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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
JULY 27. 1940
■ST. MAEY'S HOME
OFFICERS NAMED
Bishop O’Hara, the Pres
ident, and Other Officers of
Female Orphan Benevolent
Society Re-elected at An
nual Meeting
VICE-PRESIDENT
JOHN W. GLEASON, K. S. G.
Active for many years in the in
terest of St. Mary's Home is John W.
Gleason, vice-president of the Fe
male Orphan Benevolent Society.
A native of Savannah, and one of
the city's leading' cotton factors, Mr.
Gleason was honored two years ago
by His Holiness Pope Pius XI with
Knghthood in the Order of St. Greg
ory the Great.
Mrs. Gleason, who was the Miss
Lillian McGovern of Columbus,
Georgia, has been no less active than
Mr. Gleason on behalf of St. Mary's
Home.
TREASURER
monsignor McNamara
The Right Rev. Monsignor T. James
MiNamara holds the clfce of Treas
urer of the Female Orphan Benevo
lent Society, and is also the Secre
tary of the Societi.
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Officers of the
Female Orphan Benevolent Society
were reelected at the annual meeting
hold at St. Mary’s Home. Offcers of
the society include the Most Rever
end Gerald P. O'Hara. D.D., J.U.D.,
president; John W. Gleason, vice-
president; the Right Reverend Mon
signor T. James McNamara, secretary
and treasurer: and the advisory board
consisting of Thomas F. Walsh, K. S.
G.. Dr. William B. Crawford, Wil
liam J. Bremer, A. J. Merkle, Peter
R. Nugent, James H. McKenna, Mi
chael C. McCarthy and Elton E.
Wright.
Reports submitted showed the home
to be in splendid condition and the
health of the children excellent.
The meeting closed with pontifical
benediction. Bishop O’Hara being as
sisted by the Rev. James Conlin and
the Rev. James Croke.
MISSIONARY SOCIETY BOARD
MEETING IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH. Ga.-The State Board
of the Catholic Missionary Society of
Georgia for Home and Foreign Mis
sions held its anual meeting in the
Cathedral rectory. Savannah, on
Julv'2. His Excellency, the Most
Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara, Bishop of
Savannah-Atlanta, presided and was
greatly moved by the splendid work
done by the society and evidenced
by the annual report which was read
at the meeting.
SAVANNAH K. OF C.
HEAR NOTED SPEAKER
SAVANNAH, Ga.--Harry Hastings,
widely traveled civil engineer who
has been a resident of South Amer
ica for some time was guest speak
er at a recent meeting of Savannah
Council. Knights of Columbus.
A native of London, England, and
a person who has followed Euro
pean developments with interest, Mr
Hastings topic was "Conditions in
Europe".
BISHOP IN REPORT
EXPRESSES THANKS
TO BENEFAGTORS
(Continued from Page One-A)
I know, will continue to walk in her
mother’s foots'teps.
I ask Mrs. Kate Flannery Semmes,
Mr. Arthur Lucas of the Lucas Thea
ters, Mr. Weiss, of the Savannah
Theater, and the manager of the Vic
tory Theater, the Knights of Colum
bus, the Ancient Order of Hibernians,
the Elks. Lions and Rotary clubs, the
Joseph E. Whitehead Foundation of
Atlanta rto accept this public expres
sion of my appreciation and grati
tude for their generous interest in the
girls of Saint Mary’s.
In a special way I thank the Sis
ters of St. Vincent's Academy for
their goodness in providing the senior
girls with a high school education.
This opportunity is taken to thank
the members of our advisory board,
and particularly Mr. Thomas F.
Walsh, for their keen interest in
Saint Mary’s, manifest on many oc
casions.
Among all the present day benefac
tors of Saint Mary's Home, none oc
cupies so high a place as John W.
