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pa6e 8—the BULLETIN, June 9, 1962 HERE AND THERE MARY McCALL elected president, St. Mary’s Altar So ciety (Americus), at meeting held May 2. Other officers elected: MRS. O. A. FRICK, treas . . . MRS. R. JAMES DOTSON (Savannah) unani mously re-elected to office of president of Chatham County Garden Club Council . . . GEORGE DOERNER, famous Savannah band leader,taking his group to N. Y. for month’s re turn engagement at famous Roseland Dance City in Times Square . . . Telfair Academy (Savannah) has set aside month of October for display based on theme, “Maritime Savannah, 1733-1962’’. Working with Tel fair director, DAVID REESE will be, among others, WALTER C. HARTRIDGE, FRANK ROS- SITER, SR., and EUGENE MEREDITH . . . Former Chat ham County Attorney JOHN J. BOl'HAN presented silver serving bowl on evening of May 23, 1962, by Grand Knight EUGENE POWERS (Savannah Council ff 631) in recognition of his election to Grand Knight hood in 1912, 50 years ago . . . FR. JOHN W'ERESZ, S.V.D., IN Savannah visiting sister, MRS. JOHN F. GOOLEY. Back in States after 26 1/2 years in Chili. Second American Catho lic to Chili . . . Suggestion being made to Parade Commit tee Chairman DANIEL J. KEANE to lengthen St. Patrick’s Day festivities in Savannah to a 3 - day celebration . . . FLAN NERY O’CONNOR, former Savannahian, receiving hono rary degree of Doctor of Let ters from University of Notre Dame. The noted author re sides with her mother, MRS. EDWARD O’CONNOR, at their farm near Milledgeville, Ga. . . PICOT FLOYD, first director of Historic Savannah Foundation , Inc., honored on May 29, 1962, with a reception held in gar dens of famous Owens-Thomas House . . . Congratulations go to WILLIAM M. STARRS, Little Theatre director, for masterful production “The Miracle Work er", a play based on childhood of Helen 'Keller. Billy will be a professor at Armstrong Junior College (Savannah) come Fall. . . . . Officers for Sacred Heart Home and School Association (’62-’63): MRS. FLEMCLIETT, pres.; MRS. PETER CZARNY, 1st v-pres.; JOHN G. BUTLER, 2nd v-pres.; MRS. LAURIE AB BOTT, recording sec.; MRS. JULIUS FINE, corresponding sec.; and HAROLD EMERSON, treasurer. BILL LAIN, outgoing president . . . JOE DiNATALE, Jr., and PAUL MYRICK, mem bers of Troop 16, sponsored by Blessed Sacrament Church (Savannah) have become Eagle Scouts. Both are members of Order of the Arrow. New Officers Sacred Heart Holy Name SAVANNAH-The newly elect ed officers of the Holy Name So ciety of Sacred Heart Church i have been announced by Father I Terence Kernan, O.S.B., Pas tor. Elected at the monthly Breakfast Meeting on Sunday, May 13, they will be installed at the June meeting. They are: Pres. Anthony K. Gannam, Sr.; 1st V.P. Edward J. Brown, Jr.; 2nd V. P. Hugh H. Grady, Sr.; Sec. Edward T. Brennan; Treas. Paul E. Thompson, Sr.; Marshall Mat thew Reed. Father Luke Bain, O. S.B. is Spiritual Director. Social At St. Mary’s, Americus AMERICUS- The lawn of St. Mary’s in Americus was the scene of an ice cream social on Sunday May 20, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Heaping plates of homemade cake, baked by la dies of the parish were ser ved for 25<£. As 3:30approach ed, the lawn was a beehive of activity - and apprehension. Over 500 tickets had been sold for this event, but there was doubt as to how many would come. Perhaps only a few would bother to come out on such a hot afternoon. Wouldn’t it be awful, if so many came that we didn’t have enough! Chairs were grouped on the lawn under the shade trees; guests came to eat ice cream and stayed to visit with their friends and neighbors in the cool spot blessed with an oc casional breeze. Many out for a Sunday afternoon ride, put on the brakes when they saw the large “ICE CREAM SO CIAL" sign and the relaxed community and stopped to join were served, many for which tickets had not been sold. The ladies and men of the parish were delighted with the success of this event. All of the workers thoroughly enjoy ed their work, some even stay ed after their alloted time to help was over. . We feel that even though a large sum of money was not made, the whole project was well worth the time and the effort, in that it brought so