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JUNE 26, 1937
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
THIRTEEN
ST. LEO’S WINNER
IN FLORIDA MEET
Father Maher Council Spon
sors Annual State Track
Meet at Jacksonville
(Special to The Bulletin)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.—St. Leo
•Academy, conducted by the Bene
dictine Fathers at St. Leo, Fla., won
the annual state track meet for Ca-
■ tholic high schools and academies
conducted here under the auspices of
Father Maher Council, Knights of Co
lumbus, Leo T. Bowles, grand knight.
Cyril Marx was general chairman and
the Department of Public Recreation
of Jacksonville co-operated. Fifteen
new meet records were established.
St. Leo Academy scored 431 points,
SL Paul’s School of Jacksonville was
second with 27, and St. Theresa’s of
Coral Gables, third with 11.
In the intermediate division Im
maculate Conception School of Jack
sonville finished first with 27, beating
SL Paul’s intermediates of St. Peters
burg by one point; St. Leo was third
in this class with 19 points.
In the junior division, St. Leo’s
was the first with 19 1-2 points, St.
Paul’s of SL Petersburg second with
14. and St. Paul’s of Jacksonville,
third with 12.
Carl Mitchell, of Tallahassee, was
first in the unattached group, limited
to those entered from cities in which
there is no Catholic high school. He
scored 23 points, a record for the
meet.
Individual high scoring honors in
.the junior division went to Jack
Prator, St. Leo, who counted 14 1-2
points. Bernard Kessler. St. Paul, SL
Petersburg, was second with 9 3-4
points, while Wade Nolda, St. Joseph,
St. Augsutine, was third, with eight
tallies.
Individual high point honors in the
intermediate division went to Joseph
Kessler, SL Paul, St. Petersburg, who
picked up 16 1-2 points. Joe Arriaga
St. Leo, was runner-up with 13 1-2
points, while Alford Tuttle. Immac
ulate Conception, Jacksonville, was
third with nine and a half points.
Jack Crum won individual high
scoring honors, in the senior division
with 12 1-4 points. Brian Lyons, St.
Leo. was runnerup with 10 1-4 points,
while two athletes, Jack Brindle. St.
Paul. Jacksonville, and Fondem Mit
chell, Blessed Sacrament Parish, Tal
lahassee, deadlocked for third high
scoring honors with eight points
apiece.
Other teams scores for the meet are
listed ; below according to junior,
intermediate and senior classifica
tions: Junior—St. Theresa, Coral
Gables (9); St. Joseph, St. Augsutine
(8). and Immaculate Conception, (one
and one-half points). Intermediate
Division—St. Joseph, Fernandina (10).
and two teams. St. Theresa, Coral
Gables and St. Joseph. St. Augustine,
tied with six points. Senior Division
—Immaculate Conception. Jackson
ville (10 points); Blessed Sacrament,
Tallahassee (8 points); St. Paul, St.
■ Petersburg. (6 points) and Sacred
Heart Pensacola three points.
In the unattached class for seniors,
whose points counted for no organ
ization. Mitchell 23 points; Elmer
Ricou, St. Leo. 17 3-4 points; John
Piombo, Jacksonville, 15. and Virgil
Dingman, Jacksonville, 13 3-4 points.
MRS. J. T. MONAHAN was re
elected president of the St. Paul’s
Auxiliary at the annual election
meeting. Mrs. J. L. ^Murphy and
Mrs. Walter Ryan are vice-presidents;
Mrs. Basil Hernandez treasurer and
Mrs. Frank Fuss secretary. Mrs.
George P. Coyle presented a silver
rosary to Mrs. Monahan on behalf of
the auxiliary.
S.Carolina Marriages
PADGETT-SHARP
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The Rev. J. A. Westbury, pastor,
officiated at the marriage of Miss
Virgie Mae Padgett, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas C. Padgett, and F.
Bohlinger Sharp, son of Mr. and Mrs.
David Sharp, at the Church of Our
Lady of Mercy, Charleston. Father
Westbury. was assisted by the Rt.
Rev. Msgr. James J. May, V.G., and
the Rev. Henry F. Wolfe.
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The Rev. John J, McCarthy offili
ated at the marriage at the Cathedral
in Charleston of Miss Neola C. Ren
tiers and Hampton M. Beckmann,
the ceremony being solemnized at a
nuptial Mass.
