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PAGE 6—THE BULLETIN, July 11, 1959
Family Of Nine
Converts
FT. VALLEY — In the spring
of 1956, when Mrs. Hilbert
Xavier Gavel has occasion to
entertain some of her brother’s
Navy buddies, she never im
agined that this was to be the
beginning of a deep and lasting
interest in the Catholic Church.
Like many other Protestants,
Mrs. Gavel said that When sue
learned her brother’s friends
were Catholic, she decided to
indulge her curiosity a bit. So,
she plied them with questions,
hoping, she said, “To lind ways
in their repiies, to discredit the
Catholic religion.” But it didn’t
turn out that way. Instead, she
found herself becoming, “First,
surprised, that most of her im
pressions of Catholicism were
misinformation, then more and
more interested in the answers
she received.”
After that evening, the desire
to iearn more of this “hostile
religion” prompted Mrs. Gavel
to avail herself of every oppor
tunity to acquire additional
knowledge of the Catholic faith.
She seldom spoke of her in
terest in the Catholic Church to
her husband, for she was not
sure of his approval. But finally,
in 1958, Mrs. Gavel came to a
sudden decision. She picked up
the phone and made an ap
pointment with Father Daniel
Myszka of St. Joseph’s Church
Annual Banquet,
For Columbus K.
COLUMBUS — The Ladies
Auxiliary of the Knights of
Columbus, Bishop Gross Council
No. 1019, Holy Family Parish,
held its Annual Banquet and
Dance and Installation of new
officers an June 18th at the K
of C Hall, 802 Broadway, Colum
bus.
The hall and the tables were
beautifully decorated with gar
den fiower arrangements of ivy,
gardenias and magnolias artis
tically done by Mrs. Lee Allen.
Tne speaker’s table in the cen
ter held a low formal arrange
ment of gardenias and magnonas
interspersed with pink candles
in pink candle holders, which
burned during the entire pro
gram, and at each end of the
speaker’s table were large, tall
arrangements of pink roses.
The banquet was prepared
and served by Mr. and Mrs. F.
B. Miller.
Seated at the speaker’s table
were: Mrs. Henry Gallman,
President, and Mr. Gallman;
Father Owen McKenna, Mother
Mary Mission, Phenix City, Al
abama; Major Thomas E. Wal-
die, Catholic Chaplain, 2d In
fantry Division, Fort Benning,
Ga.; Mr. Jim Mullin, Grand
Knight, Knights of Columbus,
Bishop Gross Council No. 1019,
and Mrs. Mullins; Mrs. J. F.
Stumhofer, vice president, and
Mr. Stumhofer; Mrs. W. F.
To Faith
in Macon, to begin instructions
—her first big step toward be
coming a Catholic. Receiving
instructions with Mrs. Gavel
was Mrs. T. J. Raney, who be
came Godmother to Raymond,
Mrs. Gavei’s three-year-old son,
on November 2. During the
summer, the two older children,
Elizabeth, 11, and Ilibie, 10,
took instructions from Father
Myszka and in September they
entered St. Joseph’s School,
along with their brother and
sister, Alan, 8, and Lynn, 6. On
November 1, Mrs. Gavel and
six of her seven children were
baptised.
Although Mr. Gavel had ex
pressed some disapproval of his
family becoming Catholic, he
said that when he saw the
change that had taken place in
the lives of his wife and chil
dren, because of the Faith, and
when he looked at their faces as
they said the Rosary, he too,
wanted to become a part of it
ail. So, after completing several
months of instruction, on May
24, 1959, Hilbert Xavier Gavel
received the Sacrament of Bap
tism. Then, to add to their
happiness, on May 30, Mr. and
Mrs. Gavel renewed their mar
riage vows and received the
Nuptual Blessing from Father
Myszka as he completed the
Mass at St. Julianna’s in Ft.
Valley.
Installation
C. Auxiliary ^
Freeman, recording secretary,
and Mr. Freeman; Mrs. Antonio
Comeaux, corresponding secre
tary, and Mr. Comeaux; Mrs. O.
V/. McBride, treasurer, and Mr.
