. History of Waterbury and the Naugatuck Valley, Connecticut . s, forthree years and three months. Rev. Bardeck was ordained to the priesthood in Hartford, Connecticut, in December,1900, and served as assistant priest to Rev. Luke Fitzsimons of the Immaculate Con-ception Catholic church at Waterbury for nearly three years. From 1903 until 1911 hewas pastor of the Sacred Heart German Catholic church at Hartford and since 1912 hasbeen pastor of St. Cecelias German Catholic church in Waterbury, where he is doingexcellent work among his parishioners in the upbuilding of the Catholic faith. Twice s
. History of Waterbury and the Naugatuck Valley, Connecticut . s, forthree years and three months. Rev. Bardeck was ordained to the priesthood in Hartford, Connecticut, in December,1900, and served as assistant priest to Rev. Luke Fitzsimons of the Immaculate Con-ception Catholic church at Waterbury for nearly three years. From 1903 until 1911 hewas pastor of the Sacred Heart German Catholic church at Hartford and since 1912 hasbeen pastor of St. Cecelias German Catholic church in Waterbury, where he is doingexcellent work among his parishioners in the upbuilding of the Catholic faith. Twice sinceleaving his native land he has returned to Germany for a visit, ffi-st in 1889 and againin 1910. GEORGE H. ATKINS. George H. Atkins, a well known citizen of Torrington, where he has resided for morethan half a centiuy. is now secretary of the Employers Association of Litchfield County,with offices in the Chamber of Commerce building. He has been a lifelong resident ofConnecticut, his birth luiving occurred in Meriden, March 28, 1852. He is the only child. REV. REIN HARD BARDECK WATERBURY AND THE NAUGATUCK VALLEY 11 of Henry G. and Mary A. (Evans) Atkins, the former a native of Meriden and the latterof Wallingford, Connecticut. The father served as a soldier in the Civil war, becominga private of Comfjany F. Fifteenth Connecticut Regiment. He w^as wounded in battle andfor many months was confined in the New Haven Hospital. After the war he held aresponsible position with the International Silver Company of Meriden, where he passedaway a few months after the war closed. His widow married for her second husband,Solon G. Dunbar and they moved to Torrington, where she resided until her death, January21, 1907. George H. Atkins has resided continuously in Torrington since 1866, and is therefore,familiar with its history for a period of more than half a century. He acquired a goodgrammar school education, continuing his studies to the age of fourteen, when he enteredthe employ of t
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