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PAGE 8—THE BULLETIN, May 28, 1960
NEW HOME & SCHOOL
OFFICERS AT MACON
MACON—At the final meet
ing of the school year Joe
Genone, retiring president, in
stalled the following new offi
cers for the year 1960-61: Mrs.
George T. Powell, Jr., Presi
dent; Mrs. Andrew W. Mc
Kenna, Vice-President; Mrs. A.
D. Younis, Recording Secretary;
Mrs. E. L. Hofstadter, Corre
sponding Secretary; J. Thomas
McGoldrick, Treasurer. Mrs.
Powell announced the commit
tee chairmen: Athletics, Ed
Hatcher and Joe Genohe; Cul
tural Development, Mrs. Wm. M.
Syme, Jr.; Health, Mrs. Phillip
F. Powell; Hospitality, Mrs. Don
.Kehaya; Membership, Mrs.
Chris Sheridan; N.C.C.W., Mrs.
Richard Cowan; Program, Joe
McGoldrick; Publicity, Mrs.
George Currey; Scouting, Mrs.
Louis Shaheen; Ways and
Means, Mrs. Robert Young;
Civil Defense, Ben L. Kersey,
Jr.; Parliamentarian, Andrew
McKenna.
In giving his annual report
Mr. Genone summarized and
evaluated the work of the past
year. A new plan—holding
Open House rather than a busi
ness meeting every other month
—proved highly popular. At
these sessions the teachers re
mained in their classrooms,
which gave each parent ample
opportunity for a personal con
ference in regard to his child’s
progress.
Highlighting the other meet
ings were “A TALK BY OUR
DIOCESAN SUPERINTEN
DENT,” Reverend John Cuddy;
“A CHRISTMAS PROGRAM”
by the children of St. Joseph
School; “CIVIL DEFENSE,” in
cluding a plan for evacuating
the school, by Ben L. Kersey,
Jr., who is on the Civil Defense
Committee in Bibb County and
closely associated with the State
of Georgia Director.
Through the Cultural De
velopment Committee the school
library was staffed with volun
teer workers each day; new
books were donated to the li
brary. Through the efforts of
Mrs. Robert Young the Junior
League of Macon presented its
annual play to the St. Joseph
School children.
In co-operation with the Bibb
County Board of Health chil
dren who had their parents’ per
mission were given tuberculosis
tests this year.
In January in co-operation
with the NCCW the Home and
.School Association sponsored
the bi-weekly Sewing Bee for
making cancer pads and dress
ings for Our Lady of Perpetual
Help Free Cancer Home in
Atlanta.
A very active Scouting Pro
gram had all of St. Joseph’s Girl
Scout troops represented at the
city-wide •'Ingathering,” award
ed 129 badges to Cub Scouts
and presented the pack on tele-
_ vision, noted 88 advancements
in the Boy Scout Troop and sent
the troop to the Middie-Georgia
Council’s Annual Camporee.
In the field of Athletics the
upper grades have enjoyed a
well-rounded program of foot
ball, basketball, and baseball
and for the use of all the chil
dren softball and bats, and
dodge balls have been pur
chased.
SURRENDER
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As fund raising projects, as
well as fun for the family, the
Halloween Festival, an Aunt
Jemima Pancake Breakfast and
a Family Sunday Dinner met
with great success.
BUSY SCHEDULE
FOR SAVANNAH
CATHOLIC YOUTH
SAVANNAH—Members of the
Catholic Youth Councils of the
various parishes in the Savan
nah area had a busy week end
recently. Though they meet
weekly in their own parishes,
these groups of young people
of high school age often plan
their activities on an inter-
parochial or Deanery basis
when their officers and commit
tee chairmen of the spiritual,
cultural, social and physical de
partments meet with their
spiritual directors and their
adult advisors.
The Blessed Sacrament CYC
invited other CYC’s to their
Friday the 13th Movie Party in
the School Gym. Dancing fol
lowed a mystery movie and re
freshments were served.
