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MARCH 23, 1940
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
THREE—A
LEADING FIRMS OF GOLDSBORO
heilig & Meyers
Furniture and Home Furnishing
Radios, Stoves and Heaters
PHONE 372
Cor. John and Walnut Street, East
GOLDSBORO, N. C.
FRANCIS W. STANLEY
RALPH A. YELVERTON
Stanley-Y elverton
Funeral Directors
GOLDSBORO, N. C.
EDWARDS & JERNIGAM
FURNITURE COMPANY
“THE STORE OF BETTER VALUES”
115 East Mulberry Street
PHONE 1000
Goldsboro, North Carolina
Compliments
CAROLINA POWER CO.
BUILDERS
SUPPLIES CO.
BUILDING MATERIAL
SAND GRAVEL
and BRICK
126-28 S. Janies Street
Near Walnut
GOLDSBORO, N. C.
Phdne 390
Compliments
of
TIDE WATER
POWER CO.
“GAS DOES IT
BETTER”
H. L. Moye
Dependable
COAL
Phone 75
Laundry
PHONE 25
* Goldwayne
Laundry and
Dry Cleaners
“Odorless Dry Cleaning”
Goldsboro, N. C.
Williams Paint
& Supply Co.
206 East Walnut St.
Let Us Advise and
Figure on Your
Painting
Store Phone 496
Residence Phone 836-J
GOLDSBORO, N. C.
JONES’
MARKET
Home of Choice Native
and Western Meats
Dressed Poultry and Fish
GOLDSBORO, N. C.
Phones 450—451
225 N. John St.
GEN. HUGH A. DRUM
LAETARE MEDALIST
University of Notre Dame
Bestows Honor on Noted
Military Leader
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
NOTRE DAME, Ind. — Lieutenant
General Hugh A. Drum, of the U. S.
Army, will be the 1940 recipient of
the Lae'are Medal, bestowed annual
ly since 1883 by the University of
Notre Dame upon an outstanding
member of the Catholic laity. The
announcement was made here by the
Very Rev. J. Hugh O’Donnell, C.S.C.,
university president.
Selection of General Drum marks
the third time in the 58-year history
of the award that an outstanding
military figure has been chosen for
the honor. General John Newton
was awarded the medal in 1886, and
General William S. Roscrans was
named ten years later.
In announcing the name of the me
dalist, traditionally made known on
the fourth Sunday of Lent, Father
O’Donnell paid him the following
tribute:
“The Laetare Medal for the year
1940 is awarded to Lieutenant Gen
eral Aloysius Drum, Commander of
the Second Corps Area, at Governors’
Island, New York.
Distinguished Career '
“General Drum has had a distin
guished career as a soldier, having
been decorated for gallantry in both
the Spanish-American and the World
Wars. Moreover, his genius in war
is equalled only by his brilliant lead
ership in peace. The University of
Notre Dame welcomes him to the
honor roll of Catholic men and wo
men who have added glory to the
Church in the United States.”
General Drum has been in active
service since receiving his first com
mission as a second lieutenant in
1898. He inherited the military tradi
tion having been born at Fort Brady,
Michigan, September 19, 1879, the son
of Captain John Drum and Margaret
(Desmond) Drum. He was educated
at Boston College and in United States
Army schools.
During the Mexican troubles pre
ceding the declaration of the World
War. General Drum was chief-of-stalf
to General Funston and subsequently
served as chief-of-staff under General
Pershing in France. Since that time
he has seen service successively as
Chief of the Army School of the Line,
Commander of coast and air defenses
of the Second Corps Area, Assistant
Chief of Staff of the Army, Comman
der of the Hawaiian Department, Com
mander if the 6th Corps Area and 2nd
Army. In 1939 he was made Lieuten
ant General and placed in command
of the 2nd Corps Area.
General Drum’s military decorations
seem to coincide with each step in his
long career. He was awarded the Sil
ver Star for “gallantry in action” in
the Philippines, and since that time
has merited the following recognitions:
the D.S.M., commander of Legion of
Honor and Croix de Guerre with two
palms (French) and commander of
Order of the Crown (Belgium and
Italy).