McBride.
Father Owen opened the pro
gram with a prayer, and Mrs.
Gallman, the president, welcom
ed all members and introduced
the guests. Mrs. Gallman thank
ed all for a most successful year,
and presented the Grand
Knight, Mr. Mullin, with a check
for use by the Knight of Colum
bus. She also presented the of
ficers who served with her small
tokens of remembrances.
Father Waldie, the guest
speaker for the evening, was in
troduced by Mrs. Gallman, and
he gave us a most enlightening
and inspiring talk.
Mr. Jim Mullin, the Grand
Knight, installed tile following
officers for the coming year:
Mrs. C. M. Green, president;
Mrs. C. M. Wilson, vice presi
dent; Mrs. C. J. Dokos, record
ing secretary; Mrs. Henry Zer-
anski, corresponding secretary;
Mrs. H. W. Woodward, treasur
er.
Also attending the meeting
was Monsignor Herman J. Dei-
mel.
TOP POSTERS AT BRUNSWICK PARISH CATECHETI
CAL DAY—Shown above are winners of the Poster Contest spon
sored recently by St. Francis Xavier Parish unit of the Confra
ternity of Christian Doctrine. They are Marsha McPhilips, whose
poster portraying the high school class of Religion won first
prize for the best drawn poster, and Mary Jean Parker, who
captured first prize for the poster showing the most original
idea. Her drav. lug shows distribution of Catholic Literature to
prisoners.
FAMILY OF NINE CONVERTS—The Gavel family shown with Father Daniel Myska are left
to right: Hibie, 10; Robin, 5; Lynn, 7; Frankie, 1%; Mrs. Davei; Alan, 8; Elizabeth, 11; Raymone,
3; and Hibert X. Gavel.
U. S. PSYCHIATRIST WARNS
BIRTH CONTROL CAN BRING
PSYCHOLOGICAL DANGERS
ZURICH, Switzerland (NC) —
Contraception, abortions and
sterilization can lead to serious
psychological dangers, an
American psychiatrist warned
here.
In a paper read to the meeting
of the International Union of
Family Organizations, Dr. John
R. Cavanagh of Washington,
D. C., cited the experience of
Japan and the Soviet Union
where abortions as a means of
birth control have been tried
on a large scale.
Dr. Cavanagh represented the
Family Life Bureau of the Na
tional Catholic Welfare Confer
ence at the meeting.
He noted that the Russians
outlawed abortion as a means of
birth control in 1936 because
they found it medically unsound
PITTSBURGH, (NC) — What
would you do if you were a com
munist and wished to limit the
number and quality of priests?
Bishop John J. Wright of
Pittsburgh gave his answer in
an address to the 17th annual
convention of Serra Internation
al here.
“I’d do what I could to get
Latin out of the schools, then
ancient history, then Greek . . .
and discovered that it weakened
the people’s emotional stability.
Dr. Cavanagh warned that
“the use of any method of birth
control or limitation leads to
frustration. Frustration leads to
hostility which may be directed
against the partner or against
the self. If it is directed against
the self, it leads to depression
and its natural consequences.
These reactions lead to feelings
of guilt . . . Such feelings of
guilt arise because of at least an
unconscious recognition of an
interference with a natural act
which makes sex. pleasure an
end in itself. Feelings of guilt
may in themselves provoke me
chanisms of defense which bring
about furthr psychic reper
cussions.”
as they have been gotten out
pretty effectively in schools
generally,” he said.
“But if, on the other hand, I
wanted to implement my pray
ers for vocations, I’d watch to
see that our schools held the
line of authentic education in
Latin, Greek, ancient history,
and whatever else would make
school kids work and introduce
them to the Christian tradition.”
Services For
J. C. McCarthy
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Funeral
services for John C. McCarthy
were held June 30th at the
Blessed Sacrament Churoh.
Mr. McCarthy was a retired
chief of detectives of the Sa
vannah Police Dept., he was a
member of the Knights of Co
lumbus, the Spanish War vet
erans.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
Adeline Bailey McCarthy; one
son, John C. McCarthy, Jr., of
Savannah; two daughters, Mrs.
