Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1921-06-10
MISS RICHARDSON
WOODSTOCK BRIDE
Beautiful Wedding Wednes-
day At Casa de Campo"
the Hardy Home
Bride Prominent In Work Among
Blinded Service Men


Of Miss Dorothy Hardy Richardson.
daughter of Mrs. Rufus Byam Rich
ardson Of Woodstock. to DR.. George
Chandler Lincoln of Worcester. which
WAS celebrated on Wednesday after
noon at / o'clock at Casa de CAM
po," the summer home of the uncle
and aunt OF the bride. Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Sherburne Hardy. in Wood
stock.
Guests numbering nearly two hun
dred and including many relatives
and friends from Worcester. New
York City and other points. assembled
in the living rooms of the Hardy resi-
denee outlooking upon a terrace
which includes beautiful view of
the Woodstock Lake valley Before
an aleove decorated with the seasons
blossoms of laurel, sweet peas and
peonies, the ceremony was performed
by the Rev. F. H. Bigelow of Christ
Church, Pomfret. the full Episcopal
service being used. The bride was
given in marriage by her uncle. Mr..
Hardy, in the absence Of her brother,
Captain Gardner Richardson. who
could not leave his post as director Of
the Child Feeding Of Austria and Hun
gary for the American Relief Admin
istration at Vienna to be present At
the wedding.
Miss Richardson wore a beautiful
gown of white satin, yelled in lace
with a full court train Over her we'd
ding veil Of tulle she wore the lace
wedding veil Of her grandmother, held
in place with orange blossoms. She
wore also a pearl necklace left to DR..
Lincoln's mother by his great grand.
mother and worn by Mrs. Lincoln at
/ her wedding.
Her bouquet was Of white sweet
peas and white roses. The single at
I tendant of the bride was her cousin,
Miss Sylvia Holt. daughter of Judge
and Mrs. Geo. Holt of New York City
and Woodstock Miss Holt wore a
gown of orchid colored chiffon with
hat to match, and carried "a bouquet oil
pink and lavender sweet peas. The best
man was Daniel Waldo Lincoln OF
1 Worcester. a brother of the bride
groom. Rev. Mr. Bigelow in reading
the service. used an Episcopal prayer
book which belonged 10 the great
great-uncle Of the bride. Augustus
Aspinwan of Brookline. Mass
Following the ceremony wedding
breakfast was served on the large
verandas Of the Hardy home and later
in the afternoon DIR. and Mrs. Lincoln
left for a months wedding trip, after
which they will make their home IN
Worcester.
The bride. who is member of one
Of the best known families in Wind.
ham county. is granddaughter of the
late Henry {. Bowen. and a daughter
of the late Rufus b. Richardson, fol
over ten years head of the American
School at Athens and affectionately
remembered by many American stu
dents Of archaeology. She has resid.
ed in Woodstock in the summer with
her mother. Mrs Richardson. Dur
ing the war Miss Richardson under.
took work among the blinded soldiers
and following the Armistiee she re
turned 20 this country and for over a
year worked at Evergreen" the Red
Cross Hospital for blinded service
men at Baltimore> Many Of the beau
tiful gifts received included remem-
brances from these men whom the
bride assisted in training for self-sup-
porting positions.
DR.. Lincoln is a son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Waldo Lincoln of Worcester and
is a graduate Of Harvard University,
class Of 1905, since when he has been
practicing medicine in Worcester
During the World War DR.. Lincoln
served two years with the L. S. Med
zeal Corps at st. Nazaire, having been
discharged with the rank of major