The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-10
BARRE TO HAVE ONE
THIRD OF CONVENTION
Granite Men Leave for the West to
Exhibit Their Wares and Attend
Convention.

of to the big convention and exhibi-
tion of the National Retail Monument.
| al Dealers association start 20 mem
| bers of the Barre Granite Manufactur.
ers' association this afternoon at 2:l0
in special car that will take them
| almost to the doors of the convention
hall in st. Paul, Mimi, from the local
depot.
This delegation of 20 men consists
OF President II. J. NJ. Jones of the
Granite Manufacturers association, III.
p Hinman of the Hinman- -Bugbee Co
with two of his salesmen, William
Milne and Edward Jewell; Alex A.
Milne, George Z. Bond, Athol r. Bell,
secretary of the association; S. Hollis.
ter Jackson, president of the |. NJ G..
z. A.; James b. Carswell, Traffic Man
ager G. D. Waters, Alexander Milne,
Joseph Giudiei, Anthony Gasperello, all
of Barre.
From Montpelier go George Ander.
son, representative of the Boutwell,,
Milne g. Varnum CO., and Fred W.
Bancroft, a representative of the Lii
lie Granite Co. From Northfeld there
will be John A. Cross and Frank A.
Phillips, and from Waterbury, w. H.
b. Perry. South Ryegate's representa-
tives will be Alex. j. Smith and An
thony Rosa. Later in the week the
party will be joined by A j. Young,
Donald W. Smith and Frank c. Cory,
the latter from Montpelier.
The majority of these manufactur
ers are planning to attend the annual
meeting of the International Monu-
mental Granite Producers association,
which opens Friday in st. Cloud. The
st. Paul convention opens next Tues
day, the 10th.
The party leaving here goes by way
of Montreal and Chicago, and at the
latter junction expects to be joined
by considerable delegation from
southern New England, from such
places as Quincy, Mass, Westerly, r.
l., and Concord, n. II.
Of the &C exhibitors at the St. Paul
convention, comprising granite, marble
and machinery producers, wholesalers
and trade press, 81 are from the Barre
which shows that Barre deal
ers exhibits will occupy almost one
third of the entire exhibition space
and the remainder of all other gran
ite centers and affiliated industries of
the country the other two thirds.
The exhibit stones from the Barre
district required II freight cars and,
according to official information, re-
presented the workmanship of the fol- |
lowing firms: Excelsior Granite Co., |
LeClair & McNulty, Mari & Gordon,
Young Bros, North Barre Granite Co.,
iiudici Bros. & Co.. E. A. Bugbee & |
Co., Grearson & Lane Co, Carswell-
Netmore Co., Drew Daniels Granite |
%, Phillips & Slack, Capitol Granite |
o., Jones Bros. Co., johnson 4 Gus
afson, Anderson Friberg Co., G. r. BIZ
lncm Granite Co., Lille Granite Co,
1ross Bros. Co and the South Barre
Sranite Co.
The convention will not be without |
Is entertainment, very good pro
ram having been arranged for this
'ig event. One big disappointment of
he entertainment, however, was the
from the program of
iolda Douglas, who was slated for an
Italian monologue and Scottish come
ian songs and stories Mr.. Douglas
as gained a wide reputation as an
along these lines, having
ppeared at Il different granite deal
RS state conventions last winter as
'ell as a number of Rotary club ban
uets and Masonic events. On the pres
Mt program he was booked as one of I
he principal entertainers of the event,
ut was compelled TO cancel the en-
agement by sickness in his family.