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j. vv yj lrtii; JSULJjm'iN UP’ THE CATHOLIC L AYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA SEPTEMBER 19, 1936 MARRIAGES r o- COLLINS-ORR □ MACON, Ga.—The Rev. Peter Mc Donnell, S. J., pastor of St. Joseph’s Church, officiated at the marriage of Miss Sarah Louise Collins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. McCreary, and Samuel Orr, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Orr, members of widely known Macon families. After the wedding trip to Florida, Mr. and Mrs. Orr will live in Macon. □— O i KIKSCH-ARMSTRONG o— —- d CHARLESTON, S. C.-The Rt. Rev. James J. May, V. G., officiated at the marriage of Miss Bernice Kirsch, daughter of Mrs. A. V. Kirsch and the late Mr. Kirsch. and Joseph A. Armstrong, son of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Armstrong, of Augusta. Mrs. Arm strong was graduated at Mt. St. Jos eph's Academy and St. Elizabeth’s College, New Jersey; Mr. Armstrong was- educated at Richmond Academy, Belmont Abbey College and the Jun ior College of Augusta; he is a mem ber of the Augusta Bar. Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong will, live in Augusta. £ HAMMOND-SUBER KATHWOOD, S.'C.-The Rt. Rev. Msgr. A. K. Gwynn, V. F., pastor of St. Mary’s Church, Greenville, and dean of the Piedmont District, offi ciated at the marriage of his niece, Miss Katherine FitzSimmon Ham mond, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. F. Hammond, and James Calvin Su- ber, son of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Suber of Greenwood, S. C. Mrs. Su- ber is a member of families long prominent in South Carolina; her pa ternal great-grandfather was gover nor of the state. She was educated at Georgetown Convent and the Na tional University Law School; she was recently state compensation offi- fer of the WPA. Mr. Suber, a grad uate of Clemson College, is a con- 'struction engineer. They will live in Greenwood. £3- LYNCH-LAMBERT ATLANTA, Ga.—The Very Rev. Joseph E. Moylan, V. F., officiated at the marriage of Miss Eleanor Eliza beth Lynch and Victor Alphonse Lambert, the marriage being solem nized with a nuptial Mass at the Church of the Immaculate Concep tion. Both are widely known in At lanta, where they will make their home on their return from the wed ding trip. □- STILES-CATE -U BRUNSWICK, Ga.—The Rev. F. M. Perry, S. M., pastor of the Church of St. Francis Xavier here, officiated at the marriage of Miss Eleanor Burdett Stiles, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Cooper Stiles, and Henry Cate, son of Mr .and Mrs. Vassa Cate, leading res idents of Brunswick. Mrs. Cate is a sister of Mrs. Lee Howard of Savan nah. After the wedding trip. Mr. and Mrs. Cate will live in Brunswick, where Mr. Cate is engaged in busi- IS ^ COURTENAY-FENNELL '"SAVANNAH, Ga:—The Rev. J. W. Kavanagh of the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist officiated at the marriage here early in September of Miss Marie Loretto Courtenay, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Courtenay, and W. Frank Fennell, widely known Savannahians. After the wedding trip, Mr. and Mrs. Fen nell will live in Savannah. O- WILLIAMS-SCHWARZ —o -h SAVANNAH, Ga.—The Rev. Dan iel J. Bourke of Blessed Sacrament Church officiated at the marriage of Miss Elsie Williams and George F. Schwarz, members of well known Savannah families. After the wedding trip Mr. and Mrs. Schwarz will live in Savannah. LAW-PERRY -a -a KINSTON. Pa—Miss Jean M. Law. daughter of Mr. and I *rs. A. E. Law. Edwardsville. and L. Kenneth Perry. Knoxville. Tenn.. son of Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Perry of Dalton. Ga.. were unit ed in marriage. July 21 at St. Ignatius Church, the Rev. Martin J. Maher of ficiating; the marriage was solemniz ed with a nuptial Mass. After the wedding trip through the South, Mr. and Mrs. Perry will live at Knoxville, where Mr. Perry is connected with the Tennessee Valley authority. Mr. Perry, who is a brother of the Rev. F. M. Perry, S. M., of Brunswick, Ga., is a graduate of Marist College and Georgia Tech, Atlanta, and Mrs. Perry is a graduate of Mansfield Teachers’ College in Pennsylvania and was a member of the faculty of the Edwardsville, Ja, school. D- SELDEN-PERRY -a RICHMOND, Va.