The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-20
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man who says that no day is long enough for her. She's always very busy and she believes that the busiest person is the happiest one. Our subject for today is Mrs. Henry W. Minor more familiarly known as Betty.
 On the very day that the pres- ent King Edward the eighth of England was born, the stork wis., tied the home of MT. and Mrs. James Hackett of Naugatuck. The proud father of the new baby is still living in Naugatuck. Betty's mother, Margaret Lee Carroll, died in 1928. It is interesting to note that she was Q direct des- cendant of Charles Carroll, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.
 Completing her education in the primary schools of Naugatuck, the present Betty Minor went on to Naugatuck High school. She grad- uated from there in 1911 and then came to Waterbury to study in Monroe's Business College. Com- pleting her studies at this ii1- stitution of learning, she returned to Naugatuck High school where she took Q post graduate course, specializing in commercial law.
 It was about this time that she landed her first job. She worked for the late Judge Charles Hun gerford who was, at that time, D judge in the Naugatuck bor- ough courts.
 She worked in the judges office for about year, and when the building in which his office was located was destroyed by fire, she was immediately given q position in the law offices of Clayton L. Klein and the late James A. Peasley, at il East Main street. In all of her spare time, Betty Minor studied the law books in the offices in which she worked. She had burning ambition to become practiclng attorney her- self. Mir. Klein was prosecutor in the Naugatuck court, and James A. Peasley was court clerk in the City of Waterbury. It was while she was assisting these men that she found herself in the courts very often and soon became il- tensely interested in the human problems found only in court- rooms. Her interest in this aspect of community life was to manifest itself in later years.
 Her ambitions toward the judi- cial bar were forgotten on May 2and, 1915 when she married Henry w. Minor, at that time one of Waterbury's leading attor- neys, and now chairman of the police and fire commission. Mrs. Minor does not regret that she did not attain her ambitions
 She's happily married and does not disagree with those who say that the woman's place Is in the home.
 Mrs. Minor is the mother of two lovely children of whom she IS very proud.
 vivian, now 10, is studying at the Leland Powers school of the Drama at Boston. She's Q gradu- ate of the Southern Seminary in Virginia, and excels in her studies at Boston. She's extremely fond of the stage and intends to fol- low the theater in later life. The fact that she has had great many parts in productions at school speaks well for her ability as an actress but she Is also irl- terested in the direction and pro- duction of things for the theater.
 Henry W. Minor Junior is 2 sophomore at Crosby High school and Q member of the varsity swimming team. He's sixteen years old and very much a mans man. He likes all things out Of doors, is good athlete and q much better than average golfer. His parents have plans for fur- thering his education at the Massachusetts Institute of Tech nology. This suits him perfectly He's mechanically inclined, very clever with his hands as well As his head, and wants 6 job that will keep him out of doors when he finally finds his place in lie:
 These two youngsters are really and truly the center of all interest for Betty Minor but she finds Q n great many things to do which are fascinating to her. She recog- nizes the fact that her first duty lies in her home, of course, but she does have 8 great many out. side activities. Betty Minor told your biographer that, because or her experiences in the court rooms of days gone by, she has come to realize that there are Q great many human problems which can be solved by Q neigh borly spirit of helpfulness. Be- cause Of this, any welfare drive will find @ staunch supporter and A willing worker in Betty Minor. The Red Cross, the Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts, the YMCA and other similar organization sin Wa terbury have reaped the beneiits of her zeal and enthusiasm for helping others.
 It was in 1918 that Betty Minor did what she believed was her first, and perhaps her most im- portant job outside of her home. You will remember that 1918 was the year of the influenza epi- demic. A group of citizens, head pleton, set up an emergency re- ed by Governor Charles A. Tenn lief hospital in Temple hall. Mrs. Minor worked in the diet kitchen for some time preparing and serving food to the sick. Miss Evelyn Carey, teacher of domes- tic science in the high schools, was in charge of the kitchen. Miss Carey was taken ill with the flu herself and died. This tragic event caused such a feeling of fear among the workers there that there was only one person who stuck to the job. It was Betty Minor. Naturally she