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JULY 25. 1942
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
ELEVEN
Lieutenant Magrath
Retired Army Nurse
Dies in Charleston
CHARLESTON, S. C. — First
Lieutenant Katherine C. Magrath,
retired chief nurse of the Army
Nurses’ Corps, died here July 18,
funeral services being held from
the Cathedral of St. John the
Baptist, the Rev. John J. McCar
thy officiating.
Born in Charleston in 1882, the
daughter of Patrick J. Magrath
and Mrs. Margaret B. Magrath,
Miss Magrath was graduated in
3902 with the first class of nurses
from St. Francis Xavier Infirmary.
Subsequently she did post-grad
uate work at the Massachusetts
General Hospital in Boston.
Some time after she entered
the Army Nurses’ Corp in 1916,
as a second lieutenant, she be
came a chief nurse with the rank
of first lieutenant. She entered
active sendee at Walter Reed
Hospital in Washingtoli, and was
chief nurse there in less than a
year. She also served in the
same capacity at Plattsburg Bar
racks.
During the World War she or
ganized and took to France Unit
t*8, composed of more than a hun
dred army nurses. In 1919, on
her return to this country, Lieu
tenant Magrath was stationed at
Jackson Barracks, New Orleans,
*>»d at the Army-Navy General
Hospital, Hot Springs, where she
was chief nurse. In 1924 she was
with American forces in China,
3ater serving at Fort Leavenworth,
Kansas, and at Fort McPherson
*n Atlanta.
When she was retired in 193.7
tthe was stationed again at Hot
Springs. Since her retirement
she spent some months in Eu-
rope, returning to this country
with the outbreak of war in 1938.
She is survived by four sisters,
Mrs. T. J. Delaney, Miss Margaret
Magrath and Mrs. C. C. Kana-
paugh, of Charleston, and Miss
Genevieve Magrath, of Columbia,
and several nieces and nephews.
MISS AILEEN DOWLING
FUNERAL IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for Miss Aileen Dowling, who
died on June 26, were held from
the Cathedral of St. John the Bap
tist.
A native of Savannah, Miss Dow
ling had resided in Norfolk for a
number of years, and had return
ed to Savannah several weeks ago.
She was the daughter of William P.
Dowling and Mrs. Josephine Mc
Grath Dowling.
Survivors include a sister, Sis
ter M. Carmelita of the Sisters of
St. Joseph, .Atlanta, and an aunt,
Mrs. Nicholas J. Murphy, of Sa
vannah.
MRS. W. J. WAN DELKEN
FUNERAL IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C.—Funeral
services for Mrs. Rose Harrington
Wan Delken, formerly of Charles
ton, who died in Norfolk on June
19, were held from St. Mary’s
Church.
Mrs. Wan Delken was the daugh
ter of James Harrington and Mrs.
Mary O’Brien Harrington, of
Charleston. She is survived by
her husband, William J. Wan Del
ken: a daughter, Virginia Wan
Delkin, of Norfolk; a brother, John
J. Harrington, and three sisters,
Mrs. J. R. Ward and 'Mrs. Harry
Sampson, both of Charleston, and
Mrs. L. B. O’Connor, of Meg-
gett.
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MRS. WILLIAM A. BARRY
FUNERAL IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. Kate Dillon Barry,
who died on July 1, were held from
the Blessed Sacrament Church.
Mrs. Barry, a native of Savan
nah. is survived by her husband,
William A. Barry; two daughters,
Mrs. W. J. Recking, Houston,
Texas, and Mrs. J. L. Thomson;
two sons, W. A. Barry, Jr., Bir
mingham, and M. Dillon Barry,
Savannah; a sister, Mrs. A. j.
Ryan. Savannah; and two brothers,
Joseph Dillon, Savannah, and
John Dillon, Birmingham.
MISS KATHERINE O’CONNOR
FUNERAL IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for Miss Katherine Holden
O'Connor, who died July 8, were
held from the Cathedral of St.
John the Baptist.
She is survived by two sisters,
Mrs. Margaret H. Cash and Miss
Elizabeth O'Connor; a brother.
Edward F. O'Connor, and several
nieces and nephews.
