Newspaper Page Text
AUGUST 28, 194?,
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC L AYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
NINE-
Pastor at Tybee
MONSIGNOR GRADY
The Very Rev. Msgr. James
J. Grady, Chancellor of the Diocese
of Savannah-Atlanta, who is pastor
of St. Michael’s Church, Savannah
Beach.
USO-NCCS Clubs
Doing Good Job in
the Savannah Area
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH. Ga—The Nation
al Catholic Community Service, a
member agency of the United Ser
vice Organizations, is doing a won
derful work on a wide scale for
service men and women in the
Savannah area.
Catholic activity in the field of
providing recreational facilities
for those in the armed forces be
gan in Savannah even before the
outbreak of the war, and when the
USO was established the local or
ganization which became the
NCCS was already functioning to
great advantage.
With the cooperation of Savan
nah Council, Knights of Colum
bus, the K. of C. building on West
Liberty Street, at Bull Street, ex
tended its hospitality to the men
in uniform, and became the first
of the local USO-NCCS clubs.
There is a separate club for wo
men in the armed forces and de
fense work, conducted by the Wo
men’s Division of the NCCS, in
the Catholic Young People's Asso
ciation club house on Abercorn
Street. There is a beach club at
Savannah Beach, where accomo
dations are provided to give both
men and women in the services an
opportunity to enjoy their holi
days at the seashore, and there is
a USO-NCCS club at Hinesville.
where Camp Stewart is located.
There is also in Savannah a Col
ored USO-NCCS club on West
36th Street.
The Rt. Rev. T. James McNa
mara, a member of the USO Coun
cil, is moderator of the local USO-
NCCS clubs, as well as general di
rector of all of the NCCS activity
in Georgia.
J. Francis Kelly is "director of
the Liberty Street 61ub. with Miss
Alicia Baran as assistant director.
Mrs. Rita Seay Aprea is director
of the Women’s Division club.
George H. A. LaRoe has recent
ly been named director of the
USO-NCCS club in Hinesville,
where Mrs. Mary D. Gleason is
the assistant director. James Far
ley is the director of the Colored
USO-NCCS. ’
The Savannah . Beach NCCS
clubhouse is also under the direc
tion of Mr. Kelly, with John Casey
as the assistant director in charge.
Splendid cooperation on the
part of the clergy of the city, with
a host of able and willing volun
teer workers, has contributed to
making the work of the USO-
NCCS in Savannah brilliantly
successful.
Requiem Mass Offered
in Macon Church for
Sergeant R, W, Adams
MACON, Ga. — Ecclesiastical,
military, and civilian honors be- *
fitting a hex'o's funeral were ac- :
corded at St. Joseph’s Church j
here when a Solemn High Mass of 1
Requiem was offered for the :
repose of the soul of Staff Ser- '
geant Richard W. Adams, a mem-'
ber of St. Joseph’s parish, who was
killed on May 14 in the European I
war area and buried overseas.
Sergeant Adams, brother, the
Rev. Patrick Adams. O. F. M.. of
fered the Mass, with the Rev. Rob
ert T. Bryant, S. J., acting pastor
of St. Joseph’s Church, as deacon, ;
and the Rev. John Prendergast. !
S. M. A., of St.' Peter Claver
Church. subdeacon. The Re' - .
Godfrey A. Weitekamp. O. F. M..
pastor of St. Mary's Church. Am-
erieus, was master of ceremonies.
Rev. Mark J. Rogan. O. S. B.. of
the Chaplains Corps of the U. S.
Army, from Warner Robins Air
Depot, and a detachment of non
commissioned officers from Coch
ran Field represented the Army-
Air Force, in which branch of the
service Staff Sergeant Adams had
served.
Bunting-McWilliams Post No. 3.
and Macon Post. No. 74. American
Legion, followed their cased colors
and the air corpsmen into the
chureh and occupied places in pews
of the center aisle, beside the flag-
draped catalfaique which stood
before the main altar.
At the end of Mass, Father
Patrick recited the absolution for
the dead, after which the soldiers
from Cochran • Field folded the
United States flag which had
draped the catalfaque and present
ed to members of Macon Council
Knights of Columbus, of which
Sergeant Adams was a member,
attended the Mass in a body.
A native of Macon. Sergeant
Adams is survived by his wife, the
former Miss Hazel Thompson; a
daughter, little Miss Connie Anne
Adams; his parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Charles LeHardy Adams: four bro
thers, Charles LeH. Adams. Jr.,
the Rev. Patrick Adams, O. F. M.,
Clearwater, Fla., J. Francis Adams.
U. S. N., now on duty with the
Pacific fleet, and Dennis Adams.
Tail-gunner in a B-24 Liberator
bomber based an England, Ser
geant Adams received the Air
Medal from his commanding offi- j
cer just a week before the date
upon which he was reported as
having failed to return from a
mission over enemy territory.
Clergy assisting in the sanctu
ary were the Rev. Celsus F. Hayes,
O. F. M., Americus; the Rev.
Philip Butler, O. S. F. S.. the Rev.
Lawrence J. Sheehan, the Rev.
