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THE BULLETIN' OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
22, 1913
USO-NCCS Women's Club
Opened in Savannah
Ninth Street USO Club, Columbus,
I Raieigh Host to Soldiers
vjt*. Over Easter Week-End
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH. Ga. — Tile newly
organized Women’s Division of the
USO-National Catholic Community
Service here held its formal open
ing on April 27, at its headquar
ters on Abercorn Street.
Instrumental music was rend
ered by a trio composed of Ru
dolph Jacobson, violinist; Miss
Emily Hagstrom. ’cellist, and Mrs.
Fannie Cooley Eisenberg, pianist.
The program opened with an
address of welcome by the Right
Kev. Msgr. T. James McNamara,
moderator of the USO-NCCS for
the Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta,
and included piano sele’ctions by
Private John J. Sollog. of the Sa
vannah Air Base; vocal selections
by Private Andrew Ondera. of the
Savannah Air Base. Miss Frances
Lynch Deacy. and Mrs. Rita Seay
Aprea, director of the women’s di
vision.
The main floor of the building
which contains a spacious recep
tion room, the offices of the direc
tor and secretary, and a large read
ing room, was tastefully decorated
with palms, smilax, and bamboo,
interspersed with bowls of carna
tions, gladioli, and other flowers.
At the far corner of the recep
tion room, the hostess’ table was
decorated with a centerpiece of
red and white carnations, with sil
ver candelabra on each side, and
punch, cakes and candy were serv
ed by members of the hostess com
mittee, headed by Mrs. John W.
Stephens.
On the second floor of the build
ing are located the recreation
rooms for the men in the armed
services, with pool tables, tennis
table, and a sewing room for mem
bers of the Red Cross. On the first
floor a modern electrically equip
ped kitchen has been installed
ana a spacious dance area, with a
raised orchestra platform, pro
vided.
Mrs. J. Harold Mulherin is gen
eral chairman of the Women's Di
vision of the USO-NCCS in Sa
vannah, and the membership of the
various committees is a follows:
Publicity — Mrs. Peter Roe Nu
gent, chairman; Mrs. Irene Gro
gan, co-chairman; Mrs. Thomas J.
McGinn, Mrs. Eugene Summerlin.
Hostess — Mrs. Dan J. Sheehan,
chairman: Mrs. Joseph E. Kellev
Jr , Mrs. W. J. Muller, Mrs M. j.
Maynard. Mrs. A. J. Kearney, Mrs.
Donald Grevemberg.
Cooking — Mrs. J. W. Stephens,
chairman; Mrs. Edna McDonough,
co-chairman: Mrs. John Sullivan,
Mrs. G. J. Steiber, Mrs. M. B. Cos
grove, Mrs. Milton Grevemberg.
Sewing — Mrs. Langdon Coop
er, chaiiman; Mrs Hugh Helmey,
co-chairman; Mrs. M. A. Buttimer.
Bridge — Mrs. James M. Keat
ing, chairman: Mrs. W. D. Pres
cott, co-chairman; Mrs. James Col
lins, Mrs T. J. O'Brien. Mrs. Clif
ford A. Grevemberg.
First. Aid — Mrs. John Paul
Jones, chairman; Mrs. J. W. Jarvis,
Mrs. F. X. Beytagh.
Saturday Afternoon House Com
mittee — Miss Agnes Hatligan,
Miss Catherine Ray, Miss Lucile
Morris, Miss Frances Morton, Miss
Mary Kenny. Miss Pauline Kenny,
Miss Mary Keller. Miss Mary Os-
terholt, Miss Helen Laffiteau, Miss
Mary Jane Fahey, Miss Johanna
Daly, Mrs. Christine Sullivan.
Junior Hostesses —- Miss Vir
ginia Prescott. Miss Margaret
Ubele, Miss Phyllis Jerome, Miss
Cecilia Verrett. Miss»Reginia He
bert. Miss Doris Marks, Miss Gol
die Budge. Miss Gertrude Lucken.
Miss Ella Mae Andre. Miss Mary
Anne Kelly: Miss Mary Feuger.
Miss Mary McCarthy, Micss So
phie Hostic. Miss Mary Ferraro.
Miss Alice Altick.
Rev. Daniel J. Bourke. pastor of
the Church of the Most Blessed
Sacrament, will head a discussion
club whose topics will consist of
various current news items.
The Federal Recreation Building on Ninth Street, in Columbus. Georgia, is operated by the National
Catholic Community Service and the Jewish Welfare Board, member agencies of the United Service
Organization, in association with the Columbus Defense Service Council. The Very Rev. Dan McCarthy,
V. G., is Moderator of the club for the N. C. C. S.. and the N. C. C S. Committee, headed by L C.
Kunze. includes Mrs W. B. Scanlon. Mrs. Richard Fleming, Salvador Spano and W. B. Fortson. The
N. C. C. S. director at the club is Eugene J. Bergmann. and John Deignan and Miss Josephine Monahan
are his assistants. Opened a year ago, the club is one of the finest recreational centers for service men
in the United States.
