The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-03-11
TALK OF THE TOWN

f. A. Grearson of the Grearson d
Lane firm has returned from Nova
Scotia. having been called there. to.
gether with his family, by the serious
illness of a relative Mrs. Grearson
will remain for time with relatives.
Peter Mosqualli of pittsburg, Pa, a
retail monumental dealer, who for sew.
eral days has been placing orders for
memorials with Barre granite firms in
order that they may be ready for un.
yelling next Memorial day has gone TO
New York City en- route to his home.
Leonard Thomson, formerly of Barre,
who has been attending the University
of Vermont at Burlington. left there
Feb 10. and after spending two weeks
at his home in Springfield, went TO
Davenport, Ia. to study criopractic,
having enrolled for an IS months
course
Edward Quebec Of st. Albans, one
of the best interscholastic pitchers Yer
mont ever turned out. whose amateur
days were spent chiefly with st. Al
bans high school called on Paul Seam
pini yesterday, one OF his old-time RI
walls in the box. Mr. Quebec " a sales
man fora local cigar manufacturer.
Roland T. Patten OF Skowhegan, Ne,
editor and publisher of the Skowhegan
Independent Reporter, one of the larg
est weekly newspapers in the country.
arrived in Barre last evening TO attend
the mid winter meeting of the Yer.
mdzt Press association at Hotel Barre
to-day. Publisher Patten Is TO be one
of the speakers at the meeting,
The store apartment once known as
the Fritz Jackson store in the Morse
block has been vacated by Mr., Batchel-
der. who for several weeks disposed of
army and navy goods, and is soon to
he known as the Studebaker salesrooms
or the Nye Motor Co, Inc, This com
pany, recently organized with George
c. Nye and A. A. Sargent of Barre and
John Manley of Brattleboro, took over
the agency on March first of the Stude-
baker cars, that previously had been
carried by the Perry Automobile Co.,
and now plan to remodel the apartment
into an attractive showroom A double
door has been cut out of the brick wall
on the north side so that the salesroom
will be easily accessible to ears or
trucks. being almost level with the
street The company expects to open
the room about March 20th with a sup
ply of automobiles and accessories.
In preparation for the annual south
ern trip made by the University OF
Vermont baseball team. this season be
ginning about March -. Coach CLYDE
Fngle has seen fl TO cut his squad
which has been working ont in the
left on the squad and from whom
about Is will be choesn 10 make the
trip TO Washington, D. c.. and vicinity,
nine Of them have been associated with
baseball in Barre at one time or an
other. They are as follows Catch
er. 'Bennie" Tryon, formerly Of God
dsrd pitchers. "Nelt" Duba Of Mont
pelier seminary, Mcmahon and John
Berry. both Of Goddard first base. Nc
Ginnis Of Goddsrd outhcld. Bart"
Garrity and sullivan, both of Goddard
fame, "Sib" Young and Jimmy" Greig,
Spaulding stars.
The annual meeting of the Smith.
Whitcomb & Cook Co, inc, was held
yesterday. officers being elected for the
ensuing year Alex Duncan was elect
ed presidents II. J NJ Jones, first vice
president; F A. Grearson. second vice
president; James r Marion. treasur
er. and H. p Hinman. secretary. The
new board Of directors consists OF John
A. Cross. " Pelaggi and Elroy Chase
Of Northfleld. W H. B Perry OF Wa
terbury. and n. p Hinman. James B.
Carswell. George Straiton. F 4. Grear-
son. c. !. LaClair. \. J. Young, Alex.
Duncan. !. 7. Marion and H. J. VI.
Jones Following the meeting a discus
sion Of general business matters
brought out several Important cues
tions pertaining 20 present business
conditions and further extension of the
already large field in which the prod
ucts Of the company are in demand.
The company during the past year re-
ceived orders from nearly every state
in The union and made foreign ship
menfs 10 South America. NeNico. Cana
da and Japan. The Japanese shipment
consisted mostly Of surface cutters 30
the Toxic granite manufacturing firm.
represented in Barre last wear bv three
OF it, members. who studied the Amer
ican methods aud machinery used in
the manufacture of granite in order
70 Introduce them % The japanese in
dustrv.