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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
JANUARY 31, 1925.
TAMPA STUDENTS GIVE
CONCERT OVER RADIO
Program by Academy of Holy
Names Pupils Broadcasted
by Tampa Daily Times.
Special to The Bulletin.
Tampa, Florida.—A varied program
of instrumental and vocal music was
broadcasted l>v the pupils of the
Academy of the Holy Names here
Thursday evening, January 15, over
the radio station of The Tampa
Times. The Academy of Holy Names
has one of the finest musical courses
in the country, one requiring nine
years of study for' its completion,’
and the excellence of the trainng
was. revealed by the splendid con
cert given over the radio.
The Academy of Holy Names is
conducted By the , Sisters of that
name, with headquarters in Mon
treal. They have been working in
Florida for fifty-two years, and have
tyvo large hoarding schools, one at
Tampa and one at Key West, and a
day school at West Tampa. The
Tampa school each year graduates
a high school class. There are
twelve grades in the scholo, through
high school.
Thomas Fortune Ryan
Largest Contributor to
Stone Mountain Memorial
Savannah Laymen’s Association to
Hold Annual Meeting February 1
PRESIDENT OF LOYOLA
OF NEW ORLEANS DEAD"
The attendance at tne Academy of
tile Holy Names is growing so stead
ily that a new college and academy
on Bavshore Boulevard, one of Tam
pa’s most desireable sections, has
been decided upon. This school will
contain an enlarged faculty of Sis
ters and lay specialtisis, with em
phasis being laid upon the de
partments of music and art. The
Leschetizky method, on which the
Mason method is founded, is the one
used. Frequent recitals develop
the self-reliance of the pupils, the
course is so conducted that it de
velops the . musical intelligence of
~ the student . and individual style.
Alumnae of the Academy of Holy
Names utilize their training on the
_ concert stage, in social circles and
'in teaching, and some located in
Tampa volunteered their services for
the radio program.
. Those participating in the program
included Joseph Vilim, professor of
music at the academy, a master vio
linists, Paul Davis, Antonio Lopez,
Philip Clark, Armandos Pendas, and
the Misses Mari e Le Due. Wilhei-
mina Whigham and Marion Mickler,
graduates and former students at
the Academy of Holy Names, and
the following students: The Misses
Huth Egan, Minnie Petteway, Edith
Peter, Catherin Ranahan, Minnie
Craqowaner, Loretta Kigin, Catherine
Grifith, Sarah Rogers, Anna Sulli
van, Ophelia Gonzalez, Gloria Gar
cia, Helen Smith, Norma Workman,
Velma Holmes, Elizabeth Dedecker.
Terese Menendez, Annie Fernandez,
Etta Stalnaker, Marie Fabian, Gladys
M alter, Mary McGraw, Lillian Shel
ter, Mary Spencer, Lueile Davis, Ruth'
Spenhenson, Mildred Griffith, Emil
ia Gonzalez and Rosalie Pe/ez.
Special to The Bulletin.
Atlanta, Ga.—Hon. Hollis U.
Randolph, president of the
Stone Mountain Memorial As
sociation, recently announced it
had received a contribution of
$10,000 from Thomas Fortune
Ryan, New York financier, the
largest individual contribution
yet made. Mr. Ryan is, accord
ing to the Atlanta papers, “a
Virginian by birth, the son of
a Confederate soldier, and a
friend of all enterprises for the
upbuilding of the South.” Mr.
Ryan, who became a Catholic
in his early manhood, is one
of the most widely known Cath
olic laymen in America, and his
contribution-To the Stone Moun
tain Memorial is but an indica
tion of his many benefactions to
civic and religious enterprises.
DR. CAREY PRESIDENT
OF ATHENS ASSOCIATION
Record Attendance Antici
pated at Sunday After
noon’s Cathedral Gathernig
At Greenville 25 Years
Rev. F. X. Twellmeyer, S. J.,
Former Spring Hill Presi
dent and Famed Educator.
Other Officers Elected at
Splendid Meeting of Clarke
County Laymen January 18
Retreat In Chattanooga
Fr. O’Brien of Cincinnati
Conducts It For Women
Special to The Bulletin.
