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AUGUST 29, 1942
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA'
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NCCS CLUB AIDS VICTIMS
OF NORTH CAROLINA FLOOD
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
FAYETTEVILLE, N. C. —
Flood waters pouring into colored
residential districts sent a large
number of evacues to the USO
Club operated by the National
Catholic Community Service here
for Colored service men.
More than 160 persons from the
flooded areas poured into the
building late at night and, with
the assistance of Club Director
Joseph Scott, were given sleeping
quarters, first aid, and other tem
porary relief services. USO staff
members worked closely with
community rescue authorities for
the duration of the emergency.
Soldier and civilian helpers aid
ed in the removal of refugees
from flooded homes.
Several young women industrial
workers of Fort Bragg, who were
unable to reach their homes, also
were given lodging.
RED CROSS SEWING ROOM
AT AUGUSTA USO CLUB
AUGUSTA, Ga. — A Red Cross
Sewing Room, sponsored by the
National Council of Catholic Wo
men, has been opened at the USO
Club operated by the National
Catholic Community Service on
Greene Street. The sewing room
will be open on Tuesdays and Fri
days and soldiers can either bring
their garments to be repaired on
the regular days or check them at
any time and return for them
later. The committee in charge
consists of Mrs. Joseph L. Her
man, Mrs. C. C. Stulb and Mrs.
Anne Wallace.
FIFTY THOUSAND copies of a
Polish edition of the Four Gos
pels and the Acts of the Apostles,
together with a small prayerbook,
have been printed by the Vatican
at the express wish of the Holy
Father for distribution among Pol
ish prisoners and refugees, says
Yatican-Radio.
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LAYMEN'S RETREAT
AT VILLA MARIE
SEPTEMBER 11-13
J. G. DUGGAN
Optometrist and Optician
221 Mitchell St., S. W.
WA. 3985 ATLANTA. GA- J
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga.
The eifjith
annual Retreat for the Savannah
Section, sponsored by the Catholic
Laymen's Association of Georgia,
will be held at Villa Marie, near
Savannah, from Friday, Septem
ber 11, to Sunday, September 13.
In addition to the Catholic men
from Savannah who will attend
the Retreat, it is expected that
there will be delegations from Au
gusta, Brunswick, Cordeld, Brook
let and other places. Men in the
armed forces who are stationed
in and near Savannah, who may
be able to obtain furloughs, are
invited to make the Retreat, and
any non-Cat holies who might wish
to attend will be welcome.
Transportation from the city to
Villa Marie will be provided for
those who, because of the gaso
line rationing or other reasons,
have no way of making the trip.
Reservations are now being
made through officers of the Sa
vannah Section of the Laymen’s
Retreat League, or through C. A.
McCarthy, who is chairman of a
special committee from Savannah
Council, Knights of Columbus.
Reservations may be made by
telephone in Savannah by calling
3-7894, through the Laymen’s Re
treat League officers, Mr. Mc
Carthy, or through the office of
the Catholic Laymen's Associa
tion in Augusta.
Officers of the Savannah Sec
tion of the Laymen’s Retreat Lea
gue are A. J. Schano, president;
J. Francis Kelly, first vice-presi
dent; James J. Collins, second
vice-president; Maurice Maynard,
third vice-president, and Lloyd
Saunders, secretary. The Very
Rev. Msgr. James J..Grady is the
Moderator.
SANTO TOMAS UNIVERSITY
in Manila, which has been de
scribed in dispatches by persons
recently released by the Japanese
as the Manila concentration camp
of the Japanese, is the oldest uni
versity under the American flag.
The venerable institution has been
conducted by the Dominican
Fathers. It is stated that the first
American internees arrived at
Santo Thomas January 4.
The memory of James Ryder Randall, author of “Maryland. My
Maryland”, was honored in Augusta. Georgia, in May. 1936, when a'
monument to the poet of the Confederacy, a life-size figure in marble,
was unveiled on Greene street directly in front of the Sacred Heart
Church, where Mr. Randall had been lor years a devout and devoted,
parishioner.
