The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-11
BY THE OUT EASTER

They buried Henry V. Hayes, a policeman, Saturday, after services ct St. T'homaS's Roman Catholic Church in the north end,
 It was most fitting that What- ever services were to be said in behalf of the deceaSed should take place in q north end church, for it was in this section of tho city that Henry Hayes was born, and brought up, He knew every nook and corner of the spot where the church stands, for in his boyhood days, he travelled back and forth up that way, and played the games of the young in the very lot Oil which the church now stands.
 Burnt 1IIlI
 Henry Hayes was q product Of old Burnt Hill. He was born there. around Hill street, where the Irish of years ago, built some nice and eoZy little homes, and brought up their good families. The Hayes family was known by all of Us who visited up there once In Q while. Henry, in his young days, was c giant Of strength, c born athlete, q sturdy little fellow, who could run llko q deer, and play ball with tho best of them Of hls day. Like oil of Us born Out East, on the Abrigador. Brooklyn and Burnt Hill, Henry's first em. pioyment was In one of tho local factories. Ho left there In 1910 for the police department; the rest of Us stayed, and arc still trying to figure among ourselves just how 1t was that we, with tho oppor- tunitieS that were presented, didn't leave the old mill or buff room, and discard our overalls; it's too late now, and we shall continue SO long as we are allowed to exert ourselves in shining Up material and making It presentable for dig- play and sale. After oil, we would feel lost If we had to give up.
 At the time of Henry's entrance into the police department George M. Beach was the commanding figure. He Is still around, and can never lose his interest in the de- partment. It may Do interesting to the present rank and Ale to know that we then had only three street sergeants, roundsinen, as the term was then used: they were Joseph IT. Mclean. later superintendent of police, young Tom Dodds, whose father was captain Of detectives, and John Cavanaugh, tho fleet footed of all of the police, since the days of the late great and re- spected Maurice Y. Noonan.
 Detective Bureau
 The dicks" or detectives under Captain Dodds were Jack Ken- naugh, Billy Keegan and Tom Colasanto; Colasanto was the only Italian on the force. Tom un- raveled numerous cases, and was in much demand by other police departments of the state. We sec him now and then, in the winter, protected from the elements by Q heavy camel haired overcoat, which attracts.
 Serving also with Henry as pa- trolmen at the beginning of his police career were: Lieutenant Jim Magner, Jerry Hunihan, Ter " Lynch, Lieutenant Dunphy, Inspector Joe Stevens, Hugh Fla herty, retired, Sergeant Tim Cal- lahan, Tom Mcslligott, Tom Grady, Whitey Reilly, Albert Will ton, Joe Bagley, Jim Kieran, Ell Boulanger, Johnny Mates, and Jim Moore. Tn all we had 05 policemen including the superintendent and other officers.
 Henry Hayes was on the force when the city adopted It's first trafiic regulations around 30 years ago. They were put into effect by the then board of public safety, and later or in 1926 they were re- vamped and the original ordi- nance repealed. We had no traffic squad, but we had policemen who were assigned to this post exclu- sively. Henry often was seen on traffic duty, not that he ever tried for membership on the official squad, because he never did. But like the rest of the men, he did his turn in directing the flow of trafflc as 1t appeared from early days right up to the time he had to give up and take to the hospi- tai.
 Franknes Admired
 We liked Henry Hayes for the bluntness of the man. one always knew just where he stood; he never said one thing today and changed tomorrow. He possessed the Hayes trait of calling q spade 6 spade. There was never any pussy -footinE on his part; nc was Independent and was afraid Of no man. And he had Q right to be,