The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-08-10
Justice C. w. Wheeler,
 Supreme Court Head

justice in the early seventies, became available and about two-thirds of the present equipment of books were pur- chased establishing one of the best working and, considered as a whole, one of the three best libraries in the state. In number of books it leads all others except the State Library, Hartford. Wheeler served as the working member of the library com mittee until he went on the bench, when he resigned. Later on the bar elected him president Of the library association to succeed Samuel Fes- senden, deceased, and Justice Wheel CT still holds that office.
 At 32 years of age, George Wake man Wheeler went upon the superior court bench, the youngest ever ap- pointed to such position in Con- necticut. Wheeler's activities in poli- tics led some to question and attack the appointment, but the nomination was confirmed by substantially a unanimous vote. Judge Wheeler talk ing his place on the bench Feb. 2s, 1893.
 In 1910 succeeding Judge silas Robinson he was elevated to the Su- preme bench.
 His Record In War Work. When Governor Holconb, at the outbreak of the World War, picked from Connecticut's representative citi- | zens the men who were to compose the State Council of Defense, that or ganization which so ably and loyalty 1 helped this good old state maintain 1 it's proud record of patriotism and service, Judge Wheeler was one of i the first selected. In addition he was made chairman of the Bridgeport War Bureau. Not only did he seem ! to be tire1ess in devotion, apparently | reckoning time nothing, but in his grasp of every detail and situation nothing seemed to escape him. For his work in the Italian-Ameri- l can Liberty loan drive the Italian | government is to bestow on him the | title of "Commendatore.' In addition
 to this Justice Wheeler is an A.B., | LL.B., and LL.D.. Yale.
 l Through the efforts of Justice Wheeler in his capacity as head of 1 the Bridgeport War Bureau the gen. :. eral strike threatened during the war by munition workers was averted.- He made a ringing speech at a monster rally and at it's conclusion the work CTS declared against the strike. | In the founding of Bridgeport's Sol- diers' and Sailors club, in providing a club house for the American Legion and in Am work he took | and held the lead. The Soldiers and Sailors club throughout, and for 1 considerable period after the war, pro- vided free lodging in good beds, read ing and writing facilities, music and billiards. The American Legion now occupies club house which compares ifavoraibly with the best in the country and which also provides quarters for the G. A. R., and Spanish-American war veterans. Through Judge Wheel
 
 $2o,00o was procured to put this enter prise on it's feet and he expects to raise about another $30, 900.
 | In the drive for the Roosevelt Me
 moria1 fund it was through his mas
 terly guidance that Bridgeport led the state. it's contribution totalling over
 $15, ,ooo.
 Justice Wheeler is by af1liation a
 member of the Episcopal church, but his creed is not limited by a narrow sectarianism; he has breadth and sympathy. He sees the good in all the churches, and he believes in the churches. During the war, his ser vices were eagerly sought by minis ters Of all churches whether Catholic or Protestant, and he was at that time Q source of inspiration and a guiding force to thousands of our for
 eign-born citizens, many of whom perhaps did not understand fully the Qeep causes or the war. A bereavement which won the quick sympathy of the entire state. came to
 the justice and family August 4 last. While on a vacation trip with hus- band and children, the first Justice
 Wheeler had taken in four years, Mrs.
 Wheeler died suddenly at Seattle, i Washington, of pneumonia and heart
 failure. She was Agnes Lucy, daugh-
 ter of Charles H. and Agnes 0HalD
 Macy, of New York, having been mar
 ried to Justice Wheeler July 5. 1894.
 Besides her husband she is survived
 by two children, George Macy Vince Her. who last spring finished his fresh
 man year at Yale, and Helen Lucy. who this year graduated with hon } DTS from Vassar. Mrs Wheeler was
 a woman of unusual character abili-
 ties and tact and for Justice Wheeler
 an ideal helpmate.
 Justice Wheeler is a member of the Contemporary University, Country
 and Seaside clubs, Bridgeport and State Chabers of Comm cree, Fairfield
 County and American Bar Associa-
 tions. No function Of the bar has been
 held in Bridgeport at which he has he has rendered at his home near Seaside Park, receptions to the bar
 of Fairfield county in honor of his associates on the bench One of these occasions brought together the larg- est gathering of lawyers ever held in
 a private house in Connecticut.
 DIED