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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
DECEMBER 16, 1&33
SISTER M. ISIDORE
DIES IN CHARLESTON
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Member of Widely Known
Sowers Family of South
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(Special to Hie Bulletin!
CHARLESTON. S. C.—Tlie —. Sis
ter M. Isidore Sowers died Novem
ber 24, at Saint Francis Xavier Infir
mary, after a lingering illness.
The Requiem High Mass was sung
November 27 by the Very Rev. J. J.
May. V. G., assisted by clergy from
the parishes of the city. The com
mittal service and interment was in
St. Lawrence Cemetery. The pall
bearers were Harry S. Kruse, Mat
thew A. Condon, John I. Cosgrove,
Hasell M. Rivers, Basil R. Kerr, and
Matthew A. McLaughlin, Jr. The
funeral arrangements were in charge
of McAlisters.
Sister Isidore was bom sixty-four
years ago in Greenville, 9. C., the
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
John Sydney Sowers. Later the
family moved to Columbia where her
parents and several of the children
were received into the Church. Later
they moved to Salisbury, N. C. Here
Sister Isidore, as Miss Elizabeth
Sowers was taught her religion by
the famous Catholic writer, Christian
Reid, to whom she always felt deeply
indented. Thirty-four years ago she
entered the community of the Sisters
of Our Lady of Mercy in Charleston
The first twenty-one years of her
religious life were spent in Saint
Joseph Academy. Sumter, S. C.
Here she endeared herself to the
children by her unselfish labors in
their behalf, particularly in the fields
of Music and Art. During this period
of her religious life, she attended
the Summer 9essions of the Catholic
University, at Washington.
Sister Isidore was Superintendent
of the City Orphan Asylum on
Queen Street for one term. Here
her kindness and tender care of the
orphan children was outstanding. A
year ago Sister Isidore was placed in
charge of the Social Service Work
as successor to the late Sister Michael,
but she was forced to relinquish this
post after a few weeks on account of
sickness. Since then she had been
a patient at Saint Francis Infirmary.
For a few years Sister Isidore labor
ed at Saint Angela Academy, in
Aiken, S. C.; she was also Treasurer
for a time at the Mother House of the
Order in Charleston.
Sister Isidore was gentle and retir
ing, but she was an indefatigable
worker. Her truly Christian princi
ples and boundless charity was a
source of edification to all who came
in contact with her.
She is survived by three Sisters,
Mrs. M. A. Heidt, of New York City,
Mrs. J. L. Davis of Spartanburg. Mrs.
Fred Grube. of Columbia: three
brothers. John Lawrence Sowers.
Greenville. Joseph P. Sowers. Colum
bia, and Charles Sowers of Washing
ton, D. C., and several nephews and
nieces, including Mrs. Hasell M.
Rivers of Charleston.
Death has also laid a heavy hand
elsewhere in Charleston in recent
weeks.
EDWARD FRANCIS BEATTIE, re
tired police officer and a member of
St. Patrick’s Church, died after an ex
tended illness. He was born in Char
leston 79 years ago.
BERNARD J. HENDRICKS. 32,
widely known dry goods salesman,
died of injuries sustained in an auto
mobile accident: he was riding alone
when the Occident occurred. Ho was
a member of Sacred Heart Church.
His wife was Miss Carrie Rogers be
fore her marriage.
MISS MARY L. ANDREU, 84. one
of the oldest members of Cathedral
parish, and a native of Florida, died
nerc after a short illness.
MRS. CATHERINE STRICKLAND,
a widely known member of St. Mary s
g arish, died in her 51st year. Mrs.
trickland before her marriage to
William W. Strickland, who survives
her, was Miss Catherine Quinlivan of
this city.
De VINEAU-WILI JAMS
The Rev. Charles E. deVineau of the
Cathedral officiated at the marriage
of his sister. Miss Ruth O. deVineau,
and Charles Braxton Williams. Miss
May deVineau was her sister’s maid
of honor and Marshall B. Williams
best man. The bride was given in
marriage by her cousin, Samuel D.
Edwards. Mrs. Thomas F. Mossi-
mann. aunt of the bride, organist at
the Cathedral, played the wedding
march. After the reception. Mr. and
Mrs. Williams will live in Charleston.
