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PAGE 8—'THE BULLETIN, March 7, 1959 PRIESTS GF THE DIOCESE FATHER FRANK Father Edward R. Frank is assistant pastor of Blessed Sac rament Church, Savannah. Or dained in 1957 this was Father Frank’s first assignment. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray mond G. Frank of Rochester, N. Y., he attended St. Andrew’s Parochial school, graduating from Edison Technical High School. After a term of Military Service, Father Frank entered upon his Ecclesiastical studies at St. Andrew’s Monor Semina ry, Rochester, N. Y. He pur sued his philosophical studies at St. Bernard’s Major Seminary and was ordained on May 25th, 1957 at The Pontifical College Josephinum, Worthington, Ohio, where he finished his Theolog ical studies. Announce Essay ■: : : ALBANY—Mrs. Margaret B. Harrison, Diocesan Chairman of the Spiritual Development Com mittee, has announced Diocesan and Deanery winners of the Savannah Diocesan Council of Catholic Women's Fifteenth An nual Essay Contest as follows: Diocesan Winners: Group I, Johanna Bleicher, Albany High School, Albany; Group II, Suz- anna Lawrence, Mt. St. Joseph School, Augusta; Group III, Ruth Carrick, Sacred Heart School, Augusta. “Consecration of the Home to the Sacred Heart” was the essay topic. The contest, held annual ly, and open to all Catholic stu dents of the Diocese of Savan nah, is divided into three groups: Grades 10-11-12, 7-8-9, and 4-5-6. Approximately twelve hundred children submit essays each year. . Winners in the three deanery councils are as follows: Savan nah Deanery: Group I, Luvenia Brown, St. Pius X High School, Savannah; Group II, Mark Regan, St. James School, Savan nah; and Group III, Miriam Allman, Cathedral Day School, of Savannah. Columbus Dean ery: Group I, Johanna Bleicher, Albany High School, Albany; Group II, Christopher Sheridan, St. Joseph’s School, Macon; and Group III, Catherine Hughey, Junior High School, Albany. Augusta Deanery: Group I, Anita Harris, Aquinas High School, Augusta; Group II, Suzanna Lawrence, Mt. St. Jos eph School, Augusta; and Group III, Ruth Carrick, Sacred Heart School, Augusta. Pictures and essays of the dio cesan winners will be published in the SAVANNAH BULLETIN, at a later date. State Body (Continued from Page 1) the Lynch bill by requiring that: —Such advertising conforms to fact and scrupulously avoids ail misrepresentation. —Illustrations and text in such advertisements faithfully represent the motion pictures depicted. —The advertising is complete ly devoid of all false or mislead ing statements used either di rectly or indirectly or implied by the arrangements or by dis torted quotations.” —Ail advertisements for adult films must bear the words “FOR ADULTS ONLY” in clear legi ble type. The biil allows recourse in the courts or by a rehearing of the board for those exhibitors who feel that their films have been misjudged. Says School (Continued from Page 1) to great extent because religious understanding was encouraged and the common acceptance of diverse religious beliefs and prac tices was guaranteed to all men.” “I am convinced,” Dr. Newsom said, “that the strengthening of our religious heritage to become a fundamental part of each man’s personal philosophy is essential if the democratic ideal that you and I cherish is to endure.” The N.Y.U. president said that no university can continue to ig nore religion, except “at the risk of being superficial, of missing those elements within our herit age that make life meaningful, of not carrying out its obligation to present and future genera tions.” Bishop's Relief (Continued from Page 1) tries. Besides direct relief assist ance, self -helf projects are con ducted under the auspics of the Catholic Bishops’ Relief Fund. Among these are factories for the conversion of U. S. Sur plus flour into food products, schools for the education of the blind, fishing cooperatives and block-making projects. One block-making project in Viet nam not only provided work for 80 people throughout the year, but produced 836,796 blocks used for the construction of 52 community buildings. Meeting Of Saint lieliaeFs Home And School SAVANNAH BEACH — The monthly meeting of St. Mich ael’s Home and School Associ ation, Savannah Beach, was held recently. Highlight of the program was a play presented by students from the 7th and 8th grade. Its theme was the Marian Year, commemorating the 100th year since the apparition of Our Lady of Lourdes. A buffet supper, for the First Holy Communion Class is being planned for Holy Thursday eve ning at the Rectory. Mrs. Bar- Leid will be chairman. A Book Fair is also being arranged. Using the book fair system, a parent will be able to purchase a book, or books, se lected by their children. After the child finishes his book, the family then donates it to the school library. It is hoped that this method of securing books will be of great benefit to the individual child and the school library. A social hour was then enjoy ed with refreshments being served by Mrs. Roach. Give That Boy “A” For Effort