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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
AUGUST 24, 1940
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CATHOLIC YOUTH ORGANIZATION NEWS
(Tncorporating The Georgia Federation of Junior Catholic Clubs)
SPIRITUAL
CULTURAL
RECREATIONAL
SOCIAL
reverend Joseph w. kavanagh REVEREND JAMES J. GRADY
Savannah Regional Director Diocesan Director
- Patronage of His Excellency, The Most Reverend Gerald P. O’Hara, D.D.. J. U. D
REVEREND THOMAS L, FINN
Atlanta Regional Director
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AUGUSTA
Cor Jesu Club
During the past month the meet
ings have been devoted to the coming
convention. Besides the regular
meetings there have been special
meetings held in order that every
thing will be in readiness for the big
affair which is scheduled for August
24 and 25th. The committee in charge
is working hard and will probably
burn much of the so-called ‘midnight
oil' in order that everybody coming
to Augusta will have a grand time.
It is the aim of the club, the commit
tees, and all the people of Augusta
to make this the best convention that
has ever been held. To accomplish
this a huge task lies ahead of all, but
everybody is confident that it can be
accomplished. The Richmond Hotel
has been chosen as the headquarters.
Besides the convention there is the
monthly paper which also holds the
attention of the club at present. Per
mission has been obtained from His
Excellency Gerald P. O’Hara for the
publishing of a monthly paper. This
paper will be edited by members of
the club and will be distributed to all
the Catholics of Augusta on the sec
ond Sunday of each month. It is hop
ed that this issue will increase inter
est among Catholics and perhaps it
will assist in bringing into the church
a few converts aS well. It is the belief
of the Cor Jesu Club that this is one
wav of promoting Catholic Action in
Georgia.
MACON
“The Shamrocks”
MACON, Ga.—In spite of the hot
weather and the fact that activities
slow down generally in the summer
time the Shamrock Club has been
going places and doing things right
along. The month of July started
off with a bang and although there
were no fireworks to usher in the
fourth of the month, a great specta
cle was enacted when Ed Lackay,
then president of the club, entertain
ed the members with a fried chick
en supper at his home, July third.
About twenty-five club members and
other guests were present at this de
lightful affair. To say that every
one had enough fried chicken is to
put it mildly as Ed and his mother,
who prepared the feast, really served
a repast fit for the gods and one that
will long be remembered by all.
The election of officers was held
by the club. July 11th. and P. J. Mur
phy was elected and installed as
president and Sarah Thomas was
elected secretary, succeeding P. J.
The other officers were reelected and
they are: Sarah Devlin, vice-presi
dent and Aleck Winkers, treasurer.
Our new president, "P. J.” as he is
known by one and all. has always
been one of the most active members
of the Shamrock Club and has serv
ed in most of the offices of the or
ganization, and was secretary of the
Federation several years ago. If mr
memory is correct, we doubt if P. J.
has missed a single Federation con
vention in the past five years, which
is quite a record in itself.
A very interesting study club
meeting was held the third Thursday
in July and the committee put aside
the planned topic for discussion and
conducted a right or wrong quiz. The
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ROME
Sancta Maria Club
The Sancta Marians are still stick-.
ing to the wide open spaces. During
the month of July a swimming party
was held at Wynnewood and after
the swim a tasty supper was served
to all and did it taste delicious. These
outings have been enjoyed very
much by the members and the ap
proaching end of the beautiful sea
son of summer comes much too
soon.
During the month of August a
lawn party has been planned and it
, is the hope of all that it will be a
huge success, because this is one
way of replenishing the treasury
which is just about depleted and a
good attendance will add to the trea
sury. The members are praying for
a large crowd and good weather.
Exports have reached your humble
writer that members on their vaca
tions have visited California, Dela
ware, Florida, Michigan and Ten
nessee. Perhaps they could be hired
as guides on extended tours around
the good old U. S. A.
The members are expecting the Im
maculate Conception Club to come to
Rome for an all day outing during
— the month of August. “Come on I.
C. and do as the Romans do!” There
are a few surprises in store for all of
you.
A large delegation is expected to
go to Augusta for the quarterly con
vention.
New Staff for C. Y. P. A. Boxers
WILLIAM OETGEN JOHN SULLIVAN
AthJ*ti* Director Business Manager
An entire new group of coaches and directors will direct the boxing
squad of the Savannah Catholic Young People’s Association for the coming
1940-41 ring season.
Chris E. Hernandez, president of the C. Y. P. A. has announced that
the new staff, which includes Anthoiy Kent as head coach; William Dyer,
assistant coach; William Octgen as athletic director: Daniel Muller, team
manager, and John Sullivan, business manager, will try to bring nationally
known amateur teams to Savannah for matches.—(Savannah Evening Press
photo.)
ATLANTA
St. Anthony’s Club
Within a short time the gay happy
summer season replete with activities
of all types will come to an-end.
Members of St- Anthony’s Club hate
to see it leave.