Mrs. Williams is a member of a lead
ing Charleston pioneer Catholic
family. Mr. Williams, an alumnus of
the University of South Carolina with
the degrees of Bachelor and Master
of Arts, is news editor of the Charles
ton News and Courier.
Fr. McNamara Heads
Red Cross Campaign
(Special to The Bulletin)
MILLEDGEVILLE. Ga. — The Rev.
T. J. McNamara, pastor of Sacred
Heart Church here, was chairman of
the combined Community Chest and
Red Cross campaign in November,
and the successful campaign organi
zation perfected under Father McNa
mara’s direction l*-*- - been adopted as
a model for other cities.
AUGUSTA PRESIDENT ?
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T. P. DORIS
AUGUSTA BRANCH HAS
ITS ANNUAL MEETING
T. P. Doris Again President.
Mr. Haverty Speaks. Capt.
Rice Honored
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Thomas P. Doris,
president of the Augusta branch of
the Catholic Laymen’s Association,
was re-elected at the annual meeting
of the Association held here Decem
ber 3. The meeting memorialized the
late Capt. P. H. Rice, K. C. S. G.,
president emeritus of the Catholic
Laymen's Association and the most
active member of the local branch,
who had assisted in the arrangements
of the meeting before his sudden
death two weeks before.
The meeting was addressed by
President Alfred M. Battey, this
marking his first appearance at a
meeting as state president, by J. J.
Haverty, K. S. G., chairman of the
finance committee, and Richard Reid,
publicity director. All the speakers
referred to Captain Rice’s monu
mental services to the Laymen's As
sociation and the loss that his pass
ing means to the work. Charles C.
Stulb, Jr., was chairman of the me
morial committee.
Other officers elected in addition to
Mr. Doris included Jno. L. Armstrong,
vice-president; Mrs. Jas. J. Joy, vice-
president; Miss Cecile C. Ferry, sec
retary and treasurer; executive com
mittee members:
St. Patrick’s oarish: Men’s Commit
tee. Charles C. Chesser, chairman,
Harry McAuliffe. Lawrence Cashin,
Joseph Kinchley. John Chesser. Victor
J. Dorr, Hugh Kinchley; women’s
committee, Mrs. W W. Yaun, chair
man. Miss Anne Magarahan. Miss
Annie May O’Connell. Mrs. Hugo
Benedfiold, Miss Bessie Flynn, Mrs.
W. W. Battey. Sr., Miss Kathryn Cal
lahan, Mrs. J. A. Wren, Mrs. Sam
Lambert. Mrs. Chapman.
Sacred Heart parish: Men’s commit
tee. James B. Mulherin, chairman, R.
B. Arthur, L. L. Moody, Jos. H.
McNeil. Thomas P. Kearney, Dr. John
Brittingham, Jas. Gallagher, L. J.
Henry. R. A. Arthur, E. J. O’Connor,
Jerry McAuliffe. Harry Markwalter;
women’s committee: Mrs. Ben B.
Boeckman, chairman. Miss May Ma
honey, Miss Bernardine. Hester, Mrs.
H. C. Morrison, Mrs. W. A. Herman,
Mrs. A. S. Shealey, Miss Anita Brit
tingham, Mrs. J W. McDonald.
St Mary’s-On-The-Hill: Men’s com
mittee, W. A. Lyons, chairman, J.
Coleman Dempsey. Louis Mulherin, D.
J. Bolster. Dr. John E. Marriott, T. J.
O'Leary. P. H. Rice. Jr., Marion Col
lins, J. E. Lyons, F. B. Pope, W. J.
Cooney, J. L. Bartley, T. J. Kearns,
George Heyser. Jas. J. Bresnahan;
women’s committee Mrs. C. C. Kemp,
chairffian, Mrs. Ed. Sheehan, Mrs.
Marion Stulb. Mrs. T. S. Gray, Mrs.
A. J. Maguire. Mrs. Jos. L. Herman,
Mrs F. X. Mulherin, Mrs. John T.
Buckley, Mrs. J. L. O’Dowd. Mrs.