In Catholic and civic circles the
name of the General has long been
associated with the highest standards
of religious and civic endeavor. In
each of his peace-time appointments
General Drum has been identified
with broad programs for civic better
ment and the simplicity of his relig
ious attitude has endeared him to the
rank and file of his military associ
ates. Chaplains who served with l.im
during his years of active duty caller!
attention of the Laetare Medal com
mittee to the fact that General Drum
at all times insisted upon attending
Mass and other religious services with
the enlisted personnel.
OUR LIBRARY
Timely reading matter on the inter
national situation is available at the
Catholic Laymans Association Li
brary.
“European Notebook”, Bernard Wall
—This is a scholarly presentation of
what Europe means to Europeans by
one of the best informed of their
writers,
“Church and War”—Stratman.
“Peace and fhe Clergy”—by a Ger
man Priest.
"Christianity and Civilization"—the
Rev. James M. GilliS.
“The Making of Europe”—Christo
pher Dawson. An introduction to the
history of European unity.
“Across the Frontiers” — Philip
Gibbs.
“Beyond Politics” — Christopher
Dawson.
“The End of Our Time”—N. Ber-
dyaer.
“Future of Freedom”—D. Jerrold.
“Science of World Revolution”—
Arnold Lunn. One of the really im
portant books of the year.
“Christianity and Race”—Johannes
Pinek.
“Catholic Tradition of the Lew of
Nations”—John Eppstein.
“Summi Pontifieatus” and other
phmphlets dealing with international
relations.
SISTER 1GNACE ANDRE, who in
worldly life was Mme. Catherine
Wenner has been cited posthumous
ly for the “magnificent example of
eoolheadedness” which she gave while
getting the children out of the burn
ing building when a burning plane
fell on the school at Poppeville,
France. She was burned to death
, when the plane exploded.
ST. MARY’S—GOLDSBORO, N. C.
St. Mary’s Convent School, at Goldsboro, North Carolina, which is con
ducted by the Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
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St. Mary’s Church, Goldsboro,
Has Passed Golden Jubilee Mark
Father Francis J. Gorham Present Pastor in Parish
Established by Noted Maryknoll Missionary, Father
Thomas Price
GOLDSBORO, N. C. —Fifty years
ago the Catholic population of Golds
boro consisted mainly of five families
the Freemans, Griswolds, Kolbs,
Piedmonts, and the Robinsons.
Spiritual charge of this small group
had been intrusted to a young and
zealous missionary priest, the Rev.
Thomas Frederick Price, who became
one of the co-founders of the Mary
knoll Fathers, and who died as a
missionary in China, where he did
such historic work.
As a site for a future church
Father Price purchased a lot on the
comer of William and Mulberry
streets. As an initial step toward
raising funds to erect a church, Father
Price arranged what in those days
was called a “fair?” which was held
in the old Arlington Hotel, now de
molished. Mrs. Georgia Raine Free
man served as general manager of
the undertaking. She secured a con
tribution from Grover Cleveland,
who was at that time completing his
first term as President of the United
States.
Special assistance to the struggling
congregation came from the Jewish
citizens of Goldsboro, the Weil
family in particular.
While engaged in waging his finan
cial campaign Father Price declined
the donation of a marble altar from,
a donor who wished the privilege of
naming the church. Rather than
have the church bear a title other
than that of St. Mary's, Father Price
accepted a wooden altar that had
been discarded by a church in Bal
timore.
The same altar is in use today, and
while it recalls the poverty of an ear
lier date, it stands as a monument to
Father Price's steadfastness in ad
hering to his ideals.
St. Mary’s was dedicated in 1889, by
Bishop Leo Haid, O. S. B., and short
ly after Father Price had been given
permission to establish the Catholic
Orphanage and Apostolic Mission
House at Nazareth, near Raleigh, he
was succeeded by the R'ev. M. P.
Scales.
The Rev. Patrick Quinn, the Rev.
Thomas W. Stapleton, the Rev. Wil
liam T. Whearty, the Rev. Charles
B. Harrigan, and the Rev. Francis J.
Gallagher were other priests who at
tended St. Mary’s during the time
that it was a mission church.
Monsignor A. R. Freeman, V. G.
now pastor of Holy Trinity Church,
Kinston, was the first resident pastor
at St. Mary’s, remaining from 1915
to 1932. During his pastorate the rec
tory was built and the adjoining pro
perty purchased as a site for a future
parochial school. While Father Free
man was pastor, the Rev. John P.
