The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-11


 influence for good in the com- | munity will be missed for many days to come. To the Waterbury mer MT Scu1ly had real pleasure in receiving return greetings from MT De Valera and the Irish Free State on the occasion of the visit to Dublin and the Irish executive office of friends here.
 Active Tn All Fields
 All the while he was active in other fields as well. He was a mem- Der of the First Division, A. 0. H.. the Patrick Sarsheld Club, Barce- Iona Council Knights of Columbus, q leader in the movement for Irish freedom. and one of the organiz- CTS and most devoted members of the Catholic Literary Association. As president of the Irish National League. he was delegated by Amer ican Irish Societies to bring to Ire- land the remains of the noted Ste phen J. Meaney for burial in bis native of County Clare. Mir Scully remained in Ireland at En- his, the county seat, for some time. and was present at the burial of MT Meaney at Drumcliffe cem. etery q few miles outside Ennis. MT Scully expressed wish this summer to a former associate at the Democrat, who was to visit Ireland, that the historic Drum cliffe be revisited. This was done and reported to MT Scully, who was glad to hear of the town and spot that he himself had yis- ited years ago. That was in 1888 and in 1893 he went to the Worlds Fair Catholic Columbian Congress as an official envoy from the diocese of Hartford. Meantime he filled the position of Sunday school superintendent at St Pat rick's church for almost 12 years, In 1895 he married Miss Margaret O'Rcilly, q native of the city of 1 Waterbury.
 Entered Political Life | his interest in his city, Mir Scully became q member of the board of works, q member and later pres ident of the board of aldermen, q city auditor, and was elected a member of the board of agents of the Silas Bronson Library. At the time of his death he was president of the library and had been a member of the board for many years.
 In the fall of 1913, the voters of the city chose Martin Scully as their mayor and he went into office in January of 1914. He was re- elected in 1915, but declined to run again in 1917, and early the next year he returned to newspaper work with The Democrat. Perhaps no mayor in local history left office with such an excellent record; no one left more esteemed and ad- mired by the public which had named him to the mayoralty. Un- der Mayor Scully. in those difficult war days, Waterbury became a community outstanding fin every respect. MT Scully wrote and col lected notes during the World war which dealt with the war from local angle, and Waterbury's part in same. These notes were never published by MT Scully, but therein is contained q complete history of Waterbury's participation in the World war. Parks were improved, streets were heightened and pa. ed, : necessary departments were estaD- lished, yet when Mayor Martin Scully left office tly&scity had cash balance of $1D,000 in its treasury.
 PatrolIcd With Own Guards A believer in armed prepared ness, Martin Scully was one of the frmest supporters of the reserve army plan. He was the local organ | izer of the nome guards and .xt trx Aat yNn terburians, he patrolled with the | guards. At one time during the | World War, q rumor came to him that German sympathizers planned to cut off the city's water supply by blowing up the feed line from Wigwam reservoir. Despite the press of other duties, Mayor Scully placed the responsibility with no one else; he himself ordered guards stationed all along the wa ter line and for nights he joined with the men in q patrol Of the area. He was an early supporter of the Boy Scout movement.
 From war time on, he confined himself to newspaper work with The Democrat, making no excur- sions into politics. On request, however, he served as member of the board of education, hoidlDg that post till his death.
 Loyal To His Church
 He was loyal parishioner of the Church of St Francis Xavier and trustee of that church. When the Holy Name Society of tEe church was formed, he was one of It's staunchest packers and served
 many times as an officer. It was
 partially through his efforts that the society expanded to It's present important proportions. He was
 known all over the state as an
 outstanding Catholic layman.
 One of the early Washington
 Hill residents. he helped organize the now influential Washington
 Park Community Club and served
 as it's first president. Through the
 club, he saw his section receive
 many Improvements, among them
 major changes at Washington
 Park on sylvan avenue. With the opening of the new and beautiful Washington Park Community House few months ago. Martin
 scully had realized another ambi- ton of his life, q place where peo- pie of his own section could gather for recreation and entertainment,
 real community center. It waf perhaps mainly through Martin
 Sculiy that the community spirit cf | t1aaa Ia a [