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TWO THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC L AYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA AUGUST 22, 1936 Florida Has Its First Religious Vacation Camp MISS AMMIE TEIGHER, SUMTER, S. C, DIES Was Organist and Choir Director of St. Anne’s Church There for 40 Years SUMTER, S. C.—Miss Ammie B. Teicher, one of Sumter's most be loved women and for forty years or ganist and choir director at St. Anne’s Church, died suddenly at her home July 21. Miss Teicher had been in ill health .for several years but appeared to be improving; death came shortly after a heart attack. Born in Sumter, the daughter of the late M. and Mrs. Frank Ferdi nand Teicher—her mother was for merly Miss Margaret Barrett—she was graduated at St. Joseph’s Acad emy, and spent her entire life in the community; she was widely known for her talent in her chosen field of music. - The funeral was held from St. Anne’s Church, of which she was such a devoted member and which she served so loyally and effectively tlirough the years. The Rev. Mau rice Daley of St. Anthony’s Church, Florence, officiated at the Requiem Mass. Interment was in the aCtholic Cemetery. N. C. C. W. Will Meet in Galveston Oct. 18 Bishop Noll Urges Large At tendance at Convention WASHINGTON—The vital need for and the real importance of the Na tional Council of Catholic Women are vigorously emphasized by the Most Rev. John F. Noll, Bishop of Fort Wayne and Episcopal Chairman of the Department of Lay Organiza tions, National Catholic Welfare Con ference, in a statement carried in the N. C. W. C.’s August “Monthly Mes sage to Affiliated Organizations.” The convention will be held in Galveston, October 17 to 21. The convention will open Sunday, October 18, with Pontificial High Mass in St. Mary’s Cathedral, at which the Most Rev. Christopher E. Byrne, Bishop of Galveston and host to the convention, will deliver the sermon. Commencement Held at Charleston School Bishop Walsh Presides at St. Peter’s Exercises CHARLESTON, S. C. — A schol arship to Xavier University, New Orleans, was awarded Portia Naomi Smith and one to Morehouse Col lege, Atlanta to Joseph Daly Eng lish at the annual commencement of Immaculate Conception School, held at St. Peter’s Church, with the Most Rev. Emmet M. Walsh. D. D., Bishop of Charleston, presiding. Professor Louis T. Achilie of How- Sorbonne in Paris, was among the distinguished guests present. The members of the graduating class of the school, which is under the di rection of the Holy Ghost Fathers, and taught by the Oblate Sisters of Davisboro. follow: Portia Naomi Smith. Ruth Na omi Levia, Winnifred Emaline Sea- brook, Joseph Daly English, Nathan iel Lomax Manigault, Aida Angela Smith. Helen Louise North, Cath erine Louise Meggett, John Rey nolds Chisholm, Agatha Elizabeth Noisette, Marie Veronica Lucas, Herman Joseph Lum, Mildred Wil- helmina Robinson. Catholic Historical Work at Charleston University of South Carolina Interested in City’s Ancient Cemeteries CHARLESTON, S. C.—In the state wide historical project which the University of South Carolina Is sponsoring and collecting fortheir historical museum, St. Mary’s and St. Patrick’s Church yards come under the head of Charleston's most historic and oldest cemeteries. A complete record of, every tomb, tombstone and memorial tablet in the churchyard and interior of the church is now being taken and typed and sent to the University of South Carolina at Columbia. It is expected that a copy will also be sent to the Library of Congress at Washington, D. C. Charleston's old churches con tain the tombs of some of its oldest and foremost citizens that have gone down in the history of our country. One of the oldest and most historic stones in St. Patrick's Cemetery is that of Mrs. Catherine Northrop whose forefathers were Captain Ed mund Bellinger and Col. Edmund Doyle who left England respectively in 1636 and 1655. Mrs. Eugene Marcil is at present copying the records of the tomb stones in Sgint Patrick’s churchyard. Sacred Heart Junior College, Belmont North Carolina has two junior colleges for young women. St. Genevieve’s and Sacred Heart Junior College, the latter of which is pictured above. Sacred Heart Junior College is conducted by the Sisters of Mercy at Bel mont; they also conduct Sacred Heart Academy and St. Leo’s School for Boys. The buildings are modern and splendidly equipped, the college and schools have the highest scholastic standing, and the young women the Sis ters of Mercy have sent out into the world from their schools at Belmont are assurance of the excellence of the training and education imparted there. POLISH BISHOPS AND PRIESTS ONCE SCOUTS (BY N. C. W. C. News Service) NEW YORK—Two Bishops, 300 priests and 600 seminarians have risen from the ranks of Boy Scouts in Poland, it was revealed in con nection with a visit to Camp Hayes paid by the 19 Scout leaders from the Boy Scout Association of Poland on Tuesday. The chaplain of the visit ing Polish Scouts is Father Francis Tyczkowski, who was himself a Stout as a boy. 52 ATTEND WOMEN’S RETREAT IN FLORIDA Father Ruggeri, S. J., Re- treatmaster at Academy of Holy Names, Tampa (Special To The Bulletin) TAMPA, Fla.