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EIGHTEEN THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA JUNE 27. 1942 ■ T ^ SF <F SF * T'"FF - CATHOLIC YOUTH ORGANIZATION NEWS RECREATIONAL SOCIAL SPIRITUAL CULTURAL 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 ATLANTA St. Anthony’s Club Following the annual Commun ion breakfast of the club, the an nual club picnic, and the picnic of the Inter-club Council, the members are resting for a short time. Fifty members, both old and new were present for the annual Com munion and breakfast which fol lowed. Each year this affair is more or less the climax to the spring socials. To all of the Com mittee ,to Monsignor Croke, and to the ladies of Parish for their contribution in making this affair so successful, the club offers its thanks. The annual picnic of the club was held on the afternoon of .the annual breakfast at the McGowan estate and more than thirty mem bers of the club thoroughly en joyed it to the utmost. As the sun was seting after a day of boat ing, swimming, tennis, and bad minton the club boarded their means of conveyance which hap pened to be a truck and made their way back to Atlanta. A vote of thanks go to the McGowan Fam ily for their permission to hold the picnic at their beautiful estate. The yearly picnic of the Inter club Council took place at the Venetian Club in Decatur and about twenty-five members on a threatening day of half sunshine and cloudiness spreadout the box lunches and enjoyed their “Chow” to the utmost. Besides the mem bers of the clubs of the city sev eral of the boys in service from Conley were present. During the month of August another picnic will take place at the Venetian Club. • The girls of the Club have been asked to turn into Mrs. Camp bell their names if they are inter ested in securing tickets of identi fication to the Columbian Hall on Saturday nights and Sunday after noons. A new set of cards are be ing issued and the names of all Catholic girls in the city of At lanta who are interested are re quested to be sent to the chairman. The club regrets the loss of the “Flying Wisconsin Dutchman” Tony Rubner. who has left for Baltimore to take part in defense work. Tony during his short time in the club won himself a host of At Dedication of New C. Y. O. Center in Augusta The Most Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara, Bishop of S avannah-Atlanta, is pictured with officers of the Catholic Young’People’s Association in Augusta upon the occasion of the dedication of the new C. Y. O. Center on Greene Street. Seated, left to right: the Rev. Thomas A. Brennan, moderator; Bishop O'Hara: Thomas Toomey, president; Miss Regina Ward, vice-president. Standing, left to right: Bernard Doris, sergeant-at-arms.; Miss M. Lyons, executive committee member; Miss Edith Loyal, secretary; Miss Marian Arthur, treasurer; Sergeant'Charles Holmes, executive committee.—(Augusta Herald Photo by Frank Christian.) ; ROME Sancta Maria Club AUGUSTA C. Y. P. A. The beautiful month of May brings the interesting and some times very lively election of offi cers. This is one event which creates much interest and the at tendance is always close to one- hundred percent. The election this year w'as in the form of a dinner and party. The affair was held at the beauti ful Greystone Hotel. Following the dinner Miss Lucile Pappalardo retiring president, presided and proceeded to introduce the new officers. Under the heading of new business Miss Hubbard the president-elect took over the chair and stated her plans for the com ing year. She thanked the re tiring officers and stated that the club could complement themselves . on the fine work accomplished friends and one especially misses duri the past year . The out- kim r!Art«T liiplr tn vaii Tnnv and . >< ■ l him. Good luck to you, Tony and may your time there be short and successful. The month of June is one of graduations and weddings. There being no weddings but many gra duations, the club extends its con gratulations to q'l the graduates of the various schools, in the next issue of the Bulletin a list of the graduates will be published. To all of you a beautiful bouquet of roses for a future life of success. Hubert Phillips the very popu lar Vice President of the Club has passed the test and physical ex amination for the Naval Reserve Flying School and will leave for school during the month of August. Plans for a hayride during the early part of July have been dis cussed and will be completed dur ing the next few days. Will it be a truck or a couple of mules that is the part to be decided upon by the committee in charge. ATLANTA Blessed Chanel Club ITHACA PRIEST NAMED NATIONAL CHAPLAIN OF NEWMAN FEDERATION (By N. C. W.C. News Service) WASHINGTON—The Rev. Don ald M. Cleary, of Ithaca, N. Y„ has been appointed National Chaplain of the Newman Club Federation for the coming year. standing event of the year just completed was the convention of the Laymen held in Rome in which more than two-hundred and fifty young people took part. The most optimistic outlook for that convention was about fifty young people. Much to the surprise of all, following much hard work on the part of all the attendance of the young people made the con vention one huge success. With that in mind the incoming offi cers will have to do much to sur prise the record of those retiring as officers. Father Grady was high in the praise of the good work the club as a whole had accomplished and asked that this be only a begin ning for greater things in the year to come. He outlined a complete program and asked that it be fol lowed out. and should conditions so warrant, changes could be made which would make the pro gram effective and successful. The long table appointed for the dinner was decorated with a centerpiece of pastel sv^etpeas and small bouquets attached to the place cards carried out the club colors of blue and white. Covers were placed for Misses Lucille Pappalardo, Kathleen Yar brough. Alice Corbitt, Dorothy Hubbard. Father Grady. This past month has been a very busy one. for the Augusta - C. Y. P. A. The members have worked hard getting the new building in readi ness for the opening and dedica tion which took place on Sunday, June 7th. The -building was bless ed and dedicated preceding the Low Mass which was officated by the Most Rev. Gerald P. O'Hara, D. D., J. U. D., Bishop of Savan- nah-Atlanta. Bishop