The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-03-17
MONTPELIER
Miss Estella Boyce Surprises Her Friends
By Announcing Her Marriage.

By Announcing Her Marriage.
Mrs Estella Boyce Demeritt gave the
operators in the telephone Office in Mont
pelier surprise Monday morning when
she announced to them that her mar
riage had taken place at O'Clock Sum
! day afternoon at the Unitarian parson-
age. She was formerly Miss Estela
Boyce and her husband is Clayton De
merritt. They were attended by Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Cheney, at whose home a
reception was given Mr. and Mrs De-
! merritt Sunday evening. The groom has
been employed in the city some time,
coming here from Waterbury, where he
| had lived for some years. The bride has
been employed in the local telephone Of
five since coming here from Waitsfield.
The third degree was conferred by
Montpelier council, Knights of Columbus,
Sunday evening in their hall in Mont
| pelier upon a class of II candidates. The
work was actually done by State Deputy
Thomas b. Wright and suite Of Burlng-
ton in the presence of about 800 mem
! bers of the fraternity, several persons
/ from nearby towns attending the work.
State Treasurer Arthur c. Moore of
Barre was among those watching the
work. Preceding the meeting, the mem
| bers and the candidates went to benedic-
tion at St Augustine's church. After
the degree work buffet luncheon was
served and remarks were made by sew
eral OF the state and local council mem
! bers.
The victory Friday evening of Spauld-
| ing high school over the Waterbury high
school basketball team has made the
Montpelier high school players uneasy.
Until that game was played things
looked bright for the championship Of
the interscholastic basketball league but
now game will have to be played with
| Spaulding for the championship, prob
ably on a neutral floor. Both teams
naturally are watching Burlington,
which still has three games to play and
win easily get two of these. If it gets
! three, then that team will have an equal
standing with Montpelier and Spaulding.
| Burlingtons games are two with Peoples
! academy and one with st. Adams.
Peter Conlin, who has been employed
/ in Boston for some time, arrived Sunday
morning for a visit with his family
| Walter Wilcox went TO his home in
Moretown Sunday morning after a visit
in the city and Barre.
! Fred Deslauricr, who has been special
| policeman on the Montpelier police force,
has been engaged by the trustees of
| Springfield village to take up the day
patrolman daty in that village and will
move his family TO Springfield about
! April !. Mr.. DeslaurieT went to Spring
| field Saturday to meet the trustees rela.
! tive to the matter, resulting in their en-
/ gaging him for the service.
The Company / basketball team de-
! feated the Montpelier high school team
on the armory floor here Saturday even
| ing by a score of 30 to 20, The young
sters seemed afraid of the old NJ. II. $.
team during the first part of the game
| but they soon found they were we'll nigh
I the equal of the older players and made
the Company | team play fast ball to
prevent defeat. Donnolly was the star
| player Of the game.
Miss Hilda Sheridan has returned from
Boston, where she was called 10 days ago
| by the illness Of her sister, Mrs. Frank
! Dunn,
A hearing took place this morning in
/ probate court relative to the will of
Mary Sherman, late of Moretown The
attorneys were Z. II. Deavitt OF this
city and Charles Black of Burlington.
/ Albert Michaud of Burlington, former
ly employed by the Lane Manufacturing
Co, visited Sunday in the city. He was
also personnel sergeant of the 2lIth field
signal battalion stationed at Camp
Meade Md, and was recently discharged
! from service.
The trial of W. 0. Lowe of Waterbury
was commenced at II o'clock this morn
ing in city court. Lowe is charged with
mortgaging property that was already
mortgaged. The complaining witness IS
the Borden Condensed Milk Co. of Rich
mond, whose representatives were here
this morning to testify in the case, The
| jury was drawn this morning and the
case commenced in the city court room.
| F. +. Gleason represents Lowe, while
! States Attorney Il. K. Davis is proseCut-
| ing Lowe has been in Jail for several
! weeks, in fact, since he was brought
back from Boston after he left Barre a
! few months ago when he was on his way
| to Barre city court on a similar charge.
Sergeant John Sievright of the 42d
| Canadian battalion is visiting his broth
err, George, in this city. He was wounded
during the early part of the war and was