J. L. Grogan. Mrs. John J. Cohen,
Mrs. W. J. Mulherin, Miss Pauline
Martin.
HOLLIDAY-DOYLE
Members of Widely Known
Families Wedded in Atlanta
(Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA. Ga. — The Very Rev.
Edward P. McGrath, S. M., pastor of
Sacred Heart Church, officiated at the
marriage Thanksgiving Day of Miss
Carolyn Holliday, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. James R. Holliday, and James
Dillard Doyle of Lynchburg. Va. Mrs.
Lorenz Neuhoff was her sister’s maid
of honor and Malcolm Peake. Lynch
burg, best man. The bride was giv
en in marriage by her father; a nup
tial Mass followed the marriage cer
emony. After the wedding breakfast,
Mr. and Mrs. Doyle left on their wed
ding trip; they will live in Lynch
burg where Mr. Doyle is associated
in business with his uncle. Mrs.
Doyle is a member of one of Geor
gia's pioneer and leading Catholic
families.
O-
! The Most Rev. Michael J.
! Keyes, D. D., Bishop of Savan-
j nail, who has been ill at the
I Bishop’s House for some time, is
I much improved, his condition
I this week being particularly en
couraging, and much better than
it has been in recent weeks.
Bishop Keyes was not in good
health at the time of the conven
tion of the Catholic Laymen's As
sociation of Georgia, which he
attended in Macon late ir. Oc
tober, and he has been confined
to hLs room most of the time
since then.
O
GOOD WILL MEETING
IN SAVANNAH DEG. 15
Father Ross, Minister and
Rabbi to Address It
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga.—The Rev. J. El
liot Ross, formerly chaplain of the
Newman Club at Columbia Univer
sity and more recently of the Univer
sities of Illinois and Iowa, the Rev.
Dr. Everett R. Clinchy, prominent
Presbyterian minister, and Rabbi
Morris Lazaron of Baltimore, will ad
dress a meeting here December 15 for
the purpose of creating good will and
better understanding among peoples
of different religious convictions.
Father Ross, Dr. Clinchy and Rabbi
Lazaron have been appearing in a
series of similar meetings from coast
to coast, including some of the largest
cities of the country; the meeting in
Savannah has the approval of the
Most Rev. Michael J. Keyes, D. D.,
Bishop of Savannah.
LECTURES BY MISS
GAMBLE IN CAROLINA
Addresses Catholic and
Secular Croups on Peace
Treaty and Disarmament
(Special to The Bulletin)
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Miss Anna
Dill Gamble, who is lecturing in the
South on ‘‘Fourteen, Years of Peace
and How the Work Stands Now,” the
lectures being sponsored by the Na
tional Council of Catholic Women,
has appeared before civic and other
bodies in two states in recent days,
and has further lectures scheduled
in South Carolina. Florida and, it is
anticipated. Georgia.
November 24 Miss Gamble spoke
at chapel to the students of the Chris
tian (Disciples of Christ) College at
Wilson. N. C.; she was presented to
the 500 students by Father Peter M.
Denges, pastor of St. Theresa’s
Church, Wilson. The same evening
Miss Gamble addressed the Green
ville, N. C., Woman's Club at their
club house, and the following eve
ning she spoke at the State Normal
School at Greenville, where the Rev.
Charles J. Gable is pastor; Father
Gable sponsored the lectures. No
vember 26 Miss Gamble was the prin
cipal speaker at the dinner of the
Rotary Club at Ayden, N. C.
December 4 Miss Gamble spoke at
Greenville, S. C„ the Rt. Rev. A. K.
Gwynn, pastor, and two days later
she addressed the deanery meeting of
the N. C. C. W. at Columbia. Lec
tures at Charleston, sponsored by the
Diocesan Council of Catholic Women.
Mrs. T. W. Reynolds, president, and
in Florida, where the N. C. C. W.,
Mrs. J. W. McCollum, president, is
arranging them, are next on the pro
gram; miss Gamble hopes to be in
Georgia in January, and is available
for appearances before Catholic, civic
or other organizations
Miss Gamble discussed the Ver
sailles Treaty and the league cove
nant, the difficulties which hamper
ed their workings, the Disarmament
Conference and the position of each
nation there, and the present re
grouping of the nations due to Ger
many's withdrawal from the Disarm
ament Conference and the League of
Nations. The problem would be
solved, Miss Gamble asserts, by the
application of the Catholic teaching
of justice and charity in the interna
tional sphere as in our relations with
individuals.
