Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1935-02-14
George Lamar EulOgizes
Late Judge Worthington
At Court of Appeals

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ney representing the Montgomery
County Bar, read memorial to the
late Judge Glenn H. Worthington at
a session of the Court of Appeals in
Annapolis last week. The eulcgy is
as follows:
1T is esteemed a privilege to be
permitted, as a member of the Bar
of Montgomery County, to add word
of tribute to the memory of Judge
Worthington. In addition to his cred
liable service as a member of the
Bench of this, our Court of Appeals,
he endeared himself to the Bar and
the citizenry of Montgomery County,
as an Associate Judge of the Sixth
Judicial Circuit, in the performance
of exacting and untiring duties for
term of fifteen years.
Prior to the beginning of this term,
it was my pleasure to know him as
member of the State Board IF Edu-
cation and to catch the self-sacrificing
spirit and altruistic vision which then
characterized the efforts for the ed
vancement of the cause of public edu-
cation in Maryland.
"Modest and deferential toward
others, as a man and as citizen, he
was purposeful, painstaking and per-
sisting in the furtherance Of those
objects in life which he deemed to be
worth while, whether they came with
in the realm of his profession, official
duties, or the field of civic endeavor.
"Since the territorial separation of
the two counties of Frederick and
Montgomery in 1776, aside from the
common heritage itself, no other one
influence has had so much to do with
keeping alive the mutual interest and
good feeling among the citizens of the
two Counties as has the existence of
judiciary, common to both.
From the vantage ground of dis
tinguished lawyers and men of char
acter who had preceded him on our
Bench, Judge Worthington readily at
tanned the confidence and esteem not
only of the members of the Mont
! gomery County Bar and his associates
on the Bench, but also the citizens of
our County at large.
"It is a source of pleasure and
qualification to the members of our
Bar that, while he was yet living and
at the time of his retirement, the Bar
and Bench concurred in doing honor
to this man whom we loved. The re-
greet is that no record remains of the
Expressions voiced on that occasion
except the notes (on the back of an
envelope) of the lofty tribute paid to
Judge Worthington by his associate
Judge Robert B. Peter, of Montgom-
cry County. This tribute began thus:
consulting chambers lays the soul
Severance of our official relations a
real sorrow" Judge Worthington's
judicial traits were truly character
lied by Judge Peter as courteous
patient and just; that he "knew
neither parties nor attorneys; and
that his "sole object was to find the
truth, and then apply the law"
In attaining these ends, he was
aided by an exceptional knowledge of
human nature.
"His retirement from the Bench did
not bring to close his labors, or his
usefulness. His boyhood vision of the
conflict at Monocacy 80 held his in
terest that he spent his declining
years in investigating the facts and
embodying in his most excellent book,
Fighting for Time, the historic
significance and importance of the
Battle Of MonocaJcy.
In the passing of Judge Worthing-
ton, the Sixth Judicial Circuit has lost
one Of its most distinguished and
useful, citizens, and the Bench just
and upright Judge.
We Of the Montgomery County Bar
shall ever cherish his friendship and
revere his memory"