Chattanooga, Tenn.—A four days
retreat for the women of Sts. Peter
and Paul Parish of Chattanooga,
Tennessee was successfully ended
January 22, 1025. The retreat master
was Father Michael O’Brien, a Pas-
sionist of Cincinnati, Ohio. Between
500 and 600 women entered into the
retreat, which opened Sunday night
at 7.30 p. m. Mass at 7:00 a. m. each
morning was followed by a short in-
s! ruction and rosary and the litany
each evening at 7:30 p. m, followed
By sermon and benediction. Father
O’Brien is tile type of retreat master
who does not put one in Hades,
neither does he promise Heaven,
without effort. He bade his*Tisten-
ers to remember Judas Iscariot was
once a good man, who allowed tem
ptation to over come him. His ser-
m,ons on Death, on Marriage, on
Mather— carried direct aDenals and
daily comunions of the retreatments
increased. A reception was tendered
rather O’Brien on the evening of
his departure for Asheville, N. C,
by the women of the parish, anil so
salutary were the experiences ’ of,
those who were privileged to make
uie retreat, a desire to have one
yearly has been frequently expressed
GENERAL PAUL MALONE
Speaker at Opening of Texas
K. of C. School.
Athens, La.—Dr. Bernard Carey,
nationally known pediatrician, and
a -member of St. Joseph’s parish
here, was elected president of the
Athens branch of the Catholic Lay
men’s association of Georgia at the
annual meeting held at St. Joseph’s
church, January 18th. Other offi
cers elected were: First vice-presi
dent, Mrs, John Fowler; second vice-
president Lawrence Costa; treas
urer, Joseph Costa, Jr.; secretary,
Miss Josephine Postero; executive
committee, Dr. T. H. McHatton; sec-
chaiiman; Mrs.' John Booth, Miss
Madelein McGinlev, Mrs. M. G. Por
ter, Michael Costa, John Herring,
Frank Postero and • L. N. Roberts.
The meeting was opened with
prayer by Rev. H. A. Clark, pastor
of St. Joseph’s church, and Profes
sor McHatton of the University of
Georgia acted as chairman. Pi-esi-
dent P. H. Rice K. C. S. G., and
Publicity Director- Richard Reid, of
the state offices in Augusta, made
a report of the work for the past
year, one which gave those not ac
quainted with the activities of the
association a pleasant surprise be
cause' of its scope and effective
ness.
Plans to secure as members of
the Catholic Laymen’s association
of Georgia every Catholic in Athens
and its vicinity were discussed, and
a, meeting of the officers and ex
ecutive committee was arranged for
later in the week to map out a
campaign for this purpose. Dr.
Carey • in a few well chosen
words thanked the association for
chosing him as its leader and
pledged himself to do everything
possible to make the association in
Athens one of the strongest in the
state.
Father Clark urged support of the
Catholic Laymen’s association and
indorsed the idea of monthly meet
ings to discuss association activi
ties. . Father Clark is one of the
strongest advocates of association in
Georgia, as indicated that two par
ishes in his charge, at Athens and
at Griffin, are organized.
Savannah, Ga.—State officers of
the Catholic Laymen’s Association
of Georgia will address the Savan
nah branch of the association a
the annual, meeting Sunday after
noon, February 1, and arrangements
being made for the meeting by
President John G. Butler, with the
co-operation of Rt. Rev. Michael J.
Keyes, D. D, Bishop of Savannah,
the pastors of the city, are said that it
is expected that the meeting will be
the largest ever held by fhe Savan
nah association . since its organiza
tion several years ago.
The main purpose of the meeting
is to acquaint the membership with
the work of the Laymen’s Associa
tion has done in Georgia during the
past year. There will be no col
lection or solicitation of funds in
any manner. The local association,
desires every Catholic in the city
to know the effective work of the
■Laymen’s Association is doing in its
efforts “to bring about a friendlier
feeling among Georgians, irrespec
tive of creed.” The past year has
been one of the most successful
since the association started, and
the State President and Publicity
Director will report its activities anil
the favorable reaction of the people
of Georgia to its friendly efforts.
St. Joseph’s church in Athens is
one of the prettiest of its size, any
where. In his remarks on the Lay
men’s association. Dr. McHatton re
ferred to Athens and its pastor,
and said the pretty church was
about 90 per cent due tp Father
Clark’s energy and financing ability.
