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MAY 23, 1942
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
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CATHOLIC YOUTH ORGANIZATION NEWS
SPIRITUAL
CULTURAL
RECREATIONAL
SOCIAL
REVEREND JOSEPH W. KAVANAGH MONSIGNOR JAMES J. GRADY REVEREND THOMAS L. FINN
Savannah Regional Director Diocesan Director Atlanta Regional Director
Patronage ~f His Excellency, The Most Reverend Gerald P. O’Hara, D.D., J. U. D
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ATLANTA
Immaculate Conception
The outstanding news of the
month was the sponsoring of the
Communion and breakfast of the
Inter-club Council. Prior to the
breakfast the club has disbanded.
Knowing that the club was to be
the host to the clubs of the city
the small group or what is left of
the once great club assembled and
in their fine style and elegant
manner planned a breakfast
which won the praise of all the
members of the clubs attending. It
is certain that many mothers of
the members scratched their
heads on the first Sunday morn
ing in May asking where their su
gar and coffee had disappeared to
overnight. The members of the
club could be seen making their
way to the club rooms on the
morning of the breakfast with a
pound or more of sugar under
their arms to sweeten the coffee.
Saturday, May 30 ; will be the
day of days for Mary Frances
Keeney as on that day she will
stroll the middle aisle of the old
and magnificent Immaculate Con
ception Church, in ' her bridal
dress of what is hoped and certain
will be a life of happiness and
success. May God bless her and
the soldier boy husband to be and
guide them always.
On the wall of the club is a
bulletin board on which appear
snapshots of many of the former
members of the club now in the
armed forces of the United States.
This is a novel idea and is one
which will bring back memories in
years to come of the boys now in
service and many of their friends
will certainly enjoy it. Let it be
hoped that each - and every boy
will return but should any of
them have to make the supreme
sacrifice for their country and
their God these snapshots will be
a rare and priceless possession to
the club for years to come.
The coming quickly approaching
Summer will not find as many
members as in past years enjoying
a vacation. It is hoped that they
will do much to rebuild the club
to the prestige it once held and
again make it the leading club of
te c-ity and the state.
ATLANTA
St. Anthony’s Club
FQ&yiCTORY
BUY
UNITED
STATES
BONDS
AND
STAMPS
INVEST IN VICTORY!
Our boys can take the War to
the enemy, if we back them up with
ships and tanks and guns! But
that takes money!
Help your Government to put the
tools of war into the hands of our
soldiers by purchasing War Sav
ings Bonds and Stamps. And re
member . . . just one Bond can’t
lick the Axis any more than just
one gun! It takes millions of Amer
icans buying War Savings Bonds
and Stamps every pay day!
Bonds cost $18.75 and up . . .
and they' pay you back one-third
more in only 10 years! Stamps cost
10f, 25C, and up . . . soon total
the price of a Bond if bought regu
larly.
Help our boys on the fighting
fronts wherever they may be! Buy
War Savings Bonds .as an invest
ment for yourself and your country.
Final plans have been made for
the annual Communion and break
fast of the club to be held on
Sunday, June 7. During the past
the breakfast was" the climax of
the spring season and was well
attended by the club and the hope
of the club is for another grand
attendance.
During the past year more than
forty members of the club have
entered the armed forces or to
work in vital war industries and
the membership has suffered.
With this view in mind the pres
ent limited membership has prom
ised that they will do all in their
power to have a 100 per cent at
tendance at the breakfast.
In a real surprise the club held
a surprise silver tea in honor of
the moderator, Father Nicholas
Quinlan, who on the twenty-first
of the month will celebrate the
tenth anniversary of his ordina
tion to the priesthood. Over three
hundred members of the parish
attended and it was proclaimed a
real success.
Each and every member of the
club was happy to be able to take
part in an event of this type.
During his stay at St. Anthony’s
his work has been steady and un
tiring and to all in trouble either
slight or serious Father Quinlan
has been,, ever willing to offer a
helping hand. The club and all
who know Father Quinlan wish
him many more happy anniver
saries and all trust that he will
live to celebrate many, many more
happy anniversaries. “May God
Bless you Father, and may the
future years to come be success
ful, happy, and filled with the
Blessings of the Almighty.”
The softball team has not been
so successful during the present
season. Truthfully speaking the
team is still looking for the initial
victory. In defeat as well as in
victory the team tried and that is
all that counts. Perhaps the loss
of the gajnes can be attributed to
the fact that many of the former
members are in the service.