The Deanery Physical Com
mittee held a Swim Party at
the DeSoto Pool on Saturday,
the 14th. After the swim, a
hamburger fry was enjoyed at
the Cathedral Parking Lot, fol
lowed by dancing in the School
Hall.
On Sunday afternoon May
15th the boys’ and girls’ teams
participated in the Softball
League, at Forsyth Park. This
will continue each Sunday af
ternoon during the softball sea
son.
Square dancing is another ac
tivity of the Physical Depart
ment, with classes being con
ducted on Tuesday evenings at
7:30 in the Nativity Hall.
As their spiritual activity
CYC’s receive Holy Communion
in a body monthly in their re
spective parishes, their last
joint Communion and Breakfast
being held at Blessed Sacrament
on April 24.
St. Mary’s
CYe Elects
Officers
AUGUST A—At the recent
monthly business meeting, the
Youth Council of St. Mary’s on
the Hill, elected new officers.
The results of the election were
as follows: president, William
Shealy; vice-president, Lee
Etheredge; secretary, Jane Bled
soe; and treasurer, Mar lie
Jacobs.
At the Honor Banquet which
was held at Aquinas last Sun
day the new committee chair
men were appointed: Spiritual
Chairman, Eugene Long, Jr.;
Cultural Chairman, Julia D’-
Antignac; Social Chairman, Lee
Bussey; and Physical Chairman,
Jimmy Cook. These new officers
and committee chairmen will be
formally installed in September.
Anne Smith was named as
the outstanding Council mem
ber of the year. Anne, who is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Smith of 1313 Stovall
Street is a Senior member of
St. Mary’s CYC.
of country, respect for law, and
“satisfaction with our basic pol
itical and social order . . . would
vanish,” he added.
“For the existence we have
known,” Sen. Dodd said, “com
munist rule would mean death
as final as the grave.”
“This is the fate which the
avant-garde of the neutralists
is willing to accept now,” he
stated, “if they can thereby pur
chase (by unilateral disarma
ment) the guarantee that there
will be no war: death of soul,
death of the spirit, death of the
heart, if only the body is per
mitted to live.”
"Lei our people live, and if
need be die, in defense of our
faith, our freedom and our
country, confident that our in
dividual destiny and the sur
vival of our race is yet in the
hands of Divine Providence. .
the Senator concluded.
Patronise
Our
New Sodalists
deceived
It Aquinas
AUGUSTA -— Twenty-five
candidates were received into
the Girls’ Sodality at Aquinas
High School. The reception fol
lowed a Dialogue Mass offered
by the Sodality Director, Father
Ralph Siekel.
Immediately after the recep
tion the new sodalitists ^rere en
tertained with a breakfast in
the cafeteria. Father Siekel
congratulated the newly receiv
ed and explained to them what
an honor it was to be a member
of the Sodality.
Those received are: Patricia
Armstrong, Mari-Gloria Arroyo,
Kay Campbell, Rosemarie Cas-
ella, Helen Deigman, Maryan
Doris, Roberta Emerson, Dee
Evans, Laura Gary, Maureen
Herman, Ellen Horton, Johanna
Keip, Judy Kirsch, Suzanne
Lawrence, Cheryl Lewis, Patri
cia Lucky, Frances McLaughlin,
Melinda Milz, Mae Mulherin,
Charlene Nagel, Nancy Roberts,
Janet Salmon, Gloria Sumner,
Heien Turley, and Elizabeth
Whildcn.
