Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-31
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Thomas Thacher. prominent law yer of New York. owner of Longacre, one of the first summer homes on East EReach. Watch Hill, died "Wednesday morning at the summer home of his daughter, Mrs. Lewis Martin Rich
 mond at Watch Hill. He has been many years and his presence caused several other of his friends to locate there for the summer season Mr. Thacher was born in New Ha- ven May 3. 1850. the son of Prof. Thomas Anthony Thacher. He attend ed the Webster school. the Hopkins grammar school, and graduated from Yale college in 1871 with degree of bachelor of arts. For a year he taught l in the Hopkins grammar school. and then studied in graduate courses in the Columbia Law school,
 He was admitted to the bar in New York city in May, 1875, and aided Hon. Ashbel Green in preparing for publi- cation Greens Brices Ultra Wires, a i a clerk in the offices of Alexander & Green. In June. 1876. he was engaged has attorney for the Equitable Trust company in the. business of real estate loans in western states, with princi- pal offices in New York city. At the same time he began the general prac- tice of law. specializing in matters re- lating to corporations, and continued i in that line up to a short time before his death. Since 1884 he has been a partner in the law firm of Simpson, Thacher & Barnum, which was form ed at that. time. ol of one of its sue cessors; Reed. Simpson, Thatcher & Barnum. Simpson, Thacher, Barnun1 & Bartlett, and Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett
 MT. Thacher has been for many years a lecturer on corporation law in
 Yale Law school. He served a
 member of the executive committee,
 secretary and president of the Yale
 Alumni .associa ton of New York city. of New York. 1879 to 1902. From the organiza tion of the Alumni University
 Fund association he has been a di
 rector and represented the Yale club of New York on the alumni advisory council organized by. the Yale cor
 poration. Eet
 At the Yale bi-centenniaI celebra ton in 1901 MT. Thacher delivered an da- to the Law. and in 1903 the Yale cor
 poration gave him the honorary de-
 gree of doctor of laws.
 From 1907 to 1909 he was vice presi dent of the Associat ton of the Bar of the City of New York. He was an occasional contributor to legal publi- cations. He had membership in the University. Century, Yale. City. Mid city.
 Nh. Thacher married Dec. l. 1880. Sarah McCulloch Green. daughter of Ashbel Green. He leaves son, ters. Mrs. Theodore I. Driggs, Mrs. Lewis Martin Richmond and Miss Elizabeth Thacher.
 Rev. Clayton A. surdick. president presided at-the meeting of the board of managers of the Seventh Day Bap- tist Missionary society held in the Pawcatuck Seventh Day Baptist church Westerly. The committee on program for Missionary day at the general conference to be held at Bat tie Creek, Mich.s Aug. 1924. reported the following:
 Friday morning + 1o.30, address. President Clayton A. Burdick: 1o.45, report of. corresponding secretary Rev. Edwin Shaw; 11.o5 statement of trea surer, Rev. Samuel H. Davis: 11.15.- address. Evangelism the Great est Fundamental Need. Rev. Erlo F.
 Afternoon-2, address on Work in China or exercises conducted by Dr. Rosa M. Palmborg and Miss Anna West: 2.2o, South American Interests. Rev. T. l.. NJ Spencer; The Southwest Field. Rev. T. J. Van Horn.
 The report of the evangelistic com mittee, Ira B. Crandall of Westerly and Frank Hill of Ashaway. stated that during the. past quarter s10O had been given to the missionary commit tee of the Northwestern association The report told of evangelistic work in northern Wisconsin. The sum of s100 was contributed to the Tract so- ciety, s1o0 each to the Eastern, Cen tral and Western associations the usual appropriations. have not been requested.
 An estimated budget for the year was adopted, which includes for the China field. $10-eoo; other foreign work. s2.00o; the home field, s100oo; administrative $2.00o; notes due. ss.- 900. Total s27 ,0o0.
 A resolution was adopted favoring the inter church world movement
 The work. of various home fields, to- sether with reports from field workers, were presented. The annual reports of the treasurer and corresponding secretary were submitted. The treas urer's report showed balance of S2,391.2S.
 ESIeuths of the police department of Providence, and Westerly. too, believe they have interest in the big touring car for which the Brandon. Vt police have asked the police departments to keep a sharp lookout. Westerly's in terest is that the occupants of the car registered as residents of this town Brandon wants the couple who are bill Incidentally, the gasoline by whcih the car is propelled had not been paid for and an especially hu- initiating feature: is that MT and Mrs J.. F.. Wilson of Westerly, R. IT. snug gled their trunk out when they left the inn at Brandon Sunday night.
 In Providence it is believed that the touring car. painted yellow when it appeared at Brandon, was of a green shade when it was stolen in Provi- dence July T. The Rhode Island regis try number plates Cn the car at Bran don were stolen in Providence June 2s.
 The body of Nathan E. Nash, who died in Toronto, Ontario, Saturday