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Published for the
Georgia Federation
of Junior
Catholic Clubs
The Federation News
Motto
“Better Catholics”
“Better Georgians”
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, APRIL 23, 1938
Thomas Clark Is Nominated
for Federation Presidency
Member of Blessed Chanel
Club, Atlanta — Columbus
Host to Next Quarterly
Convention May 21-22
BY J. ALTON BAUMGARTNER
(President of the Georgia Federation
of Junior Catholic Club)
Within a few weeks, another quar
terly convention -of the Georgia Fed
eration of Junior Catholic Clubs will
be held in Columbus May 21 and 22.
This gathering will signify something
more than just another convention.
It will indicate the termination of
four years’ existence and the begin
ning of a new year for our Federa
tion. It will be an anniversary and
on that date our new officers will be
elected and installed. To these per
sons will fall the task of guiding and
directing the affairs of our organiza
tion.
You may know some of these per
sonages, either from a personal con
tact or from the work they have ac
complished in this Federation and
through their other affiliations. On
the other hand, they may be only
mere acquaintances. In order that
you may know something more about
them we endeavor to give you some
of their highlights.
Thomas Clark, a charter member of
the Blessed Chanel Club, Atlanta, has
been nominated for the office of
President (tantamount-to election) of
the Georgia Federation of Junior
Catholic Clubs. While he is former
ly of St. Louis, he is now claimed as
one of Atlanta’s own, largely because
of the many years he has lived here.*
At times his accent could be called
that of a Yankee or Middle Western
er; however, he is the type of person
who has a splendid voice and can be
easily heard when addressing an
audience. While he has not held an
office in his club he is a member of
the Executive Committee and has ac
complished some splendid work along
that line. He is well versed in par
liamentary law and has been ex
tremely active in all church affairs.
He was also instrumental in forming
the Catholic Softball League in At
lanta last year and was manager of
the team from the Blessed Chanel
Club. His qualifications are splendid
and we are of the opinion that
Blessed Chanel has selected a per
son who has the Federation at heart
and will give unceasing time and ef
fort for its advancement. He will
succeed J. Alton Baumgartner, whose
term will expire in May.
It is quite a coincidence that the
first names of the persons nominated
for the two high offices are so much
alike, for as our new president’s
name is Tommy, the new Vice-Presi
dent's name is Tom. Tom Kehoe, of
St. Anthony’s Club. Atlanta, has been
nominated for Vice-President He
has been a very active member of
his club for many years and held
the honor of presidency for two
terms. Here is another case of a
young man who was a newcomer to
Atlanta some years ago, being trans
ferred from Cincinnati while in the
employment of the Southern Rail
road. He is still connected with this
corporation. Since his arrival he has
been very active in church work at
St. Anthony's. He is an active mem
ber of the Holy Name Society and
the Nocturnal Adoration Society. He
is a baseball player, holding down
the catcher's position for St. An
thony's Softball Club. He is an ag
gressive young fellow that the Fed
eration can point to with pride. He
will assume the office now held by
Mrs. Janies Nahara, of Douglas.
MACON SHAMROCK
CLUB ACTIVITIES
The Shamrock Club of Macon held
an outing on Easter Sunday. The
members attended 10:30 Mass, after
which they motored up to Indian
Springs. A delicious lunch was pre
pared by the fairer members and
everyone had a grand time.
A talk was made at our last meet
ing by Ed Lackay, our president, on
Pope Pius’ encyclical, “Reconstructing
the Social Order”. Many interesting
papers have been read on this sub
ject by other members in the past
several months.
Many of the members have been
busy rehearsing for the musical com
edy to be presented by St. Joseph’s
Dramatic Club in May. Alma Sheri
dan and P. J. Murphy are taking lead
ing parts in this play and from all re
ports we are expecting F.J. to replace
Nelson Eddy on the silver screen be
fore long. Other Shamrock mem 1 rs
taking part include: Janette Huhn,
Jay Smith. Bill Hicks, and F. T. r ’as-
sidy. Ed Lackay has been apriointed
chairman of the ticket committee and
we can look forward to a good at
tendance.