Catholic Committee of the South
to Sponsor Catholic University
Summer School at Siena College
USO-NCCS WOMENS DIVISION
IN SAVANNAH SPONSORS
COMMUXION BREAKFAST
SAVANNAH. Ga.—In obser
vance of World Sodality Day. the
newly organized Women’s Division
of the USO-National Catholic
Community Service, sopnsored a
Communion breakfast at the Hotel
De Soto on May 8th.
The breakfast followed a-Mass
celebrated at the Cathedral of
St. John the-Baptist by the Rev.
Thomas Byrne, of Philadelphia, at
which the sermon was delivered
by the Rev. George Daly, and at
which wives, mothers, sisters and
sweethearts of men in service and
women war workers approached
Holy Communion. *
The Rev. Gregory Eichenlaub.
O. S. B. was the speaker at the
breakfast.
(Special to The Bulletin)
MEMPHIS, Tenn.—Preliminary
announcement has been made that
the Catholic University Summer
School, so successfully conducted
last year at Siena College in Mem
phis, under the auspices of the
department of education of the
Catholic Committee of the South,
will be operated again this year.
Among the problems of the
Catholic Church in the South, edu
cation naturally holds a prominent
P.lace. The organization and main
tenance of Catholic schools in the
South presents difficulties not
found in regions which are more
Catholic or more economically se
cure. The fact that many of the
teachers in Catholic schools in the
South come from other parts of
the country and have received
their early educations in other re
gions also presents a problem, for
they lack in many cases that com
plete familiarity with the environ
ment of their pupils and the pe
culiar cultural inheritance of the
community in which they are
leaching. Added to this is the fact
that Sisters, anxious to earn their
certificates in Southern states,
have been compelled to seek pro-
iessionai courses in State Teach
er institutions, where they had no
opportunity to learn how Catholic
Doctrine and practice might be ap
plied to the social problems of the
South.
To meet this problem, the de
partment of education of the
Catholic Committee of the South,
whose chairman is the Rev. Francis
J Byrne. S. T. D.. superintendent
of schools of the Diocese of Mo
bile, under the leadership of the
Rev. Geoffrey O'Connell, Ph D., su
perintendent of schools of the Dio
cese of Natchez, sought the co
operation of fellow superinten
dents in the South, and the solu
tion of the problem was found in
the establishment last year of a
teacher training institution under
Catholic auspices, which would
emphasize undergraduate educa
tion for elementary school teach
ers.
The Bishops of the South,
through the Most Rev, Gerald r> .
O’Hara. Bishop of Savannah-At
lanta. Episcopal chairman of the
CCS. formally requested the Cath
olic University of America to open
a Southeastern Branch of the Uni
versity’s Summer School at Siena
College here. The University •gra
ciously consented and Dr. Roy J.
Deferrari, Secretary of the Uni
versity and Director of the Sum
mer Sessions, established the
courses and hired the teachers.
The Rev. Thomas J. Quigley. M.
A., superintendent of schools of
the Diocese of Pittsburgh, was en
gaged as director of the branch.
Valuable assistance in setting up
the courses and securing a faculty
was rendered by Dr. T. G. Foran.
of Tic Catholic University of
America; the Rt. Rev. Msgr. John
A. Hagan. superintendent of
schools of the Diocese of Cleve
land and Dr. O'Connell.
A total number of 152 students
were registered for the first ses
sion of the 1942 summer school in
Memphis. Twenty-three courses
were offered to these students in
cluding 16 professional courses in
education and seven content
courses in English, science, his
tory and religion. Some students
took advantage of the observation
school, which was one of the fea
tures of the session, to learn
through direct observation and
practice the most modern tech
nique of handling elementary
school pupils.
The student body was composed
of Sisters from the states of Ten
nessee, Alabama, Georgia, Florida
Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas,
Virginia, Missouri, Kentucky and
Pennsylvania.
The summer session here was
not confined to the business of
attending classes and doing as
signments. Every possible oppor
tunity for entertainment was made
available, including sightseeing
tours of Memphis and its historical
environs, social gatherings of the
faculty and students, and each Sat
urday night motion pictures were
shown at St. Peter's Orphanage.
A series of lectures brought to
the school some of the South’s
outstanding religious and educa
tional leaders, including the Most
Rev. William L. Adrian. Bishop of
Nashville;. Bishop O'Hara, of Sa
vannah-Atlanta: the Rt. Rev. Msgr.
James P. Gaffney. Pli.D., of Little
Rock, chairman of the executive
committee of the CCS: the Rt.