Miss Maryland Randall, of North Augusta, Mr. Randall's daughter;-,
and Miss Ruth Robinson, of Mount Vernon. Ga., his .granddaughter,
unveiled the monument during impressive exercises ~ attc-ded
thousands. Hon. William H. Fleming, whose secretary Mr.
had been when Mr. Fleming was in Congress, presided. The princi
pal address was delivered by Hon. George Hains, solicitor general of
the Superior Court of Richmond County. Others who participated in
the program were the Rev. J. E. O'Donohoe, S. J.. pastor of the
Sacred Heart Church; the Rev. Marvin M. MacFerrin. pastor of the
Greene Street Presbyterian Church; Hon. Richard E. Allen, Jr , Mayor
of Augusta; Mrs. Leroy Hankinson. representing the Augusta Chap
ter, United Daughters of the Confederacy; Mrs. Harry Craig, state
president of the U. D. C.. and the Richmond Academy Band. . |
CAMP GORDON SOLDIERS
ENJOY AN “OLD TIME”
BARBECUE IN AUGUSTA
IN THE MARINES —Louis J.
Maloof, formerly of the New Or
leans Times-Picayline’s news staff
and biographer of Father Abram
J. Ryan, poet priest of the South
ern Confederacy, is now a serge
ant in the U. S. Marine Corps on
duty in Atlanta under Major
Meigs O. Frost, famed World War
I war correspondent and author.
Sergeant Maloof, also a former
Mobile Times reporter, is . an
alumnus of St. Bernard’s College.
Cullman, Ala., and attended
Spring Hill College in Mobile and
the Loyola University school of
journalism in New Orleans. He is
a native of Rome,.where his first
story was published in The Rome
News-Tribune. Sergeant Maloof
has contributed to a large num
ber of newspapers and magazines,
among them The Commonweal,
The Catholic Mirror and Light,
and-he is the author of the widely
published story, “The Little
Martyr.”—(Official USMC Photo.)
...~
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Members of
the Holy Name Society of the 12tii
Regiment of the Fourth Division,
from Camp Gordon, enjoyed a
genuine oldtime Southern barbe
cue dinner at Julian Smith Park
on August 23.
Arrangements for the 'cue were
made by Chaplain Leonard Fries,
and the cooking of the meats,
which began shortly after midnight
was under the supervision of John
McDonald. Jr., well-known
Augusta grocer, and lecturer of
Patrick Walsh Council, K. of C.,
assisted by his father, John W.
McDonald, Sr., who has had long
experience in preparing ’cues.
Chaplain Fries, Chaplain Caje-
tan Sullivan, and the members of
the Holy Name Society were seat
ed at tables in the pavilion, where
they were served by members of
the Catholic Young Peoples As
sociation.
During the afternoon the sol
diers enjoyed swimming in Lake
Olmstead and other sports.
RETREATS FOR COLORED
LAITY HELD IN AUGUSTA
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The Rev.
CHARLESTON CATHEDRAL
N. C. C. W. SPONSORS
DANCE FOR SERVICE MEN
CHARLESTON, S. C.—Members
of the Council of Catholic Women
of the Cathedral parish sponsored
a dance for service men at the
USO Club at George and Meeting
streets on the night of July 25.
The committee in charge included
Mrs. George R. Williams. Mrs; W.
Cyril O'Driscoll, Mrs. James W.
Wallace, Jr., Mrs. Henry G. Con
don. Mrs. Helen Jeffords, Mrs.
Fred Riessler, Mrs. William I. Cor
mier, Mrs. Oliver Goldsmith, Mrs.
F. Lighthart, Mrs. M. P. Con ion
and Mrs. Charles Dennis.
Ambrose Smith, O. P., of St. An
thony's Church. New Orleans,
who has been spending the sum
mer months at the Mission of
Blessed Martin Porres, in Colum
bia. conducted a Retreat for col
ored laywomen at (lie Franciscan
Convent Imre, from Friday eve
ning. Augu*. 21, to Sunday eve
ning, August 23. Some fifty odd
rctreatant* from Augusta. At
lanta and Savannah attending.
Father Smith is also conducting
Bethlehem Rural Center, near Au
gusta, with retreatunts attending
from Augusta and other cities iu
Georgia. This retreat, which began
on Friday, August 28, is being
held under the auspices of the
Colored Catholic Laymen's Lea
gue. with Edgar Matthews
ing as chajrman of the local
mittee.
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