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DECEMBER 10, 1932 THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC L AYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA 7 County Supervisor Is 52 Years in Office The Un-Banned Band MACON DRAMATIC CLUB PRESENTS FIRST PLAY Wm. F. Cantwell Still Active in Charleston (Special (o The Bulletin) CHARLESTON, S. C.—The news papers of Charleston devoted con siderable space recently to the fifty- second anniversary of William P. Cantwell’s service with th a County of Charleston. During the entire 52 years, the first 12 years as clerk of the county board of commissioners and the past 40 years as county as county board of commissioners and the past forty years as county supervisor, he has occupied the same office space. Mr. Cantwell refused to be interviewed on the old days, say ing there was too much of interest going on now to bother about ancient history. Mr. Cantwell is a member of Cathedral parish and active in Catholic organizations. Another unusual tenure of office noted recently by the local press is that of Joseph C. Barbot, fc - nearly seventeen years clerk of City Coun cil. Mr. Barbot is also a widely known Catholic layman. SACRED HEART HOLY NAME SOCIETY ELECTS Lieut. Carl A. Armstrong was elect ed president of the Holy Name So ciety of Sacred Heart Church at the annual meeting. W. J. Callahan was elected vice-president, M. A. Condon second vice-president Frank P. Doogan secretary; E. DeRain treas urer, and F. J .Soubeyroux, James F. Condon and Dr. T. M. Scharloock executive committee. Mrs. Thomas C Duffy, Mrs. Thomas L. Morris and Mrs. Bachman S. Smith were among the speakers at the November meeting of the Cathe dral P.-T. A., at which Mrs. John C. Molony presided. MISS M. A. CUNNINGHAM DIES The funeral of Miss Margaret A. Cunningham was held from the Cathedral, Rev. Henry F. Wolfe of ficiating at the Requiem Mass. Inter ment was in St. Lawrence Cemetery. Miss Cunningham was a member of a widely known Charleston family; she was born here May 25, 1863. Sur viving is her sister, Miss Annie F. Cunningham. She was a sister of the late Bernard Cunningham clerk of the county treasure’s office for many years. FUNERAL OF JOHN M’MAHON Funeral services for John S. Mc Mahon was held November 22 from St. Patrick’s Church, with interment in St. Lawrence Cemetery. Mr. Mc Mahon died in Norfolk, Va. Mrs. J. Philip Kennerty is his sister. Dixie Musings (.Continued from Page Six) The Indians, French, Spanish and Englsh were fighting for the posses sion of the continent. War today is no picnic; it was worse then. The Spanish killed 132 French at Fort Caroline in 1565. The French killed 230 Spanish in that neighbor hood three years later. The Spanish defeated Estrozi near Savannah in 1573 and Gil on the St. John’s in 1580 in bloody battles. Drake burned St. Augustine in 1583. The Indians massacred Spanish missionaries on the Georgia coast in 1597. Hundreds and even thousands of Indians and Spanish lost their lives when Moore invaded the Spanish territory from Charleston in the early 1700’s. Ogle thorpe’s expedition against St. Au gustine resulted in the death of 450 Spanish and 50 English, acording to Evans’ History of Georgia; Dr. Ev ans also asserts that 259 Spanish were killed in the Battle of Bloody Marsh near Brunswick. If it be true that ‘music hath its charm,’ such is especially true in an orphanage. The boys and girls of the Orphanage have taken to music, we might say, in the same manner as the proverbial duck to water. The band and orchestra, or ganized by Father Scheurich during the past two years, have tended to fill a natural want of the children. Nearly, everyone likes music and the boys and girls of our orphanage were no exception. They needed no urg ing. They wanted to learn, and no effort was spared on their part to improve themselves. At present the band and orchestra number collec tively over twenty-two pieces. Con certs have been given not only at the auditorium of the orphanage, but likewise in the neighboring towns. At a recent concert, the following numbers appeared on the program, and were rendered in a manner that won praise from the audience; Ever True, Waltz, by Mackie-Bey- er; The Shiner, March, by B. G. Fall; The Bells of St. Mary’s, by