BioM: Higgins, Geraldine
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Surnames: Higgins, Stannard

----Source: Personal news article collection of Millie Lee

STANNARD-HIGGINS

Mr. and Mrs. Isaac HIGGINS, of Granton, announce the marriage of their daughter, Geraldine, to Burke STANNARD, Toronto, Ontario, CN, in Bracebridge, a small town north of Toronto, by a pastor of the United Church of Canada.

The bride was attired in a tailored suit of teal blue with which she wore blue and white accessories.

Following the ceremony a 6 o'clock dinner was served to the bridal party at the Bracebridge Hotel, after which the couple left for a cottage at Muskoka Falls, where they will spend their honeymoon. After Sept. 25 they will reside in Toronto.

Mrs. STANNARD, valedictorian of the Granton High School in 1933, received her B.S. Degree from the speech department of the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1937, and her Master's Degree of Philosophy there in 1938. For the past four years she has been at the head of the speech department at the Platteville State Teachers College.

Mr. Stannard, the only son of Mrs. Minnie STANNARD, Toronto, received his B.S.M.E., and B.S.E.E. degrees from the University of Saskatchewan, winning a scholarship there which enabled him to attend the University of Wisconsin at Madison where he received his Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering with the class of 1938. For two years he had been employed with the Westinghouse Co. at Hamilton, Ontario, and at present is the supervisor of shops and sound, of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Ontario Region. He is also a member of the Association of Professional Engineers at Ontario.