Manley and the Rev. Philip O'Mara
served as assistants.
The next pastor was the Rev.
George A. Watkins, who was follow
ed by the Rev. Dr. Francis J. Mor-
risey, and the Rev. Peter Denges.
Assistants, at different times, being
the Rev. John B. Murphy, the Rev.
Hugh Dolan, and the Rev. Dennis A.
Lynch.
The Rev. Francis J. Gorham, the
present pastor, came to St. Mary’s
in the fall of 1938.
Among the pioneer members of (he
parish may be mentioned John and
Margaret Robinson, whose sons, W il-
liam Smith O’Brien, jurist, and Ed
ward Robinson, editor, were among
eastern North Carolina’s outstanding
citizens. Another pioneer o' the
parish was Mrs. Hannah Elizabeth
Freeman, a native of Ireland, and a
descendant of Daniel O'Connell.
Mission chapels, that of St. Philo-
mena, at Bowden; St. Mary’s at Mt.
Olive; and the Church of the Good
Shepherd, in Duplin County, are
served from St. Mary’s, as are mis
sion stations at Faison, Pikesville,
Warsaw, Kenansville, Fremont,
Saulston, and Snow Hill.
The parochial school, conducted by
five Sisters, Servants of the Imma
culate Heart of Mary, is attended by
well over a hundred pupils.
Scholastic Press Group Is Told
Publishers Like Catholic Items
Closing Session of Southern Catholic Scholastic Press
Association Given Advice on Writing by the Rev.
Thomas Maher, S.J., of Loyola University
(Special to The Bulletin)
NEW ORLEANS, La.—Publisers in
the United States "gladly” accept Ca
tholic writings even when their tone
is militantly Catholic, the Reverend
Thomas Maher, S. J., head of the
department of public speaking at
Loyola University, said at the closing
session of the Southern Catholic
Scholastic Press Association conven
tion, held here on March 2.
“If you can turn out a piece, of
worthwhile literature there is a pub
lisher ready to accept it and there is
a public ready to devour it”, Father
Maher said-
The notion that Catholic writing
must be pietistic to be Catholic is
no longer believed by anyone, the
speaker continued. Demand for Ca
tholic writers is constantly on the
increase and must be met, he added.
Church’s Hope In Youth
As principal speaker at the lunch
eon session, the Most Rev. Joseph
Francis Rummel, Archbishop of New
Oleans, said the hope of the Church
is with its youth. The young people
today, he said, understand more about
life and more about Catholic Action.
The Catholic press must bring about
a new era of understanding in the
world today, Dr. J. L. O’Sullivan,
of Milwaukee, dean of the school of
journalism of Marquette University,
asserted at the morning session.
“World conditions today are very
unsettled”, Dr. Sullivan said, “with
a great deal of fear and insecurity
everywhere in evidence. Because of
this the Catholic press must carry
a heavy burden, bringing about bet
ter understanding and interpreting
the news from a Catholic viewpoint
so as to encourage people in there
Faith”-
Miss Beverly Colomb, reporter for
the New Orleans Daily States, said
that “the play given Catholism in
the daily press” proves there is a
vital interest on the part of the public
in (he Catholic viewpoint on issues
of the day.
Among other speakers who address
ed the convention were; the Rev.
Father Felix, O- S. B., adviser of
the St. Bernard News, of Cullman,
Alabama; Sister Erasma, Our Lady
of the Lake College, San Antonia;
Brother Regimius, C. S. C-, adviser
of the Holy Cross, Bulletin, New
Orleans; Brother Peter, S. C., presi
dent of St Stanislaus College, Bay
St. Louis; and Ted R. Liuzza, of the
New Orleans Item. *
SERIES OF RELIGIOUS
LECTURES TO CONTINUE
Course of Instruction Con
ducted in Charleston Ex
tended Through April
(Special to The Bulletin)
CHARLESTON, S. C. - Announce
ment has been made that the course
of religious instruction, which is be
ing conducted by the Right Rev.
Monsignor Joseph L. O’Brien and
the Rev. John J. McCarthy, will con
tinue until the end of April.
The classes are being well attend
ed and applications may still be made
by those who wish to join the classes
for the remainder of the course. .,