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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
MAY 19, 1934
St. Lawrence Parish Pioneer
in Western North Carolina
Capt. Hampton K.Lea
Dies in Charleston
Retired Pilot Was Business
Leader There. Death Claims
Other Charlestonians
(Special to The Bulletin)
CHARLESTON, S. C. — Captain
Hampton Knox Lea, retired pilot, and
for many years a business and civic
leader here, died May 11 after an ex
tended illness at the age of 62. Cap
tain Lea was born in Lynchburg,
Va.; after retiring as a pilot he en
gaged in the furniture business. He
was prominent in efforts for the re
lief of the unemployed, and a mem
ber of the mayor’s committee. He was
chairman of the construction com
mittee of St. Francis Xavier Infirm
ary, a leader in the campaign for
funds, and a vestryman of St. Mary’s
Church, from which his funeral was
held with a Requiem Mass. Inter
ment was in St. Lawrence Ceme
tery.
Surviving Captain Lea are his wife,
who was Miss Mary Elizabeth Quin-
livan. of Charleston, a son. Dr. James
L. Lea, Norfolk, Va.; a daughter, Mrs.
Joseph G. Ward, wife of Captain
Ward. U. S. M. C., Washington, D.
C., and four grandchildren.
T. F. McGAREY, WIDELY
KNOWN CONTRACTOR, DIES
Thomas F. McGarey, one of Char
leston’s oldest and most widely
known residents, died here late In
April at the age of 80. Mr. McGarey
was a leading contractor for many
years; he was long active in politics,
especially in the Reconstruction pe
riod; he was a native of Charleston,
bom here September 27, 1853. The
funeral was held from the Cathedral
with a Requiem Mass; interment was
in St. Lawrence Cemetery. Surviving
are one son, Thomas F. McGarey, Jr.,
Philadelphia; two daughters, Mrs.
Harrv F. Barkerding, New Orleans;
and Mrs. E. L. McGarey, Charleston,
and several grandchildren.
SERGT. DENNIS QUINN
DIES AT AGE OF 80
Segt. Dennis Quinn, who joined
the Charleston police force over 55
years ago, and who retired in 1915 as
sergeant and acting lieutenant, died
here May 4 after an extended ill
ness. Sergeant Quinn was bom in
Ireland and came here as a young
man. For many years he was per
haps the best known member of the
local police department. He was a
member of St. Patrick’s Church and
of the Holy Name Society there. Sur
viving are two daughters, Mrs. W. P.
Evans, Chicago, and Mrs. W. R. Ax-
son. Charleston; a son. John D. Quinn
and a grandson, Robert D. Quinn.
Tbe funeral was held from St. Pat
rick’s Church with a Requiem Mass;
interment was in St. Lawrence Cem
etery.
MRS. ELLEN F. GAFFNEY
DIES IN CHARLESTON
Mrs. Ellen F. Gaffney, widow of
Patrick Gaffney, who was born in
Charleston March 20, 1863, died here
late in April. Mrs. Gaffney was a
member of widely known Charleston
families, and an active member of St.
Mary’s Church, from which her fu
neral was held with a Requiem Mass;
interment was in St. Lawrence Ceme
tery. Mrs. Gaffney was the mother of
Dr. E. M. Gaffney, Commander John
J Gaffney, U. S. N., Lieut.-Comman-
der Francis L. Gaffney, U. S. N. Mrs.
Warren Van Auken, Hartsville, Mrs.
Claude Escoffier, Mis. Walter Stokes
and Mrs. Walter Murphy, Charles
ton.
CHARLES V. DUFFY
DIES AT AGE OF 70
Charleston V. Duffy, a member of
Cathedral Parish, died here early in
May at the age of 70, after an illness
of four years. Mr. Duffy was born
in Charleston and was a lifelong
resident of the city. The funeral was
held from the Cathedral with a Re
quiem Mass, interment was in St.
Lawrence Cemetery.
FUNERAL OF MRS. MARY
MURPHY IN CHARLESTON
The funeral of Mrs. Mary Fogarty
Murphy, widow of Peter Francis
Murphy, a well known member of
Cathedral Parish, who died early in
May, was held from the Cathedral
with a Requiem Mass. Interment was
in St. Lawrence Cemetery.
PARIS had a retreat for actors and
actresses recently, given by the Very
Rev. Martin Gillet, O. P., master-
general of the Dominicans, now resi
dent in Rome, and formerly chaplain
of ton Catholic Theatre Union in
Paris. The Dominican Church in the
Faubourg St. Honore was crowded for
the retreat; the press noted that some
theatrical stars accustomed to special
favors and attentions had to stand
during the Masses and sermons.
Death Claims Former
Tennessee Legislator
John P. Murphy, Nashville,
Also Widely Known Labor
Leader
• (Special to The Bulletin)
NASHVILLE, Term. — John P.
