The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-22
BY THE OUT EASTER

Old Out East remembers John Y. Seery, who died In Waterville thc other day, and whose fun eral took place thls morn- ing, There Is cause for us to rec call him, because no better fam fly than the Sccrys lived among the many good families we had out here years ago. Johns fine old mother. and his brothers and sisters lived, when they first lo- cated In this district in what was known as the Sayers' property, directly across from Wall street. The male members comprised John, Bill and Bernard.
 We shall always remember Mrs. Seery for her kindness to the chile dren of the neighborhood of the early ninetles. After sliding down Wall street, it wes not an un- common thing for them to lot their slcds roll into the yard of the Savers block, where the good Mrs. 4eery, upon numerous 0c- Casl0ns, met them with homc- made cruIlers and cookies, which tho youngsters nItinehed on their way back to the top of the sliding hill again.
 John seery's death makes us think of old East Main street as it was In the days when the American Pin company occupied . goodly portion of the frontage ct . point opposite Spring street. lt was an instltutoin that the fine old Driggs family controlled, and in which hupdreds of our we'll known young girls out this way were employed, and paid fairly well for these times and conditions.
 John Seery went to work for Che Pm company in those days. And his faithful service kept him with that concern for many years afterwards, and long after the DFlggs family had reIinquished It's interest in the institution. Of- Sicial plumber of the plant. he traveIed from one end of the property to the other, not only In Watervillc, but sls0 In the old East Main street factory build. ings. Every workman knew him, and liked him. They couldn't do otherwise, for # there was . Job to do, and John could do it, he would always comply with Che re- quest. A more accommodating inc divlduaI could not be found on the roster of the paid employees.
 The seerys. they said, moved here from New Hartford. Our memory is that they first lived in the west end, for . short while, and then became East Ends ers. Tn his days out here, John mingled with alI 0e the men of the neighborhood, as he dld in Was terville, and was always wei. come. He was . good story teller, we'll reed on the topics of tho day, and . recognized authority on parliamentary procedure. Prominent i'm the affairs of old time Forestry In Waterbury, John knew the byslsws, procedure, siid ritual 0f the court he belonged to almost by heart.
 We out here, surely were sorry tO read Of his death. We haven't seen him in this section for years. but when wo met him occasionally on the street, he always recalled the days Of his residence out this way.
 In ths days of the annual fair Of the church Of the Sacred Heart, yohn was always observed doing his pert toward the success of Che undertaking, sud helped in many other ways tO bring about success to the psFish church uss- der the reign of the great sud. be. loved Rev. Hugh Trcanor, first pastor, and builder of the edifiee which now stsnds as 6 memory Co his early days Of the East End, when many Of us owned cur own COW and housed t im Q barn lsl the back Of the yard.