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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. College Girls Bring Message of Catholic Church to Remote Western North Carolina Regions Raymond Bloomfield Secretary Catholic Funeral Director Sam Greenberg & Go. 274 Ivy Street, N. E. Phone Walnut 7909 ATLANTA. GA. Crescent Laundry Company Up-to-Daie Laundry Work, Dry Cleaning and Dyeing 519 SeemHl St. Phone* 1*—I! MACON. GA. Ovt-of-town work done mm _ short notice. 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. Hotel DeSoto Savannah. Georgia The General Oglethorpe On Romantic Wilmington Island Fifteen Minutes From the Ciiv A TRIUMVIRATE OF FINE HOTELS AT DeSoto Beach Hotel \ YOUR SERVICE On the Broad Atlantic Ocean j Savannah Beach -J Convenient Train, and Bu.es Make Savannah Your Logical Vacation H?j Schedules Bet ween the City and These Resort Hotels Obviate the Necessity of Brm ging Your Car. YOUR BEST WAY TO GET OCCASIONAL REST FROM WAR WORK J. B. POUND, President CHAS. G. DAY, Vice-President and General Manager The Seminole, Jacksonville H.M. The Patten, Chattanooga. 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.