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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
MAY 23, 1942
TEN
MISS NELL ROOKS
DIES IN AUGUSTA
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for Miss Nell Agnes Kooks,
whose death on May 1 followed
an extended illness, were held
from St. Patrick's Church.
A life-long resident of Augusta.
Miss Rooks was the daughter of
the late E. B. Rooks and Mrs.
Earle Poule Rooks. She was em
ployed as a stenographer at Camp
Gordon.
Besides her mother, Miss Rooks
is survived by a sister, Mrs. J. L.
Solomon, Augusta; a nephew, Jer
ry Solomon, Augusta; four aunts,
Mrs. W. A. Rooks, Portsmouth,
Va., Mrs. T. F. Rooks, and Mrs.
Mattie Harris, both of Savannah,
and Mrs. William P. Spellman,
Birmingham.
Spanish Bishop
Warns Against
Nazi Errors
MRS. GEORGIA COOPER
FUNERAL IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. Georgia Myers
Cooper, who died April 30, were
held from the Cathedral of St.
John the Baptist.
1VM. HENDRIX MORRIS
DIES IN AIKEN, S. C.
AIKEN, S. C.—Funeral services
for Willie Hendrix Morris, of
Gloverville, for many years a
deputy sheriff of Aiken County,
who died here, April 27, were held
from St. Mary Help of Christians
Church, the Rev. George Lewis
Smith, officiating.
Sheriff J. P. Howard, of Aiken
County, and his staff of deputies,
acted as honorary pallbearers.
Mr. Morris is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Rennie Morris; two
daughters, Mrs. O. E. Kitchens
and Mrs. R. L. Bowles, Augusta;
four sisters, Mrs. Bertha Edmon
son, Miss Gladys Morris, Mrs. Lee
Deas, all of Augusta, and Mrs.
Lucille Mobley, Graniteville; four
brothers, Alvin Morris, granite
ville; Clarence Morris, Orange
burg; Earl Morris, Alabama, Rob
ert Morris, Augusta, and one
grandson.
An Atlanta Editor Discusses
the Recent Convention of the
Catholic Committee of the South
MRS. THOMAS J. ANDERSON
FUNERAL IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. Thomas J. Ander
son were held from the Cathedral
of Christ the King on May 1, the
Rev. Bernard P. Brady, O. M. I.,
officiating.
FRANK J. KEARNEY
DIES IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for Frank J Kearney, who
died April 26, were held from the
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist.
Mr. Kearney, a retired member
of the police department, is sur
vived by a son. Michael Kearney;
two daughters, Miss Madge Kear
ney and Mrs. Stella Armstrong,
and a grandson, Frank Armstrong
MRS. THOMAS F. REILLY
FUNERAL IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Funeral
services for Mrs. Jennie C. Reilly,
widow of Thomas F. Reilly, who
died May 5, were held from the
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist.
Mrs. Reilly is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. Harry Binder, of
Savannah, and Mrs. Albert Frank
lin, of New York; five sons, John
J. Reilly, Philip T. Reilly, and
Harold E. Reilly, all of New York,
Francis X. Reilly and Robert
Reilly, both of Savannah; four
grandchildren and one great
grandchild.
A native of New York, Mrs.
Reilly had made her home with
her daughter in Savannah for the
past nine months.
JOHN EMORY OWENS
DIES IN TIFTON
TIFTON, Ga.—Funeral services
for John Emory Owens, wholesale
grocer, who died at his home here
on May 3, were held from St.
Francis*. Xavier Church in Bruns
wick.
Mr. Owens is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Nona Stanfield Owens,
and two children, Patricia and
John Owens. He is also survived
by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T.
Owens, of Brunswick, Ga., and
four brothers, J. L. Owens, T. B.
Owens, A. H. Owens, of Bruns
wick, and J. W. Owens, of the
United States Navy.
A warning that, although the
evil of Communism is no longer
a menace to Spain, the threat of
Nazism must be repelled, was ut
tered by Most Rev. Fidel Gracia
Martinez, Bishop of Calahorra,
Spain, in a pastoral letter, the
text of which has been received
in this country.
Declaring that the Spanish peo
ple must be on guard against all
errors openly in contradiction with
the fundamental principles of
Catholicism, the prelate recalled
that “we have had a terrible and
instructive demonstration” of the
“virulence and disastrous effects
of Communism in Spain.
“Without ignoring the possibil
ity that in certain circumstances a
renewal of this virulence might
arise at least for the moment in
our country,” he continued, “it is
not withal the Communist error
which is a temptation or-imminent
danger for the conscience of the
faithful. The recent experience
is still well remembered by all.
The present social code, a reflec
tion of this experience, is not
propitious to Communist infection.
The spreading of its doctrine and
of all works and writings which
defend^ it is forbiddent by the
authorities. The condemnation by
the Church of these doctrines has
been stated many times by every
means of publicity available. Mis
understanding or ignorance can
not, therefore, he pledged as ex
cuses. In this case the circum
stantial elements or factors, which
have many times proved decisive
in the struggle or error against
truth are today in our country
svorking for the cause of good and
truth.
