Automatic Age

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Mtemoriam
DE a TH TAKES MRS. THOS. W ATLIN G
Devoted wife of Thos. Watling, founder
of the Watling Manufacturing Company
It was a surprise and shock to the many friends
of the Watling family to learn of the death of Mrs.
Thomas Watling. She had been a very faithful and
devoted helpmate to Mr. Watling through the long
years of building up his business to become one of
the leading firms in the coin machine industry. To
use Tom’s own expression, “ His wife was his inspira­
tion.”
Mrs. Watling passed away April 19th, leaving
three daughters and five sons, the boys being associ­
ated in the business with their father.
Mr. and Mrs. Watling had contemplated an
extensive trip to include all the important scenic
parts of the country, but when her illness developed,
the journey had been postponed until she should re­
gain her health. Mr. Watling plans to maintain the
old home, trying to preserve it just as Mrs. Watling
would have wished.
Many of the members of the trade will no doubt
remember Mr. and Mrs. Watling at the Annual Ban­
quet of the 1930 trade convention at the Hotel Sher­
man, Chicago. They entered into the spirit and fun
of the occasion, which made a very favorable impres­
sion upon those who met them.
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