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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
JULY 31, 1937
American Medical Society
Elects Dr, Abell President
Distinguished Kentucy Physician, Catholic Leader, Mem
ber of Noted Pioneer Catholic Family
{By N. C. W. C. News Service)
LOUISVILLE.—Dr. Irvin Abell, of
this city, chosen by the American
Medical Association to be its presi
dent, is a devout Catholic and a
member of one of the oldest Catholic
families coming to Kentucky from
Baltimore.
A distinguished surgeon, Dr. Abell
attends Mass and receives Holy Com
munion each morning that he has an
operation to perform. His family
gave to this diocese Father Robert
Abell, one of its truly gifted orators,
and one authority has said of the
Abells that they “stand next to the
Spaldings in Kentucky as of royal
Catholic lineage”.
Writing in his column “Topics” in
The Record, official newspaper of the
Diocese of Louisville, Benedict Elder,
the editor, says:
“As The Record was going to press
last week the American Medical As
sociation was meeting in Atlantic
City. Next morning was the news
announcement of the election of the
president of the Association to take
office m 1938, one of the most dis
tinguished citizens of Louisville, one
of the best-loved Catholics in all this
diocese, one whom the people in this
community, professional no less than
lay, have esteemed as a leader for a
quarter century past—Dr. Irvin Abell.
“He may have various other titles,
but this is enough. We believe he was
a colonel or something of the kind in
the World War, but that is small mat
ter. We think he has been honored
with various other degrees by uni
versities, but we forget them all; we
think only of him as Dr. Abell. To us
in Louisville who know him, who
love him, who are familiar with the
innumerable charities he has bestow
ed, who are vicariously acquainted
with his reputation as a surgeon
throughout the United States, Dr.
Abell is a friend, a leader and a
guide. In a way he is a patron of the
great St. Joseph Infirmary, of which
he has been chief of staff for so many
years we cannot number them, and
yet he is not so old that his life and
action is not vigorous. Speak of Dr.
Abell and you speak of St. Joseph
Infirmary. Speak of Dr. Abell and
you speak of all that is best and most
modern, most thoroughly Catholic in
the science of medicine and surgery
in this community. The Record sa
lutes him on this honor; the med
ical profession of the United States
could not have selected a man of
greater gifts or higher standards.”
Dr. Abell has been a delegate from
Kentucky to the House of Delegates
of the American Medical Association
in 1922, from 1924 to 1928, and from
1930 to 1935. He has been a member,
and at various times chairman, of im
portant conferences and committees
of the House of Delegates. Since 1931
he has been a member of the Council
on Scientific Assembly of the House
of Delegates. He has been chairman
of this Council since 1935.
Bom in Lebanon, Ky., in 1876, Dr.
Abell took the degree Master of Arts
at St. Mary’s College, St. Marys,
Kans., in 1894, and the degree Doctor
of Medicine at Louisville Medical
College in 1897. He made studies at
the University of Berlin in 1898. He
became professor of surgery at the
University of Louisville m 1904. He
is visiting surgeon at the Louisville
Public Hospital and at St. Joseph In
firmary, and consulting surgeon at
the Children’s Free Hospital and Ko-
sair Hospital for Crippled Children.
Dr. Abell is a trustee of the Uni
versity of Louisville. He is a member
of the American College of Surgeons,
the American Surgical Association,
the Southern Medical Association, the
Southern Surgical Association, the
American Urological Association,
and the American Gastro-Enterologi-
cal Association. He recently served as
chairman of the McDowell Commit
tee, which purchased and aided in
the restoration of the home in Dan
ville, Ky., of Dr. McDowell, surgical
pioneer. He held the rank of iieu-
tenant-colonel in the World War and
commanded Base Hospital 59. Follow
ing the World War he was commis
sioned a.colonel in the Medical Offi
cers Reserve Corps and named Com
manding officer of United States
Army Reserve Corps Hospital 59.
Dr. Abell is also a director of the
Commonwealth Life Insurance Com
pany, the Fidelity and Columbia
Trust Company, and the Louisville
Foundation.
URSULINE ACADEMY
BEING RENOVATED
St, Leo College Prep.
School
Accredited High School
Conducted by the Benedictine
Fathers
Ideal Location
St. Leo Pasco County, Florida
Historic Columbia Building
Being Modernized at Cost
of $30,000
END STUDY SESSION
' AT GAMP ST. MARY
Carolina Mission Children
Receive instruction and
Enjoy Recreation Camp
(Special to The Bulletin)
COLUMBIA, S. C. — The Ursuline
Convent and Academy are undergo
ing etxensive alterations and mod
ernization at a cost of $30,000, and by
early fall will be a modern and com
plete equipped private high school,
capable of caring for 150 girls of high
school age. . ,
The improvements will mclude
renovation of both the interior and
exterior of the buildings, re-decora-
tion and construction of classrooms,
laboratories, art and music rooms,
an assembly and recreation room, a
cafeteria and a library possessing
over 3,000 books on diversified sub
jects.
