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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC L AYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
JUNE 26. 1943
MONSIGNOR READY
VISITS WAAC GAMP
AT FORT OGLETHORPE
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
FORT OGLETHORPE, Ga„ —
The nation is proud of the services
being rendered by the members of
the Women’s Army Auxiliary
Corps, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Michael
J. Ready General Secretary of the
National Catholic Welfare Confer
ence, said in adressindg the assem
bled membership of the Third
WAAC Training Center here.
Monsignor Ready was one of a
small group of religious leaders
who, at the invitation of Lieut.
Gen. Brehon Somervell, Com
mander of the Army Service
Forces, visited the WAAC training
centers at Fort Des Moines, la.,
and here. At Fort Des Moines,
Monsignor Ready was the cele
brant of a Military Field Mass. Ac
companying the clergymen were
Col. George F. Rixey, Deputy
Chief of Chaplains, and Col. Oveta
Culp Hobby, Director of the
WAACs.
Monsignor Ready, who was one
of the speakers chosen to appear
on a program with Col. Hobby af
ter reviewing a parade of thous
ands of WAACs, said:
“Words cannot tell how proud I
am to be here and how very proud
I am that the U. S. A. has the
WAAC. We were in wonderment a
year ago when the WAAC was
started. We have the answer. You
have given the answer to Hitler
and Mussolini gnd the rest, who
thought you and your brothers
would not defend the freedom of
the United States. You answered
that challenge. We’re proud of
you.”
Col. Hobby told the WAACs that
they are “engaged in a communal
undertaking in which freedom of
religion is a principal tenet.
“Church and State,” she 4 said,
1 rifeave a common objective in this
war. At this time the total strength
of all the people is needed. And
that is why women in uniform are
a symbol of all that the free people
of the world hold dear.”
Other speakers were Bishop W.
W. Peele, Methodist Episcopal
Church, of Richmond; Rabbi R. B.
Brickner, of Cleveland, and Col.
Hobart B. Brown, commandant of
- the WAAC center here.
The visiting group of clergymen
' toured the training center, ate in
a WAAC mess hall, heard a con
cert by a WAAC band and the
singing of original WAAC songs,
and held a seminar on the WAAC
and the place its members will
hold in the American way of life.
>*SHOP O’HARA
ESSAY CONTEST
AWARDS MADE
SAVANNAH, Ga. — The Right
Rev. Msgr. T. James McNamara,
Superintendent of Schools for the
Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta, has
announced the names of students
from the schools of the Diocese
who submitted prize winning ori-
-ginal essays on the subject, “Our
God and Our Country,” in the an
nual Bishop O’Hara Essay Con
test.
A first prize of $15 was awarded
John Flanagan, of the Cathedral
School, Savannah, with a second
prize of $10 being awarded Caro
lyn Enloe, of the Sacred Heart
School, Savannah.
In the Colored schools, the first
prize, $15, was awarded Blossom
Thomas, of St. Peter Claver
School, Macon, with a second prize
of $10 to Helen Crane, of the Im
maculate Conception School, Au
gusta. Essays entered in the con
test were judged for their respec
tive districts by the Very Rev.
Boniface Bauer, O. S. B., Savan
nah; the Rev. Harold Gaudin, S. J.,
Macon; the Very Rev. William
Lonergan, S. M., Atlanta, and the
Rev. J. E. O’Donohoe. S. J., Au
gusta., and then forwarded to Sa
vannah where the final selections
were made by the Rev. Thomas
Byrne, of Philadelphia.
PAROCHIAL SCHOOL PUPILS
SERVE AT FILTER CENTER
SAVANNAH, Ga.. — Students
of St. Vincent Academy who are
working at the Filter Center here
are Misses Mary Price, Leolene
Gaudry, Betty Jean Ogilvie,
Jeanne Ryan, Dolores Gross, Jane
Mulherin, Marie Fahey, Julie
Cuicevich, Rosemary Schomburg,
Janet Spillane, Betty Holland, Pa
tricia Cate and Betty Schexnader.
