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NOVEMBER 28, 1942
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
ELEVEN
Gamp Croft Soldiers
Honor Christ as King
SPARTANBURG, S. C.—Calling
upon the men in the armed forces
to hold fast to religious principles
to form a strong foundation for
national morale, the Rev. Cor
nelius B. Collins, regional con
sultant of the National Catholic
Community Service, USO, and na
tional director of the confratern
ity of Christian Doctrine, preach
ed to more than 500 Catholic offi
cers and men of Camp Croft at
the Church of St. Paul the Apostle
here, on the Feast of Christ the
King, when he delivered the ser
mon at a High Mass celebrated
by the Rev. Francis O. Ferri, pas
tor of the church.
Music for the Mass was rendered
by a choir of soldiers, under the
direction of Private Richard Os
good, and the children’s choir of
of St. Paul’s Church.
Officers and enlisted men re
ceived Communion at the Mass,
which was followed by two Com
munion breakfasts, one at the
Cleveland Hotel, the other at the
Franklin Hotel, under the auspices
of the Holy Name Societies of the
6th, 7th, 8th and 9th Regiments
from Camp Croft. At both break
fasts the service men were greet
ed by Father Ferri, who intro
duced Franklin P. Dunham, execu
tive director of the USO-NCCS,
principal speaker at • both break
fasts.
Dr. Dunham congratulated Sam
J. Francis, director of the USO-
NCCS Club in Spartanburg, and
Miss Louise Collins, assistant di
rector, for the splendid work be
ing done here for the soldiers sta
tioned at Camp Croft.
Representing Camp Croft, and
also speaking at both breakfasts,
were Colonel George L. Condren,
executive officer, and Major R. W.
Copeland, special service officer at
the post. The breakfast at the
Cleveland Hotel was addressed by
Lieut. Col. Otto Probst, Notre
Dame alumnus, engineering offi
cer at the post, and Father James
Liston, of the Archdiocese of Chi
cago, Catholic chaplain of the 8th
and 9th Regiments. Staff Ser
geant Charles Artzberger, presi
dent of the Holy Name Society of
the 8th and 9th Regiments, was
toastmaster, and Private Bernard
Maher, of New York, known pro
fessionally as Brian O'Mara, the
celebrated Irish tenor, entertained.
At the Franklin Hotel breakfast
the speakers included Captain J.
P. Knight, Father George Ruhl,
of the Archdiocese of Philadel
phia, Chaplain of the 6th and 7th
Regiments, and Master Sergeant
Robert E. Martin, of Headquarters
Company. Corporal Joseph E.
Bums, of Boston, president of the
Holy Name Society of the 7th
Regiment, was toastmaster, and
Private Edward Spellman sang
several selections.
Arrangements for the breakfasts
were made by Patrick J. O’Shea,
of New York; Leonard F. O’Day,
Binghamton, N. Y.; Joseph Bar
ber, Heightstown, N. J.; John P.
Cullen, president of .the Holy
Name Society of the 6th Regi
ment, and Private Daniel J. Healy,
New York.
St, William’s School, Durham
St. William’s School, Durham,
opening of the current school year
Third Order of St. Dominic.
North Carolina, dedicated at the
. is conducted by Sisters of the
CHILDREN OF MARY
SODALITY, SAVANNAH,
RECEIVES ASPIRANTS
SAVANNAH, Ga—At a cere
mony held in the chapel of St.
Vincent’s Academy, the Right
Rev. Msgr. T. James McNamara,
received twenty-nine new aspir
ants into the Children of Mary
Sodality of the Cathedral parish.
Those who were received were:
Nancy' Barr.agah,i. Patty Barragan,
Jean Browne, Marie Coleman,
Marie Arnold, Leonora Browne,
Corinne Brady, Mary Bunger, Bet
ty deBorde, Francfes Desposito,
Jeannette Ferraro, Ann Hahn, l.u-
cile Guild, Eleanor Hawkins, Mary
Agnes Johnson, Mathilde Laird,
Marianna Ledbetter, May Lowen-
thal, Shirley Lodge, Ann Meighen,
Rose Meighen, Mary Miller, Elea
nor Minor, Margaret Mary Mun
son, Josephine Smith, Jane Starrs,
Bettey Stringer, Theresa Furlong
and Agnes Furlong.
