| has gloss | eng: The Society in Dedham for Apprehending Horse Thieves is "the oldest continually existing horse thief apprehending organization in the United States, and one of Dedham’s most venerable social organizations." The club claims that since its founding there have been more than 10,000 members including Mikhail Gorbachev , Popes, George Armstrong Custer, Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis and every recent president of the United States save for Jimmy Carter . The membership has been described as "the pillars of society" and includes the "very flower and pick of the vigor, manhood and rising youth of the vicinity." It has also been said that "for sheer whimsy, the Society... is without peer." Today it is a tax exempt non profit organization. |
