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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.