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TEN THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA MAY 28. 3938 Published for the Georgia Federation of Junior Catholic Clubs The Federation News Motto “Better Catholics” “Better Georgians” Columbus Host toConvention of the Junior Catholic Clubs Individual Club Activities LaGRANGE Thomas Clark _of Atlanta Succeeds Alton Baum gartner as President (Special to The Bulletin) COLUMBUS, Ga. — Approximately one hundred and fifty members of the Georgia Federation of Junior Catholic Clubs attended the quarterly contention held here May 21 and 22. The Junior Catholic Club of Columbus was host to this gathering, the fourth anniversary Of the Federation. It was quite fitting that it took place in Columbus, for four years ago, the Junior Catholic Club was host to the first convention, with three clubs pres ent. Today this organization consists of nine unit members. Although the convention officially opened with Mass Sunday morning, as a prelude for those delegates who ar- arrived Saturday evening, a real old- fashioned barn dance was staged at the Catholic Club House. The hall was decorated quite fitting to the oc casion and the majority of those pres ent were dressed as real hill-billies- The program of the day was offic ially opened with the Mass at the Holy Family Church with Father Jo seph Malloy as celebrant. The Very Rev. Dan McCarthy, V. G., stressed in his sermon the necessity of all member ciubs, continuing their Study clubs, for .through this source we can learn more about our faith, and the Church’s viewpoint on the present problems of the world. He also spoke of the unique situation in Georgia, where through the Catholic Laymen’s Association and the Federation, it was possible for all Catholics throughout the state to know one another, the only diocese where this is possible. After Mass the delegates assembled at tthe Waveriy Hotel for registration. At the same time the executive board met and discussed the business affairs of this organization. This was the last executive meeting for "the retiring president, J. Alton Baumgartner, who thanked the members for their assist ance during the year and the many courtesies shown at these Sessions. After the meeting and registration the delegates adjourned to Spano's Cafe for banquet, where fried chicken with all the trimmings was served. Miss Vince Spano welcomed the gathering to Columbus and then pre sented Father McCarthy, who acted as toastmaster. He in turn introduced the president of the Federation, J- Alton Baumgartner, who thanked the different clubs and all members for their cooperation during the year. He also gave a report of the highlights of the administration and then asked the club secretaries, federation news correspondents and local presidents to pledge their support and allegiance to the new officers, that the Federa tion may go forward to new heights. Father McCarthy then introduced the other retiring officers, namely: Miss Rosa Johann secretary, and Rene Martin, treasurer, along with the of ficers who were to be installed later in the day. Others at the head table who inspired us with their messages, were Father Edward P. McGuire, S. M., of the Sacred Heart Church, At lanta, and Father Malloy of the Holy Family Church, Columbus. The speak er of the day was Father Henry Phil lips, of St. Peter’s Church, LaGrange. His talk was very inspiring, stressing the need of study clubs and closer co operation, because some day we may be called upon to fight for our re ligion. His talk was not only inspir ing but also interesting and educa tional. Immediately after the dinner a mo torcade was formed and proceeded to the Night Owl Club- Here at the gen eral assembly, reports were made by the different committees and our new president, Tommy Clark, of the Bless ed Channel Club, Atlanta, was elected and installed. With the assistance of Father McCarthy he took the oath of office as chief executive for the en suing year. His inaugural speech was very appropriate. He thanked the retir ing officers and asked all members for their cooperation during the com ing year, for with their help, new aims and projects can be attained and realized. Other officers, elected and installed were: Tom Kehoe of St. Anthony's Club. St. Anthony’s Church, Atlanta, as vice president, who will also assume the duties of editor of the Federation Page; Mrs. Mary Hunt of the Blessed Channel Club, Sacred Heart Church. Atlanta, r.- secretary; Mr. Alfred Mansour of the Petrine Club, St. Peter’s Church. LaGrange, as treasurer. A buffet supper was served and brought to a close this delightful and inspiring day. Upon the invitation of the Petrine Club the next conven tion will be held in LaGrange next August. The Federation is grateful to the Junior Catholic Club of Columbus for this splendid program. Their gen erosity, hospitality and many favors will long be remembered by all the delegates who attended this conven tion- YOUTH OF THE DAY The youth movement is everywhere. European governments are seeing to it that their childen get special at tention, not that they may be made into great men and women, but ra ther that they may be made to thrill and glow with a particular social doctrine. In Russia, it is Communism; in Germany, Nazi-ism, in Italy, Fascism, England and France, too, have their Youth Moements, while in America, several groups are trying to harness the imagination and vigor