—The Rev. John Massey of the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart here officiated at the marriage July 14 of Miss Frederica Selden of Charlottsville, daughter of Mrs. Susan Worthington Selden and the late Mr. Seldon, and John Ran dolph Perry of Atlanta, Ga., son of Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Perry of Dalton, Ga„ formerly of Atlanta, and a bro ther. of Father Perry of Brunswick. Mr. Perry is a graduate of Marist Col lege and Georgia Tech. Atlanta, and of the University of Virginia; Mrs. Perry also graduated from the Uni versity of Virginia. They will live in Guntersville, Ala., where Mr. Perry is attorney for the Tennessee - Val ley Authority. BURGESS - STAPLETON -o -J SAVANNAH. Ga.—The Rev. Harold J. Barr, rector of the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, officiated at the marriage of Miss Judy Burgess and John L. Stapleton, both of Savannah. The ceremony was witnessed by members of the families of the bride and groom and a few close friends. Mr. and Mrs. Stapleton went to. New Orleans on their wedding trip. MRS. J. P. MULHERIN DIES IN AUGUSTA Beloved Augustan, C. L. A. Official, One of Most Wide ly Known Women in State P - BROOKS HENDERSON -a J -a JACKSONVILLE, Fla.—The Rev. A. D. Lyons, pastor of St. Paul's Church, officiated here late in July at the marriage of Miss Claire Valerie Brooks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Brooks of Jacksonville, for merly of Savannah, and DeVaul Lips comb Henderson of Savannah, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Henderson of that city. After the wedding trip, Mr. and Mrs. Henderson will live in Sa vannah where Mr. Henderson, a graduate of Mercer University, is en gaged in business. | TELLERS-LETHNER □ — G ERIE, Pa.—The Rev. Frank Hart- lebb, pastor of St. Michael's Church, Emienton, officiated at the mar riage of his niece. Miss Dolores Tel lers, and Dr. Carl Lethner, both of Erie. Mrs. Lethner is the sister of Mrs. J. Reid Broderick of Savannah. After the wedding trip Dr. and Mrs Lethner will live in Erie. Mrs. Leth ner has frequently visited her sister in Savannah. REYNOLDS-FARRELL -D ATLANTA, Ga.—The Rev. Louis Emmerth, S. M„ of Sacred Heart Church officiated at the marriage of Miss Malvina M. Reynolds, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Joseph B. Reynolds of Atlanta, and John J. Farrell of New York City, the marriage being solemnized at Sacred Heart Church with a nuptial Mass. Mrs. Farrell, a member of one of Atlanta’s leading Catholic families, is a graduate of Sacred Heart School here and St. Mary's College, Notre Dame. Ind.; Mr. Farrell is an alumnus of Fordham and a brother of the Rev. Dr. Phillip - A. Farrell, director of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Kanps City. Mr. and Mrs. Farrell will live in. New York where Mr. Farrell is connected with the New York Tele phone Company. GOVERNOR LANDON in an ad dress at Chautauqua, N. Y., stated hi: opposition to Federal control of edu cation, said that such control must be retained by local communities, and paid tribute to the religious convic tions which impel “groups of. our people to establish private school; and colleges at their own expense.’’ Said the Governor: “In Kansas we believe that our schools—public, pa rochial and private—must be kept free of all control by the Federal government.’’ SPECIAL EXCURSION FARES ACCOUNT Texas Centennial Exposition—Dallas, Tex. JUNE 6—NOVEMBER 29, 1936 Special excursion tickets are on sale to Dallas. Fort Worth and Austin. There will be fares for tickets good in sleeping and parlor cars upon payment cf Pullman charges limit 30 days and December 15. 1936 and there will also be fares for tickets good in coaches limit 30 days, also limit December 15. 1936. The coach fares will, of course be lower than the other lares. Stop-overs ar e allowed and di verse routes permitted. Attend the greatest exposition yet staged in the Southwest. Texas celebrates on e hundred years of independence. There will be shown the tremendous commercial, cultural and artistic growth of our largest state during the past century. Ask Ticket Agent for total fares, schedules and service. CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY AUGUSTA, Ga.