Evening star., 1936-08-02
Washingtonians Wed
Yesterday at Mclean.

Washingtonians Wed
Yesterday at Mclean.
The wedding of Miss Patricia Ham,
mond Tilton, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fletcher Sandford Tilton. and
Mr.. Wilton Earle Mays. jr., of Wash
ington. son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilton
Earle Mays of Easley, S. c., took place
yesterday afternoon in the home OF
the brides cousins, Mr.. and Mrs.
Beverly M. Coleman, at Mclean, Va,
the Rev. Edward w. Harris, rector OF
st. Adams Episcopal Church, ofticiat-
ing at 5 o'clock.
The bride was given in marriage by
her father and wore white mar
ouisette made with tunic having
long sleeves finished in points over
the hands. She wore a veil of rose
point lace worn by her mother and
grandmother, the lace arranged over
q tulle veil which formed train and
held by a coronet of orange blossoms
She carried the prayer book bound in
white her mother carried at her we'd
ding and a shower Of lilies OF the
valley fell from the book
Miss Margaret Macmillan of Will
Transport, Pa. cousin of the bride,
was maid of honor. wearing yellow
chiffon made on tailored lines with
a long skirt and her large hat matched
the dress. Mr.. James S. Mays was
best man for his brother.
A reception followed, when the
brides mother. Mrs. Tilton, received,
assisted by the bridegroom's mother.
Mrs. Mays. Mrs. Tilton's costume was
of printed chiffon, with which she
wore a large blue hat trimmed in
white, and Mrs. Mays also wore
printed chiffon and had large leg
horn straw hat.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mays left later in the
afternoon for wedding trip, the bride
having a travelling costume Of brown
chiffon made on tailored lines with
pleated sleeves and brown and white
accessories. They will make their
home at 17o5 Lanier place. Mrs.
Mays attended the National Cathe-
dral School for Girls and Mr.. Mays
studied architecture at the Sorbonne
and the School of Architecture at
Fontainebleau after attending Clem-
son College in South Carolina.
Among the out-of-town guests were
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Mays, parents of
the bridegroom, of Easley; Miss
Constance Wheeler of Burlington, VT;
Miss Louise Macmillan of Williams
port, Pa; Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Barr
and Miss Dorothy Barr Of Virginia
and Mrs. Eugene E. Barker and Miss
Mary Louise Barker of Albany, N. Y.
Little Beatrice Porter, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. Porter, and
cousin of the bride, was the flower
girl, dressed in Kate Greenway frock
Of yellow organdy, over pink, tied with
a sash of blue, yellow and pink rib
bon. She carried a basket of pink
flowers.
Mr.. Leander O'Neill acted as best
man to his brother, and Mr.. John G.
Hunt was the usher.
A reception followed the ceremony,
when the couple was assisted in re-
ceiving by the brides mother, who was
dressed in ice-blue satin, with a cor
sage bouquet OF pink roses, and by
Mrs. Martha I. Wilson, grandmother
Of the bride, wearing blue f1owered
chiffon.
Later in the evening Mr.. O'Neill and
his bride left on their wedding trip to
the Adirondacks, the latter travelling
In gray crepe dress trimmed in navy
blue, with which she wore a navy
blue linen hat and other matching
accessories. After September l they
will reside in the Colonial Village.
Mrs. O'Neill is graduate of WASH
ington-Lee High School, and attended
George Washington University. Her
sororities are Sigma Kappa and Chi
Delta Gamma. Mr.. ONeill is now
attending the National Law School in
Washington.