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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
FEBRUARY 19, 1944
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SPARTANBURG USO-NCCS
“SONG OF BERNADETTE”
CHOSEN BY 'THE SIGN’
AS BEST FILM OF 1943
(Special to The Bulletin)
SPARTANBURG, S.C.
Through all the USO Clubs in
Spartanburg we have organized a
joint USO Radio Program featur
ing a character by the name of
“Private Edgar’’. Each week the
program is presented over Station
WORD. Private Edgar introduces
a soldier of the \yeek who has been
chosen by one of the Clubs. The
soldier is chosen on the basis of
his contribution to that particular
USO Club. He is given an award
and flowers are sent his parents
from the USO. A picture is taken,
which is released to the local pa
per and also his home townpaper.
Outstanding talent is presented in
cooperation with the Special Ser
vice Office at Camp Croft. This
idea is unique, in that it gives all
the Clubs an opportunity to broad
cast over the local station without
demanding too much radio time.
Private Edgar also announces
coming events of all the USO
Clubs and tells of various types of
services rendered by them.
The USO-NCCS Unit in Spart
anburg was instrumental in having
the Spartanburg-Camp Croft Co
ordinating Committee consider the
construction of waiting shelters for
servicemen who are seeking rides.
Five of these are being erected on
the main highways out of Spartan
burg, at the expense of this Com-
mittte. The inscription on the shel
ter reads “Give a Serviceman A
Lift”. ■
Monthly, the USO-NCCS Club
sponsors a “Battalion Night” in
cooperation with the Special Ser
vice Office at Camp Croft. The
Special Service Office selects the
Battalion according to the needs
of the entertainment in that Bat
talion. The Merchants of Spartan
burg pay the expenses of the party.
The Battalion furnishes the band
and the USO Club prepares the
refi eshments and secures the girls.
This idea brings about a coopera
tive spirit between the community,
the Camp and the particular Bat
talion. It is the best way of getting
a group of men acquainted with
your Club.
With the influx of so many Army
Wives in Spartanburg the NCCS
Unit sponsors a weekly Commun
ion Breakfast. Mass is offered at
9:30 A. M. for the convenience of
the group. A Communion Break
fast is served at the Club. Brief re
ligious instructions are given at
the breakfast by the Moderator or
the Assistant Moderator. After
breakfast the wives help with the
Red Cross Sewing or USO Scrap
book making for servicemen over
seas. A committee from the group
of wives is appointed to arrange
each event. A chairman is also ap
pointed for the Scrapbook making
and the Red Cross Sewing.
In many localities where there
is no Women's Division of NCCS
this idea helps to solve the prob
lem of program planning for the
Army wives. This idea meets the
need for excellent religious parti
cipation, USO and Red Cross
MISS SCHIDZIG
Sam J. Francis, director of the
USO Club operated by the Na
tional Catholic Community Ser
vice in Spartanburg, S. C., has
announced the addition of Miss
Celina Ruth Schidzig to the chib
staff.
Miss Schidzig is the daughter of
Capt. and Mrs. A. J. Schidzig, of
Camp Cottage, Maine. Captain
Schidzig is stationed at Camp
Croft and his family is residing
in Spartanburg.
Before becoming a member of
the staff, Miss Schidzig was one
of the most valued volunteer work
ers at the USO-NCCS Club in
Spartanburg.
SAVANNAH ARMY NURSE
RETURNS FROM OVERSEAS
SAVANNAH, Ga. —Lieutenant
Margherita Powers, Savannah's
first nurse to go overseas in the
Pacific area after outbreak of the
war, has arrived home on a leave
after two years' duty with Ameri
can forces in Australia.
Lieutenant Powers was the first
Red Cross nurse in Savannah to
enter active service with the Army
Nurse Corps under the national
defense program, enlisting in De
cember 1940. After being sta
tioned at Camp Blanding, Fla.,
she went overseas shortly after the
attack on Pearl Harbor. She is a
graduate of St. Joseph Hospital
Training School for Nurses, and
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wal
ter P. Powers.
