New Britain herald., 1917-03-13
GEORGES BABC0Ck, . AN ODD CHARACTER
Plainrilles Champion Olllce Hold
 CT, SucCunbs to Shosk
CONSPICUOUS FIGURE GONE
Had For Years Been Identified With Town's Business -An Enemy of Putiic Utuitiss a4ions-En- x5s.lt
 nsE.1 to 1e Held satur1ay Algternoon

neEd to Re Held satuEsAy tesnoon 2
 without having recoversA con Esciousness from the. time lye was stricksn with a paralytic stroke Sat 1rday night. Geores spSncer Babcock. . c65liIspienous figure in Piainville's po- 4itIcaI life for long time, and for years the incumbent of more public offices than any other man in the town, passed away early this morning at the home of his daughter. Mrs. Samuel Gloriant of Whiting street.
 His funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at o'clock from his own homo on Broad street. The services will be at tho house. Rev. R. H. Bur ton, rector of the Church of Our sa-. viour, oficiating. Burial will be In West cemetery :@
 A native of New Britain. where he was born August 5, 1S48. the son of Dr. and Mrs. Edward Ba!bcock, George lived here for over forty years and was known to practically every man, woman and child iii the community. Having a comfortable income George was retired about a year ago when his mind became affected, following an attack of epilepsy. His was fa- miliar figure around the streets for a long time and his absence will be mo- ticed on the highways and in his usual haunts.
 An eccentric character. recognized by the community as Q left handed thinker and a chronic kicker, George made his presence in town known for over a quarter of cen. tury. He took an interest in every thing political, and personal as well, and he took hand in almost all deals and plans concerning the government of the town. He had . keen. mind and invariably suspecting the ,i1terior motive in all things 4uggested for tho betterment of the town or for the success of any of the political parties he kept busy for years seeking what he believed to be the inevitable mig ger in the woo1pile.' He was well versed in town affairs and through his activities as a prober he was in- varfably well informed on all moves made by political workers, his crit fcism of many of the "plots' and "star cnamDer arranged Slates often upset ting the plans of party leaders.
 Although republican in politics George recognized no party lines and at election time he was liable to be found lined up with the workers of almost any candidate.
 He was a handy man in town af- fairs and among the officials '.let George do 1t was a slogan for a long time. His familiarity with local con- ditions and his willingness to do any. thing that had a political or public complexion won him innumerAble ap- pointments and at times lie held more offices than he could keep track of.
 He was secretary to the board of se- lectmen,, chairman of the board of fire commissioners. tree warden, dog warden, truant ofncer, member of the committee having in charge the dis bursement of the Strong fund, super intendent of the cemeteries, custodian of the town building. humane agent, sealer of weights and measures. per- sonal tax enumerator. probation of7i- cer. and general utility man, Not content with these positions. he was for years as aspirant for the office of