A. Emmett Adams, Rapasz Band, by Harry J. Lincoln; Washington and Ifee, and On Wisconsin; When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain, waltz, by Woods and Johnson; The Stars and Stripes, by John Phillip Sousa; The Song of the Drum, nov elty selection, by Anna Priscilla Rish- er; Shanty in Old Shanty Town, by Little Jack Little and J. Young; Naz areth School Song; Students on Pa rade, march, by McFall; The Star •Spangled Banner. But both the band and the orches tra are still in their infancy. With the help of our friends we expect them to grow, and so we wish kind ly to remind the reader that any help in that regard would be ap preciated. Perhaps there may be in struments somewhere in the attic that have long been - gathering the dust of years. We assure our friends that we could make good use of such instruments. “A little child shall lead them.” Who knows, but that the band and orchestra at Nazareth, composed of orphaned boys and girls, may be the occasion for our brethren outside the fold to stop and listen not only to the strains of mudic emmitted by the instruments, but to that more subtle and powerful harmony, the harmony of Catholicism, Bishop Hafey has given the movement his whole hearted support and cooperation, so that there is scarcely a concert at which he fails to be present. We trust that his interest will be more than rewarded in the years to come. Mrs. Paul Robison Dies in Columbia Was Member of St. Peter’s Parish—Other Catholic News of Columbia (Special to The Bulletin) COLUMBIA, S. C.—The funeral of Mrs. Paul W. Robison, a widely known member of St. Peter’s Church, was held from the parish church, Very Rev. N. A. Murphy, officiating. Pallbearers were Roy Bates, Ferris Epting, Ben Stein, Ernest Naufal, C. Holliday and Louis Nettingham. Sur viving Mrs. Robison are her husband, one son Paul W. Robison, three daughters, Mrs. H. P. Driggers, Mrs. W. N. Peace and Mrs. Elliott Wan- namaker, two sisters, Mrs. M. L. Johnson and Mrs. W. H. Dotter, and several grandchildren all of Colum bia. ST. PETER’S SODALITY ELECTS ITS OFFICERS Mrs. F. J. Grube was elected pres ident of the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin of St. Peter’s Church at a re cent meeting. Mrs. John Flynn was named vice-president, Miss Mamie Cantwell treasurer and Miss Kate Greylish secretary. A successful benefit bridge was held in the rectory of St. Francis de Sales Church recently. Mrs. Phil Morgan was chairman. The altar society of St. Peter’s Church .sponsored a successful card party November 17. The Newman Club of the Univer sity of South Carolina met Novem ber 22 at St. Peter’s Rectory. Sever al new members were initiated. SODALITY HEAD PRESIDES AT CITY-WIDE SCOUT MEETING Key West Catholic Clubs Name Officers (Special to The Bulletin) KEY WEST, Fla.—Mrs. H. R. De merit was elected grand regent of the local court, Catholic Daughter ot America, at a recent meeting. Other officers named included Mrs. Henry O. Russell, vice regent, Mrs. J. G. Piodela, prophetess; Mrs. S. M. Whalton, lecturer; Mrs. Frank De laney, historian; Mrs. William Saw yer, monitor; Mrs. Corinne Wilson, sentinel; Mrs. Hannah Almyda, Miss Annie Corcoran, trustees for three years, Mrs. M. S. Lombard, Mrs. John Wells, trustees for two years, Mrs. Victoria Yradi, Mrs. Charles Lester, trustees for one year, Mrs. J. G. Piodela, organist. Miss Margaret Lacedonia was elect ed president of tire Children of Mary Sodality recently. Mis Dorothy Bea ver was elected first assistant, Miss Amelia Lucignandi, second assistant, Miss Caridad Domenech, secretary; Miss Macie Gaiti, treasurer. FATHER DOUGHERTY ROTARY CLUB SPEAKER Rev. F. X. Dougherty, S.' J., pas tor of St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Church, was the principal speaker at a recent luncheon of the Rotary Club, his subject being “Unfortunate Ones”. Clerical visitors at Key West re cently included Rev. M. F. McNal ly, S. J., and Rev. A. MacDonald, S. J. Ernest Hemingway, whose latest novel, “Death in the Afternoon”, is a best seller, has returned to Key West after a summer hunting in Montana, and joined his wife in their winter home here. The Catholic Activities Club serv ed an oyster supper here recently, the proceeds going to the church fund. “Too much stress has been