Thomas Kelly, Army chaplains
from Camp Wheeler, and Chap
lain Mark Rogan. O. S. B., from
Warner Robins Air Base.
Late in May, Sergeant Adams
family received notification that
he had been reported as missing
in action, but several weeks ago
the War Department confirmed
the fact of his death on a mission
over Germany in which he was
reported missing. The date, place,
and details of his burial were not
known, the letter of the Adjutant
General said.
By direction of the President of
the United States, the Purple
Heart Medal and an Air Medal
with an oak-leaf cluster have been
awatded posthumously to Staff
Sergeant Adams.
The Purple Heart, originally es
tablished by George Washington,
during the Revolutionary War, is
awarded “as evidence of the na
tion’s recognition of military merit
and Courage.” The Air Medal, au
thorized by President Roosevelt, is
awarded to persons who have dis
tinguished themselves by merito
rious achievement while partici
pating in an aerial flight. An oak-
cluster is awarded in lieu of a sec-
Pastor of Newest
Savannah Parish
FATHER QUINLAN
The Rev. Nicholas Quinlan, who
is pastor of the new parish of the
Nativity of Our-Lord, which em
braces the Thunderbolt and Wil
mington Island areas near Sa
vannah, and extends toward the
city to include St. Mary’s Home.
Father Quinlan's first assignment
after his ordination in 1932. was
as assistant at the Blessed Sacra
ment Chureh in Savannah.
Miss Benedetto, of
Macon, Takes Vows
as Dominican Nun
(Special to The Bulletin)
ADRIAN, Mich.—Miss Gertrude
Bennedetto, of St. Joseph’s parish,
Macon. Georgia, was one of the
fifteen candidates to be invested in
the white habit of the Dominican
Sisters of the Third Order of St.
Dominic in Holy Rosary Chapel,
on August 11.
Miss Benedetto, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Aristide A. Bene
detto,, of Macon, is a graduate of
Siena Heights College, Adrian, and
spent a .semester at the Catholic
University in Washington before
entering the Novitiate of the Do
minican Sisters at Adrian.
The Most Rev. Stephen S. Woz-
nicki, D. D., V. G.. Auxiliary Bishop
of Detroit, presided at the cere
mony. A Solemn High Mass was
j celebrated by the Very Rev. Ed
ward C. LaMore, O. P., S. T. L.,
Ph. D.. professor of philosophy at
Siena Heights College, with the
Very Rev. Vincent R. Burnell, O.
P., P. G., pastor of St. Dominic’s
Church, Detroit, deacon, and the
Rev. Pierre H. Conway, O. P., S. T.
L.. M. A., of Laval University, Que
bec, Canada, subdeacon. The ser
mon was delivered by the Rev.
Robert J. Slavin, O. P., S. T. L.,
Ph. D., associate professor of phi
losophy at the Catholic University
of America.
Mr. and Mrs. Benedetto attend
ed the reception ceremony. Be
sides their daughter. Gertrude,
now Sister Mary Arnold, they have
another daughter, who is a Sister
of Mercy in Baltimore, and two
sons. Arnold Benedetto and Fran
cis Benedetto, now completing
their course of study at St. Mary’s
Kansas, preparatory to their or
dination as priests of the Southern
Province of the Society of Jesus.
THE BRAZILIAN AMBASSA
DOR to the Holy See, Senhor
Hildebrando Accioly, has become
Dean of the Diplomatic Corps at
the Vatican following the retire
ment of German Ambassador von
Bergen.
ond air medal for additional meri
torious achievement justifying an
original award of the Air Medal.
Capt. John J, Gaffney, ’
Charleston Catholic,
Made Rear Admiral
CHARLESTON, S. C.—Captain :
John J. Gaffney, of Charleston, a ■
member ot St. Mary’s parish, is
among fifteen officers of the
United States Navy who have been j
nominated by President Roose
velt for promotion to the rank oi
Rear Admiral.
A graduate of the College of
Charleston in 1912, Captain Gaff
ney was in charge of the clothing
factory at the Charleston Navy
Yard during the first World War.
He was again stationed at the
Navy Yard here in 1925 and 1926 :
For some years Captain Gaffney j
has been Chief Supply officer of
ihe Pearl Harbor Navy Yard,
where his coordination of all work
connected with that important post
has won official commendation on
many occasions. His genius in
understanding of workers’ prob
lems, together with his consistent
ly effective handling of them, have
combined to create and maintain
a supply service the quality of
which is obvious from its function
ing.
Admiral Gaffney, a veteran with
thirty-one years on Navy service,
went to the Supply Depot at
Honolulu in April, 1940, after serv
ing on the staff of Vice-Admiral
Charles A. Blakely and Vice-Ad
miral William F. Halsey.
Entering the Navy as an Ensign,
in 1912, Admiral Gaffney first
served in the Asiatic torpedo flo
tilla on the China station. The
assignment was followed in 1916
by a tour of duty in Charleston.
