Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-01-01
Washington County
MONTPELIER

The annual meeting of the Vermont
Bar association will take place January
G in the county court house in Mont
pclier.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. NJ. Cory have re-
ceived word that Mrs. Harry Lyman,
their daughter. is In a hospital in Fort
Smith, kans., where she was operated
upon for appendicitis that suddenly de-
veloped Wednesday December 81.
The engagement of some six of the
hello" girls in the Montpelier telephone
exchange has been made known among
the girls, according to the best infor-
nation brought forth as a result OF
Christmas presentations, so that Manager
John Gowdey is keeping his weather eye
out to 1ll the vacancies they occur.
The session of United States district
court which was set for Saturday in
Montpelier did not occur, the session
having been cancelled by an order from
Burlington.
Mrs. +. NJ. Cory has gone to Fort
Smith. Ark, to be with Mrs. Harry
Lyman. her daughter, who was operated
upon for appendicitis December a and
who is making nice recovery.
Wilfred G. Hebert and Miss Mar
garet Reed Riddell of Montpelier were
married at seven o'clock Monday morn
ing by the Rev. P. j. Long at the st.
Micheal's convent chapel in the pres
ence of few friends. After the cere-
mony they left for a wedding trip. The
groom is a machinist in Montpelier.
The bride is native of Scotland.
James Davis of Manchester Center has
commenced work in the State engineering
department. lie has been in charge OF the
survey that is being made Of the II miles
e,1a Il IN
OF Dandy. Mt. Tabor and Dorset and has
conf leted the work for this fall.
The certificate that May Edith Whiting.
who recently obtained a divorce in WASH
ington county. and Earl Cassie Of Barre
were married in Hartford Conn, No
vember 90, has been received by the city
clerk. The bride was resident OF Mont
peier The groom is a farmer in Barre
town. The city clerk has also received
the returned marriage license showing
that Ward Macy and Mrs. Bella Forbes
were married December % by the Rev.
Joseph Lund of Montpelier.
Two suits have been brought against
the DeLue Il co. of Montpelier n new
corporation that has commenced the
manufacture of underwear in Montpelier
and has since developed an interest in
manufacturing other goods. They are:
Victor Textile company, to recover $500
and the Economic Hall Rack company;
while William Lathrop has brought suit
in Windham county court against John
Crozier: also G. W. Wallis VS.. Bert Nj.
johnson and others
Mrs. Arthur Covell OF Washington,
II. G., was in the city Tuesday She came
to Northtield with the body of Miss Rose
Covell. her sistcr-in-law, who died Christ
mas night. 1t appears that Miss Coveil
who was almost so years Of age ate
, Christmas dinner with the family. but
during the evening was taken critically
i'll with acute indigestion, dying in about
three hours. She was a native of Berlin
and lived there most of her life. The fu-
neral occurred nj Mortified sunday.
Burial was in the Berlin Corners ceme-
terry.
| II. W. Beldcn and q. G. Eaton OF Waits
field were in tho city Wednesday to
| watch the checker tournament. They
were unable to come mere Tuesday to
start the tournament, 80 they did not
lplay Wednesday in the match.