Their engagement was announced in the Acton Free Press on Mar 19, 1925.  A copy of the announcement is on file and reads as follows.  Erin  Mr. Robert McEnery, Erin announces the engagement of his youngest daughter, Minnie Merle, to S. Elwood Nodwell, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nodwell, Garafraxa Township, the marriage to take place the latter part of March.

From the Apr. 2, 1925 edition of the Erin Advocate, the same engagement announcement appearded. 

From the Mar. 26, 1925, Erin Advocate in the local news column.  Friends of Miss Merle McEnery, bride-to-be, assembled at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Graham, on Friday evening of last week, the occasion took the form of a miscellaneous shower.  Following the usual proceedure on such occasions, a dainty lunch was served, and the remainder of the evening was spent in dancing.   From the same edition of the paper, On Saturday afternoon last, Mrs. Fred McEnery held a trousseau tea in honor of Miss Merle McEnery when many ladies called and spent a pleasant hour.

There was also a marriage announcement published in the Acton Free Press on Thursday April 9, 1925 of which a copy is on file and reads as follows, Nodwell - McEnery - At the home of R. C Barbour, 6th line, Erin, on Wednesday, March 25th, 1925, by Rev. John Lindsay, Elwood S. Nodwell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nodwell, East Garafraxa, to Merle M. McEnery, daughter of Mr. Robert and the late Mrs. McEnery, Erin.  R. C. Barbour was Merle's brother-in-law, husband of her sister Emma.  A copy of all of the preceeding are on file.