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' JUNE 29, 1929
Presides at Annual Com
mencement Exercises at
Lawton Memorial
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga.—The graduat
ing exercises of the St. Vincent
Academy were held June 10 at the
Lawton Memorial. The graduates
who received their diplomas are the
Misses Regina Sara Brown, Mary
Theresa Deegan, Louise Patrieja
I-Ieffernan, Elizabeth Ursula Jor
dan, Helen Theresa Kelly, Miriam
Louise Morgan, Eleanor Murphy
and Ann Elizabeth Rossiter.
The exercises were marked by
the usual formality and dignity
which characterizes the annual
commencement. The diplomas, class
rings and graduating honors were
conferred by the Rt, Rev. M. J.
Keyes, Bishop of Savannah. Bishop
Keyes also crowned the graduates :
with the laurel wreaths, which is
a beautiful feature of the exercises.
The music was a delightful part
of the commencement. It was un
der the direction of Mrs. John J,
Gaudry, with Mrs. Addie May Jack-
son as accompanist.
The program included: “The
Woodland Calls” (Rhys-Herbert);
“Ave Maria” (Murphy); "The Sum
mer Sea” (Donald) and "Farewell
to Alma Mater” (Wiegand).
The graduating honors were an
nounced by Rev. Father . Joseph F.
Croke, chancellor, as follows:
The bishop’s gold medal for gen
eral excellence. Miss Regina Sara
Brown.
Next in merit, Miss Elizabeth
Ursula Jordan.
Gold medal for Christian Doc
trine and church history, Miss Re
gina Sara Brown.
Next in merit, Miss Helen The
resa Kelly.
The following are entitled to hon
orable mention: The Misses Eliz
abeth Ursula Jordan, Eleanor Mur
phy, Mary Theresa Deegan, Louise
Patricia Heffernan, Ann Elizabeth
Rossiter, Miriam Louise Morgan.
In the undergraduate class the
following are entitled to honorable
mention: the Misses Elizabeth
Fleury, Regina Lytjen, Marianna
Powers, Margaret Steiber.
The first honor graduate. Miss
Regina Sara Brown, gave the vale
dictory address, and the second
honor graduate, Miss Elizabeth Ur
sula Jordan, the salutatory.
Remarkable Scout Troop
Honors Priest Members
Philadelphia Troop Has
Fourteen Members in Re
ligious Life
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—A recep
tion given recently at the head
quarters of Troop 207, St. VincenBs
Church, Germantown, by 150 Boy
Scouts from four Catholic troops
in the vicinity of the church, to Rev.
John J. Munday and Rev. Owen J.
McConville, members of the troop
until 1918 when they entered St.
Joseph's Seminary, Princeton, N. J.,
to study for the priesthood in the
Vincentian Order, revealed that
another former member of the troop
is a Christian Brother, another will
be ordained a priest in 1930 and ten
other scouts from the troop are
studying for the priesthood at St.
Joseph's College.
Ralph J. Schoettle. who helped to
organize the Troop in 1918, presid
ed, and told.of the achievements of
members of the troop. In 1922 it
was declared the best all-round
troop of the 250 in Philadelphia and
awarded the Gimbel cup; that year
26 of its first class scouts won 128
merit badges at one session of the
Court of Honor, and tho total num
ber of badges it won that year was
190. A scout from this troop re
cently entered the Naval Academy,
four former members are scoutmas
ters, and many others have been
graduate from law, medicine and
other profession schools. (Mr.
Schoettle, organizer of this remark
able troop, is and has for several
years been a subscriber of The Bul
letin and greatly interested in the
work of the Catholic Laymen's As
sociation of Georgia.—Ed. The Bul
letin).
Savannah Parish Loses
Three Members by Death
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Hockley Gar-
many. a native of Savannah where
he was born 53 years ago, and long
prominent in the automobile busi
ness here, died June 10 after an ill
ness of a month. He was an alum
nus of Emory College and served
with the Chatham Artillery during
the Spanish-American War. Sur
viving are his wife, Mrs. Wilfred
Doyle Garmany; two sons, Hockley
McKee Garmany, Jr., of Pine Bluff,
Ark., and Albert Wylly Garmany of
Savannah; two sisters, Mrs. C. M.
Broome of Augusta and Miss Fan
ny H. Garmany, Savannah, and a
brother, Lambert M. Garmany, Sa
vannah. He was a member of Sa
cred Heart Church, from which his
funeral was held, with interment in
Catholic Cemetery.
William G. Walsh, widely known
in railroad circles, died here sud
denly June 13. He was a native of
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
—Photos by Hoffman Studio.
St. Vincent Academy Graduates, Savannah
Top row: Miss Regina S v ara Brown, valedictorian; Miss Elizabeth Ursula Jordan, salutatorian.
Middle row: Miss Miriam Louise Morgan, Miss Helen Theresa Kelly, Miss Eleanor Patricia Murphy.
Bottom row: Miss Ann Elizabeth Rossiter, Miss Mary Theresa Deegan, Miss Louise Patricia Heiiernan.
— Courtesy of Savannah Morning News,
Savannah, where he was born 52
years ago, and for a long time was
associated with his brother, John
R. Walsh, in the naval stores busi
ness. He was more req^ptly con
nected with the Central of Geor
gia. He was a member of Savan
nah Council, Knights of Columbus.
The funeral was held from Sacred
Heart Church, of which he was a
member, with interment in Catho
lic Cemetery. Surviving are two
brothers, John R. of Savannah and
James J. Walsh of Alburqueque, N.
M., and three sisters, Mrs. Janey
Murdin and the Misses Katherine
and Agnes Walsh.
The funeral of Daniel Brady, 81,
a native of Savannah, who die<).
June 9 following injuries received
in an accident, was held from Sa
cred Heart Church, with interment
in Catholic Cemetery.
FR. PAPI, S. L, NOTED
CANONIST, IS DEAD
End Comes to Woodstock
Professor in Washington on
Eve of Trip to Ron '
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
WASHINGTON. — Heart disease
claimed the life of the Rev. Hector
Papi of the Society of Jesus, emi
nent canonist and for 27 years Pro
fessor of Canon Law at Woodstock
College, Maryland. June 19, while he
was on a visit in Washington.
Father Papi’s death took place at
the Apostolie Delegation, here,
which provided a striking coinci
dence. He came to this country
from Home in 1895 to become Sec
retary of the first Apostolic Delega
tion in the United States. More
over, since that time he had enjoyed
the esteem and confidence of every
Apostolic Delegate to this country,
as well as that of many eminent
prelates of the United States.
Father Papi was 67 at his death.
He was born in Rome, and studied
there at the Capranica College, re
ceiving his theological training at
the Gregorian University. Later he
became Vice-Rector of the Propa
ganda College. When he came to
the United States, he served as
Delegation Secretary under the late
Archbishop (later Cardinal) Satoili,
the first Apostolic Delegate to this
country.
Two years after coming to this
country, he entered the Society or
Jesus, making his noviceship at
Frederick, Md. Joining the faculty
at Woodstock later, he began his
long service as Frofessor of Canon
Law. For the last two years, be
cause of his health, he had been
professor emeritus.
At his death, Father Papi was
preparing to go to Rome in the
company of the Rt. Rev. John A.
Floersh, Bishop of Louisville, and
the Rt. Rev. Joseph G. Pinten,
Bishop of Grand Rapids. Bishop
Pinten was a pupil of Father Papi
at the Propaganda College, and the
two Bishops had invited the dis
tinguished priest to accompany
them. The party was to sail July 7.
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