The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-28

felt in being so heartily welcomed by th
governor of commonwealth and told o
the contrast experienced by the visitor
In changing from their last annual meet
| ing among the vine.clad hills Of Virgins
to the green hills of Vermont, A part o
the time consumed by the speaker wa
!, given over 20 brief discussion of wha
lies before the supermtendents in thei
3lst annual convention.
/ The third speaker of the forenoon. wa
DIR, kesterson, the president, whose re
marks evoked much applause. Possessed
of genial southern temperament, th'
president, in giving his annual address
sought to impress upon his hearers th'
! fact that there is no North and South
to-day, except in geographical sense
He was very happy in fluctuations oi
this sort. and whenever he mentioned
the solidity of the union a responsive
chord was touched in the audience. No
body in the South now believes that
damn and Yankee are one word, said DR.
Kesterson, and the differences which for
merly existed have been buried without
markers and with no regrets. The presi-
dent congratulated the Canadian mem
bers of the association on their showing
and expressed the pleasure of the mem
bers from the states in receiving their
brothers from the north as comrades.in-
arms, as well as professional brothers.
Technical sides of the superintendent g
business were lightly touched upon. Mr..
Kesterson urged the adoption of uniform
laws for every state in the union wher-
ever cemetery regulations come in con-
fiict and thought that there should be a
uniformity in all manner of certificates
used by the superintendents. In closing
he bade his hearers to give due attention
to the business in hand and then to en-.
joy the outings provided by the local en-
| tertainers.
| Half the forenoon was well spent when
William B. Jones, superintendent of
Highwood cemetery, Pittsburg, Pa, gave
the annual report of the secretary treas
urer. The neurology roll for the year
was read, and the number of dismissals
noted. His report indicated that the
association is in fourishing condition,
numerically and with respect to finances,
as there are at the present time 252
cemetery superintendent numbered as
active members and several honorary
members. Communications were received
during the forenoon, and before adjourn
ment was finally taken until tonight
number of conferences had taken place.
An interesting part of the program
was the singing of America which
was rendered with rare enthusiasm and
much volume. Two local singers, DIR.
d. c. Jarvis and W. j. Inglis, led the
chorus, with w. A. Wheaton at the or
gan.
Visit Cemeteries and Granite Plants.
Lowering skies hung over the superin-
tendents as they boarded automobiles for |
the trip to the cutting plants and Gem
eteries this afternoon, although there /
was hint, here and there, of sunshine
and the weather representations were
not all for stormy times. 1t was the
first outing of the week and sample
of the care exercised by the entertain
ment association in looking after its
guests may be enumerated here. just
before the party left City park at 1880
o'clock every member was provided with
4 linen duster. Men and women alike
were objects of this favor and as sec
tions of rather dusty going were en-
during the afternoon, the boon
was much appreciated.
Early afternoon arrivals registered
ust in time to participate in the trip.
3ally-h -ho men from the Barre Board of
Trade were on hand with megaphones ,
o point out the places of interest along
he way and nothing was left undone in
he effort to give the visitors a favorable
irst impression of Barres granite cut
ing industry and its cemeteries. The
uto party headed first for Jones Bros
liant at the north end where the man
facturers were waiting to receive the v
isitors with an open hearted greeting
here, in the largest monumental plant
a the world, most of the arrivals gained
heir initial first hand knowledge of the n
details which enter into b
he work of preparing memorial for its Il
lace in the cemetery. II
From North Barre, the party swung 2
bout and set out for Batchelder's mead
W in the south end, where Barclay
ros' plant was the destination. The
,rdial greeting first encountered was re-
Gated by the south end manufacturers b.
nd every opportunity was opened for el
ne inspection of the granite works. 81
urning from the Batchelder's meadow
strict, the party made for Elmwood
,metery, where some of the finest mon
ments ever wrought in Barre granite r.
ere minutely inspected. Elmwood Gem
ery looked its best and the same may
said of the newer burial ground, Hope
metery which the visitors sought out eu
soon as they left Washington street. ha
he broad acres of Hope were thor 81,
lghly traversed before the tourists an
arted back for the city late in the aft M
noon au
Tonight and To-morrow's Program. IN
This evenings program at Spaulding -
APPEL has been arranged as follows: a. a.
30, Our Cemeteries. Ancient and u''
odern." Leonard W. Ross, Mt. Hope
metery. Boston; What Dignified Adver-
ing is Doing for the Modern Cemetery
I noIo Tavior Critcheald .CIa c1,a 10 -