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ELEVEN
JANUARY JO. 1943 THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
Children’s Center in
Charlotte a Memorial
to Sister Stanislaus
CHARLOTTE, N. C.—Char
lotte's newest child care center,
the Sister Stanislaus Day Nurs
ery, has out a welcome sign for
children whose fathers are in the
nation's armed forces and for chil
dren whose parents are engaged
in any phase of war work.
Sponsored by the Charlotte Day
Nursery Association to fill a war
time need, the children's center
will occupy the old convent build
ing in the rear of St. Peter’s
Church. Equipment and renova
tion funds were provided in an
allocation from the Charlotte War
and Community Chest and by
private contribution.
In its name the new center hon
ors the memory of Sister Stanis
laus, a beloved member of the Bel
mont Community of the Sisters of
Mercy, who had devoted many
years of her life as a religious to
the education and care of the
children of this city, and who re
tired from the principalship of the
O'Donoghue School here a few
months before her death last sum
mer.
CHARLESTON WOMEN’S CLUB
HOLDS CHRISTMAS PARTY
CHARLESTON, S. C.—The De
cember meeting of the Catholic
Women's Club, in the form of a
Christmas party, was held at the
Home of Mrs. Jennings Cauthen,
with about fifty members present.
Mrs. Louis Garno, Mrs. Hol
combs, and Miss Carolina Wilbur
were selected to serve as hostesses
at the USO dance held at the
Manigault Housing the holidays,
and Mrs. G. E. Tuttle, Miss Made
leine Mossiman, Mrs. Roy Meyers
and Mrs. Eugene Condon were to
represent the club at the dance in
January. Mis Dorothy Sullivan,
general chairman for the club of
the dances held for service men
in the Cathedral parish hall, was
given a rising vote of thanks for
her efforts.
Mrs. Eugene Condon and Mrs.
Tuttle were welcomed as new mem
bers, and Miss Emily Riley, Miss
Sadie O'Brien, Miss Annie Riley,
Mrs. W. M. Holcombe, Mrs. Walter
F. Murphy, Mrs. Kent Fowler, Mrs.
John v Sheedy. Miss Madeleine
Moslmann and Miss Louise Mosl-
mann volunteered to help the tu
berculosis seal sale.
After the meeting, Christmas
contests were conducted by Miss
Anne Riley, entertainment chair
man, assisted by Miss Margaret
Cade, Mrs. George Durban. Mrs.
Edward C. Owens, and Mrs. Myers.
A musical program was enjoyed.
Miss Madeleine Mosimann leading
in the group singing of carols.
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Dr. J. A. Winstead
Dies in Raleigh
RALEIGH, N. C. — Funeral
services for Dr. J. A. Winstead,
who died on December 25, were
held from the Cathedral of the
Sacred Heart, the Very Rev. Msgr.
Peter McNerney, of Rocky* Mount,
officiating. Dr. Winstead came to
Raleigh two years ago when lie
became affiliated with the North
Carolina State Board of Health
as Medical Examiner for the Di-.
vision of Industrial Hygiene.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Dell Thompson Winstead; two
daughters, Mrs. A. L. Dozier, of
Raleigh, and Mrs. James Dixon, of
Richmond, Va.; one brother, O. P.
Winstead, of Charleston, S. C.,
and three grandchildren.
GEORGE ANTHONY COMAR
FUNERAL IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C. — George
Anthony Comar, World War vet
eran and clerk at the port of em
barkation, died on December 28,
funeral services being held from
the Cathedral of St. John the
Baptist, the Rev. Charles L.
Sheedy officiating.
Mr. Comar was born in Charles
ton in 1887, the son of John B.
Comar and Mrs. Gertrude Sim-
onin Comar. He is survived by his
wife, the former Miss Rosalie
O'Donnell; two brothers, John B.
Comar and Emile Comar; three
sisters, Mrs. G. E. Cammann, of
Charleston, Mrs. James R.
Graham, I.ancaster. and Mrs.
Theodore deLiesseline, Summer
ville.
LAWRENCE MACMURPHY
FUNERAL IN AUGUSTA
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The Rev. J.
E. O'Donohoe. S. J., pastor of the
Sacred Heart Church, officiated
at funeral services for James
Lawrence Macmurphy, former Au
gustan, who died in Atlanta on
December 25.
Mr. Macmurphy, a retired
railroad man, is survived by a sis
ter, Miss Adele Macmurphy, and
three nieces, Mrs. S. W. Talbert,
of Columbia, S. C., and Mrs. How
ard Reid Geiger and Miss Helen
Macmurphy.
CHARLES E. HARPER
FUNERAL IN WAYCROSS
WAYCROSS, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for Charles E. Harper, well
known attorney of this city, were
held from St. Joseph’s Church,
the Rev. Joseph J. Robeck, S. M.,
officiating.
