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[edit] DescriptionPortion of San Francisco Call Society column relating to the wedding of Lieutenant George Smith Patton Jr. and Miss Beatrice Fanning Ayer in 1910. [edit] Article TextHere is the detailed account of a wedding that will be read with interest by friends of the couple and local society. Lieutenant Patton is a nephew of Mrs. J. de Barth Shorb of this city and a cousin of Miss Ethel Shorb, who is traveling in Europe; also of Mrs. John Murtagh and Mrs. James King Steele. The wedding was a June event and this is the description of the summer wedding. "A notable wedding calling together many of the cottage folk of the North Shore, as well as guest from Boston, New York and other places, including the south and his far distant as California, was the marriage of Miss Beatrice Fanning Ayer and Lieutenant George Smith Patton Jr. of the Fifteenth United States cavalry, stationed at Fort Sheridan, Ill. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Ayer of Commonwealth Avenue and Pride's Crossing, where their summer residence, Avalon Hall, is one of the most attractive estates on the shore. As this was the first large out of town wedding of the early season, there was interest out of the ordinary. "The marriage took place at St. John's Episcopal church at Beverly Farms, the Gothic interior of which, though small, lent itself admirably to the decorations of white flowers combined with masses of greenery, all effectively placed. The ceremony was performed by Rev. George A. Gordon, D.D., pastor of the Old South church, Copley square, who was assisted by Rev. Eugene V.R. Hulginn, rector of St. John's church, as he is also of St. Peter's Church at Beverly, the organist of which place of worship played the preliminary musical program while guests were assembling at the church. He played also the wedding march for the entrance of the bride and the selection for departure of the bridal party. The choir boys from St. Peter's church assisted in the service, which was in part choral, and the nuptial hymns which they sang added greatly to the interest of the occasion. "The bride, who was escorted by her father, who gave her in marriage, wore the same gown which her mother, who was Miss Ellen B. Banning, wore when she was married to Mr. Ayer. It was a heavy, lustrous white satin and was richly embroidered on the front, the embroidery also making a deep border for the long, full court train. Cream lace enriched the gown and the bride had added to it some rare lace which had formed a part of the wedding gown of her maternal grandmother. The tulle veil and also the wreath of orange blossoms which the bride wore were the same which her mother had worn as a bride. For ornaments a chain of diamonds and pearls and a pendant of those same jewels were worn. The bride carried a white prayer book and a bouquet of white orchids. "Her attendance included her sister, Miss Katherine Ayer, as a maid of honor, and Miss Ann Wilson Patton of San Gabriel, Cal., sister of the bridegroom; Miss Helen Longyear of Brookline, Miss Rosalind Wood of Boston-Andover, and Miss Catherine Banning of Los Angeles as bridesmaids. Miss Wood and Miss Banning are relatives. They all made a distinguished group. Miss Ayer was in a cream India muslin, trimmed with much valenciennes lace in lingerie effect, Warren over pale blue silk, with which she wore a shepherdess hat of white, with flowers. The other attendants were gowned alike in lingerie dresses of cream batiste and lace, and their hats of Neapolitan straw were trimmed with a masses of little pink roses, forget-me-nots and blue ribbons. All these attendance carried bouquets of the style of 1880, made a small pink roses and forget-me-nots encircled with lace, making quaint old-fashioned nosegays. "The bridegroom had for his best man the bride's brother, Frederick Ayer Jr., Harvard, Ill., and the ushers were J. B. Banning Jr. of Los Angeles, Lieutenant George Patton Brown, United States navy, Lieutenant Phillip Gage, Lieutenant Herman, Lieutenant Francis Delano and Lieutenant James Brice, all of the United States army. The bridegroom was in full dress uniform of his rank, as were the officers who served as ushers. This gave an unusual dash of gold braid which was interesting. As the bride and bride groom left the chancel after the ceremony the ushers formed a double column with their swords raised and crossed in salute, and under this arch the bridal pair walked from the church. "Following the ceremony there was a reception at 'Avalon hall,' where the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ayer stood at he entrance to their living room to welcome their guests. This room is of immense size for a private residence, probably more spacious than that in any house at the north shore. At one end, beneath a little balcony, Lieutenant Patton and his bride received the congratulations of their friends. The bridegroom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Smith Patton, and his aunt, Miss Wilson, a sister of Mrs. Patton, formed a little family group elsewhere in the room and guests were presented to them by the best man. The bride's mother was in a gown of palest blue brocade clouded with white tulle and she wore diamond ornaments. Her Neapolitan hat was of white, with plumes. "Music was a feature of the reception and 25 men from the Salem cadet band, under the leadership of Jean Missud, played out of doors while refreshments were being served. The band's selections were carefully chosen and included among other marital numbers, 'The Star-Spangled Banner,' and also 'The Dashing White Sergeant,' a piece which was played when the bridegroom was graduated from West Point. Many of the guests reached the scene of the wedding and reception by special train from the north station early in the afternoon. "Among the guests, in addition to numerous connections of the Ayer and Patton families, were members of the Loring, Sears, Paine, Coolidge, Longyear, Amory, Dexter, Sohier, Rogers, Dunne, Curtis, Palmer, Hunt, Wood, McKean, Lee, Beebe, Mixter, Parke, Scott-Pyle, Buford, Banning, Swain, Bachert, Lawton, Hagerdorn, Pickering, Boyd, Allen, Bull, Todd and other well known families of Boston and elsewhere. Lieutenant Patton and his bride are to live for the present at Fort Sheridan, Ill." [edit] Sources
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