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THE BUELETIN 0V THE CATHOLIC L AYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
MAY 22, 1937
CHARLES A.
DIES IN CHARLOTTE
WILLIAMS Florida Priests Honored
With Title of Monsignor
Leading Citizen There Was
One of Leading Catholics in
the Carolinas
(Special to The Bulletin)
CHARLOTTE, N. C. — Charles A.
Williams, for many years an outstand
ing figure in Charlotte's religious, bus
iness, and civic life, and one of the
city’s most beloved citizens died here
early in May at Mercy Hospital after
an illness of several weeks. Mr. Wil
liams, was one of the leading Catholic
laymen in the Carolinas, president of
the Chamber of Commerce for many
years, an officer in several banking
and business enterprises, besides the
ones in which he was actively engag
ed, and a member of the Charlotte
Country Club, and of the Rotary Club
as well as Fourth Degree Knight of
Columbus. He served as alderman, a
member of the executive committee of
the Board of aldermen, a member of
the municipal charter commission, of
the water board, and of the board of
health at various times.
The funeral was held from St. Pet
er’s Church, of which he was a devout
member,’ the Rev. Maurice McDonnell,
O.S.B., pastor, officiating at the Mass,
which was said in the presence of the
Most Rev. William J. Hafey," D.D.,
Bishop of Raleigh, who ‘delivered the
funeral sermon.
Attending clergy included the Rev.
Michael Mclnerney, O.S.B., the Rev.
F. Arnold Walters, O.S.F., of Lenoir,
N. C., the Rev. Stephen Dowd, O.S.
B., chaplain of Mercy Hospital, the
Rev. Cuthbert Allen, O.S.B., rector of
Belmont Abbey College, the Rev. Jo
seph Tobin, O.S.B., dean of discipline,
Belmont Abbey College, the Rev. Phil
ip Tierney, O.S.B., assistant pastor, St.
Peter’s Church, and the Rev. Vincent
Campbell, O.S.B., of Belmont Abbey.
Interment was in Richmond.
Mr. Williams was president of the
Williams and Shelton Company of
Charlotte, for many years and until
the time of his death. This wholesale
drygoods and notions establishment is
regarded as the largest of its kind be
tween Richmond and Atlanta.
Mr. Williams was left an orphan at
the age of nine years. He learned
the fundamentals of business in coun
try stores and the large enterprise he
left represents the growth of a small
original enterprise carefully developed
through the years.
Mr. Williams was born at Charlotte,
July 31, 1866, the son .of Joseph Au
gustus and Annie M. (Penney) Wil
liams. His grandfather, William Wil
liams, was an artist, living in New
York, who in 1794 at Philadelphia
painted the George Washington por
trait, which now hangs in St. John’s
Masonic Lodge room at Alexandria,
Va. Josephus A. Williams, father of
the late Charlotte merchant, was a
merchant at New Bern, N. C., and dur
ing the War Between the States he re-
fugeed with his family at Charlotte,
where he died in 1875 at the age of 57
years. His wife, was born in South
ampton, Long Island, and died in 1871.
After the death of his father, Mr.
Williams spent his childhood years in
Mecklenburg and Cleveland counties.
He attended public schools during a
few terms and then entered St. Mary’s
School, at Belmont in 1884. As a boy
he did much farm work and his ap
prenticeship in the merchandising
business was spent in a country store
in Cleveland County. At the age of
21 years, he came to Charlotte and
clerked in stores. Six years later he
was the directing head of Williams,
Hood and Company, operators of a
modest store. In 1897 he organized the
Williams and Shelton Company.
Mr. Williams married Miss Kathe
rine Lauer, daughter of the late John
Lauer, who was a merchant at Rich
mond, Va. The marriage took place at
Richmond in October, 1852. To them
were bom seven children, Rosalie,
wife of Lieut. Col. E. H. Bertram, of
the United States Army, now station
ed at St. Louis; Katherine, now Mrs.
Francis J. Beatty, of Charlotte; Anne,
now Mrs. W. A. Masterman of Char
lotte; Charles A. Jr., and John Lauer
Williams, both of whom are associat
ed-with the Williams and Shelton
Company; Virginia, now Mrs. J. J.
