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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
JUNE 22, 1940
MAJOR J. R. ALLEN
DIES IN COLUMBIA
Famed for His Work
as Knights of Columbus
Secretary in World War
(Special to The Bulletin)
COLUMBIA, S. C.—One of Colum
bia’s older citizens, a life-long resi
dent of this city, and one of the most
widely known Catholics in the South
east, Major Joseph R. Allen, died
June 16, funeral services being held
from St. Peter’s Church, the Very
Rev. Martin C. Murphy saying the
Requiem Mass, with the Rev. T. J.
McGrath, assisting.
Major Allen was born in Columbia,
October 24, 1866, the son of Richard
and Mary Elizabeth Allen, who were
also native Columbians. He received
his education at Nazareth, a private
school conducted by the Ursuline
Nuns.
In his early life Major Allen was
engaged in the grocery business and
operated what was considered to be
the finest establishment of its kind
here at that time. For fourteen years
he served as city assessor and auditor
and on the occasion of the burning of
the city hall he distinguished himself
when at great personal risk he saved
valuable records. After his retire
ment he was identified with Thomas
J. Edison Company and the Clark
Grave Vault Company.
Major Allen was active in the work
of St. Peter’s parish and its Holy
Name Society. He was a charter
member of Bishop England Council,
Knights of Columbus, a fourth de
gree member, and was responsible for
the establishment of a number of
councils in the South. Having seen
service in the South Carolina militia,
Mr. Allen, during the World War,
turned his experience in various
mobilization camps as Knights of Co
lumbus secretary at Camp Jackson,
Camp Sevier, Camp Wadsworth.
Camp Hancock, Camp Wheeler, and
Fort Moultrie.
November 25, 1890. Major Allen
married Susan Forde of Columbia.
She survives him with the following
children: Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Saun
ders, Mrs. Loretta Munnerlyn, Mrs.
John C. Roberts. Mrs. Richard B
Maher. Richard T. Allen, and nine
grandchildren, including Edward A.
Doyle. S. J.. a student for the Catho
lic priesthood at Spring Hill college,
Mobile. Ala., and whose mother, the
late Mrs. A C. Do vie < Lillian Allen),
was a daughter of Major Allen.
Boys’ High School
Closing Exercises
Marist Brothers’ School
Augusta Completes
First Year
in
Second Honor Awards
Bishop O’Hara Essay
Contest Announced
(Special To The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Announcement
is made by the Right Rev. Monsignor
T. James McNamara, Superintendent
of Schools for the Diocese of Savan-
nah-Atlanta that the winner of the
second prize in the Bishop O'Hara
Essay Contest, for students of white
schools, was Lois McIntosh, of the
Sacred Heart School, Atlanta.
The prize for the second best es
say. submitted by a student of a
colored school of the Diocese, was
awarded to Ella W. Williams, of the
Immaculate Conception School, Au
gusta.
The contest was open to children
attending parochial schools in the
seventh and eighth grades, and the
subject was “What a Catholic Educa
tion Means to Me."
As announced in the issue of The
Bulletin dated May 25, 1940, the first
prize for the best essay submitted
from a white parochial school was
won by Kitty Lawrence, of Mt. St.
Joseph's Academy, Augusta: with the
first prize for a colored school stu
dent being awarded to Lois Huff, St.
Peter Claver School, Macon.
AUGUSTA. Ga.—Closing exercises
of the Boys’ Catholic High School
were held in St. Patrick's church,
June 3. His Excellency the Most Rev
erend Gerald P. O’Hara, D. D., J. U.
D.. Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta, pre
siding. The Rev. Leo M. Keenan read
the announcements.
Certificates for having completed
the eighth grade were presented to
Marion Baxter, Richard Bowles, Jos
eph Brittingham, Richard Craig, Eu
gene Dorn, Harold Fulcher, Roy Gas
kins. Bertrand Hester, Clayton Hun
ter, Frederick Kratina, William Lenz.
John Perry, Noel Schweers, Edward
Sommer, James Herman Tussey, Bri-
ant Watkins, and Charles Weigle.
These students will enter the fresh
man class next fall.
On June 6, the hundredth anniver
sary of the death of the Venerable
Marcellin Champagnat, priest and
founder of the Congregation of the
Marist Brothers, the entire student
body of the Boys’ Catholic High
School attended Mass at St. Patrick's
Church. The Rev. Michael Manning
was the celebrant, and the sermon
was delivered by the Rev. James E.
Greeley, S. J. The Rev. Harold Barr
and the Rev. George Daly were pres
ent in the sanctuary.