Murphy, former member of the Ten
nessee Legislature and widely known
as a labor leader, died here recently.
Mr. Murphy was a native of Thomp
son Station, Tenn., the son of Pat
rick Murphy, a Confederate soldier.
Coming to Nashville in 1888, he
learned the printer’s trade, and was
with the old Nashville Democrat for
many years, then going to the Nash
ville Tennessean. During the World
War he was with the United States
Employment Service; in 1927 he was
appointed attendance officer, a post
he held until his death.
Mr. Murphy was a member of the
Tennessee Legislature from 1908 to
1913, and from 1930 to 1933; he won
recognition by his efforts for child
labor laws, restricted working hours
for women, and other humane meas
ures. He introduced the first vital
statistics bill and took an important
part in introducing and passing a
compulsory school attendance law.
He resigned as president of the Nash
ville Trades and Labor Council last
year because of failing health, after
serving a number of years.
Mr. Murphy was a member of the
Cathedral parish, from which his
funeral was held, witty a Requiem
Mass. He was a member of the
Knights of Columbus and other or
ganizations. Surviving are his wife,
Mrs. Ella P. Murphy; his daughter,
Mrs. Brownlow Ferguson; two sis
ters, Mrs. Silas Grady and Mrs. Mar
garet Hagerty, and two brothers,
Daniel Murphy and Jere Murphy, all
of Nashville.
The Nashville Banner, the Eve
ning Tennesseean, the Morning Ten-
neseean and the Labor Advocate all
paid extended editorial tribute to Mr.
Murphy. Governor Hill McAlister
headed the list of honorary pallbear
ers.
Mrs. J. S. Whitaker,
Jacksonville, Dies
Native of Columbus Pioneer
Student at Mf. de Sales
(Special to The Bulletin)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.—The many
friends throughout Georgia, Ala
bama and Florida will learn with
regret of the death of Mrs. Jodie
Struppa Whitaker, which occurred
April 25, at the residence of her
daughter, Mrs. Thomas C. Ybanez,
here. Mrs. Whitaker was bom and
reared in Columbus, being the
youngest of fourteen children of
John B. and Mary Ann Struppa, pio
neer residents of Columbus. Her ear
ly education was under the Sisters of
Mercy of Columbus, and with the
opening of Mount de Sales Academy
in Macon, she was the first young
lady to be registered there as a stu
dent.
Completing her education, she, re
turned to Columbus where she was
active in the work connected with the
Church of the Holy Family and for
a number of years was a member of
the choir. In 1887 Mrs. Whitaker was
married to Joseph L. Whitaker of
Atlanta, who preceded her in death.
Some twenty years ago ehe removed
to Jacksonville, with her family
where her activities in connection
with the work of the Church were
continued. Her happy and sunny dis
position and smiling countenance
will be missed by her many friends in
every walk of life who loved and re
spected her.
At the time of her death she was an
officer of the Catholic Daughters of
America, Immaculate Conception
Court, and also a member of the
League of the Sacred Heart and of
the Altar and Rosary Society of the
Church of the Assumption of South
Jacksonville. Surviving are two
daughters, Mrs. Roy H. Crawford
and Mrs. Thomas C. Ybanez and one
son, Philip F. Whitaker; eight grand
children, all of Jacksonville; one
sister, Mrs. Lizzie Collier of Mont
gomery, Alabama, and a number of
nieces and nephews throughout the
South. The remains were returned to
Columbus where a Requiem High
Mass was said by the Rev. Dan J.
McCarthy, pastor. Burial was in the
family plot at Linwood.
CANADA is considering a bill, sim
ilar to one recently passed by the
Manitoba State Legislature, making
the publishing of libelous material
against a race or religion basis for a
civil action against the persons re
sponsible.
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tor and headmaster at the Extension
School at Washington, D. C. There
he worked under Dr. Thomas Shields
in introducing a new method of teach
ing doctrine in the schools. Entering
the theological seminary at Rochester,
N. Y., Father Bour completed his
studies at that institution, and was
ordained to the priesthood by the Rt.
Rev. Leo Haid, O.S.B., Bishop of the
Diocese of North Carolina.
After ordination he was first assist
ant to the Cathedral in Wilmington
where he remained for a period of
two years laboring in the capacity of
Cathedral Curate and Missionary
Rector. The spiritual ministrations
unto the inhabitants of 13 small towns
depended upon him. While at Wil
mington the Bishop appointed him
headmaster and director of St. Mary’s
School, which is attached to the Par
ish in that city; at this institution he
labored with every effort to modern
ize the methods of teaching as well
as the equipment. The Sisters of
Mercy aided him in this arduous un
dertaking.