of- youth to their cause. Christ's Vicar, Pius XI, has sent out his clarion call to the Bishops of the world for Catholic Action and more of it. This Liturgical Move ment is to electrify other people with the supernatural power of the Christ- life, that they may despise the pleas ure loving world in which we live. From one angle the most difficult thing in the world is to live a Chris tian life, for it means a constant war with self and sin. From another angle it is the easiest life to live. It satis fies our whole nature; it brings un told joy in the living; and truly, it is not we, but our Lord who lives this life in us through sanctifying grace. Let our Youth Movement cry be, "Religion, and more of it.” Priest on Sick Call The priest took the Sacred Host, his God, from the Tabernacle, placed it in his burse and carried his God under the appearance of bread to a sick patient. He rang the bell, but it was out of order; he might just as well have pressed his finger on the wall of the house. After knocking and waiting like an ’“agent”, the daugh ter of the aged sick woman came to the door. “Good morning, Father,” she said. “I am sorry to have kept you waiting.” But the priest was silent out of reverence for the Blessed Sacra ment he carried; he said not a word. He may have appeared discourteous to the lady, but not to Our Lord- In stead of holding a lighted candle and accompanying the priest with it to the room of the sick woman, the wom an hurried back to let her mother know: “The priest is here.” The room was 90 degrees in the shade, and filled with the odor of an unventilated, pent up sleeping room. The priest easily perspires—but now' he is getting a Turkish bath. There are tw’o candles, but these are sperm candles, used on ether oc casions for profane purposes. Two blessed wax candles, as the rubic of the Church requires, have not been procured. A standing Cross is miss ing. The table ,has a white, cloth over it, but the former is so small, that when all the requirements are on it for a sick call, there is hardly any place for the Blessed Sacrament. The priest had to make a guess, in which of the tw'o glasses is Holy Water, set on the table. How appropriate would be a “Holy Water Bottle” with a springier, so that the priest would not have to wet his fingers, when blessing the sick, the house and all who dwell therein, as he reads the blessing of the Church. The daughter has disappeared—she is making coffee in the, kitchen, when she should be kneeling to receive that blessing. Of course she should leave the room and close the door if she had been present for the blessing, so that the priest can hear the confession of the patient. But where is the chair alongside the bed next to the patient? There is none—so the priest, standing, bows to hear the confession of the aged mother- He knocks at the door for the daughter to return, but she must be deaf. At last she enters and stands like a post instead fo kneeling after the communicant. Her wits have returned and she kneels while Holy Communion is being given to her dear, aged mother. But that coffee must be boiling over, for she has disappeared right after the Communion of the patient so that the patient has to call for a spoon and glass of water to purify his fingers. She is not present for the blessing and the prayers of thanksgiving. The priest is to bring Communion to another sick person. The Blessed Sac rament is still present, in the room. He gives the Saviour's Blessing with the Sacred Host—but the daughter is out in the kitchen, until the priest is leaving. Instead of accompanying the priest to the door, with one of the lighted candles, she begins to tell him of the happenings of yesterday. How many are exacting and ob servant of the rules of etiquette among their associates, but show their utter ignorance and irreverence when the priest brings Holy Communion to the sick. —Selected. Reprinted by Request, ATLANTA St. Anthony’s Club On Sunday, May 15, St. Anthony’s Club held their Fourth Annual Com- munon Breakfast in the Ansley Hotel civic room. Reservations were made for seventy-five persons. Honored guests were Mr .and Mrs. P. G. Bar nard, Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Harrington, Miss Nell Jantzen, Mrs. John White, and Mr. Guldensehuh. The Rev. N. J. Quinlan was speaker for the oc casion. Those serving on the commit tee were Joe Sullivan Julia Mammock, Roaul Patron, Myrtle Sullivan, Mary L. Buelterman, Frank McDonough, Nina Harrington anw Gilbert LaParon. The Antonian Players celebrated their second anniversary by success fully presenting a three-act comedy, “Simple, Simon Simple,” to a capacity audience. The members of the cast were: Raoul Patron, Myrtle Sullivan, Julia Hammock, Aim Mallison, Joe Sullivan, Joe Mallison. Robert Cline, Jean Todd, Mary L. Bulterman, and Betty Ham. Gold pins for the most outstanding performance, selected by popular vote, were awarded to Myrtle Sullivan, Raoul Patron and Ann Malli- son. Our softball team defeated the I. C. Club on May 1, but we were forced to bow our heads to the K. C. team on May 8- However, we hope to offer some real competition to the other clubs this year. At our regular meetings on Sunday morning, we have started a study of the Holy Sacrifice of the Masg. St. Anthony's wishes to congratulate the retiring officers of the Federation upon the splendid work they have ac complished during the past year and to extend their felicitations