Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-04-15
Franklin County
ST. ALBANS

At the annual meeting of Franklin Lodge
10. 4. F. & A. NJ. Wednesday April
he following Officers were elected and in
tailed: Worshipful master. Arthur T.
Holmes; senior warden, C. w. Moore
lnior warden. Cady l.. Earle secretary,
G. Skinner; treasurer Stafford e. Thorp:
Fustee, Avery G. Smith. The following Of
cers were appointed and installed: Sem
pr deacon, H. Maclean Dcwart: junior
eacon, George Dacey: senior steward. r.
!. Mecorney; Junior steward. Raymond T..
palmer; Tyler, l.. T. Prime chaplain.
Henry Bryant: marshal, ]. a Sturtevant.
The officers were installed by Past Mas
er Merrill d. Armstrong. At the meeting
I Champlain Chapter. No. l, r. A. NJ,
cid Tuesday evening f. w. Wallace OF
nosburg Falls, district deputy high priest,
vas present for an official visit. The work
Z the royal arch was exemplified. buff
et lunch was served.
News is received here that Mrs. Grace
brton of Battle Creek, Mich, formerly
pr this city, was operated upon for
Eoitre April and her condition is favor
lble. Mrs. Orton before her marriage was
Hiss Grace Whitaker, daughter of Mrs.
p. Mckenzie Of Elm street.
Two marriages, Il births and 10 deaths
n the city of St. Adams during the month
u March are shown by the records at
he office of City Clerk B. NJ. Hopkins.
rhe births were equally divided. seven
Joys and seven girls and of the deaths
* were female and seven male.
A daughter, Eta Mildred, was born
o Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Il. Bard at the home
II Mrs. Bards parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
cry Brunell. of Spruce street. yester-
lay morning.
The report Of DIR. Warren ]. Howard,
lealth officer for district No. l, which
Included Franklin county and the town of
Milton. shows total Of 342 communicable
iseases reported during the month of
March. The number Of cases of influenza
exported was 279, but only one case of
pneumonia was reported. The report in
:etail was rs follows: Influenza 30
humps. 80; whooping cough 20; chicken
pox 4: scarlet fever g. measles 8; pneu.
nonia !.
a covered dish supper will be served al
he Verulam club this evening for club
members, followed By dance for the
peinbers and gucstJ.
Napoleon Bourgeois. aged 80 years, died
Thursday evening at his home at the Ba,
pfter long Illness with tuberculosis
Che body was takcn Friday to st
ohns. Que, where funeral services were
81. John the Evangelists Church and the
burial was made in the family To-
here. Mr.. Bourgeois came TO the Ba,
several months ago to make his home. Ht
S survived by his wife and three chill
iron. Annette. Margaret and Napoleon
md by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Napole
bn Bourgeois.
A: the meeting OF the city council! Fri
hay evening 1t was voted to adopt day
light saving, beginning May 2. at 1870
b. m, when the clocks are to be Sc
ahead an hour. and ending October a
e 01 a. m when they are to be set back
BIT was reported at the meeting that tn
Central Vermont Railway company an
the st. Adams Grain company, two o
the largest man-cmploying concerns Il
the city. favored the plan. County High
way Commissioner j. Z, Towle OF Enos
burg Falls wan present and ansWere
questions in regard to what the Stat
would do to help better road condition
n st. Adams. Mr.. Towle said the Stat
would give $1,000 il the city would pa
a corresponding amount in repairing tn
streets. Mr.. Towle asked II the cit
would furnish crushed stone for the pun
pose of repairing streets near the city an
the matter was left with the committe
on streets to investigate with the super
intendent of streets and give Commits
sioner Towle terms. The resignation c
John f. Finn as city lister wa
accepted and b. NJ. Hopkins, who ha
been acting as lister several days, wa
appointed. The report Of a salary con
mittee appointed at the preceding NEE
ing was presented and accepted, increase
OF from $50 to $3.50 year being granite
In some cases.