O’Rourke of Charlotte, and Elizabeth
now Mrs. J. A. Montgomery of Char
lotte. They and Mrs. Williams survive
him. A brother, John Williams, also
survives.
Father of Religious
Dies in S. Carolina
First Time That Priests of
St. Augustine Diocese
Given This Distinction
Special to The Bulletin)
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla.—The Most
Rev. Patrick Barry, D. D., Bishop of
St. Augustine has received through
His Excellency, the Most Rev. Amleto
Giovanni Cicognani, Apostolic Dele
gate to The United States, notice that
His Holiness Pope Pius XI has honor
ed five Florida priests by naming
them Domestic Prelates, with the
rank and title of Monsignor.
The priests of the Diocese of St.
Augustine who will be invested as
monsignori in the near future are the
Right Rev. James Nunan, D. D.. and
the Very Rev. P. J. McGill, of St.
Augustine; the Right Rev. William
Barry, of St. Patrick’s Church. Miami
Beach; the Right Rev. William J.
Mullally, of St. Paul’s Chinch, Day
tona Beach; and the Right Rev. Deii-
nis A. Lyons, of St. Paul’s Church,
Jacksonville.
These appointments mark the first
time that a Monsignor has ever been
named from the Diocese of St. Augus
tine, and the news of the appoint
ments brought great joy to the Ca
tholics of Florida for the new monsig
nori are among the most widely
known and best beloved clergy in
the entire Scuth, and deep gratifica
tion is felt that their distinguished
service has received merited recogni
tion from the Vatican.
Announcement has not yet been
made as to when the newly created
monsignori will be formally invested,
but it is anticipated that the investi
ture will be held at the Cathedral of
St. Augustine some time in the near
future, and it is expected that the
ceremony will be attended by many
prelates and priests from this section.
J, J. McGRATH DIES--
LEADER IN ATLANTA
Brother of Father McGrath
Was Widely Known in City
(Soecial to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA, Ga.—John J. McGrath,
a prominent member of Sacred Heart
parish and of the Knights of Colum
bus, and brother of Father Edward
P. McGrath, S. M., of Sacred Heart
Church, died here early in May,
after an illness of only three days.
A native of Albany, N. Y., he came
to Georgia with his family while quite
young his father was general man
ager of the marble quarries at Tate,
Ga. Mr. McGrath had been a resi
dent of Atlanta since 1910, in the con
tracting business and in the city con
struction department.
He was a member of the Laymen’s
Retreat League, making retreats at
Washington, Ga.
Father McGrath officiated at the
Requiem Mass at Sacred Heart
Church for the rftspose of his soul.
Interment was in West View Ceme
tery. Clergy of the city assisted at
the funeral Mass.
Surviving in addition to Father
McGrath are his wife, three sons,
Joseph, James and John S. McGrath,
and two other brothers, Charles Mc
Grath, of Elizabethon, Tenn., and
George McGrath, of New York.
PROF. McKEON PASSES
50TH YEAR AS TEACHER
Douglas Parishoner
Is Claimed by Death
(Special to The Bulletin)
DOUGLAS. Ga—Mi-s Mike Nahara
age fifty, who has been in poor
health for the past year, died late in
April at her home here. She was born
in Gieta, Syria, but spent the past
thirty years of her life in Douglas.
The community has lost one whose
staunch faith was one of her many
outstanding characteristics. Strong
has been the filial bounds that drew
the affections of her children to her.
The funeral services were conduct
ed by Rev. Harry J. Honeck.
The home of the deceased was tax
ed to its capaicty by her many be-
rieved friends who come from far
and near.
She is survived by her husband,
two sons, James and John of Douglas;
four daughters, Helen Nahara and
Mrs. Tom Burden of Douglas, Mrs.
Joe Malham of Valdosta, and Mrs.
George Deraney of Jackson Ga.
(Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA, Ga. — Professor Edward
McKeon, who since 1902 has been a
member of the Marist College in this
city, was recently tendered a banquet
by the Marist College alumni upon
completing fifty years of activity in
the teaching profession.