Another Atlantan will come into
the office of Mrs. Mary Hunt. She
has been nominated to acquire the
duties of Secretary, now being han
dled by Miss Rosa Johann. This
time we find a person bom and rear
ed in Atlanta, attended the Immacu
late Conception Parochial School
and later graduated from Commercial
High School. Although she has only
been a member of the Blessed Chan
el Club for a year or so, she has
proven her ability to be a leader. She
was Chairman of the Entertainment
of her club and was Federation
Chairman for the past convention
held in Atlanta. To her ingenuity
and capability to carry out a job
well done, goes the success of the
past convention, one of the finest
that has been witnessed by the Fed
eration. In the business world she
performs clerical and secretarial
work for Judge Emerson Gardner of
the Bankruptcy Court in Atlanta. She
has a tremendous task before her,
and her duties can be made a great
deal easier by* the assistance of all
club secretaries.
THE AQUINAS CLUB
OF ALBANY PARISH
Miss Elizabeth Myer, who is known
as the Mother of St. Theresa's, was
entertained at a surprise birthday-
party by the members of the Altar
Society at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Bob McCormack. All the members
of the congregation were L-vited. A
musical program was rendered, dur
ing the evening after which an ice
course was served. The girls _ of the
Aquinas Club assisted in serving.
Everyone was happy to see Father
Bourke. of Douglas, and Father
Sheehan, of Thomasville, who came
to Albany to assist at Holy Week
services. In conjunction with Easter,
the Altar Soicety sponsored an East
er Egg hunt for the children of the
parish on Easter Saturday.
Billy Mock has been made Scout
master of St. Theresa’s Troop, No. 11.
Miss Stella Davis attended a con
vention of the Southern Secretaries
of the Chamber of Commerce in At
lanta.
Miss Mary Mock, who has been
working in Bainbridge, Ga., has re
cently been transferred to Sylvester.
Ga.
Those who attended the Bishop's
Testimonial Dinner from the Acqui-
nas Club included: Billy Mock and
Frank Watt. Among the members
who acted as workers for the Bishop's
Confraternity of the Laity were: Bert
Davis, Betty Mock, Catherine Flem
ing, Margaret Mock, Bill Mock, Dan
iel Dugan. Frank Watt, Madeline
Rakel and Pauline Fleming.
THE PETRINE CLUB,
LaGRANGE PARISH
The activities of the Petrine Club
of LaGrange have been very limited
due to the Lenten season, but now
that Lent is over, much work is to
be done. Several socials have been
planned, the study club is to resume
classes and club meetings are to be
held regularly.
On St. Patrick’s Day the Ladies’
Altar Society gave a spaghetti supper
and the girls of our club served for
this affair. A large number of our
parishoners attended and an enjoy
able time was had by all.
A distinguished member of the
club. Bette Sutherland, who is at
tending Font Bonne College in St.
Louis, returned home to spend the
Easter holidays with her parents.
Everyone was delighted to see her
and will be glad when she returns
home for the summer vacation so
that she may work again with the
club.
A member from one of the newer
clubs has been nominated to the
position of treasurer. Alfred Man-
sour, of LaGrange. He has been a
member of the Petrine Club since its
origin. He is another who has proven
his ability to succeed. He has taken
part in all church affairs in LaGrange
and was instrumental in furnishing
the new rectory in that city. He
Individual Club Actviities
was born and reared in LaGrange,
attended high school there and is a
former president of his local club.
He is an ardent follower of sports,
particularly baseball and tennis. He
is identified with his father in the
dry goods business and is capable in
every respect of holding the office
to which he has been nominated. He
will su .-ceed Rene Martin, our pres
ent treasurer.
All candidates are well qualified
for these important offices and we
feel certain that they will uphold the
high standards of the Federation.
It might be well to mention that
above all they will need the co-op
eration of all members. Pledge your
support that their tasks may be
lighter and the Federation will go
forward to new heights.
