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JULY 31, 1937
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
FIVE
K. OF C, INITIATE
GLASS IN SAVANNAH
Retiring Grand Knight Canty
Is Honored by Council
(Special to tThe Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Savannah Coun
cil, Knights of Columbus, initiated a
class of thirty-five June 27. Ar
rangements were under the general
direction of T. J. Canty, grand knight,
with A. J. Shano, lecturer, in charge
of the entertainment of visiting mem
bers, and Joseph D. Sheehan, warden,
in charge of degree arrangements.
The third degree exemplification was
under the direction of Richard Reid,
Augusta, district deputy, and John J.
Bradley, Atlanta, who led a large
Atlanta delegation to the degree-
Grand Knight J. Boyd Touhey led
the Brunswick delegation and State
Deputy-elect C. Victor Markwalter
and Grand Knight Louis J. O’Con-
ness that from Augusta. A buffet
supper was served under the direc
tion of William Kay.
GRAND KNIGHT CANTY was
presented an electric razor by the
members of Savannah Council in rec
ognition of his splendid efforts for
the Council, Mr. Reid making the
presentation at the opening of the
third degree. In addition to his ser
vices to the ’ Council, Mr. Canty has
demonstrated his loyalty by not miss
ing a meeting in ten years-
REV. MICHAEL MANNING of
Blessed Sacrament Church, was the
principal speaker at the experience
meeting the Wednesday following the
degree. Father Manning was a mem
ber of the class recently initiated.
JOHN J. BOUHAN, county attorney,
and formerly president of the Hiber
nian Society and of the Savannah
branch of the Catholic Laymen’s As
sociation, was presented a gold lapel
button and a gold badge by Charles
G. Edwards Post, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, completing bestowal on Mr.
Bouhan of the nonor of honorary life
membership in the Veterans of For
eign Wars, an honor which has been
conferred on only seven persons in
the United States. The presentation
was made at a meeting of the Board
of County Commissioners by. Major
George C. Heyward, Jr-, who was
presented by W. Furman King, com
mander of the local post.
WM. J. KEHOE, president of the
Kiwanis Club, was elected president
of the Civic Round Table of Savan
nah at its recent election , meeting.
The club is composed of a representa
tive of each civic club.
ST. VINCENTS ACADEMY was
highly commended by Leroy N. Sud-
dath. district traffic manager of the
Southern Bell Telephone Company, in
speaking before the Parent-Teachers
Association of Commercial High
School. Mr. Suddath, according to the
Savananh Press, praised the fine fun
damentals of “reading, writing and
arithmetic’’ given the students at St.
Vincent’s.
J. ARTHUR KEARNEY was elected
faithful navigator of the Fourth De
gree Assembly of the Knights of Co
lumbus of Savannah, succeeding Eu
gene G. Butler; Ira J. Ryan was elect
ed faithful captain, William J. Shee
han, pilot, Eugene Butler admiral, W.
F. McKay comptroller, E. L. Edwards
inner sentinel, James P. Doyle outside
sentinel.
JOHN C. McCarthy, chief of de
tectives, in June finished thirty-seven
years of continuous service in the Sa-
vanah Police Department.
BRUNSWICK and Savannah Coun
cils held h joint meeting in the former
city July 9, at which time an “experi
ence meeting’’ based on the recent ex
emplification of the third degree was
held.
JOHN M. BRENNAN was re-elected
president of the Class of 1929 of Bene
dictine School at the annual meeting
recently. John J. Downs was elected
vice-president, Edward M. McBride
treasurer and Francis V. Puder secre
tary.
Forty Men Make Retreat at Washington
Carolina Marriages
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COLUMBIA, S. C—The Very Rev.
Martin Murphy, V. F., pastor of St.
Peter’s Church, officiated at the mar
riage here of Miss Elizabeth Chandler
of Newberry and Francis Benson Col
lins, of Columbia. Mrs. Collins is tha
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David B.
Chandler of Newberry, and has been
a resident of this city for two years.
Mr. Collins is the son of F. S. Collins
and the late Mrs. Collins of Washing
ton, D. C„ and Columbia. They will
live in Columbia.
Pictured in the group above, with the Rev. James A. Greeley, S. J., retreat-master, are R. W. Hatcher of
Milledgeville, chairman of the Retreat Section of the Catholic Laymen’s Association of Georgia, and those who
found the Seventeenth Annual Laymen’s Retreat a source of spiritual benefit.
