The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-28
Arthur Reed Kimball ] Died Very Suddenly At Home Last Night
Long Career of Useful Service to City and State Has Come to an
 End-He Was One of . Outstanding Citizens of . the City

4 career of service, long, useful haud brilliant, came to a close last 4evtnlng in the death of Arthur R0ed kimball, 77, for moro than n ~haif century one Of Waterbury's moutitanding citizens. Ills death oc- hcurfed at his residence 17b Grove fstreet. shortly after Il o'clock fol- n iJurpriso and shock to his many Afrisnds ana to the community at AlarAo. He had planned to attend q fmecting Of the tuberculosis com-
 Emission in Norwich, one of his nu- Manerous interests, when ho was staken Ill and was obliged to post epone his trip. M A descendant of one of the first %families of America, m honor stu. <fient of Yale. lawyer. newspaper re- Eporter. editor, banker, industrialist, sAphilapthropist and student of EAmerican history, particularly of NConnecticut Mir kimball by birth. Publication and experience was par stIcularly endowed and gifted for @.fhe role of civic leader which he 4fiiled 50 faithfully and creditably. Avaried interests demanded much #of his time and energy, but no oc. ~~caHion or undertaking of civic lm- -portance, no charitable project or hahumane measure, such as the Red ~Cross or the Anti-Tuberculosis sleaguc. ever failed to attract his ~attention, win his personal en- Enforcement or financial support. MT AKimball was Q man of many ilne. @toierant sympathies. whose sinccr- ssity and self-sacrihcing spirit, in rwar and peace times and under all kcircumstancos, commanded the res n swritings us associate editor of the nsWaterbury American and his splen- -did utterances In public addresses brefiected the qualities of n brilliant Mmind. Waterbury, indeed. loses q f-stcrling citizen in his passing.
 F One can glean from a list of his Associations in business literary .and public life an idea of his per- ssonal interests and capacity for sswork and leadership. He qualified Hfor the practice of law. but aban. ytloned 1t to devote his talents in Fthe pursuit of newspaper work and sbecame emlnently known and ad- smired for his writings. He was sadmitted to tho bar In Chicago in h1s79 and taught In the Harvard k1'itting school of that city for q
 year when he abandoned hls gpromlsing practice to join the staff Nof The Iowa State Register at Des sMoines. He became city editor of sthat publication before ho was of- s.fered c position as q reporter on Athe St Louis Globe- Democrat, one 4of the most influential newspapers Fof the middle west and partIcu. tIarly powerful organ at that period, %1ss0. The following year he came yto Waterbury on tho urgence of aatN au IA tna swho also played q leading part in rthe history of Waterbury, the late rCharles Y. Chapin and Henry s. ~Chase. They were the directors and ssownors of the Waterbury Amerl- mGan. The editorial comments of ~Mr Chapin and MT KImball were r,videly copied and quoted. MT Kim. -ball found time from his news- Tpaper duties to lecture at Yale and sto contribute articles to such ~periodicals as Scribner's, The Cen. wtury, The North American Review,
 The Atlantic Monthly, Harper's, @many others. All hIs writings indi- seated not only q thorough knowi. s~cdge of the subjects he commented #upoD, but were esteemed for their
 Fairness and broadmIndedncss
 (which were characteristic of him. A Mr Kimball devoted many years ~of his life and gave generously of ~his material means to the relief of %suffering and want among his fel- -Jow citizens. He was member .sof the Connecticut Anti-Tubercu. slosls commission. chairman of the 2executive committee of the Gay. 'Aiord Farm Banatorium, one of the
 finest institutions of its type in the brcountry. twice president of the @CoDnectlcut conference on chari- Nties and correction, president of rthe board of trustees of the Long
 Lane Farm. established for the .care of female delinquents. He had k.mary original ideas for the care of b4the sick. physically and mentally, rand labored untiringiy for their esbetterment.
 During the war. MT Kimba1I held e.maDy positions of responsibilities, Sin exciting public interest in the ksupport of Liberty Loan cam. ffpaiens, Red Cross appeals and
 othtT phases of activity of that cru. ssciai period.
 He was president Of the Water. M6ury Chamber Of Commerce and Tn director Of that organization for E many years He was also president m of the Connecticut state Chamber