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clearing the land to set out
orange trees, to be protected
from alligators that infested tha
area at that time. Today, two
captured alligators, kept in a
water pond, are shown visitors
to remind them of the risks the
pioneers had to face.
The, late Brother Gerard
Schneider, was another pioneer.
He established such dependable
weather records that St. Leo
Abbey was chosen as one of 25
sites across the nation to be
designated a s climatological
benchmarks by the U. S. Weath
er Bureau.
A temperature of 18 degrees
with a six-hour snow storm was
recorded here, in the heart of
Florida, on February 14, 1889.
Orange growers of the older
generation still remember the
day with trepidation whenever
cold weather threatens from the
North.
Other phases of the work of
St. Leo’s monk are the print-
shop and the dairy farm with
its herd of cattle whose milk
has one of the lowest bacteria
counts in the state.
SERVICES
JOSEPH W
SAVANNAH — Funeral serv
ices for Joseph William Bell
were held January 10th at the
Sacred Heart Church.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
Julia B. Bell; three daughters,
Mrs. Leon H. Grayson of Wash
ington, D. C., Mi’s. Margaret Bell
Pruitt and Mrs. Lawrence E.
Morgan, both of Savannah; one
son, nine grandchildren; several
nephews.
Savannah Services
For Mrs. McBride
SAVANNAH — Funeral serv
ices for Mrs. Nellie McBride
were held January 12th in the
chapel of the Little Sisters of
the Poor.
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Investigation Of School Fire
Shows No
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
CHICAGO — “No evidence of
neglect” was turned up by a
coroner’s jury investigating the
December 1 fire at Our Lady of
the Angels School here in which
93 persons died, Chicago’s arch
diocesan superintendent has
said.
Msgr. William E. McManus
said the verdict of a special
“blue ribbon” jury “makes it
perfectly clear that the fire was
an accident.”
He added: “There is no evi
dence of neglect by any respon
sible official before, during or
after the fire.”
Msgr. McManus also said that,
as a result of the blaze, which
took the lives of 90 children and
three nuns, the archdiocesan
plans fire safety improvements
in its schools which will cost
between 8 and 12 million
dollars.
In 4s report the coroner’s
jury said it had “reached the
conclusion that the cause (of the
fire) is undetermined.”
The jury said further: “Judg
ing from the evidence presented,
the fire originated in the stair
well area at the northeast cor
ner of the school building and
had been burning for some time
before it was discovered. How
ever, the exact point of orgin
cannot be established, and we
therefore have reached the con
clusion that the origin of the
fire is undetermined.”
The jury recommended
changes in the Chicago fire code.
Among the safety measures it
Evidence 0
suggested for schools were in
stallation of sprinkler systems,
fire alarm improvements, avoid
ance of classroom overcrowding,
and proper construction of stair
wells and flues.
In a news conference follow
ing the announcement of the
jury’s findings, Msgr. McManus
thanked its members for “their
fair, calm and objective con
sideration of all pertinent evi
dence.”
He added that “the jury’s
careful recommendations will
help school administrators pre
vent similar tragic accidents
from happening again.”
The text of Msgr. McManus’
statement follows:
“On behalf of the Archdio
cesan of Chicago, I want to thank
the jury for their fair, calm and
objective consideration of all
pertinent evidence.
“The jury’s verdict makes it
perfectly clear that the fire was
an accident. There is no evi
dence of neglect by any respon
sible official before, during or
after the fire.
“The jury’s careful recom
mendations will help school ad
ministrators prevent similar
tragic accidents from happening
again.
“It costs Chicago’s Catholics
about $38 million a year to
operate 360 grade and high
schools in the city of Chicago.
These schools educate 232,000
pupils. Catholics also spend
many more millions for capital
outlay for new schools and
school additions. For example,
Neglect
during the past six years Catho
lics invested $30 million in new
high schools.
“Engineers advise me that the
installation of sprinklers, en
closed stairways, fire doors and
other improvements in Chicago’s
Catholic schools may cost from
eight million dollars to 12 mil
lion.
“In effect this will mean that
Catholics will have to increase
their contributions by about 25
per cent. I am confident they
will do so. They are eager to
improve our schools.
“The need to contribute this
vast sum of money will make
Catholics very sensitive about
the uses to which their tax dol
lars are put. They will not
tolerate any extravagance.
“The Catholic schools in
Chicago save the city’s tax
payers approximately $75 mil
lion per year. The most valuable
contribution which Catholics
can make to the city of Chicago
is to continue and expand their
Catholic school system.
“We have no immediate plans
to curtail or reduce any part
of our school program. We know
that Chicago public schools are
crowded and we would not want
to impose any unreasonable bur
dens upon them. It so happens
that our crowded Catholic
schools are in the very same
neighborhoods where the public
schools are crowded. Our basic
policy for the present and future
can be summed up in the motto
‘Bette r schools and more
schools.”
POAU GAVE TACIT SUPPORT FOR U. S.
