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TWENTY 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. Paints Cement Lime Plaster Wood Lath Metal Lath Plaster Board Asbestos Shingles W. J. 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