Students from the Blessed Sacra
ment school who are on duty at
the center are Misses Cecilia Col
lins, Barbara Frain, Albion Gur-
ber, Kay McGuire, Jane Harty,
Peggy Mulherin, Joan Mendel, Pa
tricia Quinan. Mary Shea, Jane
Redman aad Marion Smith.
Rev. John W. Dowling
Ordained in Savannah
REV. JOHN W. DOWLING
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Rev. John
Willis Dowling, a native of
Lowndes County, Georgia, was or
dained to the priesthood on Ascen
sion Thursday at the Cathedral of
St. John the Baptist by the Most
Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara, Bishop of
Savannah-Atlanta.
Assisting in the administration
of the Sacrament of Holy Orders
were the Rev. Thomas A. Brennan,
Augusta, assistant priest: the Rev.
Patrick J. O’Connor, of the Catho
lic University, Washington, and the
Rev. Thomas I. Sheehan, of Port
Wentworth, deacons of honor; the
Rev. John'D. Toomey, Milledge-
ville, deacon of the Mass; the Rev.
Daniel J. Bourke, Savannah, sub
deacon, the Rev. Joseph Kavanagh,
of Savannah, master of ceremon
ies, and the Rev. James Conlin, of
Savannah, assisted Father Dow
ling.
Clergy attending in the sanctu
ary were the Rt. Rev. Msgr. T.
James McNamara, Savannah; the
Very Rev. Boniface Bauer, O. S.
B., Savannah; the Rev. George T.
Daly, Savannah; the Rev. Joseph
R. Smith, Atlanta; the Rev. Robert
Brennan, O. S. B., Savannah; the
Rev. Norbert McGowan, O. S. B.,
Savannah; the Rev. Paul Milde, O.
S. B., Savannah, and the Rev.
Thomas Byrne, Philadelphia.
CELEBRATES FIRST^IASS
Father Dowling celebrated his
first Solemn High Mass at the
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
on June 6, with the Rev. Thomas
A. Brennan as assistant priest; the
Rev. Thomas I. Sheehan as deacon,
the Rev. Daniel J. Bourke, sub
deacon, and the Rev. George Daly,
master of ceremonies. The sermon
at the Mass was delivered by the
Rt. Rev. Msgr. T. James Mc
Namara, rector of the Cathedral.
Following the ordination cere
mony, the attending clergy attend
ed a luncheon in honor of Father
Dowling at the Cathedral rectory
After the celebration of his first
Solemn High Mass, Father Dow
ling was complimented with a
luncheon at the De Soto Hotel, and
a reception was held for him dur
ing the afternoon in the clubrooms
of the Catholic Women’s Club at
the K. of C. Home.
Father Dowling received his
early education in the public
schools of Georgia, including
Cochran and Valdosta high schools.
For some years he was employed
in the chemical industry and thus
employed first came in contact
with the Catholic Church. It was
his interest in Boy Scout work that
brought about this contact.
For ten years he was a leader in
Scouting in Valdosta and Albany.
The Rev. Thomas A. Brennan,
pastor of St. Theresh’s Church, Al
bany, and the Rev. Thomas I. Shee
han. his assistant, during the time
of the young man’s work there,
instructed Mr. Dowling and receiv
ed him into the Catholic Church in
May. 1933.
Two years after becoming a
Catholic, Mr. Dowling began the
course of stud^ required for the
priesthood. He spent two years at
St. Mary’s College, St. Mary’s,
Kansas, two years in the study of
philosophy at St. Mary’s Seminary,
Baltimore, and four additional
years of his theological course at
St. Mary’s.
Father Dowling's forefathers
came from England. Ireland and
Scotland. They settled originally
in the Carolinas and Virginia, mi
grating to Georgia soon after
farming was begun in the inland
part of the state. His father’s
family was among the first to set
tle in the southern section of the
state, the area now known as
Echols and Lowndes counties. It
was in Lowndes County that Fa
ther Dowling was born in 1909.
Father Dowling’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. R. Dowling, live in
Valdosta.
