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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
MAY 7, 1927. i
NEWS OF THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
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Florida Knights to Meet
May 8 At St. Augustine
Exemplification of Fourth
Degree to Be a Feature of
Annual State Convention
MOBILE COUNCIL
Observes Its Twenty-Fifth
Anniversary April 24
South Jacksonville, Fla.—L. A.
Usina, State Deputy of the Knights
of Columhus, for the jurisdiction
of Florida, has practically com
pleted all arrangements for the
State Convention which is to be
held in St. Augustine on May 8, 9
and 10. It is expected that the
Fourth Degree will he given to a
class of about one hundred, May 8.
While Florida has experienced some
what of a business depression dur
ing the past year, State Deputy
Usina reports that the Knights of
Columbus in Florida have made sat
isfactory progress.
State Deputy Usina reports having
visited the Councils at West Palm
Beach and Miami, and in company
with Peter W. Collins, Lecturer on
the Mexican situation, visited Appa-
laehicola. St Augustine Council
has likewise been visited and Key
West will receive the attention of
the tSate Deputy on the 26th of
April. On this trip, the State Dep
uty will be accompanied by District
Deputy D. A. McDougall, of Miami.
Key West Council is one of the
oldest in the South.
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Augusta, Ga.
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651 BROAD STREET
Augusta, Ga.
(Special to The Bulletin.)
Mobile, Ala.—Mobile Council
No. 666 observed its silver jubi
lee the week of April 24, start
ing the program by receiving
Holy Communion and then ini
tiating a large class of candi
dates. The celebration was un
der the direction of Grand
Knight John A. Lamey, and a
great banquet, one of the largest
Catholic affairs ever held in this
section, was a feature of the cel
ebration. Mobile Council is one
of the best known in the coun
try; one of its greatest achieve
ments was the entertaining of
the national convention of the
order here in 1908. Charter
members were guests of honor at
the celebration; they were ini
tiated April 27, 1902.
Stiles-Morrissy
Savannah Former Grand
Knight Weds Brunswick Girl
(Special to The Bulletin)
Brunswick, Ga.—Miss Alice duBig-
non Stiles, daughter, of Mr. and Mrs.
John Couper Stiles of this city, and
Leo A. Morrissy, son of Mrs. M. A.
Morissy, of Savannah, were united
in marriage here April 26 at St.
Francis Xavier Church, Rev. Peter
McOscar, S. M., officiating. Miss
Margaret Stiles was her sister’s maid
of honor, William F. Morissy, of Sa
vannah best man, little Miss May
Howard,' of Savannah, flower girl,
and Charles O’Byrne and Julian
Hartridgc, of Savannah, ushers. Af
ter the ceremony and reception, Mr.
and Mrs. Morrissy left on a wedding
trip to North Carolina. They will
live in Savannha.
Mrs. Morrissy is a member of two
noted Georgia families, the Stiles
and the duBignons. She is a grad
uate of Glynn Academy and wide
ly knwon and popular not only in
Brunswick but throughout
this sec
tion. Mr. Morrissy is a prominent
member of the Savannah bar, a grad
uate of (Benedictine College and a
former grand knight of Savannah
Council, Knights of Columbus.
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GEORGIA STATE COUNCIL
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
W H. MITCHELL, Macon, Slate Deputy.
A. M..BATTEY, Augusta, Stale Secretary.
JAMES H. LYNCH. Albany, State Treasurer.
W. A. SAUNDERS, Savannah, State Advocate.
JOSEPH F. O’BRH’-N, Brunswick, State Warden.
REV. PHILIP HASSON, S. M„ Atlanta, State Chaplain.
Atlanta Council No. 660
J. A. LaHatte, Grand Knight
Jos. I. Obcrst
Financial Secretary,
Meets Every Tuesday
Evening 8 P. M., at
Knights of Columbus
Building.
18 E. Pine St., Atlanta, Ga.
Savannah Council
No. 631
ids. O. Maggioni, Grand Knight
L. A. Richardson, Financial
Secretary
J. B. McDonald, Recorder.
Meets Second and Fourth
Wednesday, 8 P. M.
3 W. Liberty Street,
Savannah, Ga.
