Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-02-20
FRANKLIN County
ST. ALBANS


he death Of Mrs. Arminda Blake) Bas-
ford, which occurred at Duluth. Mimi.
February 2. She was in her list year and
was cousin Of Mrs. G.. II. Wood. II. p.
Dee and the Misses Ellen and Glare Dee
Of this city.
No further efforts will be made to secure
the passage of the bill which was intro
duced In the Legislature so to amend
the charter of the city of ST. Adams
that the city council would have power
to assess a rate Of $50 cents on the dol
lar instead of 200 cents, which is the
legal limit as provided in the present
charter. Instead Of this plan, which was
first introduced by Mayor II. W. Bal
lard, another has been substituted where
! by the limit which the council can assess
still remains 200 cents with the provso
that the voters of the city, Mt d special
warned meeting for the purpose may
! vote for rate as high as they feel
warranted.
! Lieut.. Edward J. Alexander. who was
with the Ninth Brigade. Field Artillery,
: at Camp Mcclellan, Alabama. has re-
! turned to his home In this city, having
! received his final discharge.
Sergt. Claude Lockin, who has re-
i ceived bis discharge from the army. has
| returned to this city. His wife and two
! children VIII have resided with relatives
in Randolph during his absence have
| joined him here and they will reside on
| Bank street
! The report of City Health Officer w B.
| Arnold for the month of January shows
! communicable diseases reported as fol-
| lows: Mumps one; chicke n pox one. diph-
| iberia IL; scarlatina 10 and influenza 10.
| There were II deaths. There are about
Is cases of scarlet fever in the city at
present. which is abou: the number that
| has prevailed for a few weeks, few
| new cases developing, while other pa
| TENTS are recovering.
| The records at the office OF City Clerb
| b, NJ. Hopkins show total of fouI
marriages, Is births and II deaths in the
city during the month of January. Ons
marriage license issued in this city was
| returned from another town where the
marriage took place. OF the births seven
| were boys and eight girls. Tho deaths
were divided as follows: Male three,
| female eight
| The funeral OF Fred Pettis, 16 years
old. who died Friday night at his home
| on Pine street of osteo sarcoma ma!ig-
nant. was held at st. Mary's Church
! Monday morning at nine O'Clock, and the
burial was in Holy Cross Cemetery.
News was received by NJ. $. Bostwick
! Tuesday afternoon of the death of his
| daughter. Mrs. Arthur II. Stevens OF
| Washington. ID. C., which occurred Tues
day morning at II O'Clock Of pneumonia
after an illness of only few days. Mrs.
Bostwick is in Washington. having been
called there by the serious condition Of
| her d" Inter, and will bring the body to
| this arriving here Thursday. Mrs.
Stevens was the only child Of Mr.. and
! Mrs. Bostwick and besides her parents
| s survived by her husband, son of Mr..
and Mrs. f. =. Stevens of this city, and
! by an infant daughter. Barbara. who was
! born Friday noon, February Z. Mr.. Bost-
wick received word Monday that his
daughter was improved and hopes were
entertained for her recovery.
| Mrs. Thomas Leo died at the Sherwood
santarium Tuesday afternoon at two
o'clock Of sugar diabetes. after an illness
iof several days. She Is sur
vived by her husband and three sisters,
Mrs. William Kelley of this city, and
| two other sisters who live in Schcnec-
! tady, n. y; two brothers. Albert from
; bley of this city. and John Trombley of
| Schenectady. n. Y; also her mother,
Mrs. Catherine Trombley of this city.
! Miss Gertrude May, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Alfred c. Bedore, and Alex
ander 4. Gaudette of Boston were mar
! ried Tuesday evening at six o'clock.
/ Miss Hama Blake acted as bridesmaid and
Irving Paquette was best man. Tho
bride wore a travelling suit of blue serge
and carried a bouquet of roses and the
bridesmaid wore a dress of blue serge.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Gaudette will go to New
/ York for few days and will make their
! home in Boston.
| In ward six there will be a three
cornered fight for alderman. An indie
| pendent candidate will run against the
/ republican and democrat nominees. The
name of Lawrence Macarthur has been
| filed on the ticket as an independent nv
a group of his friends and his name will
be found on the printed ballot to be used
at the March election. The democratic
nominee is f. 4 Walker and the renuh-
| lican In Jobn I.awton
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