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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
AUGUST 22, 1936
JOSEPH GATINS DIES
IN NEW YORK AT 83
Pioneer Atlantan Was Bus
iness Leader in City Since
Reconstruction Days
(Special To The Bulletin)
ATLANTA, Ga. — Joseph Francis
Gatins, one of the Atlanta pioneers
largely responsible for the developing
of the city from a small community to
the metropolis of the Southeast, and
a member of a prominent Georgia
Catholic family, died in New York
early in August at the age of 83.
Born in Atlanta in 1853, Mr. Gatins
developed into young manhood when
the mantle of sorrow and despair laid
by the War Between the States was
still draped over the land. Starting as
a clerk in a railroad office, Mr. Gat
ins soon demonstrated his ability, and
rose to positions of responsibility,
serving as cashier of the Central of
Georgia Railway. He organized his
own transfer company, became asso
ciated with Paine, Murphy and Co.,
stockbrokers, and was also interested
in real estate development. He built
the Georgia Terrace Hotel and other
splendid buildings, and his confidence
in the future of Atlanta was a source
of encouragement to others.
Thirty years ago Mr. Gatins went
to New York, but he had retained
his close connections with Atlanta
and was a frequent visitor in the
city, his last visit coming not long
before his death. He was a member
of the Church of the Immaculate
Conception and active in the famed
Pioneer School Boys Association.
“As a child Mr. Gatins saw the
drama of the War Between the States,
the Atlanta Journal said editorially,”
and he grew to manhood in the dis
tressful times of the Reconstruction.
He was a comrad of those whose faith
in a town that was fighting its way
up from disaster formed its spirit, and
assured its future as a great and pros
perous city. His own career was a
record of courage against odds, and of
resourcefulness amid difficulties.”
Surviving Mr. Gatins are his wife,
his son, Benjamin Gatins of Rumson,
N. J., his daughter, Mrs. Howell Jack-
son, Darien. Conn., his sisters, Mrs.
John E. Murphy and Miss Mamie
Gatins, several nieces, three grand
children and one great-grandchild.
The funeral was held from the
Church of the Immaculate Conception,
the Rev. Joseph E. Moylan, pastor, of
ficiating. Interment was in Oakland
Cemetery.
'Antonio Fontana of
Augusta Dies at 73
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Antonio Fontana,
for fifty-two years a resident of Au
gusta, and formerly assistant super
intendent of City Cemetery, died
here last week at the age of 73. Mr.
Fontana was born in Italy, and came
to Augusta while a young man; he
was in the stone cutting business
for a number of years and did much
of the finest work in Augusta in
that field. He was a member of St.
Patrick’s Church, from which his
funeral was held. Surviving are his
wife, Mrs. Rosa Alexander Fontana,
two sons. Giovanni Fontana. Augus
ta, and Joseph Fontana, Huntington,
Ind.. three daughters, Mrs. Pearl
Perkins, Augusta. Mrs. Mary Thom
as, Atlanta, and Mrs. Delie Mudgett,
Hartford, Conn., ten grandchildren,
five great-grandchildren, and a
brother, Charles Fontana, New
York.
MRS. MARY DOOLITTLE OF
AUGUSTA PARISH DIES
Mrs. Mary Doolittle, a native of
Hancock County, Georgia, and a res
ident of Augusta most of her life,
died here last week after an illness
of six weeks. Mrs. Doolittle, who
was 63 years old, was the wife of the
late Roy E., Doolittle The Rev. J. E.
O’Donohoe, S. J.. pastor of Sacred
Heart Church, officiated at the fun
eral services; interment was in West
View Cemetery. Surviving Mrs-.
Doolittle are her brothers, Jesse,
Abb, Robert and Frank Dickens, and
several nieces and nephews.
Brother Schwartz of
Jesuits Dies at 70
Widely Known Religious
Served in Georgia
(Special to The Bulletin)
NEW ORLEANS, La.— The Rev.