Bishop Gross Council,
No. 1019
J. M. TOBIN, Grand Knight
ROBERT GRIER,
Financial Secretary
GEORGE J. BURRUS
Recording Secretary
Meets First and Third Tues
day, 8:00 P. M, Columbus
Hall, 18 Twelfth Street.
COLUMBUS, GA.
Patrick Walsh Council,
No. 677
J. Coleman Dempsey,
Grand Knight.
R. S. Hcslin, Financial
Secretary.
New Club House—Handball—
Showers — Radio.
Visiting Brothers Welcome
1012 Greene St. Augunta, Ga.
Macon Council No. 925
John J. McCreary, Grand
Knight.
M. J. Carroll, Jr., Financial
Secretary.
Meets the First and
Third Tuesday, 8 P. M.,
at Knights of Columbus
Hall.
Mulberry St., Macon Ga.
Henry Thomas Ross
Council, No. 1939
JAMES M. JONES,
Grand Knight
G. CECIL JONES,
Financial Secretary
JOS. F. O’BRIEN, Jr.,
Recording Secretary
Meets Second and Fourth
Tuesdays at Knights of
Columbus Hall
BRUNSWICK, GA.
FATHER PRENDERGAST COUNCIL,
No. 2057, Albany, Ga.
J. H. Lynch, Grand Knight. N. F. Dugan, Deputy Grand Knight.
Xicets second Tuesday in each month at Knights of Columbus Hall.
Saoannah Council's Observance oi
Silver Jubilee Glorious Success
f Boy ology Course in
Savannah Soon
Pontifical High Mass Opens Program — Bishop Keyes
and Supreme Knight Flaherty Among Speakers at Ban
quet—Three Hundred Knights Receive Holy Commun
ion Easter Sunday Morning at Cathedral.
, (Special to The Bulletin.)
Savannah, Ga.—Savananh Council,
No. 681, Knights of Columbus, one
of the oldest in the South, observed
the silver jubilee of its foundation
Easter Week with a religious, social
and fraternal program that perhaps
set a new standard for Knights of
Columhus affairs of this kind in this
section of the South and country.
'The program was honored by the
participation oS Rt. Rev. Michael J.
Keyes, D. D., Bishop of Savannah,
national and state officers and
Knights from several Councils in
two states.
The program appropriately opened
on Easter Sunday with a Pontifical
High Mass at which Bishop Keyes,
was celebrant, Very Rev. T. A. Fol
ey, V. G., rector of the Cathedral,
assistant priest, Very Rev. Eugene
Egan, O. S. B., pastor of Sacred
Heart Church, and Rev. Stephen
O’Dowd, O. S. B., deacons of honor;
Uev. T. James McNamara of the Ca
thedral deacon of the Mass. Rev.
Tlio-mas J. Knox of the Cathedral
sub-deacon, and Rev. Joseph F.
Crok'e, chancellor of the Diocese,
master of ceremonies. Over three
hundred members of the Council
approached Holy Communion on
Easter Sunday morning. The lay de
tails of the religious observance were
under the direction of a committee
composed of Dan J. Sheehan chair
man, W. H. Sexton, W. L. Bodell and
Eugene G. Butler. The Knights
marched to the Cathedral for the
Mass, which was at eight o’clock,
from the Catholic Club.
Monday night the major degree
was exemplified at Benedictine Hall
on a large class of candidates, the
committee in charge assisting Dis
trict; Deputy J. Harry Persee includ
ing William J. Kenny, Jr., Chair
man; L. J. Butler, T. J. Canty, J.
H. Heagerty, II. B. Heller, J. T.
McCullough, W. F. McKay, J. T.
Monahan, Jr., T. J. Mooney, Jr., J.
G. Neuslein, P. R. Nugent, D. V.
O’Driscoll and L. G. Whalen.
Tuesday night brought the gala
social feature of the program, a
banquet at the De Soto Hotel at
tended by upward of three hundred
members and addressed by Bishop
Keyes, Supreme Knight James A.
Flaherty of Philadelphia, P. H. Rice,
Augusta, the only supreme director
front the South, State Deputy Wni.