As The Bulletin goes to press,
an announcement comes that the
coming Sunday finds the St. An
thony's Parish entertaining the
boys in the service at Columbian
Hall. During the past two cele
brations the St. Anthony's Parish
led in the number being present.
The girls of the Parish have at
tended in large numbers and all
seem to do all in their power to
make these affairs a success.
The membership of the club
needs a bolstering and each mem
ber has promised to get as many
new members as possible.
The club extends a vote of
thanks to the Immaculate Concep
tion Young People’s Club for the
ideal breakfast given by them at
the quarterly Communion and
breakfast of the Inter-Club Coun
cil.
Members of the Young Ladies’ Sodality of St. Joseph’s Church, in
Macon, entertained men in the service with a “Bunny Hop” on Easter
Monday at the USO—NCCS Club, which was gaily decorated for the
occasion with streamers of lavender and yellow, Easter rabbits, and
spring flowers. The grand march was led by Miss Anina Benedetto
with Leo Devlin. Pictured above are Private James F. Livessey, Miss
Benedetto, Private Cyrie Brightenback, Private Joe Warner, Miss Alice
Cook, Staff Sergeant Michael Mollica, Miss Bernice Rhodes, Miss
Katherine McNelis, Buddy Green, of the U. S. Merchaht Marine, Miss
Chloe Miller.—(Photo by D. M. McLellan, Jr.)
ANNE GILBERT, AUGUSTA,
WINS ESSAY CONTEST
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Anne Gilbert,
a senior at Mount St. Joseph Acad
emy, has been awarded both local
and state prizes for her essay on
“The Influences of the Spanish-
American War as Reflected in Re
cent Attitude of the United States
Toward World Affairs.”
Miss Gilbert, winner of the con
test sponsored by the Department
of Georgia, Auxiliary United Span
ish War Veterans, is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Gilbert.
She is a granddaughter of the late
Thomas S. Gray, for many years
treasurer of the Catholic Lay
men's Association of Georgia.
As the softball season progresses
the Newman Club “A” team is
well ahead of the teams in the
pennant race. All that is needed
is on more victory to cinch the
race and by the time this issue
goes to press the champion of
the race may be decided. Should
the Newman Club win the cham
pionship of the race it will be the
second cqpsecutive year they
have won the title. They entered
th race heavy favorites considering
the fact thatt hey have a member
ship made up chiefly of boys
from Georgia Tech while the other
clubs have few boys to form their
teams.
The members of the Immacu
late Conception Young People's
Club are to be congratulated upon
their breakfast served following
the quarterly communion of the
clubs of the city. With a small
membership the club served a
very tasty and well prepared
breakfast Father Smith pastor of
the Immaculate Conception
Chuich gave a very interesting
account of Catholicity in the city
of Atlanta from the very begin
ning. The Immaculate Concep
tion Church- being the oldest and
mother,. Church of the city was
the first church to initiate the
foundation of the Church today.
His relating of the history of the
church was most interesting.
On the second Sunday of June
the Council will hold their an
nual picnic at the Venetian Club
in Decatur. Last year the picnic
was the highlight of the season
and was such a success that the
members have decided to hold it
on the. second Sunday in June.
Various contests will take place
and a good turnout should be
present.
Reports were made of several
members of the clubs about to
join the armed forces of the
country. Foremost among them
is Warren Owens'who has enlisted
in the Air Corps in the hope of
becoming an Air Cadet. At the
present time he is enjoying a fur
lough but will be called soon.
Warren has done much for the
Inter-Club Council and the mem
bers wish him all the success pos
sible in the Air Corps as one of
the pilots of the huge bombers.
“Good luck to you, Warren and
may you be a credit to your
country and to the Church”. To
all the Catholic boys who may
be called into the service “May
God Bless you and protect you
always”.
AUGUSTA
C. Y. P. A.
This month the C. Y. P. A. of
Augusta had time for nothing but
moving. Our new club building
on Greene Street is now ready and
will be opened formally on June
7, at which time Bishop O'Hara
will be on hand to preside at the
dedication ceremonies.
In the new building, the C. Y.
P. A. will operate under the aus
pices of the National Catholic
Community Service. The N. C.
