The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-06
BARRE MERCHANTS
ON PLEASURE TRIP
Went to Waterbury by Automobile and
Had Banquet Last Night, Returning
Shortly Before Midnight.

ling, took dinner at the Waterbury inr
and then enjoyed program of informa
after-dinner speechmaking and music be
fore returning home half.hour befor
midnight. Ii was the first run of tn
season for the association, in fact tn
first affair of its kind ever attempte'
by the merchants, but the trip wa
nevertheless pacemaker for others ar
sure to follow if the sentiment eX
lpressed at the tables last night is 4
prevail. ~.
Landlord w. +. Davis of the inn sert>
the kind of dinner that only hungr,
band of merchants can appreciate an,
before it was half finished almost any
body there was willing to vote in fayo
of another dinner without any altera
tions in the bill of fare.
There were seventeen cars in the pro
cession that followed the pilot car ou'
| of Barre little after o'clock. Will,
the parade was marshallng, the ma
chimes gathered along Main street on the
west side of city square. To each au
tomobile was attached streamer bear
| ing the words Barre Retail Merchants
Association" The pilot car and the
one in the rear were both designated by
larger banners with a similar inscrip-
tion. The automobile driven by Presi.
dent NJ. s. Rounds of the association
guided the merchants down through the
streets. through the suburbs and over
the hills to the destination The evening
was none to cool for driving, but the
air was rather nice and smelly and the
cars kept far enough apart to avoid
the dust nuisance that usually tags on
in the rear of each machine when such
parades are under way.
Fifteen miles per hour was the maxi
mum speed for most of the distance and
it was right around 7:30 o'clock when
the party pulled up at the village square
in Waterbury Following is list of
the cars and their passengers:
M. s. Rounds ~ w. Vaughan, A. G..
Moore, II. c. Ladd; d. ]. Morse-E NJ.
Lyon, w. r. Goodfellow. c. s. Andrews; I;
Charles G. Kenyon c. n. Kenyon, II. w.
Knight, n. d. Phelps; H. A. Richard
son-M L. Aiken; w. G. Reynolds
George Y. Tilden, +. j. Owens, George
". Lander Arthur G. Tilden; Homer
Fits H. w. Quimby, Arthur Young,
Frank W. Jackson; A. A. Lamorey
ID. Fl. Cutler. G. r. Southgate, Fred X.
Hall; B. W. Hooker-A. p Abbott, II. E.
Hodges, II. A. Phelps; F. d. Ladd John
b. Kelly, Frank w Robinson, W. w.
Calder; William H. Nye Guy c. How
ard, John II. Worcester, Earl V. Howard;
G., w. Averil Arthur l.. Averill, Frank
n S. Love; J. S. NJ Whar
tcn--Frank A. Mccarthy; Henry j.
Smith Richard White. Fred Bird, Bar
John Tassie; a. w. Eastman
c. II. kendriek, O. w Boyea, Deeb Hab-
eeb; Earl c. Cumings C. 4. Perry, C. A.
caron. b w Goodfellow. f. @. Holmes;
r A. Worthen-Lester p. Clough; T. Il.
Langley NJ S. Levin, H. s. Yeti.
An hour or 50 after arrival at Wa
Ierbury appetites that had been whet-
ted to a sharp edge by the eighteen
nile drive through the evening air were
IMPLY appeased and President Rounds
opened the post prandial speech. The
was entirely of an inn
nature and anyone who had
good story to tell or word to say
bout the merchants association was
light in line for call from the chair
nan before the affair was over. j. w. |
one of the committee in charge |
Il the trip, was the first to respond.
ir. Vaughan spoke at short length in !
happy manner and was followed by |
Iomer G. Ladd, another committee man,
rho really fired the first gun of the |
yening with rousing story. Mr.. Ladd |
old how the trip had its inception and
xpressed desire to see more of them,
inee il was evident from the tenor of
be gathering that they promoted good
and better understanding
mong the merchants.
n. d. Phelps eoncurred with Mr. Ladd
I the latter view. George \. Tilden
aid he was glad to see so many take
he trip and he too, believed that such
fairs were directly beneficial to the
ssociation.
A. p. Abbott talked for few moments
n the publicity end of the automobile
IN and Frank w Jackson who followed
Ir. Abbott, told two of the evenings
est stories, after agreeing with tie pre-.
ous speakers that the association had
ruck the keynote in having a get
,gether dinner and automobile run.
Next in order was F. d. I-add who
as asked to say something about the
Nv hotel project. Mr.. Ladd spoke in !,
humorous vein and averred that ow- ,
g to the scarcity of garden tools =
'onnd for the new structure had not J,
,en broken. At this point J. w. =
aughan asked for rising vote of !
anks to the automobile owners who !
ndered the use of their cars for the !
casion. II was given with manifest q
'preciation. n
There was never a moment when lev
Y did not enter into occasion and
nong the most pointed stories of the :,
hole program were those told by j. \
NJ. Wharton. \. s. Love, and Arthur II
rerill. The latter was down for :,
ar story and Mr.. Love had something =,
say that drew prolonged round OF !,
lghter. Frank Mccarthy was asked 10
" 'SThe Sweetest Story Ever Told" ~
d Henry j. Smith was called to re-
ond 10 the toast Fifty Miles an \
,ur." Included also among those who =
re asked to contribute were John -
ssie and T. J. Owens. =
{. $. Andrews, treasurer of the as
.iation. was the last speaker. and he =,
the conversation back into serious
snnels when he broached the subject u
holding a merchants meeting some -
ne soon. Here, he thought, was a ring =
call for the real get et-togetaerT spir :,
among the merchants. The plan had =
N discussed at some length. he said. ~
previous meetings of the association d
1 for one. he added. he was willing -
see the project carried through. The
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