The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-18
By GEE DRE)


 of the Waterbury branch of the State Department of Motor Ve- hicles. I speak of Mrs. Bradley's position as Q job because, in the accepted sense of the word. she deserves the recognition sf the community for another job, Q job far more interesting and far more human. TodayB feighbor, friends, is the mother of nine children. It's true that Q good many more of our Waterbury neighbors are responsible for the affairs Of large families, but I'm sure that you'll find no better mother, no one who is more interested in her children than Mrs. Bradley.
 I had planned today, to tell you about Q smart, keen minded wos man who conducts the Waterbury affairs of one of the most inc sortant branches of our state govs ernment-the Department of Mo. tor Vehicles. However, l found her interest in her children 8 great deal more absorbing. and I'm sure you will too.
 I can't tell you how old Mrs. Bradley is because I didn't ask her. I'm sure that if I had asked, she would have told me, 50 will- ing was she to cooperate with me or with anyone else. I think it's sufficient to say that she is, to all intents and purposes, Q young woman because of the spirit Of youth she finds in the company of her children.
 Mrs. Bradley's father is John r. McCarty of Torringtof1, Conn. MT. McCarty is going to celebrate his 7Oth birthday in the fall of this year. He's still hale and hearty. Somewhat less than ten years ago he was retired from the American Brass company after more than fifty-fiye years of service. Alice Bradley and her father are proud of the fact that her grandfather McCarty saw distinguished service during the civil war. He died Q hero on the field of battle aC Get tysburg. Her mother was Joanna Mara of Norfolk, this state. Mrs. Bradley speaks of her mother just as we all think of our own. She was Q wonderful woman.
 There were six boys and 1 other girls in the McCarty family ot Torrington. They are all living but two of the girls. It was in the town of Ansonia that Alice received her early education. She was enrolled ct the academy Of the Sacred Haert conducted by the sisters of Mercy, and later be- came 0 student ct Ansonia high school. Upon her graduation she moved to Winsted and there, be- cause of the fact that her high school education had been of 8 classical nature, she studied ct Q business college in order to 1t her for the work Q day world she was about to face. Completing her business education Alice McCarty secured Q position in the offices of the Turner and Seymour coIi1- pany of Torrington, n1anufactur- CTS of hardware. She must have been very proficient in her work because, in less than i've years, she had become private secretary of the treasurer and general man ager of this firm. Your biogrA- pher asked Mrs. Bradley what happened next and she replied: "Then my life really began. ! was married on october 23rd, 19l2."
 Alice McCarty married Edward r. Bradley, ( civil engineer. MT. Bradley died about i've and 2 half years ago. His widow still thinks of him, and I don't believe that one could converse with her for very long without learning Q great deal about him. There's no sentimcntality in Mrs. Brad- iey's thoughts or words of her late husband but just Q profound ad- miration for one whom she be- lieves to be the best man that ever lived.
 MT. Bradley, at the time of his death was superintendent Of streets for the city of Waterbury. He had previously been employed by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad and 1t was his enyiable record as Q civil engineer that prompted Mayor Hayes to draft him into his responsible DO. sition In the city administration. MT. Bradley was not Q politician. Everyone who knew him loved him, He was good man.
 Now we turn to the most inc teresting part of today's word pie ture of 6 neighbor. Mrs. Bradley is the happy mother of seven girls and two boys. Alice, a years old, Is e clerk in the offices Of the Metropolitan Life Insurance com pany, She had one year of cole leRe at Barnard, having been awarded a scholarship there, but her fathers death cut short her career as a student. Joan Bradley, 2l, is Q graduate of St. Mary's Training School of Nurs- ing and is now employed on Q public health project by the fed- eral government. She was award- ed this position on her merit as a nurse and will be sent by the government to Simmons School of Nursing in the Fall for a special four months course in public health. Another of Mrs. Bradleys daughters, Mary, is now at St. Joseph's College in Hart ford on a scholarship. She's ma joring in the study of dietetics and home economies. l. Grace is in her third year ct Water bury Catholic High school and her sister Lillian is a freshman there. Incidentally, both of these charm ing young ladies are leaders in scholarship for their respective classes. The baby of the family. Barbara, is in the first grade of Bunker Hill school. Alice Bradley Is especially proud of her twins, John and Anne, who are in the fifth grade at Bunker Hill school.