H. Mitchell of Macon, and Col. M. J.
O’Leary, past territorial and state
deputy. Grand Knight J. O Mag-
geoni prisided, and introduced Bish
op Keyes, whose subject was: “The
Lay Apostolate.” Bishop Keyes paid
a tribute to the work of the Knights
of Columbus, indicated the qualities
which should be found in a true
Catholic and Knight. He also re
ferred in the beginning of his ad
dress to the priests of the diocese
Savannah, saying that none finer
could be found anywhere and that
the only fault he could find with
them was that they were not nu
merous enough, for the Diocese
needs many more. He expressed the
hope! that the next twenty-five years
would be as fruitful ones for Sa
vannah Council as the last quarter
of a century and that all would he
here twenty-five years hence to ob
serve the Council’s Golden Jubilee.
Supreme Knight Flaherty, who is
no stranger to Savannah and who
was introduced by Judge John J.
Rourke, Jr., spoke on the ideals of
Knighthood, of the accomplishments
of the Order and of the many hon
ors which had been paid to it by
not only the Holy Father and the U,
S. Government hut by foreign gov
ernments and American and foreign
institutions of learning as weel. Leo
A. Morrissy introduced Captain
Rice, who spoke of “The Layman's
Work,” recording the work of the
Knights of Georgia before, during
and since the war, and of the Catho
lic Laymen’s Association of Georgia,
which finds most of its most loyal
and effective workers among the
Knights of Columbus., State Depu
ty Mitchell introduced by John J.
Bouhan, spoke on “Georgia,” refer
ring to what the Knights have done
and hope to do i nthe state and to
the harmony in the ranks here.
Tlios. F. Walsh introduced Colonel
O’Leary, who spoke on the charter
members, the old days of the Coun
cil and the significance of member
ship in theKnights of Columbus.
Supreme Knight Flaherty present
ed to the surviving charter members
in the name of the Council a sou
venir ofthe jubilee; the surviving
members are John J. Powers, Col
onel O’Leary and Col. John G. But
ler, past grand knights, John Mc
Laughlin, C. A. McCarthy, John M.
McBride, J, F. Sullivan, D. J. Hogan,
J. D. Persee, J. M. Sullivan. Joseph
E. Kelly, H. H. McCarthy. William B.
Punder, Daniel O’Connor and J. F.
McCarthy. Dan J. Sheehan presid
ed in the name of the Council a
Savannah, Ga.—‘Plans for the Boy-
ology leadership Camp here May
21-28 at Benedictine Cmap under the
auspices of the National Council
of the Knights of Columbus and' of
handsome silver loving cup to Colo
nel O’Leary for his work not only in
connection with the silver jubilee,
but throughout the entire history of
the Council. Colonel O’Leary was
grand knight when the first Council
home was purchased and again twen
ty or so years later when the sec
ond one, the present magnificent
Catholic Club, was secured. He has
served as grand knight, first terri
torial deputy, first state deputy, and
as director of K. of C., activities in
the Southeast for the past ten years.
The eomonitlee in charge of the
banquet included Thomas F. Walsh
is chairman of the banquet commit-
J. M. Alvarez, Thomas Ballentyne,
John J. Bouhan, T. J. Dooley, B. A.
Fay, John J. Horrigan, W. JP. Ken
ny, Jr., J. B. McDonald, James J.
McMahon, Leo Horrissy, J. H.
Persee, C. F. Powers, W. A. Saund
ers and J. F. Curran.
The celebration closed with a re
ception, buffet supper and dance
Wednesday night at the Catholic
Club, which, like the other features
of the program, was a splendid suc
cess.
John J. Powers was chairman of
the reception committee, and was
assisted by John G. Butler, A. J.
Gravenbehg, D. J. Hogan. John J.
McBride, C. A. McCarthy, H. H. Mc
Carthy, J. F. McCarthy, John Me-
Laughlan, A. J. Merkle, Daniel A.
O’Connor, J. D. Persee, W. B. Puder,
John J. Rourke, Jr., N. T. Stafford,
J. F. Sullivan, J. M. Sullivan, N. T.
Stafford and J. E. Wingo.
Finance Board.
J. O. Maggioni was chairman of the
finance committee and the other
members of the committee were:
Henry Blun, W. J. Bremer, Alfred
Gourvoise, James H. Harte, Jr., M.
T. Hartnett, Joseph E. Kelly, A. W.
Lackey, Joseph L. Lacy, John J.
Logue, Joseph McCarthy, M. C. Mc
Carthy, eLon J. Mitchel and John J.
Murphy.