O'Hara gave a most enlightening and inspiring sermon in which he explained that the possession of Sanctifying Grace is the real meaning of the Essence of Christian Religion. Immediately following this a Communion Break fast was served. Open House was held in the new building during the afternoon. This was attended by a very large group of friends and acquaintances of the club members. During this very busy month, the club has elected new officers and also, the president has appoint ed chairmen of the various com mittees which have been estab lished for the promotion of club activity. These cpmmittees are al ready functioning and chairmen will make reports at the next busi ness meeting. Father Dougherty has announc ed that the Study Club will be dis continued for the Summer months. Father’s faithful and untiring ef forts are greatly appreciated, and we eagerly await the re-opening of his Study Club next Fall. Father Morris is planning a Dra matic Club and all members in terested in taking part are asked to sign up at the club. We are happy to report that there was a 100 per cent passing for the girls completing the Red Cross First Aid Course. Thanks girls, you are a real credit to the club, and we appreciate your ef forts and loyalty. At present a picnic at Ascauga Lake is being planned, but we will have to wait for next month's is sue to tell you just what happened. Following much talk and ru mors the question of whether to abandon the club for the summer was brought to a head and it was decided not to abandon the club meetings but to continue them. A number of suggestions and changes was suggested and some of them will be followed out which will result in more harmony and cooperation among the mem bers. Several new officers were selected to replace those who could not or did not take an ac tive part in the workings of the club. Eleanor Brooks is the new secretary, replacing Carolyn Har rington who could not attend the meetings on Sunday mornings. The following chairmen were appointed. Jim Moore, athletic; Ed Wilson, breakfast; Editor of Chanelite, Helen Fowler; Don Seibert, entertainment; Executive Chairman, Joe Arban; Inter-club Council, Peggy Taylor; and mem bership committee, Alice Danziel and Julian Hogan. Ed Wilson is in charge of the quarterly Communion breakfast of the Inter-club Council an nounced that he had begun plans for that affair and w-ould have more information on this at the SAVANNAH Junior C. Y. P. A. New officers of the Catholic Young People’s Asociation were installed at a meeting held in the main auditorium of the Asso ciation building on June 21, by the Rev. Joseph W. Kavanagh, spirit ual director of the C. Y. P. A. Miss Kitty McKenzie, outgoing president, presided. Frank Morris, formerly treasur er, was elevated to the office of president, other officers installed being Fred Muller, vice-president; Mary Osterholtz, treasurer; aMry Kenny, secretary; Mary Keller, financial secretary; Fred Bel, Sergeant-at-arms, .and Miss Mc- Pat Walsh and Vincent Hymes, members of the execu tive committee. The installation of Miss Keller as financial secretary marked the ififtlt time she has been re-elect ed to that office. This is a com;- pliment to her ability in handling the finances in view of the fact that the by-laws .allow but. one term in any office. She has beei\ re-elected by unanimous consent of the organization. Plans were discussed at the meeting for converting the large space in the yard for various out door events such as wiener roasts; shrimp suppers and garden par ties. In addition to the plans for outdoor sports there will be other activities, such as dances and en tertainments in tjie : club house. The C. Y. P. A. is an affiliat ed of the USO-NCCS and has an active program for members of the armed forces. ATLANTA Inter-Club Council The Newman Club was crowned champion of the Inter Club soft- ball league. The Newman Club went through the season with only one defeat. This coming at the hands of the Blessed Chanel Club. The Blessed Chanel Club ran a close second to the Newman Club but just could not overtake the two time champs of the softball league. St. Anthony’s failed to win a single game in the league. The Blessed Chanel Club has announced that they will be host at the regular quarterly Commun ion and breakfast of the Atlanta Clubs which will take place at the Sacred Heart Church. It is their aim to make this affair the greatest one thus far and are ask ing for all the clubs to assist them in making it a great success. The secretaries are asked to send their reservations to Miss Eleanor Brooks, Secretary of the Blessed and .Leo prima, Joe Yarbrough Wolestein. The newly elected president S'V. appointed Miss Alice Corbitt as Bubens, George Cato, Julius Di-1 correspondent. 21. An invitation is extended to all the young Catholics of the city of Atlanta to attend, whether a member of any club or not. Send in the name or names to Miss Brooks. Please remember the clos ing date. Chanel Club, 67 Lafayette Drive, next meeting. He hopes to ar- Atlanta, Ga , not later than J uly range the breakfast this year so’"* !i ~ 1 ' that it will be something to be remembered for a long time to come. Don Seibert announced that on July 3rd, a dance would be held at the Columbian Hall for all the members of the Club, the gradu ates of Marist College and Sacred Heart High School. This is otte event in which all the club takes a very active part and the attend ance is large. The members are asked to contact all the members both old and new and have them attend in great numbers. It will be a sport dance and refreshments will be served. Joe Arban will edit the Chane lite this month in the absence of Helen Fowler. Helten is enjoying a well earned vacation in Chicago Joe has called on all the members to do their bit by contributing whatever news, serious or comical, [they may have. This edition is to appear on the first Sunday in July. The Sunday evening get-to gethers have been revived with a result that the interest in Club activities has been brought back to existence and results in more harmony and cooperation. As this article goes to press Helen Dilard will be host to the club. A roll call if it were taken would find few members missing. These meetings will be continued as long as the members keep up the in terest in them. Four members of the club were initiated as members of the Knights of Columbus.