FIRST COMMUNION CLASS AT CATHEDRAL—First communcants of the Cathedral Day School are pictured with the Most
Rev. Thomas J. McDonough, D.D., J.C.D., Bishop of Savannah, and their pastor, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. T. James McNamara, P.A., V.G.,
V.F., Rector of the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Savannah. Children pictured are, first row, left to right: Edna Murrin, Glenda
Forbes, Linda Corish, Linda Glassen, Patrice Richardson, Bonita Chapman, Joseph Sheehan, Franklin Forbes, Anthony Balcom,
John Bouchea, Jo Jo Thompson, James Johnstown; Second row: Joan Labarbera, Patricia Bryan, Kathy Shippen, Kathy Lyle,
Mary Brady, Mildred Cook, Danny Muller, Thomas Luther, George Bargeron, Thomas Moore, Billy Charnuck; Third row: Eliza
beth Oliver, Helen Cook, Theresa O’Neill, Nancy Ray, Mary Dufour, Henry Spivey, Michael Harrison, Michael Crawford, Tony
Grossi; Fourth row: Sally Elmore, Susan Rainey, Kathleen Burke, Sandra Murrin, Julia Dyer, Irene Jaffs, Emily Moore, Helen
Broderick, Jacqueline Embler.—(Andrew Bunn Photo).
Catholic Women
Elect New
Club Officers
VALDOSTA—The final meet
ing of the year of St. John’s
Catholic Women’s Club was held
Tuesday evening, May 10, at the
new school with Mrs. T. S.
Dvorak, president, presiding.
A report on the Library and
Literature Committee was given
by Mrs. John Donnelly. Mrs.
Zeno Sutter and Mrs. Elmore
Thrash reported on the recent
Deanery meeting in Albany and
the Diocesan meeting in Savan
nah. * a:
A financial statement cover
ing the two year’s work of the
outgoing administration was
read by the treasurer, Mrs. Kel
ley Kalil. All the circles had
turned in their quotas for the
year. After an explanation of its
purpose by Mrs. E. O. Kline, the
annual purse was taken up for
the Madonna Plan.
It was announced that St.
John’s Catholic Women’s Club
will be host in the fall to the
ladies of the Columbus Deanery;
also that the Thirtieth National
Convention of the National
Council of Catholic Women will
be held in Las Vegas, October
31, to November 4, 1960.
Miss Helen Pollard, a past
president, conducted the instal
lation of the new slate of offi
cers for the ensuing term:
President, Mrs. Richard Jos
eph; Vice President, Mrs. D. L.
Lajeunesse; Corresponding Sec
retary, Mrs. T. B. Jenkins; Re
cording Secretary, Mrs. Marion
Grimes; Treasurer, Mrs. C. J.
Cooke.
Rev. Thomas H. Payne closed
the meeting with a few re
marks regarding the function of
the Catholic Women’s Club;
that it was a most excellent of
women’s groups, by its objects
and its means and results; by
its practice of virtues in all its
endeavors, and by its results in
the development of leadership.
Final Meeting
At Blessed
Sacrament
SAVANNAH — The final
meeting of the Blessed Sacra
ment Home and School Asso
ciation was held on Wednesday,
May 11th. The pastor, Msgr.
Thomas Brennan, and the prin
cipal, Sr. Mary Jude, R.S.M.,
said that the children are to be
commended for their behavior
and the parents for their co
operation.
RECEIVES WEST POINT
APPOINTMENT — Richard
Rhodes of St. Teresa’s parish,
Albany, has received an ap
pointment to West Point.
Richard received his appoint
ment through Congressman Pil
cher, having received the high
est grade of any candidate from
the district.
Sodality Names
1960-61 Officers
AUGUSTA — The Girls’ So
dality of Aquinas High School
recently elected officers for the
1960-1961 school year.
Those elected were Eidth
Reed, prefect; Connie Enzbren-
ner, vice-prefect; Lee Bussey,
secretary, and Janet Salmon,
treasurer.
These new officers and Che-
rie Carpenter will represent the
Sodality at the Hendersonville
Summer School of Catholic Ac
tion.
This summer school is a lead
ership training center for Cath
olic youth of the Southeastern
area. It will be held at Our
Lady of the Hills Camp.