Brother Bernard Schwartz, S.J., wide
ly known and beloved member of the
Jesuit Order, died at Mercy Hospital
here late in July after fifty-two years
as a Jesuit. Brother Schwartz was
bom in Germany, at Wesel on the
Rhine, November 14, 1866, and en
tered the Jesuit Order in Holland at
the age of 18. Coming to the United
States in 1885. he was stationed in
New Orleans and later was secretary
to Father Butler, provincial of the
Jesuits. He next went to Macon,
served at Spring Hill from 1891 to
1901, then went to Grand Coteau, St.
Charles College, and followed it with
tours of duty at Galveston, Texas, and
Augusta, Ga. He returned to New
Orleans in 1922 and had been there
since. Two years ago he observed his
golden jubilee as a Jesuit. One of his
last posts was in charge of the re
factory and infirmary at Loyola Uni
versity. The funeral was held from
the Church of the Immaculate Con
ception, with interment in the Jesuit
CAiyiftterv at Grand Coteau, La.
Augusta Parishoner
Dies at Age of 94
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Bracey
Was Native of Missouri
AUGUSTA, Ga. —Mrs. Mary Eliza
beth Bracey, one of the oldest resi
dents of Richmond County, died here
early in August at the age of 94. Mrs.
Bracey was a native of St. Joseph,
Mo., and had resided with her daugh
ter here for the past several years.
Surviving are her daughters, Mrs. H.
M. Dawson of Augusta and Mrs. An
nie Perkins of Los Angeles, Calif.,
two sons, John of Twin Falls, Idaho,
and Dr. L. C. Dorst of North Platte,
Neb., twenty-two grandchildren and
three great grandchildren.
The funeral was held from St.
Mary’s-on-The-Hill, the. Rev. John J.
Kennedy officiating. Interment was
in Pierce Chapel Churchyard. z
THE HOLY CROSS Fathers have
opened a new novitiate at Dart-
mouth, Mass.
ST. JOSEPH INFIRMARY
GRADUATE NURSE FIRST
Miss Dale, Leader in State
Examination, to Be Presby
terian Missionary in Africa
(Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA, Ga.—In the recent
State Board examination for nurses
graduated from training schools and
seeking to qualify as registered
nurses, Miss Lucille Dale of St. Jos
eph’s Infirmary, conducted by the
Sisters of Mercy here, led with an
average of 95 per cent. Miss Dale
will engage in missionary work in
the Belgian Congo under auspices of
the Presbyterian Church.
FATHER PAUL McNALLY, S. J.,
leader of the National Geographic
-Georgetown University Eclipse Ex
pedition to Kustanai, Soviet Russia,
has returned with the expedition;
despite unfavorable conditions the
expedition brought back important
findings.
Young Rabbis Score
Bigotry in Politics
'(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
CHICAGO. — A definite stand
against the injection of religious
prejudice in national politics was
taken here at the tenth annual ses
sion of the Rabbinical Association of
the Hebrew Theological College, at
tended by rabbis of orthodox con
gregations, all under 40 years of age.
A resolution unanimously adopted
read:
“This conference deeply regrets
the racial and religious prejudices
have been inserted into the forth
coming presidential campaign and
calls upon its members to urge that
the issues of the campaign be judged
aolne on a purely American basis.”
In further stressing the stand it
has taken Rabbi William Miller, of
New' Orleans, chairman of the reso
lutions committee stated, that the
association would be unsparing in its
efforts to battle religious prejudice
in politics.
RAYMOND
BLOOMFIELD
Catholic Funeral Director
Secretary Sam Greenberg
and Co.
95 Forrest Ave. N. E.
Atlanta, Ga.
MYERS-DICKSON
FURNITURE CO.
154-156 WHITEHALL, S. W.
ATLANTA
“Where Good Furniture Is Not
Expensive”
For an Electrified Georgia—
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Building 1,026 miles of rural elec
tric line this year alone, to serve 20,-
000 Georgians in 5,000 homes which
never before have enjoyed electric
service, this Company is pressing
ahead with the first phase of a tre
mendous three-year rural electrifica-
,tion program, the largest Georgia has
ever known.
But the Company cannot build all
the lines people want or need — or
all the lines we would like to build.
We can, however, HELP to’ get these
ether lines built, and we WILL do it.
