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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC L AYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
JUNE 27, 1942
Savannah Radio
Program Marks
5th Anniversary
SAVANNAH, Ga — On May " 30,
1937 the Savannah Catholic Pro
gram was inaugurated over Sta
tion WTOC in Savannah at the
request of His Excellency, the
Most Reverend Gerald P. O'Hara,
Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta. in
the initial talk given by Bishop
O’Hara the aims and objects of
the program were outlined; this
was the beginning and the in
spiration of a series of Catholic
programs that has continued un
interruptedly for the past five
years.
On Sunday, May 31, 1942, the
familiar voice of Hugh H. Grady,
Jr., announced that the Savannah
Catholic Program would begin its
sixth consecutive year on the air.
From its inception in 1937 the
Savannah Catholic- Program has
been broadcast every Sunday with
out exception and has achieved
the excellent results hoped for in
the first broadcast in 1937. The
numerous letters of praise and
commendation which have been
received from interested and ap
preciative listeners are indicative
of the wide-spread favorable re
ception of the program.
The broadcasts under the super
vision of Bishop O’Hara have been
sponsored by the Savannah Coun
cil of the Knights of Columbus
and the Cathedral of St. John the
Baptist. The kindly and learned
manner in which the various topics
have been discussed and the i'.iver-
sity of subjects treated have made
the program one of the oustanding
religious broadcasts in this sec
tion. In the talks which have been
presented over the air the various
speakers have endeavored to ex
plain and clarify the Church’s at
titude not only on religious ques
tions but on al topics in the field
of human experience. The speak
ers on the program have included
Bishops, Priests, Brothers, laymen
and lay-women and high school
students. The broadcasts have
been characterized by a spirit of
charity and fraternity, and besides
the Church and her dogmas and
her missions, have included ques
tions in the field of philosophy,
sociology, education, industry,
governmet and allied interesting
topics. During the past five;
years numerous requests for
copies of the talks have been re
ceived and acknowledged.
The anniversary speaker was
Father Robert Brennan,. O. S. B.,
Chaplain of the Savannah Coun
cil, Knights of Columbus, and
member of the faculty of Benedic
tine High School in Savannah.
Father Brennan frequently deliver
ed talks during the past years and
in his anniversary address voiced
the gratitude of the sponsors to
those who were responsible for
the continued success of the pro
gram, particularly to radio station
WTOC, its owners and its staff,
for their generous support and co
operation and expressed the de
termination of the sponsors to
render even greater efforts in the
future.
The splendid record of achieve
ment of the- Savannah Catholic
Program is due almost entirely to
Hugh H. Grady, Jr., well-known,
outstanding Catholic layman of
Savannah. Mr. Grady has an
nounced almost every program,
beginning with the first broadcast
in 1937. With meticulous care and
unerring judgement he has ar
ranged the programs, selected
speakers, prepared topics, raised
funds, advertised the broadcasts
and on numerous occasions trans
ported the members of the cast to
and from the radio station. Due
to his constant interest and tire
less efforts the Savannah Cath
olic Program has become well-
known among listeners of all class
es and creeds and has elicited
much praise for its high standard
of dignity and excellence. Sel
dom, if ever, during the entire
series in the past five years has
Mr. Grady’s name been mentioned
over the air but his familiar
“Good morning, Ladies and Gen
tlemen; this the Savannah Cath
olic Program” identifies him as
the moving spirit and guilding pat
ron of the broadcasts. At its re
cent meeting the Savannah Coun
cil of the Knights of Columbus ex
pressed appreciation and gratitude
to their Brother Knight, Mr.
NAVY SCHOOL GRADUATE
(Macon Telegraph photo)
JOHN FRANCIS ADAMS, of
Macon, having completed, his ap
prentice seamanship training and
qualifying for a rating of radio
electrician 3d class in five months,
was graduated from the Navy ser
vice school at Norfolk, Va., on
May 27. Young Adams, who is a
son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Le-
Hardy Adams, left Macon on last
December 17, to enter the Naval
Training Station at Norfolk. The
young radioman expects to be de
tailed with the fleet for active
duty at an early date.
BISHOPS GIVE SITE FOR
COLORED BOY SCOUT
CAMP NEAR SAVANNAH
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga.—The Most
Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara, D. D., J.
U. D., Bishop of Savannah, and
the Most Rev. Bernard J. Shiel,
D. D., Auxiliary Bishop of Chi
cago, and director of Catholic
Youth Organizations, have donated
32 acres of timber land of the
Little Ogeechee River to the
Coastal Empire Council, Boy
Scouts of America for the de
velopment of the Negro scouting
program, according to announce
ment made by William E. Dun
ham, chairman of the committee
on inter-racial activity of the
council.