Mr. Harper, who was serving
as official court reporter for the
Brunswick circuit, died suddenly
on January 11, following a heart
attack while attending the Glynn
County Superior Court in Bruns
wick.
Mr. Harper is survived by his
wife; ’ three sons, Charles E
Harper, Jr., and Pinckney Harper,
of Wilmington, N. C., and Lieut.
Robert Harper. U. S. A., stationed
in Rhode Island: two daughters,
Mrs. Wilbert Aspinwall and Miss
Ruth Harper, Savannah; a broth
er, Lieut. Col. William Harold
Harper, of Camp Beauregard, and
a sister, Mrs. E. C. Ballentine,
Tallahassee, Fla.
MRS. HENRY PETER FLECK
FUNERAL IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga.—Funeral servi
ces for Mrs. Henry Peter Fleck,
who died on January 1. were held
from the Sacred Heart Chliureh.
the Very Rev. William Lonergan.
S. M„ officiating.
Mrs. Fleck is survived by two
daughters. Miss Alberta Fleck and
Miss Catherine Fleck, Atlanta; a
sister, Mrs. Katherine Deihl Dyhe-
man. Washington, D. C.. and a
brother, John C. Diehl, Chicago.
MRS. D. P. BRISBANE
FUNERAL IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. David P. Brisbane,
who died January 21, were held
from St. Anthtony’s Church, the
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Joseph Croke of
ficiating.
Mrs. Brisbane is survived by
her daughter, Miss Mary Brisbane;
four sons, David D Brisbane, Eu
gene C. Brisbane, Atlanta, Austin
F. Brisbane and Robert J. Bris
bane, both of Washington, D. C.,
and a sisted, Miss Dora O’Brien,
Atlanta.
Mrs. Rose C. Carnes
Dies in Greenwood
GREENWOOD, S. C., — Mrs.
Rose C. Carnes, widow'of John H.
Carnes, of Washington, D. C., died
here on December 20 after an ex
tended illness.
Funeral services were conducted
here from Our Lady of Lourdes
Church, with the Rev. Maurice R.
Daly, pastoV of St. Joseph’s
Church, Anderson, officiating, and
with a Requiem Mass from St.
Mary’s Church, Washington, D. C.
Mrs. Carnes was a native of
Washington, and for the last two
years had made her home with
her daughter, Mrs. O. M. Dantzler,
in Greenwood.
MISS JCffeEPHINE BALL
FUNERAL IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, G.,—Funeral ser
vices for Miss Josephine Ball, who
died December 17 at the residence
of her niece, Mrs. Frej. H. Elm-
gren, were held from the Church
of the Nativity at Thunderbolt, the
Rev. Nicholas Quinlan officiating.
Mrs. Ball, a native of Germany,
is survived by a brother, Michael
Hofbrauer, of Ridgefield Park, N.
J.; a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Kath
leen Ball, of the Bronx. N. Y., and
several nieces and nephews.
WILLIAM LASSITER
DIES IN WAYNESBORO
WAYNESBORO, Ga.—The Rev.
Bernard Brady, O. M. I., assistant
pastor of St. Patrick's Church, Au
gusta, officiated at funeral services
held here for William P. Lassiter,
\vho died here on January 9.
• A native of Burke County, Mr.
Lassiter owned a number of farms
^iear Waynesboro and in Laurens
County, where in his younger days
he had been a resident of Dublin.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Miss Agnes T. Walsh, of
Savannah; a daughter, Mrs. A. F.
Bobbins, of Erie, Pa.; two sons, Ed
ward Lassiter, of Waynesboro, and
Orion Lassiter, Hialeah, Fla., and
five grandchildren.
WILLIAM GROSS SULLIVAN
FUNERAL IN SANDERSVILLE
SANDERSVILLE, Ga. — Funer
al services for William Gross Sul
livan, who died in.fthe Veterans'
Hospital in Atlanta, were held on
January IX at St. William's in
Sandersville, the Very Rev. Msgr.
Joseph G. Cassidy, of Milledge-
ville, officiating.
A native of Sandersville, Mr.
Sullivan was a son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. E. A. Sullivan. For many
years he had made his home in
Atlanta where he was engaged in
the candy business.
He is survived by two brothers,
Edward Hale Sullivan and Leo L.
Sullivan, and a sister, Miss Louise
Sullivan.
MRS. GEORGE SOLTERIE
FUNERAL IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. George Y. Solterie,
viho died January 6, were held
from the Blessed Sacrament
Church.
Mrs. Solterie, the widow of
Fred D. Solterie. is survived by
two daughters^. Mrs. W. H. Mor
gan, of Los Angeles, and Mrs. C.
If. McCarthy, of Savannah; one
brother. Albert Young, of San
Francisco; one sister. Mrs. C. F.