In 1918 he was personnel officer
of the Supply Corps. Navy Depart
ment. Washington, D, C., where he
remained for three years. His next
duty w>as as Government Secretary
in the Virgin Islands. From senior
assistant supply officer of the New
York Navy Yard in 1923, he was
made supply officer at Charleston,
being relieved of that duty in 1926
to become supply officer aboard
the U. S. S. Dobbin and later
aboard the U. S. S. California, un
til 1929. when he returned again
to the Charleston Navy Yard. In
1932. Admiral Gaffney went to
the U. S. S. Saratoga as supply
officer, with the rank of Command
er and two years later was trans
ferred to the Boston Navy Yard.
Admiral Gaffney became head of
fuel and transportation in the
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts,
Washington, after two years at
Boston. He returned to sea duty
in 1939, on the U. S. S. Yorktown,
ending a tour of duty with the as
signment to the Supply Depot at
the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard.
Admiral Gaffney’s wife, the
former Miss Wahneta Walsh, also
of Charleston, his son, and two
daughters, were in residence at
Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
during the Japanese attack. At
that time his son John J. Gaffney,
Jr., was a civilian employe of the
Navy Yard at Pearl Harbor. He
is now in the Army.
Admiral and Mrs. Gaffney have
three daughters, Mrs. Edward
Bradwell, Garden City, Long
Island; Mrs. Frank Andrews, Co
ronado, California: and Mrs.
Charles R. Eisenbach, Almeda, Cal
ifornia. Mrs. Gaffney is now re
siding in Coronada.
Louis Gaffney and Dr. Edward
Gaffney, of Charleston, are bro
thers of Admiral Gaffney, and
another brother, the late Captain
Frank Gaffney, died within the
past year, while on duty in the At
lantic theatre of operations. Ad
miral Gaffney has three sisters,
Mrs. V. S. Van Auten, of Port
land, Oregon; Mrs. Walter Stokes
and Mrs. Walter Murphy, both of
Charleston. «
Admiral Gaffney is now station
ed at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard
as Commandant and district supply
officer.
Pastor of Church at
Port Wentworth
FATHER SHEEHAN
The Rev. Thomas I. Sheehan, a
native of Savannah, is pastor of
Our Lady of Lourdes Church at
Port WcntWorth. near Savannah,
Georgia. The church at Port
Wentworth was dedicated in 1949,
and the rectory was recently com
pleted.
Father Kennedy Is
Chaplain of Legion
Post in Valdosta
(Special to The Bulletin)
VALDOSTA, Ga. — The Rev.
John J. Kennedy, pastor of St.
John the Evangelist Chureh in
Valdosta, has been appointed
chaplain of the Valdosta Post of
the American Legion. Father
Kennedy served during the First
World War as a chaplain with the
Australian Expeditionary Force in
Palestine. Egypt, Galilipoli,, Bel
gium and France. He was twice
decorated for gallantry under fire
—once by King George V of Eng
land at Buckingham Palace, and
also when he received the Croix de
Guerre of both France and Bel
gium.
A native of Ireland, ,Fath«
Kennedy was educated and ordain
ed there. He went to Australia in
1905 and came to Georgia in 1928
at the invitation of his cousin, the
Most Rev. Michael J. Keyes, S. M.,
D. D., then Bishop of Savannah.
Since coming to Georgia, Father
Kennedy has served in Savannah,
Augusta, and in Athens, where he
was pastor of St. Joseph’s Church
there,, and pastor also of St.
Mary s Church, Elberton, until he
was named pastor of the parish in
Valdosta some months ago.
The Catholic population of Val
dosta numbers about 250, and be
fore Father Kennedy was sent
there last March, the Rev. Her
man Deimel was pastor of St.
.John’s Church there. The parochial
school, established two years ago
and- taught by the Sisters of St.
Joseph of Carondelet, is attended
by some sixty boys and girls, in
cluding a number of non-Catho-
lics.
' Both Father Deimel and Father
Kennedy can lay claim to person
al distinction. Father Deimel was
the first Georgian, from a city
without a resident priest, to be
ordained to the priesthood. Fitz
gerald, his birthplace,, is still a
mission served by the Oblates of
Mary Immaculate from Douglas.
Before coming to Valdosta. Father
Deimel was chaplain of the Fed
eral Penitentiary in Atlanta. He
left Valdosta to become pastor of
St. Peter’s Church, LaGrange.
McGrath’s Delicatessen
ALL KINDS OF DELICACIES
SODA FOUNTAIN—SANDWICHES—BEER
FORSYTH APARTMENTS—SAVANNAH, GA.
McGrath Distributing Co.
WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS
Churngoid Margarine
Forman’s Paccalilli—Miracle Ice Box Cookies
L. F. McGRATH, JR., Prop.
SAVANNAH GEORGIA
Home of Little Sisters of the Poor, Savannah
Founded in 1890, the community of the Little Sisters of the Poor in Savannah, Georgia, has grown un
til it now occupies the handsome home located on 3 7th street. For more than half a century these self-
sacrificing Religious have devoted their lives to the care of the aged. The present home was erected in
1894. and through the generosity of the late Captain J ohn Flannery, and other benefactors, additions wee*
made to the original structure .