Wedding Announcement

August 2, 1980

Sometime a few weeks after our wedding we posted our wedding announcement in the London Free Press. The picture at left was used with text that read:

Mr. and Mrs. Reg Quinton (sic!)

Kathryn Graham, of Vancouver, and Reg Quinton, of London, exchanged wedding vows on August 2, 1980 at a moving outdoor ceremony on the campus of The University of Western Ontario, London. Chaplain Charles Scott conducted an original wedding service which he wrote with the bride and groom. The bride's attendants were Alison Preston of Vancouver, Monica MacMahon of London, and Joan Watson of Belleville. The groom's attendants were Mike Schwan of Toronto, Gord Graham of London, and Ken Edmonstone of Walter's Falls.

Kate and Reg would like to express special appreciation to their parents Jack and Doreta Graham, of Belleville, and Maurice and Margaret Quinton, of Walter's Falls. They would also like to thank their friends and relatives from far and near who made the occasion such a happy one. The medieval recorder music provided by Connie Varner, Monica MacPherson and Jenny Beale which preceded the ceremony was appreciated by all attending. Also appreciation is expressed to the staff at the University Food Services who provided an excellent meal and gracious service.

Following the reception the couple were entertained by N.F.G. at the Cedar Lounge and honeymooned at the Park Lane Hotel in London. They are pictured above in their going-away outfits. Photo by Farnsworth.

The title "Mr. and Mrs." is in error. Kate never had any intention of taking my name but we had not been explicit with the paper. We ought to have caught that before it was published.

Transcribed and posted 2025/08/18 on the occasion of our 45th wedding anniversary.