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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC L AYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
MARCH 27. 1943
St. Peter’s Church, Columbia, S. C., is situated on Assembly
Street, convenient to the business district of South Carolina’s capital
city. It was erected in 1906 during the pastorate of the beloved Fath
er Thomas Hegarty. The Very Rev. Martin C. Murphy is the present
pastor, with the Rev. Charles Baum, assistant pastor.
More Than One Hundred Stars,
Three of Them Golden, on St,
Peter’s Church Service Flag
(Speeial to The Bulletin)
COLUMBIA, S. C—The Very
Rev. Martin C. Murphy. V. F., pas
tor of St. Peter’s Church, has re
cently placed a large service flag
in the church to honor the mem
bers of the parish who are serving
in the nation’s armed forces.
The flag, which hangs from the
choir loft contains more than a
hundred stars, three of which are
of gold, as a tribute to the three
members of St. Peter’s parish who
have given “the last full measure
of devotion” to their country.
Those from St. Peter’s parish
Who have given their lives in their
country’s service are Kenneth U.
Arledge, of the U. S. Navy, who
was killed in line of duty. Private
William Morris, U. S. Army who
died on April 25, 1942, and Ser
geant Morris C. Jones, who was
received into the church a few
weeks prior to his death in the
crash of an Army plane at the
Columbia Air Base.
Members of St. Peter's parish
now serving in the Army are as
follows:
Sgt. Albert Asmer. Lawrence P.
Bond, Owen W. Bond, William
Broom. Jacob Owen Cannon. Rob
ert McClellan Dotter, Arthur Far
rell, Harold Gibson. Charles Gib
son. 1st Sgt. Bernard Clots, Paul
Hamburger. John A. Harbort. Lt.
Theodore M. Hoefer, Sgt. Hasham
P. Khoury. Lt. Col. F. L. Koosa,
Arthur F. Koosa, Stephen F. Koosa,
Pvt. Robert F. Lovett, Sgt. Charles
R. Park, James M. Park, John II.
Park, Sr.. Francis Purkall, Fred
Roukos, Thomas J. Royster, Jr.,
jMnes Tronco. Charles Thoman,
President of the Ifoly Name So
ciety: Lt. Eugene M. G. Whitaker,
Pvt. James Cantey Whitaker, Jr..
Pvt. William Calvert Whitaker,
John Kirby, Clifford F. Scott. New
man Williard Riley, Marvin Riley.
Jack Bernard Riley. Thomas W.
Riley, Lester Bouknight, William
Bernard Sturkie, Cliton Mitclium,
John Dunne, Major Sam Ferguson,
Pvt. Joseph F. Munnerlyn. Pvt.
Maurice Farrell, Pvt. Charles J.
^Waller, John M. Finley. Percy F.
Farrell, and Lt. Timothy A. Two-
mey.
Those in service in the Navy
'are:
Joseph Abbott, George Abbott,
Jr., Leo A. Aldrige, Odell Arledge,
Robert H. Bond, Joseph C. Brun
son, Ernest Louis Busto, P. J.
Christifoli, Robert Broom, Harry
Thomas Burkett, Carl Regal, Louis
Regal, Cecil Leroy Johnson, Wil
liam Arthur Johnson, Jr., Ben Mc
Guinn, Joseph Dunne, Paul Louis
Herbert, Ensign Carrington B.
Hoefer, Thomas Joseph Jenkins,
Eddie J. Jenkins, Jr., Alfred John
son, Walter Lanoway, Lt. Gordon
G. Matheson, Ensign Myles Mc
Cormack, Marcy Gregg Padgett,
Roy Senn, Troy Senn, Eliott Wan-
anaker, Robert Scott Whitaker and
Frank B. Roche.
Those in service in the Air Coras
are:
Capt. Curran L. Jones, Louise C.
Bond, Harvey Blouin, U. R. Brooks
Carter, Lt. Barney M. Coyle, Jr.,
Corp. Donald Hughes, Captain
Byrnes F. Bentley, Edmond Meys-
sen, Jack F. McGuinn, Lt. Pat T.
McGuinn, Daniel Paul McMahon,
Thomas K. Reeder, Andrew Ryan,
George Edward Sowers, Lt. J. C.
Townsend, Joseph Edward Whit
mire and Clarence B. Parker.
