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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
JANUARY 4, 1930
WJ.Condon, Leading
Charlestonian, Dies
End Comes After Short Ill
ness. W. A. O'Brien Clyde
Line General Agent
(Special to The Bulletin.)
CHARLESTON, S. C.—(Special)—
William J. Condon, Sr., president of
the Condon Baking Co., and of the
Condon Cake Co., and one of
Charleston's most widely known and
highly respected citizens, died here
December 31st in his 73rd year, after
an illnss of only a few days. His
death was a great shock to his
friends, for he had been apparently
in good health up to the Sunday be
fore his death, which came Tues
day.
Mr. Condon was a native of
Charleston, and had been in busi
ness for himself here since the early
80's building up one of the largest
businesses of its kind in this sec
tion. He was interested in other
enterprises as well, being president
of the Quaker Realty and Invest
ment Company and a member of the
Charleston Greets
Bishop January 1
(Special to The Bulletin.)
CHARLESTON. S. C.—On New
Year’s Day Rt. Rev. Emmet M.
Walsh, D. D., Bishop of Charles
ton, was greeted by hundreds of
Catholics and their friends at the
annual New Year’s reception to
the Bishop at his residence. This
is a Charleston custom that dates
back a great many years. Bishop
Walsh delivered the sermon at the
Cathedral at the Solemn High
Mass at the Cathedral, of Which
Rev. Francis Ferri, Greenville,
was celebrant, Very Rev. James J.
May V. G., rector, deacon, and
Rev. Henry F. Wolfe sub-deacon.
The Christmas music program
was repeated under the direction
of Mrs. Thomas F. Mosimann.
board of directors of the H. Steen-
ken Co. He was a charter member
of the Knights of Columbus and of
tlie Fourth Degree Assembly, and
was connected with a number of
other fraternal, civic and religious
organizations. Surviving him are
four sons, William J., Jr., Henry G.
Condon, James P. Condon, and
Frank Condon; two daughters, Mrs.
Ruth F. Conway and Miss Ethel
Condon, and a twin brother, James
F. Condon. He was a devoted mem
ber of Sacred Heart Church, from
which his funeral was held with a
Solemn High Mass of Requiem, at
which Rev. John J. Hughes, pastor,
was celebrant, Rev. Francis J.
Murphy deacon and Rev. Michael
J. Reddin sub-deacon. Interment
was in St. Lawrence Cemetery.
Members of the Knights of Colum
bus, third and fourth degree, the
Holy Name Society of the parish and
other organizations with which Mr.
Condon was affiliated were present
in a body.
The funeral of George D. Duncan,
52, a former member of the police
department of Charleston, who re
tired some time ago because of ill
health, was held from Our Lady of
Mercy Church, with interment in
St. Lawrence Cemetery. His widow
and a son, Alexander Duncan, a
member of the police department,
survive.
The funeral of E. E. Melfi. a de
voted member of St. Peter's Church,
was held from St. Peter’s Januay
4th. The members of the Holy Name
Society attended in a body.
Charleston lost one of its oldest
residents in the death here recently
of Giovanni D. Guiua, a member of
Cathedral parish, who died in his
eighty-seventh year, after an illness
of about ten days. He was->a native
of Italy, but spent most cf his life
in Charleston.
The funeral of Mrs. Diary A. Tighe
Culliton. who died during December,
was held from St, Patrick’s Church
with interment in St. Lawrence
Cemetery. Rev. N. A. Murphy, pas
tor of St. Peter's Church, Columbia,
officiated at the funeral. She is sur
vived by her brother, Charles C.
Tighe. >
Funeral services for William Wat
son. a member cf St. Joseph’s Church
who died from injuries sustained
four years ago while at work on the
waterfront, was held from St. Jo
seph’s with interment in St. Law
rence Cemetery. Mr. Watson was
connected with the Clyde I.ine for
thirty-two years. He was sixty-one
years old. and his widow, two sons
and two daughters survive.
ST. FRANCIS ALUMNAE
ELECT OFFICERS
Miss Maud McMillan was re-elect
ed president of the Alumnae Asso
ciation of the St. Francis Xavier In-,
firmary Training School for Nurses at
the annual meeting. Other officers
include Miss Marion McKenzie, first
vice-president; Miss Bernadine
Molonv, second vice-president.. Miss
Cornelia Ayer, recording secretary:
Miss Victoria Josenh, corresponding
secretary; Mrs. Julian Cappelmann,
treasurer; Mrs. Cyril 0‘DriscolI, au
ditor; Miss Agnes Coogan and Miss
Katie Ball, directors.
