The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-12
BIG DELEGATION
GOING TO CLEVELAND
Granite Men and Their Ladies VIII
Leave Late To-day TO Attend Annual
Convention of National Retail
Monument Dealers.

On TO Cleye.and is the watchNc ord Of
some fifty people from the barre gran.
ite belt, who nave leis or ere lravms
iate this afternoon to ats'nd the animal
convention OF the National Retail Mon.
umcnt Dealers rssoeiation, winch opnus
Monday. The list includes manuiactur.
ers and quarries as well as others who
are not 50 directly concerned with the
granite industry. A few of the former
left earlier in the week, in orJe.- To az
low ample time for business stops on
the way. Others are aIeudy on the
grounds, supervising the disposition OF
Barre granite exhibits that are to have
place in the convention hall Ten fiat
cars were required to transport Barnes
showing OF real quality in the exhbl-
ton floor at Cleveland.
Two specially chartered Pullman cars
will be attached to the 5:55 train over
the Central Vermont railway. Before the
travellers are permitted to make their
getaway. the Barre Board of Trade viii
have given additional evidence of its
reiuvenation by according the
granite party a big sendoff at the sta
tion There are to be music little
speeches and much cheering, it is hoped.
The committee of arrangements, repre-
senting the two associations, assembled |
to-day and attached to each car two long |
streamers, we'll calculated to establish |
the identity of the Barre people where
ever they may journey ON the road to |
Cleveland
A committee consisting of j. c. Booth,
] B. Carswell, f. NJ, Tobin, Alex. Dun
san, w. B. Mackenzie and H. P. Hin
man will have charge of arrangements
IN route and w. J. Grant of Boston, a
raveling passenger agent for the Grand
Trunk lines, will accompany the party
Jnless there is a hitch in present plans,
he tourists will arrive in Montreal. Z.
D, tonight at 10 o'clock. in Toronto,
int, tomorrow morning at 7:l0, when a
'rief stop will give them an opportunity
o glance at least twice at the city; Il /
top Of 2s minutes on the suspension
ridge at Niagara Falls is promised and
{ Buffalo, auto buses will be provided
or two hours sightseeing tour. The
Elective point will be reached Sunday {
fternoon at 435 o'clock /
En- route home, the party leaves Cleve- i
and Aug. 10, arriving in Barre early in +
he morning of Aug 81. Most members t
+ the delegation will tarry for nearly !
day in band around the Thousand Is
tnds and the Lachine rapids. c
The personnel Of the party is made t
p as follows: Alex. Young of Young ]
ros., w d. Macdonald of the World a
ranite Co, Alex Duncan of the North Y
ARE Granite Co, II. j. NJ. Jones of r
ones Bros, Stephen Rizzi of Rizzi {
ros,, Sec. H. P. Hinman of the Manu- Il
Icturers' association, John G., Booth of h
ie Martinson Estate Co, Charles w. P
-cMillan OF Mcmillan b Son, Z. NJ. \
obin Of Trow & Holden. Ben Gasperalio
Gasparello Bros, Donald Smith of the =
L. Smith Co, A. NJ Celia of the Van :
ii Granite Co., Armando Comolli OF
omolli &. Sons, B. Lucchine of the North
ARE Granite Co., Alex Milne, Joseph
,lcagni of Novelh & Calcagni, Allen w r
eid of the Standard Granite Co, Guy
tolini of the Apollo Granite Co., viii
I'm Milne, James B. Carswell of the
'rswell Wetmore Co, P.@sRossi of Rossi
Casellni, Henry c, Whitaker of the
onumental News, Chicago, Mr. Hun
lgton of Woodbury., William Adams !,
Mari & Gordon, Walter P, Scott OF y
A. Bugbee & Co., w. B. Mackenzie of r
ttlejohn, Odgers & Milne, Frank III
heaton and w. F. Cory of Wetmore he
Morse, n. Pelaggi OF Northfeld, Frank !,
illips, f. A. Chase and w. S. Davis OF O'
illips & Slack, Northfield, Fred Davis re
d D. S. Davis OF Davis Bros, West WI
Rim, Robert Perry of the Drew Dan ve
5 Co, Waterbury and C. D. swasey =,
the Union Granite Co. Waterbury; -
s. Joseph Calcagni, Mrs. w. 7. -
,tt, Mrs. ", b. Mackenzie, Mrs. Don :, -
Smith, Miss NJ, Macdonald, Miss -
ME Barclay and Miss Marguerite Kit no
dge of Worcester, Mass. r.
Among those who are in the conven
n city already are: John Oltolini of -
Apollo Granite CO., George Bond, A.
Chioldi of Chioldi Bros, G. r. Bian- Ad
of Montpelier, Levi Cross and Her Be
n Cross of Cross Bros, Northfield, and Ca
bert Jones of Jones Bros. Oh