Paul A. Scully

SCULLY, PAUL ALPHONSUS. store clerk and general store owner-manager; b. 25 January 1885 in Souris West, son of Thomas Scully of Ireland and Mary A. Howlett; m. 8 August 1910 Mary A. Mclnnis, and they had nine children, Stephen W., Thomas Gerard, Joseph, Adolphus, Lucy, Geraldine, Agnes, Constance, and Bernadette; Roman Catholic; d. 5 June 1931 in Georgetown. Scully, a Liberal, was elected to the Legislative Assembly in the general election of 1927 for 5th Kings. On 4 August 1930, he was appointed as a Minister without Portfolio. Scully, a native of Souris West, was educated in Souris. While still a boy, Scully began his mercantile career as a clerk with Sterns, Son and Company. He was employed with Archibald Currieand later, ca. 1915, joined J. J. Hughes and Company. In 1919 Scully became manager of the company and later a shareholder. Later he moved to Georgetown, and for a number of years was a partner in Scully and Delory, with Fred Delory. He was a prominent member of the Kings County Board of Trade, and was a member the Knights of Columbus. Paul Scully died 5 June 1931, while serving as a Member of the Legislative Assembly. Mary Scully, the daughter of loseph and Katie Mclnnis of Souris, was born 16 September 1882 in Souris and died in 1951 in Georgetown.