Show l t Marry Yourself and Avoid the Divorce Mill 4 C S t p I 4 2 5 s 's 5 S 'S S S S l 4 4 s 1 S y S S 1 s 's 4 c S. S Js I S 5 4 J By Dy Newspaper Enterprise NEWCASTLE Ind md Nov 19 We Ve We Intend marriage with each other and desire to accomplish the same sama under the he C care re of ot this meetIng By these words Miss Warna Varna I. I Johnon Johnson John John- son on of Richmond and Thomas Barr Jr Tr ot of f Newcastle made themselves man and wife The bride and groom are Qu Quakers kers Tarrying Marrying yourself Is permissible under under uner un- un der er Quaker laws It also Is possible under Indiana laws which recognize the Quaker custom The ceremony Is simplicity implicit itself and no state marriage I Thomas Hair Ban Jr and hi Ills hi bride Miss V Warna D DI I I. I Johnson license is required The ceremony is carried out in church in the presence of ot tho the congregation This is the first marry yourself wedding wedding wed wed- ding in this state In fifty years The Friends' Friends doctrine doctrine- Is th that t no hu human human hu- hu man power can unite two persons in marriage the solemn declaration of ot the parties themselves being the true marriage marriage marriage mar mar- ceremony Barrs Barr's mother is Rev Daisy Douglas Barr the pastor of the tho Friends' Friends church In Newcastle I 1 believe that if it more couples were to marry themselves it would lessen lessen lessen les les- les- les sen the divorce evil she says Records Records Records Rec show only three divorces among Quakers who who have entered w wedlock through this ceremony |