REV. J. A. GREELEY
CONDUCTS EXERCISES
Week-End of Meditation and
Devotion One of the Most
Memorable Held in Georgia
University Faculty Member
Joins Church During Retreat
COLUMBUS HAS FINE
4TH OF JULY PICNIC
(Special to The Bulletin)
COLUMBUS, Ga. — The annual
Fourth of July barbecue of the Cath
olic Club was held at the Diegnan
plantation on the Utchee, Creek in
Alabama on Monday, July 5, and the
attendance was splendid. The ’cue
took the form of an all-day outing,
with a program of sports and enter
tainment. Mr and Mrs. E. G. Suel-
zer and Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Kunze
were chairmen. Committee chair
men included Mrs. John T. Bryant,
A. J. Perroux, John Deignan, W. J.
Weaver, Mrs. A. B. King and Mr.
and Mrs. George E. Wolfe.
(Special to The Bulletin)
WASHINGTON, Ga.—With the Rev.
James A. Greeley, S- J., as retreat-
master, the seventeenth annual men’s
retreat was held at St. Joseph’s Home,
July 15 to July IS, under the auspices
of the Catholic Laymen’s Association
of Georgia.
About forty men, from various sec
tions of the state, among them being
several Protestants, sought the atmos
phere of a religious institution, and
free from worldly distractions heard
the great truths of religion presented
in a masterful manner, solemnly
meditated upon things spiritual, and
participate in the devotions which
form an important part of any re
treat.
The Rev. Father Malachy, O. F. M.,
who in the absence of the Rev. John
Crean, manager of St- Joseph’s Home,
acted as host to the retreatants, and
the Sisters of St. Joseph, who are in
charge of the Home, provided for the
comfort of the retreatants in their
customary generous manner, leaving
nothing to be desired in the way of
adequate accommodations.
The retreat began on Thursday eve
ning, following dinner, and continued
until Sunday morning, conferences
being conducted several times daily,
and in addition to the time alloted
to private devotions, the retreatants
as a group attended Mass, benedic
tion, stations of the cross, and recited
tire rosary.
Before leaving for their homes, the
retreatants asssembled and passed
resolutions expressing their apprecia
tion to His Excellency, the Most Rev
erend Gerald P. O’Hara, Bishop of
Savannah; to Father Greeley, to Fath
er Malachy, O. F. M„ to the Sisters
of St. Joseph, and to all who had a
share in making the retreat one of
the most successful held since the
movement began in Georgia in 1921-
Those making the retreat, included:
R. W. Hatcher, Milledgeville; Norman
J. Wrigley, P. H. Nabors, Dr. S. A.
Ferlita, Matt C. Carroll, John F.
Schroder, Hughes Schroder, Robert
Morris, James Gillespie and D. L.
Hollowell, Atlanta; Jas. B. Mulherin,
E. J. O’Connor, W. A. Lyons, Henry
P- Caver, Miles O'Connor, John W.
Burke, J. P. McAuliffe, Charles C.
Chesser, John L. Armstrong, Jos. Mc-
McNeill, W. A. Nevin and Thos. P.
Kearney, Augusta; W- T. McCreary,
J. P. McGoldrick, Chas. LeHardy
Adams, M. J. Callaghan. A. A. Bene
detto, W. D. Jarrett, John P- Mc
Creary, Edward A. Sheridan and W.
L. Connolly, Macon; T. W. Duffy,
James; Dr. T. H. McHatton and John
H. Mote, Athens; J. P. Hornsby, Ivey;
J. W. Fountain, C. L. Fountain, Em
met Hatfield and J. G. Hatfield, Mc
Intyre; J. E. Loh, Washington, D. C.
Plans are being completed and reg
istration made for a second retreat
for men which will be held at Sa
vannah Beach later this summer.
GANTT-BLACKWELL
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GREENVILLE, S. C—The Rev. Syd
ney F. Dean, of St. Mary’s Church,
officiated at the marriage of Miss
Rose Lucille Gantt, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. L. Gantt, and Lloyd
Blackwell widely known residents of
Greenville. After the wedding trip to
the North Carolina mountains, they
will live in Greenville.
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BERNARDIN-MOLINAROLI
The Rev. James A. Greeley, S. J., Professor John H. Mote, Rev. Father
Malachy, O. F. M., and Doctor T. H. McHatton, at the Laymen's Retreat in
Washinton, in the course of which Professor Mote was received into the
Church.
PROFESSION OF FAITH
INSPIRING GEREMONY
Father Harold Barr, Athens,
Baptizes Georgia Educator
St. Edmund Fathers
on Alabama Mission
In Charge of Church for Col
ored at Selma
(Special to The Bulletin)
SELMA, Ala. — The Society of St.
Edmund, which conducts St. Mich
ael’s College at Winooski, Va., and
other schools of note, opened a mis
sion for negroes here July 1. The
Rev. Frances M. Casey is in charge,
assisted by the Rev. John B. Paro.
Father Casey is a native of Boston,
and Father Paro of Granville, N. Y.
