The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-12-09
AT Annual Banquet of Barre
Granite Manufacturers
Association IL
100 BANQUETERS
HAD KEEN PLEASURE
D, IA Elected
Preside Sf the En-
III Year

III "A future luminous with many possibli.
: ties in the stone industry of Barre was
} indicated in the yearly report of officers
at the annual meeting of the Barre Gran
, ite Manufacturers association. which was
held in Manufacturers hall yesterday
, Iafternoon, eliminating in the evening
with most enjoyable banquet at Hotel
Barre, Unsettled industrial conditions
last spring to the contrary notwithstand-
ing the officers records Of the l2-month,
las read yesterday, point unmistakably to
a year of fine accomplishments and hold
the prophecy of substantial business in
lereases in 1916. The business meeting
land the banquet served to bring together
nearly every granite manufactures in
Barre, East, Barre, Williamstown Mont
Ipelier, Waterbury, Northfield and West
Berlin, and their number was augmented
! by number of invited guests at the
banquet, including city officials and the
representatives OF several trade journals
| in the East.
| AT ! o'clock the directors met in ex-
ecutive session and an hour later the
Irregular meeting began. Reports read by
the secretary-treasurer the president and
several committees all bespoke the firm
purpose of the association in boosting
Barre granite. See. ii. p. Humans re-
view of the year, his first in that capac-
Iity, by the way, told in detail of the
years doings in the granite plants Near
~ l40 manufacturers, the largest enroll
ment ever, are now members of the asso-
citation.
Officers elected for the ensuing year
ARE as follows: President, Alexander Dun
can of the North Barre Granite CO.; first
vice president, T. T. Callahan of the Co
lumbian Granite Co. Montpelier; second
vice president, William ID. Mcdonald of
the World Granite Co.. East Barre; Sec
retary treasurer, Harold p. Hinman; di-
rectors, James L. Marion of Marion &
0Leary, James Brown of the Dewey
Column & Cutting Works Stephen Rizzi
of Rizzi Bros, John A. Cross OF Cross
Bros, Northfeld, and II. j.. M. Jones of
Jones Bros; grievance committee, Alex
ander Duncan. James T. Marion and
Robert Q. Mcdonnell of Mcdonnell &
Sons; betterment committee. Alexander
Duncan, John A. Cross and John B. Mag
naghi of the Presbrey- Coykendall Co;
railroad committee. II. j. NJ. Jones, viii
liam A. Murray of the Harrison Granite
Co., and r. Q. McDonnell; claims COM
mittee, II. d. Stevens of Stevens & Jones.
Joseph Calcagni of Novelli & Calcagni
and Samuel Gerard Of the Gerrard-Bar-
,lay Co.; auditors, J. b. Magnagh and
Alexander A. Milne OF Hoyt & Milne.
A vote of thanks was. rendered II. y. NJ.
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iuty in the executive Office and then the
turned from the more eN-
lcting demands Of business to refresh-
nent. George Robins Of Robins Bros.
leld mp the handle end Of the punch ladle
md from the hour Of adjournment until
o'clock, when the banquet began, the
lufIet service in one corner of the hall
vas noticeably popular.
A Reign Of Jollity.
Even the rommodious dining.room at
Iotel Barre was scarcely large enough 10
the diners who sought
laces at banquet time. Never once
uestioned in The past. the hospitality
( the manufacturers az the dinner was
thing 20 remember Covers were laid
or l6O people aud vacant spots in the
ing rows Of tables were couspicuously
bsent Manager John Y. Rowen did not
1ntent himself with giving his guests
be best cuisine the house afforded. To
lake the oocasion a. au-picIous a. pos
ble. an orchestra Jed by John Carroll
Iaved throughout the dinner hour and
FINISHED accompauiments FOR some Of
le vocal numbcrs that were included in
b entirely novel after-diuuer program.
II. J.. ". Jones gracefully dii the hon
il a. master of ceremonies although
hen the finn waved most furious. IL was
n impossible for ono 90 become con-
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