Gleason and his good wife. There is
not a day in the year that Mr. Glea
son is not called upon to give his
valuable time to matters concerning
the orphanage. He is deeply inter
ested in everyone at the home, and
nly to God is known the full measure
of what Mr, Gleason has done for the
Sisters and the orphans here.
Thanks to the excellent care be
stowed upon the children here, the
condition of their health is kept at a
uniform high level. During the win
ter there were some cases of grippe
and other minor ailments, but there
was no serious illness and there were
no deaths. One has but to see Saint
Mary’s girls to realize that they re
ceive the very best of care. May we
dare say that dhe girls here are bet
ter cared for than many living in
private homes.
Despite the fact that no reasonable
expense is spared in order that in
every way the children’s welfare will
be safeguarded, Saint Mary’s Home is
conducted in a very economical man
ner. The cost to the diocese during
the past year for each Sister and
child living at the home was $14.84
per month—less than fifty cents a day.
This per capita cost is reckoned from
all the expenses of maintaining the
home, with the exception of interest,
insurance and taxes.
What pleases us most is that the
girls who have been educated at
Saint Mary's give a good account of
themselves after leaving the home,
and are, generally speaking, a credit
to the institution. A recent graduate
of Saint Mary’s will enter the con
vent this year.
Let all who are interested in Saint
Mary’s Home and who in one way or
another have provided for its needs
bear this fact in mind, that in helping
the orphans they are performing a
precious act of mercy which is pleas
ing in the sight of God, Who will not
permit a cup of cold water given in
His name to go without its reward.
“Blessed are the merciful, for they
shall obtain mercy.”
Catrip Villa Marie
Vacation School
Ends First Session
(Special To The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga—Villa Marie, the
vacation camp for children of the
rural districts of the Diocese of Sa
vannah-Atlanta, completes the first of
its two sessions of four weeks each
on July 25. the second session open
ing on July 28 and continuing to Au
gust 23.
The camp is located at Grimball's
Point, near Savannah, and has been
in operation for five years, and has
been attended by several hundred
children ranging in age from seven
to eighteen years, each summer. This
year the F.'ev. Edward Dodwell is
the director.
Included in the staff of instructors
of the camp are Sister Maabilis. Sis
ter Bernadine. Sister Colomba. Sis
ter Martina Joseph, of the Sisters
of Mercy; Sister Marie Therese, Sis
ter Agnes Joseph, of the Sisters of
St. Joseph; Sister Hildegard, Sister
Mary Charles, of the Franciscan Sis
ters.
Counselers include the Rev. Mr.
John O’Shea, of Atlanta, the Rev.
Mr. John Toomey, of Augusta, John
Dowling, of Valdosta, relix Donnelly,
of Atlanta, John Sullivan, and John
Ranitz. of Savannah, John Castelot.
of Bridgeport. Conn., Misses Mary
Sullivan, Sheila Pierce. Betty Bren
nan. Agnes Fueger, Dorothy Dillon,
and Mary Jo Waldner, of Savannah,
Miss Rosalyn Sylvester and Miss
Mary Stulb, of Augusta.
Miss Mary Cullum, of Savannah, is
again serving as dietician, and the
nurses of St. Joseph’s Hospital will
assist with the medical care of the
children.
At the closing of the first session
on July 25, the Most Reverend Ger
ald P. O'Hara, Bishop of Savannah-
Atlanta. celebrated Mass and distrib
uted First Holy Communion, and ad
ministered the Sacrament of Confir
mation in the afternoon. Bishop
O’Hara also officiated at Pontifical
Benediction of the Blessed Sacra
ment, given in the open air, follow
ing a Eucharistic procession through
lire grounds.
Directs SL Mary 9 s Home
BISHOP O’HARA
His Excellency, the Most Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara, D. D., J. TJ. D., is
President of the Female Orphan Benevolent Society, which conducts St.
Mary’s Home.