. The property is a personal gift
from the two Bishops. The acre
age is 12 miles from Savannah on
the Ogeechee Road, in what is
known as the old Mendel-Wessels
tract, a Negro subdivision. It is
splendidly timbered, lying be
tween the intersection of the
Ogeechee Road and Cohen- Ave
nue and the Little Ogeechee
River. The property will be im
mediately improved and a camp
operated there this summer.
Some time ago the Very Rev.
Msgr. James J. Grady, chancellor
of the Diocese of Savannah-At
lanta, who was interested in
Troop 150, sponsored by St. Bene
dict’s Holy Name Society, held a
conference with Bishop O’Hara
and Bishop Shiel, with the result
that the prelates decided to make
an outright gift of a 'suitable camp
site so that the obstacle in the
way of the expansion of the scout-
program might be overcome.
St. Vincent Academy
Savannah, Graduates
Receive Diplomas
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Twenty-
five seniors received their di
plomas at the commencement ex
ercises of St. Vincent Academy
held with impressive ceremony at
the Cathedral of St. John the Bap
tist on June 3, with the Most Rev.
Gerald P. O’Hara, D. D„ J. U. D„
Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta, pre
siding.
Members of the graduating class
were Misses Martha Anne Bradley,
Margaret Ellen Burnett, Dorothy
Agnes Cartwright, Catherine Eliza
beth Coyle, Josephine Elizabeth
Cronk, Anne Louise Domingue,
Phyllis Eleanor Doyle, Anne Lu
cille Elliott, Mary Eleanor Fer
raro, Mary Catherine Gleason,
Clinton Marie Gross, John Hill
Harty, Sophie Carolyn Hosti, Mary
Anne Kelly, Stella Marie Lyons,
Mary Pauline Mallard, Emmie
Beatrice Owen, Mary Elizabeth
Pauline Mallard, Emmie Beatrice
Owen, Mary Elizabeth Paul, Mar
garet Persse, Mary Claire Ronan,
Gertrude Elliott Roughen, Edith
Mary Rice, Patricia Franqes Smith,
Rita Anne Trapani and Agnes
Frances Warner.
Honor students for the four
years of high school were Stella
Marie Lyons, Margaret Persse,
Rita Anne Trapani, Mary Claire
Ronan, and Dorothy Agnes Cart
wright. Two year scholarships -to
Armstrong Junior College were
awarded as the result of competi
tive examination to Stella Marie
Lyons and Margaret Persse.
Commissioned
SACRED HEART SCHOOL,
SAVANNAH, HOLDS
CLOSING EXERCISES
LT. JOSEPH K. BENEDETTO, a
recent graduate of the U. S. Army
Air Corps school at Scott Field,
Illinois, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
A. A. Benedetto, prominent mem
bers of St. Joseph’s parish, Macon,
Georgia, was recently commision-
ed a radio communications officer.
—Warlick photo-Courtesy of The
Macon Telegraph).
Honor students of the junior
class were Nancy Barragan, Helen
McGreevy, Margaret Ganem, Mary
Louise Brady, Claire Davis, Mar
guerite Pinckney, Joy McGinn and
Virginia Fogarty. Honor students
of the sophomore class were Pa
tricia Persse, Janet Spillane, Bet
ty Jean Ogilvie, Jane Mulherin,
Jean Summerlin, Eleanor Blake,
Frances Stemberger and Ann
Mooney. Honor students of the
freshman class were Jane Joyce,
Betty Holland, Helen DeVere,
Catherine Evans and Edna Casey.
Grady, for the excellent and effi
cient service rendered during the
past five years..
MISS JANET SPILLANE,
STUDENT AT ST. VINCENT
WINS HONORS FOR ESSAYS
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Miss Janet
Spillane, daughter of Mr. and’ Mrs.
Thomas Spillane, of Savannah, and
a sophomore at St. Vincent Acad
emy, was awarded the second prize
in a nationwide competition spon
sored by the Ladies’ Auxiliary of
the Ancient Order of Hibernians,
in their National Irish History
Contest. The subject of essay was
“The New Irish Constitution.”
Miss Spillane also won national,
state, and local awards in an es
say contest sponsored by the Am
erican Legion.
Miss Margaret Persse, a senior
at St. Vincent, was awarded a cash
prize by the State Board of the
Auxiliary of the 'A. O. H. for her
essay on “The New Irish Constitu
tion.”
Extraordinary Haroism
of Catholic Chaplain
Revealed in Citation
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Closing ex
ercises of the Sacred Heart School
were held on June 5, the Most Rev.