Charles Meddlock of Jackson
ville and Mrs. Hayden H. Banks,
Jr:, of Savannah; seven grand
children and one niece.
Savannah Services
For J. William Lang
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Funeral
services for J. William Lang
were held June 27th at the Sa
cred Heart Church.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
Clara Bischoff Lang; two daugh
ters, Sister Mary Edward,
C. S. J., of Augusta, and Mrs.
C. J. Dulohery; two sons, J. W.
Lang, Jr., Berkley Heights, N. J.,
and E. W. Lang, Short Hills, N.
J., and seven grandchildren and
four great-grandchildren.
Services For
Joseph O’Campo
PORT WENTWORTH, Ga—
Funeral services for Joseph M.
Ocampo were held June 29th
at Our Lady of Lourdes Church.
Mr. Oacampo was a native of
Chile and a retired employee of
the Savannah Sugar Refinery.
He had lived in Tampa for the
past 12 years.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
Elizabeth Guthrie Ocampo and
a sister, Mrs. Julia Sarvelli,
Chile.
Asa D. Kelley
Heads Albany
Fourth Degree
ALBANY—Asa D. Kelley has
been elected faithful navigator
of the Albany Knights of Co
lumbus. Other officers elected
are L. E. Mock Jr., faithful cap
tain; Lamar M. Everson, faith
ful pilot; John M. Wolfe Jr.,
faithful admiral; Herman L.
Turner, faithful comptroller;
Frank N. Mock, inner sentinel
and Orville Vierling, outer sen
tinel.
The Rev. Marvin J. LeFrois
will serve as faithful friar for
the assembly.
PRAYER
FOR VOCATIONS
O God, hear our prayer
and let our cry come unto
Thee.
Bless our Diocese of Sav
annah with many priestly
vocations.
Give the young men You
call, the light to understand
Your gift and the love to
follow always in the foot
steps of Your Priestly Son.
—Indulgence of seven years
Mary, Queen of the Clergy,
pray for us,
St. John Vianney, pray for
us.
Imprimatur:
-fThomas J. McDonough
BISHOP MEETS RFE’S EDITORS
Visiting in Munich, Germany, is Bishop Thomas K. Gorman
(center), of the Diocese of Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, where
he met the religious editors of Radio Free Europe. For
many years Episcopal Chairman of the Press Department,
N.C.W.C., he is shown with Charles J. McNeill, Assistant
European Director, RFE and William H. Fanning, Jr., Di
rector of RFE’s News and Information Services. Mr. Mc
Neill is a former president of the Catholic Press Associa
tion of the United States. Mr. Fanning was formerly a news
editor of the NCWC News Service, Washington. (NC Photos)
On Sacred Heart Anniversary
The 60th anniversary of tiie consecration of the human race
to the Sacred Heart of Jesus was observed with a solemn
high Mass on the Feast of the Sacred Heart in the Sacred
Heart Chapel, “The American Paray-le-Monial” in Wash
ington, D. C. The celebrant, Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi,
Apostolic Delegate to the United States is shown with
Father Francis Larkin, SS.CC., National Director of the
Enthronement of the Sacred Heart ileft) greeting distin
guished guests, the Portuguese Ambassador and the Chi*
ne.se Ambassador. (NC Photos)
BISHOP TELLS WHAT HE’D
DO TO WEAKEN PRIESTHOOD
IF HE WERE A COMMUNIST
BLESSING OF CHILDREN—Father James Cummings, S.M.,
pastor of St. Francis Xavier, Brunswick, blesses one of the babies
of the Parish on the occasion of the “Blessing of the Children”
sponsored annually by the parish unit of the CCD. The altar boy
is Peter Vivenzio, Jr.
Kerala
Catholics
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tion of the shootings in his area
—in the course of which he was
stoned, but not harmed, by
communists —• added:
“It could be seen from police
firings so far that the firing was
on a pattern and was pre
planned in order to terrorize
Catholics.”