C. S., as a branch of the United
Service Organization, works for
and with the boys in all branches
of the armed forces. It is our
pleasant duty, as Catholic Youth,
to maintain a homelike atmosphere
in our club, and extend to every
soldier, sailor, and marine, re
gardless of creed, our heartiest in
vitation to come and avail them
selves of the many facilities afford
ed by our new club.
On Monday night, May 11, Msgr.
James Grady, Chancellor of the
Diocese ot Savannah-Atlanta,
spoke before the club members
and urged them to do all they can
to make the boys in the armed
forces feel at home while they are
stationed here in Augusta.
We would like to publicly thank
the Knights of Columbus for let
ting us have the use of their build
ing for the past year. We’ve spent
many happy moments there and it
is with real regret that we leave.
Due to the rationing of gas and
scarcity of tires, it was impossible
to have the picnic planned for this
month, however, we will make ar-
.rangements to have one in the very-
near future.
During 1 he past month, our club
h-s lost two of its most faithful
soldier members. Bill Ryan of
New Jersey, and Howard Yaffa of
Brooklyn, N. Y., both stationed, at
Camp Gordon, left Augusta for
camps in different parts of the
country. Bill has been transferred
to a camp in New Jersey close to
his home town, while Howard has
gone to the Infantry School for
Officers at Fort Benning, Ga. Hats
off to both of them, and even
though they’re gone, they’ll never
be forgotten and will always be
considered a part of the C. Y. P.
A. club in Augusta.
The first aid class is nearly com
pleted and by the time the next
article comes out, we will have
graduated our first class.
In closing, the president, offi
cers, and members of the Augusta
club, wish to extend to every
Catholic youth in Augusta, our in
vitation to join the club, to help
ATLANTA
Blessed Chanel Club
On next Sunday an election will
take place to select an Entertain
ment Chairman. The office hav
ing expired an election is neces
sary tof ind a successor to fill the
shoes of Leo Collette. Leo duripg
his term of office did much to
make his term a success and it is
hoped that his successor will per
form a joy equally as good. Nom
inated for the office are Julian
Hogan, Betty Hayes, and Don Sei
bert. The election will take place
during the very near future. With
the ration of gasoline being in
force the task of planning socials
will be difficult.
Before leaving office Leo re
vealed final plans had been com
pleted for the box supper to take
place at the Venetian Club on May
31st. For the past several weeks
plans have been going on for this
affair and from all indications it
will be well attended.
The Chancelite was. distributed
on Sunday May 17th and this is
sue was dedicated to Lt. Chaplain
Martin J. Barrett, S. M., former
Moderator of the Club. As stated
in the previous issue Father Bar
rett is now stationed as Chaplair,
in the Air Corps in the vast state
of Texas at Camp Harlingen.
The club was happy to have Lt.
Schmuck, and Lt. Holt at the
meeting recently. The grapevine
system reveals that they will soon
leave for service elsewhere. To
both of officers the club wishes
them success and luck at their
new stations. Besides these two
officers many other boys in the
service have been in attendance at
the meetings. An open welcome
awaits them always and the Club
would be happy to see three times
as many boys in service at the fu
ture meetings as now attend.
To all in the service the Club
wishes them -safety and God’s
Blessings.
The softball team still has hopes
of catching the Newman Club.
The race is still close and it is
hoped that the St. Anthony’s team
will dent the Newman club so that
a playoff will be an actuality.
SAVANNAH
Junior C. Y. P. A.
At a meeting of the Catholic
Young People’s Association held
on May 3, at the C. Y. P. A. Hall
Francis Morris was elected presi
dent.
Other officers elected were:
Fred Muller, vice-president; Mary
Osterholtz, treasurer; Mary Keller,
financial secretary; Mary Kenney,
recording secretary, and Fred Ball,
sergeant-at-arms. Patrick Walsh,
Vincent Hymans and Katherine
McKenzie were elected to the
executive board. Miss McKenzie,
former president, serves as direc
tor of the club, which has been
incorporated in the USO-NCCS
recreational service for enlisted
men.
The new officers will be in
stalled at the meeting to be held
on June 7, by the Rev. Joseph W.
Kavanagh, spiritual director of
the club.
SERGEANT STEPHEN CRAIG
was awarded the Jordan F. Brooks
Memorial Medal for being the
best drilled individual in compe
tition with other cadets at the
annual prize drill of the Benedic
tine Military School in Savannah. -
the soldier, and to thereby bring
credit to the fnthrrilw
Georgia.