Young Tom enrolled in school in the spring of 1889 and left in the spring of 1894, at the age of 11, going to work first as a milk delivery boy and then as an employee at a soft drink bottling plant to help support his impoverished family.
Young Tom attended school from 1889 to 1894, aged 11, initially working as a dairy delivery boy and then as an employee at a beverage bottling factory to support his impoverished family.