QUALIFY AS
CATECHISTS
P H E N I X CITY, ALA.—A
group of twenty-nine adult
catechists from the Columbus-
Phenix City area formally com
pleted their training and re
ceived certification on Sunday,
May 15, in a ceremony at St.
Patrick’s Church in Phenix City.
The ceremony comes at the
official completion of courses
in both Christian Doctrine and
Methods of Teaching Doctrine
that began last October and
have met each Monday evening
for the entire school year.
Besides five Brothers from
Holy Trinity and four Sisters
from St. Patrick’s School, the
group includes eleven men and
women from Our Lady of
Lourdes parish in Columbus and
nine from St. Patrick’s in
Phenix City.
Change Name
Of St. Teresa’s
Altar Society
ALBANY — The regular
monthly meeting of St. Teresa’s
Altar Society was held in the
school auditorium with the pre
sident, Mrs. Ken Lewis, presid
ing. Father Marvin J. LeFrois
opened the meeting iw i t h a
prayer.
The group will change its
name to “Catholic Women’s
Council,” with this change go
ing into effect at the September
meeting. It was further decided
to hold all future meetings in
the Catholic Youth Hall located
on Residence Avenue.
These future meetings will be
held on the first Monday of
each month with alternate day
time and evening meetings. Ev
ery other meeting will be a
luncheon meeting. The remain
der of the meetings will be held
at 8:00 o’clock in the evening.
The president reminded the
members of the national con
vention of the National Council
of Catholic Women which will
be held in Las Vegas in the
fall and urged that we send a
delegate from this council.
Mrs. J. L. Lindsey, chairman
of the nominating committee,
presented the following slate of
officers to serve during the
coming year: President, Mrs.
Paul Anderson; Vice President,
Mrs. G. M. Barrett; Secretary,
Mrs. Fran Hutnick; Treasurer,
Mrs. Harry Stephenson.
Father LeFrois expressed his
appreciation to the outgoing of
ficers and presented Mrs. Lewis
with a gift. The program was a
rendition of several vocal se
lections presented by the girls
of the 5th grade. The meeting
was adjourned and refresh
ments served.
St. James
Names Officers
SAVANNAH — Mrs. Frank
Cullum was elected president
at the annual meeting of the
St. James Home and School As
sociation. Father John Fiero,
Assistant Pastor, installed the
new president along with the
following officers:
President-elect, Mr. Jack
Ahern; Vice-president, Mrs.
Dan Willoughby; Recording
Secretary, Mrs. John Considine;
Treasurer, Mrs. William T.
Gaudry. The retiring president,
Mrs. Edward J. Fogarty, ex
pressed her gratitude to all the
out-going officers and commit
tee chairmelen for their work
during the past year, and asked
for a standing ovation for Mrs.
Thomas Lang and Mr. Joseph V.
Ryan for their outstanding work
on the May Festival.
Mrs. M. J. Prouty introduced
Joseph Porrciau who gave a
demonstration of 4-H work in
Hugh Grady
Speaker At
Statesboro
STATESBORO—T h e annual
Mother’s Day communion break
fast of the Holy Name Society
of St. Matthew’s Church, States
boro, Georgia, was held at the
American Legion Club on Sun
day, May 8.
Newly elected, officers are:
Roger Fluet, Cobbtown, Presi
dent; Wallace Gacek, Statesboro,
Vice President and Secretary;
Jerry Ernst, Statesboro, Treas
urer.
The Society presented Brother
Christopher, of Glenmary Home
Mission, a two-suiter suitcase as
a going-away present on his de
parture from Georgia to work
in other missionary fields.
Hugh H. Grady, K.S.G., talked
to the men, taking as his subject
the participation on the laity in
Liturgy.
Mr. Thomas J. Buttimer, Pro
gram Chairman of the Knights
of Columbus gave a talk on the
Knights of Columbus.
Also present was Mr. Leo A.
Harrington, of Chicago, Illinois.
stamp collecting, followed by
Joseph Prouty who demonstrat
ed his 4-H project of penny col
lecting. Miss Terry Tatum,
award winner in public speak
ing, told of “Importance of
Keeping Good 4-H Records.”