Millions of dollars have been ap
propriated to the Rural Electrifica
tion Administration of the federal
government. This money is to be
loaned on easy terms to local associa
tions, known as cooperatives, whose
members will own and operate the
rural electric lines serving their
homes and farms. It opens up an op
portunity for the electrification of
certain sections of Georgia which we
frankly admit this Company cannot
serve, because of its limited funds.
This advertisement is published to
confirm, in fuller detail, our previous
announcement that the Company
will give every possible assistance to
these cooperatives.
,As the first item of this coopera
tion, we intend to see that Georgia
gets its full share of this money —
FIRST, by assisting local groups in
organizing and in making applica
tions for REA loans, and, SECOND,
when their lines are built, we will aid
them in the still more difficult prob
lem of operation, if they desire this
assistance from us. Many people are
hesitant about joining these coopera
tives because they frankly doubt that
their neighbors — With no experience
in such a highly technical busineis —
can supply satisfactory electric serv
ice. That is one obstacle to the for
mation and successful operation off
the cooperatives which this Company;
can remove, and we will do it for
those who desire it. We will place at
their disposal our large, trained and
experienced organization which has
made a reputation for maintaining
dependable electric service and has
won high acclaim for its speed and
skill in restoring service after sleet
storms, tornadoes and other calami
ties of Nature.
In brief, the Georgia Power Com
pany will do everything it can do to
make a success of the cooperatives
operating under the REA plan — in
the interest of AN ELECTRIFIED
GEORGIA! *
A Program o£ Specific Assistance
I--PRELIMINARY SURVEYS
Services of our trained and experienced engineers are
available WITHOUT CHARGE to the cooperatives in
making the preliminary surveys that are necessary be
fore REA financing can be obtained or construction
begun.
II-REASONABLE RATES
The Company will supply power at wholesale rates
to cooperatives desiring our service. Rates covering this
class of service already have been filed with and ac
cepted by the Georgia Public Service Commission. They
have also been indorsed as reasonable by the REA. These
rates are practically identical with the low rates now
in effect for the wholesale purchase by municipalities of
comparable amounts of power.
III- MAINTENANCE OF LINES
Cooperatives not wishing to bother with the problems
and worries of maintaining and repairing their electric
lines may turn the job over to this Company. Our or
ganization, our equipment and our reputation for doing
the job right are made available to them, and we will
handle the work for them at ACTUAL COST.
IV— APPLIANCE SERVICE AND REPAIR
The Company also will take over the job of repairing
and maintaining electrical equipment in the homes of
members of the cooperatives, if the cooperatives desire
this service from us, and we will do it* at ACTUAL
COST.
V-METER READING AND BILLING
The Company also will assume responsibility for
reading the meters and billing the customer-members of
the cooperatives, if this service is desired. In this ac*
tivity the Company will, of course, work under the in
structions of the cooperatives and apply the rates they
have established. And again our charge will be only the
ACTUAL COST.
VI-LAST, BUT NOT LEAST--
If this Company has planned, to build a certain rural
line of its own, and if by so doing the Company would
“skim the cream off the milk” and thereby make it im
possible for a cooperative to be formed for the purpose
of serving other areas we do not plan to serve, then we
will not build that line. Most certainly, we will not place
obstacles in the way of the cooperatives and thereby
perhaps prevent certain areas from getting any electric
service at all. If the line we had planned to build is
needed by the cooperative to make its set-up feasible
under the REA specifications, then we will relinquish
our plans to build that line.
These Services—And More!
The above definite and - absolutely essential services,
we offer now. Other activities, on invitation or request,
we are prepared to undertake. We stand ready to give
the cooperative phase of rural electrification in Georgia
full benefit of our long experience in helping our cus
tomers get the very utmost in good from their electric
service. For AN ELECTRIFIED GEORGIA, we will
do all we can do ourselves. In what we can’t do, that
others CAN do, we offer our wholehearted and sincere
cooperation.
* This cooperation is not, of course, offered to
organizations formed solely for the purpose of
destructive competition in areas which the Com
pany is already serving or is prepared to serve.
GEORGIA POWER
COMPANY
MORE LIGHT, MORE LEISURE, FOR GEORGIA HOMES
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