Butler, and five grandchildren.
JOHN JOSEPH BRENNAN
FUNERAL IN SUMTER
SUMTER. S. C.—Funeral ser
vices for John Joseph Brennan,
business man and welfare leader,
who died on January 15, were
held from St. Anne's Church.
Mr. Brennan, a native of
Charleston, came to Sumter in
1913 and at the time of his death
was engaged in the brokerage
business here. He was a member
of the Kiwanis Club, the Fort
nightly Literary Club, and the
Knights of Columbus. He was
a member of the city board of
health, and for twenty years head
ed the Sumter Chapter of the Red
Cross.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Margaret Calder Brennan; a
daughter, Mrs. R. S. McCeney.
Laurel, Md.. two sons, Lieut. John
C. Brennan, New York, and Capt.
William J. Brennan, Aberdeen,
Md.; mother. Mrs. John Brennan,
and a sister, Mrs. Anthony Langan,
Charleston.
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM AT
WAYNESVILLE SCHOOL
WAYNESVILLE, N. C —During
the Christmas season, students at
St. John’s High School presented
the one-act play, “Why the Chimes
Rang,’’ the cast including Patsy
Jansen, Mary Cooper, Wingate Han
nah, Gladys Kenney, Theron Hyatt,
Lorraine Martel, Doris Greer,
Kathleen Allison, Bill Ray and
Francis Penland.
Children of the grade school also
presented a Christmas program at
St. John’s auditorium, the feature
of the perfprmance being an op
eretta, “The Dolls’ Christmas Eve,”
in which Talmadge Morris, Hallet
Ward, Robert Hardin, Laura
Woody, Dale Ratcliff, Dinah Bette
Hannah, Sarah Jane Garrison, Wal
ter Taliaferro, Lane Prevost, Sally
Stovall, Dick Wilson, David Stew
ard, Robert Mitchell, Aaron Greer,
Donald Stewart, Jeff Reece Harry
Kerley, Dick Boyd. Virginia Hamil
ton, Helen Bushee, Henry Bushee,
Betty Liner. Stewart Roberson.
Agnes Jane Roberson. Mary Coop
er, Nancy Kerley, Irece Wilson.
Ida Ann Bushee, and Martha Maye
took part.
Miss Janet Abel and Miss Doris
Grahl were heard in vocal selec
tions, and Carolyn Cooper, Patsy
Jansen, Anne Mormino and Jane
Fowler offered “A Snow Ballet.”
Barbara Ann Boyd, Theron Hyatt,
Nana Lee Himes, Martha Maye,
Helen Bushee, Hallett Ward and
Louis Peeland appeared in a
tableau depicting the first Christ
mas night.
Under the direction of Sister
Mary Anthony, the students at St.
John’s have formed an instru
mental ensemble which includes
Cyril Minett and Bill Ray, flutes,
Bobby Harbin, trombone, Henry
Clayton, baritone, Nip and Tuck
Ray, clarinets, and Edwina Haller,
cornet.
ROBERT C. KERR, of Charles
ton, was among those upon whom
the degree of Bachelor of Science
was conferred at graduation exer
cises held at Spring Hill College.
Alabama, last month.
Daniel M. Carroll
Dies in Wilmington
WILMINGTON. N. C.—Daniel
M. Carroll, well known resident
of Wilmington, and a prominent
Fourth Degree member of the
Knights of Columbus, died Novem
ber 25. following a brief illness
Funeral services were held from
St. Mary's Church, the Very Rev.
Msgr. Cornelius E. Murphy offi
ciating.
Mr. Carroll was secretary-treas
urer of the Independent Ice Com
pany and a member of board of di
rectors of the People’s Building
and Loan Association. He was the
son of the late Mr. and Mr. Mi
chael Carroll. He is survived by
two brothers, Dr. T. B. Carroll and
William Carroll; a sister. Mrs. J.
H. Niggel. and several nieces and
nephews.
WALTER B. GARDNER
FUNERAL IN MACON
MACON. Ga.—The Rev. Harold
Gaudin, S. J.. pastor of St.
Joseph’s Church, officiated at
funeral services for Walter B.
Gardner, who died on December
31.
Mr. Gardner, a life-long resi
dent of Macon, is survived by tour
daughters. Mrs. Ruth Hunt, Macon;
Mrs. Margaret Ethridge. Hatties
burg, Miss.: Miss Mary Gardner,
Columbus: Miss Elizabeth Gardner.
Macon; a son. Walter B. Gardner,
Jr., Macon; five sisters. Mrs. Mary
Jones, Washington. D. C.: Mrs.
Mildred Oldham. Macon: Mrs. Eu
nice Wyatt, Columbus: Mrs. Amelia
McLendon. Macon; Mrs. W. L.
