The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-23
Sacred Heart PariShiOnerS Planning
 Observance Of Golden Anniversary
Old Time Families, Church Fairs, Streets Recalled
 By Veteran of Out East

Benedict's in South Main street.
 h,le others got their daily em- p:oyment at Lanes famous shop on North Elm street. We also had among our lot people whose daily labors were at the plant of the old Pin shop on East Main street.
 Church Fairs
 All of us were employed. We got fairly good weeks pay, and wa. were happy. And when the church was organized, we pitched in and helped the pastor as best we could. For instance, the girls organized, had a book, and so- licit names of people who paid them ten cents each week, and who paid regularly for the prescribed time, one year. The church held an annual fair, either in city hall, ths armory or the old rink. The ticket takers were as a rule. MT. Keegan, MT. Morgan, Henry R. Byrnes,. and the highly respected Michael Thompson. The boys ran errands for an. They were a per- sistent lot, and made themselves a nuisance at times. But no one could stop them. They had just gone to the new Welton street sc.l.ol. the first grade, and they wo e willing to do almost anything. They pumped the organ, especially when 1t meant a half day out of school. At the matinees at the fair, they generally knew the ticket talk CT, and got in for nothing. A nickel or dime had been given thc-.I by their parents, and they spent it on Tce cream and pop corn. And in the summer when the annual picnic was held at High Rock grove, they were taken down by their parents for probably the first train ride of their young lives. But when the Meriden road open ed few years after, the old Dub lin street station was overrun with them. They ran errands for the trainmen, and in return, the train crew let them ride on the old fiat cars until their parents put a stop to it. The old Brass City volunteer fire company, too, had just organized, and located them selves opposite William street.
 What Days!
 These boys of six and seven years of age, now grown men, ran along every time the gallant crew of newly created firemen ran to a fire. They ran errands by the score for the firemen, without any sign of a tip. They didn't want anything. All they desired was to be permit ted to hang about the old fire sta tion after school. And on parade day in September they walked alongside of the member they knew.
 What days for them; what days for the people in general of Old Out East. A contented lot, whose mind was set on the construction of the new church. McKone broth CTS of Hartford were the builders, and their workmen boarded among the people who lived in the vicin- ity. The church was finally built and all were pleased. The debt was slowly paid off by the numerous contributions of these fine old families, plus the help given by others in attendance at the annual fair, and who had subscribed tc the weekly 10 cents contribution fund.
 Church Choir
 And the church choir. The best in the city of the Catholic churches. The quartette of Mrs. Wm. Bergin, Miss Maggie Farrell, M. J. Daly and James Strong. Other members then included the founders of The Democrat, the late Cornelius Maloney, and his fine brother, Michael Maloney, M. J. McEvoy, Edward L. Maloney, Mrs. Thos. Delowry, Mrs. Daniel Buck ley, Mrs. James Morris, Mrs. Ken nedy, Mrs. John Pine, Mrs. John Somerville, Mrs. Frank Pagan and others. Mrs. Lucien Wolff was the organist. Orchestras always assisted at the Christmas and Easter serv- ices, and outsiders by the hun dreds attended.
 Fifty years have brought about changes in Old Out East. The streets then were unpaved and the horses and oxen that plowed by with the numerous wood wagons raised much dust; yet the people didn't complain. It was what we were usel to, and anyway, the Old Out Easter was not of the com blaming lot.
 Sad it is that time has taken so many of these good people, but it Is refreshing to know that their memory will be touched upon in the ceremonies incident to the proper celebration of the anni- versary during the coming No- vember.