The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-05-16
FUNERAL OF
G.. b. MILNE WAS
LARGELY ATTENDED
Service Were Held at His Late Home on
Spaulding Street, Representatives of
Many Organizations Being
Present.

Barre to-day paid tribute to one OF iti
leading citizens when the funeral oi
George B. Milne. whose death occurred IN
Denver, Col, Thursday, was held at the
Milne home, % Spaulding street. The
remains Of Mr.. Milne arrived in the city
yesterday, accompanied by Mrs. Milne
and son. George Edmund Milne, and II
W. Narnum OF Boutwell,, Milne a. Var
mum, who met the funeral party inyChl-
cago. Services were held at 2 o'clock
this afternoon and the occasion brought
together a very large company OF rela-
tives, friends business associates and the
representatives of various interests with
which Mr.. Milne had been identified.
Operations at the Graniteyille quarries
of Boutwell,. Milne & Varnum were sus-
pended to-day and the company's offices
on North Main street was closed Many
employees of the concern and practically
the entire staff of office assistants in
Barre and at the quarries were present
at the funeral. Recognition by the city
Of Mr. Mines deep interest in the well
fare Of the community was paid by the
presence of several city officials, includ-
ing members of the city council, and the
board of trade and other organizations
were represented. The seating capacity
of the house was exhausted and many
were standing during the service, so gen
eral was the desire to pay a last tribute
of respect TO the deceased.
The community also recognized in va
rious ways the passing of citizen who
had its interests close at heart. A very
large number of the places OF business
along North Main street had their cur
tains drawn during the services.
The officiating clergyman was Rev. Ed
gar Grassland, pastor of the First Pres
byterian church and he was assisted by
Rev John b. Reardon, pastor of the
Barre Uniyersalst church. The service
was of simple nature, Rev. Mr.. Rear
don offering the prayer and reading from
the scriptures and Rev. Mr.. Grassland
paying tribute to the memory of Mr..
Milne in feeling words. George F. Mac
kay sang "Just as ] Am Without One
Plea" during the service.
The bearers were: III. w. Varnum,
Mayor James NJ. Boutwell, OF Montpelier
and Guy r.. Narnum, members OF the
quarrying corporation, City Clerk James
Mackay, Virgil f. Ayers and Alexander
Milne Knights of st. Aldemar com
No. III. X. T., members OF Gran
ite lodge, No. 80, F. and A. NJ, Hiawatha
lodge, No. 20, !. O. O. f., and Clan Cor
don, No. l2, @. S. c., were present in uni |
form at the services the four organiza
tions acting as an escort while the body |
was being taken to the cemetery. Other |
with which Mr.. Milne was |
associated were represented as follows;
Barre Burns club the Elks, Goddard
seminary trustees, Mount Sinai temple |
Ind Barre City hospital trustees. Inter-
nent was made in the Milne family lot
n Elmwood cemetery
Among those from out of the city who
attended the funeral were: DIR. Frank
Jlapp of Grafton. Mass, Mrs. Dickie and
William and James Dickie OF Waterbury,
Hrs. Daniels of Morrisville, Henry Ketch-
IN, Mrs. H. w. Varnum of Jeffersonyille,
Ir. and Mrs. James Henry of Williams
own and Mrs. J. NJ Boutwell, and Miss
2umsey of Montpelier.
Some OF the contributions in an un-
Usually beautiful floral tribute, apart
rom the individual tributes, were as
olows: Clan Gordon, wreath; Granite
association, wreath;
'ranite chapter, keystone; Quarry Own
RS association. wreath; st. Aldemar
cross and crown; Boutwell,,
Iilne & Narnum, 10 American Beauty
oses; quarry employees Of Boutwell,,
Iilne & Varnum anchor; Odd Fellows,
yreath; Mount Sinai temple, crescent;
fficers and directors of the Quarry Saw
lgs Bank & Trust Co., pillow; Barre
ity hospital trustees, roses; stockhold-
RS of the Barre Hotel Co.. roses; trus-
.es Of Goddard seminary. roses.