Following the services at the
church, the boys returned to their
class rooms to receive their final
reports and the results of their ex
aminations. School was then dis
missed for the term, bringing to a
successful conclusion the first year
of operation of the school.
On the evening of June ' 12 the
Athletic Association, composed of the
alumni of St. Patrick’s Commercial
Institute and the Catholic High
School, predecessors of the present
Boys’ Catholic High School, enter
tained the school faculty at a dinner
at the Glen Burn Tea House. John
Chessar presided and acted as toast
master. Brief talks were made by the
Rev. Harold Barr, secretary of the
high school Board of Education, and
representative of the Bishop of Sa-
vannah-Atlanta on the faculty; Rev.
Brother Nicholas, F. M. S- principal
of the school: Gerald O’Connor and
Stewart Cashin.
Brother Hildebert has already left
Augusta to assume the duty of pre
fect at the Marist Brothers’ province
headquarters, Poughkeepsie, New
York, where he will be joined later
by Brother Nicholas and Brother Mi
chael, who will teach at summer
school. Brother Paul, the other mem
ber of the high school faculty, will
go to Fordham University for post
graduate study.
YOUNG AUGUSTAN
TO BE ORDAINED
Rev. Patrick Donnelly, S. J.,
Will Celebrate First Solemn
High Mass in His Home
Parish Church
Students of Atlanta
School Present Play
“The Patriot Girl’’ Offered
by Pupils of Christ
The King School
Form Ladies’ Auxiliary for
Cancer Home in Atlanta
(Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA, Ga.—A group of wom
en interested in the work being
done by the Dominican Sisters toward
relieving the intense pain and suf
fering of indigent victims of incur
able cancer, have organized w'hat is
known as the Ladies’ Auxiliary of
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Cancer
Home.
Officers' of the association are Mrs.
J J. McConneghey, president: Miss
Aimee Clohecy , vice president; Miss
Betty Murphy, secretary; and Mrs.
C. L. McGown, treasurer.
Membership in this organization is
open to everyone, regardless of creed,
endowed with a spark of love of
neighbor, and who will heed the call
from the Divine Father to be admin
istering angels in mankind’s Garden
of Gethsemane.
Those who are interested are urged
to communicate with any of the of
ficers of the auxiliary, who will be
glad to furnish information in regard
to membership dues and other mat
ters in connection with the organ
ization.
GRADUATION EXERCISES
AT MT. DE SALES ACADEMY
MACON, Ga.—The F/ev. Michael
McNally, S. J.. commended the scho
lastic work of the graduating class
at Mount de Sales Academy at com
mencement exercises held June 6,
when diplomas were awarded to
twelve young women,
“Credit is due the parents from
whose homes these students come,
and the teachers who have trained
them, and the graduates themselves,"
said Father McNally.
(Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA, Ga.—Students of Christ
the King School scored an artistic
success with the presentation of
their annual play at the school audi
torium on May 26.
Pupils from the eighth and ninth
grades made up the cast which pre
sented the stirring play, “The Patri
otic Girl”.
THE CAST OF CHARACTERS
Prologue Evelyn White
1940
Penelope Winthrop Joan Smith
Elizabeth Dolores Tiesner
1775
Madam Katherine Dudley
Regina Shafer
Constance Dudley Carroll Smith
Barbara Dudley ' Clara Jones
Anthony Howland Richard Kane
Sir Eustace Grafton Jim Collins
Colonials Ladies: Betty Greve, Mary
Cecile Brown, Helen Beaudry, Bar
bara Seigle, Josephine Kelan, Lil
lian Burns, Connie Winters, Patri
cia Gunning.
Colonial Soldiers: Joseph Thibo
deau. John O’Keeffe, Billy Gail-
mard, Roy Marsden, Billy Carver.
Jack Smith, Corley Hoch, Bobby
Marsden.
British Guards: Bob Gordon, Em
mett Wrigley, Warren Turner, Bob
by Morris.
Incidental musical numbers were
rendered by a trio composed of Ger-
aline Edgar Sieglar. violinist; Pricel-
la Warren Leomker, ’cellist: and
Isabel Bryan, pianist. The chorus in
cluded pupils of the third, fourth,
fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth
grades, and numbers by the Rhythm
Band of the second grade, and “Melo
dy Time” by the first grade were in
cluded on the program.
Benedictine College
Commencement Held
Bishop O’Hara Presents
Diplomas to Largest
Graduating Class in
History of School
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH. Ga. — Forty-four
cadets of Benedictine Military School,
the largest single class in the history
of the school, received diplomas at
the thirty-ninth annual commence
ment exercises which were held in
the Benedictine Armory, June 6.