W. A. O’Brien, formerly chief clerk
of the Clyde Steamship Co., and
since July 26th acting general agent,
succeeding John D. Rooney, who was
elected manager of the port utilities
commission, has been named general
■gent of the Clyde Line. Mr. O'Brien
N. C. MINISTER SCORES
RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE
(Bfy N. C. W. C. News Service)
ALBEMARLE, N. C. — Religious
bigots who attack the Catholic
Church are in reality strengthening
it, and paving the way for the
coming of the Church into the South,
the Rev. Dr. Oscor Haywood, Bap
tist minister, declared here in a talk
before a business men’s club. And
the coming of the Church, the speak
er added, ‘will be ‘a mighty good
thing.”
Dr. Haywood told his listeners
how, during the recent campaign, he
fought the bigotry that evidenced
itself throughout the South, and how
he was nearly unfrocked by the
Baptist Church for voting for Mr.
Smith and “owning up to it.”
Backing his statement that the
coming of the Church into the South
would be a good thing, the speak
er said: “The Roman Catholic
Church is opposed to communism,
socialism and other things of that
sort, and the Roman Catholic Church
believes in marriage, law and gov
ernment, and communists do not.”
Augustan on White
House Commission
Dr. W. A. Mulherin Named
Member of Official Child
Welfare Conference
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Dr. William A.
Mulherin, a former president of thu
Georgia Medical Society, nationally
known as a specialist on children’s
diseases, and a founder of the Ca
tholic Laymen’s Association of Geor
gia has been appointed a member of
the White House Conference on Child
Welfare and Protection, and will at
tend the first meeting of the con
ference in New York January 16 and
17, according to an announcement
in the daily press. Dr. Mulherin is
one of the few members of the con
ference chosen from the South.
President Hoover has placed the
conference under the immediate di
rection of Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur,
secretary of the interior. Dr. Mul
herin, who is an alumnus of Spring
Hill College and Harvard Medical
College, is head of the pediatrics de
partment of the University of Geor
gia Medical School, an organizer of
pediatric societies in fifteen South
ern states and the District of Colum
bia, founder of the Southern Pe
diatric Seminar at Saluda, N. C., and
prominent in the American Medical
Association. Last June he was
awarded the honarary degree of Doc
tor of Laws b~- the University of
Georgia.
JAS. F. FURLONG DIES
SUDDENLY IN SAVANNAH
Was in Business for Many
Years in His Native City
(Special to The Buleltin)
SAVANNAH,. Ga.—James Francis
Furlong, a widely known citi
zen of this city, died here late in De
cember. His death was totally unex
pected, resulting from heart disease;
he was found dead in his bed.
He was 73 years old. A native of Sa
vannah, he operated a wheelwright
and repair shop for many years, then
establishing the J. F. Furlong Stables,
which he conducted for sixteen years.
For the past eight years he was in
charge of the stables of the Savan
nah police department.
FUNERAL OF J. P. FLANAGAN
Funeral services for John P. Flana
gan, a world war veteran, were held
December 30 with a Requiem Mass at
the Cathedral, followed by interment
in Catholic Cemetery. Mr. Flanagan
is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lo-
retto Whelan Flanagan; a son, John
P.. Jr., a daughter, Margaret Mary
Flanagan; his father, P. S. Flanagan
and two brothers, Joseph and Leo,
Flanagan.
MRS. ANNIE W. McNEILL
DIES IN AUGUSTA
AUGUSTA. Ga.—Mrs. Anna Welsh
McNeill, mother of Joseph H. Mc
Neil). widely known Augusta busi
ness man, died here January 2, af
ter an illness of two weeks. Mrs.
McNeill was a native of Hazel ton,
Pa., where she was born 74 years
ago. For the past thirteen years she
made her home with her son here.
The funeral was held from Sacred
Heart Church, Rev. T. A. Cronin, S.
J., officiating at the Requiem Mass;
interment was in Westcver Ceme
tery. Surviving Mrs. McNeill besides
her son are a grandson, Joseph H.
McNeill. Jr., of Augusta, and two
sisters. Mrs. Margaret Sonneck and
Mrs. Mary Lvnch, of Philadelphia.
AUGUSTAN HONORED BY
STATE ORGANIZATION
(Special to The Bulletin)
MACON. Ga —B. F. Hartman of
Augusta was elected first vice-presi
dent of the Georgia Bottlers’ Asso
ciation at the state convention held
here. Mr. Hartman, a member of the
Augusta Knights of Columbus, is
manager of the Orange Crush Co.,
there.
has been with the Clyde Line for 26
years and is one of the leading
transportation authorities in the
Southeast.
