Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-03-27
WINOOSKl,

The annual report Of the school officers
has been issued and following are some OF
the figures taken from it: Receipts, cash
on hand March e, 1901, s33S.2G cash from
sale of OLD building, So; cash from select
men 81, j4j. OF cash from taxpayers g. 50;
delinquent taxes. 1900. slis.31; delinquent
taxes. 1901, S10o; delinquent taxes. so; to-
.al T,4l6.31: disbursements, teachers sal
ues, &1lG; janitor, 500; books, stationery,
Ste, $92.5i: repairs, sl45.23 miscellaneous
supplies. $}015; water, SITS; fuel, S2o5.2o
interest. $247.9l; officers salaries S25i As;
abatement of taxes, $3.50; total, S4,4tJll
The funeral of Mrs Charles II. Stevens
eek place at Wiuooski Saturday. March
%. Cndertaker j. A. Corhin had charge of
the arrangements. The bearers were Nj.
j. Burnes, George r. Graves. Frank T..
Bigwrcd, Fred III. Eirwcod, Samuel ID.
Smith and George Reynolds. Prayer was
offered at the home at 81 O'Clock and pub
Sic services conduct ii by the pastor, the
HeN. ~ W. Hankemeycr. were lrld ut
htiock in tn" Congregational Chlirch.
which was well fllrd with relatives and
friends. An upusu Ally large numbered floral
offerings testified to the esteem in when
Mrs. SteVens was held, There were beau
iflul designs from tlc following orgdniH4-
lions The employees of Tie Stevens Ma
thine Co, The WinooSki Steam Fire En-
sine CO., The Ladies Aid Society, rhe
Webster Lodge IF +. ard \. NJ, Tho Mod
,-n Woolman. the Fhi Delta Theta Fra
!crn,tv and The Womans Rclirt CORPS,
md in addition a profuSicn OF beautiful
designs and cut flow FRS from a host OF
ritnds. Places Of business were olosel dur
ne the services. Mrs Stevens had been in
ailing health for more than u year and
Sst month went to Southern Pines, y. c.,
or the benefit of the climate. She inn
rGNcd quit rapidly fer time and all
okcd for her restoration to health, but Il
ak ular trouble &C tie heart. from which
he Lad suffered more or less for several
years, but had not nc ticed of late, now in
her weakened condition revived, and she
passed away quietly at five o'clock in the
afternoon Of March 18th. Frances Eleanor
Mcbride, daughter of George l.. and Emma
j. Wickware Mcbride, was born in COL
chester, Vt. March 20, 1872, and received
her education in the district ana graded
schools of Colchester and Milton. A.. the
axe of sixteen she taught school at Col
CHESTER, and this calling the followed for
the next three years, teaching In the
schools of Milton, Grand Isle, Huntington
ord Essex with marked success. She WAS
married September 90 1891. to Charles VI.
Stevens, who with four children, Loren,
Emma, Lizzie and Hattie survive her. a
father, mother, three brothers and four
sisters are also left to mourn her loss.
The annual village school meeting WAS
ncd Tuesday night at the Spring street
school house with a large attendance. II.
V. Horton called the meeting to order and
Samuel EigWoud was chosen chairman,
with II. V. Horton as clerk, The follow
ing officers were then elected; Moderator,
S. BigWood; clerk, II. " Horton: treas
urer A. A. Graves; collect of taxes, f..
II. Horton. tax of 40 cents on the dollar
was voted. There being but Clc candidate
for school trustee for tho cas-; ward the
clerk was instructed to cast a ballot fer
Il. j. White end he was declared elected
The auditors elected were: Theodore f..
Hopkins, C. II. Shipman and Alphonse
Dubuc.
Charles Daniels Adams died at his home
on Lcclair street yesterday morning about
O'Clock of a complication of diseases, af-
ter an Illness covering several years al
though he was not confined to the house UNI
til last October. Mr. Adams was 81 years OF
age and was born In Shelburne but lived in
this village the greater part OF his life, At
the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted
in Company A. LIST Vermont cavalry, for
three years, being honorably discharged
from that regiment at the expiration of his
enlistment. He is survived by wife, three
daughters, Misses Irene, Loretta and Ma
bel Adams, and three sons, Charles, Ar
thur and Joseph all OF this place. The fu-
neral will be held Friday morning at lC
O'Clock from st. Francis Xaviers Church.
Mrs. Rosaline Barber wife of Louis Bar
her of Spring street, died early yesterday