Rev. Msgr. T. James McNamara,
superintendent of schools for the
Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta. Dr.
O'Connell, Dr. Deferrari, and Paul
D. Williams, of Richmond. Va.,
executive secretary of the CCS.
About half of the student body
lived on the campus of Siena Col
lege, other Sisters resided at va
rious convents in the city.
Information about registration
dates, courses, tuition fees will be
given later, but those -who wish
accommodations on the campus
are advised to write as soon as
possible to Sister Raymunda, Dean
of Siena College.
BENEDICTINE MILITARY
SCHOOL IN SAVANNAH
HOLDS SENIOR FORMAL
SAVANNAH. Ga. — The twenty
second successive traditional Sen
ior Formal of the Benedictine Mil
itary School was held at the Hotel
De Sota on May 13, with junior
classmen attending as guests of
the seniors.
Miss Jean Summerlin, chosen as
sponsor for the dance, led the
grand march with Lt. Col. William
P. Conners. Chaperons were Lt.
Col. and Mrs. John 11. Milam, Lt.
and Mrs James F Smith, Warrant
Officer and Mrs Bolinger. Sgt. and
Mrs. Winston E. Maxey. Mr. and
Mrs. John !3cott. Mr. and Mrs An
drew J. Ryan, Jr., Miss Margaret
Steeg.
BENEDICTINE SCHOOL
GRADUATION JUNE 3RD
SAVANNAH, Ga.—The Most
Rev. Gerald P. O'Hara. Bishop of
Savannah-Atlanta. will present
diplomas to the graduates of the
Benedictine Military Academy
and address the graduates at ex
ercises to be held on June 3.
Military awards will be made
to members of the cadet corps by
Lieut. Col. John H. Milam, pro
fessor of military science and
tactics.
The Rev. Gregory Eichenlaub.
O. S. B., principal of the school,
has announced that Cadet Capt.
William Dismer will be valedic
torian, and Cadet Lieut. Daniel
O'Leary, salutatorian.
COLUMBUS USO CLUB
MARKS ANNIVERSARY
(Special to The Bulletin)
COLUMBUS, Ga. — The Ninth
Street USO, operated jointly by
the National Catholic Community
Service and the Jewish Welfare
Board, celebrated its first anni
versary on May 9, by presenting
an inspiring program.
A concert was given by the band
of the Third Armored Regiment,
with choral singing by the main
post chapel choir, under the di
rection of Mrs. O. T. Methvin.
Eugene J. Bergmann, director
of the club, presented Louis C.
Kunze, chairman of the National
Catholic Community Service, and
Herman Julius, chairman of the
Jewish Welfare Board, who gave
brief talks.
At the conclusion of the pro
gram, Mr. Kunze and Mr. Julius
cut a birthday cake, which with
other refreshments, was enjoyed
by the soldier guests and their
relatives and friends.
(Special to The Bulletin)
RALEIGH, N. C.-—Members of
Court Bishop Hafey, No. 1088,
Catholic Daughters of America,
furnished and served refreshments
at the formal dance held at the
Hillsboro Street USO Club on
April 26. Around six hundred ser
vice men from nearby camps and
training centers attended. Woody
Hayes and his Carolina Country
Club orchestra, with several
guest vocalists, furnished the mu
sic.
On Easter Sunday morning
breakfast was served for several
hundred service men by parishon-
ers of the Sacred Heart Cathedral,
under the direction of Mrs. B. A.
Dubois. Each table was decorated
with vases of flowers and baskets
filled with vari-colored Easter
eggs.
Sleeping accommodations were
provided for a number of service
men over the Easter week-end,
many more enjoyed the club rooms
during the day, and Sunday night
supper was served to about four
hundred men in uniform. Miss
Chris Keever presented a musical
program, and group singing was
enjoyed.
Several Army chaplains visited
the Club during the afternoon of
Easier Sunday with the Most Rev.
Eugene J. McGuiness, D. D.,
Bishop of Raleigh.
SISTER MARY MILDRED
HEADS NURSES COMMITTEE
OF SAVANNAH RED CROSS
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Sister Mary
Mildred, R. S. M., of St. Joseph’s
Hospital, has been appointed
chaiman of the nurses’ recruiting
committee of the Savannah Chap
ter of the American Red Cross.
Georgia’s quota for nurses for
1943 is 400 and this quota has not
been reached. The Army is in des
perate need of nurses, according
to announcement from National
Red Cross headquarters.
BLESSED SACRAMENT
PTA ELECTS OFFICERS
SAVANNAH, Ga.—At the an
nual meeting of the Parent-
Teacher Association of the Bless
ed Sacrament School, Mrs. H. A.
McKenzie was elected president;
Mrs. J. M. Keating, vice-president;
Mrs. W. L. Moody, secretary, and
Mrs. Charles Kiene, treasurer.
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