Since the last meeting of the Lay
men’s association in Athens beauti
ful stained glass windows have
been installed, making the already
pretty church more attractive than
ever.
San Antonio, Texas.—Brig.-Gen.
Paul B. Malone, U. S. A., comman
dant at Camp Travis, was the prin
cipal speaker at exercises which
opened the spring -term of the
Knights ef Columbus school for ex-
servicemen here January 5. General
Malone’s subject was fhe price of
success. The price, he said, is
work, endless toil. Something for
something and nothing for nothing
is the inevorable law of life, he
told the students. The enrollment
for fhe spring term is two hundred.
Miss Mary Haherty Dies
Special to The Bulletin.
^ Savannah, Ga.—Miss Mary Fowler
Flaherty, a native of Savannah where
she was born March 26, 1869, and a
niece of Sister M. Mperpetua of At
lanta, died January 11 after an ill
ness of several months. Funeral
services were held from the Cathed
ral of St. John the Baptist, with in
terment in Cathedral Cemetery. A
brother, Thomas E. Flaherty, five
nephews and a niece of Savannah
survive.
The funeral of L. Ernest Cunning
ham, Jr., two year old son of Mr.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Ernest Cunningham,
who died Janua/y 16 at Macon after
a short illness, was held from the
residence of his grandparents, Mr
and Mrs. L. B. Riser in tirs citv,
with services at Sacred Heart Church.-
Interment was at Bonaventure Ceme
tery.
Funeral services for JohivM. Black
former Savannahian who died in New
York were held January 19 from the
home of his sister, Mis* Annie Black,
with a requiem H : gh Mass at the
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist.
Interment was in Cathedral Ceme
tery.
Former residents of the Southeast
will appreciate a subscription to The
Bulletin during Catholic Press Month.
Col John G. Butler, who will pre
side at the meeting, is the second
president of the Catholic Laymen’s
Association of Savannah, being
chosen at the 1924 meeting to suc
ceed Michael A. O’Bvrne, who re
tired at that time on account of his
health. Under Mr. O’Byrne’s direc
tion the association was one of the
leaders of the sixteen branches in
the state, and it has maintained its
position during Colonel Butler’s ad
ministration.
The other officers of the Savannah
branch for 1924 were: John \V.
Gleason, first vice-president; Miss
Kate Latham, second vice-president;
Miss Helen R. Nugent, third vice*
president; Mrs. F. H. Oliver, fourth
vice-president; Mrs. J. E. Wingo,
secretary; Walter B. Murphy, treas
urer, executive committee, Mrs. Jos.
E. Kelly, Peter R. Nugent, Mrs. K.
E. Miles, John J. Powers, Mrs. E. L.
Ewards. ,C. C. Cambridge, Mrs. T. L.
Dryer, W. J. Ryan, Joseph McCarthy,
Mrs. J. A. Hutton. John S. Robert-,
son, Mrs. John S. Howkins, William
Kehoe, Mrs. Norbert Frierson, Miss*
Angela McDonough, Mrs. Louis Rei-
gal, Mrs. T. L. Gannon, Fred G. Doyle
W. J. Bremer and John H. Heargerty,
The late M. A. O’Byrne was a state
vice-president from Savannah and a
member of the state finance commit
tee at the time of his death. Mrs.
Jos. E, Kelly is at present a state
vice-president from Savannah and
Mrs. John S. Howkins a memjjer
c-f the publicity committee.
The Savannaah branch has the
honor of having as a member the
most distinguished member of the
(iatholic Laymen’s Association of
Georgia, Rt. Rev. Michael J. Keyes.
D. D, Bishop of Savannah, who, at
ihe time the recent campaign for
the association was started, con
tributed one-tenth, of 'his year’s
salary to the work of the associa
tion.
Former residents of the Southeast
will appreciate a subscription to The
Bulletin during Catholic Press Month.
ST. LEO CAPTAIN
FR. GWYN PASTOR AT
GREENVILLE 25 YEARS
Quarter Century of Service
of Beloved Priest in One
Parish Recognized.
Special to The Bulletin.
Greenville, S- C..—.Rev. X. K.
Gwynn, pastor of St. Mary’s church
and missions, rounded out twenty-
five years of service in this city
January 11, and the members of the
congregation made the date memor
able by presenting to him a substan
tial purse at a surprise reception.
