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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
IN CATHOLIC CIRCLES
GEORGIA NOTES
M. A. O’Brien, principal of the Abercorn Street
School, Savannah, recently observed the fiftieth anni
versary of his connection with the public school sys
tem of that city. Mr. O’Brien came to the Savannah
schools in 1871, but had done educational work else
where before that time.
A reception in honor of the event was arranged
by the Board of Education of Savannah, and hun
dreds, many of them former pupils of Mr. O’Brien,
gathered at the Senior High School to pay their re
spects to him.
Resolutions adopted by the Board of Education
were presented to him, a handsome silver pitcher
set and goblets on a tray, engraved with the dates
of his service were given him by the Board and the
teachers of the school, and Mrs. Marie Conway Oem-
ler, a former pupil of Mr. O’Brien, presented him
with a set of her published novels. Mr. Arthur J.
O’Hara made the presentation speech that accom
panied the silver set, and the members of the Board
of Education paid high oral tributes to the venerable
educator.
The Federal Penitentiary at Atlanta has an ath
letic stadium now. It was dedicated a few weeks ago
to Rev. Michael J. Byrne, Catholic chaplain at the
prison. Father Byrne sponsored the movement for
the stadium and worked diligently to supply it with
athletic equipment; hence the name “Byrne Sta
dium.” Father Byrne has honored The Bulletin by
an article on his work, which appears elsewhere in
this issue.
Rt. Rev. William T. Russell, D. D., Bishop of
Charleston, administered the Sacrament of Con
firmation at the Federal Penitentiary late in May.
Mr. John B. McCallum and Mr. Richard Magill
were the sponsors. Ninety-three per cent of the
Catholic inmates of the Penitentiary have made
their Easter duty, “Good Words,” the publication of
the Penitentiary, tells us.
Rev. Martin J. Egan of Savannah, recently ordained
to the priesthood, celebrated his first Mass at the
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist May 29th. Very
Rev. Jos. D. Mitchell, V. G., assisted Father Egan,
Rev. Dan McCarthy was deacon and Rev. William
A. Foley sub-deacon. Three class mates of the
newly ordained priest, Dan Sheehan, John McNa
mara and Thomas I. Sheehan, also assisted in the
sanctuary. The Knights of Columbus attended in
a body.
Rt. Rev. Benjamin J. Keiley, D. D., Bishop of
Savannah, delivered the sermon, taking for his sub
ject the dignity of the priesthood. Father Egan
is a priest of the Diocese of Wheeling, West Vir
ginia.
The Catholic Woman’s Club of Augusta is in
sound financial condition, reports at a recent meet
ing showed. There is in the treasury $1,095.56. The
officers of the club for the next two years follow:
President, Mrs. John P. Mulherin; first vice presi
dent, Mrs. Claire Kinchley; second vice president,
Mrs. James J. Joy; third vice president, Mrs. Camp
bell Chafee; recording secretary, Miss Margaret
McAuliffe; corresponding secretary, Miss Theodore
McAuliffe; treasurer, Mrs. Joseph L. O’Dowd.
Governing Board—Mrs. J. A. Mullarky, Mrs. P. II.
Rice, Mrs. H. A. Craig, Mrs. W. W. Teague, Mrs.
G. W. Andrews, Mrs. L. J. Henry, Mrs. Charles
Stulb, Jr., Mrs. Lizzie Hallahan, Mrs. F. B. Carr.
Chairmen—Education, Miss Helen Hynes; hos
pital, Mrs. Albert VonKamp; Music, Mrs. G. W.
Andrews; library, Mrs. D. P. Sullivan; social serv
ice, Mrs. F. B. Carr; legislation, Mrs. Campbell
Chafee; parliamentarian, Mrs. H. A. Craig.
Miss Theresa Cassidy was married May 17th to
John Valentino Sheridan at St. Joseph’s Church,
Macon, by Rev. W. A. Wilkinson, S. J. Pastor.
The attendants were the three sisters of the bride,
the Misses Mary Agnes, Cecelia and Aloysius Cas
sidy. Mr. Albert Sheridan was the groom’s best
man. Julius Loh and John J. McCreary acted as
ushers, and Prof. James G. Weiss presided at the
organ. Frank Donnelly and John Gillespie rendered
several vocal selections during the service.
After a wedding trip to the North, Mr. and Mrs.
Sheridan will live in Macon.
Wm. C. McDonough, well known in Savannah
where he has held official positions in the past, and
prominent in Catholic circles, died June 8 from in
juries sustained when he was run down by a motor
cycle.
He was born in Jonesboro, near Atlanta, 68 years
ago, and went to Savannah at the age of 14. He
was educated at Villa Nova College in Pennsylvania,
and then engaged in the lumber business with his
father. His brother, J. J. McDonough, was once
mayor of Savannah.
Besides his widow, Mrs. Hibernia McDonough, he
is survived by one son, W. C. McDonough, of Okla
homa, two daughters, Miss Leila McDonough of Sa
vannah and Mrs. Kate U. Hogan of Jersey City, and
four grandchildren.
Very Rev. Jos. D. Mitchell, V. G., officiated at two
marriages June 7th at the Cathedral of St. John the
Baptist, uniting in wedlock Miss Ava Dolores Long
and James Albert Gross, Jr., and also Miss Velma
Nelson and John Henry Haslam, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Gross will be at home in Savannah
at 311 Abercorn street after a trip to the North,
and Mr. and Mrs. Haslam will return from their
wedding trip to the Haslam Cottage at Tybee.
The Misses Helen Cassidy of Macon, Genevive
Hanse of Birmingham, Ala., and Helen Posey of
Albany, Ga., were awarded their diplomas at the
graduating exercises at Mount de Sales Academy,
Macon, on the morning of June 8th. Rev. J. M.
Salter, S. J., of St. Stanislaus College, delivered the
address.
An essay by Miss Cassidy on Erin, an original
poem by Miss Posey and a scientific treatise on
whiteness, featured the graduating exercises.
Marche Militaire was rendered, in opening the
exercises, by Misses Ruth Bramball, Josephine
Peters, Margaret Esill, Isabel Meath. La Grace was
next rendered by Misses Elizabeth Brown, Cathryn
Smith, Betty Jones and Mary Lackay.
The Choral Class of the school sang Amorosa by
A. Boex. Misses Norma Estes, Elizabeth Royer,
Martha Clark and Leonie Ryan rendered Radieuse,
by Gottschalk-Silver. The Choral Class then sang
Merry June.
Valse Brillante by Moszkowski was sung by Mary
Louise Trice, Helen Posey, Genevieve Hanse and
Cecelia Cassidy. Miss Cassidy also read the vale
dictory poem of the year. Miss Norma Estes ren
dered Valse Caprice by R. Newland.
Wm. J. Kehoe, well known in Savannah and else
where in the state, died at his home in that city
May 18. He was about 50 years of age, and his
death followed a sudden attack of heart disease.
Mr. Kehoe was vice-president of the Kehoe Iron
Works, past exalted ruler of the Savannah Lodge of
Elks, and an active member of the Knights of Co
lumbus and the Catholic Laymen’s Association.