In the year 1917 he was transferred
to Asheville as Administrator of the
Parish of St. Lawrence as the Rev.
Patrick Marion, the pastor in charge
at that time, was in ill health and un
able to attend to the duties incum
bent upon him. Upon the death of
Father Marion, Father Bour was ap
pointed pastor on August 8, 1922. Dur
ing the 17 years of his administration
of the parish he has accomplished
many interesting pieces of work in
cluding ther emodeling and refurn
ishing of the church.
In the early part of the year 1927
Father Bour purchased the spacious
and beautiful residence of Dr. Gard
ner in West Asheville and founded
the second parish of the City of
Asheville. This parish is under toe
patronage of St. Joan of Arc. With
education as his hobby and ever in
terested in the advancement of toe
cause he immediately went to work
and at toe middle of September he
opened the doors of the first parochial
school in Asheville with the Sisters
of Christian Education in charge. This
school is open to Catholic and non-
Catoolic children. Some 72 pupils reg
istered the very first day.
As recorded elsewhere in this is-
with an attendance of over 100 pupils,
sue, this school is still flourishing,
For a number of years Father Bour
was on the teaching staff of the Col
lege of St. Genevieve-of-the Pines as
special examiner and lecturer in
History and Social Sciences. He was
also much in demand in toe various
spheres of civic activities as speaker.
PIONEER RADIO
SPEAKER
In this Diocese of Raleigh Father
Bour is the pioneer to broadcast toe
Catholic Church doctrine and prin
ciples over toe radio station. He has
just completed a series of radio talks
over station WWNC up in Asheville
—the Land of the Sky, his masterful
and scholarly presentation merited
for him toe finest commendations
from all classes of society and from
toe adherents of many of toe various
religious persuasions. His method was
positive and informative —firm and
absolute yet without toe savour of
antagonism. Father Bout’s scholastic
attainments, his experience in foren
sic approach and his well modulated
voice have made his broadcasting very
popular.
His latest accomplishment as pastor
of St. Lawrence is the erection of a
massive and artistic church rectory
—a structure wholly in keeping with
toe famous Church of St. Lawrence—
at the cost of $50,000 fifty thou
sand dollars. The interior appoint
ments are truly modern and in a style
befitting a church rectory. The right
Rev. Bishop has his suite which he
occupies during his many visits to
Asheville.
Many of toe smaller missions in toe
state have received substantial aid
from this Parish of St. Lawrence.
During the World War Father Bour
served as Catholic Chaplain at Fort
Caswell at Cape Fear, N. C. Later he
served as auxiliary chaplain at the
U. S. Veterans Hospital at Oteen, N.
C. He also served as diocesan secre
tary of the National Catholic War
Council during the war. Father Bour
is very proud of the fact that through
his efforts Asheville is toe first city
in North Carolina which can boast
of two Catholic parishes for white
congregations.
The following have served as Curates
under the direction of Father Bour;
Rev. Aloysius C. Adler, Rev. Edward
E. Rigney, Rev. Walter E. Kealey,
Rev. Alfred J. Duffy, Rev. Peter Vic
tor McCaffrey, Rev. Peter M. Denges,
Rev. Peter McNerney, Rev. Arthur
Racistti and Rev. Patrick Callaghan.
He makes his residence at the new
rectory on Haywood Street and is a
member of the following: Old Colony
Club, Elks, charter member of toe
Optimistic Club of Asheville, a'mem
ber of toe Knights of Columbus of
which he is Past Grand Knight,
Chamber of Commerce member, and
member of several University frats.
His hobbies are educational problems
and scientific research work.
TWO FIJI ISLANDERS, trained for
toe seminary by toe Marist mission
aries, are entering toe Marist College
at Silverstream. in Australia to com
plete their preparatory studies, fol
lowing the example of a number of
other natives of the islands.
Critically 111
THE REV. CHARLES L. O’DON
NELL, C. S. C., president of Notre
Dame University, stricken over a
year ago with a throat and lung in
fection, is in critical condition, and
his failure to rally is causing grave
concern. Father O'Donnell is one of
the nation’s leading educators, and
president of the Catholic Poetry So
ciety of the United States.
VACATION SCHOOL IN
DIOCESE OF RALEIGH
Will Open at Nazareth June
3 for Two Weeks
(Special to The Bulletin)
RALEIGH, N. C.—The third annual
vacation religious school for the dio
cese will begin at toe Catholic Or
phanage, Nazareth, June 3, to con
tinue for two weeks.One hundred and
twenty-five children from various
parts of the state are expected to be
in attendance.
The Orphanage buildings are avail
able for the use of the religious
school in that the boys and girls of
the Orphanage are to leave for their
respective summer camps at Wild
wood and Hendersonville toward the
end of May.