MEMBER OF AUGUSTA
COLORED PARISH DIES
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Funeral servi
ces for Mathew Scott, who died
on June 29, were held from the
Immaculate Conception Church,
the Rev. George Laugel, S. M. A.,
officiating.
Malthew Scott, one of Augusta's
most respected Colored citizens,
was a well known building contrac
tor. He was a devoted member of
the Immaculate Conception parish
and active in the Colored Catholic
Laymen s League. He is survived
by his wife, Elizabeth Scott, one
daughter, one sister, one brother
and a number of other relatives.
(Special to The Bulletin)
WAYNESV1LLE, N. C.—Catho
lie street preaching made its de
but in western North Carolina
this summer with four members
of the Evidence Guild of Rosary
College for Girls, River Forest,
111., expounding the principles of
their Faith from a platform at the
rear of a station wagon.
Traveling in the station wagon
with two sisters of the college
faculty, the young women set up
their public address systems in
centrally located areas of Canton,
Waynesville, Sylva, Bryson City,
Cherokee, Robbinsville, H i g h-
lands, Franklin and Haynesville,
all within the boundaries of St.
John’s mission, which comprises
the eight western counties of the
State.
A three-evening stand at Hayes-
ville was the last In the four-week
circuit and the students have now
returned to their homes up north,
leaving a clearer picture of Catho
licism behind them and taking
back a better understanding of
their neighbors in the Southern
Appalachians.
Rosary college organized its
class for Catholic evidence train
ing eight years ago and for the
seven summers preceding 1942 a
group of students has carried the
message of the Church into Okla
homa.
The group of speakers sent to
North Carolina this summer in
cluded: Lucille Burke of Oak
Park, 111.; Carol Comri<? of Fargo.
N. Dak.; Mary McDermott of Cin
cinnati, Ohio, and Betty Ryan of
Chicago, 111. The Dominican nuns
who accompanied them were Sis
ter Mary Aurelia, O. P.. Ph. D„
and Sister Mary Odilo, O. P., M.
Mus.
Lively question and answer
periods were conducted at the con
clusion of each evening's program.
Excellently presented talks were
made on such subjects as The
Bible, The Divinity of Christ, Con
fession, Prayer, Purgatory, The
Blessed Virgin, and the Life of
Our Lord.
The nine towns in which the
members of the Catholic Evidence
Guild spoke are located in the
eight counties of western North
Carolina that are included in the
vast mission territory of St. John's
Church, Waynesville, where the
Rev. Ambrose Rohrbacher is pas
tor. Until last year there was no
Catholic Church in the area in
which 3,000 non-Catbolic churches
were located.
MISS CAROL COMRIE AND
MISS BETTY RYAN are pictured
standing on the back of a station
wagon, lecturing to one of the
many large and attentive crowds
which turned out to hear the talent
ed young women who with two
other classmates and two Domini
can nuns, from Rosary College,
River Forest, III., held Catholic
Evidence meetings throughout
Western North Carolina daily for
the last four weeks.
'THOMAS F. MAGUIRE
| DIES IN RALEIGH
RALEIGH, N. C.—Funeral ser
vices for Thomas F. Maguire , who
died on July 18, were held from
the Cathedral of the Sacred
Heart, the Rev. J. Lennox Federal
officiating.
Mr. Maguire was born in 1863
in Halifax County, the son of D.
J. Maguire and Mrs. Frances Fer
rell Maguire. He was educated
at St. Joseph’s College, Baltimore.
He was married in 1886 to Miss
Helen Margaret Lavender of
Pleasant Hill Plantation, Halifax
County. He came to Raleigh in
1920 and had been connected with
the office of the Wake County
Auditor.
He is survived by his widow;
two daughters, Mrs. John Harri
son Parton, Columbia, C. C., and
Mrs. Henry F. M. Foley, Raleigh;
a sister, Madame Claire Agnes,
of the Ursuline Convent, Colum
bia. His son, T. F. Maguire Jr.,
died in 1939.
NORTH CAROLINA PRIEST
LECTURES AT UNIVERSITY
CHAPEL HILL, N. C. — The
Rev. Jerome Hickey, assistant pas
tor of the Sacred Heart Cathedral
in Raleigh, delivered a lecture on
the fundamentals of Gregorian
Chant at the University of North
Carolina here on July 25. Among
those present were Dr. Hayden,
Dean of Music at the University,
and many students. The lecture
was followed by the playing of a
record of the Mass, sung in Greg
orian Chant.
