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MARCH 31, 1944
THE BULLETIN 1 OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
SEVEN
Bellinger Maher
Funeral in Barnwell
BARNWELL, S. C., — Funeral
services for Martin Bellinger
Maher, who died in Washington,
1). C., March 16, were held from
St. Andrew’s Church here, the Rev.
Vincent Watson, C. SS. R., of
Orangeburg, officiating.
Mr. Maher, who was over 80 at
the time of his death, was a na
tive of Barnwell and had lived
here until a few years ago when he
moved to Washington to make his
home with his sister, Mrs. Fannie
Simms. lie was the son of the late
Judge and Mrs. J. J. Maher,
prominent residents of Barnwell.
Judge Maher had served in the
courts of South Carolina for many
years following the War Between
the States.
“Bellinger,” as he was affection
ately known by a host of friends in
this section, was one of the most
popular men ever to reside in this
city. His forefathers were among
the leading citizens of this part
of South Carolina, being active in
legal and medical fields. The pro
perty upon which St. Andrew's
Church stands was donated by his
grandfather. Michael Maher, in
1831, and his great-aunt was the
first person to be buried in the
Catholic cemetery here. Mr. Maher
was the first person to be buried
there since the recent renovation
of the church and the reopening
of the burial ground.
He is survived by his sister and
several nieces and nephews.
JAMES B. BAKER
DIES IN AUSTELL
ATLANTA, Ga. — Funeral ser
vices for James B. Baker were held
March 4 at Austell, Ga. with the
Rev. Gerald aHgeman, S. M., of
the Sacred Heart Church, Atlanta,
officiating.
MRS. MARGARET SWEENEY
FUNERAL IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga. — Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. Margaret Sweeney,
widow of the late Frank J. Swee
ney, who died February 17tli, were
held from Sacred Heart Church,
the Rev. William Collins. S. M.,
celebrating the Requiem Mass. In
terment was at Birmingham, Ala.
ARMY WIVES AT SPARTANBURG USO BREAKFAST—Members of the Army Wives Breakfast Club,
recently organized at the USO Club, operated by the National Catholic Community Service, in Spartan
burg, S. C., are shown above at one of their breakfast meetings which are held each Tuesday following the
9:30 o’clock Mass at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle. Members of the group prepare and serve the
meal, after which they do sewing and knitting for the Red Cross, under the leadership of Mrs. Leonard
Becker, USO-NCCS house mother, while scrapbooks are made for men in the armed forces by a com-
imitlee headed by Mrs. Tony Bartiluci.
Diocesan Council,
NCCW to Meet in
Augusta, May 10-11
(Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA, Ga. — Mrs. William
McAlpin, president of the Savan-
nah-Atlanta Diocesan Council of
the National Council of Catholic
Women, has announced that the
annual convention of the Dioces
an Council will be held at the Bon
Air Hotel in Augusta on May 10
and 11, with the Most Rev. Gerald
P. O’Hara, D. D., J. U. D., Bishop
of Savannah-Atlanta, offering the
convention Mass, and the Rev.
Robert I. Gannon, S. J., president
of B’ordham University, as the con
vention speaker. Other details of
the convention program are now
being arranged with the coopera
tion of Mrs. William Lucky, Jr.,
president, and members of the Au
gusta Deanery, which will be host
to the gathering.
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ATLANTA, GA.
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FATHER RAMSTEIN’S
SERVICE IS CITED
SAVANNAH, Ga. — A War De
partment certificate has been
awarded St. Benedict’s Church
here in recognition of the services
of the Rev. Aloysius M. Ramstein,
S. M. A., assistant pastor, as an
Army chaplain.
The Rev. Gustave Obrechl, S. M.
A., pastor of St. Benedict's, has
had the certificate framed and
it has been placed in the church.
The certificate is handsomely en
graved and prominently displays
the chaplain’s insignia. It reads:
“In recognition of the patriotic
sacrifice of St. Benedict’s Church
in giving the services of Chaplain
Ramstein that he might serve God
and country in the armed forces
of the United States,” and is sign
ed by Brigadier General William
R. Arnold, Chief of Chaplains,
United States Army.
