Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-07
JEWETT CITY

Fifteen, fresh air children came ts Jewett City Wednesday night. arriv- ing at sos from -New York. They vii of Mrs. Fred Smith. Mrs. F. H. Gilbert Mrs. F. B. Cheney. Mrs. Peter Ander- son, Mrs. AlEusta Lee, Mrs. Martin Davis, Mrs. William McDowell. Mrs Owen Havey. Mrs. Louis Gosselin and
 MT. and Mrs. Thomas Sargent o1 Fall. River are visiting MT. and Mrs George Moeiler.
 MT. and Mrs. Joseph Watt and son of Gr0ton were recent guests at Dr. G H. Jennings.
 Mrs Herbert Hurst is entertainins her niece, Miss Howard. of New Ha- yen. ss.s
 The, Worcester Evening GAxette oi Aug. contains sketch of David Hale Tanning. who passed his s9th birthday Monday He received many cards and remembrances from Jewett City friends The Gazette says:
 David Hale Planning. president of the Royal Worcester Corset company, is S9 years old today. and not only Worcester but the nation itself can show few examples of a,keener busi- ness intellect.
 Starting out in the world at the age of Is with a total capital of $2.50. but with unlimited capital in the form of a strong. vigorous body, a clean mind a stout hear and sound morals he has
 
 Though now on the very eve of step- ping from the octogenarian class into the rare nonogenarian class, he is as active, physically and mentally. as many a man 30 years. younger. and just to prove it he spent the early part of the day receiving and making a few calls.
 He was born in Jewett City, town of Griswold, Ct. Aug. 4. 1880. and the first 16 years of his life were spent at the family home His first journey from home was on foot a distance of 70 miles, his chief possession being his little Bible which he still has.
 Ear1y Tn life MT. Tanning acquired habits of frugaity. honesty a reyer- ence for the Bible and an unwayering determination to abstemiously avoid tobacco and hquor. From 1S4O to 1881 ne ne worked as a factory hand in Clin- inss. In 1881 he put his small capital | to work in the manufacture of hoop skirts and established in that year the worcester Skirt company. The busi- ness f1ourished under his excellent and was incorpora,ted in 1888 as the Worcester Corset com. pany. In 1901 the name was changed to the Royal Worcester Corset com pany, with MT. Tanning as president. The present plant is the largest in the entire world devoted exclusively to teh manufacture of corsets, but in the wonderful work of building this great industry MT. Tanning never allowed himself to feel that money making was the only aim of man. A visit to the plant in Worcester reveals the fact that MT. Tanning values the health. comfort and welfare of his 2,00o em- oioyes above every other considera- -lon. The factory. together with his provisions for the welfare of the ramyI ,f workers there. is a worthy rnonu. nent to MT. Tanning. He has given to his native town of Jewett City. a beautiful park which is named in his honor. He also had a large part in erecting monument to the soldiers ma sailors of his native town
 In his relations. with the public in- ;titutions of the city of Worcester MT. tanning has manifested a spirit of awards increasing their usef1lnesS He has given literally to Hahnenann lospital, churches, schools. the Grand army Of the Republic. and to all wor-- hy charities.
 Notable among MT. Fannine,s he- levolent acts for the people of Wor ester was his donation to the GirIs, trade school of the sum of s100. 900 or new building. This money has ,een in the hands of the city for more han year and has earned about 4 4,o00, which will he added to the sum f1yen by MT. Tanning to be expended m the new building to be erected on 'treet. MT. Tanning married Sept. B. 1859. sosamond Hopkins Dawless, who died 'ec fl. 1901. He has two daughters.
 MT. Tanning is in every sense a -e- n narkabie man. At the age of S9 he is 1 he main motive power of one of the 'iggest businesses of it's kind in the world. with a complete grasp on every | etail Active in mind and body, in a 'erfect physical condition as man of | lis age could possibly be. he attributes | is long and useful life to tempera te |