Golden
Wedding of Simcoe Couple
Today Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Collins of West Street, Simcoe, will celebrate their Golden Wedding
anniversary.
Fifty years ago, in what was
then the year old Town of Simcoe, Rev. John Alexander, then acting
Baptist minister, tied the nuptial knot which has held strong for
half a century.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Collins
are of pioneer Norfolk stock.
William Collins, father of
Albert, left England at an early age and settled in Simcoe,
establishing a wood-working and cabinet-making shop. After carrying
on business here for some years, he purchased a farm in Woodhouse on
which to rear his family.
James Dowswell, Mrs.
Collins' father, was also of the old sod, coming to Norfolk and
settling on a farm in the western part of the county.
Following the marriage 50
years ago, Mr. and Mrs. Collins resided on a farm, loving to Simcoe
in 1894 to the same house in which they are now living.
Their son, B. D. Collins of
Detroit and his family will return home along with other out-of-town
relatives, to celebrated the happy event for which extensive
preparations are being made. Another daughter, Grace, resides at
home.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Collins,
despite the encroaching years are in excellent health, the former
still pursuing his vocation of carpenter work and the tatter taking
pleasure in a beautiful radio, one of the gifts presented to her for
the occasion.
