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MAY 27, 1944
Bishop O’Hara Asks
Prayers for Peace
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Cla — In a letter
addressed to all pastors of
churches in the Diocese of Savan-
nah-Atlanla, His Kxcellenev the
Most Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara,'D. D.,
J. U. D., has requested that as “in
vasion Day" approaches, prayers
tor a speedy cessation of hostili
ties and for a victorious, just and
enduring peace be offered in all
Catholic cluches in Georgia.
Bishop O'Hara suggested in his
letter that it might be well to
conduct a novena in honor ot Our
Lady of Victory in all parishes
and mission, and directed that
the ‘Memorare” and the invocation
“Our Lady of Victory, 1 pray for
us. ’ be added to the prayers after
all Masses.
Besides these , public prayers,
Bishop O’Hara urged that petitions
to Almighty God lor the coming
of a just and lasting peace be mul
tiplied in private devotions.
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CATHOLIC WOMEN
MEET IN CHARLESTON
(Special to The Bulletin)
CHARLESTON, S. C. — The
April meeting of the Council of
Catholic Women was held at the
USO Club on Meeting Street, with
Mrs. Charles A- Dennis presiding.
Miss Marie May, chairman of
the sewing group, gave a report on
the work of her committee. A large
quantity of altar linens was sent
to Army chaplains overseas, and
aprons were made for the clinics at
the county health center.
Mrs. Dennis reported that she
and other members of the coun-
ci, had served as hostesses at the
Women's Division of the L'SO and
at the USO Club for service men.
She introduced Mrs. Sarah T.
Schaefer, who asked that a com
Week-End Retreat for
Catholic Students at
N. C. Women’s College
(Special to The Bulletin)
GREENSBORO, N. C. — Over
the week-end of April 23. the
Rev. Lambert Zaleha, O. F. M„
pastor of St. Philips Church
Statesville, conducted a retreat for
Catholic students at the Women's
College of the University of
North Carolina, in Greensboro.
Two non-Catholie students were
also among the retreatanL.
The retreat was held from Sat
urday afternoon to Sunday eve
ning at the summer camp, with
Dr. Anna Joyce Reardon, head of
the Physics Department at the
Women’s College, accompanying
the girls, who did their own cook
ing under the supervision of Miss
Daniels, of the Home Economics
Department.
An improvised altar was erected
in one of the camp buildings, and
cele-
Funeral Services in
Savannah for Victim
of Navy Plane Crash
mittee be appointed from the 1he Hi S h Mass which was
council to visit Stark General | bl ' ated during the retreat was sung
Hospital on (he third Sunday of b -'L th . c choir,
each month
The annual meeting of the
Council will be held in May at
the home of Mrs. A. M. Ferillo,
with Mrs. Mattie Duane as chair
man of the committee on ar
rangements.A nominating commit
tee composed of Mrs. John J. De-
Antonio, Mrs. Marie Prince and
Miss May, will submit a list of
candidates for officers of the
council at I he meeting-
ONE-ACT PLAY PRESENTED
AT MACON USO-NCpS CLUB
MACON, Ga —Service men and
women were entertained with a
special performance of the one-act
play. '“Debt Paid,’’ at the USO-
NCCS Club on April 21.
The play was produced on the
club stage with the same cast
which had appeared in the per
formance of (he Little Theatre.
Mrs. Drue Hall Duke was the au
thor of the play, and Sgt. Ernest
Stewart was the director. Those
taking part were Miss Bette Hall,
Mike Goldwire and Lt. Floyd Sni
der. The play showed the tragic
climax of a Nazi agent’s career.
Marie Houston. international
concert, radio and RCA artist, pre
sented a progiam of vocal num
bers at the USO-NCCS Club re
cently. Mrs. J. W. Pierson, who has
three sons in the service, and Mrs.
E. E. Stewart, whose husband is
now serving overseas, offered a
piano duet, while George Wood
entertained with a black-face spe
cialty act.
Father Lambert was much im
pressed by the young retreatants’
piety, which was not affected by
the, informal surroundings.
Arrangements for the retreat
were made by the Rev. Hugh Do
lan, pastor of St. Benedict’s
Church in Greensboro.
NEW ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
AT CHARLESTON USO CLUB
CHARLESON, S. C.—Miss La
Vonne Parsons, of Missouri Val
ley, la., has been appointed assist
ant director of the USO Club op
erated here by the Women’s Divi
sion of the NCCS, with Miss Mary
Margaret Drennan as director.
Miss Parsons will take over the
duties of Mrs. Sarah Schaefer,
who has been appointed assistant
director of a USO club in New Or
leans. She holds a bachelor of
music degree from the Simson
Conservatory of Music, Indianola,
la., with a major in violin. Before
coming to Charleston she taught
instrumental music for five years.
Since coming here she has become
a member of the Charleston Sym
phony Orchestra.