Gov. Smith to Speak
at Florida Meeting
Senator David I. Walsh Will
Also Address Holy Name
Convention March 9
(BY N. C. VV. c: News Service)
CARAL GABLES, Fla. — The Holy
Name Society, a Diocesan or
ganization of Catholic men, will hold
its annual convention March 9 in
Coral Gables Church of the Little
Flower, of which Rev. Father Com
ber is pastor. It is estimated that
more than 1,000 visitors from all
parts of the United States, including
high dignitaries of the Catholic
Church and men prominent in na
tional affairs, will attend the con
vention.
Arrangements have been made by
the speakers’ committee to have Sen
ator David I. Walsh, of Massachu
setts, and Alfred E. Smith, four
times governor of New York, and
Democratic presidential candidate in
1928. address the convention. Mr.
Smith is expected to be a guest at
the Miami Biltmore Hotel, Coral
Gables, of which he is part owner,
at that time.
A field mass will mark the opening
of the convention and will be fol
lowed by a communion breakfast,
after which Senator Walsh will de
liver an address, the topic of which
will touch on international religious
relations. The communion break
fast will be either at the Miami Bilt
more Hotel or the Coral Gables
Country Club.
The address of Senator Walsh and
Mr. Smith, it is expected, will be
broadcast over the National Broad
casting Company system of radio
stations, with station LIOD at Mi
ami Beach the key station.
The various committees in charge
of the convention have been meet
ing jointly in working out the ar
rangements for the event. Judge D.
J. Heffernan, chairman of the finance
committee, reported the raising of
funds to be “an easy job because
everyone wants to help.”
There will be a motorcade for the
visitors and delegates to points of
interest throughout the Metropoli
tan Miami area. Many offers, for the
use of automobiles have been re
ceived by the committee in charge
of that feature of the event.
C. D. Horkheimer, publicity com
mittee chairman, reports the news
papers of Florida have requested
information regarding the conven
tion.
Committee members are: Reception
and entertainment, U. S. Hiss, chair
man: J. P. Benoist. E. J. Hanrahan
and Z. C. Lapoint; Field Mass, Wil
liam Haines, chairman; Peter Bar
nard. J. F. Riordan, J. P. Heimer, E.
J. O'Neill and D. V. Renuart; Break
fast and luncheon. F. C. Walker,
chairman; Mrs. Waldeck. J. E. Foun-
taine, Fred Hartnett. Mrs. W. D.
Blackwell and Mrs. D. J. Heffernan;
Motorcade and parade, Judge Hef
fernan, chairman, and John Blocker;
Convention meetings, Victor
Belaunde. chairman; Roscoe Brum
stetter, Rafael Belaunde and Adrian
Herbert; Finance. Judge Heffernan,
chairman, or.d D. V. Renaurt; Pub
licity. Mr. Horkheimer and B. C.
LaPoint.
DOYLE-DUNN
Savannahians Married in
New York Cathedral
(Special to The Bulletin)
NEW YORK — Miss Eleanor Doyle
daughter of Mrs. Joseph Francis
Doyle, Savannah, and Henry Mitchell
Dunn, Savannah attorney, were unit
ed in marriage at St. Patrick’s Ca
thedral here December 31, Rev. Jo
seph I. Rostanio officiating. The
ceremony was attended by a num
ber of Savannahians. After a wed
ding trip to Cuba, Mr. and Mrs.
Dunn will live in Savannah.
DEATH CLAIMS WIDELY
KNOWN MACON BUILDER
(Special to The Bulletin)
MACON, Ga. — William J. Reid,
widely known contractor and a na
tive of Macon, where lie was born
fifty years ago, died December 26,
after an extended illness. He was
the son of the late James E. and
Katie Finleyson Reid, and lived all
his life within a block of the place
of his birth. Two sons, Neal and
Francis, and a brother, T. J. Reid,
all of Macon, survive. . He was a
member of St. JoSeph’s Church,
from which his funeral was held,
Rev. F. J. Clarkson, S. J., officiating.
Interment was in a local cemetery.
C. T. MORRIS, AUGUSTA
RAILROAD MAN, IS DEAD
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Charles T. Mor
ris, widely known in railroad circles
who was stricken sixteen months ago
while working in Florida, died here
January 3. He was a member of St.