His grandfather. H. T. Dowling,
is one of the few surviving Con-
Volunteer Hostesses of
NCCS in Savannah Are
Awarded USO Gold Pins
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga. — As a token
of USO appreciation for their ser
vices, twenty-nine volunteer host
esses at the USO-NCCS Clubs here
have received attractive gold USO
pins which were presented through
the Right Rev. Msgr. T. Janies
McNamara, moderator of the USO-
NCCS.
Recipients include Miss Kate
Latham, Mrs. Lawrence Dunn,
Mrs. Joseph E. Kelly, Sr., Mrs.
Harry T. Wilson, Mrs. D. J. Col
vin, Miss Grace Moran, Miss Fran
ces Moran, Miss Elsie Hollister,
Miss Jeannette Galina, Miss Mary
McNally, Miss Kate Crumbley,
Mrs. T. J. Dowling, Mrs. J. E.
Wingo, Miss Mary Cullum. Miss
Margaret McNally, Miss Mar
guerite Dowling, Mrs. J. P. Flana
gan, Mrs. Bessie Hines, Mrs. R. J.
Welsh, Mrs. F. Zollar. Mrs. F. A.
Holtz, Mrs. John Sullivan, Mrs.
W. J. Dawson, Miss Elizabeth
Leacy, Mrs. Robert Jiran, Mrs. W.
J. Leonard, Mrs. Nell Devine, Miss
Marguerite Shea, Miss Catherine
Cullum.
Monsignor McNamara thanked
the volunteers for the valuable ser
vice they had rendered. J. Francis
Kelly, director of the USO-NCCS
also expressed appreciation for the
work done at the clubs and in
furnishing day rooms at nearby
army camps. Mrs. T. J. Dowling
spoke for the volunteers in accept
ing the pins.
CAPTAIN DAVID KELLY
OUTSTANDING CADET AT
BENEDICTINE SCHOOL
SAVANNAH, Ga—Cadet Cap
tain David O’Leary Kelly, com
manding officer of Company C of
the Benedictine Military School
R. O. T. C. unit, was selected as
the outstanding senior and receiv
ed the cup awarded annually by
the class of 1924 as a memorial
to the Rev. Raphael Arthur, O. S.
B., who served as principal of
Benedictine School from 1921 to
1927, and who died two years ago
at Belmont Abbey.
Captain Kelly is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Lawrence Kelly.
The seniors in making their re
commendation for the award chose
in the following order: Captain
Kelly, Cadet Colonel William P.
Connors, Lieut. Daniel J. O’Leary,
Mapor John Doolan, Pvt. Barrett
Walsh.
In the annual competitive drill,
Cadet Sergeant John Nugent won
thfe Jordan F. Brooks memorial
medal as the best drilled cadet.
SUNDAY PROGRAM AT
SAVANNAH USO-NCCS
SAVANNAH, Ga., — On May 30,
Miss Mary Hinely presented a
group of readings on a Sunday
evening program at the Liberty
Street USO-NCCS. Miss Hinely,
who has been awarded a graduate
student assistantship to the Uni
versity of North Carolina by Fred
erick H. Koch, director of the de
partment of dramatic art and
founder of the Carolina Players
proved her ability as an entertain
er.
Norbet Goebel was song leader
and soloist, with Miss Mary Shear-
house as accompanist. Miss Eliza
beth Leacy conducted a quiz pro
gram and the hostesses were
Misses Elizabeth Prendergast,
Josephine Joiner, Eleanor Camer
on, Theresa Pelli and Margaret
Hogan.
SAVANNAH KNIGHTS
EXEMPLIFY DEGREES
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Some forty
new members were initiated by
Savannah Council, No. 631,
Knights of Columbus at an exem
plification of the first, second and
third degrees held on June 13, the
ceremonial being held under the
direction of District Deputy J. M.
McDonough, former District Depu
ty William T. Walsh, A. J. Schano,
grand knight, and other officers
of the local council.
At the conclusion of the cere
monial a buffet supper was served
members of the council and visit
ing Knights by a committee head
ed by D. J. McFeely, lecturer, and
II. C. Robinson, assistant lecturer
Through the initiation of this
class, made possible mainly
through the efforts of State Deputy
T. J. Canty, and John M. Brennan,
past grand knight of Savannah
Council, the state of Georgia
should be advanced to third place
in the membership campaign now
being conducted by all subordinate
councils of the order.
federate veterans.
