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JUNE 26, 1943
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
THREE—A
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Supply Co.
IBroad at Twelfth Street
Phone 2600 Augusta, Ga.
Raymond Bloomfield
Secretary
Catholic Funeral Director
Sam Greenberg
& Co.
274 Ivy Street. N. E.
Phone Walnut 7909
ATLANTA, GA.
Crescent Laundry
Company
Up-to-Date Laundry
Work, Dry Cleaning and
Dyeing
519 Second St Phones 16—17
MACON, GA.
Out-of-town work done on
short notice.
Named Archbishop
Most Rev. Edwin V. Byrne, Bish
op of San Juan, Puerto Rico, who
lias been appointed Archbishop of
Santa Fe; filling the vacancy cre
ated by' the death of Archbishop
Rudolph A, Gerken, last March.
Born and ordained in Philadel
phia, he served as a U.. S. Navy
Chaplain in World War I. He was
consecrated .Bishop of Ponce, P.
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GEO. A. DURBAN
DIES IN AIKEN
AIKEN, S. C. — George Aimar
Durban, civic leader and promin
ent insurance and real estate busi
ness man of Aiken, died on June
15. Funeral services were 1. Id
from St. Mary Help of Christians
Church, the Rev. George Dietz of
ficiating, with the Rev. Eugene
Helldorfer, C. SS. R., assisting.
Mr. Durban, son of, the late Dr.
S. C, Durban and Mrs. Mary E.
Durban, was bom in Augusta,
where he spent his youth. He
came to Aiken in 1912, and after
being engaged in the banking
business for eighteen years, ac
quired the Laird insurance agency
here. He was immediate past
president of the Chamber of
Commerce, a past president of the
Business Men’s Club, and an offi
cial of the Aiken Polo Club.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Rosamond Wyman Durban; two
sons, George A. Durban, Jr., Cox
swain U. S. Coast Guard, Charles
ton; First Lieut. Frampton W.
Durban, U. S. A., overseas; three
daughters, Misses Rosamond Dur
ban, Mary Durban, and Adele
Durban; a brother, Turner Dur
ban, Atlanta; a sister, Mrs. Cecile
D. Fielder, Augusta, and several
nieces and nephews.
MRS. GEORGE C. KELLER
DIES IN GREENVILLE
GREENVILLE, S. C.—Funeral
services for Mrs. Mary Green
Keller, wife of George C. Keller,
prominent Greenville resident,
who died June 6, were held from
St. Mary’s Church, the Rev. Syd
ney F. Dean officiating.
Mrs. Keller, a native of Massa
chusetts, had resided here for
twelve years. In addition to her
husband, she is survived by her
mother, Mrs. Mary C. Hall, of
Waycross, Ga.; two brother, Hoy-
ward Hall of Live Oak, Fla., and
Thomas Hall of Jacksonville, and
a sister, Mrs. Sarah Randle, of
Waycross.
MRS. JOHN ROBERT UDELL
FUNERAL IN CHARLESTON
' CHARLESTON, S- C.—Funeral
services for Mrs. Elizabeth Udell,
wife of John Robert Udell, were
held June 14 from St. Patrick’s
Church.
A native of Augusta, Mrs. Udell
is survived by her husband, and a
son, John Robert Udell, Jr., U. S.
Army.
RALPH SCARBOROUGH
DIES IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C. — Funer
al services for Ralph James Mi
chael Scarborough, who died June
10, were held from Our Lady of
Mercy Church, the Rev. A. A. Pli-
kunas officiating.
Survivors include his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. William Scarbor
ough; four sisters, Mrs. L. R.
Hatcher, Miss Eileen Scarborough,
Miss Mary Scarborough, Miss The
resa Anne Scarborough; four
brothers, James Francis Scarbor
ough, Emmett Scarborough, Wil
liam Scarborough, Jr., and Law
rence M. Scarborough.
MRS. THOMAS FOSBERRY
FUNERAL IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C. — Funeral
services for Mrs. Lillian Agnes
Fosberry, widow of the late Thom
as Fosberry, who died in Jackson
ville on June 18, were held from
the Cathedral of St. John the Bap
tist. Nine children and a brother,
Isaac Bauer, survive.
JOHN M. FISHER
DIES IN WELDON
WELDON, N. C., —Funeral ser
vices for John Miller M. Fisher,
whe died at his home here after a
lengthy illness, were held June 2
from St. John the Baptist Church,
Roanoke Rapids, the Rev. Peter M.
Denges officiating.