many of us together, and we plan to have a bigger and better affair the next time! Some of our friends have al ready asked, “When are you going to have another one"? The money we made was for a definite purpose. Now when we see our Altar Boys in their new cassocks and surplices, we can say. “We helped to get them for our 'Servers of God’’’. Mrs. Tommy Hooks III was publicity chairman. . . . Two Albany residents have been elected student of ficers at ST. BERNARD COLLEGE, (ullman, Ala. JAMES WILLIAM MOCK was elected Secretary of the Stu dent Government Association and MICHAEL M. KNIGHT was elected President of the Senior Class. Next deadline June 14. Mail to Fr. Lawrence A. Lucree P. O. Box 2227 Savannah, Ga. Albany PCCW Names Officers ALBANY-St. Teresa's Coun cil of Catholic Women elected the following officers at their May meeting. They are, Presi dent, Mrs. A. T. Cyganiewicz; Vice-President, Mrs. Kenneth Hutnick; Treasurers, Mrs. Lawrence Mock, Jr.;Secretary, Mrs. Gordon Whelan, Jr. The slate of officers was presented by Mrs. Paul Anderson, Jr. chairman of the nominating committee. Mrs. L. E. Mock, Columbus Deanery President, gave a most interesting report of the recent 23rd Annual Convention of the Savannah Diocesan Council of Catholic Women held recent ly in Augusta. Following the business ses sion, a delightful and amusing skit was presented by various “talented" members of the Council. Also participating on the program were members of Maude Evelyn Murphy Dance Studio, Cub Pack 103, Den 1 and Girl Scout Troup 296. St. Mary’s Home & School AUGUSTA - At the May meet ing of the Home and School As sociation of St. Mary’s on-the- Hill Parish School, the presi dent Mrs. Paul Herndon thank ed Msgr. Daniel J. Bourke, pas tor, Sister Mary Gerald, princi pal, the Sisters and Lay teach ers, the officers and committee chairmen for their cooperation during the year. She read a sum mary of the accomplishments of the school year and called upon each chairman for her report. The grade count was taken by Sister Mary Terence and the attendance prize was won by Sister Marguerite’s third grade. The nominating committee presented the slate of officers for the coming year. They are President, Mrs. Alfred Battey, Jr.; Vice-president, Mrs. A. Joseph Green; Treasurer, Mrs. Alfred Monsalvatge; Secretary, Mrs. Val Hastings; Historian, Mrs. Gould B. Hagler and audi tor, Mrs. Frank Murray. Mrs. Herndon was presented a silver card tray as a token of appreciation and was given a hearty round of applause. Following the meeting, a de licious covered dish supper was enjoyed by the parents. Contribute $900,000 UTRECHT, The Netherlands, (NC) - Dutch Catholics con tributed close to $900,000 to the Bishops' lenten campaign to help meet the needs of the Church throughout the world. Jones Heads Macon K. Of C. WARNER ROBINS FIRST COMMUNION - First Com munion Class of Sacred Heart Church, Warner Robins, Mother’s Day, 1962. One of the largest classes at this church, 58 members. Religious in back row L to R: Sister M. Clare; Mother M. Regis; Rev. Robert Brennan; Rev. William Ahers; Sister M. Vincent; Sister M. DeSales; Sister M. Vienney. PICTURED IS Rev. Paul Burkort, S.M. Pastor of St. Francis Xavier Church in Bruns wick with the First Communion Class. The group received Holy Communion on April 29th (41 children). Albany PTA Hears Msgr. D. J. Bourke ALBANY - St. Teresa’s PTA held their final meeting of the school year in the auditorium with Mr. Robert McCormack, Jr. president, presiding. Mr. McCormack expressed his ap preciation to his advisors,Sis ter Miriam and Father Le- Frois, and to his executive board for the splendid coopera tion given him during his term of office. A gift was presented Mr. McCormack on behalf of the Association by Mrs. Lee King, Vice-President. Mr. Ralph Will will take over the office of presidency for the next year. Mr. William Burgess, pro gram chairman, announced that this was Faculty Appreciation night and an informal social would be held after the meet ing to honor Sister Miriam, whose term of six years as principal would expire. Father LeFrois introduced the former pastor of St. Tere sa’s, Rt. Rev. Msgr. Daniel J. Bourke, the guest speaker. Msgr. Bourke particularly paid tribute to Sister