TAICHUNG, FORMOSA— Starting a new mission here isn’t too difficult with a young aborigine drumbeatcr at your side. While visiting a remote mis sion village recently, Father Thomas N. Quirk, Maryknoll Missioner of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, was the center of attraction for 30 young abori gine children who had never seen a priest before. To stir up conservation and make friends with the children. Father Quirk asked them if they knew what a Catholic priest does. One bright lad of six or seven spoke right, up: “Sure I know all about Catholic priests. They’re people who fly down from heaven to give away powdered milk.” Accomplishments are the re sult of mistakes that have been corrected again and again. A great many people who don’t know whore they are going never take time out to inquire. K. OF C. FOURTH DEGREE EXEMPLIFICATION, AUGUSTA The exemplification of the 4th Degree was held February 21 by Patrick J. Walsh Assembly, Knights of Columbus, Augusta, Ga. The class was in honor of Rev. William Kearney, S.J., former chaplain, long associated with K. of C. work in Augusta. Chap lain (Major General) Terence P. Finnegan, USAF, Chief of Air Force Chaplains, was a member of the class and the principal speak er at the Washington’s Day dinner, one of the largest Catholic gatherings ever held in Georgia. Among the notables in the picture are Charles Chesser, State Deputy for the State of Georgia; General Finnegan, Chaplain (Capt.) Lasalle E. Lenk, O.F.M. Conv., State Chaplain of the K. of C. and Catholic Chaplain at nearby Fort Gordon, and Worthy Master Nicholas Stafford, of Savannah. Monsignor Finnegan AUGUSTAKNIGHTS HEAR U. S. CHIEF OF CHAPLAINS Name Chairman For Augusta Fund Drive AUGUSTA—Chaplain (Major General) Terrence P. Finnegan, United States Air Force, Chief MSGR. FINNEGAN of Chaplains, was principal speaker at the Annual Washing ton’s Day Dinner and dance sponsored by the Patrick J. Walsh 4th Degree Assembly, Knights of Columbus on Febru ary 21 at the Bon Air Hotel. Cheif Finnegan was introduced by Chaplain (Capt.) Lasalle E. Lenk, Catholic Chaplain, Fort Gordon. Monsignor Finnegan is a na tive of Norwich,. Connecticut, and a graduate of St. Thomas Seminary and College, Hartford, Connecticut. He received his M. A. from St. Mary’s Univer sity and Seminary, Baltimore, Maryland. He was ordained a priest of the Roman Catholic Church on May 30, 1930. On April 12, 1956, His Holiness, Pope Pius XII, appointed Chap lain Finnegan a Domestic Pre late with the title of Right Rev erend Monsignor. The appoint ment was made in recognition of his fine contribution to the spiritual welfare of the person nel of the Armed Forces whom he served for nearly twenty years. His military career goes to 1937 when he be^an active serv ice in New Mexico. Chaplain Finnegan transferred to the U. S. Air Force on July 1, 1949. He was promoted to the grade of Brigadier General in Octo ber, 1953, and to Major General on July 1, 1958. He was appoint ed as Chief of Chaplains of the Air Force in August 1958. His decorations and medals include the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Medal, American Defense Service Medal, Amer ican Campaign Medal, Asiatic- Pacific Medal, World War II Victory Medal, Occupation Medal (Japan), Korean Service Medal, United Nations Service Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster. Monsignor Finnegan, while in the area, was entertained at Fort Gordon. Albany Girl On Academy’s Honor List ALBANY — Miss Michelle Lee King, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. T. King, 1910 Melrose Drive, Albany, was one of twen ty-six students of Mount de Chantal Visitation Academy, Wheeling, West Virginia, who were named on the academy’s Directress’ List for the third period of the first semester, ac cording to an announcement from the Directress’ Office. The Directress’ List includes those students taking the acad emy’s College Preparation course who have achieved First Scholastic Honors (an average of A in all subjects) and, in addition, have received an A av erage for Social Responsibility (including character traits, so cial attitudes, and neatness as displayed in appearance and in their school. assignments). Miss King, a freshman, was recently installed as a member of the Student Senate, being the only freshman thus honored. She is also a member of the glee club and athletic associa tion, and the Mount students’ choir. An active member of the MOUNT MASQUERS, the stu dent dramatic group, Miss King was cast in ope of the leading roles in a three-act comedy, “Don’t Take My Penn y,” presented for the public Sunday afternoon, March 1. Miss King is a 1958 gradu ate of St. Teresa’s grade school in Albany, and is attending Mount de Chantal as a scholar ship student, having ranked among the top twelve in com petitive scholarship examina tions conducted last May. Since enrolling at the Mount, she has continued to maintain her high scholastic standing. Narrow-minded people be lieve in the right of free speech until they get the power to make others shut up. AUGUSTA — The