Mrs. Katherine Murphy
of Atlanta Parish Dies
(Special to The bulletin)
ATLANTA, Ga.—Mrs. Katherine V.
Murphy, for more than half a cen
tury a resident of Atlanta, died at
the residence, 366 Nelms Avenue, on
June 26-
A native of Cincinnati, Mrs. Mur
phy moved to Atlanta when less than
a year old, and throughout her life
was a member of the Church of the
Immaculate Conception, from which
funeral services were held, with the
Rev. Joseph Smith officiating.
Mrs. Murphy is survived by two
daughters, Miss Mary Murphy, of At
lanta, and Miss Kathleen Murphy, of
Washington; three sons, Joseph P.
Murphy, Charles M. Murphy, and
Francis K. Murphy, all of Atlanta;
two sisters, Mrs. J- P. Hamrick and
Mrs. G. A. Monteau; three brothers,
C. J. Massa, John Massa, and Paul
F. Massa, and her mother, Mrs. Mary
Massa-
WASHINGTON, Ga. — An inspir
ing incident of the Laymen's Retreat
which was held at St. Joseph’s Home
during July was the reception into
the Church of Mr. John H. Mote, a
member of the faculty of the Univer-
city of Georgia, who made his solemn
profession of faith, received condi
tional baptism, and made his first
Holy Communion while engaged in
making the retreat.
The Rev. Harold Barr, pastor of St.
Joseph’s Chinch, Athens, under
whom Mr. Mote received instruction
preparatory to his entering the Cath
olic Church, officiated at the impres
sive ceremony, which was attended
by all of the Catholic and Protestant
men who were making the retreat,
with the Rev. James A. Greeley, S. J.,
retreat master, and the Rev. Malachy,
O. F. M„ temporarily in charge of St.
Joseph’s Home, present in the sanctu
ary.
Mr. Mote, who is one of the in
structors in chemistry at the Univer
sity of Georgia, attended the men’s
retreat last year, accompanied by
his friend and fellow-member of the
University faculty, Dr. T. H. McHat
ton.
Mrs. Mote, who is a Catholic, was
also among those who witnessed the
ceremony.
Brother Geffrey,Once
of Augusta, Is Dead
Beloved Christian Brother
Formerly Taught in Georgia
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COLUMBIA, S. C.—The Very Rev.
Martin C. Murphy, dean of the Co
lumbia District, officiated at the mar
riage of Miss Eleanora Bemardin,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Ber-
nardin, and Remo Molinaroli, ron of
Mrs. Alexander Molinaroli and the
late Mr. Molinaroli. widely known
Columbia families; the marriage was
solemnized at a Nuptial Mass at St.
Peter’s Church. Mrs. Molinaroli is a
graduate i>f the University of South
Carolina with a Bachelor of Science
degree, and of the University of
Pennsylvania, where she received her
master’s degree in chemistry. Mr. Mo
linaroli is a graduate in engineering
of the University of South Carolina
and is chief engineer at Abbeville of
the soil conservation service. They
will live in Abbeville.
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ORANGEBURG, S. C.—Announce
ment is fade of the marriage on
July 1, of Miss Kathryne Magruder,
cf Orangeburg, and James A. Carter,
of Charleston, at the Church of the
Holy Trinity. The Reverened Joseph
O’Driscoll, pastor, performed the
ceremony and was celebrant of the
nuptial mass which followed- As
sisting in the sanctuary were the
Rev John Wadsh, of - Orangeburg;
the Very Rev. J. J. May and the Rev.
J. E. Burke, of Charleston.
AUGUSTA, Ga. - News of the
death in Baltimore of Brother Gef
frey Lewis, of the Christian Brothers,
was received with deep regret here,
where Brother Geffrey was widely-
known because of his service at the
Christian Brothers School in St. Pat
rick’s Parish. Bom in Harrison. N.
J., September 13 1879, Brother Gef
frey was known in the world as Jo
seph Lyons; he entered the Christian
Brothers September 19, 1896. He
taught in Eddington, Pa., Paterson,
N. J., Philadelphia, Jersey City.
Washington and Pittsburgh, as well
as Augusta; it was in Pittsburgh,
where he was a member of the facul
ty of the Catholic High School, that
he was stricken. “Brother Geffrey is
dead,” says the St. LaSalle Auxiliary
Bulletin; “his remains lie in peace
in the shade of the calls at Amen-
dale. but the lessons he instilled in
the hearts of his pupils will live on
and continue to bear fruit even when
his burial place may be forgotten.”
Louis J. O’Connell
Augusta K.C. Leader
McKEVUN-DUNLAP
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Pictures of Manila
Congress Are Shown
Father Burgio Presents
Them in Savannah, An-
gnsta and Greensboro, N.C.
AUGUSTA. Ga. — The Rev. S. M.