Miriam and reminisced to the time when he brought the first Sisters to teach at St. Teresa's in 1945 to a class of 33, eleven of which were non-Catholic child ren. He said “it is a pleasure to rejoice with the growth of St. Teresa’s as it is now the second largest school in the diocese". Banks Burgess, president of the 8th grade Civics Club pre sented Sister Miriam with a spiritual bouquet consisting of offered Masses and prayers on behalf of the entire student body. Refreshments were served after the meeting. PICTURED ABOVE is the May Queen of Blessed Sacrament Church, (Savannah) surrounded by her court. Back row (left to right) Kathleen Russell, Margaret Muller, Queen, Natalie Walker and Ruth Owens. Bottom row (left to right) Ellen O’Connor, Charles Sandefur, page, Stephen Brodeur, crown bearer, Robert Gegineck, page and Deborah Ownbey. The May Procession was held on May 20, SAVANNAH BEACH FIRST COMMUNION - First Communicants of St. Michael’s Church are pictured with their pastor and their teacher and school principal. Standing left to right are Carol Harper, Susannah Davis, Catherine Cooley. Second row - James Moye, George Powers, Michael Hosti, Patrick Fahey, Thomas Mulling. Rev. Robert Teoli, Pastor of Saint Michael’s Church, Sister Mary Angelica, Principal, Sister Mary Terence Second Grade Teacher. - (Tybee Beach Photo) MACON - Ed Jones was elect ed Grand Knight of Macon Coun cil 925, Knights of Columbus, to succeed Phil Powell, com pleting two terms, and who was elected trustee for a three- year term. Other officers named this week are William Syme, Jr., deputy grand knight, Frank Hornyak, re-elected warden, Hab Casson, re-elected ad vocate, Dewey Lamb, chancel lor, Gregg Puster, recorder, Claude W. Spence, treasurer, and Irvin F. Impink, Jr., trus tee to fill the unexpired term of the late Joseph McNeil. Ray Powell was elected inside guard and Jim Puster, outside guard. Committee chairman will be named at the first meeting in July when the new officers are installed. JOURNALISM BANQUET - John Wright, Jr., assistant editor and promotion manager of THE CATHOLIC WEEK, Mobile-Birmingham Diocese was speaker at the annual Journalism Banquet held recently at St. Bernard College, Cullman, Ala. Mr. Wright is pictured with Michael Richard son Warner Robins, Photographer for the NEWS AND BERNARDIAN, (L), and William Mock, Jr., Albany, Co- Editor of the BERNARDIAN. Bulletin Editor Addresses Serrnns Name Officers At Valdosta VALDOSTA - The Home and School Association of St.John’s School held their final meeting with the following officers elec ted to serve for the coming year: President, Mrs. Joseph Stark; Vice-President, Mrs. abe Dennis; Secretary, Mrs. Frank Birdv. and Treasurer, Mrs. Henry Halter. Sacred Heart Sodality Officers SAVANNAH - Newly elected officers of the Sacred Heart School Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary are: President - Kathy Kenney; Vice-President - Michael Kel ley; Secretary - Virginia Corish; Treasurer - Michael Evans. Moderator of the Sodality is Sister Margaret Eugenia. Forty - One (Continued from Page 1) Linda Hammett, Jacquelin Hel- verson, Antoinette Hill, The- rese Jiran, Suzanne Jodoin. Sally Lovell, Henry Morgan, Mary Louise Muller, Leonard Olson, Genevieve Pigman, Ronald Phillips, Lucille Powell, Dorothy Puder, Christopher Remion, Rosemary Rochefort, Saunders, Mary Jane Shippen, Joyce Spivey, Giblert Stacy, Beverly Steller, Bernard Tay lor, Terrance Thompson, Wil liam B. Traywick, Joyce Walker, Kathleen Woodward. SAVANNAH- The Rev. Fran cis J. Donohue, pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Port Wentworth, and editor of the Savannah BULLETIN, was the featured speaker at a meeting of the Serra Club of Savannah at its monthly meeting, held at the DeSoto Hotel. Father Donohue spoke on “The Catholic Press". Quoting Pope St. Piux X's admonition, “In vain will you found miss ions and build schools, if you are not able to wield the of fensive and defensive weapon of a loyal Catholic Press", he warned of the dangers in volved in neglecting Catholic reading. “For the most part,"he said, “the day is gone when a great part of the work of the Catho lic press was answering di rect attacks upon the Church and Catholic Doctrine. “Today