Gerald P. O’Hara, D. D., J. U. D.,
Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta, being
assisted in presenting diplomas by
the Very Rev. Boniface Bauer, O.
S. B., pastor of the Sacred Heart
Church.
Misses Sara Louise Bullard,
Mary Ann DuPont, Patricia Dug
gan, Honora Hilburn, Mary Ellen
Hardy, Josephine Kenny, Marie
Langford, Mary Masterpolis, Anne
Meighen, Rose Meighen, Dorothy
Rodewalt, Dorothy Shae, Mary Uf-
fleman, Ann Ware, Patricia White,
and James Brinson, Tanner Elmore
and Charles Williamson receiving
diplomas.
Members of the graduating class
were entertained at a breakfast
at which special guests were the
Rev. Aloysius Wachter, O. S. B. f
the Rev. Peter Trizzino, O. S. B.,
the Rev. Daniel J. Bourke, Miss
Margaret Steeg and Mrs. James
Gross. James Brinson was toast
master and speakers included Jo
sephine Kenny, Ann Ware, Mary
Ann DuPont, Mary Ellen Hardy,
Patricia White and Anne Meighen.
The breakfast followed a special
Mass celebrated by Father Boni
face at the Sacred Heart Church.
GERALD RICHARD CASEY,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Casey,
of Augusta, was among those grad
uating from the high school de
partment of St. Bernard’s College,
Cullman, Alabama.
WASHINGTON. — The extra
ordinary heroism of a Catholic
Chaplain who maintained the high
est tradition of the Chaplain Corps
of the United States Army is re
vealed in the detailed account re
corded in the official citation
which accompanied the award of
the Distinguished Service Cross to
Father Joseph Verbis LaFleur,
Lieutenant Chaplain, U. S. A. Be
fore entering Army service in July,
1941, he was stationed at the
Church of St. Mary Magdalene,
Abbeville, La.
Awarded the decoration in Feb
ruary, the official text of the cita
tion has just been released by the
War Department. It follows:
“During the initial bombardment
of Clark Field. Pampanga, P. I.,
on December 8. 1941, in which
more than 150 airplanes participat
ed, and which lasted for one hour
and thirty minutes, Chaplain La
Fleur went calmly among the
wounded and dying administering
religious comfort and solace, as
well as assisting in their removal
to shelters and to the hospital.
“This continuous service during
the intensive attacks of the enemy
dive bombers and strafing air
planes, under such exposed condi
tions, when the taking of shelter
would not have caused censure, set
an example of heroic conduct un
der combat conditions such as to
endear this non-combatant to the
entire command and is consistent
with the highest tradition for such
personnel.”
OPELOUSAS, La. — The Rev.
Joseph Verbis Lafleur, chaplain, is
listed among those missing in the
Philippine Islands, the War De
partment has informed his mother,
Mrs. Agatha Dupre Lafleur here.
The communication said the Gov
ernment has not received a list of
those held prisoners by the Japa
nese since the-'fall of Corregidor,
so there is a possibility Father La
fleur is alive.
SACRED HEART P. T. A.
HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING
SAVANNAH, Ga. — The entire
staff of officers of the Parent-
Teacher At jociation of the Sacred
Heart School was re-elected as a
meeting held on June 3, and the
following officers will serve again
for the coming year: Mrs. James
G. Nusslein, president; Mrs. A. J.
Schano, vice-president; Mrs. Leo
P. Flanagan, second vice-president;
Mrs. D. W. DuPont, recording sec
retary; Mrs. H. F. Conneff, cor
responding secretary; Mrs. E. A.
Scanlon, financial secretary, Mrs.
William E. Kavanaugh, treasurer.
The nominating committee was
composed of Mrs. John Ryan,
chairman, Mrs. Frank O’Donnell
and Mrs. Arthur Kearney.
Anderson Altar Boy
Wins Citizenship Medal
Anderson, S. C. — John Friend,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred A.
Friend. • was the winner of the
Good Citizenship Medal awarded
by the Cateechee Chapter of the
Daughters of the American Revo
lution, in the sixth grade of the
North Fant Street School.
Following the vote of the teach
ers, young Friend was chosen for
his honor because of his qualities
of loyalty, honesty, thrift, courtesy,
industry, cooperation and sports
manship. The presentation was
made by A. H. Fort, principal of
the school.
John and his two brothers,
James and Francis, are altar boys
at St. Joseph’s Church in Ander
son.
JOSEPH STASNEY, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Otto Stasney, received a
special award for sale of War Sav
ings Bonds and Stamps, the pre
sentation being made by E. S.
Haley, Civilian Defense Chairman,
at a meeting held at the State The
ater in Anderson. S. C.
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