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Monsignor May officiated at the
ceremony and was celebrant of-the
nuptial Mass at the marriage of Miss
Sarah Lola Anderson, daughter of
Mrs. Victor Laurence Anderson, and
Dr. Thomas Willard Reynolds, son of
Mrs. Thomas W. Reynolds, Charles
ton. Monsignor May was assisted by
the Rt, Rev. Msgr. Jos. L. O’Brien,
S.T.D., and Father Daniel O’Brien.
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KANAPAUX-McMAHON
Father Wolfe officiated at Sacred
Heart Church, Charleston, at the
marriage of Miss Genevieve Theresa
Kanapaux, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William T. Kanapaux, and Gerald
Frederick McMahon, in a pretty June
wedding.
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MANNING, S. C.—Father Wolfe, of
Charleston, officiated at the marriage
here of Miss Margaret Virginia Nim-
mer and James Ossie Smith, mem
bers of widely known Manning and
South Carolina families.
sodality at the annual election meet
ing. Miss Vivian Knowles is vice-
president, Miss Ruth Chase secretary
and Mr. Barrett treasurer.
MRS. F. J. WAAS will again head
the St. Vincent's Hospital as a result
of the recent election. Mrs. J. J. G.
Cooper is vice-president, Mrs. J. L.
Murphy secretary and Mrs. Julian
Gammon treasurer.
OUR LADY OF THE ANGELS
Church held its annual bazaar in May
and from every standpoint it was a
splendid success. A similar affair for
Holy Rosary Church was also most
successful.
FATHER MAHER COUNCIL,
Knights of Columbus, Leo T. Bowles,
grand knight, exemplified the' major
degree on a large class here in May.
Delegations were present from Geor
gia and Florida councils.
COL. W. E. KAY recently addressed
the Rotary Civitan and Early Settlers
clubs on the subject of his recent trip
around the world.
PAUL THOMPSON, a student at
Immaculate Conception School, has
been presented the Public Recogni
tion Award of the Safeguardians of
America through City Commissioner
Thomas C. Imeson, president of the
organization, for his splendid work as
a safety patrolman.
COURT NO. 52, Catholic Daughters
of America of Immaculate Con-ep-
tion parish observed its 31st anniver
sary with a dinner at the Roosevelt
Hotel. Mrs. T. C. Young is regent
of the court for the ensuing year,
suceeding Mrs. T. C. Ybanez.
MRS. J. S. FOLEY and Mrs. Lester
Foley were feted in Vancouver, B.
C., on the occasion of their visit
there, according to news stories re
ceived from Vancouver and re-printed
in the Jacksonville newspapers.'
J. F. MARRON was elected vice-
president of the Motion Picture Coun
cil of Jacksonville at a recent meet
ing.
THE CATHOLIC PROFESSIONAL
Woman’s Club was entertained at its
May meeting by Mrs. H. J. Sullivan,
Miss Alice Dorsey, president, pre
sided. i
THE CATHOLIC WOMAN’S Club
entertained at its annual card party
in May in the auditorium of St.
Paul’s School. Mrs. James L. Mur
phy was chairman of the committee,
assisted by Mrs. B. U. Dyal. Mrs.
J. W. Sawyers and Mrs. George P.
Coyle.
COL. W. E. ICAY, one of the three
honorary life members of the Georgia
Bar Association, and one of Jackson
ville’s leading citizens, was a speaker
at the recent convention of the Geor
gia Bar Association at Sea Island. Ga.
MISS MARGARET LAFFERTY re
ceived the degree of Bachelor of Arts
in Education at the commencement
exercises at the Florida State College
for Women, Tallahassee.
Catholics in U. S. Now Total
20,959,134, Figures Show
Increase of 223,945 in Year—62,062 Entered Church
During the Year
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
NEW YORK.—The Catholic popula
tion of the United States, * including
Alaska and the Hawaiian Islands is
placed at 20,959,134 in the “Official
Catholic Directory” for 1937, publish
ed this week by P. J. Kenedy & Sons.
This total shows an increase of 223,945
over the figures published in the 1936
edition. In 10 years the increase in
Catholic population has amounted to
2,305,106 and in 20 years to 4,649,824.
This year the General Summary
shows a new archdiocese, that of Los
Angeles and one new diocese, that of
San Diego. These two units take the
place of the former Diocese of Los An
geles and San DiegoAnother impor
tant change was the new name given
the former Diocese of Savannah, now
known as Savannah-Atlanta.
The 62,062 converts listed this year
represent a figure slightly lower than
that given last year, which was 63,454.
