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MARCH 27. 1943
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
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Savannah Observes
St. Patrick’s Day
SAVANNAH, Ga.—In observ
ance of St. Patrick’s Day, the
Right Rev. Msgr. T. James Mc
Namara celebrated Mass .at the
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist,
the panegyric being delivered by
the Rev. Daniel J. Bourke, pastor
of Blessed Sacrament Church. ,
Following the Mass a breakfast
was served at the DeSoto Hotel,
with Andrew J. Ryan, Jr., as the
principal speaker. Guests of honor
included Mayor Thomas Gamble,
past marshals of St. Patrick's Day
parades, the Benedictine Military
School cadet corps, and local
clergy. John M. Brennan acted
as toastmaster.
KIRK SUTLIVE
SPEAKS TO HIBERNIANS
Kirk Sutlive, public relations
manager for the Union Bag and
Paper Corporation, was the speak
er at the informal dinner of the
Hibernian. Society held at the De
Soto on the evening of the 17th of
March. Henry M. Dunn, president
of the Society, presided at the din
ner and at the annual meeting
which was followed by a corned
beef and cabbage luncheon at
noon. R. M. Carlton acted as
escort for the speaker,
A nominating committee com
posed of Col. John G. Butler, R.
M. Charlton, Judge J. P. Houlihan,
Dan J. Sheehan and C. A. McCar
thy submitted a slate of officers
for the Hiberians for the coming
year
Officers of the Hibernians who
were re-elected were: Henry M.
Dunn. president; Peter Roe
Nugent, vice-president: John M.
Brennan, secretary, and John J.
Powers, treasurer.
George Haslam, of Milledge-
ville, spoke briefly at the meet
ing.
From the breakfast the cadets
marched to the Jasper Monu
ment to pay tribute to the Revolu
tionary War hero who fell in the
Battle of Savannah. A squad com
posed of Cadet Sergeants Frank
Allota, William Fisher, Fred
Lysett, Carl Holman and Henry
Whitfield fired a salute to the
Irish-American patriot, patron of
the Irish Jasper Greens.
In memory of Chief Engineer
John Kenney, Sr., of the' U. S.
Merchant Marine, who lost his
life when the S. S. City of Atlanta
was torpedoed, a sabre was pre
sented to the Benedictine Cadet
Corps by Miss Josephine Kenney,
on behalf of her brother, John
Kenney, Jr., also a merchant sea
man. The sabre was accepted by
Lieut. James F. Smith, miiltary in
structor at Benedictine, who in
turn presented it to Cadet Col.
William V. Conners.
' The Rev. Gregory Eichenlaub,
O. S. B., principal of Benedictine
School, spoke before the presen
tation. lauding the heroism of the
men of the Merchant Marine.
“Taps” were sounded, and the
exercises, at which Hugh H.
Grady presided, closed with the
playing of the National Anthem.
The cadets then marched in re
view before Mayor Gamble and
the past marshals of St. Patrick’s
Day parades , including T. J.
Fogarty, . John C. McCarthy and
P. J. McNamara.
MISS MARY BROSNAN, a de
voted member of St. Thersa’s par
ish, Albany, Ga., who on March
18, celebrated her birthday and
also the fiftieth anniversary’ of
the beginning of her career as a
teacher in the public schools of
that city.
In each of her classes at the Al
bany High School on that day the
students offered congratulations
and best wishes to “Miss Mamie,”
and at the meeting of the Albany
Woman’s Club, club members,
special guests, and the teachers
of the Albany schools gathered to
honor Miss Brosnan, who was pre
sented a lovely gift.
Her untiring devotion to her
work her understanding, her gen
tleness and ability, have v on her
the love and admiration not only
of those she has taught during the
past fifty years and her pupils to
day, but also all of those whom
her life has touched and bettered.
Oblate Fathers Delivering
Sermons During Lent at
St. Peter’s, Columbia
(Special to The Bulletin)
COLUMBIA, S. C.—The Rev.
Philip E. Reed, O. M. I., and the
Rev. Herbert B. Morris, O. M. I.,
of St. Jude’s Church, .Sumter, are
alternating in delivering special
Lenten sermons each Sunday
night during Lent at • St. Peter’s
Church here.
MUSICAL PROGRAM AT
MACON USO-NCCS CLUB
MACON, Ga.—An enthusiastic
audience enjoyed a musical pro
gram at the USO-NCCE Club re
cently, the community singing be
ing led by Pvt. Clifford Kemp and
Corp. Roland Carreau,' of Herbert
Smart and Camp Wheeler respec
tively.
Violinist Fred Ibstroski, who
headlined the previous Sunday
night’s program, was heard again
in response to numerous requests.
A patriotic drill was given by a
group of young women, with Mrs.
S. A. Giglio at the piano, and Miss
Frances Wenz, who trained the
team, playing drums.