The Bishop’s statement was
echoed by Mathai Manjuran,
leader of Kerala’s Socialist par
ty. Charging that religious per
secution has now begun in Ker
ala, he said that the government
is trying to ‘isolate’ the Catho
lics. He called it part of com
munism’s “worldwide anti-
Catholic movement.”
The school picketing began
on June 15, the date set by the
Red regime for the reopening
of schools after a fortnight’s
postponement. Catholics and
Hindu Nairs — the major com
munities conducting schools in
this state where 7,000 out of the
total of 11,000 schools are pri
vately operated — had declared
in advance that their schools
would not reopen. Major point
of protest was the clause in the
education act requiring the
schools to select teachers only
from lists drawn up by the
government.
When the schools were sup
posed to reopen, the Kerala re
gime postponed indefinitely the
reopening date in the areas
where Catholic and Nair
schools are predominant. That
left the Trivandrum area,
where the government-run
schools are most heavily con
centrated, the major center of
school activity. So it was here
that the anti-Red forces concen
trated their picket lines about
government schools.
The school picketing was pre
ceded by three days of work
stoppages and other non-violent
demonstrations sponsored by
the oppposition parties — the
Congress and Socialist parties
and the Moslem League. Vir
tually all the demonstrations
came to a standstill after six
days for a Moslem festival
which is observed as a national
holiday.
But the next day, .picketing
was again resumed, with many
Catholic mothers in the fore
front, courting arrest. An esti
mated 3,000 — the majority of
them Catholics — were under
arrest as the first week of dem
onstrations came to an end.
The police invasion of St.
Joseph’s High School here,
where students barricaded
themselves to prevent the re
gime from forcing it to open,
brought a complaint to the na
tional government from Bish
op Vincent Dereere, O.C.D., of
Trivandrum. Bishop Dereere
called on the New Delhi autho
rities to intervene to prevent
the Kerala government from de
priving him of his constitution
al right to protect his schools.
Meanwhile, a statement by
Kerala’s Minister of Law and
Order, V.R. Krishna Iyer, was
seen as threatening an all out
campaign against the Church.
Mr. Iyer declared that the “real
battle” in Kerala is between the
Church and communism.
Communist party members
set about to try to split the
Catholic community by forming
leagues of lapsed Catholics to
oppose the clergy. Pro-com
munist teachers in Church
schools were used as police in
formers on Catholic defense
plans, and at the same time
Red propaganda organs sought
to have churches labeled as
weapons warehouses. -
Kerala’s Chief Minister, E. M.
Sankaran Namboodiripad, stat
ed flatly he would not conduct
the usual judicial inquiry into
the police killings. He also said
that the victims’ families would
not receive any state relief.
As a result, a private fund
was established to aid the be
reaved families. Archbishop
Parecattil and Bishop Vayalil
were among the initial donors.
Augusta Services
For C. A. Callahan
AUGUSTA, Ga.—F uneral
services for Cornelius A.
(NEAL) CALLAHAN were held
June 29th at St. Mary’s-on-the-
Hill Church, Rev. George James
officiating.
Survivors are his wife; Mrs.
Nellie Dasher Callahan; one
daughter, Miss Nell Callahan of
Augusta; one son Neal Callahan
Jr. of Augusta; one sister, Miss
Kathryn Callahan of Augusta;
two brothers, Bernard (Bill)
Callahan of Augusta and Wil
liam T. Callahan of Charleston,
S. C., and one aunt, Miss Har
riett E. Stinson of Augusta.
The social scale is the world’s
mos unreliable weighing ma
chine.
Police Raids
Crack Two
Smut Rings
ST. LOUIS, (NC) — Police
raids have broken up two dif
ferent groups here, halting
what County Police Capt. Rich
ard Hackmeyer called the larg
est obscenity business in St.
Louis area history.
In the first case, two brothers
were arrested on charges of
sending advertisements for ob
scene pictures through the mails.
During eight weeks in opera
tion, tney had mailed advertise
ments for more than $500,000
worth of obscene photographs
to some 60,000 prospective cus
tomers, police said.
