The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-10-18
/. O. F. DELEGATES
SAW BARRE FIRST;
THEN WENT TO WORK
Annual Convention of the High Court OF
Vermont and New Hampshire Is
Being Held-Delegates Ten
dered Trip to Quarries.

Vermont and New Hampshire Fores
ters to the number of 500 were present
last. evening at the first session of the
high court convention, which was held in
the Scampini block hall on North Main
street. Edward j. Cummings of Little
ton, N. H., chief ranger Of the twin-state
high court, presided at the meeting and
upward of $50 delegates from out of
town were present to be received by
members of the Independent Order OF
| Forestcrs' court in Barre. This forenoon
was given over to a trip through one OF
the large granite cutting plants here in
the city and to the quarries, special
transportation privileges on the Barre &
Chelsea railroad having been reserved by
the Barre Board of Trade.
This afternoon the delegates returned
to the hall to transact some of the bus
mess that has accumulated since the last
annual convention. At $3.50 o'clock this
afternoon an oyster supper will be served
in Howland hall and at o'clock tonight
there will be public meeting in the
same hall. Among the entertainers slat
ed to appear are Harry Lloyd, well
known Canadian comedian; Mrs. Edward
j. Cummings, mezzo- soprano, and Har-
old from bley, a tenor from New Hamp-
shire. Interest centers largely around an
address to be given by George A. Mitch
ell of Toronto, Ont, who is to speak on
Real Fraternity as Test" Mr.. Mitch
ell is assistant vice supreme ranger of
the Independent Order OF Foresters. and
an orator of note in Canadian fraternal
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attention of the delegates and officers to-
morrow afternoon and after the election
of offices in the afternoon adjournment
will be taken
AT $3.50 o'clock this morning special
train chartered by the Board of Trade
pulled into the NJ. & w. r. station. Prob
ably $50 Foresters, some of them with
their wives, were awaiting the arrival of
the train. All were looking forward |
with apparent eagerness to the tour
through Barre's great industry'and when |
the trainmen gave the signal, the crowd |
slambered briskly aboard. Jones Bros. |
granite plant in the north end was the |
destination. number OF Board of
Trade members, including the president
md secretary, accompanied the Foresters
md at Jones Bros competent guides
we're ready to show the visitors all the
details that enter into the
work Of preparing Barre granite for the
market. After the train had completed
he winding trip up Milestone hill, quarry
,wners showed the visitors every cour-
esy and repeated the warm welcome ex-
ended them at Jones Bros To most of
he visitors. some of whom came to the
onvention from far corners of Vermont
nd New Hampshire, the tour through
he granite belt brought to them an en-
rely new conception of the magnitude
t Barre's industry and they were not
t all slow in expressing their surprise.
luarries on both sides of the hill were {
isited and it was noon before the train
eturned to the city.
Much work of preliminary nature /
'as accomplished at the opening session $
lst night. A social hour gave the dele I
ates and local Foresters an opportunity I
or getting acquainted with each other I
nd it was nearly 0 o'clock before brief i
rogram of speechmaking began. Inter t
sting remarks concerning the mission of t
ne Independent Foresters were made by s
d. l.. Kinney of New York, superintend- G
1T of field work. who has charge of the v
ork in Vermont Mr., Kinney enlarged t
pom the necessity for developing the a
I'D and urged upon his audiences the $
,ed for cooperation. High Chief Rang t
Cummings supplemented Mr.. Kinney's il
spirational work with an appeal for c
lited effort in the move to spread the d
1uence of the order throughout, Yer Il
ont and New Hampshire. One of the 81
teresting features of the gathering is
as the exemplfcation of degree work b
! the guard of honor and the royal t.
lard of Berlin. n. Fl. d.