Among those appearing on the
program were Mr. and Mrs. Julian
Corssley, Miss Jeanne Sheridan,
Miss Theresa Murphy, Miss Helen
McDonough, Miss Mary Antoinette
Giglio, Miss Marie Caserio, Miss
Theresa Sheridan, Miss Felise Mc-
Goldrick, Miss Martha Stine, Billie
Daniels, Pvt. John Malak- Pvt
Herman Lebow and Pvt. William
F. PresseL
Tea for Soldiers’ Wives
at Augusta USO-NCCS Club j
—
AUGUSTA, Ga. — A delightful'
event of the pre-Lenten season |
was a tea given for soldiers’
wives at the USO-NCCS Club here j
on the afternoon of March 9 by
the National Council of Catholic
Women and the Women’s Division
of the National Catholic Com
munity Service.
During the afternoon a musical
program was rendered by Mrs.
Hugh Kinchley, violinist, and
Miss Alice Doyle, pianist. Two
one-act plays were presented by
Citizens War Service players, Mrs.
William Allen Johns, Mrs. Robert
Greenblatt and Mrs. Elmo Solo
mons.
Tea was served by wives of the
commanding officers of the local
Army posts, Mrs. Maxwell A.
O’Brien, Mrs. Herbert Schmidt,
Camp Gordon; Mrs. Hugh Mc-
Murdo, Oliver General Hospital;
Mrs. Cornelius O’Connor, Daniel
Field Air Base; Mrs. Frank L.
Atkinson. Georgia Aero Tech, and
Mrs. Willis McDaniel, Augusta
Arsenal.
Mrs. Joseph L. Herman, Mrs.
Ethel Keenan Lynch, and Mrs.
Anna M. Otis, presidents of the
local parish councils of the N. C.
C. W., and the presidents of the
affiliated organizations, served as
hostesses, with Miss Anna Rice,
Diocesan president in charge of
the guest register.
AUGUSTA DEANERY N.C.C.W.
AIDS RATIONING PROGRAM
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Under the
leadership of Mrs. D. J. O'Connor,
deanery president, members of
the Council of Catholic Women,
and the Sisters of St. Joseph, 83
women in all gave 867 hours as
sisting in issuing food rationing
books here.
Atlanta Cancer Home
Has Completed Four
Years of Service
(Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA, Ga. — Four years
ago this month, on March 5, 1939,
the Most Rev. Gerald P. O'Hara,
Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta, dedi
cated Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Free Cancer Home, established
here by the Sisters of St. Dominic
of the Congregation of St. Rose ot
Lima, to care for the indigent vic
tims of incurable cancer, of all
races and creeds.
In the four years that the Ser
vants of Relief for Incurable Can
cer, as the nuns of the Ord«rr
founded by Mother Aiphonsa. the
former Rose Hawthorne Lathrop
are known, have been engaged in
their work of charity and mercy in
Atlanta, the home has cared for
four hundred and seventy pati
ents, without any. discrimination
as to race or creed.
The attending physicians. Dr.
Leo P. Daly, Dr. Thomas M. Kane
and Dr. Norton Frierson, have in
the four years since the opening
of the cancer home, given gener
ously of their professional skill
on behalf of the sufferers from a
dreaded disease. The response of
the people of Atlanta, and through
out, the State of Georgia, both
white and colored, of all religious
affiliations, has been most gratify
ing and has been a source of
strength and encouragement to the
Sisters in carrying on the work
begun over forty years ago by the
daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne
and her first associate, Mother
Rose Huber, who ended last fall
the life she had devoted to Christ’s
poor and afflicted.
In their devoted, cheerful, gen
tle. and untiring care of those des
titute sufferers who were their
patients, the Sisters at Our Lady
of Perpetual Help Free Cancer
Home have given this city an ex
ample of Christian charity that
has merited the support of all
who recognize the worth of their
noble and unselfish labor of love
in this community.
“MISSA RECITATA” AT
WAYNESVILLE CHURCH
(Special to The Bulletin)
WAYNESVILLE, N. C.—Shortly
before Christmas, the Rev. Vin
cent Mahoney introduced the
“Missa Recitata” at St. JohiL’s
High School here. Each morning
when Mass is celebrated in the
school chapel, those present join
with the priest in reciting those
prayers not specified to be recit
ed by the priest alone.
BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL
WOMEN MEET IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga. — The Catholic
Club of Business and Professional
Women held its February meeting
at the home of Misses Maye and
Kate Johnson, with Miss Agnes
Renkes, vice-president, presiding
in the absence of the club presi
dent. Reports were made by Miss
Bess Nell Rafferty, club chairman
of the NCCS War Council, and by
Miss Renkes, chairman of Red
Cross Activity. Miss Margaret
Madgwick was appointed delegate
to the quarterly meting of the N.
C. C. W„ with Miss Rafferty as
alternate.
During the recent Catholic Con
ference on Industrial Problems,
the members of the club were hos
tesses at a tea at the Henry Grady
Hotel honoring Sister Vincent
Ferrer, O. P., Miss Mary Ander
son and Miss Linna Bresette.
At the conclusion of the busi
ness meeting a buffet supper was
served.
ST. PATRICK’S DAY
OBSERVED IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga. — Highlighting
Atlanta’s observance of the feast-
day of Ireland’s patron Saint was
the High Mass celebrated at St.
Anthony’s Church for the mem
bers of the Hibernian Benevolent
Society.
In Decatur, Maury H. Marble
staged his forty-ninth annual “one-
man” St. Patrick’s Day parade,
with the assistance of a police es
cort, the Decatur High School
band, the U. O. T. C., and a tall
silk hat.