Fifty-Six Attend Twentieth
Annual Retreat for Laymen
Rev. Gerald L. Kenealy, of Douglas, Georgia,
Conducts Retreat Held at St. Joseph’s
Home, Washington
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(Special to The Bui
WASHINGTON, Ga. — Fifty-six
men made the twentieth annual re
treat sponsored by the Retreat Sec
tion of the Catholic Laymen's Asso
ciation of Georgia, at St. Joseph’s
Home, with the Rev. Gerald L. Ken
ealy, O, M. I., of St. Paul’s Church,
Douglas, Georgia, as retreat-master.
At the annual meeting a committee
composed of J. P. Hornsby. Ivey;
Reginald W. Hatcher. Milledgeville;
Bernard J. Kane, Atlanta; Miles
O'Connor, Augusta, -with John J. Mc
Creary, of Macon, as chairman, sub
mitted resolutions expressing grati
tude to Bishop O'Hara for all His Ex
cellency has done for the retreat
movement and for securing the Rev.
Gerald L. Kenealy, of tjie Oblates of
Mary Immaculate, of Douglas, Geof-
gia, as retreat-master, and to Father
Kenealy for his inspiring and prac
tical discussions, particularly his
beautiful closing meditation on the
Blessed Virgin.
Heartfelt thanks were expressed to
thg Rev. John Crean, director of St.
Josephs' Home, to the devoted Sisters
of St. Joseph and their charges for
their many attentions and kind
nesses. Remembrance was made of
those who had made retreats in for
mer years and who had been gather
ed to their reward, a special mention
being made of Mr. R. W. Hatcher, of
Milledgeville, who for many years
had served as chairman of the Retreat
Section.
It was voted to make a special ef
fort to interest the young men of the
Diocese in the retreat movement.
A letter from F'ichard Reid, former
Executive Secretary cf the Catholic
Laymen’s Association. extending
good wishes to the reireatants was
read at the meeting.
Those attending the retreat were
James B. Mulherin, John L. Arm
strong, William Nevin, Pat Rice Mul
herin. Miles O'Connor. J. P. McAu-
liffe, Henry Caver. Will Nevin, Sr.,
Charles Chesser. W. A. Lyons, E. J.
O'Connor, Joseph Sherman, P. H.
Thompson, Joseph A. Armstrong,
Billy Webster, Dr. Jqfm W. Britting-
ham. Augusta; M. C. Carroll. John
M. Harrison. John B. McCallum,
Norman J. Wrigley, B. J. Kane. A. J.
Bertke, Charles C. Thomas. Furman
Smith, John Schroder, Lewis Van R.
Smith, Hughes Spalding Schroder,
John Brady Kane. H. Stafford,
Thomas F. Kehoe. Arthur B. Hogan,
Vincent A. Kane, B. J. Larpenteur,
Dr. Malcolm H. Bryan Atlanta: John
J. McCreary, J. Calder Garvin. A. A.
Benedetto. Charles LeH. Adams, Jr.,
J. P. McGoldrick. M. L. Connolly,
M. J. Callaghan. W. D. Jarrett. H.
Kennington, W C. Shafer, Carl Per
ry, R. F. Wynne. J. F. McGoldrick.
Jr., P. G. McNehs. Macon; Reginald
W. Hatcher, Jr.. Milledgeville; A. J.
Opperman. Americus; J. P. Hornsby,
Carleton Hall. Ivy; J. E. Hatfield, J.
I. Hatfield. McIntyre; John H. Mote,
John Morris, Jr.. Athens.
Officers re-elected were James B.
Mulherin, president, Hugh Kinchley.
secretary, and the following local
chairmen: M. J. Callahan. Macon;
Norman J. Wrigley. Atlanta; John
Morris, Athens; Reginald Hatcher,
Milledgeville; J. P. Hornsby, Ivey;
A. J. Opperman, Americus. Hugh
Kinchley, of Augusta, was not able to
attend all of the exercises of the re
treat but was in attendance at the
closing exercises Sunday afternoon.