A second straw ride was held and
about twe^y-five members enjoyed
this affair- The group gathered at the
church and in a red truck full of
straw rode to Pine Lake, where a
picnic took place. Through the kind
ness of Gladys Baer, members en
joyed an evening of swimming, boat
ing. dancing and last but not least,
did justice to several red-ripe.water
melons. This watermelon treat was
a real surprise and thanks for it
gees to Mrs. Baer and Gladys-
The Antonians, following a very
successful presentation of “Three Taps
at- Twelve” are enjoying a short rest.
Plans are being formulated for a
three-act play which will take place
in October. Proceeds of this play went
towards a fund for the Miraculous
Medal Novena, which is held reg
ularly each Monday evening at St.
Anthony’s Church. To Father Quin
lan. director of the Dramatic group,
and to Mr. and Mrs. Harrington of
tlve Glee Club, go a vote of thanks
for their strenuous- efforts in making
the show a grand success.
Plans are now being made to hold
an all-day picnic at Pine Lake on
Sunday, September 8th. This social
will conclude the summer schedule
and it is hoped a large group will
be present.
The club extends its best wishes to
its Moderator Father Quinlan for a
restful and joyous vacation
In regard to vacations, the club
welcomes back Frank and Skippy
Eason, who were on the annual
cruise Of the Naval Reserve to New
York. The club is without a presi
dent at present as Bill Rigsby, pop
ular president is in National Guard
training in Mississppi.
While both Monsignor Croke and
Father Quinlan were enjoying vaca
tions at separate times Father Bernard
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ATLANTA
Immaculate Conception
Of major importance to all the
members of the club and to the clubs
of the Federation a move is now in
the making of changing the name of
the club from the "Young People's
Club” to a name which will be
shorter and a more distinctive one.
This new name will appear in the
next issue of the Bulletin.
The tournament of sports has prov
ed to be of great social and exercis
ing value to the members of the
club. Contests are being held in
Ping Pong, Tennis, badminton,
horseshoes and swimming and many
hours of enjoyment have been re
ceived by those taking part in them.
The championships as yet have not
been decided and many close and
heated contests are yet to be played
before the final honors can be be-
bestowed upon the winners. So close
are some of the games that it is just
about impossible to pick the winners.
At the conclusion of the contests
when the champions have been de
cided awards and medals will be
awarded to the winners.
On the first Sunday of August the
four Atlanta clubs met at the Citadel
of Christ the King for the regular
quarterly Communion and breakfast.
Following the breakfast the Imma
culate Conception Club presented a
parody on the recent national demo
cratic convention. Postmaster Jim
(Bob Harris) ’ Barley” officiated. A
fiery talk on defense was rendered
bv bewigged and bewhiskered Sena
tor “Blankliead” (Tom Clark).
Former Governor Eugene (Bill Hop
kins) Talmadge, red suspenders, fly
away lock of hair and all made his
usual south Georgia dramatic and
eloquent speech which assured him
of election as governor of ? ? 11.
The climax of the convention took
place when F. D. R. (Aldo Garoni)
“Yahoodie” accepted the nomination
of the presidency of the United
Stales. This speech of acceptance
was a real treat to all. The program
was completed when the above char-
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SAVANNAH
C. Y. P. A.
Following a meeting of the boxing
committee Chris Hernandez, presi
dent announced the plans for the
season 1940-41. It included the ap
pointment of two new boxing
coaches and a new set of directors.
Anthony “Tony” Kent, prominent
ly known in Savananh's athletic cir
cles, has been appointed head coach
to succeed' Denny Leonard who
leaves CYPA to take over similar du
ties at Benedictine Military School.
Kent was formerly athletic director
of the Marist School and his success
there gives CYPA assurance of a
highly sucescsful team for the com
ing year. Billy Dyer has been chos
en as assistant coach In the past sev
eral years Billy has been one of Sa
vannah's most colorful boxers. Dyer
fought under the colors of CYPA, the
Cathedral Holy Name Society and
with the Benedictine team.
Both new coaches upon learning of
their new appointments issued state
ments to tlie fact that they will begin
plans immediately to maintain the
present fine record of CYPA and will
do their best to better that record.
Under Denny Leonard, the former
coach. CYPA went through last sea
son undefeated and are holders of the
city championship. The new staff
realize a stiff task lies ahead of them
but know with the support and coop
eration of all they shall succeed.
The new directors appointed are Bill
Oetjen, athletic director; John Sulli
van, business manager, and Dan Mul
ler boxing manager. The office of
athletic director was formerly held by
Chris Hernandez.
Efforts are being made to close
bouts with amateur boxing teams in
Philadelphia, Chicago, Buffalo and
New York. These cities are well
known for their strong teams and
there are many golden glove cham
pions on these teams. Buffalo has
appeared in Savannah with a strong
team much to the delight of the local
fans.
During the past months the club
has been enjoying the ideal summer
weather. Swimming parties, dances,
outings and an old fashion trolley
ride was an added feature.
To top off the month a violent
storm visited Savannah. Perhaps all
of you have read an account of it in
the daily paper. The wind at one
time reached the velocity of ninety
miles per hour. The storm continued
all Sunday afternoon and part of
Sunday night. Five members of the
club remained at the club house to
do their best should any damage re
sult. Since then they have related
many weird .tales as the storm cut
its path through the city. The only
damage caused was the loss of the
skylight which glided gracefully
down Harris Street with Tommy Sa-
seen in pursuit and the sign over the
door blew down and was replaced.