fund drive for $200,000 to construct a school and cafetorium for St. Mary’s Parish will move into the final stages of organization next week, it was announced yester day by Albert von Kamp Gary, prominent Augusta business man, who is General Chairman of the 200 man parish commit tee. The new twelve classroom school will be erected on the site presently occupied by Mount St. Joseph Academy on Monte Sano Avenue. Total cost of the school and purchase price of the land will be approximate ly $300,000. Mr. Gary said that a plan for the new building has been pre sented by the firm of Woodhurst and O’Brien. “A final decision on the school plan has not yet been reached,” Mr. Gary added. “The details will be worked out at a later date by a parish building com-, mittee, supervised by the Very Reverend Daniel J. Bourke, V.F., Pastor, with final advice given by the Bishop’s office. Our task now is to receive pledges, from the parishioners to exceed $200,000 so that we may be assured of an early be ginning of our long awaited dream.” In laying out the work which remains for the parish commit tee, Mr. Gary announced that the 200-man group will be in doctrinated on Tuesday, March 10, in their part in the parish wide solicitation. In addition, he added, the Executive Commit tee and Team Captains will hold two meetings during the middle of March for the purpose of as signing the calls each commit teeman will make on Solicita tion Sunday, March 22, when all pledges to the building cam paign will be solicited. A final instruction meeting for the full committee will be held on Fri day, March 20. The committee organization includes seven divisions, each of which is headed by a vice chair man and consists - of five team captains and twenty-five team members. The Division Chair men are Cornelius J. Vaughan, Gen. Francis E. Howard, John C. Hagler, III, Glen B. Hester, Peter M. Menk, Brian J. Mul- herin and William A. Trotter. Co-chairmen of the Drive is Wil liam A. Faughnan, assisted by the Executive Vice Chairmen, Alvin M. McAuliffe and John W. McDonald, Jr. A Special Gifts Division is under the lead ership of Joseph J. Slattery. Otto W. Pope is serving as Treasurer and Edward S. Bres- nahan is the committee Secre tary. Mr. C. Victor Markwalter, Sr. is Tax Consultant for the drive. Mr. Albert von Kamp Gary, General Chairman, is well known in the Augusta area as President of the Augusta Con crete Products Company and the Richmond Concrete Pro ducts Company. Mr. Gary has long been associated in Church and civic activities. His wife, Mary, is also active in affairs of public and parochial interest. The Gaiys have five children, Laura, Albert, Jr., Irene, Mary and Reed. Some people who have had very little formal education make up for it with lots of understanding. PROPOSED ST. MARY'S SCHOOL, AUGUSTA Macon Meeting April 25 And 26 Msgr. Fitzgerald, Mrs. Speakers At D.C.C.W. CHINESE PRIEST ASSERTS FEW FAITHFUL COOPERATE WITH RED-BACKED SCHISM MACON: —Mrs. Wm. J. O’- Shaughnessy, general chairman of the Twentieth Annual Con vention of the Savannah Dio cesan Council of Catholic Wo men, has announced that Msgr. Thos J. Fitzgerald, who is Exec utive Secretary of the National Office of Decent Literature, and Spiritual Moderator of the Chicago Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women, and Mrs. Mary Reed Newland, noted author and lecturer will be the principal speakers at the gather ing in Macon, on April 25 and 26. Msgr. Fitzgerald will be the banquet speaker, and immedi ately following the banquet, there will be an informal ques tion and answer period, with Msgr. Fitzgerald, for those who would like further information on specific questions. Mrs. Newland, of Monson, Mass., who is the author of “We and Our Children”, “The Saints and Our Children”, and other books, will be the principal speaker at the luncheon. After the Saturday afternoon business session, there will be a group discussion of Religious Holiday Observances, in For eign Lands, by students from overseas who are now studying in our diocese. This program is being presented by the Inter national Relations Committee. The Most Rev. Thos J. Mc Donough, D. D., J. C. D., Auxil iary Bishop of the Diocese of Savannah, will be the celebrant of the Convention Mass, on Sun day, April 26, in St. Joseph’s Church. Mrs; J. T. Webb and Mrs. H. W. Clark, of Macon, are Mrs. O’Shaughnessy’s jeo-chairmen. Other convention chairmen are: Nominations, Mrs. John Buck- ley, of Savannah, Mrs. D. C. Thompson, of Columbus, and Mrs. D. J. O’Connor, of Augusta; Elections, Miss Anna Rice, of Augusta, Mrs. John W. Step hens, Jr., of Savannah, and Mrs. Ed Hatcher, of Macon; Creden tials, Mrs. F. V. Lewis, of Al bany, Miss Veronica Elliott, of Savannah, and Miss Pauline Peuffier, of Augusta; Resolu tions, Miss Sophie Benchina, of Dublin, Mrs. Joseph Winders; of Savannah, and Mrs. Hugh Kim brough, of Columbus. Cathedral Parents Hear Or. J. M. Lee SAVANNAH—Dr. J. Moultrie Lee, member of the prominent Savannah medical family, was guest speaker at the monthly meeting of the Cathedral Home and School