Diplomas were awarded by the
Most Rev. Gerald P. O'Hara, D.D.,
J. U. D., Bishop of Savannah-Atlan-
ta. and numerous awards were dis
tributed.
The program of exercises was as
follows:
Entrance March. Washington and
Lee Swing—Benedictine ' Cadet Band;
Salutatory, Cadet Captain and Ad
jutant Alexander A. Brunelt; Presen
tation of diplomas, medals, and
awards, Bishop O’Hara; Selection —
Benedictine Cadet Band; Valedictory,
Cadet First Lieutenant David G.
Collins; Address to graduates. Bishop
O Hara; “The Star Spangled Banner’’
Cadet Band.
Benedictine School
Mothers’ Club Meets
Mrs. Manton Hester
ceeds Mrs. Thomas J.
Kenney as President
Suc-
PRIMARY GRADE PUPILS
PRESENT “MOTHER GOOSE”
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Parents and
friends of pupils in the primary
classes at Mt. St. Joseph’s Academy
enjoyed the recent presentation of
“Mother Goose” in which the fol
lowing young people participated:
Katherine Hill, Frances Hett, Ern
est Morris, Patricia Gallagher, Judd
Jones, Patricia Cooney, Jack Cooney,
Jean Cooney, Tobin Hill, Brad well
Burnett, Betty Damren, Martha
Goode, Patricia Collier, Charles Boxx,
Helen Wingard, Shirley Heath, An
gela Lyons, Jack Chesser, Gene How-
errd, Martha Armstrong, Josephine
Laird, Mary Ann Creslein, Edna Neel,
Nancy Motlow. Michael Sheehan.
Theodore Riddlehoover, Happy Hill,
Bernard Lyons, Alfred Mowery,
James Benny and Dick Sturgis.
REV. W. P. DONNELLY, S. J.
AUGUSTA. Ga.—Arrangements are
being made for the celebration of the
first Solemn High Mass of the Rev.
William Patrick Donnelly, S. J., at
the Sacred Heart church here on
June 30. Mr. Donnelly will be or
dained to the priesthood on June
26, at St. Mary’s College. St. Mary’s,
Kansas, by the Most Rev. Paul C.
Schulte, S. T. D., Bishop of Leaven
worth.
Rev. Mr. Donnelly is the son of Mrs.
Elizabeth Theresa Hunt Donnelly,
and the late Patrick Donnelly, and
was born in Augusta on March 12,
1908. He attended the Sacred Heart
parochial school and the high school
which was conducted by the Chris
tian Brothers here, and completed his
high school course at the Richmond
Academy.
He received the degree of Bachelor
of Arts from St. Louis University in
1932, and was awarded his Master of
Arts degree in 1934.
On September 8, 1927, Mr. Don
nelly entered the Society of Jesus at
St. Charles College, Grand Coteau,
Louisiana, and after completing his
philosophical course at St. Louis Uni
versity became a member of the fac-
ulity of Spring Hill College, in Mo
bile.
The Rev. Sebastian Doris, O. S. B.,
of Belmont Abbey, North Carolina,
will be deacon of the Mass, the Rev!
Mr. Gerald Armstrong, S. J., will
be Sub-deacon of the Mass, and the
Rev. Mr. John Toomey, who is study
ing for the priesthood at the Sulpician
Seminary, at the Catholic University
will be master of ceremonies.
A sister of Mr. Donnelly is a mem
ber of the Sisters of St. Joseph of
Carondolet, stationed at St. Joseph’s
Hospital, in Kansas City. Another sis
ter, Miss Elizabeth Donnelly, lives in
Augusta.
(Speical to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga. — The Mother’s
Club of the Benedictine Military
School held its last meeting of the
scholastic year at the Benedictine
Armory, June 39, and the members of
the club presented Mrs. Thomas J.
Kenney, who has served as president
of the club for the past three years
with a beautiful bar pin as a token
of esteem.
The Rev. Benedict Rettger, O. S. B.,
principal of the Benediction School,
made the presentation and thanked
Mrs. Kenney for the wonderful ser
vice she had rendered, and express
ed regret that she was retiring, as
president of the club.
Mrs. M. A. Spellman, the retiring
treasurer, was given a rising vote of
thanks.
By a unanimous vote Mrs, Manton
Hester was elected to succeed Mrs.
Kenney as president and other offi
cers named were Mrs. Charles Von
Waldner, vice-president; Mrs. Mel-
drim Traylor, recording secretary;
Mrs. LeRoy.Cole, corresponding sec
retary, and Mrs. J. J. Saunders,
treasurer.
