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WASHINGTON, D. C„ SATl3.eignis Ad® o-»way at Auflooin-terrltory pa troh*d n ted and ;eeded In boxes lorotirlshin j. vigorous i* watch a pen :**-the fu-c of re»i-or sp'TM* bright.ion.AhhocIu* spring of as profile ft 8 ;ac y of the town en-e at once Improve-si‘lit. date has boon : that its Bit to all *e, ample oads, tire leetriclty,the oldest suburban association in the! district, should command ready attention to Its demands.WILTON J. LAMBERT.Wilton J. Lambert was born in the District of Columbia in 1871. was the only grandson of the lute John Nan Hlswlck, who was one of the earliest and most successful business men tn Washington, having been among the I founders of such, enterprises in the 1 Capital as the Great Falls Ice Com pany, the Independent Ice Company, the Citizens National Hank, the Washington Brick Machine Company and | Southern Maryland Railroad. He la ( the son of Tallmauge A. Lambert., the well-known lawyer, for many years president of the Great Falls Ice Company. and a prominent candidate for the recent vacancy upon the District | Bench when illness compelled his tem- | porary retirement from active work, jMr. Wilton J. Lambert received bin j early education at the private schools i of Profs. O. C. Wright and C. 13. Voung. j of ibis city, and his college course at j Princeton, where he was a member of’ the class of 1892, after which he entered Georgetown Law School and became president and one of the leaders of his class. He entered the bar in 1891. standing among the first three in the competitive examination, and at once began practice with his father, the firm being known as Lambert Lambert. Since coming to the bar Mr, j Lambert has enjoyed an active and i successful practice; he is the attorney | for several of the large local corporations and has been prominently identi-1 fled with many leading District cases, I such as the Potomac Flats or Wharf1 cases, the Hock Greek Park assessment j suits, the Starring case, the Electric j Lighting eases, the Alexander and IJtermehle will contests and others.Vr. Lambert bream* « Ofthe Bright wood Citizens’ Association | in 1897, and was first elected fourth j vice-president of the Association, and j is now serving Ills second term us first vice-president. He owns the large house and grounds known as the Van Riswlck homestead. “Van View.” situated on the west of Bright wood avenue near the District line, adjoining Mr. j Blair Lee’s Silver Spring estate and overlooking Hock Creek Park.
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The Suburban Citizen
Washington, Washington-DC, US
Sat, Nov 03, 1900
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