie Adams was inducted into the Na- tional Honor Society. The Hazleton Alumni Banquet will be Saturday, June 4, 2016. The social hour begins at 4 p.m. CDT with the dinner beginning at 5:30 p.m. CDT. Cost is $13 if you prepay or $15 at the door. Reservations can be sent to Beverly Belcher, 842 E. State Rd. 56, Hazle- ton, IN 47640 by May 27, 2016, with your name, grad- uation year and the guest's name if applicable. NEWS FROM THE ROWLANDS We were saddened by the death of Mike True, loving husband of our Judy True. We are keeping Judy and the family in our prayers. I know he suffered so much, but we still never be ready to let them go! I had part of my family with me on Mother's Day and that always makes me happy. The rest of the family called to wish me a Happy Mother's Day and daughter-in-law Jane deliv- ered me a beautiful Orange Lily, which I planted in my landscaping yesterday. I followed the directions for planting and I know that God gave me a lot of water- ing. Sunday morning we are having an outdoor service at Francisco Nazarene and a fish fry afterwards. It is a ca- sual day, and we encourage everyone to bring their lawn chair and also a good appe- tite! I will let you know how that turns out, but as many of you know, Pastor Wayne and I do love to have gath- erings and getting to social- ize with everyone! BANE'S NEWS Devin Bane, of Haub- stadt, received his First Communion on May 1 at St. James Catholic Church. Many family and friends at- tended church. A luncheon followed at his home hosted by his parents and brother, Greg, Stacey and Tate Bane. Tuesday evening, Mrs. Wright's 2nd grade class of Princeton Community Primary School present- ed the play "Little Red Rid- ing Hood." Quinn Bane was cast as the Big Bad Wolf. An anti-bullying message gave real meaning to the play. Greg, Stacey, Devin, Tate, Lexi, Brad and Sandy Bane enjoyed the play and story readings the class present- ed. Wednesday morning, Tate Bane had a program/ celebration for leaving St. James Catholic School pre- school. 26 students par- ticipated in singing songs with motions. Greg, Stac- ey, Brad, Barry and Sandy Bane and Kathy Wolsing at- tended. Thursday evening, the Princeton Community Pri- mary School hosted an art show, followed by the 2nd grade classes singing pro- gram directed by Mrs. Su- san Mason. Quinn Bane is a member of the choir. An overflow crowd filled the gymnasium. Barry and Sandy Bane attended a retirement par- ty on Friday night for Lar- ry Dick, of Newburgh. The party was held at the King- smen Club in Evansville. Larry will be retiring from Four Star Fabricators in Pe- tersburg. Mothers, Cornelia Bane, Sandy Bane and Stacey Bane celebrated Mother's Day with the family having lunch in Princeton. Shelba Shoultz, Corellen Bruce, Carolyn Creek, Viv- ian Townsend, Marilyn Mi- chaels and Georgia Dillon had lunch and a time of fel- lowship at the Union Store recently. Charles and Shelba Shoultz hosted a Mother's Day dinner for their family. Most were able to be there. A lot of photos were taken as we went down Memory Lane. Jacob Grear, boyfriend of Charles and Shelba Shoul- tz's granddaughter Melissa, hosted a family picnic at his lakeside home recently. On Wednesday, Luella White attended the get-to- gether of Hansen Retirees at a restaurant in Prince- ton. Our leader was cele- brating her 75th birthday and her daughter and hus- band surprised her with an ice cream cake. On Friday, Luella went to her daughter Sharon Wil- liams' home to get her hair done before joining her oth- er daughter Nina Holder- baugh for lunch at a restau- rant in Princeton. On Friday, May 13, Ni- na Holderbaugh and Luel- la White went to the Wa- bash Valley Community Commencement to attend the Nursing graduation of Alyssa Kay Gomez. Alyssa is the granddaughter of Ni- na and great-granddaugh- ter of Luella. Also attend- ing were Lana Kay Foust and friend Kyle from Ken- tucky and Mr. Gomez and his wife from Princeton. On Wednesday, Jim and Dessie Sherman went to a restaurant in Princeton for lunch with the Hansen Re- tirees. Vera Potts enjoyed visits from her daughter Barbara Potts, grandson Jeff White and his girlfriend Sarah Harris last weekend. They enjoyed a nice dinner. Denver and Marylee Sullivan were invited to a restaurant near Petersburg for dinner with their grand- daughter Maegan Howard for Marylee's Mother's Day present. The Mt. Olympus Alum- ni Banquet will be Satur- day, June 18, 2016, with so- cial hour at 4 p.m. CDT and dinner catered by Schnitzel- bank of Jasper at 5pm CST. The cost is $14 for the meal with a reservation or $15 at the door. Send checks to: Mt. Olympus Alumni, PO Box 236, Princeton, IN 47670. Checks should in- clude graduation year on them. For more informa- tion, call Patty Craig at 812- 385 -8228 or Amy Adams at 812-449 -7169. Charlie, Betty Jo, Dave, Brandi and Skylar Wright went out to dinner twice last week. Rita McGuyer, Tish and Mike Johnson and Kendall Jewel went out to dinner and to the movies last week in celebration of Mother's Day. On Monday, Rita Mc- Guyer went to Oakland City to Corn-Colvin Funer- al Home for the visitation of Kevin Leffler. On Thursday, Rita Mc- Guyer went out to lunch with Michelle, Carrie and Fran. Charlene Frederick from Middlesburg, Fla., called to wish her mother, Betty Jo Wright a happy Mother's Day last Sunday. Sherri Gee took her mom Barbara Wade to Evansville to go out to dinner and a show for Mother's Day. Betty Cain enjoyed her family visiting for Mother's Day. Those visiting were Josh Hunt, Jana Frederick and family, Julie and Chris Robling, Jordan Hunt, Lar- ry and Candy Hunt and Curt and Debbie Cain. Peg Hyneman attended the visitation for Helen Don- ovan in Hazleton last week. She was also taken out for dinner for Mother's Day by her daughter and son-in- law, Jane and Fred Hartz- burge. Last Friday, Kay Reneer, Robin White and her daugh- ter Sophie, and Mike and Jenna White visited with Beulah White on Mother's Day. For Mother's Day, Dessi Waple visited with her mom Sherri Kinney and took her fresh flowers and a cake. Marvin and Sue Ellen, and Derek Barton went to a restaurant near Peters- burg on Sunday for Moth- er's Day. A fterwards, they went to the visitation and funeral for Larry Loveless at Corn-Colvin Funeral Home in Oakland City. Lat- er, they picked up Marvin's step-mother Bonnie Bar- ton and the group went to a restaurant in Princeton for dinner in honor of Mother's Day. On Monday, Marvin and Sue Ellen went to the visi- tation for Kevin Dale Lef- fler at Corn-Colvin Funeral Home in Oakland City. A f- terwards, they visited with Patty Craig at a Princeton restaurant. Michael Salm visited with his cousins at the home of Tim Schnapf on Friday eve- ning. For Mother's Day, Patty and Steve Sherman had her daughter Stacy and grand- daughter Maddi drop by to visit. Later that evening, Stephanie Warren and Ja- cob Hopf enjoyed dinner with the family. Harvey and Jean Calla- han, Patty Sherman and Stephanie Warren visit- ed with Sharon Rumble on Mother's Day. Sandy and Richard Melton stopped by to pick up Sharon Rumble on Sun- day morning. A fterwards, Patty Sherman took her home. Isaac and Caleb True are both playing baseball at South Knox. Last week game watchers were their parents and aunt Kelsey. Debbie Schnapf went to her brother Tim's home in Evansville on Friday for din- ner. Jenny Collins and Bren- da Collins attended the Mother/Daughter dinner at the Hazleton Communi- ty Center last Sunday. Lat- er, Johnny Ray Ice and Rick and Dwight Collins stopped by to celebrate Mother's Day for dinner. Also visit- ing were Connie and Ra- chel Collins. Faye Tackett Hall en- joyed company for dinner on Mother's Day. Her sons Chris and Keith stopped by to visit. Larry Pauley visited his mother Hazel on Mother's Day and took her out to din- ner at a local restaurant. Janie Arnold had quite a bit of company for Mother's Day. Gary and Becky Ar- nold, Hannah and Kamber, Junior Arnold and James Arnold stopped by to vis- it. Later in the day, Jim and Brenda Arnold stopped by to visit. Maggie True Armstrong spent Friday evening with her cousin Dessi Waple. They enjoyed eating out and spending the evening together at Dessi's home in Evansville. On Thursday afternoon, Marylee Sullivan went to Amber Manor to visit Steve Sullivan, Estelle Toler and Jack Hunt. On Friday, Den- ver and Marylee spent the day in Vincennes seeing doctors. Peggy Conway and her friend Deanna Waple are coming down from West- field to spend a few days with family. The Theresa Young fami- ly got-together in Evansville at a restaurant on Mother's Day. Kathy Richeson spent Mother's Day with her sons and family. The boys were working on storm damage and clean up. Jeff Carson and Sandy Wilson were married re- cently in Vincennes at the Bethlehem General Baptist Church. RUTH'S NEWS Karla Schroeder visit- ed with Ruth Morrison on Thursday afternoon. Alan and Tina Barrett came by on Friday afternoon and brought Ruth a peace lily for Mother's Day. A family dinner was host- ed on Sunday, May 8, for Mother's Day. Those at- tending were Ruth, Todd, Audrey, Ronnie, Patty, Ty- lar, Noah and Justin Mor- rison, Frieda Mason, Lucy McKannan, Leslie, Jake, and Thomas Schatz, Aus- tin and Andrew Dill, Da- mon and Angie Pugh, Ti- na Barrett, Justin Hill, To- ny Schroeder, J.T., Ton- ya, Kaidyn and GraceLynn Krieg, Colton Dawson, Alexis Strickland and Kev- in and Jamie Dillon. Todd and Audrey Morri- son, Debbie Alexander, Lu- cy McKannan and Andrew Dill visited with Ruth on Tuesday afternoon. Marjorie Gibbs is a pa- tient at Gibson General Hos- pital