—The fourth annual closed retreat for ladies sponsored by the St. Augustine Diocesan Council, N. C. W. C., was held at the Academy of the Holy Name here early in July, running front Wednesday evening to Friday morning. The Rev. William Ruggeri, S. J., was the retreatmaster and his confer ences on the spiritual exercises were strong, vigorous and to the point. Fifty-two retreatants drew inspira tion from his addresses. The beautiful convent building and the spacious grounds on the shores of Tampa Bay made an ideal setting for the three days of recollection and prayer. After the retreat many comment ed on the strict observance of silence and the atmosphere of spirituality, tn the words of the president,, Mrs. George Coyle, all felt that for a brief space they had forgotten the cares of life and became again happy convent girls. At breakfast Friday Mrs. Coyle, on behalf of the retreatants, thanked the Sisters of the Holy Name for their untiring kindness and consideration. She followed this with a stirring call to Catholic Action in which we must put into actual practice the inspira tion we had derived from the retreat. Sister Ethelbert responded in her own happy manner. Mrs. McCollum gave her own individual message. After breakfast the retreatants parted hoping to meet again next year. As one lady phrased it, the re treat had been “A Little Bit of Heaven.” Those present at the retreat were Mrs. A. Lothgery, Mrs. A. L. Gibson, Mrs. L. de Roux, Mrs. Elizabeth Nebel, Mrs. B. Saleno. Miss Marei Slevin, Mrs. Mary Eisele, Miss Katie Coyle,. Miss Ethel Morse, Miss Evan geline Morse, Miss Monica Labadie Miss Anna Schmitt, Miss Loyola Mc Laughlin, Miss Dolores Jones, Mrs. Ella Downey. Mrs. Anna Whitaker, Mrs. Teresa Frese, Miss Helen Frese. Miss Kate Jackson, Mrs. D. B. Mc Kay, Mrs. C. E. White, Miss Virginia Toland, and Mrs. T. J. Towmey of Tampa; Mrs. J. Selig, Winter Haven; Mrs. E. Mangan, Mrs. H. Detwiler. Mrs. T. F. Wallace, Mrs. C. Kaesbavk, Mrs. V. M. Cabe, Mrs. C. M. Clyhan, and Mrs. C. Gregg of Miami,r”Mrs. J. Benfield, Mrs. A. Bourdeau, Mrs. C. Lovett, and Miss Grey Littleton of Bradentown; Mrs. R. Gloetzner. and Miss D. Palmore of St. Petersburg; Mrs. George Coyle and Mrs. C. Gilli land of Jacksonville; Mrs. W. Holland, Leesburg; Mrs. J. Dunne and Mrs. R. Riedman. San Antonio; Mrs. E. Man ning. West Palm Beach; Mrs. G. Matthis and Mrs. J. O’Keefe, Lake land; Miss Julia M. Neef, Lutz; Mrs. C. McCollum, Gainesville; Miss Vere- na Le Saint, Lake Worth; Mrs. J. Shahan, Largo; Mrs. W. Lindsey Coral Gables; Miss Ellen Hoy and her sister, Sanford. Nazi Anti-Catholic Program Continues Despite Olympics Olympic Mass Said, But Anti-Religious Attitude of Regime Is Unchanged (Special Correspondence, N. C. W. C. News Service) AMSTERDAM.—At the first Catho lic divine service held in the Olympic Village in Berlin there were 27 wor shippers. Most numerous among these were the Peruvians. The Amer ican team had not yet arrived from New York. Mass was celebrated in the main building of the village at an emerg ency altar. The Gospel was read in English, German and Italian, besides Latin. In the meantime, the presecution of German Catholics by the Nazi regime continues unabated, although prob ably most of the Olympic visitors to Germany would notice little of it. German Catholics are, as a rule, hav ing no contact with the foreign visi tors, and if they do meet them, they will be inclined to refrain from any conversation touching upon domestic policies, harassed as they are by the Nazi police. A typical instance of what is going on in Germany unnoticed by the out side world was a sermon a few days ago by the Most Rev. Clemens August Count von Galen Bishop of Muenster, Westphalia, who attended a traditional procession in that town. The police planned to prevent the demonstrations of sympathy for the Bishop which have been customary there in recent times and tied heavy ropes around the Cathedral square so that