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CAMBRIDGE BAR H0NORS
MEMORY W. IRVING MACE
Resolutions Adopted And Addresses
Made BY Judge Pattison, Former
Governor Harrington, Judge
Henry And Former Congressman
Andrews


At Wednesdays session of the
Circuit Court for Dorchester County
i Memorial exercises were held III
! honor of the late W. Irving Mace
who had been an honored and hlgh-
" esteemed member of the bar 1ol
twenty-eight years. At the NoEenl-
Der term of the Court committee
composed of Governor Harrington
Judge Henry and Congressman An
drews was appointed to draft reso,
lutions upon behalf of the bar ano
this committee designated Governor
! Harrington who had been associated
| with Mr.. Mace in the practice OF la"
to make the address presenting the
resolutions. The Governor with
much feeling spoke of the intimate
| friendship that had always existed
between them and very beautltuils
| paved a glowing tribute to both the
private and public life of Mr.. Mace
| In moving the adoption of the reso-
| buttons Governor Harrington said:
! Your Honor
| At the close of our November
{ Term of Court, 1921, l announced 10
this Court the death of w. Irving
Mace, on the 2Sth of August, 1921
who at that time had been member
| of the local bar of our County for rs
years, and suggested to the Cour'
| that some day should be named by
| this Court when the Court ana pdi
| might pay a fitting tribute to the
/ memory of our deceased brother.
At that time Your Honor was not
| present upon the bench but Judges
Duer and Bailey appointed myself
Judge W. Laird Henry and Mr.. VIII
liam N. Andrews. as a Committee 10
| present proper resolutions on some
| later occasion to be named by TINS
| Honorable Court.
And today, before presenting these
| resolutions for adoption, l beg leave
| 20 address briefly the Court and Bar
| upon the life and character or our
departed brother.
| 1t happened to be my good fortune
| to be intimately associated with MI
| Mace during his whole life from very
! early boyhood to his death.
| For some eleven years. six years
alone and five with Mr.. Calvin Har-
rineton. beginning in 1898, and end
w
! Of mine. and ! friendship and init
macy early established continued uh-
| Ill the hour of his death without
| single disagreement or msunder-
! landing to break or mar for a NOM
ant the mutual esteem and aHecton
| chat lasted from our early assocla-
! ton to the end.
The simple story of his life should
| De interesting and inspiring to us all
w Irving Mace was born on
! May 10Th, 1868, at Church Creek. on
the old Mace homestead. He was
the son of the late William and
! Hannah Woolford Mace. His early
| life was spent upon his fathers farm
and his early education was obtain
ed at the public school OF Church
! Creek. lie entered Western Mary
| land College, Westminster, i'll 1889
and was graduated from that insti-
tuition with honors in 1890. In a
short time after his graduation he
| began the study of law, ana aftei
teaching school for year or two en-
| tered the law-office of the late AlonZo
| L. Miles. then a leading member OF
;he Bar. and was admitted to the
| Bar in 1898.
Mr.. Mace was not fond of active
/ trial practice. He had no inclination
| or desire for forensic efforts or fol
| taking an active part in the trial OF
| cases. but for all office work, in all
| matters of convevancing the prepare
| ton of papers, and in all business
lines he was particularly well pre-
| pared. and in fact excelled. He was
very painstaking, very careful, very
accurate and in fact, he was as near
" correct along all such lines as an!
| one in public life with whom l have
ever been thrown in contact. Every
thing had to be balanced to penny
| He associated himself in his earlN
| practice with many business enter.
| prises, was member of q number Oh
! lodges, and in nearly all of these
business associations he was either
| Secretary or Treasurer, and in man!
| cases, both, and for this kind OF WORK
he was peculiarly fitted.
In this way and by his splendid
character he gained the confidence
and trust of the whole community
| and held it throughout his life, as
| few men have done.
Mr.. Mace from early boyhood te
Shis death, so far as anyone ever knew
had not bad habits and no vices. Ii
in his whole life he ever swore nc
one ever heard of it. He never
| smoked, he never drank. Inc as
| sociates of his early manhood all say
| his private life was always corree'
/ and free of the many of the weak
nesses attributed to early manhood.
And yet with t all, he was fond OF
| life. was always foremost in all &C
| tive sports. passionately fond of bast
ball. foot ball, basket ball and al
kinds of athletic sports.
In early life he became mem
Der of the Christ Episcopal Church
where he was always faithful com
municant and at the time of hi:
death had been a Vestryman ant
Treasurer of the church for mum
Der of years.
He was also a member of Rescue
Fire Company, having served ac
lively for many years. A member o
Dorchester Lodge of Odd Fellows.
He was the Auditor OF the Clrcui
Court for Dorchester County 70
many years.
Mr.. Mace was married in 1906 t
Miss Fannie Mundy, who, with tw'
daughters born to them, still survive
He leaves three sisters, Mrs. WI
lie Martin, Mrs. George w. Wool
ford and Miss Nettie Mace, all $
, we'll known in cur community.
Mr.. Mace lived an ideal Christial
life. In his own private life, in hi
business career, and as a member<o
this Bar the breath Of suspicion ha
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