The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-10
Early Residents of Burnt Hill Also Recalled in Holy
 Name Group Address

 the members of the Holy Name so ciety of St. Thomas Roman Cath tholic church of the North Enc The little hall was packed witl and. others interested | the subject question, namely, .Th Fire Department, and its Activi ties."
 The Marshal, however. did no confine his talk to departments matters; he sketched the old Nortl End of days of years ago, or Burn EIill," as he referred to 1t, an, a few old time resident of this particular part of the city
 So much interest has been man ifested in just what was said tha part of the address is given below to witt .,s.,..
 To members of the Holy Name
 Society of St. Thomas' church My friends:-
 The Fire Marshal of Waterbury appears before you tonight upon your invitation, and that of your fitting representative, Alderman Fitzgerald, not that he Is g speak CT of any particular account, but
 just for the purpose of meeting and seeing you, and imparting to you some of the duties incident
 to fire work and the particular functions of the office to which he is attached.
 You know, it would be out of place if we didn't stop and pause and think of what your organiza- ton is, and what 1t means to your own personal success and the good church you represent. For
 myself I am, and can be truth fully classed as somewhat of Q 'froust-about," being as 1t Is I am in no way identified with a body similar to yours in the great work 1t IS doing and what 1t has done.
 Think of your own obligation, the first and probably the most important of any you assumed when you became a member of the Holy Name Society, namely, ITO abstain from every form of profane and unbecoming speech"
 Clean Speech
 Could one do anything better than live up to such a require ment? Is there anything better or more appealing to the listener than to hear clean speech? I doubt if could adhere to such a rule, and yet, my friends, I love nothing more than to hear people say things good and pleasant of each other. Profanity fingers with us; we heard 1t on the street in our boyhood, and we carried 1t along, that is some of us, did our part to keep 1t in use, until we had reached manhood. It isn't pleasant to say, but it is the truth just the same. And you men who can talk without uttering Gods name in vain are to be con- graduated; you are credit to the community where you reside, and to the city in which you live. The church reaches out, and tries its utmost to improve us in every way. But some of us are derelict, careless and fail to grasp, yet inwardly, we dare say, every one of us has a feeling of respect and admiration for those just like you who take advantage of the oppor- tunity to be better and to live clean decent lives, and who there- fore set a marked example to the rest of us.
 But we are here to talk about the Fire Dept. and its activities. Still, my friends, some times we stray from the beaten path, as they say, and whoever the speak CT is, he may say some things not exactly called for in the subject. matter of the evening.
 In Burnt HilP'
 Here we are up in old Burnt Hill, so-called, where the Savers, the Hayes, the McLaughlins, the Burnes, the Sayles, the Holly woods, the Flannigans, the Hap eneys, the Donneleys, the Bren- mans, the Daltons, the Hardies, the O'Briens, and others made their home for so many years. The old North End was 8 great old place. The people up here in olden days were certainly a loyal lot; their word was their bond. Who ever heard of the late Tim Brennan going back on his word; who ever heard that Dan Dalton didn't do just as he said he would do; who ever heard that Johnny Lawlor betrayed them in any un- in which he was more or less of a part. Why, say, these men, and others who were up here. but who are now dead and gone, most of them, except MT. were noted throughout the city for their outstanding fealty.
 You, Alderman, and the rest of you here, all young and active, will do well to follow the prece- dent of some of those mentioned.
 We were brought here to dis cuss fire questions. not to give Q history of the North End, and so you see we have again strayed, and seem to be wandering all Burnt Hill in the lots now built upon, but where we gathered berries and walnutS and in the days when one only had to go a sort distance to fill his pockets.
 Now then, we can take up the question of fire matters, the sub- ject we were brought here for. and which we have evaded up to this points. Some of you may wonder as to just when the Bur- ton street station was opened: that occurred in 1897, when the permanent men comprised Tim Brennan himself, Bill Riley, Bem Fairclough, Charles Bentley, Tom Lynch and Charley Coyle. The callmen were Gene Rowley, Jim Douglass, John Ash. Eddie Dow ling, Bill Thibodeau, and Fred EYnvn@ Eiw h0rQne on N1d fnaa