SERVICE FLAG BLESSED
AT ST. THOMAS SCHOOL
SAVANNAH, Ga.—A service
flag in tribute to the boys from St.
Thomas Vocational School who are
serving in the armed forces of the
United States, which was present
ed to the school by Samuel N.
Blair, commander of* Chatham
Post, No. 36, American Legion, was
blessed by the Most Rev. Gerald
P. O’Hara, Bishop of Savannah-
Atlanta on the evening of October
30. Twelve boys from St. Thomas
who are attending the Benedictines
Military School acted as a guard
of honor.
WAR SERVICE GROUP
MEETS IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga., — The Rt. Rev.
Msgr. Joseph F. Croke, pastor of
St. Anthony’s Church, and the Rev.
Joseph T. Flynn, C. SS.R., Chap
lain at Lawson General Hospital,
were guests of honor at the lunch
eon meeting of the Catholic War
Service Group held at the Atlanta
Athletic Club on November 8.
Reports from parish chairmen
reveal increased activity in all Red
Cross work, new classes in first
aid, nutrition and home nursing,
and other classes to be formed at
an early date.
Everting Mass at Fort Bragg
Inspires Poem by Convert General
(By N. C. W. C. NEWS SERVICE)
FORT BRAGG, N. C.—Attendance at Evening Mass in a chapel
at the Field Artillery Replacement Training Center here inspired
Brigadier General Henry C. Evans, Assistant Commander, who became
a convert four years ago, to write a poem entitled “The Chapel on the
Hill.”
General Evans, whose home is in Baltimore, served with distinction
in the first World War and received the Distinguished Service Cross
for extraordinary heroism in action. Later he received the Silver
Cross Star for gallantry. He is a frequent attendant at the Evening
Mass.
The text of the poem composed by General Evans follow:
In the peace and quiet of the evening.
After the day of drill,
The soldiers come to Evening Mass
In the Chapel on the Hill.
There the shadows of war are lifted.
As the wooden benches fill
With men seeking strength from Faith and Prayer,
In the Chapel on the Hill.
The flickering candles beckon.
Each kneeling figure is still;
Praying for Grace in the midst of strife,
* In the Chapel on the Hill.
We bow at the Consecration.
As in our hearts we thrill
To His Presence there on the Altar,
In the Chapel on the Hill
Pastor at Durham
MONSIGNOR O’BRIEN
The-Right Rev. Monsignor Wil
liam F. O’Brien, who has served as
pastor of St. Mary’s Church, Dur
ham, North Carolina, for more than
thirty years.
Rocky Mount Honors
Monsignor McNerney
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C — A large
gathering of Catholic clergymen,
including His Excellency the Most
Rev. Eugene J. McGuinness, D. D.,
Bishop of Raleigh, assembled with
scores of residents of Rocky Mount
at Our Lady of Ferpetual Help
Church here to honor the Very
Rev. Monsignor Peter McNerney,
local pastor, who was recently
elevated ,to the dignity of Papal
Chamberlain, with the rank and
title of Very Reverend Monsignor,
by His Holiness Pope Pius XII.
Catholics and Protestants alike
crowded the church for the cere
monies which included a Solemn
High Mass, at Coram Episcopo,
which the sermon was delivered by
the Rev. Adrian Kilker, J. C. D.,
pastor of St. Monica’s Church,
Berwyn, Pa., and former president
judge of the Archdiocesan Court
of Philadelphia, and professor of
Theology at St. Charles Borromeo
Seminary, Overbrook, Pa.
Following the Mass luncheon
was served at the parish school.
More than a score of Catholic
priests from all parts of North
Carolina attended, as did a number
of local Protestant ministers.
Officers of the Mass, which was
celebrated by Monsignor McNer
ney, with Bishop McGuinness pre
siding, were the Rev. Francis
Walsh, C. SS. R., Wilson, arch
priest; the Rev. Henri Blanc, Oteen,
and the Rev. Arthur Racette, Wil
son, deacon of the Mass; the Rev.