The affair and its occasion were
very well described in an account
appearing in The Piedmont of
Greenville at the time. The Pied
mont said:.
Stars in Track Meet
Jacksonville.
at
On ihe evening of the day that
marked the passing of twenty-five
years of noble and heroic work in
the vineyard of the Lord in this
section of South Carolina known as
the “Piedmont.” Father Gwynn, the
beloved pastor of Saint Mary’s
church, Greenville was greeted with
a pleasant surprise not to be for
gotten. With ti»e altar richly adorn
ed. A special musical program and
a full attendance, Father Gwynn
conducted the evening services as
usual Sunday, January 11. Imme
diately after Benediction he was es
corted to the reception room where
he stood silent .in utter bewilder
ment to find it over-crowded with
people. A few words of explan»tion
helped to subdue his embarrassment
when Mrs. Austin Parker, president
of the Catholic Women’s Council
announced ihe object of the visit.
Mrp. Byrd Miller then preceeded to
present him with a substantial purse
oh behalf of the ladies of the parish.
Another handsome' gift of money
was handed him by Mr. Kloeckler
who was appointed by the men to
represent them. As a token of affec
tion and esteem in which he is held,
a loving cup, beautifully engarved
was placed before him—the gift of
the congregation. Father G>/ynn
responded as best he knew how un
der the circumstances for his joy
was too full even for -words. Re
freshments were then served in the
Mining hall before the people left
but not without the heartfelt ap
preciation of Father Gwynn.
Special to The Bulletin.
St. Leo, Florida—Captain Ed Mur
phy. of the St. Leo Football Team,
•represented the Motor Transport
Company of Jacksonville at a track
meet in that city during the Christ
mas holidays and won ten out of
fourteen points awarded the Trans
port Company. He was awarded two
gold medals at the meet, one for
the running broad jump, where he
made nineteen feet and a half, and
another for the high jump, his
record being five feet two.
Get at least one new subscriber for
The Bulletin during Catholic Press
Month.
SPRING HILL COACH
Edward J,. Connors, to Re
tire in June.
Special to The Bulletin.
Mobile, Ala.—Edward J. Connors,
for the past two years coach at
Spring Hill College, 'will retire at
the end of the present year to enter
business, he has announced. Under
his direction athletics at Spring Hill
College flourished, and his departure
will be keenly regretted. Coach Con
nors is a Holy Cross man, and play
ed four years on the football and
two on the baseball team. His home
is in Boston.
It it he recalled by many that on
January 11, 1900, Father Gwynn
came to Greenville as pastor of the
Greenville missions and successor
to the late beloved Father Budds.
His transfer to Greenville from Aik
en was a happy and providential
one, Spartanburg, then under his
care was the home of the Gwynn
family. Here Father Gwynn spent
his boyhood days making his clas
sical studies at Woffofd College
which has been for many years fa
mous for its distinguished alumni
that have' qualified in the various
walks of life. Kis Philosophy course
was made in AH Hallow’s College
Ireland, and at Mt- St. Mary’s Col
lege, Eipmitsburg he completed his
Theological studies. These schools
and seminaries are proud to claim
Father Gwynn as an alumnus and
time and again have referred to
him in their periodicals as to his
real worth and merits.
The territory in which Father
Gwynn labored in the first years of
his ministry as pastor of the Green
ville missions comprised an area of
nine counties or almost one third of
the entire state of South Carolina.
The work he has accomplished in
that time is worthy of record and
the progress of Catholicity, is noted
by the erection of two parishes-
Spartanburg and Anderson. Under
Father Gwynn’s direction churches
have been built in Walhalla, An-
(Continued on page 11.)
Special to The Bulletin.
New Orleans, La.—Very Rav. Fran
cis Xavier Twellmeyer, S.J., presi
dent of Loyola University, superin
tendent of schools for the Archdio
cese of New Orleans, and for many
years a member of the faculty and
president of Spring Hill College, Mo
bile, died here suddenly January 18
in h’s fifty-eighth' year. Father
Twellmeyer had not been in the besJ^
of health for some time, and spent
some time in Florida during Novem
ber and December to regain his lost
strength. He was active up to the
day. of his death, and spent a par
ticularly- busy day before his death.