Nine persons were arrested
in the second raid on charges
of selling obscene films. Police
found some $5,000 worth of
movie equipment in a studio-
garage from which the ring had
operated for four years. They
confiscated 100 reels of film
depicting natural and unnatural
sexual acts.
Evidence against the mem
bers of the film ring was gath
ered by St. Louis county de
tective John Bond and St. Louis
city detective John Keady.
The two detectives posed as
prospective buyers of the films
in order to get information
about the ring’s operations. De
tective Bond, who had kept up
his masquerade for five months,
was arrested along with mem
bers of the ring and remained
in jaii with them for two days,
during which time he picked up
further data on their activities.
Capt. Hackmeyer said the
ring operated one of the largest
obscene film manufacturing
piants in the country. Eight
millimeter films were sold
wholesale for about $8 each,
with 16 millimeter films priced
at $18.
Complaints from parents of
children who had been sent
advertisements for their ob-
sqene photographs were credit
ed by officials with leading to
the arrest of the two brothers.
Eiared Miller of the St. Louis
postal inspector’s office said:
“Not only did the parents noti
fy us of the fact the material
was sent, but they sent the
whole envelope to us, showing
both the addresses and the post
mark, as well as the material
sent ... As a result, the oper
ation was stopped within a few
weeks after it began.”
The brothers have been
charged with violating a Fed
eral law forbidding mailing of
obscene material. Conviction
carries a maximum penalty of
five years in jail or a $5,000
fine, or both.
Unless Federal agents file a
complaint, the film ring oper
ators can be convicted of no
more than a misdemeanor ac
cording to Missouri law. City,
county and state statutes con
cerning sale of obscene matter
limit penalties to a maximum
of one year’s imprisonment and
a $100 fine. Should the ring
members be indicted on a fed
eral charge of transporting ob
scene material with intent to
sell it, they can be convicted of
a felony, which has as its max
imum penalty a $5,000 fine and
five years imprisonment.
It’s a fact by the time some
people make up their minds op
portunity has passed them by.
If you wish to be popular lend
the other fellow a helping hand
instead of handing him advice.
Savannah Services
For J. T. Harvey
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Funeral
services for James Thomas
Aloysius Harvey were held June
19th at the Blessed Sacrament
Church.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
Ida Pinckney Harvey, Savan
nah; one brother, Joseph Har
vey; several nephews and a
niece.
William C. H iors
Services At Augusta
AUGUSTA — Funeral serv
ices for William George Hiers
were held, June 27th at the
Sacred Heart Church, Rev. John
E. O’Donnohoe, S.J., officiat
ing.
Survivors are one sister, Mrs.
J. M. Fender of Augusta.
Services For
Mrs. Nordberg
SAVANNAH, Ga — Funeral
services for Mrs. Isabel Harper
Nordberg were held June 19th
at the Cathedral of St. John the
Baptist.
Survivors are three sons, Har
ry A. Harper, Richmond, Va.,
Bernard W. Harper and Robert
Harper both of Savannah; 16
grandchildren and eight great
grandchildren, and two neph
ews.
Services For
Miss Magarahan
AUGUSTA, Ga—F uneral
services for Miss Mary A.
Magarahan were held June 23rd
at St. Mary’s-on-the-Hill Church
Rev. Ralph E. Seikel officiating.
Survivors are two sisters,
Anne C. Magarahan and Helen
Magarahan of Augusta; two
brothers, J. Carroll Magarahan
of Greenville, S. C., and Francis
X. Magarahan of Anderson, S.
C., and several nieces and
nephews.
People who want to find fault
can always find plenty of raw
material wherever they are.
A real diplomat is a man who
has the ability to convince peo
ple that they want what he
wants them to want.
The man who gets himself
into a peck of trouble never has
to complain of short measure.
Mary Lou Bettencourt (above),
of New Bedford, Mass., recent
graduate of Regis College, Bos
ton, is en route to La Paz,
Bolivia, where as a member of
the Lay Apostolate Movement,
she will teach for one year at
the English Catholic College
staffed by the Sisters of the
Good Shepherd. Students from
other New England Catholic
colleges will aid understaffed
missions as teachers, (NC
Plinfnc^