Francis Gorham, Goldsboro, sub
deacon, and the Rev. John A.
Brown, of Pinehurst, and the Rev.
Peter M. Denges, Roanoke Rapids,
masters of ceremonies.
Present in the sanctuary were
the Rev. Charles J. O’Connor, Wil
son; the Rev. James J. Noonan,
Leaksville; the Rev. Hugh Ken
nedy, Goldsboro; the Rev. John F.
Renehan, C. SS. R., Newton Grove;
the Rev. Maurice McDonnell, O. S.
B., Charlotte; the Rev. Frank
Howard, Whiteville; the Rev.
Maurice Tew, S. P., Greenville; the
Rev. Joseph Ellison, C. SS. R.,
Wilson; the Rev. James Hudson, S.
P. M., Monroe; the Rev. Michael
Goldrich, O. P., Raleigh; the Rev.
Eugene Livelsberger, Chapel Hill;
the Rev. Timothy Shannon, T. O.
R., Tarboro, and the Rev. Giles
Wade, T. O. R., Tarboro.
MARRIAGES
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CHARLESTON, S. C.—Mrs.
Jeannette Webb Edmund, of Mount
Pleasant and Mr. Stephen Paxson,
Darlington, of Edgefield, were
married on October 24 at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Elliott
Crosland, ‘ the Rt. Rev. Msgr.
James J. May, rector of the Cathe
dral of St. John the Baptist, of
ficiating.
Mrs. Darlington is the daugh
ter of. Capt. and Mrs. Thomas
Franklin Webb, of Mount Pleasant.
Mr. Darlington is the son of Mrs.
Wayne Darlington, of Tarpon
Springs, Fla., and the late Mr.
Darlington.
BECKER-MILLER
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Mr. and
Mrs. Richard E. Miller announce
the marriage of their daughter,
Miss Mary Elizabeth Miller, to
First Sergeant Meldrim R. Becker,
at the Sacred Heart Church, No
vember 8, the Very Rev. Boniface
Bauer, O. S. B., officiating.
BARNETT-TURNER
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MACON, Ga.-—Miss Frances
Ann Turner, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. William Turner, of Bellarie,
L. I., and Corporal Robert Oliver
Barnett, of Macon, were married
on October 5 in the rectory of SS.
Joachim and Ann Church, Queens
Village, L. I., the Rev. Christian
Herchenroder officiating.
Corporal Barnett, son of Mrs.
Mae Barnett, of Macon, is sta
tioned at Camp Jackson, S. C.
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BLEE-HUBER
ATLANTA, Ga.—Mrs. Charles
F. Huber announces the marriage
of her daughter, Miss Caroline Hu
ber, to Mr. William K. Blee, of
Philadelphia and Fort Wayne, Ind..
at the Sacred Heart Church, No
vember 5, the Very Rev. William
J. Lonergan, S. M., officiating.
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LAGRANGE, Ga.—-Miss Clovis
Pauline Gore and Lieutenant John
Thomas Bryant, Jr., of Columbus,
were married on November 7 at
St. Peter’s Church, the Rev.
James Croke officiating.
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PEVEY-PAGANO
SAVANNAH, Ga —Mr. and Mrs.
A. J. Pevey, of Guyton, announce
the marriage of their daughter,
Miss Dorothy Nell Pevey, to Lieut.
R. J. Pagano at the Cathedral of
St. John the Baptist, November 14,
Chaplain Robert Goshorn, of the
Savannah Air Base, officiating.
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RALEIGH, N. C.—Miss Essie
Cavenaugh, of Rosehill, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Macon Cavenaugh,
and Staff Sergeant Frank Anas-
tasio, of Wilmington, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Sam Anastasio, of New
Orleans, were married on Novem
ber 1 at St. Mary’s Church.
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ATLANTA, Ga.—Judge and Mrs.
Alden Richards Wimot announce
the marriage of their daughter.