Many of Professor McKeon’s former
pupils, among them some of the lead
ing professional and business men of
Atlanta and vicinity, gathered upon
the occasion to do him honor.
Carolina Marriages
DOYLE-HARRISON
CHARLESTON, S. C.—Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph P. Doyle announce the mar
riage of their daughter, Jane Byrd, to
John Leonard Ashmore Harrison, on
May 4, the ceremony taking place at
the rectory of St. Patrick’s Church.
i-
McGEARY-REYNOLDS
Joseph T. Crobusky of Wal-
halla Had Daughter a Nun
and Son an Oratorian
Brother
4 SOUTHERN JESUITS
SOON TO BE ORDAINED
Monsignor McGill
(Special to The Bulletin)
WALHALLA, S. C. — Joseph T.
Grobusky, 60, a prominent member of
the Church of St. Francis of .Assisi,
here, (Red at his home, following an
illness of several days.
Mr. Grobusky, a native of Anderson
County, for many years made his
home in the vicinity of Walhalla,
where he was prominently identified
with affairs of that section. He was
always active in his devotion to the
Church.
The funeral services were conducted
from St. Joseph’s Church, Anderson,
with the Rev. Henry L. Spiesman,
pastor, singing the Requiem High
Mass. An appropriate sermon was de
livered by the Very Rev. Paul V.
Hatch, Congr. Orat., Superior of St.
Philip’s Oratory, Rock Hill.
Priests present in the sanctuary
during the Mass included the Rt.
Rev. Msgr. Andrew K.‘ Gwynn. V.F.,
pastor of St. Mary’s Church, Green
ville, the Rev. Denis P. Lanigan, chap
lain of St. Philip’s Mercy Hospital,
Rock Hill,- the Rev. T. J. McGrath,
chaplain of St. . Francis’ Hospital,
Greenville, the Rev. Father Albert,
Congr. Orat.. Rock Hill, and the Rev.
Charles J. Baum, of Anderson, who
read the final prayers at the grave.
A representative group of Spanish-
American War Veterans, of whom Mr.
Grobusky was an active member, at
tended the services in a body. At the
cemetery the American flag which
had draped the casket was presented
to the widow and taps were sounded.
Mayor Cullen T. Sullivan of Ander
son, headed the group of veterans.
Mr. Grobusky is survived, in addi
tion to his widow, by eight children:
Sister M. Helen, of the Convent of
the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy,
Charleston, Brother Benedict, Cong.
Orat, Rock Hill, Charles, of Ander
son, Miss., Marie Grobusky. of Green
ville, and George and the Misses
Catherine, Genevieve and Agnes, Gro
busky, of WalhallS; also by one sis
ter, Miss Mary Grobusky, of Colum
bia.
Mother Francis, of the Charleston
Convent, and several Sisters of the
Poor of St. Francis, of Greenville,
were in attendance at the funeral.
SERGEANT F. J. NEARY
DIES IN SAVANNAH
Monsignor Nunan
GEORGIA LAYMEN’S
RETREAT JULY 15-18
County Police Officer Strick
en Memorial Day
Second Retreat to Be Held
in Savannah in September
AIKEN, S. C. —The marriage of Miss
Joyce Reynolds, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. L. J. Reynolds, and Mr. R. E. Mc-
Greary, of New York, was solemnized
at a quiet ceremony at St. Mary’s
Church, the Rev. George Dietz, per
forming the ceremony.
Mrs. McGreary, a former student of
St. Angela’s Academy, was attended
by her sister as maid of honor.
Following the ceremony the young
couple left for Corona, N. Y., where
they will make their home.
AUGUSTA, Ga.—The retreat for
laymen sponsored by the Catholic
Laymen’s Associaton of Georgia will
be held at St. Joseph’s Home, Wash
ington, Ga., from Thursday night,
July 15th, to the following Sunday
morning. The Most Rev. Gerald P.