—Mrs. John P. Mulherin, mother of the Rev. Wil liam Austin Mulherin, S.J., of Spring Hill College, state vice president for Augusta of the Catholic Laymen’s Association of Georgia, and one of the most beloved and active women in the state in religious, civic and patriotic organizations, died here suddenly late in August after a few hours’ illness. Mrs. Mulherin at tended a Red Cross board meeting in the, afternoon, was stricken short ly afterward and died that night. The funeral was held from Sacred Heart Church, Father Mulherin of ficiating; local and visiting clergy as sisted at the Mass, including the Rev. J. B. O’Donohoe, S.J., pastor, the Rev. M. A. Cronin, S.J., the Rev. F. J. Carbajal, S.J., the Rev. John M. McCreary, S.J., the Rev. Leo M. Keenan, the Rev. John J. Kennedy, the Rev. George Laugel, S.M.A., the Rev. J. A. Brennan, S.J., the Rev. W. D. O’Leary, S.J.. of Cleveland, Ohio, and the Rev. Sabas- tian Doris, O.S.B., of Belmont Abbey. Mrs. Mulherin was born in Augus ta July 21, 1870, and was the daugh ter of the late Austin and Anne Mullarky; Mr. Mullarky was a lead ing dry goods merchant of the city. She was educated at St. Mary’s Academy, and was married January 11, 1893, to John P. Mulherin, one of Augusta’s leading business men. Surviving Mrs. Mulherin, in addi tion to her husand are eight sons, the Rev. William A. Mulherin, S.J.. and Dr. Hugh G. Mulherin, both of Mobile, Ala., J. Harold Mulherin. Sa vannah, Anthony T. Mulherin, Okla homa City, Okla., and J. Gerald, John P., Jr., Louis and Joseph Au gustus Mulherin, all of Augusta; and her daughter, Miss Louise Mulherin, Hampton, Va.; five sisters, Mrs. Ma ry Harty, Savannah; Mrs. Joseph A. Mullarky, Augusta, and Miss Anne C. Mullarky, Mrs. Katherine Deveny and Miss Margaret Mullarky. all of Boston. Mass.; two brothers, Capt. A. P. H. Mullarky, Johnson City, Tenn., and Hugh G. Mullarky, Jacksonville, Fla., and 16 grandchildren. There is probably no woman in this entire section of the state whose record for service in all branches oi activity over a period of years sur passes that of Mrs. Mulherin. At the time of her death she was a member of the local executive board of the Red Cross, a member of the advisory board of the juvenile court, a member of the board of Widows’ Home, and state vice president for Augusta of the Catholic Laymen’s Association of Georgia. In 1916 Mrs. Mulherin was one of the organizers and vice president of the Soldiers’ Relief Association, of Augusta, when the local troops went to the Mexican Border; she v.-a; a chairman in the sale of Liberty Bonds, active in the formation of the Women's Committee of National Defense, and was prominent in the Legion auxiliary, formerly serving as vice president, treasurer, auditor and chaplain of the state Legion auxil iary at various times and as commit- teewoman from the Tenth Congres sional District as well as being prs- ident of the Louis L. Battey Auxil iary here. Mrs. Mulherin served as treasurer of a number of organizations at one time or another, including the Com munity Service of Augusta, the Au gusta Woman’s Club, the Central Welfare Exchange, the Tuberculosis Fund of th Catholic Woman’s Club and the Milk Fund for Sick Babies, operated through the Augusta Wo man’s Club. For fourteen months Mrs. Mulherin served as chairman of the Red Cross Committee for distri bution of flour and clothing; she was one of the most active workers in the Red Cross Canteen Service and an active chairman for Poppy Day. For three years Mrs. Mulherin was chairman of the visiting committee of Richmond County jail for the County Federation of Women’s Clubs, was president of the Catholic Woman’s Club for ten years, was chairman of the Serbian Relief Fund, the Third Ward League of Women Voters and the Richmond County or ganization for Irish Relief in the Black and Tan days. She also serv ed as Georgia representative of the Council of the Committee appointed by the mayor of Augusta for the dis tribution of the $400,000 bequeathed to the city charities by J. B. White, a member of the committee appoint ed by the judge of the superior court to administer the Linwood C. Hayne Fund for local charities, and a member of the board of the Fam ily Welfare Society. Mrs.Wm.T. Jordan of Atlanta Parish Dies SAVANNAHIAN GOES TO ROME FOR STUDY Fr. McDonnell Heads Mission Organization Robt. J. Brennan to Make Theology Course There (Special to The Bulletin) SAVANNAH, Ga.