W.H.SCHRODER
DIES IN ATLANTA
Fmreral Services for Man
ager of Federal Bureau
of Commerce Held
From Cathedral
First Graduation
Cathedral School
Exercises Held at
Cathedral of St. John
the Baptist. Savannah
ATLANTA, Ga.—William Henry
Schroder, distinguished manager ot
the Bureau of Foreign and Domes
tic Commerce, succumbed to a heart
attack May 24, at his home, “Deer-
land,” on Peachtree Road. He was
65 years old.
Mr. Schroder had served as mana
ger of the local office of the federal
agency for eight years. Previously
he had been Atlanta manager for
the American Cotton Oil Company
and for many years president of the
Albany Oil Company, Albany, Geor
gia.
A native of Columbia. S. C„ the
son of John Frederick Schroder and
Emilie de Zon Schroder, he left that
city at the age of 21 to become con
fidential secretary to Robert Monroe,
of New York, then president of the
American Cotton Oil Company. Lat
er he went to Texas as representa
tive of that company, and became its
Atlanta manager in 1906, when he
moved to Albany, later returning
here, where he was active in civic
and social life.
He' was a member of the Piedmont
Driving Club, the Atlanta Trade and
Travel Club, the Atlanta Federal
Business Club, and other organiza
tions.
Surviving are his wife, the for
mer Miss Suzanne Spalding, a daugh
ter of the late Colonel and Mrs. Jack
J. Spalding; a daughter, Mrs. Jack
Kalkhurst; four sons, William H.
Shroder, Jr., Atlanta attorney; Spald
ing Schroder, a student at Emory
Medical school. John Schroder, a sen
ior at the University of Notre Dame,
Hughes Schroder, a student at Holy
Cross College; a sister, Mrs. Annie
S. Kinard, of Leesville, S. C.;! three
grandchildren, and several nieces and
nephews. The late Frederick Schro
der, prominent Greenville, S. C. busi
nessman, was his brother.
Funeral services were held from
the Cathedral of Christ -the King, the
Right Rev. Monsignor Joseph E. Moy-
lan officiating.
MRS. WALTER E. DEAN
DIES IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga.—Funeral services
for Mrs. Catherine Bourke Dean, sis
ter-in-law of William Van Houten,
instructor at the Georgia School of
Technology, were held from the Sac
red Heart Church, the Rev. J. P. Ries,
S. M., officiating.
A native of Brooklyn, Mrs. Dean
had lived in Atlanta for more than
fifty years. Her late husband. Walter
E. Dean, formerly operated the Vul
can Foundry and the Dean Brass
Foundry.
She is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. A. K. Ramsey, of Decatur, and-
Mrs. Ryman W. Verner; a son, Amer-
ous Dean; and her sister, Mrs. Van
Houten.
St Vincent Academy
Graduates Twenty-Six
Commencenrent Exercises at
Cathedral in Savannah.
Winnifred Perrse
Honor Graduate
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH. Ga., — Twenty - s i x
graduates of St. Vincent’s Academy
received diplomas at the annual com
mencement exercises held in the Ca
thedral of St. John the Baptist. June
4.
Miss Winnifred O’Connor Persse
was the honor graduate, other high
ranking students being Ann Rose
Barbee, Jane Ambrose O'Connor, Lil-
hjn Fahey, Agnes Elizabeth Fueger,
EUhel Josephine Little, and Mary
Margaret Ott.
The Most Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara,
D. D.. J. U. D. Bishop of Savannah-
Atlanta, who presided, presented * he
diplomas and addressed the graduat
ing class.
Ann Barbee was awarded a cash
prize for winning first honor in the
Essay Contest of the Ladies Auxiliary
of the A. O. H., and honorable men
tion from the national chairman. One
year scholarships to Armstrong
Junior College were awarded Agnes
Feuger and Winnifred Persse.
Highest honors in the Junior Class
were gained by Eliza Hennessy; in
the Sophomore Class by Marie Lyons,
and in the Freshman Class by Marv
Louise Brady.
JAMES CASSIDY. MACON
AWARDED LEGION MEDAL
MACON, Ga.—James Cassidy, 12-
year old son of Mrs. W. J. Cassidy,
received the annual American Legion
school award presented by the Jos
eph N. Neel, Jr. Post at the closing
exercises of St. Joseph’s parochial
school Usher T. Winslett, chairman
of the post's school award commit
tee made the presentation.