to the new officers. May they guide our Federa tion to greater heights. ROME Sancta Maria Club The end of the first year of the Sancta Maria Club was marked with a most enjoyable banquet at which the old officers, Alice Corbitt, president; Josephine Diprima, vice president; Frances Corbitt, secretary, and Mary Manzella, treasurer, relinquished their offices to the newly elected officers. The officers elected at the last busi ness meeting on Thursday, April 28, are: Tom Manzella, president; Louis Bonasera, vice president: Josephine Diprima, secretary, and Frances Cor bitt. treasurer. Father Grady and twelve club mem bers attended the banquet Thursday evening May 5 at the General Forrest Hotel. After the delicious dinner, speeches were made by Miss Alice Corbitt, Father Grady, Mr. Manzella, Mr. Bonasera, Miss Fiances Corbitt, and Miss Diprima. Miss Lydia Toma- setti was selected as correspondent to collect and write up the news of the parish and the club each month. In her speech Miss Corbitt, the club’s first president, stated the hope that the excellent teamwork and co operation among the club, members would continue. The club, organized last May has been an active one with several socials and a dance to swell the treasury. It felt quite honored to be accepted into the Federation last August. The club members are looking forward to an other year as successful as the first. Everyone is expecting to see plenty of action from Father Grady's newly- organized baseball team. FRANCO NO FASCIST, DIPLOMAT ASSERTS WASHINGTON. —“Assertions such as are flooding this country, that General Franco will set up a Fascist regime in Spain, constitute a colos sal propaganda fraud.” This is the considered opinion of Colonel Campbell Turner, for number of years in the diplomatic service of the United States, and a man with a notable war record, who has ju«t returned from a tour of the Iberian Peninsula in the course of which he visited the leading cities of Rightist Spain, and also the front line trenches before Madrid. “An authoritarian government, yes —that is inevitable,” he said, con cerning the prospect for peace-time Spain. “If the Leftists had won, it would have been infinitely more au thoritarian. Look at Russia. Franco’s Spain will not be Fascist. It will be Spanish.” In all his travels in Spain, he said, he had found no evidence of any actual atrocities committed by the Franco forces. Guernica, said by the Leftists to have been destroy ed from the air by Franco, was chief ly desttroyed by , retreating Red forces, he asserted, saying that he had this from the eminent British soldier, Brig., General Percy R. C. Groves, who said it was impossible Guernica could have been destroyed by bombs from the air. The Petrine Club The Petrine Club held its regular meeting Thursday evening, April 28, at the home of Alice Sutherland. During the Study Club Hour Martha Soomon, gave a very' interesting talk on, “He Kept It White”, taken from a pamphlet by Father Daniel A. Lord. America Valeri, a new member of the Club, was one of the winners in the Fourth District Tennis Tourna ment held in LaGrange, the last week of April. On May 3rd, he played in the state finals at Athens. The Petrine Club and also St. Peter’s parish were honored in. having with them during the Easter holidays, Sister Agnes Joseph and Sister Mary Thomas of Augusta, Ga. The Petrines are grateful to those two sisters who gave their holidays in order that they may help us with the Study Club. SAVANNAH Young People’s Club Well, folks, here it is May—again. What does it mean? To us, The CYRA it means the termination of our sec ond successful year, and the beginning of our second year as a member of the Georgia Federation of Junior Catholic Clubs. During this month, we also elect new officers. To the Federation, it means the completion of the fourth year of bring ing together the Catholic youths of Georgia, and we think they have done a splendid job. The C.Y.P.A scored a mighty suc cess in its operetta, “The Red Mill,” and in order to devote full time to this project the club stopped all other ac tivities. However, a picnic was held at Villa Maria the Sunday after the operetta. ALBANY The Acquinas Club The Aquinas Club was greatly hon ored by a visit from Bishop O'Hara and Father Smith of Savannah when they stopped in Albany on their way to Thomasville. The following have been elected as officers of the Holy Name Society: Frank Watts, president; Ray Mock, vice president; Dan Dugan, secretary and treasurer. The members of the Holy Name Society enjoyed a break fast at Hotel Gordon Sunday, May 8. after the 8 o'clock Mass. A large num ber attended. Benedictine Athlete Auto Crash Victim Wm. G. Bruggerman of Sa vannah Dies at Age of 25 (Special to The Bulletin) SAVANNAH, Ga. — William G. Bruggerman. widely known for his athletic achievements at Benedictine School and Belmont Abbey College, died here recently from injuries sus tained in an automobile aieident. He was a passenger in a car on a busi ness trip when a blowout caused the car to capsize. He lived about thirty minutes after the accident. He was 25 years old and the son of Mrs Ellen M. Bruggerman and the late W. G. Bruggerman. The funeral was held with a Requiem Mass at Sacred Heart Church. Interment was in Bonaven- ture Cemetery. LOUIS P. KULINSKI, a native of Charleston, died here recently at the age of 58. Mr. Kulinski had been em ployed as a watchman of the