The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-12-10
ITALIAN BANQUET
WAS BIG ATTRACTION
1t Followed Business Session
and Preceded Largely
Attended Ball

3 Gordon hall last evening marked the close
of the fiscal year of 1914 for the Barre
Granite Manufacturers association. The
4 social affair followed the adjournment of
the business meeting, which opened in the
4 afternoon. A company of nearly 225 peo-
pie included manufacturers, their wives
and other guests. Granite industries in
this city, East Barre, Montpelier North
field, Waterbury, WiIIiamstown and West
Berlin were represented at one of the
most enjoyable functions in the history
. of the association.
Clan Gordon hall was decked out in
festive colors for the event and merry
making was the rule and not the excep-
tlon from the moment a bevy of Italian
girls trooped down the table aisles with
the first course OF an elaborate Italian
dinner to the last figure in pleasureable
dancing party that had for its feature a
variety of everything old and new in the
terpsichorean pastime. Riley's orchestra
played during the banquet hour and later
furnished music for the dancers. At the
afterdinner exercises H. J. NJ Jones of
Jones Bros presided as toastmaster.
John w. Gordon was the speaker of the
evening, although number of manufae-
turers and Others were called upon for in
formal toasts.
Every art OF the culinary expert must
have been called into play to stage" such
a tempting array of yiands as figured in
the l0-course dinner. Prepared only as
capable Italian cooks know how to pre-
pare banquet. the big dinner made a
hit with every last hanquetter. The first
course spelled success. Here is the menu
as it appeared on attractive programs:
Cordiale Martini: olives, celery, msto,
vtello in bianco-alla yenezana: soup,
pastina in brodo-alla Genovese; frittura
mista, umido di selvaggina; spaghetti
ALA Napoletana; polio arrosto, lattuga
ALA Milanese; gruviera, gorgonzola,
stracchino; dessert, sorbetto paste dolci,
frutta noci; cafe noir, te romano; ST.
gari.
Among the invited guests with their
wives were Mayor W. H. Ward of Barre,
Mayor James NJ. Boutwell, of Montpelier.
President NJ. s. Rounds of the Barre
Board of Trade, President ID. j. Morse of
the Barre Merchants association. and
President ID. NJ. Barclay of the Quarry
Owners association. Other guests in
cluded p. +. Mclaughlin of Boston. pub
Usher of the Monument Retailer. George
Il. Ford Of Boston, publisher of Granite.
Marble & Bronze. Henry c. Whitaker of
Chicago managing editor Of the Monu-
mental News, II. X. Bush. Vermont rep
resentative Of the Reporter. and Fred A.
Church, Barre correspondent of the Amer
lean Stone Trade.
After the orchestra had enlivened the
banquet with strains from "Tipperary.'
"The Old Oaken Bucket a medley of pa
triotic airs and divers other compositions
Of the great aud near great. VI. II. Ryle
OF Montpelier. the mewly-elected first vice
president of the association, arose to in
troduee the toastmaster. Mr. Ryle spoke
Of happy circumstances which
made Il possible for the diners to have
among them a man who could preside so
happily over such an occasion. Mr.. Jones
the introduction IN his own
fashion. As might have been
expected the chairman was chock fun ~
stories. pat for every occasion. and hos
speeches were inierlarded
with choice anecdotes that kept the lis
.cners in high spirits
John W Gordon. the irst speaker aud
manufacturer If Barre granite himself
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