The bulletin (Augusta, Ga.) 1920-1957, February 01, 1930, Image 9

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FEBRUARY 1, 1930 THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA AUGUSTA EDITOR LAUDS LATH COLORED CATHOLIC Augusta Chronicle Pays Editorial Tribute to C. M. Ridley St. Joseph's Academy Is Famed Throughout Country AUGUSTA. Ga. — The death here January 17 cf Charles M. Ridley, Sr., local tailor and one of Augusta’s most widely known colored citizens, occasioned an editorial tribute to him -in The Chronicle. His family was one of the first two Catholic colored families in Augusta, and his funeral was held from the Church of the Immaculate Conceiition, Rev. A. J. Laube, S. M. A., pastor, officiating. Surviving are his wife, two daugh ters, a son, two sisters, and other relatives. His numerous friends, white as well as colored, from all walks of life attended the funeral. In its lengthy editorial tribute The Chronicle declared that “no colored citizen of this community stood higher. . . . He was a man of the highest integrity, a workman of the finest skill and a citizen of whom anjr community might be proud. He was polite without affectation, hum ble without being cringing, a friend and neighbor without guile.” FR. MEEHAN ADDRESSES JACKSONVILLE WOMEN i (Special to The BuleHin) JACKSONVILLE, Fla.-Rev. James J. Meehan, pastor of Immaculate Con ception Church, was the principal speaker at the January meeting of Court Catholic Daughters of Ameri ca. A Valentine card party is being planned by. the court, which will also participate in the observance of the silver jubilee of Court St. Augustine, the oldest court of the Catholic Daughters of America in Florida. CARDINAL O’CONNELL TO HEAD PILGRIMAGE BOSTON. —His Eminence, William O’Connell, Archbishop of Boston, will lead the pilgrimage from his diocese to the Carthage Congress and Oberammergau rassion Plav, it has been announced here. The pil grimage will leave-Boston on April 25, on the French Line steamship Rochambeau. St. Augustine School of Sisters of St. Joseph Was Founded Year After End of War Between the States ST. JOSEPH’S ACADEMY St. Augustine, Florida An ideal Boarding School for girls, beautifully situated in one of the most desirable parts of the city, is under the administration of the Sisters of St. Joseph. The Academy is equipped with all modern improvements, both for the physical and intellectual advancement of the student. A fine open-air pool, basket ball, tennis and frequent walks are enjoyed by the students. The course of study in Kindergarten, Element ary and Junior-Senior High School is carefully planned by well trained teachers. The High School is affiliated with the Catholic University of Wash ington, D. C., and accredited with the Southern Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges. In connection with the High School there is a Com mercial Department, giving Students an opportuni ty to fit themselves for the business world. The academy itself is located on a splendid site, surrounded by waving palms and other trees and shrubs which give it a restful, Southern at mosphere. In 1908 it was necessary to erect an entirely new building north of the old one, and this struc ture, an . imposing four-story build ing of brick and composition, is the Academy proper. In the first floor are located the large auditorium, the dining hall, the commercial depart ment and the music department. The second floor is devoted to the li brary, reading-room, art department, recreation hall and class rooms. A large dormitory, private rooms an,. I baths are on the third floor, and the fourth floor has' linen and clothes rooms and additional private rooms. The entire building is equipped with the most modern improvements. The Music Department offers instructions in voice, piano, harp, violin, and pipeorgan. The course in art department includes land scape, and composition in crayon, and water colors, tapestry, oil and China painting. A Training School is also provided for the ed ucation of young ladies who are desirous of enter ing the Religious Life. For further information address THE MOTHER SUPERIOR. PHONE 75 Eugene L. Barnes & Son Realtors and Insurers Service and Protection “Established 1895” 65 KING ST. ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA. In addition to the usual athletic- and other equipment found on the grounds of leading academies, in cluding first-class tennis courts, St. Joseph’s Academy has one of the finest swimming pools in the South, 60 by 20 feet, graded to three feet, and fed by artesian wells which keep a constant supply of crystal- clear water flowing into it at the rate of hundreds of gallons a min ute. The pool is located in the middle of the grounds near the ten nis courts. In addition to the classical and general course, St. Joseph’s has a complete commercial course, and the excellence of these courses is indi cated by the fact that the school is affiliated with the Catholic Univer sity of America and accredited with the Southern Association of Col leges and Secondary Schools. Its alumni association, to which many men and women distinguish in many fields in the South, is one of the strongest organizations of its kind in this section. The record of (. e graduates of St. Joseph Academy ip the greatest tribute that could be paid to the untiring, scholarly ef forts of the Sisters of St. Joseph. St. Augustine Parish j Founded in 1565 I (Continued B’rom Page Seven) All Agreements Subject to Strikes, Accidents and Other Delays Beyond Our Control Bond-Howell Lumber Co. on the hapazards of the hunt fer their living, and more on the cultiva tion of the soil, the raising of corn and vegetables, hogs and poultry. It is to be regretted that little be sides the names of the missionary stations be left to perpetuate the memories of those by-gone days. Mis sion houses, chapels, seen at one time in forty or more Indian settle ments, have disappeared, and hard ly can we today tell where they once stood. Partial revolts cf Indian tribes, above all. the raids more ,and mere frequent from the English colonies of Georgia and Carolina, which lasted from the year 1702 to the time when General Oglethorpe led (1740) an expedition against lit. Augustine, all, by turns, aided in completing the ruin of the Iiv.io.n missions. FORMER AUGUSTAN DIES AT HIALEAH, FLA. St. Joseph’s Academy of St. Au gustine, conducted by thd Sisters of St. Joseph of Florida, whose mother- house is there, is famous through out the United States and beyond. It was founded in 1866 by the Sis ters of St. Joseph of Puy, France, under the auspices of the saintly Bishop Verot, the first Bishop of St. Augustine. In 1889 it was char tered by the State Legislature; ‘it is accredited with the Southern Asso ciation of Colleges and Secondary Schools and affiliated with the Cath olic University of America. Not far from the Academy is plac id Matazes Bay, lapping the sea wall; more distant is the restless Atlantic from which the breezes blow to make semi-tropical St. Augus tine a place of comfort. AUGUSTA, Ga. -— The funeral of Marion Frank Bell, for many years a prominent Augusta contractor hut re cently of Hialeah, Fla., where he died January 15, was held January 20 from Sacred Heart Church, with interment in Westover Cemetery. Pallbearers were John L. Armstrong, Patrick H. Rice, Patrick J. Rice, C. J. Gleason, A. D. Tobin and James B. Mul- herin. Death Claims John T. Lynch, Atlanta ATLANTA, Ga. —John T. Lynch, widely known Atlanta, who had conducted here for many years a tailoring business his father estab lished in 1855, died January 16, af ter an extended illness. Mr. Lynch, who was 69 years old. was a mem ber of Sacred Heart Church, from which his funeral was held. His widow and a nephew, Henry C. Taylor, survive him. St. Vincent College Priest Dies in Crash Wholesale and Retail Lumber and Building Material LATH and CYPRESS SHINGLES k T. L. HOWELL President and Treasurer M. M. BOND Vice President T. L. HOWELL, JR. Secretary. M. C. ARMSTRONG Asst. Gen. Manager. HOME OFFICE: New Smyrna, Fla. YARDS: New Smyrna Daytona St. Augustine ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA. (By N. C. W. C. News Service) , GREENSBURG, Pa. - The Rev. Alexis Udavoak. 30, professor. of botany and biology at St. Vincent College. Beauty, was killed instantly j early June 20 when the automobile . in which he was riding was side- swiped by another and overturned. The Rev. Paul K. Odelga. 33. pas tor of St. Florian’s Church. United, who also was in the car, suffered a possible fracture of the skull and is in Westmoreland Hospital, where his ! condition was reported as critical. Father Udavcak was ordained only six months ago. NEW YORK C. D. OF A. H OLDS CONVENTION NEW YORK. — Several hundred state officials, district deputies and regional leaders, grand regents and court officials attended a conference of the New York state jurisdiction of the Catholic Daughters of America, held here January 12, at the call of the new state recent, Mrs. Margaret Tynan of Poughkeepsie. Between 400 and 500 officials attended the con ference, the first to be held since Mrs. Tynan assumed office recently. “If It’s Heat You Want You Can Do Better With Gas” The Cathedral of St. Augustine (Oldest Church in the United States) is made comfortable by 20 Clow Gasteam radiators totaling 2000 feet of radiation. The Cathedral Rectory is gas equip ped throughout, heating, cooking, hot water. The Cathedral Lyceum Building is supplied with hot water from a Ruud 500-500 Multicoil Storage System. S T AUGUSTINE GAS po. and Electric Light St. Augustine Music & Furniture Co. All That’s Best m Home Furnishings 119 St. George Street St. Augustine, Florida COARD LUMBER €©MPAMY Yellow Pine and , Cypress Lumber Sash, Doors, Builders’ Hardware. Paints, Varnishes, Brushes, Shingles, Lath, Roofing. Cement, Plaster, Brick, Lime, Flue Lining, Oak Flooring. 50 Bernard Street. Telephone 318. ST. AUGUSTINE. FLA.