the masses could not get c|ose to the Bishop. As no warning of this measure was given beforehand, Bishop von Galen addressed himself from the pulpit to the worshippers who were jam ming the Cathedral and said: “The police apparently have the intention of preventing you from es corting me home, as has been cus tomary on former occasions. They want to keep you away from your Bishop. I therefore appeal to you to submit to force and not to escort me home. I do not desire that harmless spectators, good Catholics who have no other intention but to greet their Bishop, be beaten and ar rested as happened on Trinity Sun day. But I want to say this: If any body thinks that you can be separat ed from me, and that I can be sepa rated from you by police measures and ropes, that person is very much mistaken. We are united by a tie which was made by God.” The faithful applauded, much to the surprise of the Bishop. The crowd conformed to the Bishop’s wishes and submitted peacefully to the public measures, for some time continuing, however, to acclaim the Bishop from behind the ropes. ROBERT O. ROHME, a Catholic of Colindale, near London, after being imprisoned in a Nazi jail at Frank fort, Germany, for 15 months, for. he states, the offense of having made a remark derogatory of Hitler, has been released. In the remark for which he was jailed, he said in private conversa tion, that he thought Hitler was a psychopathic case. “It is a dreadful persecution” said Mr. Rohme in an mterviey with the London University. “Perhaps that subtle, poisionous at mosphere of spies all round you is the most dreadful thing in Germany. Fear walks by day and you are al most afraid to whisper by night a doubt, of the all-rightness of the Fuhrer and the Third Reich”. “It is not to be wondered at that if a priest says anything openely in a sermon which can be twisted into a slight on Hitler and his rule, he is imprisoned. I know there are dozens of priests now in prison for this al leged crime." Notes From Diocese of St. Augustine JAMES T. VOCELLE has been named chairman of the Indian River County Democratic Committee; Mr. Vocelle, a leading attorney of Vero Beach, Fla., is a native of St. Mary’s, Ga., and a former member of the Georgia Legislature. He was a mem ber in the Catholic Laymen’s Associa tion of Georgia in its early days. FATHER MAHER Council, Knights of Columbus, at Jacksonville, spon sored a ferry boat ride August 1, with a program of dancing, music, enter tainment and refreshments, William J- O’Rourke was chairman of the com mittee. DIOCESAN N. G. G. W. IS GAMP’S SPONSOR Bishop Barry Officiates at Closing'—Boy Scout Camp Location of the School MISS NETTIE YOUNG of Jackson ville, is among the Floridians taking summer courses at the Catholic Uni versity of America, Washington, D. C. George B. Cox, of Jacksonville, is also at the Catholic University for summer courses. GLASS-HALL—The Rev- Thomas G. Jones officiated at the marriage late in July at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Jacksonville of Miss Annie Elizabeth Glass, daugh ter of Mrs. Ruby E. Glass, and Thomas Gordon Hall, of Fernandina. Mrs. Hall, a graduate of St. Joseph’s Academy. St. Augsutine, was a stu dent nurse at St. Vincent’s at the time of her marriage; Mr. Hall, grandson of the late Judge Thomas A. Hall of Nassau County, is a grad uate of St. Joseph’s Academy. St. Augustine, and of the law school of the University of Florida. JACKSONVILLE LODGE of the Elks entertained the girls from St. Mary’s Home, about one hundred in number, at the annual outing at Jaoksonville Beach early in August. Fred T. Nooney was general chair man. The girls spent the entire day at the beach, the program including swimming, dinner, other refresh ments, games, and riding .on the numerous devices there. REV. JOHN F. McXEOWN, of Jacksonville, who holds the rank of lieutenant-chaplain, 38th Coast Artil lery Brigade, recently did a tour of duty at Fort Barrancas, Pensacola harbor defenses, with the 524th Coast Artillery Regiment in the Citizens ilitary Training Camp. REV. FELIX ULLRICH, O. S. B., pastor at San Anonio, Fla., has erect ed a large grotto in the churchyard and a large statue of St. Anthony on the highway in the park in front of the' church. REV. CHARLES ELSLANDER, pastor of St. Martha’s Church, Sara sota, Fla., has erected a beautiful statue of the Little Flower on the rectory grounds. REV. JOHN P. COTTER, pastor of St. Peter’s Church, Deland, lost his mother by death recently in the East, and the sympathy of his friends goes out to him in his sorrow. REV. A. DOHERTY, S. J-, pastor of St. Ann’s Church, West Palm Beach, who has been recuperating from an serious illness, is back at his post. The Rev. J. B. Frankhouser, S- J., West Palm Beach, and the Rev. W. A. Wilkinson, S. J., Miami, have been spending some time in New Or leans. The Rev. A. L. Maureau, S. J-, Key West, made his retreat at Mairtii recently, the Rev. A. O’Neil, S. J., taking his place at Key West during his absence. The Rev. Peter P. O’Sullivan, S. J., of Miami, who has been ill, is greatly improved. ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla.— The first religious vacation camp of the Dio- cees of St. Augustine, opened July 20 at Apopka, Fla., with a registra tion of nearly one hundred children from various parts of Florida. The camp closed August 2 with solemn ceremonies, the, Most Rev. Patrick Barry, D.D., Bishop of St. Augustine, officiating at Solemn Benediction. The camp was sponsored by the St. Augustine Diocesan Council of the National Council of Catholic* Women, Mrs. George P. Coyle, Jacksonville, president, with a special committee charged with the work; the members of the committee included Mrs. J. L. Hurt, Sanford, chairman; Mrs. B. U. IJyal, Jacksonville, Mrs. R. M. Ciewis, Tampa, Mrs. Thomas E. Grady, Miami, and Mrs. Ralph Wight, Winter Haven. The committee secured the Central Florida Boy Scout Camp for the va cation school, the camp being thor oughly equipped in every detail, and delightful. The Very Rev. P. J. Mc Gill, spiritual director of the Dioce san Council, was camp director, as sisted by the Rev. J. J. Kelleghan and a staff including seminarians, officers of the N. C. C. W., headed by Mrs. Hurt, chairman of the committee, and others. Dr. Charles Collins, of Orlan do, was in charge of the medical de partment, with Miss Ruth Reeves as resident registered nurse. George Reeve, Red Cross examiner, had charge of the water activities. The Sisters of St. Joseph had charge of the instruction, and the seminar ians assisting included Charles Bag- well, Lamar Genova, Charles Spell man, Roy Barksdale and John Flay- field. The camp was 14 miles north west of Orlando on the Orlando-Eus- tids Highway. The Diocesan Council undertook the financing of the camp. In his address at the closing of the camp, Bishop Barry said it was a tre- meudous success, fulfilling the high est hopes entetrained for it, and he expressed his heartfelt thanks to the Diocesan Council, its officers, mem bers and all who shared in the suc cess of the camp. Children came from Bakersville. Bartow, Bradenton, Brooksville, Deland, Homestead, Jacksonville. Karona, Lakeland, Win ter Haven, Perry, Rockledge, Sanford, Sarasota. Stuart, Tallahassee, Titus ville and Winter Haven. The opening days of the camp, Mrs. George P. Coyle, Diocesan N. C. C. W president. Jacksonville. Mrs. Jo sephine K. Maner, Jacksonville, first vice president, and Mrs. Thomas E. Grady. Miami, and Mrs. J. W. Mc Collum, Gainesville, past presidents of the Diocesan Council, were pres ent, and Mrs. Coyle returned the Friday before the camp was closed, remaining for the closing. Mrs. Ruth Crowder, Winston-Salem, Dies Wife of Major League Pitch er Had Been in Declining Health for Several Years ■ WINSTON-SALEM, N. C. — Mrs. Ruth Livernash Crowder, 37, wife of Alvin Crowder, famed big league baseball pitcher, died here late in July after an extended illness. Mrs. Crowder had been in declining health for the past five years and her con dition was particularly serious for several weeks before her death. Mrs. Crowder was born in Roch ester, N. Y.. April 28, 1899, the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. F. N. Livernash, and was educated at the local schools and Nazareth Academy. She was a devoted member of St. Leo's Church here, and her example led to the con version of her husband. Surviving m addition to her husband are her mother and her brother, Fred A. Liv ernash of Rochester. The Rev. Leo Frierson, O.S.B., pastor of St. Leo’s Church, officiated at the Requiem Mass at the funeral, which was one of the largest attended in Winston- 3alem in years. Reds Are Challenged to Prove Sincerity Imprisonment of Clergy Re futes Promises, Congress man Tells Associates (By N. C. W. C. News Service) WASHINGTON—A challenge to the rulers of Russia to give testimony of the recent announcement of a great er measure of freedom for the Rus sian people by releasing the hundreds of clergymen of various religions now imprisoned because of their loyalty to their faith was issued by Repre sentative John W. McCormack, of Massachusetts, in an address in Congress. His address was greeted with applause.