—Robert J. Bren nan, son of Mrs. J. F. Brennan and the late Mr. Brennan, sailed late in August on the S. S. Roma for Na ples, from which port he will go to Rome to the North American Col lege for four years of theological study for the priesthood. Mr. Bren nan, who is a cousin of the Rev. Thomas A. Brennan, pastor of St. Theresa’s Church, Albany, made his classical studies at St. Charles’ Col lege, Maryland, and his course in philosophy at St. Mary’s Seminary, Baltimore. He is the first stu dent from the Diocese of Savannah to go to the North American College, from which the late Bishop Keiley was graduated in the early days of the college a few years after the War Between the States; Bishop Kei ley was ordained for the Diocese of Wilmington, Del. Bishop O’Hara made his theological and graduate studies in Rome, at the Gregorian University. Succeeds Monsignor Q uinn, Who Retires Because of 111 Health Augusta Broadcast in Its Fourth Year K. of C. Program Over WRDW Increasing in Popularity AUGUSTA, Ga—The radio pro gram of Patrick Walsh Council, broadcast every Sunday afternoon over WRDW under the direction of J. Coleman Dempsey, and now in its fourth year, flourishes with continued vigor. Recent speakers included the Rev. J. E. O'Donohoe. S. J.. the Rev. J. J. Kenedy, the Rev. Leo M. Keenan, the Rev. Sebastiafl Doris, O. S. B„ Col. John E- Marriott, Charles C. Stulb, Jr.. Hugh Kinchley, Richard Reid, and Bernard Franklin. Participants in the musical pro gram included Mrs. C. H. Stratton, Joseph Brucker, Miss Louise Sehler, Edward Byrne, Miss Margaret Ward, Joseph Healy. Mrs. Robert Bresna- han. Mrs. J. Coleman Dempsey, Miss Maude Barragan. Italo Punaro, Miss Lydia Punaro. James Punaro and Miss Agnes Gouley. The program is broadcast every Sunday afternoon from 2:30 to 3:00, Eastern Standard Time, and is con sidered one of the finest features of the local station. Victor Markwalter is grand knight of the Council. (By N. C. W. C. News Service) NEW YORK-The Rev. Thomas J. McDonnell, vice-president of the So ciety for the Propagation of the Faith in the United States, has been named national director, according to an an nouncement received here at the na tional office of the Society from the Sacred Congregation of Propaganda Fide in Rome. He succeeds the Rt. Rev. Msgr. William Quinn, whose continued ill health during the last two years has caused him to resign. In September, 1923, Father McDon nell was appointed Director of the Propagation of the Faith for the Archdiocese of New York by His Emi nence Patrick Cardinal Hayes. In 1928, in company with Bishop Dunn, Father McDonnell made a six months’ visit to the missions in the South Sea Islands. Dutch East India, Philippines, China, Manchuria, Korea and Japan. Father McDonnell was born in New York City 42 years ago. He received his preparatory training in St. Mi chael’s School, St. Francis Xavier High Schooj, and Cathedral College, before entering St. Joseph’s Seminary at Dunwoodie. His ordination to the priesthood took place in St. Patrick’s Cathedral on September 20, 1919. In 1923, he received the degree of Mas ter of Arts from Fordham University. Dorr’s 724 BROAD AUGUSTA “Good Taste Apparel” Goodyear Tire* Willard Batteries Genuine Alemiting General Tire & Supply Co. Broad at Twelfth Street Phone 2600 Augusta, Ga. PLATT’S FUNERAL HOME J 4) CURTIS. Prop. 721 CRAWFORD AVENUE AUGUSTA GEORGIA ATLANTA, Ga. — Funeral services for Mrs. William T. Jordan, promi nent member of the Sacred Heart Church, were held at the Sacred Heart Church here, the Rev. John M. Emmerth, S. M., officiating. In terment was in West View Ceme tery. Mrs. Jordan was formerly Miss Margaret Farrell, a native of Ire land, having come to this country when a young girl, she had lived in Atlanta most of her life. She is survived by her husband and two sons, William T. Jordan, Jr., and Robert F. Jordan; a sister. Mrs. John Ratfice, of Ireland, and four brothers, P. J. Farrell, of At lanta; Michael Farrell, of Ireland; Lawrence Farrell, of London, and Thomas Farrell, of Oak Forest, I1L GREAL1SH, POTEET & WALKER Funeral Directors 519 GREENE ST —PHONE 2311. AUGUSTA GEORGIA SOUTHERN FINANCE CORPORATION AUGUSTA, GEORGIA Real Estate and Renting We Specialize in Furnished Homes. Southern Finance Building The Citizens & Southern National Bank Augusta, Ga. “NO ACCOUNT TOO LARGE NONE TOO SMALL”