Mexborough and Swinton Times, April 22nd, 1932

A romance that had its origin in a sports meeting at Wath nine months agio, will reach happy fulfilment to-morrow (Saturday), when the S. S. “Laurentic” berths at Quebec. The “Laurentic” sailed from Liverpool last Friday taking a Wombwell girl to join her fiancé, a former Wombwell miner. The girl, Betty Dixon, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dixon of Wath Road, Brampton, is to be married to Abe Gleadall, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Gleadall, of Wombwell. Abe Gleadall formerly worked at Mitchell Main. Nineteen years ago he emigrated to Canada and had a varied and interesting career. He has worked in the lumber camps of Northern Canada and on Canadian farms. Later he was taken on at a depot of the National Canadian Railway, and has risen to the position of foreman at Fort Erie, North Ontario.

Last year he came home on leave and it was then that he met Miss Dixon. A keen cyclist in his younger days, he decided to go to a sports meeting at Wath and there met an old cycling friend in Mr. Fred Dixon. Miss Dixon happened to be with her father at the time. When a youth Mr. Gleadall figured prominently in cycling throughout South Yorkshire and won trophies at Sheffield, Wath, Barnsley, South Kirkby and other places. His trainer was Fred Dixon, who has held most of the cycling records of Yorkshire, including the Yorkshire championship. Mr. Gleadall has always been keen on sport. In a recent letter to a Wombwell friend he wrote “I am now going for a game of ice-hockey. Our team here have got into the finals and we are all hoping for a win to-night.”

Mr. Gleadall has found employment for his brother Ernest, his sister, and a cousin. During the war he served in France with a Canadian regiment.

Miss Dixon is a member of the Cortonwood Wesleyan Church. The Wedding will take place at a quay-side church in Quebec immediately the bride lands.