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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 29, 1955
Page
31
Mrs. Robert Buckner, new to Acton and wife of the town’s newest doctor, will instruct in the Slim and Trim classes at the YMCA this year. A music and movement specialist explains that play sparks learning and free movement to music drives rhythm, a pulsating spirit of ordered movement all can feel.
Mrs. Buckner argues rhythm and Eurhythmics aid self control and coordination through movement. She cites Dalcroze methods, ear training, and ballet as benefits for boys and girls in sport and daily life. Immigration to Canada for the first four months of 1955 fell 37 percent to 17,627.
A Sunday evening concert at the C N E grandstand featured the Lorne Scots among massed military and brass bands from Toronto Hamilton Georgetown Brampton Oshawa and St Catharines. The finale included Road to the Isles Abide With Me The Last Post and flag lowering as hundreds of bandsmen performed.
Margaret Patricia Dyer and Robert Daniel Zimmer wed at Rockwood Presbyterian Church with Rev. Fred Williamson officiating. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Murray Dyer, wore a brocaded taf feta gown and carried a white Bible with orchid. Out-of-town guests included Detroit and London area residents. They will reside in Summerside Prince Edward Island.
The Halton Principals Association met at Glenwood school Nelson township on September 20 with R. M. Acheson presiding. L. L. Skuce inspector introduced four new principals and highlighted county growth from 3400 pupils and 116 teachers in 1938 to 10 009 pupils and 328 teachers now.
Dorothy Alice Jones of Dunnville and George Evans Waller of Rockwood wed at Dunnville First Baptist Church in a candlelight ceremony officiated by Rev. H E Murphy. The bride wore a brocaded spun glass gown with a Juliet cap and carried gardenias. The groom's party included best man Charles Weatherston and ushers. Guests came from Guelph Rockwood Hamilton St Catharines Kingston Buffalo Windsor. The couple will reside in Listowel.
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