Doster celebrate 51st

Wednesday, March 7, 2001

Doster celebrate

51st

Sabine and

Jim Doster met in Germany in 1946. Jim was in the Army, and was introduced

to Sabine, who is from Estonia, through mutual friends. They began dating,

and after a four-year courtship they married Feb. 18, 1950.

The duo celebrated

their 51st anniversary last month with over 100 friends and relatives.

The two are still smiling at each other after close to 55 years, so whoever

introduced them has every reason to be happy with their matchmaking skills.

Jim, originally

from Donalsonville, Georgia, joined the Army after finishing high school.

After a 7-year stint in Germany, 3 years in Korea and a few other stops

after the war, he retired twenty-plus years later as a Chief Warrant Officer.

The couple then moved back to the family farm in Donalsonville that had

been waiting on him during his military career.

They farmed

the 350-acre spread until recently, when they moved into Ashley Glen Assisted

Living to be close to their son, Jim Jr., who manages the farm for them

in addition to working at the airport and living in Peachtree City.

Jim Jr. is

married and has two sons, Alexander and Jim III. Alexander is in college

in Boise, Jim III in Colorado. Sabine has two children from a previous

marriage, Reno Roop and Marika Nurk. Reno is a stage actor and is married

to Margie. Marika and husband Glen live in Northbrook, Illinois, just

outside of Chicago.

Jim Sr. quipped

that when the family all gets together it sounds like the United Nations.

Jim Jr.'s wife is Korean, and both of Sabine's children from her first

marriage speak fluent Estonian and German.