The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-15
Patrick McEvoy
We'll Known Figure In City Life Recalled As In- teresting Talker-Had Extensive Knowledge of Waterbury's
 History
BY THE OUT EASTER

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 We of the East End knew
 Patrick McEvoy, who died the other day, after a long life spent in the city of his birth; we knew him when he was en1- ployed at the Waterbury Buckle Company, and later when he went to work at the old spoon shop in the capacity of an em- pIoye of the "dip room. And we knew him in his daily rounds of the city, and in the active days of sports when he was a prominent figure among those willing to wager on the 0ut- come of the event.
 The McEvoy family for years lived in what we almost of a past generation called "The Abrigador." But the family originally lived in old Jeffrey alley, in the days when Jeffer- son street was nothing more than a blind alleyway, leading from South Main street to the top of the street, confronted then as 1t was by a well built two family house owned by the Schmidt family, and which faced westward. The Schmidts lived in the brick building still standing at the top of the street, while the Adts lived in . little house hack from the highway, and which also was reached by an alleyway running from Union street into Jeffrey alley.
 Patrick McEvoy was an in- teresting person to listen to in the citation of happenings in the good old days. He knew Wa terbury like a book, he knew the history of each and every fam lily, and where they originally lived; he knew what the father did in his early days of are rival; where he came from, and his particular nationality. And he knew, too, the names of almost all of the children; we mean, of course, members of old time families.
 Back in the time of the Or- ganization of the old Rose Hill volunteer fire company nearly every family on the Abrigad0r was represented in the roster. MT. McEvoy's brother, Big Har- ", was among the number, and as we recall, took part in a stir ring ball game between the gal- lant Brass Cities of the East End and Rose Hill. The game was played at one of the picnics held in west end, and attracted hundreds of people. All of the Abrigador was out for the Rose Hills, including Patrick McEvOy, while all of out east was out shouting for the Brass Cities. Plenty of money was bet on the result, and our memory is that the late Patrick profited greatly by the judgment he used on that particular day.
 Thousands of people knew Patrick McEvoy, at least by sight. Some met him upon nl- merOus occasions, and always wondered just who he was. But most of these people were either strangers or newcomers to the city.
 If they had queried us, we could have told them the truth about MT. McEvoy, which is that no "squarer'' person ever made his home in Waterbury. Pat rick may have been odd and somewhat strange in appear ance to some people. but to us, he was one of the old fashioned kind, as honest as the day is long, paid his bills promptly, wanted to pay for everything he received, worked hard all dur- ing his life, and never "sponged" on 3 soul Never at any time did MT. McEvoy travel the streets without Q roll i'm his pocket. He was . shrewd bet- tor, but never . ''weIshern.
 When . person lives an hon- est life, and espeCAIly when he's Q native Of the city, he deserves t0 De referred Co by his full Christian name.
 Death alone calls for some nnmaidnaatlan.