in Princeton. SUBMIT ITEMS If you'd like to see your news and events in the Per- sonal's Column, call Judy at 812-354-6502 or email your notes to pikepersonals@ wildblue.net. My mailing address is 7438 W. State Rd. 56, Hazleton, IN 47640. We'd love to hear from you and share your happenings. ed Methodist Church and was Past President of Indi- ana Assembly of Rebekahs. There are no immediate survivors. Ruth was preceded in death by her parents; sis- ter, Dorothea Jean Pond; and two nieces, Pamela and Becky Pond. Funeral services were at 1 p.m., Tuesday, May 17, 2016, at Lamb-Basham Me- morial Chapel, with Rev. Rick Lance officiating. Buri- al was in Providence Ceme- tery near Francisco. Family and friends may send messages of comfort to www.Lambbasham.com. JERRY L. MCGILLEM Jerry L. McGillem, 72, passed away on Thursday, May 12, 2016, at Gibson General Hospital in Prince- ton. He was born in Prince- ton on Oct. 11, 1943, to John Thomas and Marjorie Flor- ence ( White) McGillem. Jerry was a graduate of Princeton High School Class of 1961 and served his coun- try in the United States Air Force from 1961 to 1969. He was an electrician working for Emge Packing Company until they shut down and he retired from Flanders Elec- tric in Evansville. He was a member of the Pike County Genealogy Society. He was preceded in death by his parents; and brothers, John and Wayne McGillem. Survivors include his wife of 42 years, Kathy (La- mar) McGillem; son, Mat- thew (Andrea) McGillem; daughter, Heather (Sean) McGillem; and sister, Dar- lene (Scott) Chenoweth. Funeral services will be Thursday, May 19, 2016, at Holders Funeral Home at 10 a.m., with Father Ron Zgun- da officiating. Burial will be in the Owensville Cemetery, with military graveside ser- vices conducted by the re- tired military veterans. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday May 18, 2016, at the funer- al home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Gibson County Animal Services, St Road 175 E, Princeton, IN 47670. Expressions of sympathy may be made online at www. holdersfuneralhome.com. SANDR A K AY MEYER Sandra Kay Meyer, 63, of Winslow, died at 11:21 a.m. EDT, Saturday, May 14, 2016, at Memorial Hospital in Jasper. She was born in Wash- ington, Jan. 7, 1953, to Carl and Annabell (Miley) Black- burn. She married Jerome Meyer June 3, 1972, and he survives. Surviving besides her husband, Jerome, are two sons, Joey Meyer, of Fer- dinand, and Tim Meyer, of Petersburg; a brother, Carl Blackburn, Jr., of Peters- burg; two sisters, Brenda Carter and Joan Fox, both of Petersburg; and four grand- children. Graveside services were Tuesday, May 17, 2016, at 10 a.m. EDT at Walnut Hills Cemetery in Petersburg, with Pastor Chad Seals of- ficiating. Harris Funeral Home in Petersburg was in charge of arrangements. ARNOLD LAWSON Arnold Lawson, 68, of Winslow, died at 1:40 a.m. EDT, Tuesday, May 3, 2016, at his residence. He was born in New Cas- tle, Ind., Sept. 11, 1947, to Thomas R. and Lillian (Ma- salsky) Lawson. He was re- tired as a floor layer from DuPont Corporation. He was a Vietnam veteran. Arnold's love was his dogs. He enjoyed taking them to Hornady Park for walks three or four times a week. He always enjoyed work- ing as a floor layer and He missed it dearly when he re- tired. He was a member of the VFW in Petersburg and was proud to wear his veteran's cap all the time. Arnold enjoyed going to bingo four days a week. He made several good friends and had the same seat at ev- ery bingo hall to which he went. During the summer, he made sure to find an auction or two, and hit every garage sale he spotted. Whenever there was a family birthday, special event, or reunion, he was right there to pass on his stories and words of wisdom. Arnold was a wonderful soldier, husband, father, grandpa and friend. He will forever be missed. Surviving are his wife, Lori Lawson, of Winslow, whom he married Aug. 12, 2000 ; a son, Larry A. Law- son, of Washington; two stepsons, Andrew J. (Aman- da) Gore, of North Carolina, and Derek L. Debo, of Inde- pendence, Mo.; two daugh- ters, Brenda S. (Clarence) Line and Tonya L. ( Jason) Decker, both of Washing- ton, Ind.; a stepdaughter, Ashli R. Gore, of Indepen- dence, Mo.; two brothers, Gary Lee Lawson, of Hu- mansville, Mo., and John Al- ex Lawson, of Pleasant Hill, Mo.; a sister, Martha Ann Lawson, of Humansville, Mo.; 10 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. A sister, Martha Ann Gott, and a grandson, Leg- end Lawson, preceded him in death. Cremation was by Har- ris Funeral Home in Peters- burg. A Celebration of Life was at Twin Oaks Church, Petersburg. Military hon- ors were conducted by Pe- tersburg VFW at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 5, 2016. OBITUARIES Continued from page 7