Patrick’s Church, from which his
funeral was held, Rev. H. A. Schon-
hardt, pastor, officiating at the High
Mass of Requiem. Interment was in
City Cemetery.
Surviving Mr. Morris are his wife,
Mrs. Florence McCarthy Morris; his
mother. Mrs. T. S. Morris; two sis
ters, Mrs. William McCarthy and
Mrs. M. W. Aiken; and two broth
ers, J. A. Morris, Tampa, and V. J.
Morris.
PREACHES AT JUBILEE
Bt. Rev. John J. Swint, D. D.,
Bishop of Wheeling, W. Va., a class
mate of Rev. James A. Kane, who
will deliver the sermon at Father
Kane’s Jubilee Mass in Augusta
January 16.
Parish to Honor Fr.
Kane on His Jubilee
Bishop Keyes to Preside,
Bishop Swint of Wheeling
to Preach at Mass
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Rt. Rev. Michael
J. Keyes, D. D., Bishop of Savan
nah, will preside and Rt. Rev. John
J. Swint, D. D., Bishop of Wheeling,
W. Va., will deliver the sermon at
the Solemn High Mass here Thurs
day, January 16, which will mark
the silver jubilee of the ordination
of Rev. James A. Kane, pastor of
St. Mary’s-on-The-Hill. Bishop Swint
was a classmate of Father Kane at
St. Mary’s Seminary at Baltimore.
The jubilee observance will be hon
ored also by the presence of Rt. Rev.
Vincent Taylor, O. S. B., D. D., Ab
bot-Ordinary of Belmont, N. C.. and
of numerous members of the clergy
from neighboring states and from
the East.
Father Kane will be celebrant of
the Jubilee Mass, with Rev. T. James
McNamara, of the Cathedral, at Sa-
vannah as deacon, Rev. Thomas J.
Knox, also of the Cathedral, sub
deacon, and Rev. Joseph E. Moylan,
pastor of Immaculate Conception
Church, Atlanta, master of ceremonies.
A special program of music will be
rendered by the choir under the di
rection of Rev. Harold Barr, with
Mrs. J. Coleman Dempsey as organ
ist. The clergy will be entertained
with a dinner after the Mass. In
the evening the parishoners will ten
der Father Kane a reception at the
retary. J. Coleman Dempsey is chair
man of the committee in charge of
the lay details of the program.
Father Kane, who was born in Wor
cester, Mass., educated at the local
schools, Holy Cross College, St. An
selm’s College, and St. Mary’s Sem
inary, where he was ordained by
Cardinal Gibbons, has served as sec
retary to Bishop Keiley, chancellor
of the Diocese, pastor of St. Patrick’s
Church, Augusta, rector of the Ca
thedral at Savannah and pastor of
St. Mary’s. He came to Augusta ten
years ago as the first pastor of St.
Mary’s when the parish had noth
ing but a residence; he has since
built up the parish to its present pro
portions, placing it among the flour
ishing parishes in the state from both
the spiritual and material stand
points.
Bishop Swint, Fatner Kane s class
mate at St. Mary’s Seminary, who
will deliver the sermon, is a native
of Pickens, West Virginia, where he
was born December 15, 1879. He was
educated at St. Charles College and
St. Mary’s Seminary, Maryland, and
did post-graduate work at the Apos
tolic Mission House at the Catholic
University of America. He was for
many years head of the Diocesan
Apostolate of the Diocese of Wheel
ing and built a church at Bleckley
and a church and school at Weston
in that state. He was named auxiliary
bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling in
1922 and Bishop a year later on the
death of Bishop Donahue. He is one
of the most widely known members
of the American hierarchy, an orator
of note and regarded as one of the
leading authorities in the ■ United
States on apqlogetics.
J. J. McCreary Heads
Macon Lawyers* Club
(Special to Tlie Bulletin)
MACON, Ga,—John J. McCreary,
former grand knight of Macon
Council, Knights of Columbus, and a
prominent member of the Macon Bar,
was elected president of the Macon
Lawyers’. Club at the annual meet
ing here a few days ago. Mr. Mc
Creary is one of the most widely
known members of the Knights of
Columbus in Georgia and his election
as president of the Macon Lawyers’
Club is an indication of the esteem
in which he is held by the members
of the Bar in this section.