Miss Dorothea O’Keefe, from
the Daytona Beach USO Club, has
been appointed staff aide for the
USO-NCCS Women’s Division ex
tension cottage on Sullivan’s Is
land. Miss Elizabeth G. Barrett,
bf Tampa, is on temporary duty
at the Manigault House USO Club
in charge of renovations being
made there.
RALPH LENZ,
FORMER AUGUSTAN
DIES IN TENNESSEE
AUGUSTA, Ga.—News has been
received here of the death of
Joseph Ralph Lenz, formerly of
Augusta, on May 15, at Johnson
City, Tenn.
The son of Mrs. Margaret M
Lenz, of Aiken, S. C„ and the
late W. J. Lenz- Mr. Lenz was
a graduate of the old Sacred Heart
College here, and a veteran of
World War 1, having served over
seas for two years. He was known
throughout the South as a hotel
manager, and several years ago
went to Johnson City, where he
was connected with the Veterans’
Hospital.
In addition to his mother, he
is survived by four brothers, John
Lenz and William D. Lenz, both
of Augusta; Marion Lenz, of Way-
cross and George Lenz, Aiken,
S. C., and one sister, Mrs. Charles
Brotherton. Augusta.
ENSIGN JAMES J. DAVIS, JR.
SAVANNAH. Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for Ensign James J. Davis,
Jr.. U. S. Navy pilot, who was
killed in an airplane crash in
February, and whose body was
recently recovered from the Poto
mac River, were held from the
Sacred Heart Church here on
May 17, with the Very Rev. Boni
face Bauer. O. S. B., officiating,
and the Right Rev. Msgr- T. James
McNamara, the Rev. James Con
lin. the Rev. Daniel J. Bourke
and the Rev. George Daly assist
ing in the sanctuary.
Members of the faculty and the
cadet corps of the Benedictine
Military School, of which Ensign
Davis was a graduate, attended
the services. Lieut. Bernard J.
Spender, of Seattle, Wash., accom
panied the body of Ensign Davis to
Savannah.
The young officer was a fighter
pilot stationed at Atlantic City. His
plane fell near Quantico, Va.
He is survived by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. James J. Davis;
a brother, Thomas B Davis; three
sisters, Mrs. W. E. Bradley and
Mrs. J. W. Moylan. Jr., both of
Savannah, and Sister Mary Kier-
nan, R, S. M., Baltimore; three
uncles, Thomas . Davis and John
D. Persee, Buffalo, N. Y.. and an
aunt, Mrs. Margaret P. Walsh
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ROBERT F. CONKLIN
DIES IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C.—Funeral
services for Robert F. Conklin,
who died May 10, were held from
the Cathedral of St. John the
Baptist, the Rev. John J. Mc
Carthy officiating.
Mr. Conklin, a native of Charles
ton, retired some years ago from
his position as superintendent of
St. Lawrence Cemetery. He is
survived by his wife, the former
Miss Mabel Givens; two daughters,
Mrs. Ralph Spady and Mrs. Lin-
wood Furman; a son, Vincent
Conklin, all of Charleston; four
brothers, Cornelius C. Conklin.
Marion J- Conklin and Harry C.
Conklin, all of Charleston, and
George W. Conklin, Montgomery,
Ala.
MISS NELLIE KELLER
DIES IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for Miss Nellie G. Keller,
who died May 13, were held from
the Cathedral of St. John the
Baptist, the Right Rev. Msgr. T.
James McNamara and the Rev
George Daly officiating. L
In the pioneer days of the Geor
gia Missionary Society, Miss Kel
ler often visited the rural aicas
°1 Georgia to teach religion to
the children who had no oppor
tunity of attending Catholic
schools. She was a frequent
visitor to the home conducted by
the Little Sisters of the Poor in
Savannah, where her visits
brought cheer and comfort to
those who were being cared for
there.
Miss Keller is survived by a sis
ter, Miss Anne Keller; two nieces,
Mrs. Edward C. Shanahan and
Miss Mary E. Keller, and several
cousins, all of Savannah.
JOSEPH F. PERRY
DIES IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH. Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for Joseph Francis Perry,
who died May 12, were held from
the Church of the Blessed Sacra
ment.
A native of Queenstown, Ireland
Mr. Perry had lived in Savannah
for thirty years. He is survived
by his wife, Mrs. Isabel! McAlpin
Perry; three daughters, Misses
Mary Keenan Perry, Margaret Per
ry, Kathleen Perry and Margaret
Perry; two sisters, Mrs. Mae F.
Clough, Savannah, and Mrs. Ann
Kennedy. Asbury Park, N. J., and
three brothers. Patrick Perry and
John Perry, both of Malden. Mass.,
and William Perry, San Diego, Cal.
FRANK J. HOGAN
DIES IN WASHINGTON
Funeral Service for One oi
America’s Leading' Trial
Lawyers; Former Resident
of Charleston
(Special to The Bulletin)
CHARLESTON, S. C.—Frank
J. Hogan, one of the nation's lead
ing trial lawyers, who passed most
of his boyhood in Charleston, died
on May 15 in Washington. D. C.,
funeral services being held from
St. Matthew’s Cathedral, with the
Rev. Joseph M. Moran, pastor of
St. Thomas the Apostle Church,
officiating.