In charge of the school will be a
combined group of Dominican Sis
ters of Cathedral School, Raleigh, Im
maculate Heart of Mary Sisters, St.
Monica’s, Raleigh, Sisters of toe Di
vine Providence, St. Therese’s School,
Wilson, and Sisters of Mercy, Catho
lic Orphanage, Nazareth.
The Rev. Thomas A. Williams, as
sistant chancellor, has been appointed
director of toe vacation school.
Rotary Club Honors
Chattanooga Leader
John Stagmeier Made Hon
orary Member There
(Special to The Bulletin)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — John
Stagmeier, one of Chattanooga’s lead
ing citizens, was honored by toe Ro
tary Club at a recent meeting when
he was made an honorary member.
The address was made by James F.
Finlay, former president and a dis
tinguished member of toe Tennes
see Bar, who said that Rotary and
Chattanooga honored him for his
work with toe old Associated Chari
ties, the present Social Service Bureau,
Pine Breeze Sanitarium and other
humane movements. Mr. Stagmeier
served as president of the Associated
Charities and its sucessor, toe Social
Service Bureau, for nineteen years.
Mr. Finlay also referred to Mr. Stag-
meier’s generous efforts for his
church, toe parish of Sts. Peter and
Paul.
LAYMEN’S DINNER
CLUB MEETS MONDAY
The monthly meeting of the Lay
men’s Dinner Club will take place
Monday, May 21. The laymen and
women of Sts. Peter and Paul par
ish, of which toe Rt. Rev. Msgr.
Francis T. Sullivan is pastor, spon
sor this monthly gathering, which is
featured by a propram including an
address of Catholic interest.
Mrs. J. J Toomey of,
Washington Is Dead
Resident of St. Joseph’s
Parish There for 45 Years
WASHINGTON, Ga.—Mrs. Marga
ret O’Connell Toomey, widow of the
lat John J. Toomey, and one of
Washington’s most widely known
and beloved women, died here May
2 after an illness of several weeks.
Mrs. Toomey was bom in Ireland
seventy years ago; she was quite
young when her family came to Sa
vannah. She was educated at Savan
nah, and in 1889 was married to Mr.
Toomey, at that time and until his
death a prominent merchant of
Washington.
The funeral was held from St. Jos
eph’s Chapel, the Rev. Thomas L.
Finn, pastor, officiating at the Req
uiem Mass. Interment was in St. Pat
rick’s Cemetery, All classes in
Washington paid tribute to Mrs.
Toomey at the funeral.
Surviving Mrs. Toomey are a son,
Dr. Joseph M. Toomey, formerly of
Atlanta, now of Barancus, Fla., and
five daughters, Miss Mary Toomey,
Washington, and Mrs. W. B. Brewer,
Mrs. A. O. Kirch, Mrs. E. H. Stan
ley and Mrs H B Cogbum, Atlanta
Mi’s. Toomey was active in St. Jos
eph’s congregation and was also
greatly interested in toe work of toe
Catholic Laymen’s Association of
Georgia, being an officer of toe local
branch for a number of years pre
vious to her death.
Bishop England High
Has ‘Business Shou/
CHARLESTON, S. C. — Bishop
England High School presented some
thing new in an educational way
May 10 and 11 in the form of a “Bus
iness Show” at the school building.
The purpose of the show was to ac
quaint toe students and public with
latest business apparatus and to in
dicate toe results of toe business
courses of the school. Fifteen firms
had exhibits at the show. The busi
ness courses at the school, of which
Rev. Dr. Joseph L. O’Brien is rector,
started in 1915 with five pupils; toe
business courses now rival the clas
sical and other courses-in popularity.
OUR LADY OF MERCY CHURCH
conducted a solemn triduum in honor
of St. Jude Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday of last week.
CATHEDRAL JUNIOR SODALITY
entertained with a successful mystery
drama. “Am I Intruding?” at Colum
bus Hall May 7. The Cathedral Dra
matic Society will present “The Feast
of the Little Lantern” May 25 at Co
lumbus Hall. St. Joseph’s Parish
sponsored with an Irish concert, Mrs.
J. Joseph Reynolds as director, at Co
lumbus Hall early in April. It was
one of the most successful entertain
ments held here in some time.
. .MISS ELIZABETH WALSH, of Ca
thedral Parish, has been elected pres
ident of the Alpha Zeta Chapter of
the Beta Phi Sorority of the College
of Charleston, and tvas installed at a
recent meeting.
MAHATMA GANDHI, who once
said India stood in no need of con
version and Christian missionaries
should be permitted to remain only
if they confined their attention to
purely humanitarian and charitable
efforts, appears to have had a change
of opinion. He is now quoted as say
ing that he would welcome mission
aries of otner countries to a free In
dia, “since if they had a new message
it should be delivered to the people.”
1934
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