O’Hara, D. D., Bishop of Savannah-
Atlanta, is spiritual director of the
retreat league, R. W. Hatcher of Mil-
ledgeville, chairman and Richard
Reid, secretary. Reservations for the
retreat will be received to the ca
pacity of St. Joseph’s Home.
A second retreat will be held in
Savannah in September, the dates to
be determined later. A third retreat
will be arranged if the reservations
warrant it. The accommodations pro
vided this year for the two retreats
will take care of an even larger at
tendance than at the three retreats
last year, when all attendance rec
ords were broken.
THOS. A. LaFITTE DIES;
FUNERAL IN ATLANTA
(Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA, Ga.—Thomas A. LaFitte,
59, prominent retired mercantile ex
ecutive and a resident of Atlanta for
many years, died on May 8, funeral
services being held from the Sacred
Heart Church, the Rev. Edward T.
McGrath, officiating.
Mr. LaFitte is survived by three
brothers, James A. LaFitte, and John
B. LaFitte, of Atlanta; and Dr. Edward
B. LaFitte, of Philadelphia; and a sis
ter, Mrs. Eugene Steinhauer.
GREGORY CONNOLLY
Former Savannah Youth
Dies in Florida City
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Gregory James
Connolly, ten-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. B. Connolly, formerly of
Savannah, died in Miami, on May 15,
having suffered an acute attack of
appendicitis.
Funeral services were held from the
Church of 'the Little Flower, with
interment in Woodlawn Cemetery.
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Funeral services
for Francis J. Neary, World War
veteran, and sergeant of the Chatham
County police, were held from the
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist,
members of the American Legion,
Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Dis
abled American Veterans attending
the funeral in a body.
Sergeant Neary was stricken with
a heart attack following the Memorial
Day parade in which he had par
ticipated. He served with the reg
ular army, and took part in many
major engagements with the Amer
ican Expeditionary Forces in France.
After the war he became a mem
ber of the police force of Chatham
County and was one of its most ef
ficient officers.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Gertrude McAvoy Neary, and moth
er, Mrs. Anna Neary, of Savannah;
two brothers, William Neary, of
Taunton, Mass., and John C. Neary,
of Savannah.
Flags at county and city police
headquarters were at half-mast out
of respect for the sergeant.
Others to Be Raised to
Priesthood for Southern
Province
(Special to The Bulletin)
NEW ORLEANS, La.,—Four Jesuits
from New Orleans will be ordained
on June 24th at the Immaculate
Chapel of St. Mary’s College, St.
Marys, Kansas, and will sing their
first solemn Masses in various
churches in this city and Algiers on
Sunday, July 4th. They are: Rev.
William A. Coyle, S. J. Rev. Lloyd L.
Hatrel, S. J., Rev. Peter F. O’ Don
nell, S. J., and Rev. Edward F.
Shields, S. J. As the See of Leaven
worth is vacant due to the death of
Bishop Johannes last March, the or
daining Bishop will be His Excell
ency .Bishop Francis J. Tief D. D. of
Concordia, Kansas.
This year all over the world Jesuits
have been given the privilege of hold
ing ordinations on June 24th, as that
day is the 400th anniversary of the
ordination of St. Ignatius Loyola,
Founder of the Society of Jesus.
In addition to the four native New
Orleaneans mentioned above, two
others will be ordained at St. Marys.
Rev. James D. Carroll, S. J., of South
Boston, Mass., and Rev. John Gon
zalez, S. J., of El Paso, Tex. Both
taught at Jesuit High School. Rev.
John T. Linehan, S. J., also formerly
of the Jesuit High School staff, and
a native of Bloomfield, N. J., will be
ordained at Maison St. Augustin, Eng-
hien, Belgium. Father Linehan was
the first Southern Jesuit to volunteer
for the Trincomali Mission in Ceylon,
Rev. Raymond P. Lovell, S. J., of Fall
River, Mass., will also be ordained
at Weston College, Weston, Mass., on
June 24. Rev. Lovell was a teaacher
at Jesuit High School, New Orelans,
and Tampa College, Tampa, Fla. His
brother is with the Sacred Heart
Borthers now at McGill Institute, Mo
bile, Ala Mr. John J. O’Connor, S.