The same is not true of other
errors, no less opposed to the re
vealed. truth and no less serious
than Communism. Springing from
the same materialist or pantheistic
sources as Communism, it is
scarcely possible to establish an
essential difference in their
philosophico-t h e o 1 o g i c a 1 sub
stance.”
Bishop Garcia Martinez quoted
at length from “Gott und Volk-
Soladtisches Bekenntnis” (“God
and the People-Profession of Faith
of a Soldier”) published in Berlin
and widely circulated by the Nazis
and adds:
“As we have already stated, the
errors of which w r e have given a
sample, which could easily be
many times multiplied, in the prev
ious paragraphs are so anti- Chris
tian, so anti-humanitarian; they
emply such monstrous religious,
moral, social and political ideas;
and they even reveal in their tex
ture such arbitrary, exaggerated
and anti-scientific thought that no
comment is necessary, for the
conscience of the Spanish people
will reject them with energy and
Ralph McGill, executive edi
tor of The Atlanta Constitution,
in his column ‘One Word More’,
which is a daily feature of The
Constitution’s editorial page,
made the following comment of
the recent convention of the
Catholic Committee of the
South, which he attended and
addressed.
even be moved to give thanks to I
God that they have had preserved
for them sufficient mental equili
brium to prevent their falling in
to such aberration and belief in
such myths.”
Some time ago Bishop Gerald
O'Hara, whose personality and
ability have won for him such a
widespread affection among all
classes of people in Georgia and
the South, asked me to take part
in the 1942 program of the Cath
olic Committee of the South.
Because of my own respect for,
and appreciation of Bishop
O'Hara, I was happy to accept
within the limitations of a voice
which is sadly cracked and re
duced, with the understanding
someone might have to read my
paper. I was happy to accept, too,
because this young organization is
devoting itself to the South and
the problems of the South in a
most intelligent and forceful
manner.
This group, which was formd in
1939 as a part of the answer to the
challenge of the “President’s Re
port on the Economic Condition
of the South”—the report which
led to the conclusion the South
was the No. 1 economic problem
and, at the same time, opportunity
of the nation.
Many of its speakers are non-
Catholic. Its topics are interest
ing and vital. Some of them list
ed on this and past programs are
“The South, the Nation’s Prom
ise,” “The Problems of Rural
Life,” "The Employer’s Rights
and Duties in National Defense,”
“The Population Prospects of the
South,” and so on.
Madame Francis Perkins, secre
tary of labor, is on the present
program, as are a number of dis
tinguished teachers and deans
from Catholic Universities. Dr.
Frank Graham, president of the
University of North Carolina, also
is on the program as a leader of
Protestant thought. Archbishop
Lucey, of San Antonio; Rt. Rev.
Monsignor Francis J. Haas, dean
of social sciences at Catholic Uni
versity, and Georgia’s own Bishop
O'Hara are others noted among
the speakers on the three-day
program.
It is an ambitious and intelli
gent approach to our problems,
and that the war and its problems,
as they affect the South, should
have a prominent place in this
meeting is but natural.
Virginius Dabney, the brilliant
writer and scholar who edits the
Richmond Times-Dispatch, wrote
perhaps the most understanding
and analytical estimate of the
committee and I reproduce part
of it as follows:
“One of the most remarkable
organizations to spring up in the
southern states in recent years is
where, as was often the case,
Catholics were few in number.
“Similarly, the Catholic Com
mittee of the South seeks, under
the leadership of its competent
and socially conscious executive
secretary, Paul D. Williams, of
Richmond, to bring the members
of all southern faiths into a more
harmonious relationship, to the
end that there shall emerge from
the give-and-take of the commit
tee’s deliberations a closer feeling
of interdenominational comrade
ship and co-operation. In this
worthy quest, the organization
should have the support of all
southerners of good will.”
That tells the story of this
young committee which is going
ahead so strongly and so intelli
gently.
This sort of convention seems
most important to me because,
when war is done, we shall have,
if history follows its usual path, a
period in which the intolerances
and prejudices become more ar
ticulate.
They do that after every war in
the backward of emotions which
the end of war releases. Our dis
graceful history of the immediate
post-war years of the first World
War is enough to make us remem
ber. It was then we had the “red
witch-hunts”; it was then the Ku
Klux Klan came into being and
flourished like the green bay tree.
It was a malevolent and danger
ous cancer in our political and
social life.
Any effort which seeks to bring
about better understanding is
worth supporting. As Mr. Dab
ney so ably puts it, this organiza
tion should have the support- of
all southerners of good will.
St. Thomas Vocational
School Auxiliary Names
Committee Memberships
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Mrs. Joseph
P. Folliard, president of St. Thom
as’ School Auxiliary, announced
the following standing committees
at the April meeting.
Chapel, Miss Kate Latham, chair
man; Mrs. William E. Hines; music,
Mrs. A. D. Bergen; clothing, Mrs.
Frank O'Donnell, Mrs. J. J. Foran,
and Mrs. G. W. Callahan, sewing,
Mrs. John Saxton Lloyd, chairman;
Mrs. A. R. Paul, Mrs. James Cal-
vitt; entertainment, Mrs. J. W.