Mr. Fisher came to North Caro
lina from Ellicot City, Md., in
1910. He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Cassie S. Fisher; a daughter,
Eobbie Fisher: two sons, Francis
J. Fisher, a student at State Col
lege, Raleigh, and John M. Fisher,
Jr., of Weldon; two brothers,
George W. Fisher, Roanoke Rapids,
Francis J. Fisher, Elicot City, Md.;
three sisters, Mrs. J. Saunders,
Roanoke Rapids, Mrs. E. A. Garris,
Cantonsville, Md., and Mrs. Nor
man Frey, Ellicot City, Md.
MRS. C. O. PETERSON
DIES IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga., — Funeral
services for Mrs. C. O. Peterson,
who died here on June 15, were
held in Des Moines, Iowa. Mrs.
Peterson is survived by her hus
band; a daughter, Miss Mary Lou
Peterson, Atlanta; her father,
John Peel, Des Moines; two
brothers, John Peel, Jr., Roanoke,
Va., and James Peel, and two sis
ters, Mrs. Clyde Froddrell, and
Mrs. Rose Brown, all of Des
Moines,
Returns to Belmont
REV. GREGORY EICHENLAUB,
Announcement has been made
that the Rev. Gregory Eichenlaub,
O. S. B., principal of the Benedict
ine Military School, Savannah;
Georgia, is returning to Belmont
Abbey College, Belmont, N. C. Fa
ther Gregory was appointed princi
pal of the Benedictine School in
Savannah in 1941, to succeed the
Rev. Benedict Rettger. O. S. B. He
had previously taught at school
here, at the Benedictine High
School, in Richmond, and at Bel
mont Abbey College.
Graduation of Nurses
St. Joseph’s Infirmary
Training School, Atlanta
ATLANTA, Ga. — Closing ex
ercises for the St. Joseph’s In
firmary School of Nursing were
held at the Cathedral of Christ
the King, with the Most Rev. Ger
ald P. O’Hara, D. D., J. U. D„ Bish
op of Savannah-Atlanta, confer
ring diplomas. Bishop O’Hara also
presided at the baccalaureate
Mass, at which the sermon was de
livered by the Rev. Robert Bren
nan, O. S. B., of Savannah.
Miss Frances Bissinar, of At
lanta, was first honor graduate;
Miss Jane Steeble, Atlanta, sec
ond; and Miss Mary Stulb, Au
gusta, third. Miss Keeble made the
highest grade in the last Georgia
State Board examination for
nurses.
Other graduates were: Misses
Joan Adams, Carolyn Allen, Ruth
Bryce, Thyra Gwinn, Mary Lynn
Morris, all of Atlanta; Marjorie
Banks, Newnan, Montine Barnett,
Covington; Hazel Barker, Hogans-
ville; Clarice Christopher, Sharps-
burg; Marjorie Freeman, Barwick;
Vera Gallentini, Savannah; Aud
rey Gauze, Winder; Jeanne Holm,
Savannah; Dorothy Helton, Al
bany; Ruth McAllister, Eatonton;
Ouida Mobley. Blakely; J'anelle
Miley, Hahira; Olive Scott, Cor
nelia; Agnes Stephens, Oxford;
Mildred Ward, Hogansville; Bar
bara Yeager, Dalton: Jane Thomp
son, Tallahasee, Fla., and Dorothy
McAbee, Columbia, S. C.
NORTH CAROLINA PASTOR
ADDRESSES GRADUATING
CLASS OF NAVY CHAPLAINS
WILLIAMSBURG. Va. — Thir
teen Catholic priests were mem
bers of the latest class of Navy
chaplains to be graduated at the
William and Mary College training
school here.
Among those who addressed the
graduates was the Rev. William
O'Byme, pastor of Infant of
Prague Church, Jacksonville, N.
C., who asserted that while he ap
peared in clerical garb, he knew
something of the problems of a
chaplain. He said encampments
housing 50,000 men sprang up
overnight in his parish and they
were without a chaplain of any
faith for several months, during
which he ministered to the men.
The Rev. John J. Sullivan, C. S.
Sp., who left the vice-presidency
of Duquesne University, to enter
the Navy as a chaplain, was a
member of the class.
SACRED HEART ALUMNAE,
ATLANTA, ELECT OFFICERS
ATLANTA, Ga. — New officeis
of the Alumnae Association of the
Sacred Heart School are Miss
Elizabeth Kelly, president; Miss
Lorraine F1 y n t, vice-president;
Miss Claire Van Houten, corre
sponding secretary; Mrs. Elizabeth
Jackson, recording secretary; Mrs.
Danalette Alley, parliamentarian,
and Mrs. Helen Pomar, treasurer.
Members of the alumnae held a
reception at the Knights of Colum
bus club in honor of the graduat
ing class of 1943.