VATICAN TIES IN ITS ACTION AGAINST
CARDINALS, BAPTIST MAGAZINE IMPLIES
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
NEW YORK — A Baptist
magazine has implied that Pro
testants and Other Americans
United for Separation of Church
and State (POAU), consistent
anti-Catholic organization, gave
tacit support to the proposal of
U. S. diplomatic representatives
at the Holy See.
The unwitting support, the
magazine stated, came when
POAU sought to have Their Em
inences Francis Cardinal Spell
man, Archbishop of New York;
James Francis Cardinal McIn
tyre, Archbishop of Los Angeles,
and the late Cardinal Edward
Mooney, Archbishop of Detroit,
shorn of their American citizen
ship for participation in a papal
election.
Although none too compli
mentary to the Catholic Church
in its criticism of the POAU ac
tion, the Crusader, magazine of
the American Baptist Conven
tion published here, stated:
“To us it seems that the more
we stress the idea that the 108.7
acre Vatican is a sovereign state,
the more force we give the ar
guments that the United States
ought to have diplomatic rep
resentation there, something
which most Protestants vehe
mently have opposed on the
grounds that such representa
tion would be essentially to the
head of a religious organiza
tion. We doubt if we can have it
both ways as suits our purpose
at the moment.”
The Crusader said that “nor
mally we find ourselves on the
side” of POAU, but added that
in its efforts to disenfranchise
the U. S. Cardinals “we think
POAU overshot the mark.”
The POAU action against the
Catholic prelates was taken last
October when the three U. S.
Cardinals went to Rome for the
papal election following the
death of Pope Pius XII.
In a letter to Secretary of
State John Foster Dulles, Dr.
Glenn L. Archer, POAU execu
tive head, claimed that if the
U. S. Cardinals participated in
the balloting for the new pope,
they would violate section 1481
of the 1952 Immigration and
Naturalization Act which pro
vides that a U. S. citizen could
lose his nationality by voting in
a political election of a foreign
state.
In a reply to Mr. Archer, the
State Department took the view
that the U. S. Cardinals partici
pated in the election of the head
of a religious organization, not
in a political election of a for
eign state.
The Crusader also stated:
“And we wonder if POAU — or
any American citizen, for that
matter — really wanted the
Cardinals to lose their citizen
ship. Had the State Department
thus ruled, one of the first bills
in the hopper when Congress
meets this month would be aim
ed at restoring the Catholic
leaders’ citizenship. And it
would pass unanimously . . .”
Says Catholicism
Likely To Have New
Era In France
Author of the following article
is a former French Army officer
w ho edited a Catholic weekly in
Algiers from 1945 to 1947. He
has written numerous articles for
leading French periodicals and
newspapers. Now an American
citizen, he served at one time on
the faculty of Georgetown Uni
versity and is a professional lec
turer at American University.
By Nicholas de Rochefort
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
Politically eventful, President
Charles de Gaulle’s resumption
of authority in France may also
have strong repercussions on the
religious life of that nation.
With unprecedented powers
as Chief of State at his disposal,
the World War II leader has the
backing of a new Parliament
dominated by conservative ele
ments who are either practic
ing Catholics or maintain a
friendly attitude toward the
Church.
A devout Catholic himself, the
President may inaugurate a pol
icy marked by highly cordial
relations with the Holy See to
seal permanently a close to 100-
year-old breach between the
two sovereignties.
Six months after emerging
again on the French national
scene following the military up
rising in Algeria, Gen. de Gaulle
sent His Holiness Pope John
XXIII a message congratulat
ing the newly elected Sovereign
Pontiff on behalf of the French
government.
The then provisional Premier
ended his message with “assur
ances of my filial respect.” Such
an official expression of devo
tion had not been directed from
France to the Holy See in over
100 years.
The Fourth Republic over
thrown last June always re
mained cautiously aloof from
anything more than formal
courtesy toward the Vicar of
Christ, although it was at times
headed by prominent Catholic
politicians and statesmen such
as George Bidault and Robert
Schuman.
The Third Republic born in
1875 followed until its death in
1940 a policy militantly hostile
to the Church and strangely at
odds with the character of a
traditionally Catholic nation.
The history of France has
been closely linked with Ca
tholicism ever since the Church
helped establish the first French
royal dynasty in the 11th cen
tury, and achieved the nation’s
initial unity some 200 years later
out of the chaos of feudalism
created by the splitting of
Charlemagne’s empire.
Family Theater Plans
Skin Diving Story
HOLLYWOD, Calif. (NC) —
Will Rogers, Jr., will be host
and Marshal Thompson will star
in “Skin Deep,” February 4
broadcast of the Family Thea
ter.
The program will be heard
from 7:35 to 8 p. m. (EST) over
the Mutual Network.
“Skin Deep” is the story of a
skin diver who blacks out while
attempting to set a new diving
record and comes to in a mys
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Parents' Interest
Must Surpass Home
Work Overseeing
CINCINNATI (NC) — Parents
must be “vitally interested” in
their children’s school success,
and this means “much more
than just overseeing their home
work.”
Glen A. La Grange, professor
of education and psychology at
Xavier University, offered this
advice to the Parent-Teacher
Association of St. Clare’s parish
here.