laid on the religious side of this controver sy,’ Mrs. Corse says. The Dutch treated their English captives at Am- boyna much more cruelly than the Spanish treated the French Hugue nots. “There is litle to choose among races in a cruel age.” Seventeen years after Fort Caroline fell, a col ony of English Catholics planned to go to Florida. “They received the same warning that had been given to the French—they would have their heads cut off as was done to Ribaut’s people.” The early history of Georgia and Florida must be studied against its European background, a background in which England was sometimes al lied with Spain, sometimes with France, sometimes opposed to either or both. Mrs. Corse’s work is a dis tinct contribution to the story, which in recent years has been emphasized by the works of Professor Bolton and Miss Mary Ross perhaps more than by any others. It is encouraging to note the interest being taken in this field by the University of North Car olina. as indicated by its publication of Mrs. Corse’s book, by the Univer sity of California, by the University of Georgia, and by such organizations as the Georgia Historical Society, which are doing effective work in dis pelling the illusion that Georgia has no history before Oglethorpe and 1733.—R. R. Miss Margaret Browne, Eagle Girl Scout, recently presided at a city wide meeting of Girl Scouts here. Miss Browne, a member of St. Pet er’s parish, is president of the Jun ior Sodality there. The Council of Catholic Women made 156 dresses in the recent Red Cross cloth distribution. Mrs. Philip H. Morgan, Mrs. G. C. Allen, Miss Eleanor Cantwell, Mrs. B. B. Bellinger and Mrs. J. B. Youngmen are members of the local N. C. C. W. committee who served on the decoration committee at the opening of the U. S. Veterans’ Hos pital. Very Rev. N. A. Murphy, V.F., dean of the Columbia deanery, gave the Benediction at the opening exer cises. MAYOR-ELECT O’BRIEN Renamed Head of New York Catholic Lawyers’ Guild NEW YORK.—Mayor-elect John P. O’Brien, of New York, was reelected head of the Guild of Catholic Law yers at the regular quarterly meeting of the guild here. The newly elected mayor was praised by Archibald R. Watson, for mer corporation counsel, as “a sin cere and faithful public servant” and one who would assume the duties ot his new office "wisely, sanely and above all, humanely.” Daytona Beach Plans Its Annual Carnival St. Paul’s Parish Already Ar ranging for February Affair (Special to The Bulletin) DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—Parish ioners of St. Paul’s Church, Rev. Wil liam J. Mullally, pastor, are already planning and working for the ninth annual carnival of the parish, which will be held on the church grounds February 24-28. Prior to the carnival there will be a series of benefit card parties and cooked food sales to raise funds to promote the carnival; the first was held recently at the home of Mrs. Mary E. Holmes. Mrs. Katherine Sar gent will entertain with a card party December 9 and Mrs. William Austin will be hostess at the Prince George Hotel December 15. The Holy Name Society will sponsor a card party De cember 18. The rst of the series of cooked food sales will be held December 17. Mrs. Murray McDonald is chairman of all food sale events, and will be assisted by Mrs. E. V. Marsh, Miss Barbara Gartner, Mrs. McCarthy, Mrs. Lynch, Mrs. Oscar Michael, Mrs. William Pursell, Mrs. H. W. Lowe, Mrs. James R. Gormley, Mrs. William O’Shea and Mrs. James McHale. (Special to The Bulletin) MACON, Ga.—St. Joseph’s Drama tic Society presented its first play, “Spooky Tavern”, November 28 at St. Joseph’s Hall for the benefit of the St. Vincent de Paul Society, and scored a veritable triumph. R. Habenicht is president of the club, Herbert Lloyd director, and the fol lowing were members of the cast: Herbert Huhn, Jr., P. J. Murphy, Nick Camerio, William Hadarits, Holt Ge- winner, and the Misses Cecile Casidy. Louise Collins, Frances Weisz, Fran ces C. Jones and Martha Huthnance. The Knights of Columbus and the Ladies’ Auxiliary sponsored a suc cessful benefit card party November 17 at K. of C. Hall. Belmont Abbey Wins Junior College Cup Repeats 1931 Triumph in North Carolina — Won Five, Tied Once in Conference (By F. X. DUNN) BELMONT, N. C.