Lieutenant Powers gave a« in
teresting talk on the hospital work
being done in Australia before
members of the Catholic Women’s
Club at their meeting on Febru
ary 8. She stressed the value of
blood plasma and brought out the
development in the use of sulpha
drugs. She also discussed the
pleasant relations which exist
between the Australians and the
Americans and spoke with appre
ciation of the charm of the hos
pitality extended to those in our
services.
activities and for personal inter
ests.
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
UNION CITY, N. Y„—Charact
erizing the motion-picture versior
of Franz Werfel’s novel, “The Song
of Dernadette,” as “poignantly un
forgettable and deeply moving in
its depiction of the events sur
rounding the appearances of Our
Lady to humble Bernadette Soubi-
rous,” The Sign magazine here an
nounces its choice of the film as
“the outstanding motion picture
of 1943.”
Announcing the selection, the
oditor states that although the film
had not yet made its appearance,
(he premiere showing being sched
uled for the latter part of January
in New York, the picture was pro
duced in 1943.
“The film is bound to have a
most profound effect on the mil
lions who will see it, many of
whom might otherwise have no
more than a cursory knowledge of
the Divine manifestations in the
Grotto at Massabielle,” a reviewer
observes in the February issue of
The Sign. “For that reason alone
it deserves praise and is worthy
of support. In addition, it is a mo
tion picture of spiritual depth,
superior craftmanship and consid
erable beauty. Amid the amoral
chaos of the hour it stands as a
shining guidepost to the only true
and lasting solution for our prob
lems.”
"In general it is a faithful adapt
ation, exhibiting the same reveren
tial attitude and historical accuracy
that characterized Werfel’s book
. . .The scenes in which the Bless
ed Virgin appears to Bernadette
have been handled skilfully aV
with dignity . . . Jennifer Jones,
who makes her screen debut in the
difficult title role, manages to cap
ture the naivete and seraphic un
dertones with complete success. . .
The entire cast has been well-
chosen, creating a canvas that
breathes reality ... No one will
see The Song of Bernadette with
out being deeply moved and thrill
ed at its dramatic power and the
strong spiritual message it con
veys.”
“GRANDMOTHER” OF FLORENCE USO CLUB—Mrs. Nettie
De Hart is a beloved and frequent visitor at the USO Club operated
by the National Catholic Community Service, Florence, S. C., where
she is the only one who breaks the rule of the club that no girls may
leave the club with a soldier. Mrs. De Hart's many admirers among
the service men scramble for the honor of escorting her to her home,
which is just across the street. She is a great-grandmother, but still
is actively interested in activity at the club, from a game of bridge
to music, for she plays the piano anytime the boys want to sing. She
is state pianist for the Daughters of America, and is a popular figure
at gatherings of that organization. She was recently, the guest ot
honor at a birthday party at the club, with a cake, candles, flowers
and other gifts.
ARMY AMBULANCE GIFT
OF CATHOLIC ACTORS GUILD
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
NEW YORK, — An army field
ambulanee was officially present-
ed.by the Catholic Actors Guild to
the United States Army at a cere
mony in the Hotel Astor.
Gene Buck, president of the
guild, made the presentation to the
Commandant of the Second Corps
Area. Assisting at the ceremony
were Lt. Col. John M. Bellamy,
chaplain of Halloran General Hos
pital, and Col. Ralph G. De Voe,
commandant of the hospital.
AN INCREASE in the Colored
and Indian Catholic population of
the United States of 9,909 in the
last year is noted in the annual re
port of the Board of Directors of
the Commission for Catholic Mis
sions Among the Colored People
and the Indians. The reports
shows the Colored Catholic popu
lation to be 313,289, and the IndiSn
Catholics to number 94,085.
Casper Y. Tarleton
Dies in Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Funeral ser
vices for Casper Yeager Tarleton,
custodian of the Knights of Co
lumbus Home, who died on Janu
ary 22, were held from the Sacred
Heart Church, the Rev. Raymond
Levell, S. J., officiating. Mem
bers of Patrick Walsh Council,
Knights of Columbus, formed an
honorary escort.
Mr. Tarleton was a native of
Philadelphia, but he had lived in
Augusta practically all of the
eighty-three years of his life. He
is survived by a daughter, Mrs.