Miss Elizabeth Marie Wilmot, to
Mr. Frederick Warrington Bull on
October 31, at the Sacred Heart
Church, the Very Rev. William
J. Lonergan, S. M.. officiating. Mr
Bull is the son of Mr. Mary New
comb Bull, of Savannah, and the
late Frederick W. Bull, of New
Jersey.
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COLUMBIA, S. C.—Miss Elean
or Louise Cureton, of Columbia,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
F. Cureton, of Port Deposit, Md.,-
and Staff Sgt. James T. Doran,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J.
Doran, of Cohoes, N. Y., were
married on November 9, in th<
rectory of St. Peter’s Church, the
Rev. Charles J. Baum officiating
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ATLANTA, Ga. — Mr. and Mrs.
C. F. Porter announce the marri
age of their daughter, Miss Helen
Mary Porter,; to Staff Sergeant
Charles T. Gulliford, U. S. Marine
Corps, at the rectory of the Sacred
Heart Church, on November 2.
the Rev. M. A. Collins, S. M., of
ficiating.
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RALEIGH, N. C.—Miss Pearl
Lillian Streb, daughter of Mr.
Bartholomew Streb, Sr., and the
late Mrs. Streb, of Raleigh, and
Lt. Charles Francis Powers, Jr.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fran
cis Powers, of Savannah, Ga.,
were married on November 21 at
the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart,
with a Nuptial Mass, the Very
Rev. Msgr. J. Lennox Federal of
ficiating.
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TENNILLE, Ga. — Miss Rose
mary Muldowney, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. W. Muldowney, of
Pittsburgh, and Sgt. George Wes
ley Crabb, son of Mrs. G. R.
Crabb, of Tennille, were married
on November 8 at St. Patrick’s
Church, Miami Beach, Fla., the
Rev. Frank Dunleavy officiating.
KILBRIDGE-^ANEY
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MACON, Ga.—Mrs. A. G. Laney
announces the marriage of her
daughter. Miss Lydia Mae Laney,
to Sergeant Joseph Kilbridge, of
Philadelphia and Fort Monroe,
Va., at St. Joseph’s rectory, No
vember 21, the Rev. Robert Bry
ant, S. J., officiating.
ABARE-EVERETT
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ATLANTA, Ga.—Mr. and Mrs.
James F. Everett announce the
marriage of their daughter, Miss
Lucia Everett, of Silver Springs,
Md., to Mr. Nicholas Abare, of
Baltimore, on October 17, at the
rectory of St. Michael’s Church,
the Rev. Leo P. McCormich, S. T.
L., Ph. D., officiating.
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ROANOKE, RAPIDS, N. C.—
Miss Elizabeth Gill Witherspoon,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Carson Witherspoon, and Mr. Ed
ward Michael O’Donnell, son of
Mr. and Mrs. John O’Donnell, of
Staunton, Va., were married on
October 24, at the rectory of St.
John's Church, the Rev. Peter M.
Denges officiating.
Spartanburg NCCS Club
Popular During October
SPARTANBURG, S. C—Sam J.
Francis, director of the National
Catholic Community Service oper
ated USO Club here, has com
pleted elaborate plans for the ob
servance of Thanksgiving day.
Observance will begin with a
High Mass to be celebrated at St.
Paul’s Church by the Rev. Francis
O. Ferri, the pastor. Music for the
mass will be sung by the chil
dren’s choir under the direction of
Sister Franfcis Georgia, with Mrs.
Merker at the organ.
After mass breakfast snacks will
be served at the USO-NCCS Club,
and a committee headed by Mrs.
J. E. Dupree, is making arrange
ments for those service men who
desire to enjoy home hospitality.
A tea-dance will be given in the
ballroom of the Cleveland Hotel
during the afternoon, with a 12-
piece orchestra from Camp Croft
furnishing the music. Three hun
dred men from Camp Croft and 100
girls from Spartanburg will be in
vited.
In the evening the Council of
Catholic Women will be host to
more than a hundred service men
at a buffet turkey dinner at the
USO-NCCS club, and other enter
tainment will be provided after
dinner.