The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-29

man of high character and plene- ant personality. he was active tn scores cf enterprises.
 Mir MeE:voy ia survived by two brothers, Michael McEvoy and Judge Frank McEvUy, and three ncphewH, Gerard McEvoy of thia city; Newman McEvoy Ot Now York and pr George McEvoy or Stamford.
 The body ls being brought to tho home, l5B North Main street. where friends may call after } O.. clock. tomorrow afternoon. The funeral will be held Monday morn. Ing at O;3O o'clock to the Church of tho Immaculate Conception. where Il solemn mass of requiem will be sung al iV o'clock, Burial will be tn the family plot. old St. Ioseph's cemetery. Rt Rev John ] McGivney of Bridgeport will offS. cIate as celebrnnt of the mass and ut tho committal services. lsOrn ln New York Tho deceuned was born in New York city. November 10. 1873, the son of t'inton n. and Mary Law. ior) McEvoy,
 He was educated In the public and high schools of Waterbury. but left school ut the age of lb to take n position as cush boy ln u millinery store owned by lsndoro Chnso. Some years later he became clerk in n | clothing store and afterward ac. cepted q clorkship in a grocery st&c.
 lie became interetcd In tho reul ostt.te and insurance business in carly manhood and followed that pursuit up to the time Of his death He founded the firm which bears
 his name in 1895 as an individual, {, and it developed some years later into tho Martin l, McISvoy Co. Inc | Together with the late George JenkB and William Y, Beecher. Mr Mcl:voy was well known as m a. HesaOr under various city adminis. trntions up until 10 or l2 years ago Ills first appointment was under the administration of Mayor kil. dun shortly after he had started In business. Throughout hts life he was n member of the democratic party,
 Mir MGicvoy was mem bor of the Waterbury lodge of Elks. sheridan council. Knights of Columbus, the Waterbury Country club and at one ttmo the Chamber of Commerce. On Duty During War During tho wnr hG was super. visor of tho chief registrars, the group which conducted the second draft of 1918 locally, Hc was aisc in charge of the St, Mary's hospltal drivo in 1920 during which the quota of s600,000 was oversub. scribed by almost $i00, 900, and of the Immaculate Conception drive a few years ago in which cloe Go half a million dollars was raised. Some Of tho largo renl estate trn nsnctl0ns which Mir Mcl;voy ne. gotiatcd Include tho land on Field street on which the state armory was erected, tho Fulton property which later bocnme Fulton park and the Merrimnn property where tho Immaculate Conception church now stands. Hc wnH the owner of n great dcni of central property Y hero and of property in New York.
 Ills fnvorite recrcntlonnl actiyi. ties in recent years were golf and m ot0rlng. In his youth he was fond of tennis but hnd not engaged in thls sport for s0me timo, Many Tributes of Respect The entir0 community will mar with rogrct hiB passing. Among the tributes paid thla morning to the late Mr McEvoy wcro the follow ing:
 Mayor Prank Hayes Tt was with deep regret that learned of tho sudden death 0i Martin J. McIfvoy Ilo was one of Watorbury's outstanding Gitlsens ---n big man In every sense of the word.
 "IIe played a much bigger part In the development of Waterbury and tho establish mont and mainte. nance of its well being than most people realize.
 "iIis passing is n distinct loss to the community.
 .MnyOr Francis P. GullfOlic "I considered MT McEv0y thc finest of his generation ln Wator' bury. lie represented n family that for 100 years was connected n great dcnl with the nffnirg of the