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AUGUST 28, 1943
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
FIFTEEN
BIRTHDAY PARTY HELD
AT ST. MARY S HOME
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Two-year-old
Christine Saba, who is at St.
Mary’s Home, was honored on her
birthday. August 19, with a party
on the front porch and lawn of
St. Mary’s, given by her father.
Simm Saba.
The Rt. Rev. Msgr. T. James
McNamara, rector of the Cathedral
of St. John the Baptist, was among
the guests at the party and cut
the birthday cake.
The little girl is one of the
several daughters of Mr. Saba, who
with other relatives, as well as
all of the Sisters and children at
St. Mary’s gathered to fete Chris
tine on the occasion. The young
est guest was Christine’s sister,
Sadie Saba, only four months old,
who lives at St. Joseph's Hospital.
Best Wishes
FOLTZ STUDIO
10 Broughton St., West
Phone 3-1062
SAVANNAH, GA.
AT WEST POINT—Robert Mc-
Kisson Herron, III, of Dalton,
Georgia, who recently began his
second year at the United States
Military Academy, West Point.
Cadet Herron, a member of Our
Lady of Perpetual Help parish in
Dalton, entered West Point last
summer after having served five
months in the enlisted personnel
of the Army. His father served as
an Army aviator during the first
World War.
Best Wishes
FRED HAAR
Savannah Beach
MISS MARY McGHEE
DIES IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Miss Mary
Magdaline McGhee, young daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. I. D. Mc
Ghee of Montgomery Heights,
died on July 29, funeral services
being held from the Cathedral.
A native of Nashville, Miss Mc
Ghee had lived in Savannah for
four years. She was a member
of this years graduating class at
St. Vincent Academy.
Besides her parents, Miss Mc
Ghee is survived by two brothers.
Dean Lawrence McGhee, U. S.
Army Air Force, now overseas,
and Patrick J. McGhee; three
sisters, Misses Margaret, Anne
Marie, and Peggy Lorraine Mc
Ghee, and several aunts and
uncles in Nashville.
MRS. HAROLD A HUNTER
DIES IN NEW JERSEY
CHARLESTON, S. C—News
has been received here of the
death of Mrs. Virginia Kanapaux
Hunter, of Brooklyn, N. Y., at
Toms River, N. J., on August 4.
Funeral services were held from
St. Joseph's Church, Toms River,
the Rev. George J. Welsh offici
ating.
Mrs. Hunter, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Crew
Kanapaux, was born in Charles
ton, August 11, 1910. She is sur
vived by her husband, Harold
Allen Hunter: her mother; two
sisters, Miss Charlotte Kanapaux,
Atlanta, and Ensign Margaret S.
Kanapaux, U. S. N. R., New York
City, and a brother, Lieutenant
Charles Kanapaux, now in Aus
tralia.
MRS. FRANCES STRAUT
FUNERAL IN MACON
MACON, Ga.—Funeral services
for Mrs. Frances Straut, who died
July 28, in Atlanta, were held
here with the Rev. Michael Mc
Nally, S. J., assistant pastor of
St. Joseph’s Church officiating.
Mrs. Straut was born in Hous
ton County, the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William Stanley Ellis.
She had lived in Macon for 25
years.
She is survived by her mother,
Mrs. Elizabeth Bateman Stem-
bridge Ellis; four sisters, Mrs.
Lester C. Goodwin. Charleston;
Mrs. Ben L. English, Hawkins-
ville; Miss Juanita Ellis and Mrs.
Doretha Smith, Macon; a brother!
John C. Ellis, St. Petersburg, Fla.!
and a granddaughter, Miss Kath
erine Meadows, Cochran.
REDlN R. LEWIS
DIES IN FLORENCE
FLORENCE, S. C. — Funeral
services for Redin R. Lewis, well-
known life-long resident of Flor
ence, who died August 18, were
held from St. Anthony’s Church
here, the Rev. William A. Tobin
officiating.
Mr. Lewis is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Edith House Lewis; a
son. Robert L. Lewis, a daughter,
Miss Dixie Lewis, all of Florence-
five sisters, Mrs. C. R. Johnson!
Miami: Mrs. Julia Barefoot, Cam
eron, N. C.; Mrs. Mattie Bradly.
Florence, and Mrs. George T. Bur
nette and Mrs. Nick Carter, both
of Rocky' Mount. N. C.
MRS. MARGARET WILKINS
FUNERAL IN RALEIGII
RALEIGH, N. C.—Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. Margaret Wilkins
who died August 16th were held
from the Sacred Heart Cathedral,
with the Reverend Joseph Sands
officiating. Mrs. Wilkins is sur
vived by one brother, John Cronin
now in the British service.
ON THE OCCASION of the re
cent death of Lin Sen, President
of China, His Holiness Pope Pius
XII communicated an expression
of sympathy to the Chungking
Government.