—The results of the past football season are most con vincing proofs of the firm foothold which the sport has secured at Bel mont Abbey. These fine results were obtained only after weeks of hard, intense training. At the first call for candidates, a great number responded, and through the untiring efforts of Coach Wheeler, the team completed another very successful season. Fori the second year in succession, the/ Crimson Wave eleven ended then) season with the crown of State Ju-, nior College Champions. Any doubts the Abbeymen hafl about the success of their team varv- ished after their initial defeat at tlj»e hands of Barium Springs. 1 This de feat seemed to transform them from slow-moving, slow-thinking, individ uals, into a well oiled compact un- fied machine. From this game on, they fought with the precision born of long experience. The Wheelermen tied the next two melees and won the succeeding six games. At no time, during these later encounters, was the J. C. championship in doubt. The gaining of this title seemed to be the watchword of every player. The rules of the Junior College Conference called for each team to play at least five games, the title to be bestowed upon the eleven which had the best average. The Crimson Wave played six conference games, winning five and tying one, which gave it a perfect average. Weaver College had played six games, winning four and tying two, also an average of one thousand. Belmont Abbey received the unanimous vote of the officials of this conference. Too much emphasis cannot be laid on the great success of Belmont Ab bey’s teams, in all sports. Coach Wheeler has had many obstacles to overcome since taking over the reins of athletics. Yet he has never fal tered, but rather has smiled in the face of obvious defeat and has turned this apparent defeat into overwhelm ing victory. This year was an excel lent example of his prowess. When the call came for candidates, he found that there was a great number of inexperienced men. This might be discouraging to some, but not to Coach Wheeler. It is becoming sec ond nature to him for such matters to occur. Instead, tire Abbey mentor welded together a strong fighting com bination which has been equal to any that has shadowed the Abbey grid iron. In proof of the team’s powerful at tack and skillful defense, let us com pare the Abbey’s scores with those of their worthy opponents: Barium Springs 6. Abbey 0; Mars Hill Col lege 0, Abbey 0; Davidson Reserves 0, Abbey 0; Presbyterian Jr. College 0, Abbey 13; Richmond Academy (Augus ta) 0. Abbey 6; Boiling Springs Col lege 7, Abbey 18; Lees McRae Col lege 0, Abbey 8; Rutherford College 6, Abbev 12; W’ingate Jr. College 13, Abbey 19. The basketball practice season is now under way. Twenty-four recruits have turned out for this sport. Among them are Canty, B. Doris, Feldman, Baran, Kearns. Campbell, last year’s men. Some of the newcomers are: Malarkey, Dunham. Fox, Burton, Womack, Lightner. T. Doris, Utter, Alexander, and a host of others. JOHN P. GRAcYSPEAKS ON MEMORIAL PROGRAM Charleston Council Holds Ex ercises November 27 (Spcial to The Bulletin) CHARLESTON, S. C. - Hon John P. Grace, former mayor of Charles ton, was the principal speaker at the memorial exercises of P. N. Lynch Council, November 27. Rev. J. W. Carmody. chaplain, offered the prayer for the dead, and State Deputy Basil R. Kerr delivered the recitation. Miss Kathleen Kearney and W. J. Bunch rendered vocal solos, and the Cath edral Altar Boys’ choir sang the clos ing ode. Grand Knight M. A. Mc Laughlin presided. Member's of the Council who died during the year were Joseph H. Duane, Michael F. Normoyle, James J. Shelvey and G. Leo Lowry. Rev. E. C. DeVineau and Dr. W. Cyril O’Driscoll were the . principal speakers at the November meeting of Fr. Callahan Tells Students of Mexico Pensacola Pastor Lectures at Crane Hall, of U. of Florida (Special to The Bulletin) GAINESVILLE, Fla.