The number of converts to the Catho
lic Church is a fairly recent addition
to the General Summary. It was first
listed in 1927, when 35,751 was the fig
ure reported. The Cardinals, Arch
bishops and Bishops now number 125,
one less than last year, with three Sees
vacant. The total number of priests is
now 31,649, an increase of 541. There
are now 18,526 churches, an increase of
139 over the figure given last year.
Eight seminaries were established in
the year, making a total of 205, with
21,877 seminarianss attending. Colleges
for boys have increased by three and
academies for girls by 11. This more
than makes up for the decline noted
last year. A tota 1 of 28 new high
schools were established; bringing the
total number to 1,179, with 207,767 pu
pils attending, an increase over the
pupil figures given last year of 11,946.
Statistics for parochial schools show a
decline in the number of schools of 45.
This is probably due to the fact that
officials of the dioceses are now giving
more accurate statistics of high
schools and it is quite probable that
many of the new high schools were
formerly listed as parochial schools.
The number of pupils attending the
parochial schools was put at 2,170,065.
Orphan Asylums total 325, an in
crease of six, with orphans listed to
taling 44,520, an increase of 685 over
last year.
There are now 170 Homes for the
Aged and 672 hospitals. One new hos
pital was opened during the year.
Vouth Society Fine Columbia
Saint Peter’s Parish G roup
BY DONALD HAMBURGER
The purpose in forming St. Peters’
Youth Society was to acquaint the
young people of the catholic parishes
in Columbia with one another. To
do this, various activities were to be
carried on by the organization.
On September 13, 1936, Miss Eliza
beth Bellinger had six girls and boys
meet with her at my home; they were
Misses Catherine Golcomb, Winnie
Jones, Betty Reynolds, Andrew Ryan,
Paul Hamburger and the writer. How
ever, we could make no definite plans
until we saw Father Murphy, who
had not yet returned from Ireland.
The six of us went to see Father
Murphy the first *week of October.
We obtained his permission to begin
such an organization and talked over
a few plans. He assured us of his full
co-operation. We then met in the
rectory Sunday afternoon, October .4,
1936. About 35 young people were
present. The officers were elected
and definite organization was begun.
It was decided to hold our meetings
at 8 p. m. every Wednesday in St.
Peters’ Hall. The following Wednes
day. October 7, we held our first reg
ular meeting.
We have chosen the Holy Ghost as
our special patron and guide. Our
colors are red and white—red for the
Holy Ghost, white for purity. We
receive Holy Communion in. a body
the fourth Sunday of each month at
the early Mass.
At present the officers are as fol
lows: President, Donald Hamburger;
vice-president. Miss Betty Vernon;
secretary, Miss Betty Reynolds;
treasurer, Miss Catherine Partin. We
have, about forty members on, the roll
at present. At our meetings we gen
erally have an attendance of around
25. We also have several honorary
members. We have chosen well a de
sign for a pin. It is truly beautiful.
It is of gold divided into two sections
by a diagonally placed gold cross.
The upper right hand section is of
red enamel having a white dove in it.
The lower left hand section is of
white enamel with parted tongues of
fire.
Our activities have consisted so far
of several dances, the best of which
was given us by the Bishop England
Council of the Knights of Columbus
on their anniversary night, January
25. The evening wac made very eri-
joyable by an excellent supper (serv
ed by the ladies of the congregation,
by speakers, by musical selections
rendered by young men and women,
among which was one by Billy Fisher
and a most enjoyable selection on the
musical saw by Mr. Thomas Fickling,
and by the dance after the supper,
with music by a local orchestra.
We have enjoyed several picnics
and wiener roasts. The entire society,
under the supervision of the work
committee, of which Catherine Hol
combe is chairman, has sponsored two
rummage sales. Just now the society
is collecting canceled postage samps
for Father Weiland in the colored
misison here. We have taken on a
year-round job collecting old toys and
furniture and- repairing them. These
we will turn over to the aid society
at Christmas time for distribution
among the needy.
The project in which we are now
most deeply concerned and interested
is a play. “Spooky Tavern.” Under
the most able direction of Mr. M. A
McDonald, eleven of our members
are practicing several nights a week.
The play is to be presented in May.
We are running a ping-pong tourna
ment and a tennis tournament among
our members.
We had a most enjoyable time in
Charleston at the Youth Council,
April 3 and 4, and were pleasantly
surprised by knowing that we are
the only group in South Carolina
composed of boys and girls under
Catholic auspices. We thoroughly en
joyed the meetings, the talks by the
Bishop, priests and ladies, the reports
of the other clubs, and the many new
friends we made while there.