Injury to W. W. Bandy,
Savannah, Proves Fatal
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga.—W. W- Bandy,
whose death resulted on July 8th
from an injury received when a scaf
folding fell as he was working on
the construction of the new city jail,
was buried in Laurel Grove Ceme
tery, following funeral services held
at the Cathedral of Saint John the
Baptist.
(Special to The Bulletin)
OKATEE, S. C. — Closing exercises
of the Religious Instruction Session
of Camp St. Mary’s were held on July
10, and an impressive feature was the
Missa Cantata, during which parts of
the Mass were sung by the children’s
choir, and at which a class of eight
children received their first Holy Com
munion. , ,
One hundred and thirty children,
from the lower half Of the Charleston
diocese completed the course of study,
increasing their knowledge of Catholic
doctrine and practice, and at the same
time enjoying the advantages of a de
lightful vacation amid attractive sur
roundings. . , „
Under the direction of the Reverend
Alfred Kamler, of Beaufort, the staff
of instructors included: the Rev. L. J.
Cross, of Chicago; the Rev. W. G.
Doyle, of Springfield, Mass.; the Rev.
Edward Cronan, of Youngstown,
Ohio; Mr. Herman Schnurr, of Fort
Wavne, Indiana; Sisters M. Rita, M.
John, M. Vincent, and M. Laurence
of Our Lady of Mercy Convent,
Charleston; with Mrs. D. C. Boulware,
of Ridgeland. dietician; Miss He±en
Kamler, of Olean, New York, regis
tered nurse; Miss Mary Dunn, Savan
nah; Miss Mary Harty, Savannah; Miss
Marjorie Mitchell, Edgefield; Miss
Alice Baran, Savannah, and L. A. Mi
chel, Charleston; as counsellors and
prefects.
On July 4 the camp was honored
with a visit from the Most Reverend
Emmett M. Walsh, D. D., Bishop of
Charleston, and among other visitors
were the Rev. George J. Dietz, and
the Rev. A. W. Calner, of Aiken; the
Rev. J. H. Driscoll, Orangeburg; the
Rev. F. E. Riemer, Summerville; the
Rev. Maurice Daly, Florence; the Rev.
J. J. McCarthy, Charleston; the Rev.
W, F. Wheeler, Washington; and the
Rev. Geoffrey Horsefield, rector of St.
Paul’s Episcopal Church, Savannah.
The Recreational Session of the
camp opened for a period of six weeks
on July 11, registrations including
children from Charleston, Savannah,
Augusta, Jacksonville, and other
places, who are now enthusiastically
enjoying a schedule of recreational ac
tivity, including swimming, boating,
fishing, athletic events and other en
tertainment.
The camp will close its recreational
season on August 22.
Peter P. Drost Dies
in Augusta Parish
A History
Of. St. Augustine, the oldest parish in the
United States, and
Of the Shrine of Nuestra Senora d£ la Leche,
on the site where Mass was first offered by
priests with the members of the party of
Menendez, settlers of St. Augustine
Has been published by Cathedral Parish of St.
Augustine and is on sale at the modest price
of thirty-five cents per copy plus three cents
postaage.
All who are interested in the history of the
Church in the South ought to have this in
teresting and informative work.
For copies write to THE CATHEDRAL REC
TORY, St. Augustine, Fla.
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AUGUSTA, Ga.—Peter Paul Drost,
widely known Augustan and a mem
ber and officer of the old Volunteer
Fire Department which preceded the
oresent system, died here early in
July at the age of 78, atfer an extend
ed illness. The funeral was held from
St. Mary’s Church, the Rev. John J.
Kennedy officiating. Interment was m
Westover Cemetery* Active pallbear-
ers were Mr. Drost’s grandsons; mem
bers of the Volunteer Firemen’s Asso
ciation were honorary pallbearers.
FUNERAL IN AUGUSTA
OF J. E. SHEEHAN, SR.
The funeral of John Edward Shee
han, Sr., for many years in the gro
cery business, was held from Sacred
Heart Church, the Rev. J. E. O’Don-
ohoe. S.J., officiating. Interment was
in Magnolia Cemetery. Mr. Sheehan
was a native of Sparta, Ga., and came
to Augusta when a small boy.
Vows in Florida by
Benedictine Nuns
Government to Aid in Work
of Restoring Famed Records
at St. Augustine Cathedral
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla—The U. S.
government has taken what can be
considered official recognition of St.
Augustine’s restoration program with
the disclosure today that the Depart
ment of National Archives will spend
$25,000 to restore the oldest records
in the United States, those of the
Cathedral at St. Augustine, accord
ing to a dispatch to the St. Augustine
Observer-Record.
The records consist of 14 volumes
dating back to 1594, fourteen years
before the first English colony was
established in Jamestown, and 26
years before the Pilgrims landed at
Plymouth. Thus they are not only
the oldest church or parish records
in the United States but _ the _ oldest
records of this kind existing in this
country.
So fragile are the leaves of some
of the earlier volumes that they
crumble at the touch of the fingers.
They will be preserved by enclosing
each page between a strong transpar
ent material which will be hermeti
cally sealed. Two photostatic copies
of the complete records will be made,
one to be retained by the National
Archives, a second for the St. Augus
tine Historical Society and the origi
nals to be returned to the Cathedral.
