>Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 13:01:23 -0700 >To: [email protected] >From: "Carolyn Wallace" <[email protected]> >Source: [email protected] >Subject: Weddings:<snip> PATTON-MacDONALD, Montreal-1942 > > >Eastern Chronicle, New Glasgow, N.S., Thursday, 18 June 1942: > > <snip> >xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Patton-MacDonald > Montreal,June 11- St. Malachy's Church was the scene of a pretty wedding >on Saturday morning, June 6th, at nine o'clock, when Miss Ruth Marie >Macdonald of Antigonish, R.N., daughter of the late Rod Macdonald and Mrs. >Macdonald of Antigonish, N.S. was married to Vincent Leonard O'Neill Patton, >son of the late Michael Patton and Mrs. Patton, Rev. Francis McMahon >officiating. The wedding march was played by Professor McCaffery and Miss >Claire Macdonald attended her sister as bridesmaid. John Gallagher was best >man. Ushers were the Messrs. Gerard and Raymond Patton, brothers of the >bridegroom. > The bride was given in marriage by Bernard O'Connell of Brownsburg, Que. >She wore a white chiffon floor length gown made with a full skirt and >matching jacket with long sleeves falling in points over the wrist. Her >finger tip veil was arranged with a halo caught with sweetheart roses and as >an ornament she wore a pearl neclace and bracelet, the gift of the >bridegroom. She carried a bouquet of American Beauty roses and maiden hair >ferns. > A reception was held later at the home of Mrs. Gerard Patton, >sister-in-law of the bridegroom. The bridal couple left later for the >Laurentian Mountains. Mr. and mrs. patton will reside temporarily at the >home of the bridegroom's mother. >xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Carolyn Wallace