Stephens, chairman, Mrs. Joseph
E. Kelly, Jr., Mrs. J. Harold Mul-
herin, Mrs. James Earnes, Mrs. H.
M. Reinhart and Miss Thelma Ber-
gin; transportation, Mrs. William
E. Hines, chairman, Mrs. Harold
Mulherin, Mrs. H. C. Kleeman,
Miss Helen Roe Nugent, and Mrs.
D. W. Dupont, membership, Mrs.
James Calvitt, chairman, Mrs.
Catherine Chandler; infirmary,
Mrs. Martin W. Roberts, chairman,
Mrs. James Gross, Miss Kate Lath
am; house, Mrs. William H. Sexton,
chairman, and Mrs. Walter Craw
ford.
New members announced were
Mrs. Fred VonKamp, Mrs. E. W.
Mickler, Mrs. J. F. Fogarty, Mrs.
William Conners, Malcolm Over-
street and Jimmie Jenkins.
It was decided to give the boys
their annual picnic at Villa Marie,
the date depending on when school
closes.
Rev. Frank Eugene Kearney,
S. C. V., director of the school,
made a few remarks thanking the
members for their co-operation
and their kindness to the boys.
MAJOR DEVEREUX
WAKE ISLAND HERO
PRINSONER IN SHANGHAI
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
WASHINGTON — Major James
Patrick Sinnot Devereux, com
mander of the small contingent
of United’ States Marines who
won the admiration of the world
with their gallant defense of Wake
Island last December, is alive and
a prisoner of the Japanese in
Shanghai, relatives here have been
advised through the International
Red Cross.
Major Devereux, member of a
distinguished Catholic family of
this city, with less than 400 men
withstood the Japanese land, sea
and air attacks on Wake Island
for 14 days. The small garrison
sank a Japanese cruiser and three
destroyers in the process. Major
Devereux is a grand-nephew of the
late Archbishop Patrick Ryan, of
Philadelphia.
RETREAT AT ST. MARY’S
.SCHOOL, WILMINGTON
WILMINGTON, N. C.—The Rev.
Luke Hay, C. P., who was engaged
in missionary work in North Caro
lina some years ago, conducted a
retreat recently for pupils of the
seventh and eighth grades and the
high school classes at St. Mary's
School. At the conclusion of the
retreat the motion picture of the
Mass, "The Eternal Gift,” was
shown for the entire student body.
The Junior Catholic Daughters,
many of whom are students at
St. Mary’s, are sponsoring the Sat
urday night dances for service men
at the USO Club operated by the
NCCS. The Junior Catholic
Daughters are also raising funds to
provide Sunday morning breakfast
for the men in uniform.
DR. WILLIAM A. MULHERIN,
of Augusta, one of the founders
of the Catholic Laymen's Associ
ation of Georgia, and one of Am
erica's most outstanding pedia
tricians, was recently elected by
the Medical Association of Georgia
to a two-year term as one of the
state’s three delegates to the Am
erican Medical Association.
MAY PROCESSION HELD AT
ST. MARY’S IN AUGUSTA
AUGUSTA, Ga. — In observance
of World Sodality Day, sodalists
from the various local parishes
participated in a May procession
from Mount St. Joseph's Academy
to St. Mary's-on-the-IIill Church
where Solemn Benediction of the
Blessed Sacrament was given by
the Very Rev. Leo M. Kenan, pas
tor of St. Patrick’s Church, with
the Rev. J. E. O’Donohoe, S. J.,
pastor of the Sacred Heart Church,
and the Rev. Thomas A. Brennan,
pastor of St. Mary's Church; as
sisting. The sermon w r as delivered
by the Rev. John J. Kennedy, pas
tor of St. Joseph’s Church, Athens.
Acts of Consecration to the
Blessed Virgin were recited by
Sarah McMahon and Mabel Hick
man of the Sacred Heart parish;
Cecile Doughy and Betty Mulherin,
of St. Mary's-on-the-Hill parish,
and Rosemary Roberts and Mari
anna Wallace of St. Patrick's par
ish-
the Catholic Committee of the
South, which was formed in 1939,
and will bring hundreds of lead
ing Catholics to Richmond today
for the conynittee’s three-day an
nual convention.
“Few societies of this character
publish such complete and arrest
ing proceedings as does this young
and growing organization, which is
addressing itself intensively to
the problems of the south. The
committee naturally is concerned
for the religious welfare of those
who live within its area of inter
est, and specifically with the pro
gress of Catholicism there. But
its breadth of view and alertness
to the most pressing social ques
tions below the Potomac and the
Ohio are eloquently evidenced in
the proceedings of its conventions.
“The Catholic Committee of the
South is carrying on in the spirit
of the late Cardinal Gibbons, who
left such an impress upon the
south as a young bishop in North
Carolina and Virginia in the
sixties and seventies of the last
century. The future cardinal re
vealed so tolerant an understand
ing of the non-Catholic viewpoint
and was so beloved by members
of all religious faiths that he was
invited to preach to his communi
cants in Masonic lodge rooms ‘and
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