Association. Dr. Lee spoke on Tuberculosis, which statistics show is still the most prevalent disease in Chatham County at the present time. Prior to his address, a film was shown through the courtesy of the Chatham-Savannah Tuber culosis Association stressing 1 the importance of the Tuberculin Test. The evening’s entertainment was provided by the students of the sixth grade, under the direction of Sister Stanislaus and the. attendance prize was awarded this class. A Book Fair was conducted at the meeting and parents were urged to take advantage of the opportunity to replenish the supply of books in the school library. Sister Martina, Principal, re ported that the teachers were pleased with the results of the mid-term examinations and an nounced that Mrs. French had been added to the teaching staff. A necessity is a luxury you can buy on the installment plan. People who have no business of their own are sometimes able to make a failure of someone else’s. Newland Convention Hotel reservations should be made early with the Dempsey Hotel, at 515 Cherry Street, in Macon. Luncheon and dinner ticket reservations should be made with Mrs. E. H. Buck, at 373 Cotton Ave., in Macon. Priest Rescues Blessed Host From Flames DUNMORE, Pa., (NC) — A priest wearing an oxygen mask rescued the Blessed Sacrament during a fire that caused an es timated $100,000 damage to St. Mary of Mount Carmel Church here. Father William P. Ward, as sistant pastor, made his way through dense clouds of smoke to effect the rescue only min utes before the flooring in front of the mam altar collapsed. The oxygen mask was sup plied by the Olyphant Hose Company, whose firemen were on the scene of the blaze for 10 hours. They were called af ter Immaculate Heart Sisters in the convent next to the church saw smoke seeping from the sacristy. The fire destroyed the sanc tuary, severely damaged three altars, 'a large pipe organ and other areas of the church’s in terior. The damage estimate was made by Msgr. Thomas J. Mc Hugh, the pastor. Fire authori ties stated that the blaze was caused by a defective chimney and an overheated smoke pipe. Father Ward, a native of Hazleton, Pa., is a graduate of Mount St. Mary’s Seminary, Emmitsburg, Md. He was or dained in June, 1957. SO TRUE In a way of speaking gossips are authorities — because ev erything they say goes. Hustle has its place in every ones life, but don’t try to catch up with tomorrow. (N.C.W.C. News Service) PLEASANT GROVE, Ohio — The number of Chinese Catho lics cooperating with commun ists in setting up a “patriotic” church in China is “very small,” an exiled Chinese priest said here. It would be playing into the hands of the Reds for western Catholics to “disdain” the faith ful of China on the assumption that the majority of them are collaborating in a communist- backed schism, declared Father John C. Chao. Father Chao, a 29-year-old priest from the Nanking, China, diocese, preached at St. Paul’s tion with the day of prayer for the Chinese Church requested by His Holiness Pope John XXIII and the U. S. Bishops. The communists hope to “iso late the Church in China,” Fa ther Chao warned, and Cath olics of the West would only further this plan by accept ing “the false notion that a full- scale schism has taken place” in China. For western Catholics to act in this way would be “a tragedy unparalleled in the history of the Church,” declared the young priest who is studying sociology at Duquesne University, Pitts burgh. mitted, “there have been some weak members who, under con ditions unknown to us, have fal len into communist traps.” But the majority of China’s Catholics, he continued, “would rather undergo inhuman suffer ings than to compromise their Catholic principles with the Reds.” Father Chao linked the com munist effort to create a schis matic Chinese church with the imperialistic schemes of Red China. He pointed out that there are more than three million Catholics in China and that two other Far East nations, Viet nam and the Philippines, are “predominantly Catholic.” Thus, he said, a schismatic Chinese church would serve as “a convenient tool” in commu nist efforts to achieve domina tion over the Catholics of these nations. The things that come to those who wait are generally shop worn. To be sure,” Father Chao ad- ■ PROVINCIAL VISITS AUGUSTA—Right to left are Rev. A. J. Gall, S.M.A., Mother M. Ferdinand, O.S.F., Provincial, and Mother M. Pierre, O.S.F., leaving the new wing to Immaculate Conception Schools, Augusta. On her first and recent visit to the South Mother M. Ferdinand expressed her admiration and appreciation of the work done by the members of her community, Missionary Franciscan Sisters, in these mission areas. Well known in the Archdiocese of Phila delphia, in the dioceses of Syracuse and Brooklyn where she has spent many years in the dio cesan school systems, Mother M. Ferdinand is alio widely known in the Archdiocese of Boston as a member of the staff of Mount Alvernia Teachers’ College prior to her appointment as Pro vincial of the New York-Georgia Province.—(Morgan JTitz Photo).