Father Dowling, who for sev
eral years has been an instructor at
Camp Villa Marie, will return to
the vacation camp as spiritual di
rector this f ew.
Larkin Mulherin, of
Augusta and Macon,
“Missing in Action”
SERGEANT MULHERIN
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Sergeant
Larkin Mulherin, son of E. J. Mul
herin, of Augusta, and the late
Mrs. Georgia Costello Mulherin,
has been missing in action since
May 16, according to information
received from the War Department
by members of his family.
Sergeant Mulherin was assigned
to the Army Air Force when he
entered the service, and when he
left this country he was with the
crew of a “Flying Fortress” as
radioman and wing gunner.
An International News dispatch,
dated May 15, reported that the
largest force of American bombers
yet sent over Germany had at
tacked a large terminal and har
bor installations at Emden and
other targets in Northwest Ger
many by daylight. It was estimated
that almost 200 of the U. S. heavy
bombing planes participated in the
record-breaking attack. Also, ac
cording to INS, the communique
of that date stated that six of the
unescorted bombers failed to re
turn to their base.
Though not officially confirmed,
it is believed that Sergeant Mul-
herin’s plane might have been one
of those lost on the expedition.
Sergeant Mulherin was born and
raised in Augusta, and after gradu
ating from the Richmond Acad
emy, was connected with the Geor-
gia-Carolina Dairies here. Some
years ago, he was made office man
ager of an associate plant, Dixie
Dairies, in Macon.
He was a member of St. Joseph’s
parish in Macon, and took an ac
tive "part in Catholic Youth Organi
zation affairs there, being one of
the officers of the Shamrock Club,
the Macon CYO organization.
Besides his father, Sergeant
Mulherin has a number of other
relatives in Augusta, including a
brother, Edward Mulherin, Jr.,
three sisters, Mrs. Wililam A Cash-
in, Mrs. Henry Holmes, Miss Geor
gia Mulherin. an aunt. Miss
Louise Costello, and an uncle, E.
D. Costello.
Savannah K. of C.
Elect New Officers
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga.—L. J. Steiber,
former deputy grand knight, was
elected graiTd knight of Savannah
Council, No. 631, Knights of Co
lumbus, at a meeting held on June
9. Other officers elected were:
M. C. McCarthy, deputy grand
knight; Joseph A- Rossiter, chan
cellor; J. A. Kearney, treasurer;
Hugh IL Grady, recorder; Carlo
Desposito, warden; G. J. Steiber,
inside guard: James J. Cronin, H.
A. Sledge, outside guards: A. ‘ J.
Schano. M. A. Spellman, A. J-
Halligan. trustees.
No appointment has yet been
made by. the Supreme Knight to
fill the vacancy caused by the
recent death of J. B. McDonald,
financial secretary.
ANDREW J. RYAN, JR.,
HEADS BENEDICTINE
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Andrew J.
Ryan, Jr., was re-elected president,
and John R. Gaudry, secretary-
treasurer, at the annual meeting
of the Athletic Association of the
Benedictine Military School held
June 10 at the Hotel Savannah.
The advisory committe will in
clude John M. Brennan, H. Sol
Clark, J. J. Garity, Harry Garvin,
Joseph F. Griffin, John J. Peters,
W. E. Register, Richard W. Russell,
Jr., C. V. Walsh, J. D. Robinson,
John Cooley, Gordon Whelan,
Henry Roche, William Walsh, P. J.
Buttimer, Dr. E. J. Whelan and
Judge J. P. Houlihan.
Holy Father Sends
N.C.C.W. of Georgia
Apostolic Blessing
(Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA, Ga. — Due to the
fact that ‘ telegraph lines were
I over-burdened with war messages,
the following telegram addressed
to the Most Rev. Gerald P. O'Hara,
Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta, at the
Ansley Hotel in Atlanta, was not
delivered until after the annual
convention of the Savannah-Atlan
ta Diocesan Council of the Nation
al Council of Catholic Women,
held last month, had adjourned:
“I am pleased to inform Your
Excellency that the Holy Father
has graciously imparted His Pa
ternal Apostolic Blessing to the
members of the National Coun
cil of Catholic Women and all
participants at their convention
in Atlanta, as a token of heaven
ly graces and a pledge of con
tinued fruitful Apostolate.
