Norwich bulletin., 1922-07-01
BAR ASSOCIATION PAYS HoNoRs
 TO FOUR DEPARTED MEMBERS Continued from Page Five)

the presentation speech. This teacher. by the way. who, as a prize, started the pupils first bank account by the reward of a dollar deposited for him Tn the Dime Savings Bank, this good woman, who had such far reaching influence upon the careers of her classes was then Miss Carrie Lucas. now Mrs George Kingsley of Norwich.
 Not so long before his deathl one who disagreed with him in politics remarked in a joking way. Tanning, you be eng to the wrong side If you were o11ly in our party. there would be a seat for you on the superior court bench" Gentle men. I think you can all picture the meaning smile with which the answer 1 quickly came, Then I'm afraid that bench will yawn for me for some years 1 to come 7 The reply was characteristic | of the. man.
 His associates, the public his clients mourn him now as freshly as tHEy d.d when all stood shocked by the news that 1 he had gone from us forever.
 l As the members of this honorable bar l reflect upon his sound scholarship, his 1 amazing! grasp of law. his wonderful pa i tienee in seeing to it that any work I which he did was done so as to leaJ2 no 1 loose ends. no possible flaw, no ioop- holes in titles. or doubtful records cs even ordinary transactions. xe an fully 1 realize that here was a lawyer of the caliber of such leading members of the l profession as Norwich and the county { have known in Jeremiah l1alsey. in ! Judge James A. Hoyey in Augustus l Brandegee-men greatly his senier--but ] had fate so willed. he must have matched l their records for success in the profes- sion which was his choiee
 f T,ifn -tO.a him al I-Fntv ricus-a time for earnest labor. and I ,i recall several occasions on which he had referred with some regret to what he 1 called time wasting episodes of col l lese years. Yet I cannot think these were any more serious faults than those Of which the average college boy has Ii t3 accuse himself-maybe due. n par to the reaction following ths strict dis cipline of the New England ilenle. wner Il the country boy first found his freedom l in big and busy city
 q MT. Tanning, who always took an ac. , tive interest in and was keen observer | of civic and municipal affairs. held Z number of important public offices ant positions of trust. He served as a mem Der of the town school board for a mum Der of years. For a time he was actin. school visitor. For several terms h. acted as counsel for. the town of Nor
 
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 Mir Tanning was a devout member ( St. Patrick's Roman Catholic church ( Norwich and was active in several Catr olic societies. He served several term as president of the Norwich Free Acat eny Alumni Association.
 April IF, 1898, he was united in maj riage with Miss Annie Mullen of No, wich, who survives him, together wit five sons. Paul, who assisted n.s fatht in his office up to his death Joseph IT,. then student at the Woreest. Polytechnic Institute Richard and Ft nund, students at the Norwich Ere Academy; and John, six years Of sg A sister, Miss Ella A. Tanning of No wich, and two stepsisters, Miss Emm F. and Miss Eva I. Tanning, of i-roy dences R. l., also survive him.
 MT. Tanning perhaps showed at h best in his home life. He was a lovir and devoted husband and father and helpful loyal and sympathetic neigEb, and friend. Tn his private, as in h public and professional. life he exen plihed the highest ideals of cit:zensh and patriotism. He has not alone le us precious memory of his wortf deeds, but a legacy of carefully rear, sons to perDetuate his name. Of the five splendid boys, one bears the nan of the iFHnii grant ancestor Of the fani to America. Edmund. while another h: been given name conspicuous thruug out Irish history as government comm sioner. in the military. as landed prou-i tor ssirce the Castle of Farningstown f urcd in tse history .of that island Tn 15 -Riehard. We feel sure that :r the future they will continue the sery;ce
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