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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 30, 1956
Page
5
Numerous town guests and informal visits noted from Austin to Carman and surrounding areas. Residents hosted relatives from Edmonton Winnipeg Saskatoon and Ontario over the weekend. Services resume at Unit Churches on Sunday with Austin at 10 am and Sidney at 11 15 am.
Nine years with his wife and family of five have led the new Sidney minister to settle there and hold his first service Sunday September 2 at 7 pm. The Reimer family, musically inclined, will share talents as the general public is invited to attend the opening. Services will continue in Remples Hall.
Miss Ardetty Rowena Swanton daughter of Mr and Mrs C R Swanton of Sidney wed Elmer Lawrence McGill son of Mrs Nettie McGill and the late B McGill of Belmont in a ceremony at Calvary Pentecostal Church Carvary. Reverends L Dickinson and P M Munro officiated with music by Miss Pearl Homberg and soloist Mrs Edwin Smith.
The ceremony featured the Lord's Prayer and O Perfect Love during the register signing. The bride wore a floor length white chantilly lace gown with a net yoke and lily point sleeves, a tulle headdress, fingertip veil, and a cascade bouquet of red roses. Bridesmaids wore yellow lace gowns. flower girl wore mauve Versailles taffeta. Best man Jack McGill and ushers Lloyd Young and George McGill attended. A forty guest reception followed at the Sidney Community Hall. A brief honeymoon occurred at Wasagaming. The couple will reside in Belmont where the groom works in farming.
In 1955 the area planted to commercial vegetables in Canada measured 198,620 acres, rising 14 percent from 1954 levels, reflecting growth in agricultural output and diversification of crops across provinces.
A shower in honor of Evelyn Sanderson, bride elect of next Saturday, was held in the Community hall on Wednesday August 22. The hall wore bell streamers and flowers as Evelyn was escorted forward by Toni Cronk. Corsages were pinned to Evelyn, Mrs. Sanderson, and Mrs. Pearson. Gifts were presented by Butch Pearson and Jay Cronk as Ian Cronk sang.
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