“ARCHBISHOP CICOGNANI,
“Apostolic Delegate.”
Announcement of the receipt of
the blessing of His Holiness Pope
Pius XII, transmitted through the
Apostolic Delegate to the United
States, was made by Mrs. William
J. McAlpin, of Atlanta, who was
recently elected president of the
Savannah-Atlanta Diocesan Coun
cil of the N. C. C. W.
DIOCESAN CHAIRMEN
Mrs. McAlpin has also announc
ed the appointment of the follow
ing Diocesan Chairmen of stand
ing committees: Organization and
Developmen, Miss Anna Rice, Au
gusta; Confraternity of Christian
Doctrine. Mrs. Joseph Kelly, Sa
vannah; Catholic Parent-Teacher
Associations, Mrs. Harold Mulher
in, Savannah; Industrial Relations,
Mrs. Frank M. White, Atlanta; Lit
erature and Library, Mrs. Joseph
Herman, Augusta; War Activity,
Mrs. D. J. Colvin, Savannah; Na
tional School of Social Service,
Mrs. Grover Heyser, Atlanta; Pub
lic Relations, Miss Kate Latham,
Savannah, Catholic Charities, Mrs.
W. J. O’Shaughnessy, Macon.
A meeting of the Boarrf of Di-
recors of the Diocesan Council
will be held at the Lanier Hotel,
in Macon, at 1:30 p. m. on July 8.
The Board comprises all Diocesan
officers, chairmen of Diocesan
committees, and past state presi
dents.
SAVANNAH DEANERY NCCW
COMMITTEE HEADS NAMED
SAVANNAH, Ga., — Mrs. John
Lyons, Jr., recently elected presi
dent of the Savannah Deanery of
the National Council of Catholic
Women has announced the ap
pointment of the following com
mittee chairmen: War Defense,
Mrs. John Lyons, Jr., Mrs. Wil
liam E. Hines, co-chairman, Miss
Kate Latham, historian; Confra
ternity of Christian Doctrine, Mrs.
F. E. Elmgren; Organization-De
velopment, Mrs. Joseph E. Kelly,
Jr.; Parent-Teacher Associations,
Mrs. H. A. McKenzie; Shrines,
Mrs. John Z. Ryan; Study Clubs,
Mrs. C. A. McCarthy; Social Serv
ice, Mrs. H. T. Wilson; St. Thomas
Vocational School, Mrs. J. E. Kel
ly; Library-Literature, Miss Jo
hanna Daly; School of Social Serv
ice, Mrs. T. F. Walsh, Legislation,
Mrs. John M. Brennan; Aid to
Chaplain at Reidsville. Mrs. D. J.
Colvin, Publicity, Miss Kate
Latham. Parliamentarian, Mrs. J.
E. Wingo.
Rev. George .Lynch
Ordained for the
Diocese of Raleigh
(Special to The Bulletin)
RALEIGH, N. C. — On May 29,
in the Chapel of Trinity College,
Washington, D. C., the Most Rev.
James M. McNamara, Auxiliary
Bishop of Baltimore and Washing
ton, ordained the Rev. George
Lynch, of New York, as a priest
of the Diocese of Raleigh.
Father Lynch, who was born in
New York City on March 4, 1917,
is the son of Timothy Lynch and
f irs. Margaret O’Donnell Lynch.
His father is a lieutenant jot the
Police Department of New York.
Father Lynch attended Ford-
ham University, completed his
philosophical course at Mount St.
Mary’s Seminary. Emmitsburg,
Md., and his theological study at
the Sulpician Seminary of the
Catholic University of America. He
celebrated his first Solemn High
Mass on June 6, at the Church of
St. Barnabas in New York.
Temporarily, Father Lynch has
been assigned as assistant pastor
of Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Church, Rocky Mount, and on Au
gust 1 will serve as assistant pastor
of St. James: Church, Hamlet.