—Rev. Father George Callahan, pastor of the Sacred Heart Church, Pensacola, Fla., was a welcome visitor to Crane Hall recent ly when he entertained the students with a travelogue of his journeyings to Old Mexico. He described Mexico City as the third most beautiful city in the world, ranking next to Paris, and Buenos Ares, and although with in the tropics, has, on account of its 7,000 feet elevation, a perpetual spring like climate, and a delightful place to spend the summer holidays. He de scribed most glowingly the 400 year old Mexican Cathedral, the largest church edifice in North or South America. He spoke of the civil and ecclesiastical buldings in the country, erected from Spanish royal funds, and of the revolution that drove the Span iards forever from the country they so richly endowed with schools and universities; ofthe millions of Indians still extant there, in spite of what textbooks say of the cruelty of the Spaniards; of the few remaining In dians within our borders, in contrast. Father Callaan referred to the vast potential wealth of the country, with its inexhaustible fields of gold and silver and oil, and why it has been coveted by every nation in Europe; and how their desires terminated in the execution of Maximillian, a pawn of the French. He described the som bre, stolid Mexican Indian, the crafts man, who despises the machine age which at present seems to be destroy ing people of more civilized countries, and spoke of the weaving and exqui site pottery that Mexican peons fash ion by hand. Father Callahan was in Mexico three summers ago, a week atfer the reproachment between Church and State. He found the churches thronged daily, and admired the intense faith and devotion of the people. He concluded his lecture by predicting the present persecution in Mexico will be short-lived, and that, the seemingly dreaming peon may have a solution for the evils of cap italism. Father Callahan met the large num ber of Pensacola students in the par lors of Crane Hall after the lecture and held a reception for them as well as for all the Catholic men at the University, the reception as well as the lecture being arranged by Rev. J. P. O’Mahoney, director of Crane Hall. Anthology Planned by College Editors Jesuit School Magazines Ar range It at Convention IBy N. C. W. C. News Service) NEW YORK.—A collection of short stories, essays, poems and editorials 'written by students of the Jesuit Col leges in the Maryland-New York and New England Provinces will be pub lished by the Literary Association ot Jesuit Colleges and Universities, it was decided at the first convention ot the association, just held at Campion House, editorial offices of America, national Catholic weekly published here by the Jesuit Fathers. The material in the anthology will consist of contributions to a contest held by the association shortly after its founding two years ago and will represent the best literary output of ytudents attending Georgetown, Ford- ham. Boston, Holy Cross, Cansius, and St. Joseph’s Colleges. The association was established to develop initiative, foster originality, aid Catholic student writers and ulti mately develop them for professional work. The development of Catholic lit erature along modern, rather than ex cessively classical lines was a desid eratum given prominent place by speakers at the convention. Among those treating of that phase of Cath olic writing were the Rev. Francis X. Talbot, S. J., literary editor of Amer ica; the Rev. Alfred J. Barrett, S. J., moderator of the Canisius Quarterly and Richard Reid, president of the Catholic Press Associate MASS FOR FR. DUFFY Archbishop Mkty Celebrant — Gov ernor Smith Attends (By N. C. W- C. News Service) NEW YORK.—A memorial Mass under the auspices of the Women’s Auxiliary of the 165th Infantry, for the Rev. Francis P. Duffy, World W«w chaplain of the “Fighting Sixty - ninth,” was celebrated November 20 by the Most Rev. John J. Mitty, Co adjutor Archbishop of San Francisco, at the Church of the Holy Cross of which Father Duffy was pastor. For mer Governor and Mrs. Alfred E. Smith were among the notables pres ent at the service. the Fourth Degree Assembly, which was in the nature ot a smoker. James J. Matthews was in charge of the program and Joseph J. Beshere, faith ful navigator, presided. Henry O. Strohecker. chairman of the County Board of Education, was the principal speaker at the second November meeting of P. N. Lynch Council, Knights of Columbus. Wil fred V. Patterson, Miss Cecile Rice and Miss Alice Moran rendered vocal solos, accompanied by Mrs. Tracy Sturcken. Bobby Oliver entertained with a tap dancing program.
