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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 29, 1955
Page
7
Mrs. Robert Buckner new to Acton and wife of the town's latest doctor volunteers at the Y M C A Slim and Trim program She outlines how free movement to music aids child learning and why rhythm is vital to education and personal development
Mrs. Buckner discusses rhythm as the foundation of musical effect and urges children to learn Eurhythmics with Jaques Dalcroze methods in London. She links rhythm to self discipline, grace, and coordinated training for athletes, noting Canada immigration in early 1955 fell 37 percent to 17,627.
At the C N E venue on Sunday evening September 18 the Lorne Scots joined massed military, brass and pipe bands from Toronto to St Catharines in a color filled concert. The massed bands performed Road to the Isles Abide With Me and The Last Post as flags were lowered, with local players in the Lorne Scots section.
Margaret Patricia Dyer and Robert Daniel Zimmer wed at Rockwood Presbyterian Church with Rev. Fred Williamson officiating. The couple, from Rockwood and Summerside, plan a wedding trip across Ontario and eastern Canada before settling in Summerside Prince Edward Island.
The Halton Principals Association met at Glenwood school Nelson township on September 20 with R. M. Ache son presiding. L. L. Skuce inspector introduced four new principals and noted county growth from 3400 pupils and 116 teachers in 1938 to 10009 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 service officiated by Rev. H E Murphy. The bride wore a brocaded spun glass gown with a Juliet cap and carried gardenias. Guests came from Guelph Rockwood Hamilton St Catharines Kingston Buffalo and Windsor.
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