Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-12

After q cordial exchange OF greeting,
] Informed him that / had come both
a. offer personal CONGRATULATIONS and to
ask him "a give Every Evening some
a. The leading incidents of his career.
and also his mature convictions. after
las long and varied experience. as TO
tho true philosophy OF right living.
Judge Grubb facctously replied
Ordinarily anyone incurs the risk of
.nE talked to death who asks an
elderly man--particularly one of eighty
) ars--to talk az himself. his exploits.
lriuiuisccsces. and personal views. But
ss you art a journalist Of long expert
'.,ce. I suppose ] sao.ld assure you that
So arr iuVUlurlah,e and Will survive
tnc ordeal.
Wei. then THE ag~i leading in
lent in my career was. naturally and
,hronologiosly. nay birth on Monday
-Npra L.. iS4l. ia thr -0oycsr old
'.anial mansion or our tamily property.
st,ied "StockdaleS. adjoining the Del
aturo river at Grubb's Landing I'M this
) ate and the next most fateful ard
,,rs.rdblc event will. undoubtedly, be
ny Nit from earth il worthy way"
The Judge then observed that ali the
Intervening incidents. II his career have
J
tac life ~ any other Delawarean Of
reasonable Intelligence. Industry. am
l.t!an. energy and character. and hence.
taat 4 is not necessary 70 detail them
.w: especially as a sufficiently COM
l'rehensive compendium If his career
aud ancestry has beer given in the
biological and Genealogical History of
pclaware. published in 1899. and in a
biographical sketch published in Every
l.vcning. May Is. 1909. when he was
q apout "a retire from his long service
ou the Bench Of Delaware. with his
e, ertaxcd eyesight permanently dis
s,nled for efficient service either on the
u -nch or at the Bar.
In expressing hrs regret al his re-
tircment from th. Bench whose duties
s. ere 50 congenial to his intellectual in
,4nations and personal preferences,
Judge Grubb remarked that Mr. Bayard,
soon after his term as Ambassador 10
England had expired said ~ him, in
une ~ his characteristic moods of sin
o.re se.f-revelat tion: Above ali the
.sltions Of honor and trust l have ever
J I'd. OF could be given. l would rather
have been Chancellor Of Delaware and
q useful and faithful minister Of justice
among my fellow-men."
Since Judge Grubb's retirement to
private life, in his sixty-ninth year, he
has been president Of the Historical
Society of Delaware. and was very po-
tential in increasing its membership
and revenues. and in initiating the
movement for the erection or purchase
~ an adequate building for the use
OF the society. He also supported Gen
eral Wilson's project in behalf Of the
Boaney Equestrian Statue and was the
first 20 suggest and publicly advocate
the Court House Square as the proper
site for Il.
During the recent World wide War
Judge Grubb took an active part in
Various ways, and made eloquent and
elective speeches in behalf Of the Lib
trty Loans.
Immediately after the United states
entered the war. in 1917 he took pas
sage ia the Lamport & Holt British
steamship from New York 10 Rio de
Janeiro. Brazil. and enlisted and active
Is served az a volunteer Of the British
Naval Gun Crew on both the outward
and return voyages, and has the certifi-
Gates OF the steamship commander in
evidence thereof.
Worldwide Traveller.
Those who have but casually seen
this quiet. unassuming man Of little
figure and quite medium stature, have.
POSSIBLY. never supposed that he has