It was while visiting Very Rev. Ed
ward J. Cummings, S.J., Pronvincial
and his predecessor as president of
T.oyo’a, in the provincial's office at
Immaculate Conception College that
he was stricken. The no cl or forbade
his removal to Loyola. In the eve
ning a second attack followed and
the end came almost immediately.
The funeral was held at Holy Name
of Jesus Church. Loyola University,
where the remains lay in state
through Monday. Rt. Rev. C. FI.
Byrne, D.D., Bishop of Galveston,
celebrated the Requiem Mass for the <
repose of the soul of F’ather Twell
meyer, who was a classmate of his at
St. Mary s College. Kansas, in his
college days. Most Rev. John W.
Shaw, D.D, Archbishop of New Or
leans delivered the eulogy. Present
at the Mass were many members of
the ciery, Rt. Rev. Msgr. Prim, Rt.
Rev. Msgr. Kavanaugh, Rt. Rev. Ab
bot Paul of Govington, La., and other
prelates. Mr. and Mrs. George Twell
meyer of Yazoo. Miss., were present
at the funeral Mass for their son.
The remains were conveyed to Mo
bile for interment at Spring Hill
Cemetery, Rt. Rev. Msgr. D. A. Brady,
V.G., celebratng the Mass, w.h’ch was
attended by the Very Rev. Provincial,
the entire faculty of Spirng Hill,
and many members of the clergy of
Mobile.
Father Twellmeyer was born in
Yazoo City, Mississippi, in 1866, and
educated at St. Mary’s College, Kan
sas. Enter'ng the Soc’cty of Jesus
in Missouri in 1885, he spent two
years in the novitiate there, coming
to St. Stanislaus, Macon, Ga.,-for his
juniorate in 1887. He was a teacher
at Spring Hill as a scholastic, com
pleted his prilosophical course at St.
Charles College, Grand Coteau, La.,
and was ordanied by Cardinal Gib
bons at Woodstock College, Md., in
June, 1900.
Father Twellmeyer’s life as a priest
has been largely bound up in Spring
Hill College. He was a member of
the faculty, min’ster, vice-president
for four years and president for six
years, meanwhile serving a year at
Immaculate Conception College, New
Orleans, where he died Sunday. Dur
ing his term at Spring Hill • fire
swept the college, but soon Father
Twellmeyer had « greater Spr'ng
Hill rising from the ashes of the
destroyed buildings. He inaugurated
a new era in athletics there during
his administration, the effect of
which are still manifest.
Six years as vice-president of St*
Charles’ College, Grand Coteau, fol
lowed, during which the enrollment
of the Louisiana college reached its
peak. Returning to Spring Hill he
was not allowed to stay there long;
Archbishop Shaw wanted him as
Archd’ocesan Superintendent of„
Schools, in which position, he raisej
the school system to new heights
efficiency. He also lectured at Loyi
la. When Father Mattern was an)
pointed American assistant to th^
head of the’Jesuit Fathers in Rome
and Father Cummines was named!
provincial. Father Twellmeyer be-|
came.president of Loyola University.!
Father Twellmeyer was an educa
tor of national reputation. Gentle 1
and kindly, he had the ability to se-J
cure cooperation in an unusual de
gree. Young men in the classroomj
members of factulties wheer he di-L
rected, all who came in contact with!
him were inspired by his person
ality. He accomplished his purposes!
bv gently leading; never by driving."
The high regard in which he and h's
ability as an educator were held is 1
indicated by the fact that when he
was named president of Loyola Uni
versity, Archbishop Shaw, although
it was assumed that another would
take up Father Twellmeyer’s duties
as Diocesan Superintendent of-
Schools, prevailed upon him and his*
superiors to make no change, and
Father Twellmeyer was filling both
postions either of them too much for
a man of ordinary strength, at the
t'tne of his death. The summer
school at Lovola and the extension
courses for Sisters are other monu
ments to the memory of this saintly,
gentle, capable, energetic priest.
Mrs. B. C. Simpson
Milledgeville, Ga.—Mrs B. C. Simp
son, widely known Milledgeville wo
man, died early in January from in
juries sustained a railroad accident
in this city. Mrs. Simpson was a
leafing member of Sacred Heart
Church, from which her funeral was
held. A sister, Miss Bernice Fluer
»f Milledgeville, survives.