L. F. Maggioni Company here. Funeral services were held at Blessed Sacra ment Church. Interment was in Bona- venture Cemetery. Surviving Mr. Kulinski are his wife, and a son, Louis P. Kilinski, Jr., both of Thun derbolt; a brother, Frank Kulinski, of New York City; three sisters, Mrs. Marie Griner and Miss Addie Kulin ski, both of Young's Island. S. C„ and Mrs. Beatrice Bryan of New- York City. MRS. ISABELLE O'HAYER died here late in April after a three- monhs illness. Funeral services were held at Cahedral of St. John the Bap tist with inerment in Bonaventure Cemetery. Mrs. O'Hayer was a na tive of Edinburgh, Scotland, but had resided in Savannah practically her entire life. Surviving are her hus band, William H. O'Hayer;. four daughters, Mrs. M. G. Power, Mrs. Mary Alfredson, Misses Jean and Gloria O’Hayer; seven grandchildren and two brothers, William and Archie Paul A number of nieces and neph ews also survive. MRS. NELLIE KEHOE BARRETT. a resident of Charleston, S. C., died at her residence there. Funeral ser vices were held at Cathedral of St John the Baptist in Charleston, after which the interment was in the Cath- ATLANTA Immaculate Conception Parish Last w'eek-end marked another highlight in the annals of the Federa tion’s history—a convention in Co lumbus. A program of utmost in terest was planned under the able direction of Vince Spano, president of the Junior Catholic Club. Our club had a large representation and each and every one thoroughly en joyed being among such companion able groups. We thank and con gratulate the Columbus Federation members for their genuine hospital ity and interest shown in their guests. It was a pleasure to have delegates from the Christ the King Church as visitors at the convention and it is hoped that in the near future, a club will be formed in the new parish. Our sincerest best wishes go to the new officers and we feel confident that they will strive to make the Federation even more successful in the future than it has been in the past. To the outgoing officers, we extend our appreciation for their ef- fortsduring the past year. The softball opener between the I. C| team and the boys from St. Anr thony’s was replete with thrills and ended up with the close score of 7-Si with St. Anthony’s taking the edge. Right here at the beginning of thj season, the I. C. team has already had quite an honor conferred upon them. Our boys were selected t* play against the Fellowship Class at the gala opening of the International League at Piedmont Park on May 16. This is a night league and was form ed under the auspices of the Greater Atlanta Softball Association and is listed as a Class “A” League. The bright blue of the new uni forms of the Immaculate team stood out in bold relief against the many lights which iluminated the field. In honoring the greatest mother of them all on Mothers’ Day, an appro priate program was arranged by Rose Riordan for the club. A quartet com posed of Mrs. Francis Muldoon, Kath leen Riordan, Rose Riordan, and Napoleon Gewinner sang two two favorite May hymns. “Tis the Month of Our Mother”, and “On This Day, O Beautiful Mother”, with the entire club joining in on the second verses. An original composition set to the “Hail Mary” and written by Willie Karst, our organist, was also sung. He accompanied the singers at the piano. May 10th marked the final session of cur Study Club and it was with regret that meetings were discon tinued for the summer months. With Father Joseph Smith conducting, the group diligently followed the out line made by the Federation. Those who atended the club regularly were greatly benefitted. A tennis tournament wilt open within the next few days for the men and women of the parish. Jack Caudle, who is a veteran at handling such events, has been appointed man ager by Bob Hackman, President of our Club. A large number of con testants have already entered and we look forward to these matches. Ibis is the third tennis tournament the Young People's Catholic Club has sponsored. A sure sign of summer being nigh was the old fashioned straw ride and weiner roast given by the club at Stone Mountain. This affair, which was a truly successful one, was held on Saturday evening, May 14th. Another sporting interest of the club is the girls soltball team that is organizing under the direction' of Marie Bart. The team will be com posed ot girls W'ho really want to re ceive some enjoyment from this type of outdoor exercise and who will en joy the friendly competition the game will afford. It is gratifying to note that so many of the Doys of the Young People's Catholic Club take such active parts in the Holy Name Society also. The largest number yet received Holy Communion and attended the break fast on Mothers’ Day and many of our boys were among them. A few' of us have already felt the need of a vacation and have been fortunate enough to do something about it. Kathleen Riordan spent two weeks visiting in Chicago and Terre Haute recently and Evelyn' Daher is bubbling over with exciting news of her pleasant stay at Jacksonville and Daytona Beach with Jeannie Maloof. It will not be long before the sea breezes and mountains will lure many more of us towards days of rest and pleasure and we wish all our fed- eration-ites a vacation of true happi ness. olic Cemetery here. Mrs. Barrett is survived by two daughters. Misses Mary and Annie Barrett of Charles ton. and a sister, Mrs. Annie Parhn ot Jacksonville.