Those in service in the Marines
are:
Richard R. Allen, Robert James
Bagley. Lt. Paul F. Holcomb, Ber
nard W. Park. Those in service
in the Women’s Auxiliary Army
Corps are: Nell Johnson and
Zalpha Bellahomy.
CATHOLIC WOMEN’S CLUB
MEETS IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C. — Mrs.
Walter Murphy, president, con
ducted the monthly meeting of the
Catholic Women's Club, held
March 15 at the Manigault House.
Appeals for volunteers at the
Charleston information and filter
center were made by Mrs. W. Al
len Moore. Jr., of the center, and
Lieutenant M. A. Arrington of the
WAAC's.
Miss Mary Ellen Grazien, as
sistant director of the USO Wom
en’s Club, explained the work of
the USO and asked for volunteer
workers. The club voted to make
a contribution to the Red Cross
War fund and Mrs. William C.
Ehrhardt reported on the furnish
ing of a recreation room at the
Coast Guard recruiting station,
Janies Island.
(Special to The Bulletin)
COLUMBIA, S. C.—Miss Jane
Van Ness heads tho Sodality of the
Blessed Virgin in St. Peter's par
ish in Columbia, other officers of
the Sodality being Mrs. E. Mc-
Keechan, vice- president; Mrs.
Charles Bultman, secretary, and
Mrs. Elizabeth Sanders, treasurer.
As the Sodality is primarily an
organization of a spiritual nature,
it does not have a lengthy list of
accomplishments to its credit.
However, it contributes regularly
to the children’s milk fund, has
made a donation to the Council
of Catholic Women for a day-
room at Fort Jackson, and recent
ly devoted funds derived from a
rummage sale, held under the
chairmanship of Mrs. Charles
Bultman, as a Christmas offering
to the Ursuline Nuns.
A five-point program is being
sponsored by the Sodality, its main
objectives being to provide shrines
in homes, to devote some time
each day to spiritual reading,
to offer Masses and rosary in
tentions for men who are in the
armed forces, to receive Commun
ion frequently, and to improve at
tendance at Sodality meetings and
to incerase interest in its activity.
During Advent a triduum was
held and at its conclusion nine
new members were received into
the Sadolity at an impressive cere
mony.
Three prominent members of the
Sodality passed away during the
last few months. They were Mrs.
Mary Allen, Mrs. A. A. Craig and
Mrs. Michael Brown, all devoted
and loyal SodalisU.
Little Sisters of the Poor
Observe St. Joseph’s Day
SAVANNAH, Ga. — The Feast
of St. Joseph, patron of the Little
Sisters of the Poor, was observed
in the chapel of their home here
on March 19.
The observance began with’ a
Solemn High Mass, celebrated by
the Rev. Norbert McGowan, O. S.
B., chaplain of the home, with the
Father Alcuin, O. S. B., deacon;
Father Terence, O. S. B., subdeac
on, Father Gilbert, O. S. B., mas
ter of ceremonies. Solemn Bene
diction was given in the after
noon with the Very Rev. Boniface
Bauer, O. S. B., as celebrant; the
Rev. G. Obrecht, S. M. A., deacon,
the Rev. James Conlin, subdeacon;
Father Norbert, O. S. B„ master
of ceremonies. Assisting in the
sanctuary were the Rev. Francis
Conlon, O. M. I., Douglas; the Rev.
Thomas Byrne, Philadelphia; the
Rev. Michael Doona, the Rev. Dan
iel J. Bourke, the Rev. Nicholas
Quinlan, the Rev. George Daly,,
the Rev. Eugene Kearney, C. S. V.,
the Rev. John Hayes, S. M. A. the
Rev. Adolph Gall, S. M. A., the
Rev. Robert Brennan, O. S. B., the
Rev. Paul Milde, O. S. B., the
Rev. Gilbert Fuchs, O. S. B.
The Little Sisters and their
guests at the home enjoyed a spe
cial dinner, served by the priests
who participated in the services.
FATHER MURPHY
One of the best known priests in
the South is the Very Rev. Mar
tin C. Murphy, pastor of St.
Peter's Church in Columbia, S.
C. A native of Ireland, Father
Murphy is a graduate of the fa
mous All Hallow’s College, in
Dublin, which last year marked
the centenary of its founding.
Father Murphy, who is Vicar
Forane. or Dean of the Columbia
District of the Diocese of Char
leston. is also pastor of St. Pat
rick’s Chapel, Olympia Village.