Burgio, C. M„ professor of liturgy at
St. Joseph’s Seminary of the Vin
centian Fathers, Philadelphia, a mem
ber of the Papal Mission to the Ma
nila Eucharist Congress, where he
was a master of ceremonies, present
ed a motion picture of the Interna
tional Congress to audiences at Sa
vannah, Augusta and Grensboro, N.
C., late in June. The motion pic
tures constituted a finished produc
tion; and were most impressive. The
audiences were particularly Interest
ed in the prominent part the Most
Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara, D. D„ Bishop
of Savannah-Atlanta, took in the
Congress, and in His Eminence, Car
dinal Dougherty, the Papal Legate. In
Savannah the picture was presented
at the Catholic Association; in Au
gusta, at Mt. St. Joseph’s and in
Greensboro at St. Leo’s HositaL Fath
er Burigo was accompanied by the
Rev. Mr. Perkins, C. M., a student
for the priesthood in the Vincentian
Order.
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Louis J. O’Con
nell was elected grand knight of Pat
rick Walsh Council, Knights of Co
lumbus. here at the annual election
meeting, succeeding C. Victor Mark-
waiter, who. has been named state
deputy. Marion C. Stulb was named
deputy grand knight, Edwin J. Dorr
chancellor. John T. Buckley, advo
cate, C. Y. Tarleton, warden. F. J.
Sherman, Sr., inside guard, and Louis
J. Mura, outside guard. Mr. O’Con
nell. claim agent of the Georgia Pow
er Company in Augusta, has held va
rious positions in the Council did
splendid work particularly as lectu
rer, and is a former president of the
Lions Club here.
DR. JOHN E. MARRIOTT, lieuten
ant-colonel in the R. O. T. C., has
been named a member of the state ad
visory committee of the Georgia Chap
ter of the Reserve Officers’ Associa
tion. Dr. Marrriott is a former Grand
Knight of the local Knights of Co
lumbus.
DEATH IN ATLANTA OF
MRS. ANNIE HAGERTY
CHARLESTON, S. C.—Mrs. L. A.
Dunlap, of 43 Drake Street, an
nounces the marriage of her daugh
ter, Miss Dorothy Dunlap and
Thomas Moultrie STcKelvin, Jr., of
164 Cannon Street.
The wedding ceremony was per
formed in the Church of Our Lady
of Mercy, with the Rev. Alexis West-
bury, pastor, officiating.
BURN-ANDERSON
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CHARLESTON, S. C—The mar
riage of Miss Audrey Anderson, of
Kingstree and Charleston. and
George J- Burn, of this city, was
celebrated at the Bishop’s Home,
July 17, the Rev. John J.McCarthy.
assistant rector of the Cathedral of
St. John the Baptist, performing the
ceremony.
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CHARLESTON, S. C.—Announce
ment has been made by Mrs. Corinne
Muckenfuss, of 162 Spring Street, of
the marriage of her daughter. Miss
Beatrice Muckenfuss, and Walker
Legare Knight, on June 27, the cere
mony taking place at the home of the
uncle and aunt of the bride, Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Srfiiaderassi, 180 Went
worth Street, with the Rev. John
Lawrence Manning, assistant rector
of the Cathedral of St. John the
Baptist, officiating.
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ATLANTA, Ga.—Mrs. Annie Hag
erty, for ir^my years a resident of
this city, was claimed by death on
July 1, and funeral services were held
at Immaculate Conception Church,
the Rev. Joseph Smith officiating.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. M. E.
Phillips, and three sons, Thomas H.
Hagerty, of Atlanta; Charles H. Hag-
erty, of Philadelphia; and Michael
Hagerty, of Ireland-
COLUMBIA, S. C. — Marked by a
quiet simplicity was the marirage of
Miss Mary Palmer Wellborn and
Benjamin Eugene Pierce, Jr., which
was solemnized at St. Peter’s Rectory
July 22, the Rev Martin A. Murphy
officiating.
Attending the bride as matron of
honor was Mrs. Fred Schwalb, of
Savannah, while Frank H. Pierce, a
"brother of the bridegroom, acted as
best man.
Mrs. Pierce is the daughter of Dr.
and Mrs. Terry Wellborn, of Hines-
ville, and the granddaughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. F. Sullivan. She is a
graduate of Bradwell Institute and of
the South Georgia Teachers' College.
Mr. Pierce is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Benjamin E. Pierce, of Augusta, Ga..
and is associated in the practice of
law with his father. He is the grand
son of the late Frank H. Hankinson
and Ida Elizabeth Hankinson, of
Beech Island, S. C.
Following the ceremony Mr. and
Mrs. Pierce left for a wedding trip
through North Carolina, after which
they will be at home to their friends
at their home on Meigs Street. Au-
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