MARRIAGE PLANS.
MR WINSTON. CHURCHILL’S
DAUGHTER
NEW YORK, Dee. 17. The United Press' news agency’s Philadelphia correspondent states that business associates of Vic Oliver, the dancer, have revealed that lie plans to marry Miss Sarah Churchill, the actress daughter of Mr Winston Churchill, in England, before Christmas. Oliver has a contract in “Carmen” here which permits him to leave when lie pleases, and it is reported that he is now in New York preparatory to sailing.
Miss Churchill, who is 21 years of age, made hqr stage debut in London early this year as a chorus girl in a show in which Oliver also appeared. On September 16 Miss Churchill sailed unexpectedly for Now York. It was believed that she accepted an invitation by Oliver to join his new show, “Shooting High,” at a salary of £l2 a week. Tho Daily MaiL believed that, before leaving, Miss Churchill wrote to her mother intimating that she might 600 n become engaged, to Oliver. When questioned in New York, however. Oliver said he had no intention of marrying a stateman’s daughter. News that the actress would • “elope” to avoid parental objections to the match, and a later report of the sailing of her brother to prevent the wedding, if he could, attracted considerable attention.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 18, 19 December 1936, Page 9
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212MARRIAGE PLANS. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 18, 19 December 1936, Page 9
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