oVr Faith is endan gered, not so much by overt attack as by a sort of subver sion. We Catholics, as much as anyone else are in danger of absorbing, by some kind of ‘osmosis’ the ideas and thought forms of the neo-paganism re flected in what might almost be called a 'hunger' for news of the sordid doings of Ameri can actors and acresses in Rome recently, apd the cyc- nical disregard for traditional Christian standards of mod esty dress, theatre, and writ ing. We are bombarded with the notion that there is no such thing as spiritual authority. The things of the world and the desires of worldlings - these things are, with great subtlety, being placed above the things of the spirit and the Will of God, especially as He mani fests it through His Teaching Church. Evidence of this grow ing secularism is to be seen in the recent unhappy events in New Orleans. “The Catholic Press is not merely a bulletin board for Altar and Rosary Societies," he declared. “It is an im portant organ of information, education, and spiritual forma tion, in a Church which Christ commissioned to tell us, with authority, what we must believe and do in order to be saved." He urged the Serrans to widen their Catholic reading habits and to be familiar, not only with catechetical knowledge, but with the "application of Christian Doctrine in every facet of in dividual living, family comm unity, national and international. The Serra Club is an organi zation of Catholic men dedi cated to fostering vocations to the Priesthood. Before closing the meeting, newly elected President Thomas McCarthy urged mem bers to greater recruiting ac tivity to bring the club mem bership to thirty, which is a requirement before being chartered by the National Serra Club. 'Citizen Of Year’ HAZLETON, Pa., (NC) - Fa ther Jospeh J. Ferrara, pastor of St. Nazarius church, Par- deesville, and St. Mary church, Lattimer, was named “Citizen of the Year" by the Hazleton Unico Club. He is the organizer and director of the Philhar monic Society, a musical group widely acclaimed in this area. K. OF C. MAY BUILD POOL SAVANNAH - Mr. Jack K. Stacy, member of Savannah Council 631, Knights of Colum bus has proposed construction of a 30 by 30 foot swimming pool with complete facilities on property owned by the Coun cil in Savannah. The Savannah Council imme diately named a committee headed by Mr. Stacy and Mr. Nicholas S. Kenney to study the feasibility of the project and methods of financing it. Plans, as drawn up by Mr. Stacy envision, in addition to the large swimming pool, a 15 by 25 foot wading pool, a 30 car parking lot, locker rooms and showers, and a concession area. In its first report, Mr. Sta cy’s committee asked for fi nancing through a family mem bership plan. Member families would pay an annual fee of $35.00 for pool privileges. According to Mr. Eugene Po wers, Grand Knight of the Sa vannah Council, “If the re sponse of our membership to the pool proposals is good, then the swimming pool will be started and it should be ready for use before the end of the Spanish In Mass ASUNCION, Paraguay, (NC)- The Sacred Congre gation of Rites, in answer to a request by Paraguay’s Bish ops, has ruled that Catholics in this South American nation may use Spanish translations of certain prayers at dialogue Masses. St. Paul’s May Activities DOUGLAS - St. Paul's Parish began its annual May activities with a Day of Retreat for the men of the parish. The retreat was conducted by the Rev. Raynor Dray, O.F.M., pastor of St. Mary’s Parish in Americus. Twenty-two men from St. Paul’s and its mission parishes attend ed. On Sunday morning, May the 13th, Father Gerard Moran, O.M.I. pastor of St. Paul’sgave communion to the seven mem bers of this year’s first com munion class. Following the Mass, a breakfast was held for the first communicants and their parents in the parish hall. In the afternoon the first com municants joined with the other youth of the parish in paying special honor to our Blessed Lady. The highlight of the cere mony was the crowning of the Blessed Mother at the beauti ful Lourdes Shrine on the parish grounds. DOUGLAS MAY CROWNING per Aon - to - per Aon Aeruice for a(l your banbiny neecU SAVANNAH BANK & Trust Co. Savannah, Georgia Member F. D. I. C.