The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-08-20
To Accept Invit9 >Mi of the
Merchants ssociation
There SHuncheon
SCORE OF AUTOS LEFT
BARRE AT 9:30 A. M.
H. G. Woodruff Was Chosen
to Speak for Barre
Business Men

At the invitation of the Burlington
Merchants association, Barre's Board OF
Trade sent 20 automobiles bearing IS
people to Burlington this forenoon to be
the guests of the Merchants association
at luncheon in the root garden of the
hotel Vermont this noon. The luncheon
was one Of several which the Burlington
association is giving this summer to out
of-town civic organizations with view
to promoting a better understanding OF
what is going on in the business and in
dustrial life of Vermont cities In an
other sense, the luncheon is reciprocal
acknowledgement of the courtesies ex-
tended the Burlington Commercial club
on the occasion of its tour through this
| part of Vermont in July, when the tour
/ lists were met at Williamstown gulf bv
| a delegation of Barre business men and
escorted to North Barre, where an n-
spection trip through Jones Bros gran
ite plant was followed by a lunch at the
roadside
Cars got away on the trip to Burling-
ton around 9;30 o'clock Y. D. Phelps
roadster was the pacemaker and Fritz
Jackson's car served as the pilot, the
remaining machines bringing up the rear
Of the procession with a space of perhaps
20 PAGES between each auto 1t was
proposed to make the run in something
like two hours, barring accidents. Prac-
ti2ally every car was decked out in A
banner proclaimng the status Of Barre
granite in the monumental world and IL
the trip is productive of nothing else. it
will bring the people who live hv the
side OF the road to a realizing sense of
what Barre granite means. Arriving at
Burlington. 1t was planned to park the
cars on a convenient site and proceed at
once TO the Vermont Following out
custom established when these trips had
their inception with the Burlington or
ganization, the visiting association is to
furnish speaker for the afterdinner
exercises. II. G. Woodruff, cashier of
the Granite Savings bank, was selected
to speak for Barre, and his remarks at
the dinner to-day deelt in compre-
hensiye manner with Barre granite its
development and its latent
possibilities. For the return trip home,
it was planned to start by mid-afternoon,
arriving in Barre around supper time.
To those who have had the success of
the trip nearest at heart in the past few
days, the number of those who turned
out to-day was altogether gratifying.
There were ample accommodation for
Ill and the preliminary arrangements
Tor the start were carried out without
hitch. The committee consisting of B.
W. Hooker, r. G. Robinson and H. G.
Woodruff. worked busily TO get together
representation of Barre business and
men that would reflect
omething of the spirit of cooperation
hat has marked the undertakings of
he Board of Trade in the past and in
his endeavor they were manifestingly
uceessful.
list of those who furnished cars for
he trip includes the following auto own
RS: Fritz Jackson. d. IT, Morse, F. c.
'umings. b. w. Hooker, ID. NJ Miles,
Tomer Fits, y. D. Phelps, Fl. G. Ben
EFT. Donald Smith. A. p. Abbott, r. G.
johnson, Mayor w. II. Ward, James X
'ire, DeMerell & Brown. o X Hollister,
eorgc Bond A. A. Lamorey, w. G. Rev
olds. Alderman John F. Cook F. A.
,rown and c. F. Millar In a few in
tances, car owners themselves were un-
bic to participate in the trip, but driv-
rs were generously furnished To operate
he cars.
Here is a list of those who started
ON Barre this morning: y. D. Phelps
red G. Fisher, w w. Calder. Alex. T.
tewart Charles oliver. w G. Reynolds,
NJ. Tobin. c. r. Gladding. George y.
ilden, A. p. Spear. Alex. Corey. Tony
ORGY. H. c. Woodruff. J. p Corskie.
Z IT, Messer, f. O. Holmes. w B. Mur-
". Fritz Jackson, H. A. Phelps Fred
iurch. y. !. Morse. \. f. Lewis r. F.
ogels, Lester p Clough, Harold Fits,
omer Fits. y. b. Ballard. f. W.
icksou. A. A. Tamorey. D. +. Davis.
n Allen, A. S. Martin. John r. Cook.
W Vaughan, Alderman Edwin Heast.
NJ Roscoe. f. L. Biggs, c. F. Alilar.
lex Hsnton Fred MILAN, Dr.. w. X
cKay. Mayor W r. Ward, F. ", Ban
oft. William Wishart. Charles A.
own. George DeNlerell. B. w. Good
low. A. B. lane, +. c. Cummings. George
lander. Stanley Marsh l.. o. Nor
n. J. r. Pirie. George Mutch W. {.
Iinlen. J. r. Coutts. y. NJ Miles. How
a Miles. J. r. Higgins. r G. Rowland.
/. and Mrs. George Bond. Mrs. Fritz
ckson. f. c. Glysson. William Calder.
John Trow. A. Y. Abbott James
lckay L. r. Hutchinson. Leon Abbott.
mes Robertson. o. X. Hollistcr Neil
,oker. Miss Frioda Hooker v ".
'oker. and r. g.. Robinson.