MISS HARPER
GEORGIA IRISH
HISTORY WINNER
SAVANNAH — Miss Joan
Harper frdm Nativity of Our
Lord parish, Thunderbolt, has
won top state honors in the es
say contest sponsored by the
Ladies Auxiliary A.O.H., Sav
annah.
Miss Harper’s prize winning
essay will now be considered in
the nationwide contest on Irish
history which is sponsored by
the national Ladies Auxiliary
A.O.H.
ST. MARY'S
AUXILIARY
AUGUSTA — The final meet
ing of St. Mary’s Ladies Auxil
iary for the year 1959-60 was
highlighted by several interest
ing reports. Miss Anna Rice, as
sisted by Mrs. F: X. Mulherin,
gave a delightful account of
the annual Diocesan Conven
tion, which they had recently
attended. This was of particular
interest since a member of St.
Mary’s Auxiliary, Mrs. Norman
Boatwright, presided as Dioces
an president.
Mrs. James Cullman gave the
annual Treasurer’s repprt, show
ing final figures in the black.
Mrs. E. V. Hastings, Chair
man of the Citizens for Decent
Literature Committee, read a
request from Mr. Charles Keat
ing to send him samples of in
decent literature found on the
newsstands in Augusta, to be
used to illustrate his talk to the
Granahan Senate Committee,
which is to conduct hearings on
this subject on May 27th in
Washington. Mr. Keating is to
give the opening address to this
committee, as they begin their
report of investigations. Some
post cards were written at the
meeting to the Granahan Com
mittee, commending their inter
est in this matter.
It was voted to send the Altar
boys on a 1 day’s outing to Camp
Villa Marie to have a picnic
with the students of St. John
Vianney Minor Seminary, to be
followed by a tour of the sem
inary.
Mrs. Hastings, as Chairman
of the Nominating Committee,
presented the following slate of
new officers for the coming
year: President, Mrs. James
Cullum; Vice-President, Mrs.
Graham Der,iso; Secretary, Mrs.
Thomas Bailey; and Treasurer,
Mrs. Albert Rice. These officers
were unanimously elected.
After Mrs. Louis Battey gave
a splendid annual report of her
year as president, Mrs. Hastings
presented her with a gift of' ap
preciation on behalf of the Aux
iliary. Next Msgr. Bourke in
stalled the new officers.
Following several announce
ments, including a request by
Mrs. Eugene Long for surplices
for six new altar boys, the
meeting was adjourned.
D.C.C.W. OFFICERS — Newly elected officers of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Wo
men are pictured above. (1 to r): Mrs. E. H. Buck, Macon, treasurer; Mrs. Edwin Mulligan, Sav
annah, 1st vice president; Mrs. John Barry, Columbus, president; Mrs. James Dembrowski,
Macon, 2nd vice president and Miss Margaret Collins, Savannah, secretary.—(Bulletin Staff
Photo)
CONFIRMATION AT VALDOSTA — The Most Rev. Thomas J. McDonough, D.D., J.C.D., Bishop of Savannah, is pictured
with the confirmation class of St. John the Evangelist parish, Valdosta. The class was composed of more than 50 children.
Sr. Mary Jude said that in
comparison with one half mil
lion children, the children of
this diocese rated above the
average in all phases of aca
demic achievement. This rating
was based upon the mid-term
exams given.
The annual school picnic will
be held at the Savannah Beach
Memorial Park on Tuesday,
May 31.
Following the graduation ex
ercises on June 3rd, the asso
ciation will serve refreshments
to the graduates.
Mrs. George Abelson was ap
pointed chairman of the Gold
Bond Group Project Plan. All
members of our association are
urged to contact her to learn
how the school can benefit by
saving these stamps.
FIRST COMMUNION CLASS MOST BLESSED SACRAMENT PARISH. SAVANNAH