Spartanburg USO-NCCS
Observes Anniversary
FATHER STALLWORTH HEARD
BY AUGUSTA ItOTARIANS
AUGUSTA, Ga., — The Rev.
Clarence J. Stallworth, S. J., assist
ant pastor of the Sacred Heart
Church, spoke on “George Wash
ington” at the meeting of the Au
gusta Rotary Club on February 22.
He was introduced by the Rev.
E. O’Donohoe, S. J., pastor of
the Sacred Heart Church, and a
member of the club.
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(Special to The Bulletin)
SPARTANBURG, S. C. — The
third anniversary of the founding
of the USO Club, operated here
by the National Catholic Commun
ity Service, was observed on March
17, at a dinner at the Cleveland
Hotel with the Most Rev. Emmet
M. Walsh, D. D., Bishop of Charles
ton, as the principal speaker.
Other speakers were James J.
Norris, of Washington, executive
director of the NCCS; Corporal B.
J. Monks, of the 32nd Battalion at
Camp Croft, and James G. Crow
ley, represented the local USO
staff, who presided. Special guests
included club moderators, Catho
lic laymen of Spartanburg, Green
ville and Asheville.
The dinner was followed by a
social session at the club, entitled
“A Night for the Irish”, in obser
vance of St. Patrick’s Day, and on
the following night there was a for
mal dance and a program at the
club, with “The Night of Stars”,
as its theme. Pvt. Buddy Mergen-
tine and his orchestra furnished
the music. The chaperones were
Mr, and Mrs. Martin J. O’Brien,
Mr. and Mrs. James G. Crowley,
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Suner and Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Armstrong.
Those who took prominent parts
in the program were Lieut. Ernest
McLean, Lieut. Victor Clark, Sgt.
Phil Liliestrand, and Pvt. Vladimer
Sakaloeff.
The North Dean Street recrea
tional center was opened on March
17, 1941, and originally operated
by members of St. Paul the Apos
tle parish and the local Council of
Catholic Women. The original
building lias been remodeled into
one of the finest service men’s cen
ters in the South.
The local club also operates
three extension services centers.
One for white soldiers and another
for colored soldiers in Greenville,
and the Laurentine Canteen in
Asheville.
Sam J. Francis is director of the
club; Miss Louise Collins, assistant
director; Miss Celina Schidzig, staff
aide; Mrs. J. P. Siener, secretary;
Mrs. Myrtle Atkinson, staff aide,
and Mrs. Martin ,T. O’Brien, chair
man of the volunteer committee.
The Rev. Francis O. Ferri is the
club moderator, with the Rev. Jo
seph Murphy, assistant moderator.
One of the most successful week
ly events at the club is “Apple Pie
Nite”, held under the direction of
Mrs. Warren R. Cathcart, who has
baked more than 500 pies for the
soldiers. Another outstanding vol
unteer helper is Mrs. C. J. Miller,
who has baked more than 200 pies
for the service men. Others, who
do not bake pies, furnish funds to
purchase the ingredients.
Bishop Walsh Lauds
Work of USO
Bishop of Charleston Is Prin
cipal Speaker at NCCS An
niversary Dinner in Spar
tanburg;
(Spcial to The Bulletin)
SPARTANBURG, S. C. — Prais
ing the USO as a great factor in
contributing to the spiritual wel
fare and the morale of the men
and women of the armed forces,
the Most Rev. Emmet M. Walsh,
D. D., Bishop of Charleston, gave
the principal address at a dinner
gathering in celebration of the
anniversary of the establishment
of the recreational center operat
ed here by the National Catholic
Community Service, a member
agency of the USO.
Bishop Walsh expressed appre
ciation of the work performed here
by the USO-NCCS during its three
years of operation for the enter
tainment and spiritual benefit of
the soldiers at Camp Croft. He
also paid tribute to the local club's
extended service which included
white and colored USO centers in
Greenville and the Laurentine
Canteen in Asheville. He atributed
the success of the local organiza
tion to the coperation of the chap
lains at Comp Croft, the priests
and people of St. Paul’s parish
and the service men themselves.