Jacksonville K. of C.
Memorial Services
Follow Communion and Com
munion Breakfast Dec. 3
(Specail to The Bulletin)
JACKSONVILLE .Fla - Father
Maher Council, Knights of Colum
bus, received Holy Communion in a
body at the Church of the Immacu
late Conception at the 8:30 Mass De
cember 3. A Communion breakfast
followed, after which the annual me
morial services of the Council were
held. Verot Pacelli, grand knight, pre
siding.
The Council is now installed in new
quarters at the Carling Hotel.
TENNESSEE LEADER DIES
JOHN J. MAHONEY
Atlanta School is
NEARING COMPLETION
St. Anthony’s Expected to
Be Ready for Openins Early
in the New Year
(Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA, Ga. — St. Anthony’s
School is rapidly nearing completion,
and shoulcf be ready for dedication
early in the year. The erection of
the school is another indication of
the solid progress St. Anthony's par
ish is making under the direction of
the Rev. H. F. Clark, its pastor, and
of the fine cooperation of his parish-
LOUIS J. GOEGEN, one of St. An
thony’s newer parishoners, who had
endeared himself to the parish in his
short time here, died late in Novem
ber. Interment was in his former
home, Cincinnati.
THE LADIES GUILD of St. An
thony’s conducted a “shower” late in
November for the Sisters of St. Jo
seph at St. Anthony's Convent.
ST. ANTHONY'S CLUB has elected
Frank Fitzpatrick, president, Miss
Mary Catherine Wallace vice-presi
dent, Herman Rappold secretary and
Miss Louise Rappold treasurer.
Notable Appointment
for Msgr. Mitchell
In Charge of Publicity Or
ganization of Sons of Con
federate Veterans
SAVANNAH. Ga. - The Rt. Rev.
Msgr. Jos. D. Mitchell, V. G., pastor
of St Patrick’s Church, has received
one of the nine major appointments
made by General Walter L. Hopkins,
commander in chief of the Sons of
Confederate Veterans, according to
word sent out from the Richmond
headquarters; Morfsignor Mitchell has
been named a member of the nation
al staff, and is to have particular
charge of the publicity organization.
At the reunion of the Sons of Con
federate Veterans held in September.
Monsignor Mitchell was chairman of
the committee on resolutions.
HENRY BLUN was re-appointed a
member of the Board of Education
for a six year term beginning Janu
ary 1, at a recent meeting of the
Chatham County Board of Commis
sioners. Major Blun will represent
the county on the board.
PETER ROE NUGENT was nomi
nated as the city’s representative on
the Board of Education by Mayor
Gamble; the appointment is to be con
firmed by the Board of Aldermen.
Mr. Nugent has been filling the va
cancy occasioned by the resignation
of Col. M. J. O’Leary.
THE REV. HAROLD BARR gave
the benediction at the annual .me
morial services of the Savananh Lodge
of Elks here late in November.
RICHARD REID, editor of The Bul
letin, discussed Europe, Rome and the
Holy Father at a recent luncheon' of
the First District Press Association
here. Other speakers were iU. S.'
Senator Walter George. H. V. Jenkins,
publisher of the Savannah Morning
News and the Savannah Press, Hugh
Peterson, editor of the Montgomery
Monitor, and Mrs. Helen William
Coxen, member of the legislature
from Long Countv.
P.-T. ASSOCIATIONS of the Cath
olic schools of Savannah have arrang
ed Christmas programs for the De
cember meetings to be held this week
and next.
Albany Club Host to
Visitors From Macon
(Special to Hie Bulletin)
ALBANY, Ga. — The Aquinas Club
of St. Theresa’s parish entertained the
Shamrock Club of Macon November
12th with a wiener roast and picnic at
Radium Springs. Thirty-five of Ma
con’s young Catholics came down for
the affair.