Use of Un-American Books
In Public Schools Assailed
St. Mary*s Home in
Savannah Cared for
88 Girls Last Year
Sisters of Mercy Report
That Fifteen of This Num
ber Were Provided With
Homes or Occupations
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
SAN DIEGO.—Use in local public-
schools of textbooks by Dr. Harold
Rugg of Columbia University, which
recently were characterized as “the
single greatest influence of un-Am
ericanism in the United States,” is
attacked by the Southern Cross, of
ficial newspaper of the Diocese of
San Diego. The San Diego Chamber
of Commerce and patriotic organiza
tions are demanding the removal of
the textbooks from the schools, and
the Southern Cross says Superinten
dent of Schools Crawford is “too
sweetly charitable" in saying the
books have been under scrutiny and
that the works show evidence of
“not good judgment” on the part of
the author.
“The national magazine ‘America,’"
says the Southern Cross, “conducted
a contest to discover the single great
est influence of un-Americanism in
the United States. The contemptible
distinction was awarded to the social
studies series of school textbooks
written by Harold Rugg of Colum
bia University. These book; were
written by Dr. Rugg after he had
visited in Russia. Soviet Russia is
depicted in them as a garden spot in
the world—the big piece of heaven
that fell on Eastern Europe making
a social Eden out of the steppes. . .
For ten years now the children of
our public schools have been fed
doctrines that are the very antithesis
of Americanism. . . School boards
throughout the court try will not err
if they consider it a mandate from
the people—the American taxpayers
who are supporting our schools—to
remove from their classes and their
libraries all the books which attack
American ideals in the minds of our
school children."
The total number of children cared
for at the Home during the year -of
1939-1940 was 88. Fifteen of this num
ber have been provided with homes
or occupations, leaving 73 now resid
ing at St. Mary's.
Special contributions have been re
ceived at the Home from the Most
Rev. Gerald P. O'Hara, D. D.. J. U. D„
the Benedictine Fathers. Sacred Heart
Church. St. Joseph’s Hospital. St.
Vincent’s Academy, St. Joseoh’s In
firmary, Atlanta. Ga.. Dr. William B.
Crawford. Sr., Dr. Baron Crawford,
Dr. J. Reid Broderick. Dr. G. H.
Faggart. £>r J. J. O'Connor. Dr. John
Hodge, Dr. G. H. Lana. Dr A. R.
Dooley, Dr. John S. Howkins, Dr.
John Paul Jones. Dr. Henderson. Dr.
Hedges and St. Anthony’s Guild, Aa-
lanta, Ga.
Board ct Chatham County Commis
sioners, Chatham County Farm, Sa
vannah Order of Elks, Lions Club,
Savannah Aerie, No. 33. Order of
Eagles. Rotary Club, Morrison-Sul-
livan Dry Goods Company, Daniel
Hogan Company, Richardson's, the
Florist, J. H. Breckenbridge. A. C.
Oelschig & Sons, John WoKe. La
dies’ Auxiliary. A. O. H.. Bart's Bak
ery, Nugent’s Bakery, Catholi : Bank
Service Club, Try Me Bottling Com
pany, Belford & Company, Bushbaum
Brothers.
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Gleason, Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh, Mrs. Al
bert Goette, Mrs. P. H. Rice, Au
gusta, Ga.; Mrs. Kate Flannery
Semmes. Judge John Rouke. Mr,
James Rourke in memory of Mrs.
James Rourke, Miss Helen and Miss
Mary Dunn in memory of Dr. and
Mrs. M. F. Dunn, deceased; Mrs. Mary
McNally and family, Leon Lieberis,
Miss Kate Latham, Mr. and Mrs. J.
J. Alphonse. Mr. and Mrs. R’ C.
Burnham, Mrs. James A. Gross. Miss
Margaret McNally, Mr, and Mrs. J.