James G. Crowley, chairman of
the local USO council, presided.
The Rev. Francis O. Ferri, pastor
of St. Paul the Apostle Church,
and USO-NCCS moderator, traced
the club's growth and estimated
that a half million men had visited
the center since its opening.
Mrs. Martha O’Brien, is report
ing for the steering committee of
the club, spoke of the work of the
Catholic Girls Scouts, the Council
of Catholic Women, and the Red
Cross unit.
Others who spoke were Anthony
Redmond, executive chairmon of
the NCCS committee in Asheville;
Mrs. Eleanor Brigham, who rep
resented Merrelle Mock, acting
chairman of the NCCS committee
in Greenville; the Rev. Ivo Mc-
Elroy, O. F. M., moderator of the
USO-NCCS club in Greenville;
Corporal B. J. Moneks. of Camp
Croft, and Sam J. Francis, USO-
NCCS director. Chaplain Emil C.
Lang and Chaplain John R. Con
nell, of Camp Croft, offered the
blessing before and grace after
dinner. Several members of the
amp Croft military personnel were
special guests.
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CAPS PRESENTED CADET
NURSES AT ST. JOSEPH’S
HOSPITAL IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Sister Mary
Gloris, superintendent of St. Jo
seph’s Hospital, and Sister Mary
Graziana, director of nurses, pre
sented caps to the cadet nurses
of the hospital who had just re
turned from a four-months’ pre
cadet training course at Mount St.
Agnes Junior College in Balti
more, at a Florence Nightingale
service held in the chapel of St.
Joseph’s on February 28.
Cadet nurses receiving caps
were: Mary Louise Brady. Savan
nah; Helen Catoe, Kershaw, S.
C.; Mary Collins, Lambert; Rubye
Cowart, Mitten; Dorothy Cart
wright, Savannah; Ruth Day,
Rhine; Dorothy Elkins, Guyton;
Virginia East, Savannah; Martha
Farris, Savannah; Mary Friberg,
Waycross; Elizabeth Gaskin, Au
gusta Hohnerlein, Mary Moody,
Anne Pierce, Mary Malard, Mary
Saunders, Margaret Stegin, Dor
othy Vowell and Mary E. Vaii-
divere, all of Savannah; Joyce Par
rish, Jesup, aud Helen McLean,
Folkston. ^
CATHOLIC MEN’S CLUB
MEETS IN CHARLOTTE
CHARLOTTE. N. C. —Paul D.
Williams, of Richmond, executive
secretary of the Catholic Commit
tee of the South, and one of the
South’s outstanding Catholic lay
men, was the guest speaker at the
dinner meeting of the Catholic
Men’s Club, held on February 19
at the O’Donoghue School, with
John E. Crowley presidng.
Father Cuthbert keynoted the
program with a definition of tol
erance as being firmness in one's
own principles but bearing with
individuals who hold other be
liefs, Rabbi Frankel emphasized
that American democracy was
founded on the principle of tol
eration, that each individual lias
certain God-given rights, and that
the fact that they are God-given
is the predominating idea behind
toleration. Doctor Spaugh dis
cussed the changes in (lie attitude
of toleration in Charlotte during
the past 20 years. Each speaker
appealed to the group for help
with (lie “lunatic fringe” which is
composed of those who are led
by their emotions and are the
prey of all undemocratic and
irreligious groups which tend to
undermine the real spirit of tolera
tion which is the basis of Ameri
can democracy. The blessing was
invoked by Rev. Bede Lightner,
O. S. 15., of Belmont'Abbey.
Mrs. George Miller
Dies in Columbia
COLUMBIA, S. C.—Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. George Powell Mill
er, lifelong resident of Columbia,
were held from St. Peter’s Church,
the Very Rev. Martin J. Murphy,
V. F., and the Rev. Thomas J.
Mackin officiating.
Mrs. Miller was the daughter of
Dr. John Lynch and Mrs. Eliza
beth Stelle MacNamara Lynch.