Editorial Tribute
Paid to Mr. Kehoe
Savannah Press Recalls His
Effective Interest in Ad
vancement of His City
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Savannah lost a
good citizen in the death of William
Kehoe, the Savannah Press said edi
torially the day after his death De
cember 29, and it continued:
“He had always been identified ac
tively and prominently in business in
Savannah. He was a director of the
old Chamber of Commerce, which
pushed the business of Savannah, and
which acted as a watch tower .in ad
vancing and watching Savannah’s
progress..
“Lately when age overtook Mr.
Kehoe, he still would attend the
meetings called by Savannah’s busi
ness men, and from his chair showed
his enthusiasm and his devotion to
Savannah’s advancement. It was a
ruling passion, which he always de
veloped. He was loyal to his friends
and to the city.
“A landmark and a valued co
worker has passed to the beyond.
Savannah cannot permit a leading
citizen like this to pass without re
gret and without tribute.”
The funeral of Mr. Kehoe, whose
death was recorded in the, previous
issue of The Bulletin, was held from
the Cathedral of St. John the Bap
tist, of which he was a member most
of his 87 years of life. Rev. William
J. Harty, S. J., of Tampa, Mr. Kehoe’s
grandson, was celebrant of the Mass;
interment was in Catholic Cemetery,
Pallbearers were: Honorary: Dr. W.
B. Crawford, Maj. Henry Blun, T.
M. Cunningham, J. Randolph Ander
son, A. A. Lawrence, A. R. Lawton,
Judge George W. Tiedeman and Maj.
W. W. Williamson. Active E. F.
O'Connor. Col. E. George Butler,
Thomas F. Walsh. Judge J. P. Holi-
han, Fred Doyle, John Lyons, P. J.
McNamara and John W. Gleason.
Fr. Philip Assistant
in Charlotte Parish
Newly Ordained Benedictine
Curate to Fr. Ambrose
(Special to The Bulletin)
CHARLOTTE. N. C. — Rev. Philip
Tierney, O. S. B., has been ’appointed
assistant pastor to Rev. Ambrose
Gallagher, O. S. B., pastor of St.
Peter’s Church here.
The officers of the mid-night Mass
at St. Peter’s Church were Rev. Am
brose Gallagher, celebrant, Rev.
Benedict Reltger, O. S. B.. deacon,
Rev. Adelard Bouvilliers. O. S. B.,
sub-deacon, and George Faller, mas
ter of ceremonies. The music was of
the usual high order. Father Am
brose delivered a masterly sermon
bringing to all hearts in his appeal
ing delightful manner the message of
the Cave of Bethlehem.
Two Sisters of Mercy go by auto
mobile to Concord every Sunday to
teach Sunday School. Concord has
an attractive little church, and a fer
vent congregation. Rev. Herman
Grones, O. S. B.. is pastor.
The girls’ basketball team of St.
Peter's School defeated the girls
from Oakhurst, 13 to 21 recently.
Parent Teacher’s Association of
St. Peters School sponsored a Christ
mas tree for the children which was a
very delightful affair. A program of
Christmas carols, recitations, etc., pre
ceded the visit of Santa himself who
delighted the hearts of the little ones
by speaking personally to the tinest
of them.
Mrs. Julia Vaughan
Dies in Augusta
Was Daughter of Late Capt. ,
E. J. O’Connor
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Mrs. Julia O'
Connor Vaughan, a member of one of
Augusta’s pioneer families and wid
ow of the late Daniel I. Vaughan,
died here January 11, after an ex
tended illness. Mr. Vaughan was a
native of Augusta, the daughter of
the late Capt. and Mrs. E. J. O’Con
nor, and had lived in Augusta all her
life. She is survived by one daugh
ter, Mrs. Gerald Casey, a son. Julian
Vaughan, a sister. Mrs. J. B. Schweers
and two grandchildren.
The funeral was held from Sacred
Heart Church, Rev. T. A. Cronin, S.
J., pastor, oficiating. Interment was
in City Cemetery. Pallbearers were
J. Bernard Schweers. Edward H.
Schweers, E. Florian Schweers, J.
Noel Schweers, Owen J. Schweers
and John F. Armstrong.
M. f. SULLIVAN, ATLANTA
CONTRACTOR. IS DEAD
(Special to The Buleltin)
ATLANTA, Ga.—Michael F. Sulli
van, prominent Atlanta contractor,
died here January 5 in his 65th year
after an illness of only a week. Ho
was well known in Atlanta business
circles, and was the father of Mrs. T.
J. McGuire, formerly Miss Nellie Sul
livan, director of a leading dancing
school here, and of Miss Genevieve
Sullivan, Miss Freda Sullivan, M. F.
Sullivan. Jr., and E. S. Sullivan.