THE YOUNG PEOPLE’S
CLUB IN ATLANTA
The "’bung People’s Catholic Club
of the Immaculate Conception Church
is proud of its members who partici
pated in the beautiful music which
was sung at Eastertime in the church.
The majority of the choir members
belong to our club and have been
singing the Latin Masses for only a
year or so. Under the able direction
of our o-ganists. Miss Rosina Asmus
and William S. Karst, the choir sang
the rich old melodies of Holy Week
and Easter in a manner fitting to the
joyful feast of the Catholic Church.
Miss Asmus, who is one of Atlan
ta’s leading organists and who played
at the Immaculate Conception Church
for many years, has once again been
at the console. Mr. Karst recently
underwent an operation and "was un
able to play for several weeks. Music
has become _ one of the leading inter
ests of the club and a surprising
number of good voices continue to be
discovered amongst us.
The first week in May will see the
closing of the membership drive
which has been in force for four
weeks. The roll of the club was di
vided into two sides, headed by Tom
my Clark and Steve Gernazian, and
records have been kept of the num
ber of visitors and new members
brought in by both sides. The group
that wins in this friendly competi
tive match, will be entertained by
the losers at a party. New members
added to the roll are: Dan McLaugh
lin and Bob Chess.
ceived during the month was the an
niversary edition of St. Anthony’s
News. The history of the Catholic
Church in Atlanta that has appeared
serially in this publication is indeed
an outstanding achievement. We
commend Mr. O’Keefe and his co
workers for their accomplishments.
It is with eagerness that we look
forward to the federation convention
that is to take place May 21 and 22,
in the city of Columbus. Knowing the
capabilities of the Junior Catholic
Club as we do, we are confident that
theirs will be one of the most out
standing conventions yet!
It was our good fortune to hear the
Very Rev. A. J. Laube, S. A. M., lec
ture on the life of Theresa Newmafti
at one of our Sunday morning meet
ings during Lent. Not only had Father
Laube had an audience with this
saintly woman, but he had spent
some time in the little village where
she dwells. He was able to tell us
much of her sufferings and agonies
and many facts of her life that were
hitherto unknown to us. Father Laube
is a native of Switzerland and has
done missionary work in many for
eign lands. More recently he was
stationed in Augusta, Ga., and is now
located in East Saint Louis, Illinois.
It was through the kindness of Marie
Bart that Father talked to us as it
was her Sunday to present a pro
gram. Other features were vocal
numbers by Fritz Baumgartner and
Leona Van Mansfeld. Alice Bart gave
a seasonable recitation entitled “The
White Sox.”
Eddie Gasparini, manager of the I.
C. Softball team, has announced the
1338 opener for May 1. Teams from
St. Anthony's, Sacred Heart, Knights
of Columbus, Christ the King, and
the Immaculate Conception, compose
the Catholic Softball League. We are
certain that the I. C. players, clad in
their new tailor-made blue and white
silk uniforms, will make a big “hit”
We are very happy to have Father
George Daly with us. He has been in
ill health for some time, however, he
has shown remarkable improvement.
It is our fervent hope that Father
Daly will regain his health and that
he will be able to instruct us often.
The club took advantage of the
Sundays in Lent and on April 3 were
entertained at a wiener roast at the
picturesque home of Mr. and Mrs. J.
C. Ray on Ezzard Road. In the at
tractive surroundings of this rustic
home, some seventy guests spent an
evening of merriment. The Rays have
been gracious hosts to the club at
their country home on several occa
sions.
Father Joseph Smith, our pastor,
called upon the club to assist in se
curing pledges to the Bishop’s Con
fraternity of the Laity and all worked
diligently and wholeheartedly in this
vast program. The banquet and as
sembly staged by the leaders for the
Bishop’s program in Atlanta were
enjoyable affairs. It was a real pleas
ure for us to have Father White and
Mr. Paul Delany in our midst and
they contributed to the programs in
a pleasant way.
When the newly remodeled Syrian
Clubhouse was opened on April 3,
several of our members were on hand.