James B. McDonald
Dies in Savannah
SAVANNAH, Ga." . Funeral ser
vices for James B. McDonald, fi
nancial secretary of Savannah
Council, No. 631, Knights of Co
lumbus, who died June 11, were
held from the Cathedral of St.
John the Baptist, the Rt. Rev.
Msgr. T. James McNamara offici
ating.
Mr. McDonald had served as sec
retary in the law firm of Lawton
and Cunningham for many years.
He was a native of Savannah, and
is survived by four sons, James J.
McDonald, E. B. McDonald, An
drew J. McDonald, and Richard
A. McDonald, all of Savannah;
eight daughters, Mrs. Kenneth
Hiltz, Mrs. Edward Pigman, Miss
Eleanor McDonald, all of Savan
nah; Mrs. Russell Jordan, River
side, Cal.; Sister M. Aurelia, C. S.
J., Augusta; Sister M. James, C. S.
J., Atlanta; Sister M. Incarnata,
R. S. M., Atlanta. Sister Celine, of
the Little Sisters of the Poor, Chi
cago, and five grandchildren.
Members of the Knights of Co
lumbus, led by Grand Knight A. J.
Shano, recited the rosary With the
Rev. Robert Brennan, O. S. B.,
council chaplain, at the Albert
Goette Funeral Home.
MRS. JANE ANGLIN
DIES IN SAVANNAH
.SAVANNAH, Ga. —Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. Jane M. Anglin,
widow of the late Thomas Anglin,
who died June 3, were held from
the Blessed Sacrament Church. A
native of Wexford, Ireland, Mrs.
Anglin had lived in Savannah since
her early youth. She is survived
by four daughters, Mrs. J. Read
Joyce, Sr., Mrs. Lewis A. East, Sa
vannah, Mrs. Charles F. Helmly
and Mrs. Alice Stepp, both of
Miami; a son, Walter J. Anglin, U.
S. Army, Augusta, and five grand
children.
w. c. McDonough
DIES IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga. —Funeral scflMl
vices for William Clement Mc
Donough, who died June 2. after
a lepgthy illness, were held from
the Cathedral of St. John the Bap
tist.
Mr. McDonough was the son of
the late Mr. and Mrs. William C.
McDonough, and toas a native of
Savannah. He is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Hannah McDonough;
one son; Lieutenant (JG) William
C. McDonough, of Fort Scuyler. N.
Y., and a sister, Miss Leila Mc
Donough, of Savannah.
R. L. McKETIIAN
DIES IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga., — Funeral
services for Reynold Linwocd Mc-
Kethan, former city policeman,
who died June 13, were held from
the Blessed Sacrament Chu :h,
the Rev. Daniel J. Bourke officiat
ing.
MRS. JOHN DRISCOLL
DIES IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, G. —Funerai ser
vices for Mrs. Mary Jane Otis
Driscoll, widow of the late John
Driscoll, who died May 23, were
held from the Cathedral of St.
John the Baptist.
A native of New York, Mrs.
Driscoll was the oldest member
of St. Vincent Academy Alumnae
Association. She is survived by a
step-daughter, Mrs. Walter Scliaaf,
and three grandchildren.
HENRY W. VOLKENS
DIES IN MACON
MACON, Ga. — Funeral services
were held from St. Joseph’s
Church on June 16, for Henry W.
Vokens, the Rev. Harold A. Gau-
din, S. J., officiating. A native of
Charleston, Mr. Volkens had been
a resident of Macon for more than
forty years. He is survived by his
wife, and a son, Fred Volkens.
WORLD WAR VETERAN’S
FUNERAL IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga. — Funeral ser
vices for Albert Weitnauer, form
erly of Atlanta, and a veteran of
the World War, were held from
the post chapel at Fort McPher
son. Chaplain George J. Zentgraf
officiating. Mr. Weitnauer, son of
Mrs. Charles Weitnauer, of Atr
lanta, died on June 8 in Albu
querque, N. M.
MRS. JAMES THOMPSON
FUNERAL IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga. — Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. Lillie Anne Thomp
son, widow of the late James Cul
len Thompson, who died May 26,
were held from St. Anthony's
Church. Rev. John O’Shea offi
ciating.
Mrs. Thompson is survived hv
two sons, J. P. Thompson and L. A7“"“
Thompson; three daughters, Mrs.
A. J. Pendley, Mrs. Lewis Horne,
and Mrs. Joseph DeLany, and a
sister, Mrs. J. H. Carman, all of
Atlanta. _
GREALISH, POTEET & WALKER
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
529 GREENE STREET AUGUSTA, GEORGIA