“A home where nobody reads
a book, is a home where chil
dren are poorly motivated for
school work,” said Mr. La
Grange.
Calling for a “spirit of genu
ine interest” in the child’s aca
demic progress, the speaker de
plored the “widespread apathy
toward learning” which he said
is characteristic of the present
day.
“Children are continually
learning by watching older peo
ple like hawks,” said Mr. La
Grange, who is the father of six
children. Parents who spend
their time watching “stupid tel
evision programs” or who “keep
the kids quiet by letting them
watch inane programs” give
their children a poor example,
he said.
Mr. La Grange described the
parent-teacher association as “a
means of achieving some kind
of unity of information and
purpose between teachers and
parents in the education of our
children.”
Too often it’s the budding
genius who fails to bear fruit.
MARRIAGES
o o
| POTEET-VAUGHAN |
O O
AUGUSTA — Miss Kerry Ma
rie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Cornelius J. Vaughan and Mr.
Thomas Clifford Poteet, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wilson Po
teet of Augusta were married
December 22nd at St. Mary’s-on-
the-Hill Church, Very Rev. Dan
iel J. 1 Bourke, V.F. officiating.
O O
| HENDERSON-MAY |
O O
ATLANTA — Miss Frances
Marion May, daughter of Mr.
Marion May and the late Mrs.
May and Mr. Harold Victor
Henderson, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Henderson of Augusta,
were married December 27th at
the Church of Our Lady of The
Assumption, Rev. Richard Mor
row officiating.
O O
| HOWELLS-LaFITTE ]
O O
HOUSTON, Tex., — Jean Hu
ger LaFitte, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. James A. LaFitte of Atlan
ta and John Lawrence Howells,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Wyman
Howells of Houston were mar
ried December 31st at St. Ann’s
Church in Houston, Texas, Rev.
Joseph Pope officiating.
O O
| REID-DONOHUE |
O —O
PELHAM, N. Y. — Miss Anne
Bernadette Donohue, daughter
of Mr. Gerald Donohue and the
late Mrs. Agnes C. Donohue of
Pelham, N. Y. and Mr. James
Dolan Reid, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Reid of New Rochelle,
N. Y., and the grandson of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J.
O’Leary and of the late Mr. and
Mrs. M. W. Reid of Augusta,
were married January 3rd with
a Nuptial mass at St. Catherines
Church in Pelham, Rev. John
W. Donohue, S.J., cousin of the
bride, officiating.
POPE JOHN’S
BLESSING
FOR N.C.C.W.
In the first public address
given by His Holiness Pope
John XXIII aftbr becoming
Pontiff, His Holiness said! “. . .
We cannot fail to speak of mem
bers of religious communities,
men and women busy in their
zealous skillful work for the
Church, and also those who un
der the leadership of the bishops
are active in the peaceful ranks
of Catholic Action, and all oth
ers who in any way assist the
apostolate of the hierarchy. We
bless each one of these from
Our heart.”
The loyalty and devotion of
NCCW were pledged to Pope
John by the National President
and Executive Secretary. His
Holiness’ appreciation and bless
ing were extended to all the
women united in NCCW by
Pro-Secretary of State Monsig
nor Tardini.
From Mrs. Frank A. Theissen,
President
The nine million Catholic wo
men of the United States fed
erated in the National Council
of Catholic Women rejoice with
full hearts at the news of Your
Holiness’ election. Blessed with
a new Shepherd, the members
of the NCCW Board of Directors
in behalf of all the Catholic wo
men of the United States hum
bly and respectfully pledge
themselves to service of Your
Holiness.
From His Holiness Pope
John XXIII
His Holiness warmly appreci
ative message devotion, loyalty,
assurance prayers, sent occasion
his election. Expresses cordial
gratitude. Lovingly imparts
members Board of Directors and
all Catholic women of United
States federated in National
Council Catholic Women Fa
therly Apostolic Benediction.
From Margaret Mealey,
Exec. Secretary
In the autumn of our sorrow
at the death of Pope Pius XII we
are returned to the springtime
of joy with the news of the elec
tion of Your Holiness Pope John
XXIII. The National Council of
Catholic Women respectfully
extends joyous felicitations,
while renewing its pledge of
filial devotion to the Vicar of
Christ.
From His Holiness Pope
John XXIII
Sovereign Pontiff grateful
prayerful message devotion, loy
alty, occasion his election. Cor
dially imparts all members Na
tional Council of Catholic Wo
men Paternal Apostolic Bless
ing.
THE BULLETIN, January 24, 1959—PAGE 3
Services For
Mrs. McDonough
SAVANNAH •— Funeral serv
ices for Mrs. Hannah McCarthy
McDonough were held January
7th at the Cathedral of St. John
the Baptist.
Survivors are her son, two
brothers, Michael C. McCarthy,
Savannah, Capt. Thomas L. Mc
Carthy of Augusta; two sisters,
Mrs. John J. McManus of At
lanta, Sister Margaret, Sister of
Charity, Baltimore, Md.; several
cousins, one Rt. Rev. Msgr. Tho
mas I. Sheehan of Macon.
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