CAMP CROFT CHOIR
SINGS IN GREENVILLE
FATHER BAUM
The Rev. Charles J. Baum, as
sistant pastor of St. Peter’s
Church, Columbia, South Carolina,
is a native of Charleston, and has
been stationed in Columbia for
the past two and one-half years.
Previous to this time he spent five
years as assistant pastor of St.
Joseph's Church. Anderson, and
on the missions of that parish. He
was ordained on May 20, 1934, and
his first assignment was as assist
ant rector of the Cathedral of St.
John the Baptist in Charleston,
where he was also a member of
the fatuity of Bishop England
High School.
Wilfred C. Cornu
Dies in Atlanta
GREENVILLE, S. C.—The Holy
Name Choir of Camp Croft com
posed of Sgt. Joseph Burns, Pvt.
James Flynn, Cpl. Dan Healy.
Lieut. John R. Keating, Lieut.
John Daley, Pvt. John Dohig,
Staff Sgt. L. William Watson, Cpl.
John Cullen, Sgt. Richard Osgood,
Cpl. Sydney Romero. Pvt. Donald
Rusch, Pvt. Herley, Pvt. Joseph
Byrnes and CpL Richard Davis,
under the direction of St. Richard
Osgood, and .with Miss Louis Col
lins, assistant director of the USO-
NCCS Club in Spartanburg, as
organist, sang at the Masses cele
brated at St. Mary's Church here
on Sunday.
Members of the choir were
entertained in the homes of St.
Mary’s parishioners over the week
end and were guests of the NCCS
Recreation Committee at its
monthy Communion breakfast.
Lieut. John R. Keating, assistant
special service officer at Camp
Croft, sang several selections at
the breakfasts, with his mother,
Mrs. John R. Keating, Sr., accom
panying.
DURING FEBRUARY Catholic
chaplains were placed on duty
with armed forces at the rate of
slightly more than two a day, the
Most Rev. William T. McCarty, C.
SS. R., Military Delegate announc
ed at the Military Ordinariate.
More chaplains are urgently need
ed in all branches of the armed
forces, the Bishop said.
ATLANTA. Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for Wilfred Clarence Cornu,
who died here on March 6th, were
held from the Sacred Heart
Church, the Rev. Francis M.
Perry, S. M.. officiating.
Mr. Cornu, a native of New
Orleans, had made his home in
Atlanta for the last seven years.
He is survived by his wife, two
daughters, Mrs. W. D. Boldt and
Miss Yvonne Cornu, of Atlanta;
three sisters, Mrs. George Bird-
man, Mrs. George Butmann and
Mrs. F. La Brosse, New Orleans.
MRS. JULIA PEARSON
FUNERAL IN ALBANY
ALBANY, Ga. — Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. Julia C. Pearson
who died on March 4, were held
from St. Theresa’s Church, th*
Rev. Alexander Olalia officiating.
Mrs. Pearson had made her
home in Albany for five years,
coming here to be with her daugh
ter, Mrs. O. T. Kenan. She is sur
vived by Mrs. Kenan, and a s<m,
J. P. Pearson, of Jacksonville.
MRS. ROBERT BURNHAM
FUNERAL IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. Elizabeth Tant«
Burnham, wife of Robert C. Burn
ham, who died March 2, were
held from the Cathedral of St.
John the Baptist.
Mrs. Burnham is survived by
her husband; a brother. James E.
Tante, Parris Island; a niece, Miss
Margaret Tante, and a nephew, J.
D. Tante, both of Los Angeles.
St. Patrick’s Chapel, Columbia, S. C.
Located in the Olympia Village section of Columbia. South Carolina, St. Patrick’s Chapel was erect
ed in 1939 through the generosity of the Pacific Mills, Miss Sarah Vaughn, of Limerick, Ireland, and th«
Catholic Church Extension Society'. Substantial contribution to the construction and furnishing of the
ohapel was also made by Miss Helen M. Long, of Neponset, Long Island, in memory of her father,
Patrick Long. SL Patrick’s Chapel is served by the priests attached to St. Peter's Church.
St, Peter’s Church, Columbia, S, C,
Miss Jane Van Ness
Heads St. Peter*s
Sodality, Columbia
St. Peter s Pastor
Assistant Pastor
St. Peter*s Church