Milford chronicle., 1961-01-06
Ruby r. Vale, Nationally
Known Lawyer, Dies
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with top honors from Dickinson
| Law School.
Shortly after his graduation he
became affiliated with the firm of
Alexander and McGih in Philadel-
phia. On the death of Alexander he
became head of the firm which he
greatly expanded through the
years.
The firm is located, as it has been
for so years, in the Land Title
Building.
Mr.. Vale had been honored by not
only his alma mater, Dickinson, but
Ursinus College with an honorary
doctor of law degree.
Mr.. Vale had written a number
of works on corporation law and
PENNSYLVANIA law decisions. His
most monumental work, now in a
new edition, is Vale's Pennsylvania
Digest in As volumes
A lifelong Republican, Mr.. Vale
attended as a delegate many ma
tional conventions and on two oc-
casions was suggested as a candi-
date for U. S. senator but did not
consider accepting the honor due
to the pressure of private business.
During the depression Mr.. Vale,
along with the late Pierre S. du-
Pont. Jasper E. Crane, and John C.
Saylor, served under appointment
of then Gov. c. Douglass Buck on
the Commission for Unemployment
Relief.
Mr.. Vale was man of many affi
liations, belonging to the Law Aca
DENY of Philadelphia, the Philadel-
phia Bar Association, the Pennsyl
vania Bar Association, and the
American Bar Association, as we'll
as the American Judicature. He was
also member of the American
Geographical Society, the Delaware
Historical Society, the Pennsyl-
vania Historical Society, the Ameri-
can Historical Society, the Royal
Economic Society of London, Eng
land; the American Academy of
Political and Social Science, the
Pennsylvania University Museum,
and the Pennsylvania Academy of
II IUG ATIS.
He was a member of the Union
League and Racquet Club of Phila-
delphia; the Sons of Delaware, the
Old Guard Club, the Palm Beach
Golf Club of Florida, and the Re-
hoboth Country Club, and the U. S.
Senior Golf Association.
He also was affiliated with Tenn
pie Lodge No. 9, AT. and AM, of
Milford He was a life trustee of
Dickinson College and a member
of it's finance committee. He was
member of Avenue Methodist
Church, here.
In 1901, Mr. Vale married Miss
Williams and they had two chill
dren, Grace and Elizabeth. The lat
ter died as a young woman and
Grace married Frederic B. Asche.
The Asche family resides in Texas.
There are also three grandchildren,
Frederic B. Asche, Jr., of Dallas,
Texas; Mrs. Marion s. Ackerman,
3rd, of. Houston, Texas; and Miss
Betty Ann Asche, a senior at the
University of Colorado; and six
eat-grandchildren
Mr.. and Mrs. Vale had hoped to
be present for the dedication of the
new city hall scheduled to be held
under the auspices of the Milford
Chamber of Commerce, with a close
friend of Mr.. Vale, former State
Senator Robert H. Yerkes, Sr., of
Houston, designated as chairman
of arrangements.
Mr.. Yerkes said that he and
other members of the C. of c. hoped
to have Mrs. Vale present for the
ceremonies later in the year.
Funeral services were held on
Thursday afternoon at the LOfand
Funeral Home, Milford, with Rev.
Charles Irving Carpenter, pastor
of Avenue Methodist Church, Off
ciating, assisted by Bishop Fred P.
Corson of Philadelphia. Interment
in Odd Fellows Cemetery. The fol-
lowing served as pail bearers:
John r. wilkins, Sr., M. Haswell
Pierce, George t. Reed, Jr., Martin
Atkins, John w. Dickerson and Per-
CIV r. Haughey.