H. Mulherin, Mr. and Mrs. Preston
Herbert, Briaf Cliff, N. Y.: Miss Mar
garet Steeg, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Steeg, Mr. and Mrs. Christopher
Murphy, Mrs. J. F. McCarthy, Misses
Keller, Miss Mary Anderson and
nurses of St. Joseph’s Hospital. St.
Vincent de Paul Society, Particular
Council, Atlanta. Ga.; Miss Edvige
Gliamas. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mag-
gioni. Mrs. Susie Sheehan and fam
ily, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Sheehan. Mr.
W. J. Flood. Mr. and Mrs. Hayne
Seay, Miss Nell Jentzen, H. G. Hast
ings, Company, Atlanta, Ga.: Miss
Eleanor Doyle, Father James Grady,
Rome, Ga.: E. & W. Laundry. Albert
Goette, Henderson Bros. Funeral
Home. Sipple's Mortuary: Sunshin*
Biscuit Company. Mr. and Mrs. Jo
seph F. Griffin, Fine’s, Mrs. Catherine
Sheppard, Miss Louise Mulherin Mr.
and Mrs. John W. Stephens Silva’s
Book Store, Mrs. C. R. Holm and
family, Mr. Joseph Gildea, W. Atlee
Burpee Company, PhiladelDhia. Pa.;
Mr. James Copps. Mr. William Rob
ertson. Park and Tree Commission,
Mr. James Conners, Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Reinstein, Tabernacle Society,
New York. Miss Annie Maddock, Mrs.
John Foran, Mrs. John Sullivan. Mrs.
L. H. Cooper. Mrs. J. P. Dovle. Mrs.
J. Calvitte. Mrs. Hannah McDonoueh.
Miss Katie Murnhy. Mrs. Mara^rite
Murphy, Mrs. J. P. Miller, Mrs. Mar
tin Roberts, Mrs. Conneff, Mrs. James
Collins. Mrs. Arthur Pierce Mrs. Ve
ronica Higgins. Mrs. M. A. Spellman.
Mrs. A. C. Norman. Mrs. Frieda
Petit. Mrs. Bessie Hines. Mrs. Mildred
Walsh. Miss Cleary, Mrs. J. Galina,
Mrs. Marie Jenkins. Mr. JoseDh E.
Turbidv, Rome Hosierv Mills. Savan
nah Theatre, Lucas Theatre. Victory
Theatre. Mr. M. J. Little. Mr Peter
Nugent. Mr. Walter Brown. Georgia
Federation of Junior Clubs. A. J.
Nitzesehke. Jones Pharmacy. Savan
nah Sugar Refinerv. Mrs. Rita Apres,
Miss Alice Price. Miss Sallie Battle.
Mrs. Frances L. Elmore. Prof. Ru
dolph Jacobson, Mrs. N. A. Fountain,
Ryans Business College.
SAVANNAH FOURTH DF.GRF.E
ASSEMBLY ELECTS OFFICERS
SAVANNAH. Ga.—Ira J. Ryan has
been elected faithful navigator of the
Fourth Degree Assembly, Knights of
Columbus. succeeding J. Arthur
Nearney, who became faithful ad
miral.
Other officers named include M. C.
McCarthy, faithful captain; W. A
Saunders, faithful pilot; J. Neuslein,
faithful comptroller; Harold McCar
thy. faithful outside sentinel; and T.
J. Canty, faithful inside sentinel.
DR. 1SADORE !. KOLMAN
AT ST. JOSEPH S HOSPITAL
SAVANNAH. Ga.—Dr. Isadore I
Kolman. son of Mr. and Mrs. P. Kol-
man. of Savannah, has been named
assistant to Dr. Joseph Pacifici. sen
ior resident physician of St. Joseph's
Hospital.
Dr. Kolman. a graduate of New
York University and the Medical Col
lege of Georgia, has served as intern
at the Jewish Hospital in St. Louis'
and at the Jewish Hospital in Mon
treal.
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