Our first Sunday’s breakfast was
planned and prepared by the “B’s” of
the club—and busy ones they were
too. Our roll has been divided accord
ing to the alphabet and different
groups are assigned breakfast duty
each month. Those who helped this
time were: Alice Bladon, Jeanette and
Marie Bart, Dorothy Baugh, Aeton,
Fritz, and Frank Baumgartner. In
carrying out the Easter motif, minia
ture rabbits were placed at every
cover and an attractive arrangement
of Easter novelties formed the center
decoration for the table.
Roscoe Walker, editor of The Her
ald, and his staff deserve to be con
gratulated on the splendid issue that
was distributed Easter Sunday. One of
the most interesting exchanges re
BLESSED CHANEL
CLUB OF ATLANTA
The opening guns of the 1938 Softball
season for the Atlanta Catholic League
have been fired. On Friday night,
March 25, representatives from the Im
maculate Conception Club, St Antho
ny’s, Knights of Columbus, and the
Blessed Chanel Club met in the As
sembly Room at the Sacred Heart Rec
tory to formulate nlans for the com
ing season. These four terms are defi
nite entries and there are two more
possible starters Christ the King
Church and the Syrian Club.
The meeting was quite a success de
spite the fact that the old comr titive
spirit prevailed while the rules were
being made. A committee headed by
Father Maguire and com-oscd of rep
resentatives of each of the teams was
formed to govern the play. The sea
son will begin on May 1st and will
continue until three complete rounds
are played.
We sincerely hope that the Softball
League will make the samt progress
this year as last. The Blessed Chanel
Club instituted the League and is rath
er proud of its success. Unusual in
terest was shown in the Sunday
games played at Marist Campus and
we expect the enthusiasm to - reach
new heights this year. After all, it is
really a form of Catholic Action and
should have the support of all.
Tht quarterly elections and appoint
ments of Committees of the Blessed
Chanel Club were held at the regular
meeting, March 27. The new chairmen
are as follows: editorial, Elizabeth
Keiley; membership, Bettie Seibert;
athletic. Buster Lacher; leaflet missal,
Kay Porter; inter-club, Clement Mc
Gowan and Gregory Murphy.
The president, Mr. Keiley, com
mended the out-going committees and
their chairmen for the wonderful
work during the past three months.
ST. ANTHONY’S" CLUB
IN ATLANTA PARISH
Although our socal activities have
been somewhat curtailed by the
Lenten season, nevertheless we have
had things to keep us busy and in
terested during the past month.
We celebrated St. Patrick's Day
with a gala dance at the West End
Civic Club. The hall was beauti
fully decorated in the St. Patrick s
Day motif and the favors: and re
freshments also honored the patron
Saint cf the Irish. A very find time
was hod by all.
Many of cur members have been
working very hard to obtain mem
berships in the Bishop’s Confrater
nity of the Laity. This work has been
most enjoyable and we were all very
much pleased when St. Anthony s
parish exceeded its quota.
Our study group, The Loyola-
Chesterton Club, has had some very
interesting papers and discussions on
the following subjects: The Princi
pals of Catholic Education, Obtain
ing Medical Attention _ for Parochial
School Students, and The Catholic
Church and the Bible.
The Antonian Players are hard at
work rehearsing another three^ act
comedy “Simple, Simon Simple”, to
be presented on May 3rd. Keen com
petition marked the try-outs held
March 13th and the following cast
■was selected: Raoul Patron, Myrtle
Sullivan. Julia Hammock, Robert
Cline. Joe Sullivan, Betty Ham,
Mary L. Buelterman, Joe Mallinson,
Jean Todd and Ann Mallinson. This
wit. be the second anniversary per
formance of The Antonians.
Recently, at our Sunday morning
meetings, we began a course of Cat
echetical instructions. Every Sun
day, one member prepares a paper
on a subject selected by the Club.
This paper is read and a discussion
is held upon it, thus giving every
member of the club a chance to ex
press his or her ideas and to ask
any questions they may desire. We
have found these discussions to be
most interesting as well as enlighten
ing.
Plans are now being made for our
Annual Communion Breakfast to be
held in May.