We wish to extend our membership
to every young lady and young man
in Columbia who is single, under 30
and over 16.
JACKSONVILLE DEANERY, N. C.
C. W., sponsored a retreat at St.
Paul’s Church with the Rev. William
Ruggeri, S. J., as retreat master. The
retreat opened June 8, Tuesday
morning, and closed Thursday eve
ning.
GEORGE CRATEM was elected
president of the Syrian-American
Club of Jacksonville in May, to serve
for the coming year. William Sab-
bag is financial secretary.
MRS. MARGARET BUTTERFIELD
was elected president of the North
Florida District Home Economics
Association at the annual election
meeting in May.
MISS JACKEY DAUGHTREY was
named president of the Immaculate
Conception Parish Sodality recently.
Miss Veronica Clinton was named
vice-prefect Miss Anne Hazlinger
secretary-treasurer and Miss Claire
Halsema, reporter.
MISS MARY LOU TAYLOR was
elected president of the Holy Rosary
ST. PAUL’S parish parishoners had
an all-day outing late in May at St.
Joseph’s Academy, Loretto.
COURT HOLY ROSARY, C. D. of
A., recently observed its tenth anni
versary. Miss Gertrude Duffy is grand
regent, succeeding Mrs. Mary Haley.
DAVID GERMAIN was the winner
of the first prize in the essay contest
for pupils in the Catholi ■ schools of
Duval County, the contest being spon
sored by Bishop Kenny Council,
Knights of Columbus. The second,
third and fourth prizes were won by
Martha Dowling, Leida Ray and
Jacqueline Hayman.
MISS GENEVIEVE McMURRAY
presented a musical program for the
closing spring meeting of the Cath
olic Woman’s Club’s Current Events
program late in May.
ST. PAUL’S Girl Scouts brought
their troop activities to a close for
the season with a week-end in camp
at Camp Chowenwaw.
Catholics Prominent
in Theatre ‘Clean-up’
Representatives of Church
Organizations in Protest
Against Burlesque Shows
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
NEW YORK.—Representatives of
Catholic organizations were promi
nent among the men and women who
appeared before License Commis
sioner Paul Moss at public hearings
here and vigorously protested the
issuance of new licenses to any ol
the burlesque theaters in this city.
The public hearings were held to
determine the advisability of renew
ing the expiring licenses of the bur
lesque theaters. While it was «aid in
connection with the hearings that it
has not yet been demonstrated that
the Commissioner .can revoke a li
cense without a court conviction, it
was stated emphatically that he defi
nitely has the power to refuse to re
new a license if it can be proved
that a theater is regularly producing
lewd and indecent shows.
Among the Catholic organizations
whose representatives called upon
Commissioner Moss to refuse licenses
of the burlesque theaters were: The
New York Chapter of the Knights of
Columbus, the Center Association for
Catholics, the Catholic Club, the Fed
eration of Catholic Alumni, the Holy
Name Society, the Catholic Big Sis
ters of Manhattan, and the Catholic
Action Committee of the Alumni of
Manhattan College. The Rev. Joseph
A. McCaffrey, Pastor of Holy Cross
Church, summed up the opposition of
many of the witnesses when he char
acterized the performances in the bur
lesque theaters as inciting “not only
immorality, but bestiality and degen
eracy. Vigorous opposition was ex
pressed not only against the perform
ances themselves but also against the
character of posters, photographs
and other advertisements displayed in
front of such theaters.
Addressing some 4,000 policemen,
judges, magistrates and city officials,
including the Mayor, last Sunday,
Patrick F. Scanlan, managing editor
of The Brooklyn Tablet, bitterly as
sailed burlesque shows.
Dr. Scanlan pointed that cn one
street the city maintains a costly
playground to permit children to im
prove physically, and on two streets
along which the children must pass
on their way home from the recrea
tion center there are exhibited, in
iront of burlesque theaters vulgar
and indecent pictures. Such shows,
tolerated by tne city, produce per
verts, degenerates and sex criminals.
Mr. Scanlan declared. Why be so
solicitous about campaigns tor sani
tation and against noise and toler
ate such blatant filth, he asked.
Joining in the appeal to Commis
sioner Moss to refuse to renew the li
censes of the burlesque theaters.
Jewish and Protestant leaders declar
ed that ‘you cannot make these
places decent”; that "they are cess
pools of indecency and vice’’; that
"the shows are a distinct excitement
to sex, and lead a good many of
the boys and girls to commit crimes’;
that “they are a reversion to pagan
ism. and the cheapest kind of racket
to work on the boys and girls of our
city.”
