The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-08-09
BIC DELEGATION OFF
FOR COLUMBUS, OHIO
Barre Granite Men to Attend Convention
of the International Monumental
Granite Producers Association,
and Also the National Re-
tail Dealers Asso-
citation.

Two special cars, day coach and q
sleeper were attached to the S:l0 train
this morning when it rolled into the Cen
trail Vermont depot. Thirtytwo people
members of the Barre Quarters and
Manufacturers association, were ready
to board the train for Columbus, o.
where the annual convention of the In
ternationsl Monumental Granite Pro
ducers' association will be held Monday
Tuesday and Wednesday Of the coming
week. While in Columbus many of the
Barre granite district plan to attend the
l4th annual convention of the Nationa
Retail Monumental Dealers association
though none of the members of the Barr,
association are exhibiting at the con
vention this yelr.
Owing to the war last year, no con
vention was held, as the manufacturers
throughout the country were anxious tC
aid the government by releasing all thl
cars possible which would have beer
used to convey the exhibit stones Il
Columbus. The old. time spirit was re
vived this year, and as two years ago
the manufacturers secured the two cars
to make the trip from Barre to Colum
bus. The trip will be made in about q
hours, barring accidents, and the train
is scheduled to arrive in Columbus or
Sunday morning at 7:45. Other manu-
facturers from Concord, n. H., Milford
and Quincy, Mass, and Westerly, r. /.
will leave Boston IN special cars and
join the train at Springfield to continue
the journey
Attorney S. Hollister Jackson, presi
dent of the |. N. G.. P. A., will go from
Chetek, Wis, where he has been pass
ing months vacation with his family
to Columbus to preside over the pro.
ducers' convention. Other men of the
Barre district who will speak at the in
ternational convention are: Z. A. Chase
of the Phillips & Slack Co, Of Mortified
and Guy r. Varnum Of the Boutwell,
Milne & Varnum Co. of Barre.
The wage scale Of apprentice stone.
cutters and polishers will also be dis
cussed at the convention. The Barre
association is deeply interested in this
subject and is endcavoring to have a
much larger scale of wages.
Some of the manufacturers are plan,
ming to return soon after the convention
while greater number viii not return
for several weeks, as many of them
have customers in the West whom they
plan to visit before returning.
The Barre Quarters and Manufactur.
ers' association win be represented Off
cially at both conventions by John G.
Booth, president; Fl. ]. NJ. Jones of Jones
Bros Co, James NJ Boutwell, of Bout.
well, Milne & Varnum Co., Alex, A.
Milne, president Of the Granite Manu-.
faeturers' association, George Straiton
Secretary Athol X. Bell and N Pelaggi
of Northfield Others in the party were
Alex. d. Straiton, Alex. Milne, II. r.
Hinman, Guy r. Varnum, Henry G.
Whitaker of Chicago, publisher of the
Monumental News, A. j. Smith of South
Ryegate, c. ]. LaClair, F. A. Phillips, e
A. Chase and Mr.. Slack of Northfeld
also j. A. Cross, George Gross and Her
man Cross of Northfeld, D. Abbiatti, A.
Gustafson, Mr.. and Mrs. James B. Cars
well, A. II. Fssola, George Bond, James
NJ. Duncan, Joseph G. Calcagni and Miss
Caroline Calcagni, James Robertson, H
NJ, Rice of New York, vice president of
the American Audit Co, and Fred X
Irvine of Chicago, EDITOR of the Ameri.
can Stone Trade.