Many members of the club signi
fied their intentions of going to Au
gusta on Friday night and enjoy the
hospitality of Augusta for two days.
Jack Moylan has been appointed
chairman in charge of transportation.
QUARTERLY
COMMUNION
Approximately seventy-five mem
bers of the four Atlanta Clubs re
ceived Holy Communion in a body
at the Cathedral of Christ the King
on Sunday. August 6th. It will be
noted that the group was some
what smaller than in the past. This
may be due to the vacation season,
when many of the boys and girls
who are regular attendants at these
affairs, are away enjoying a well-
earned vacation. Besides these vaca
tions the number was still reduced,
due to the fact many of the boys
of the four clubs were in training
at National Guard camps or on cruises
of the Naval Reserve
During the announcements at Mass
Father Shromberg welcomed the
young people and praised their at
tendance at Mass and their reception
of the Holy Eucharist very highly.
He exhorted them to avoid the prac
tice of certain customs which are
most detrimental to their faith.
Following Mass the group assem
bled at the Tavern for breakfast,
which was enjoyed by all. Father
Frizelle of the Immaculate Concep
tion Club, addressed the group and
pleaded with them to pull together
at all times. He further asked them
to cooperate, and to coordinate their
effoits so that the four Atlanta Clubs
will be a strong united group.
A rising vote of thanks and appre
ciation was given to Joe Collins,
who as a one-man committee planned
and prepared for the group-
A program comprising of an ac
count of a political convention and
radio program yas given by Messrs.
Clark, Garoni, Hopkins and Harris
of the Immaclate Conception Club,
which brought forth many laughs and
chuckles from the crowd. The* werel
CONVENTION
PROGRAM
SATURDAY, AUGUST 24
Convention Headquarters, Hotel
Richmond. Augusta
REGISTRATION—Hotel Lobby, 3*0-
10:00 p. m.
DANCE—American Legion Home,
10:00 p- m.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 25 —
Convention Mass—10:00 A. M.—St.
Patrick’s Church.
Registration—Hotel Lobby, 12:00-1:00
p m.
Executive Meeting—Convention Suite,
12:00-1:00 P. M.
Luncheon—Cherokee Casino, 1:30 P.
M—Luncheon Speaker: The Rev.
John J. Kennedy, Athens, Ga.
Reception—Cherokee Casino, 3:00-6:00
P. M.
Buffet Supper—Cherokee Casino, 5:00-
7:00 P. M.
HOLY GROSS CLUB
Augusta
The infant child of the Federation
is about to leave its crib and become
a full fledged member of the Federa
tion. At the last convention the Holy
Cross Club attended as guests, but
this coming convention will find a
different group in attendance.
At this meeting it, is expected that
the club will be accepted as members
and forty-strong will be present to
witness the entry of the Holy Cross
Club into the Federation.
The new clubhouse is completed
and it is patronized by the members
and their Catholic friends. During
the coming convention it will be open
to all the visiting delegates for their
inspection and enjoyment. This club
house is the pride and joy of all the
members of the Holy Cross Club.
As this news is written before the
big family picnic takes place all in-
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ATLANTA
Blessed Chanel
ATLANTA, Ga.— The activity of
the Chanelites has been limited due
to the fact that many of the clubs
are enjoying vacations in various
parts of the country. Each meeting
has found several members who have
just returned from a long earned va
cation and reports reach the club
that several more are away having
good times.
However there were enough mem
bers to have an all day outing at
Durham Park. The feature of ihe
day, was the ever famous “mud roll
ing” contest in which a prize was
given to the member who came up
with the most mud on him or her.
The prize was given to the one who
was rolled and the who who did the
rolling. The contest was very in
teresting to beth participants and
spectators alike. The Chanelites
were delighted to have members
from the other clubs as guests.
Another picnic has been scheduled as
a climax to the summer schedule of
socials.
The study club continues its week
ly sessions on Thursday nights. Dur
ing the summer these sessions have
more or less been of the social type.
With nobody feeling in the mood of
getting down to studying the group
has receded from the stiff winter
schedule and all have one good time.
Rest assured members, that as soon
as the warm, balmy summer evening
leave and cooler weather arrives the
sessions will resort back to the stiff
type of fall, winter and early spring
when the members work long and
hard over religious questions and
problems.
The club has suffered a loss which
is hoped will be for only a very short
time. The ever popular Joe Mc
Gowan was called home due to the
sudden and serious illness of his
mother. The entire club is pulling
very hard for her speedy and com
plete recovery. Reports have reach
ed the club that she is much improv
ed.
One of the needs of the club is a
membership drive to reinforce the
club with new members due to the
departure of the many old reliables
who have been most faithful to the
club.
The roster of the club is looking
forward to a most happy and suc
cessful convention in Augusta and
since it is the first trip there a real
surprise awaits all, we ai v - sure.
loudly applauded for their efforts.
The St- Anthony’s Club will be
host to the next quarterly Communion
and breakfast to be held on the first
Suday in November,