STUDENT CRUSADERS
ATTEND FIELD MASS
Papal Delegate and Arch
bishop McNicholas Preside
at Service
FREDERICK, Md. — Some 10,000
persons attended the Solemn Ponti
fical Field Mass which His Excel
lency the Most Rev. Amleto Giovanni
Cicogani, Apostolic Delegate to the
United States, celebrated here yes
terday in connection with the Balti
more Archdiocesan convention of the
Catholic Students’ Mission Crusade.
The Most Rev. John T. McNicholas,
O. P., Archbishop of Cincinnati, and
president of the Catholic Students
Mission Crusade, preached the ser
mon.
The Crusade convention closed
with an archiocesan-wide oratorical
contest, at which Associate Justice
Pierce Butler, of the United States
Supreme Court, presided.
The Mass the first day was preceded
by a parade in which 5,000 students,
members of the Crusade, took part.
Archbishop .McNicholas declared in
his sermon that “theoretically, we
have much freedom in education, but
practically there is little freedom for
a great minority.” “We know from a
decision of the supreme court that in
no state of our country shall there
be monopoly of educaation; that par
ents have the right to select a school
for their children,” he said.
“But'practically, in millions of in
stances, poor parents cannot make
their selection according to the dic
tates of their conscience. In other
words, the state taxes all citizens for
education and then, despite the law,
makes a distinction among the par
ents.”
Archibshop McNicholas said that
“those who either approve unreligi
ous training, or who have no con
scientious judgment whatever about
religious training, are provided with
free schools for their children, free
text books and free transportation.
Religious-minded parents who are in
poor or moderate circumstances are
provided with no schools.”
Archbishop McNicholas also spoke
on the dangers of Communism, de
claring that “it is the duty of mil
lions of lovers of America to persuade
labor that the premises of Commun
ism are false, and that under it the
betrayal of labor is certain.” He urg
ed labor to be “sane and just” at this
“critical time,” saying that, though
“capital has been unfair to labor, it
is hoped that labor will be wise
enough not to use that power to. re
taliate but to establish just and ami
cable relataions with capital.”
“As youthful Crusaders,” the Arch
bishop told the students, “ you must
recognize clearly that Communism
would destroy all personal freedom in
America, would wipe out every ves
tige of the freedom of family life.
There would be no political freedom,
no economic freedom, no religious
freedom. Freedom of peaceful assem
bly, freedom of speech, of the press
and of the radio would be at an end.”
Expressing the hope that capital
and industry “have experienced a
change of heart,” the Archbishop said
“they should realize that the begin
ning of a new order is here, an order
that will be for them and for the
country either a blessing or a curse.”
“If Communism or communistic ten
dencies prevail,” he added, “it will be
the end of freedom for capital, and
industry. Whoever can influence the
captains of industry to see the light
of a new day should discharge this
duty ”
MISSION CRUSADERS
IN COLUMBIA SCHOOL
At the beginning of this scholastic
year, the pupils of St. Peter’s School,
Columbia, were initiated into the
Crusade Movement as sponsored by
the Catholic Students’ Mission Cru
sade.
The student body meets regularly
on the first Friday of each month.
All meetings were conducted with
parliamentary procedure. Even the
little tot in the first grade has been
taught to obtain recognition, give his
report, and move that the report be
accepted. A well planned program
consisting of playlets, skits and talks
on various mission topics followed
each meeting.
The Crusaders have been honored
by having with them at all their
meetings their Reverend pastor. Dean
Martin C. Murphy, the Rev. Thomas
Weiland, O. P.. the Rev. Thomas Mac-
kin, and on several occasions visiting
members of the clergy.
The officers of St. Peter's Mission
Unit are as follow's: Master Henry
Jumper, president; Master Dave Col
lins, vice president; Miss Carmella
Tronco, secretary; Miss Mary Bult-
man. treasurer; Miss^Edr.a Butler,
spiritual treasurer; Master Law'rence
Priebe, magazine secretary, and Miss
Mary MacDonald, cancelled stamp
secretary
Camp Trinita Opened
June 14 in Alabama
HOLY TRINITY. Ala.—Camp Tri-
r.ita. a camp fer girls here, opened^
f°. r its second season on June 14
with nn encouraging registration.
Girls interested in camping out
may receive information as to details
by writing to the Sister in charge,
Camp Trin.ta, Holy Trinity, Ala.