Her father was surgeon general of
South Carolina under Governor
Wade Hampton, and was also a
member of the faculty of the South
Carolina Medical College. Her
mother was a great-granddaughter
of Elizabeth Steele, of Revolution
ary War fame. The Right Rev.
Patrick Neilson Lynch, third Bish-
of of Charleston, and emissary of
the Confederate Stataes to the
Vatican, was her uncle.
She is survived by a brother,
James B. Lynch, of Columbia; a
sister, Mrs. Robert Mayrant, of
Florida; six children, G. Powell
Miller, Jr., Mrs. Calhoun C. Moak,
and Miss Margaret Miller, all of
Columbia, Byrd Miller, of Green
ville; Mrs. A. J. Gaskin, Jackson
ville, Fla., and Walter T. Miller,
Memphis, and fourteen grandchil
dren, five of whom are in the
armed forces.
Mrs. Miller was long active in
the Columbia Chapter of the
Daughters of the American Revo
lution, being one time its vice-
regent, and also a member of the
United Daughters of the Confed
eracy.
FRANCIS BORNSTEIN
DIES IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C.—Funeral
services for Francis W. Bornslein
who died March 12 were held
from the Cathedral of St. John the
Baptist, with the Rev. Charles L.
Slieedy officiating. -
Mr. Bornstein is survived by his
wife, two daughters, and a sister.
PHILIP K. /FILLER
DIES IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C. — The
Rev. John J. McCarthy, assistant
rector of the Cathedral of St.
John the Baptist, officiated at
funeral services held on March 18
for Philip K. Zeigler.
Mr. Zeigler was born in Hun
gary in 1865, and had been em
ployed with John Rugheimer Sons
Company as a tailer since 1909. lie
is survived by a brother, Frang
Zeigler, of Brooklyn.
MRS. PETER WILI.MS
FUNERAL IN MARION
M A R I O N, S. C.—The Rev.
Charles Baum, pastor of St. Louis
Church, Dillon, and the Rev. Wil
liam A. Tobin, pastor of St. An
thony’s Church, Florence, of i“-
ciated at funeral services held
here for Mrs. Peter Willms, who
died on February 25 in Dillon.
Mrs. Willms came to Marion
from Monroe, N. C., eight years
ago, and had operated the Marion
bakery since that time. She is
survived by her husband; a son,
Robert Carl Willms; three daugh
ters, Miss Lorenda Elizabeth
Willms. Miss Anna Marie Willms,
and Miss Victoria Jean Willms, all
of Marion; her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Reinliard: three sisters.
Miss Ena Reinliard, Miss Lina
Reinhard, of Germany, and Mrs.
Edith Sides, of Charlotte; two
brothers, Theodore Reinhard and
Joseph Reinhard, both of Ger
many.
HARRY LORD
DIES IN BENNETTSVILLE
BENNETTSVILLE, S. C.—The
Rev. Louis Williamson, pastor of
St. Denis Church, officiated at fu
neral services for Harry Lord, who
died on March 10. Mr. Lord was
a native of Lawrence. Mass., but
had been residing in Bennettsville
for several years. He is survived
by two sisters, one of whom, Mrs.
Mary Boone, attended the funeral.
MISS MARGARET FAHEY
FUNERAL IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga. -— Funeral ser
vices for Miss Margaret W. Fahey
who died March 9th were held
from the Cathedral of St. John the
Baptist.
Miss Fahey was the daughter of
the tale Michael A. and Ann Doo
ley Fahey, and is survived by two
brothers, Edward J. and Michael
.1. Fahey; a sister Mrs. Alex Mc
Donald, Sr., and several nieces and
nephews.
DANIEL J. LOONEY
DIES IN CHARLESTON
AUGUSTA, Ga.— Funeral ser
vices for Daniel Joseph Looney
who died in Charleston, S. C.,
March 3rd, were held from St.
Patrick’s Church with the Rev.
Joseph J. Malloy offiicating.
Mr. Looney is survived by his
wife, the former Miss Nellie Mur
ray. of Augusta, and a brother, Le*
P. Looney, of August*. /