MISS LUCILLE BURKE, of
Oak Park, III., is heard by eager
crowds as she tells the story of the
Catholic Church to a group in
Western North Carolina, where
four students of Rosary College.
River Forest, III., have been hold
ing Catholic Evidence Guild meet
ings daily for the last four weeks.
The meetings were held under the
auspices of St. John's Mission, at
Waynesville, where the Rev. Am
brose Rohrbacher is pastor of a
parish that embraces 3,500 square
miles of scenic Western North
Carolina. ’
A RECENT DECREE of the
Sacred Congregation of Rites con
stitutes a new public and official
homage to the Saints who have
occupied the See of Peter. The
document states that His Holiness
Pope Pius XII has instituted a
new “Common for the Feast of
the Soverign-Pontiff Saints’’ and
has instructed the Congregation
to prepare the corresponding vari-
M.ions for (he Breviary and Missal.
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MISS ELIZABETH GRISWOLD
FUNERAL IN GOLDSBORO
GOLDSBORO, N. C.—Funeral
services for Miss Elizabeth Gris
wold, who died on July 15, were
held, from St. Mary’a Church, the
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Arthur R. Free
man, P. A., a former pastor of St.
Mary’s, offering the Requiem
Mass.
The Rev. F. J. Gorman, pastor
of St. Mary’s was deacon; the Rev.
H. P. Kennedy, assistant pastor,
was sub-deacon, and the Rev.
Charles J. O’Connor, of Wilson,
was present in the sanctuary.
Miss Griswold was born in
Goldsboro and was a member of
a prominent family. Her parents
were the late Collier J. Griswold
and Mrs. Mary Bryan Griswold.
Miss Griswold had been connect
ed with H. Weil and Brothers and
lately had served as head of the
interior decorating department.
She is survived by three neph
ews, Collier J. Griswold, Raleigh,
Comdr. William Griswold, U. S.
N., and Richard Griswold, and the
following grand-nieces and grand
nephews, Richard F. Griswold Jr„
William Griswold Jr., Collier J.
Griswold, III, Mies Sallie Gris
wold and Miss Mary Griswold.
MRS. PATRICK CLARKIN
FUNERAL IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C.—Funeral
services for Mrs. Mary J. Keenan
Clarkin, who died here on June
21, were held from Our Lady of
Mercy Church, the Rev. A. A
Plikunas officiating.
Mrs. Clarkin is survived by her
husband, Patrick R. Clarkin; two
sons, John Robert Clarkin and
James A. Clarkin, both of Charles
ton; four daughters, Mrs. W. P.
Camp, Mrs. L. H. Bennett, both of
Charleston, Mrs. W. A. Turner, of
Baltimore, and Mrs. Harry Karten,
of Perth Amboy. N. J.. nine
grandchildren and two great
grandchildren.
MRS. VICTOR ANDERSON
DIES IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C. Funeral
services for Mrs. Laura McNa
mara Anderson, who died on June
19, were held from St. Mary's
Church, the Rev. John Steigner
officiating.
Mrs. Anderson, the widow of
Victor Lawrence Anderson, is sur
vived by two daughters, Mrs. T.
Willard Anderson and Miss Mary
Louise Anderson; two sons, Victor
Lawrence Anderson and George
Snyder Anderson; and three grand
children, all of Charleston; a sis
ter, Mrs. Frank Miller, of Phila
delphia, and a brother. James Mc
Namara, Duluth, Minn,
MISS MARY C. SKERRITT
FUNERAL IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C.—Funeral
services for Miss Mary C. Skerritt,
who died July 3, were held from
the Cathedral of St. John the Bap
tist, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. James J.
May officiating.
Miss Skerritt was a native ©!
Charleston, a daughter of the laU
Henry Edward Skerritt. of Ire
land. and Mrs. Bridget Ann Col
lins Skerritt, of Charleston.
Surviving are a sister, Mrs.
Frances Skerritt Lewis: tw«
nephews, Joseph B. Lewis an*
Henry Edward Lewis; three ni. ees,
Mrs. J. H. Oliver. Mrs. V. R.
Jacobs, and Miss Mary Lewis.