At a recent Federation meeting,
Tom Kehoe was elected as St. An
thony’s candidate for Vice-President
of the Federation. Needless to add,
we are all looking forward very much
to the convention next month in Co
lumbus.
THE YOUNG PEOPLE’S
CLUB IN SAVANNAH
More than one hundred enthusias
tic members of the Cathedral's Young
People’s Association have reported
for rehearsal for the Operetta, "The'
Red Mill,” which will be presented
to the Savannah public on May 9
at the Municipal Auditorium.
An excellent performance and a
large crowd is anticipated. The C.
Y. P. A. hopes to make this operetta
more successful than “Pinafore,”
which was presented last year. There
will be eighteen principal and twelve
semi-principal parts, supported by a
chorus of one hundred voices.
The stop* is based around a haunt
ed mill in which a very beautiful
girl is imprisoned by her father, who
wishes her to marry the Governor
of Zeeland. The girl * escapes and
elopes with the Charming Captain
Karl Van Damm. “Kid” Connor and
“Con” Kidder are also very interest
ing characters, furnishing the comic
part of the show. The chorus girls,
with their quaint costumes and songs
wander through the haunted “Red
Mill,” also the “Red Mill Inn,” but,
before the finale they wander back
to “Old New York” with all of its
beautiful queens.
The cast of characters are as fol
lows: “Con” Kidder, John Smith;
“Kid” Connor, Pete Schreck; Jan
Van Borken. Edward Daly; Willem,
William Muller; Franz, Chris Her
nandez; Karl Van Damm, Louis Sol
omon; Governor of Zeeland, Tommy
Gannon; Joshua Pennefeather, Fred
Muller; Gretehen, Nellie Joyce
Barnes;. Tina, Francis Lynch El
more; Bertha, Margaret Steiber;
and others.
JUNIOR CATHOLIC
CLUB AT COLUMBUS
The regular monthly social meeting
of the Junior Catholic Club was held
at the club house on March 26. Dur
ing the evening informal dancing was
enjoyed, and refreshments were serv
ed. The meeting was well attended
by club members, and there were sev
eral of the Columbus Red Bird base
ball players present as visitors.
The business meeting of the Colum
bus Junior Catholic Club now con
sists solely of conversations about the
Federation convention that will be
held here on May 21st and 22nd. The
plans have not been completed but
those which have' been agreed upon
even now are significant of a good
time for everyone. We are looking for
ward to this event, and do hope that
a large number of delegates from each
club will be present.
Friends of Bartow Spano will regret
to learn that he is confined to the
Fort Banning Hospital following an
operation.
Miss Vince Spano has returned home
after a visit of two weeks with her
sister in Birmingham.
SANCTAlARiir CLUB
OF ROME PARISH
The Sancta Maria Club of Rome
has been unable to carry on any of
its activities due to the recent
flood. Many of the members spent
much time in helping those that suf
fered. However, the club members *
received Holy Communion in a body
on the regular Communion Sunday
and a large crowd attended. Several
members helped in securing pledges
for the Bishop’s Confraternity of the
Laity.
With Lent over the club will re
sume the regular meetings and much
discussion can be heard in regard to
new officers which are to be elected
at the next meeting.
Georgia Martyrs
(By ROSE RIORDAN)
Georgia soil, long fertilized with the
blood of martyrs, is beginning at last
to flower forth into the real nobility
of genuine Catholicity. It was recent
ly brought to our attention that Geor
gia has contributed generously to the
Church. There are living at this time,
one Most Rev. Bishop, one Rt. Rev.
Abbot, one Very Rev. Provincial and
one Mother Prioress and innumerable
priests and religious, Georgians serv
ing God with zeal and devotion that
keep before us the vital dignity of
our Christian heritage. Besides all
this, we have some distinguished lay
men who have brought honor and
glory to the Church in Georgia. We
therefore feel that we are justified in
expecting creditable results from these
young Catholics who are preparing to
assume the important roles in the
Catholic history of Georgia. The blood
of martyrs, ebursing through our veins,
is obviously still a vital and produc
ing influence.