Arrangements were made to pre
serve what are considered priceless
records by Dr. R. D. W. Connor,
archivist of the United States, whose
attention was brought to the records
by Dr. Waldo G. Leland, director of
the American Council of Learned So
cieties. Doctor Leland first -became
interested in the records through the
Right Rev. Monsignor James Nunan,
of the Diocese of St. Augustine; Dr.
John C. Merriam, president of Car
negie Institution, and Dr. Verne
Chatelain, executive director of the
St. Augustine Historical Association.
The records have been in St. Au
gustine continuously except for a
brief period towards the latter part of
the 18th century. When Florida was
ceded to England by Spain in 1763,
the records were taken to Havana,
where they were allowed to mould
in a dungeon which accounts partly
for their fragility.
The fourteen volumes contain rec
ords of baptisms, confirmations, mar
riages, dates and births. The baptism
records give the full addresses and
names of parents, grandparents on
both sides, and godparents of the
child, making a unique great genea
logical tree and also trace the migra
tion of families and geographic ori
gin.
All of the volumes are now in
Washington in the Department of
National Archives. The work of pre
servation is slow because of the deli
cate condition.
FATHER MACDONALD
HEADS TAMPA COLLEGE
(Special to The Bulletin)
NEW ORLEANS. La.—Included in.
the list of appointments for the
Southern province of the Society of
Jesus, is that of the Rev. Ronald A.
MacDonald, S. J., as president of
Tampa College, Tampa, Florida.
Father McDonald has been regent
of the College of Arts and Sciences
at Loyola University, New Orleans,
and was recently business manager
of the Spanish Catholic newspaper,
Revista Catolica, published at El Paso,
Texas-
He will succeed the Rev. Michael
McNally, S. J., as head of the Jesuit
college in Tampa.
CHARLESTONIAN VICTIM
OF AUTOMOBILE WRECK*
(Special to The Bulletin)
CHARLESTON, S. C.—Funeral ser
vices for Joseph B. Keith, of 68
George Street, who was fatally in
jured in an automobile crash on the
Folly Beach Road were held from St,
Mary’s Church, the Rev. J- W. Car-
mody officiating, with interment in
St. Lawrence Cemetery.
SARASOTA
FLORIDA
on the
GULF OF MEXICO
W\|"l fl AT A O fferln S much
H S I* Bill in kome-
Jl/li UVI V i ike comfort,
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ence. Open all
year. . . Equable year-round tem
perature Splendid beaches, fa
mous fishing: grounds. Rates
$1.00-$1.50 single, $1.50-$2.00 dou
ble. JOHN D. MURRAY, Prop.
One Received, Two Profess
ed at San Antonio Convent
(By Bess C. Mcllhenny)
SAN ANTONIO, Fla—A beautiful,
intensely solemn and impressive cere
mony was witnessed at Holy Name
Convent here when three young la
dies took vows in the Benedictine
Order. The first made her final vows,
having begun her novitiate five years
ago. Miss Margaret Dunne, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Dunne, of San
Antonio. She is Sister Mary Cather
ine. The other two made temporary
vows, after one and a half years as
novitiates. These are Sister Marie
Madeline who was Miss Evelyn Mc
Coy, of Chicago, and Sister M. Leonia,
formerly Miss Vera Muroe, of Nas
sau, Bahamas.
Rt. Rev. Abbot Francis Sadler, O.
S. B., D. D., officiated, assisted by
Father Charles McGinley, O. S. B.,
and Father Bernard Weigl, O. S. B„
of St. Leo Abbey.
Abobt Francis gave a most impres
sive address. He depicted the differ
ence in one who consecrates his or her
life wholly to God and the person who
lived in and for the world arid its
pleasures. The chapel was filled to
overflowing by relatives and friends
of the three young nuns, and by
many who do not embrace the Cath
olic faith.
ST. STANISLAUS
The School of Character
A BOARDING SCHOOL FOR BOYS
GRAMMAS SCHOOL and HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES.
Special Attention to Smaller Boys. Fully Accredited
by the State Department and the Southern Association
of Colleges and Secondary Schools.
CONDUCTED BY BROTHERS OF THE
SACRED HEART
ST. STANISLAUS, located on the beautiful Gulf Coast,
offers healthful surroundings and expertly directed ac
tivities to develop the boy’s body, thorough and practical
courses of study to train his mind, and special care and
guidance to mould and build his character.
TERMS: $450.00 per year* 1 . For Catalogue Address:
BROTHER WILLIAM
St. Stanislaus College, Bay St Louis, Miss.
REV PATRICK W. BROWNE, a
member of the faculty of the Catho
lic Univeristy since 1921, in the de
partment of history, died early in
July at the age of 73. Dr, Browne was
educated at the Catholic University,
Harvard, Munich and Oxford.
CAMP ST. MARY’S
Summer Recreational Camp, in Lower
Beaufort County. Open July 11th to
August 22nd. Children 10 to 16 Yrs.
Auspices—
Most Rev. Emmet M. Walsh
Endorsed by
Most Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara
For Information, Apply
Director, Camp St. Mary’s
R. F. D. No. 1, Ridgeland, S. C.