The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-03
EXPECT $50 VISITORS JUNE 1917.
Barre Organizations Are Laying Plans
for Entertainment of That Number.

Barre's four big semi-civic organiza-
tions, the Board of Trade, the Quarry
Owners association, the Merchants as
ISOLATION and the Granite Manufacturers
association, are bestirring themselves in
anticipation of the annual sun 'er out
ing OF the New England GENE super
! Iintendents which is to be this
city June 1917. Joint r ,<S of the
four bodies have resulte .SS appoint
ment of committees - to cover
every inch of the g handling the
vast amount of ary work that
must be done lie town is ready
to duplicate - reception rendered
the retail m,sc mt dealers last Au-
gust. In mose espects the entertain
ment of the superintendents is to be
identical with that accorded the retailers
when they gained their lasting impress
sion of Barre's hospitality last summer.
Conservative estimates place the num-
Der OF superintendent who are coming
to Barre at $50. From the office of the
secretary of the allied committees has
been sent personal invitation to each
member OF the cemetery superintendents'
association. Within a few days the ex
act number who accept the invitation
will be known and plans for their enter
tainment will be rushed rapidly forward
to completion. Since the superintend-
ents are to be in the city over night, the
duty OF providing lodging for them de-
wolves upon the citizens of Barre and if
they respond as spontaneously as they
did last year in cooperating with the
committees, there win be rooms enough
for all. This week the rooms committee
is to solicit among those who can accom-
modate one or more guests on the night
Of Tuesday, June is. 1t is hoped that
by the end of the week a list of houses
where all of the superintendents may
find accommodations will be in the hands
of the committee.
A tentative program of the two days
outing has been prepared. The visitors
are to arrive in town Tuesday morning.
Breakfast will be served, probably in
one or more of the church vestries. Aft
elwards there will be special trains of
observation cars to the quarries. Auto
mobiles will then take the guests for
trip through the Williamstown gulf
Lunch will be served in the gulf and the
return trip to Barre will be made by
autos. Tuesday evening a banquet will
be served in Rowland hall at 30 o'clock.
An interesting program is being prepared
for that particular feature of the outing.
will be served on Wednesday
and Immediately afterwards the
will be shown through
the finishing plants. After the inspec
tion tour, there will be visits to GENE
teries of Barre and Montpelier The
program is subject TO change, but the
are working on this draft of
the entertainment plans for June 1917.
Following out the arrangements made
last year, some 50 or so automobiles will
be chartered for the trips.
An excerpt from the invitation letter
which has been sent out to each member
Of the New England association says:
'The New England Cemetery association
At its last meeting in Boston February Q,
1914, unanimously voted to accept our
to hold its 1914 summer meet
ing in Barre on June l6 and II.
"We now wish to supplement our pre-
pious invitation by personal invitation
% YOU as a member of that association. |
Barre, Vermont, wants YOU Tuesday |
md Wednesday, June l6 and H. We |
want an opportunity for showing you
rood old Vermont hospitality, and of |
proving to you that we have in old Mill /
tone hill' a granite that will take the |
lrtist's best work and preserve it for |
he admiration of future generations"