J., former Jesuit High School ath
letic director, who followed Father
Linehan to Ceylon, died recently at
Qurseong, India.
DISTINGUISHED CHINESE
CONVERTS ARE BAPTISED
Apostolic Delegate to China
Administers the Sacrament
DEATH IN SAVANNAH OF
MRS. C. A. SCHREIVER
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
PEIPING.—A prominent educator
and government councillor, Professor
Tang Cliang-feng, and his wife have
been received into the Catholic
Church by His Excellency, the Most
Rev. Mario Zanin, Apostolic Delegate
to China, Lumen Service reports.
The ceremony took place in the
chapel of the Apostolic Delegation in
the presence of a small group of
friends. The baptismal sponsors were
Teng Wai-ping, National Vice Presi
dent of Catholic Action, and his sis
ter, Madame Wang Wei-su, treasurer
of the National Council of the Wo
men’s Branch of Catholic Action. Dr.
Edward Chang-wai and Dr. George
Chao Erh-chien, both of the Catholic
University of Peking, were among
those assisting.
Professor Tang, who is 50 years old,
made part of his education in France,
where he studied for 12 years, special
izing in industrial chemistry. He is
on the teaching staff of two local uni
versities, Chaoyang University and
Chian University, and is a member of
the National Economic Council.
The new convert comes of a distin
guished family. His uncle was a noted
mandarin during the Ch’ing Dynasty.
A niece of Professor Tang embraced
Catholicism a year ago.
After Beendiction of the Blessed
Sacrament, Professor and Madame
Tang and their entourage were infor
mally received by the Papal Dele
gate.
THOS. A. KINGMAN
FUNERAL IN MACON
(By The Associated Press)
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Funeral services
for Mrs. Clara Westendorff Schreiver,
wife of Charles A. Schreiver, 107
West Gordon Street, who died on
May 4, were held from the Cathedral
of St. John the Baptist, the Rev. John
Mullins officiating.
Mrs. Schreiver, who was a native
of South Carolina, had made her
home in Savannah for a number of
years. Besides her husband, she is
survived by two daughters, Mrs. John
J. Robinson and Mrs. S. F. Burns, of
Savannah; a brother, I. A. Speights,
Green Pond, S. C.; two sisters, Mrs.
Ida Anderson, Walterboro, and Mrs.
E. A. Folk, Edgefield, S. C., and four
grandchildren.
FR. McGILLICUDY GIVES
MISSION IN ORANGEBURG
ORANGEBURG. S. C. — During the
first week of May, the Rev. Eugene
McGillicudy, missionary of the Con
gregation of the Most Holy Redeem
er, conducted a most successful mis
sion at the Church of the Holy Trin
ity.
HUGHES .SPAULDING, well-
known attorney, of Atlanta, was re
cently made an honorary member of
“The Sphinx”, the ranking non
scholastic society of the University of
Georgia.
(Special to The Bulletin)
MACON, Ga. —Thomas A. Kingman,
28, whose death took place in Hen
dersonville, N. C., on May 15th, was
buried from St. Joseph's Church in
this city, the Rev. Peter McDonnell,
S. J., officiating.
“Tommy” Kingman, as he was
known to a host of friends, was the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. King-
man, Sr., of 218 High Street, who sur
vive him, with his brother, Robert H.
Kingman, Jr., a grandfather, T. W.
Dufly, Sr., and a'grandmother, Mrs.
R. H. Kingman, of Monticello.
MRS. WALTER FURLONG
DIES IN SAVANNAH
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Mrs. Gertrude
Tillman Furlong, wife of Walter Fur
long, 2409 Montgomery Street, died
on May 3, following a brief illness.
Funeral services were held from
the Sacred Heart Church, of which
parish Mrs. Furlong had been a de
voted member.
Surviving her are her husband; her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Tillman,
Guyton; three sisters, Mrs. T. S. Fish
er, Clyde; Mrs. Bennie Coleman.
Guyton; and Miss Louise Tillman,
Savannah; and three brothers, Jesse
Tillman, Marlow; Albert and Jackson
Tillman, Guyton.