When We The People
Trust in God
Repent and Believe in Jesus
And Do His Will Instead Ours
Peace and Happiness Will Return
To Us Who Try Our Best to Serve
Him.
UNCLE BOB
GOLDSTAR RANCH
Waving Girl of Savannah Harbor
Using a newspaper clipping for a model, Wilho Anderson, a quar
termaster third class, on duty at the U. S. Naval anti-submarine sta
tion at Cockspur Island, Georgia, has executed the beautiful painting,
pictured above, of the late Miss Florence Martus, the famed “Waving
Girl” of the Elba Island lighthouse at the entrance of Savannah Harbor.
For the past ten years, the young artist, who calls Savannah his home,
has been sailing up and down eastern coastal waters, painting seaman
and their ships. At the direction of his commanding officer, Captain
William H Stiles, Jr., Quartermaster Anderson is now capturing on
canvas a background to perpetuate the history of the war as it
is being waged on this lonely Georgia isle. After putting in eight-
hours a day teaching a class in communications, the young sailor-artist
spends his spare time in his studio.
Miss Martus was born on Cockspur Island, off Fort Pulaski, in.
1869. For more than fifty years she waved a handkerchief by day and a
lantern by night to vessels passing Elba Island in the Savannah River
at the entrance to Savannah Harbor. A member of the Cathedral
parish in Savannah, Miss Martus died in February of this year, and in
her memory a Liberty ship soon to be launched will be given the
name “Florence Martus.”—(Navy photo—Courtesy of The Atlanta
Journal.)
W. T. ROX, AUGUSTAN,
COMMISSIONED ENSIGN
AUGUSTA, Ga. —- William T.
Rox, well-known young Augustan,
a member of St. Mary’s-on-The-
Hill parish, has been commission
ed an ensign in the United States
Navy Reserve at the U. S. Mid
shipman School, Columbia Uni
versity.
Ensign Rox is a son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. John Rox. His mo
ther was the former Miss Ethel
Fitzgerald, of Augusta.
The Rox family is making mili
tary history, with four members
in the service. Gerald Rox, an
ensign in the-Navy flying corps;
William Rox, also a Navy ensign;
Sergeant John Rox, of the Army,
and Miss Mary Claire Rox, who
is a Navy nurse.
Lieutenant Richard A. Wheeler,
who married another sister, Miss
Jane Rox. is reported in recent
dispatches as having downed two
Japanese Zeros on July 15 over
the Solomon Islands.
FATHER BAECHTEL
SERIOUSLY ILL
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Prayers were
offered in Savannah churches on
Sunday, August 15, for the Rev.
Victor Baechtel, S. M. A., former
ly stationed at St. Benedict the
Moor Church in Savannah, who is
seriously ill in a hospital in St.
Louis.
Father Baechtel is at present
assistant pastor of Our Lady of
Lourdes Church, Atlanta.
THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE
DAME has received the gift of
the flag carried through the Civil
War by the Irish Brigade. The
new flag was presented after the
war by Gen. Thomas F. Meagher,
commander of the Brigade, to his
aide, Thomas P. Martin. The gift
was made by Mrs. Miriam E.
Gregory, of Chicago, and her
brother, grandchildren of Mr.
Martin.
RABBI II. GORIN Perelmuter,
of the Beth Zion Congregation, a
Jewish leader, was one of three
new members elected to the Board
of Catholic Charities in Johns
town, Pa. Rabbi Perlemuter was
elected to a three-year term on
the board, which has a member
ship of eighteen.
Parish Organizations
of Blessed Sacrament
Church in Savannah
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga.—The various
parish organizations are a great
aid to the pastor of the Church of
the Blessed Sacrament in Savan
nah, the able leadeship of the
various parochial groups proving
an inspiration to the members.
The parish council of the Na
tional Council of Catholic Women
is headed by Mrs. Langdon H.
Cooper, as president, with Mrs.
Hugh L. Helmly, vice-president,
and Mrs. W. H. Johnston, secre
tary.
The Holy Name Society of the
Blessed Sacrament parish has as
its officers: Frank J. Anderson,
president; James J. McGrath, vice-
president; Harold McCarthy, sec
retary; Francis Kelly, treasurer;
Chris Laird, marshal, and Ed
ward Rogerson, assistant marshal.
Mrs. Bertram C. Guild is presi
dent of the Altar Society of»the
Blessed Sacrament Church, with
Mrs. H. G. Witherington, vice
president, Mrs. Hugh L. Helmly,
Sr., corresponding secretary; Mrs.
W. F. Morel, recording secretary,
and Mrs. E. P. Jones, treasurer.
The Parent-Teacher Association
of the Blessed Sacrament paro
chial school is headed by Mrs.
Herbert A. McKenzie, president,
the other officers being Mrs.
James L. Keating, vice-president
Mrs. W. L. Moody, secretary, and
Mrs. Charles A. Kiene, treasurer.
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