JOHN J. MAHONEY OF
CHATTANOOGA DEAD
Tennessee Mourns Passing
of Leader Who Attended
Recent C. L. A. Convention
(Special to The Bulletin'
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.—John J.
Mahoney, for 31 years president of the
Chattanooga Public Libarry, and one
of the most widely known citizens of
Tennessee, died November 27 six day?
after being stricken at his home with
a cerebral hemorrhage, which result
ed in paralysis.
Mr. Mahoney was apparently in
good health before being stricken. He
attended the annual convention of the
Catholic Laymen’s Association of
Georgia a few weeks before, as re
corded in the previous issue of The
Bulletin. He rallied after being
stricken, but he then gradually grew
weaker, and died fortified by the rites
of the Church.
Bom in Baltimore June 12, 1858,
Mr. Mahoney first came to Chatta
nooga from Philadelphia in the ear
ly 70’s, being connected with the old
I Webster Iron Works. Returning to
Philadelphia in 1874, he remained
there for 12 years, then coming back
here as assistant ot the manager of
the Cahill Iron Works. Three years
later, in 1889, when he had become
virtually manager of the works, he
and F. H. Caldwell purchased the
plant," conducting it until it was sold
to the Crane Company a decade ago.
Mr. Mahoney was also a founder
and vice president of the Star Box
and Printing Company, a founder and
director of the Crystal Springs
Bleachery, Chickamauga, Ga., a foun
der of the Lookout Boiler Company,
and a director in the Soutex Machine
Company, the Tennessee Furniture
Company, the American Cement Com
pany. the Morris Plan Bank, the old
American National Bank, vice presi
dent and director of the Administra
tion and Trust Company, an incorpor
ator and director of the American
Trust and Banking Company, and
the chairman of its board for many
years.
For many years Mr. Mahoney was
one of the most effective members of
the Chattanooga Manufacturers’ Asso
ciation. of which he was a founded
director and several times president.
In addition to his distinguished ser
vice as president of the Chattanooga
Public Library, Mr. Mahoney ren
dered splendid assistance to numer
ous other civic and public movements.
He was one of the organizers of the
Little Theater League, and has been
president or vice president of the
league since its organization. He has
been president of the Relief Council,
or Community Chest, and one of the
most influential factors in the devel
opment of famed Pine Breeze, for the
treatment of tuberculosis victims. For
more than a decade he was a member
of the state board controlling and ex
tending tuberculosis hospitals.
Since his retirement from business
some years ago. Mr. Mahoney had de
voted most of his time to civic proj
ects. The local newspapers assert that
probably no man in Chattanooga had
a wider circle of acquaintances than
he, yet he was quiet, retiring, unas
suming; his charity, kindliness and
gentle humor were his distinguishing
characteristics. Although he served
most of the movements in which he
was interested as president, on his re
tirement to the ranks he never lost in
terest, but continued to give them the
same effective service. One of his
most recent appointments was as a
member of the local NRA Compliance
Board, and as one of the three mem
bers of the advisory board of the
Home Loan Bonk.
But Mr. Mahoney was perhaps best
known as one of Tennessee’s out
standing Catholic laymen. He was ac
tive in the raising of funds for the
present Church of St. Peter and Paul.
He was the first grand knight of the
Knights of Columbus of Chattanooga,
and through his efforts and those of
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Tennessee Students
Ordained in Rome
Fathers Englert and Welsh
Will Labor in the South
(BY N. C. W. C. NEWS SERVICE)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Two young
Memphis boys, who have studied side
by side for the past 11 years, Decem
ber 5 were ordained to the priesthood
at Vatican City. • '
The new priests are Leon Englert.
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Englert. and
John Welsh, son of Mr. and Mrs. &.
F. Welsh.
Both are 24 years old. Father Welsh
and his family are members of St.
Patrick’s Parish, while Father Eng
lert and his family are member^ot the
Sacred Heart Parish.
After completing their grammar
school course, they went from Mem
phis to St. Bernard’s College, Cullman,
Ala., and from there to St. Gregory's
College. Cincinnati. They went to
Rome four years ago.
The two priests will return to Mem
phis next summer and will be assign
ed to their respective parishes by the
Most Rev. Alphonse J. Smith, Bishop
of Nashville.