Jones, Macon: a brother, John
Gardner, Camp Barkiey, Texas;
four grandchildren, an aunt. Mrs.
A. H. Haynes, Macon, and several
nieces and nephews.
THOMAS McDONNELt
FUNERAL IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH. Ga—Funeral ser
vices for Thomas Joseph McDon
nell, who died on December IP.
were held from the Cathedral of
St. John the Baptist.
Mr. McDonnell is survived by a
sister, T. H. Garrity, and three
nephews, John J. Coleman, Joseph
T. Coleman, and Hubert Garrity.
MRS. MARGARET MURPHY
FUNERAL IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Mrs. Mar
garet Sheehan Murphy, widow of
the late John Murphy, died on
December 30, following an extend
er! illness. Funeral services were
held from the Cathedral of St.
John the Baptist, the Rev. Thomas
I. Sheehan, pastor of Our Lady of
Lourdes Church, Port Wentworth,
and a nephew of Mrs. Murphy,
offering the Requiem Mass, and
present in the sanctuary were the
following clergy:
Rt. Reverend Monsignor T.
James McNamara, Very Reverend
Monsignor James J. Grady, Very
Reverend G. Obrecht, S. M. A.,
Very Reverend Daniel Bourke,
Reverend John Toomey, Reverend
George F. Daly, Reverend John
Hayes. Reverend Eugene Kearney,
S. C. V., Reverend Robert Bren
nan. O. S. B., Reverend Norbert
McGowan, O. S. B. and the vari
ous religious communities were
represented by several Sisters.
A native of Cork, Ireland. Mrs.
Murphy had spent most of her
life in Savannah. She is survived
by two sons, Edward J. Murphy
and John J. Murphy; four daugh
ters, Mrs. Kate Moran? Mrs. Law
rence C. Burns, Miss Mary C.
Murphy and Miss Nellie C.
Murphy; three grandchildren. Jo
seph J. Moran, Margaret M. Burns
and Helen T. Burns; a brother,
James Sheehan; four sisters, Mrs.
William Lamberson, Jersey City,
Mrs. David Weldon, Pleasantville,
N. Y., Mrs. William O’Donohue
and Mrs. Hannah Callahan, Cork,
Ireland, and a number of nieces
and nephews.
EMMETT TULLY, OF ATHENS
DIES AT HUNTER FIELD
ATHENS, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for Pfc. Emmett Tully, of
the United States Army Air
Corps, whose death on January 13
resulted from wounds received
in an accident at Hunter Field,
where he was stationed, were held
from St. Joseph’s Church, the
Rev. John J. Kennedy officiating.
Members of the Fourth Service
Command Signal School acted as
pallbearers and as a guard of
honor. Rosary services were held
in Savannah, with the Rev.
George Daly, of the Cathedral of
St. John the Baptist, officiating.
Private Tully, a native of
Eufaula, Ala., was graduated from
the University of Georgia in 1927,
where he was outstanding in the
field of athletics. He enlisted in
the Army ten months ago, and
was a teletype operator at the
Hunter Field Weather Bureau.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Virginia Kenney Tully. of Athens,
a daughter Virginia Marie Tully;
three sons, G. Emmett Tully,
Daniel Tully, Charles Tully and
Michael John Tully, all of Athens;
two sisters, Mrs. John Paul Jones,
Savannah, and Mrs. Maurice At
wood, Jacksonville,“and a brother,
James Tully, of Washington, D. C;
MRS. MARGARET MCCARTHY
FUNERAL IN AUGUSTA
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Funeral servi
ces for Mrs. Margaret Kelly Mc-
Cartlihy, who died December 31,
were held from the Sacred Heart
Church, the Rev. J. E. O’Donohoe,
S. J.. officiating.
Mrs. McCarthy, wife of the late
Patrick F. McCarthy, was the
daughter of Patrick Kelly and Mrs.
Mary Boyle Kelly. She is survived
by a sister. Miss Mary E. Kelly; two
brothers. E. J. Kelly and Patrick
Kelly, and a number of nieces.
CHARLES S. McCARLEY
DIES IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C. — The
Rev. John J. McCarthy, assistant
rector of the Cathedral of St.
John the Baptist, officiated at fu
neral services for Charles S. Mc-
Carley, who died here on January
13.
A native of Boardman. Fla., and
a former resident of West Palm
Beach. Mr. McCarley was employ
ed at the Charleston Shipbuild
ing and Drvdock Company. He is
survived by liis wife, formerly Miss
Mary I. Fisher, of Charleston; a
daughter, Mrs. Robert H. John
son, West Palm Beach; a sister,
Mrs. Sam L. McDonald, of Black-
stock, and two brothers. W. E.
McCarley, of Boardman. and R. I*.
McCarley, West Palm Bead* }