Augusta Council
Silver Jubilee June 5-6—
State Meeting at Same Time
Augusta, Ga.—The general commit
tee in charge of the celebration of
the silver jubilee of Patrick Walsh
Council June 5-6 met Sunday and
mapped out a definite program,
which will begin with attendance at
Mass and Communion June 5 and
end with a banquet, followed by a
reception and dance, the evening of
the following day. The celebration
will coincide with the state conven
tion of the Knights of Columbus.
The general committee appointed by
Grand Knight J. Coleman Dempsey
is headcl by Lawrence Dorr, lectur
er.
Limbo.
The name Limbo, derived from
the Latin word for fringe, was used
in the Middle Ages for that place
on the fringe or outskirts of hell
in which the just who died before
Christ were detained until our
Lord’s resurrection from the dead.
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Savannah Council and drawing from
the entire territory between Vir
ginia and Texas, are completed, ac
cording to Harry B. Stanton, gen
eral chairman, and it is anticipated
-that the camp, one of four of its
kind in the United States, will be
even more successful than the
course conducted in Savannah last
year, which drew scores of all de
nominations and walks of life.
Joseph D. Becker, field secretary
of the Boy Life Bureau of the
Knights of Columbus, will come
from Notre Dame University for the
course, and Grand Knight J. O.
Magginoi of Savannah Council, to
whom the major credit for the locat
ing of the Southern camp in Sa
vannah is due, is advised that
Brother Barnabas, nationally known
leader of boys, will very probably
visit the camp during the course.
Benedictine Camp, where the <
course is to be given, is an ideal spot
for it. The camp is located on a ’,
point between two deep salt water &
rivers a few miles from Savannah, y
over which refreshing sea hreezes
constantly blow; it faces beautiful
Vernon River. The location is ideal
for aquatic sports, special provi
sions being made for inexperienced
swimmers. The camp itself is in a
beautiful grove on the point, and
is equipped with electric light, run
ning water, shower baths, modern
plumbing and every other conveni
ence necessary for the comfort of
those who will take the course.
Special preparations are being made
to feed the men. They will live in
army tents, but there are plenty of
buildings available in the event of
unpleasant weather, something not
often experienced at that season of
the year. -
The purpose of the camp is to
train men for boy leadership and
the course given will be the same
at that at Notre Dame University
and under the direction of instruc
tors from that department of the
famous Indiana institution of learn
ing. In addition to the visiting in
structors the faculty will include au
thorities on boy work from this sec
tion. The camp will be non-sec
tarian in its faculty and member
ship; it aims to embrace all agen
cies and institutions which have as
their object the thorough training
of boy leaders and is open to all
men of 21 years or over interested
The cost of the course, including
administration expenses and upkeep
originally set at twenty-five dollars,
has been reduced to $17-50 for the
eight days, Grand Knight Maggioni
announced, five dollars of which is
to be paid at the time of registra
tion. W. P. Powers, secretary-treas
urer of the Savannah Council Com
mittee on Summer School for Boy
Leaderse, is receiving registrations.
Cooperating organizations in the
K. of C. work in training boy lead
ers include the American Red Cross
the International Big Brothers’ Fed
eration, the International Boys’ Club
Federation, Boy Scouts of America,
Columbian Squires, Playground and
Recreation Association of America
and the Woodcraft League of Am
erica. Commodore Longfellow of
the National Staff of the Red Cross
Life Saving Corps will be instruc
tor in swimming, life-saving and
water-safety. Certificates will be
awarded by the National Council,
Boy Scouts of America, and the
Knights of Columbus Boy Life Bu
reau on the successful completion of
the course. i *|
NOTICE!
BOY LEADERSHIP CAMP
For Men
Under Auspices
Boy Life Bureau, Supreme Council
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
BENEDICTINE CAMP, SAVANNAH, GA.
May 21st to May 28th, Inclusive
ORGANIZATIONS CONTEMPLATING BOY WORK,
SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS
OPPORTUNITY
For full particulars, write.
WILLIAM H. MITCHELL, S. D.
Knights of Columbns,
321 Orange Street,
MACON, GA.
J. O. MAGGIONI, G. K.
Savannah Council No. 631,
K. of C.
401 Bay St., West,
SAVANNAH, GA.
RICHARD REID,
1409 Lamar Building
AUGUSTA, GA.