Anne Sheehan, Augusta, a son,
John J. Tarleton, Atlanta, and two
grandsons. Aloysius Sheehan, Au
gusta, and John Tarleton, Jr., At
lanta.
M. J. BETTENCOURT, SR.
FUNERAL IN SAVANNAH
PHILLIP DUGAN
DIES IN AUGUSTA
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Funeral ser
vices for Phillip Dugan, who died
on February 9, were held from St.
Patrick’s Church, the Rev. Joseph
J. Malloy officiating.
Mr. Dugan, a native of Ireland,
had been engaged in the grocery
business in Augusta for the last
nine years.
He is survived by a sister, Mrs.
Ellen Bulger, Long Island. N. Y.;
two brothers, James Dugan, Ire
land, and John Dugan, Brooklyn,
N. Y., and a number of cousins
who reside in Augusta.
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for Manuel . Joseph Beten-
eourt. Sr., who died January 28,
were held from the Sacred Heart
Church.
Mr. Bettencourt, a native of
the Azores, came to America as
a youth and had lived in Savan
nah for many years. He was well
known in local hunting and fish
ing circles and before his last
illness devoted much time and
effort to fish and game conserva
tion. For many years he operat
ed a grocery store here, selling
out his business to become a
health inspector for the city, in
which capacity he served until
his retirement six years ago. He
was a veteran of the Spanish-
American War.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs
Lillian Wolters Bettencourt; two
sons, M. J. Bettencourt, Jr., and
Jerome W. Bettencourt; a daugh
ter, Mrs. Byron H. Kennedy; a
sister. Miss Marie Bettencourt,
and two grandchildren, Misses
Lorraine Kennedy and Lynda
Bettencourt.
Making Scrap Books for Service Men
MRS. MARGARET DEMPSEY
FUNERAL IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga.— Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. Margaret Dempsey,
widow of William J. Dempiey,
who died January 21, were held
from the Sacred Heart Church.
Mrs. Dempsey is survived by a
number of nieces and nephews,
among whom are Mrs. John F.
Dilion, and Mrs. Lawrence .1.
Steiber, both of Savannah, Wil
liam A. Saunders, Jr., Savannah,
and Edwin F. Saunders, U. S.
Navy.
john f. mcdermott
DIES IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for John F. McDermott, who
died on February 2, were held
from the Cathedral of St. John the
Baptist.
Mr. McDermott, a native of Sa
vannah, is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Mao L. McDermott; a sister,
Mrs. John Schwarz; four brothers,
Frank L. McDermott, Joseph Mc
Dermott, Albert McDermott, and
William McDermott, all of Savan
nah.
CHRISTOPHER HANSEN
FUNERAL IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for Christopher J. Hansen,
who died on January 23, were held
from the Blessed Sacrament
Church.
Mr. Hansen, a native of Savan
nah, is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Mary Paul Ha'nsen; three daugh
ters, Mrs. Thomas J. llalligan,
Mrs. Louis J. Goldberg, and Mrs.
George J. Summerel, and six
grandchildren.
A veteran of the Spanisb-Am-
erican War, Mr. Hansen was an
engineer for the Georgia Ice
Company for many years.
MRS. WALTER JAMIESON
FUNERAL IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. Pauline Chapeau
Jamieson, widely known in musi
cal circles, were held from the
Sacred Heart Church.
Mrs. Jamieson was active in the
Savannah Music Club for several
years, and her beautiful voice was
frequently heard in the choirs of
local churches. She was a char
ier member of the United Daugh
ters of the Confederacy; and a
member of the Daughters of 1812.
Survivors include her husband,
Walter Jamieson; a daughter, Mrs.
Allen Beasley; a grandson, Walter
Allen Beasley; a cousin, Miss Inez
Chapeau, of Charleston, and sev
eral nieces and nephews.
Harald-Journal Staff Photo by L. W. Hpmpton,
During their lunch hour each day, this group from the staff of The Spartanburg Herald-Journal are
busy with scissors and paste making scrap books w hich are to be distributed to men in the armed forces,
serving in remote places overseas, by the USO-NCCS Club in Spartanburg. Pictured, left to right, are
Misses Louise Button, Dot Hurdsinger, Lucia Geige r and Kathryn Powell.
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