SAVANNAH, Ga.—The first grad
uation exercises of the Cathedral
School, a co-educational institution
which was opened in the parish of
the Cathedral of St. John the Bap
tist last year, were held June 7 in the
Cathedral, the Most Rev. Gerald P.
O'Hara presenting diplomas to fifty-
four graduates.
Special awards announced at the
exercises included: The Benedictine
School scholarship to Patrick Joseph
Devine, St. Vincent's Academy scho
larship to Ann Elizabeth Mooney, the
T. J. Dooley Memorial scholarship for
four years to St. Vincent’s Academy,
to Eleanor Ann Blake, the Semmes
scholarship for four years to Jean
Patricia Summerlin, and the Bishop
O'Hara scholarship to the Academy
to Elizabeth Jane Lowe.
Honor students for the year were:
Jean Patricia Summerlin, Patrick
Joseph Buttimer, Eleanor Ann Blake.
Patrick Joseph Devine, Ann Eliza
beth Mooney, James Henry McKenna,
Michael Joseph Hobbs, Laurence Mat
thew Dunn, Margaret Jean Browne.
Rosemary Shea Schomburg. Elizabeth
Jane Lowe, Francis Joseph Finoc-
chiaro.
MR. JOHN CAMPBELL
DIES IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga. — Funeral services
for Mr. John Campbell were held
from the Sacred Heart Church June
3, the Rev. John Emmerth, S. M., of
ficiating.
Sacred Heart School,
Atlanta, Holds Annual
Commencement Exercises
(Special To The Bulletin)
ATLANTA. Ga. — Commencement
exercises of the Sacred Heart school
were held at the Sacred Heart church,
the Very Rev. James T. Reilly, pre
siding.
Miss Virginia Forward received the
award for the higest average in the
high school literary course, while
Miss Harriet Coyle received the high
est award for the highest average in
the commercial department. Awards
for the study of Religion were receiv
ed by Dorothy Gram, senior; Beatrice
Burke, junior; Rosaline Salome,
sophomore; and Joan Hyatt, fresh
man.
Class day exercises were held in the
Woman's Club auditorium.
HONOR GRADUATE AWARDED
COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP
ATLANTA. Ga.—Miss Virginia For
ward, first honor graduate at the
Sacred Heart High School, who had
the highest average of any member
of her class for the four year course,
was awarded a scholarship to Font-
bonne College, St, Louis.
MRS. C. J. CHRISTENSEN
DIES IN CLEVELAND
ATLANTA.Ga.—Mrs. C. J. Chris
tensen, sister of Lamar Trotti, former
Atlanta newspaperman and now one
of the leading screen writers of Holly
wood, died June 7, in Cleveland,
Ohio.
Funeral services were held at the
Sacred Heart Church in Atlanta.
Mrs. Christensen is survived by her
husband; a son Jack Christensen, of
Cleveland; three sisters, Mrs. Frank
McCormack, Mrs. Lute J. Hulsey,
and Miss Nell Trotti. all of Atlanta;
and two brothers, Ernest iD. Trotti,
of Atlanta, and Clarenoe Trotti. of
Asheville.
MRS. JAMES F. McGILL
DIES IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga.,—Funeral services
for Mrs. James F. McGill were held
from the Immaculate Conception
Church, June 14, the Rev. Joseph
Smith officiating.
MRS. MARY S. AZAR
CLAIMED BY DEATH
ATLANTA, Ga.—Mrs. Mary S. Azar.
a member of the firm of Azar Broth
ers Tobacco Company, and one of
the leaders of the Atlanta Syrian
Community, died May 23. funeral ser
vices being held from the Church of
the Immaculate Conception, the
Right Rev. Monsignor Joseph Moy-
lan, the Rev. Joseph Smith, and the
Rev. Risk, officiating.
A native of Syria. Mrs. Azar had
made Atlanta her home for nearly
fifty years. She was a member of St.
Joseph's Syrian Church, and the Im
maculate Conception Church, where
she was active in the work of the
Altar Society!
She is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. John J. Maloof and Miss Annie
May Azar; three sons, Dave G. Azar,
Richard G. Azar, and Nickolas G.
Azar; two sisters. Mrs. Mamie Mon-
sour and Mrs. Ellis Mansour, of New
man; and three brothers, Soloman
Jabaley, of Atlanta, John Jabaley, of
Copper Hill. Tenn., and Charles J.
Jabaley, of LaGrange.
REV. A. J! WESTLAND. S. J., seis
mologist at Spring Hill Collee, Ala
bama, was elected chairman of the
Seismological Society of America.
Eastern Section, at the section's fif
teenth annual meeting in Cincinnati,