The Very Rev. Lawrence C.
Gorman, S. J„ President oi
Georgetown University, and two
former presidents of the Univer
sity, the Rev. Arthur A O'Leary,
S. J., now at Woodstock College,
Woodstock, Md., and the Very
Rev. W. Coleman Nevils, S. J.,
Rector of Scranton University,
Scranton, Pa., attended. Mr. Ho
gan for 16 years had served as
president of the Georgetown Uni
versity Alumni Association.
Other notables in the congrega
tion included War Mobilization
Director James F. Byrnes, Mr. Ho
gan's cousin; Homer S. Cummings,
former Attorney General; Maj.
Gen. Patrick J. Hurley, formal
Secretary of War; Associate Jus
tice Robert Jackson, of the U. S.
Supreme Court; Justices Jennings
Bailey, T. Alan Goldsborough and
Matthew F. McGuire, of the U S
District Court of the District of
Columbia, and delegations from
the American Bar Association and
the District of Columbia Bar Asso
ciation.
ANTHONY J. KAISER
DIES IN MINNESOTA
ATLANTA ,Ga.,—Anthony Kais
er, of Waseca, Minn., father of
A. J. Kaiser, secretary of The
Constitution Publishing Company,
died May 2 at his home, funeral
services being held from St.
Mary’s Church, Waseba.
Besides his son, a member of
St. Anthony's parish in Atlanta,
Mr. Kaiser is survived by seven
daughters, Mrs. Nellie Brown, Mrs.
Henry Muleahay, Mrs. Dennis
Glynn, Mrs- Eldo Kunz, Mrs. Mat-
tie Fox, all of Waseca, Mrs. George
Williams, Mankato, Minn., Mrs.
Howard Mahoney, ot Chicago, and
15 grandchildren.
JAHN C. RYAN
DIES IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH. Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for John C. Ryan, yard fore
man of the Central of' Georgia
Railway, who died May 8, were
held from the Cathedral of St.
John the Baptist.
Mr. Ryan, a native of Savannah,
is survived by liis wife, Mrs
Theresa O’Keafc Ryan; two sons.
Pfc. William ,F. Ryan, U. S. Army,
and J. Patrick Ryan, U. S. Mer
chant Marine; five daughters, Mrs.
E. J. Fitzpatrick, Seattle, Wash.
Mrs, Sam V. Fasola and the Misses
Mary Agnes, Catherine and Sallie
Ryan, all of Savannah; a brother,
A. J. Ryan, and three sisters, Mrs.
Mary J. Schwartz, Mrs. Joseph
Mendez and Mrs. CelJie R. Price,
all of Savannah.
ANTHONY PEIIIANO
DIES IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C.—Funeral
services for Anthony Peirano, who
died April 24, were held from St.
Mary’s Church, the Rev. J. W. Car-
mody officiating. Mr. Peirano is
survived by four son; two daugh
ters and six grandchildren.
Born in Brooklyn. N. Y.. of par
ents who had little of this world’s
goods, he was sent to Charleston
as a siekley child at the age of
seven years by his widowed moth-
er to live with her sister, Mrs.
Elizabeth Byrnes, mother of
James F. Byrnes, now war mobili
zation director.
At the age of 12, he went to
work in a Charleston department
store as a cash boy, later being
employed as a messenger by the
Southern Railway, earning addi
tional money by selling newspa
pers in his off hours.
After seven years, during which
he has learned shorthand and type
writing and had schooling in litera
ture from an old classical scholar
fallen on evil days, he moved to
Savannah in 1896, and there had
a chance to study mathematics at
night under the superintendent of
that city’s schools.
Turned down for military ser
vice in the Spanish-American w ur
because of ill health, he became
secretary to the chief quartermas
ter in Cuba. He married Miss
Ceile Adair, of Savannah, ir 1889
and became a clerk in Washington
in the war department.
After attending night school for
three years he received a degree
in law, with the highest marks
than ever earned, from C.orge-
town University.
For two more years lie worked
for the government by day and
practiced law by night. Then, in
1904, with a $180 pay check as his
capiat, lie went out on his cwn.
Mr. Hogan’s most notable case
probably was his defense of Ed
ward L. Dolieny and the Pan-Am
erican Petroleum Company in a
seyies of trials from 1934 to 1940,
which resulted in the company’s
being compelled to cancel its
leases ^ in the government’s Elk
Hill, Calil., oil reserves. How
ever, Mr. Hogan won the main
fight by clearing Dolieny of a
charge of conspiracy to defraud
the government.
He represented former Presi
dent Warren G. Harding, Andrew
W. Mellon, the General Electric
Company. Armour and Company,
Swift and Company. He is reput
ed to have obtained $2,000,000 as
liis lee from Dolieny, said to be
the largest legal fee paid up to
that time.
In 1939 he was elected presi
dent of the American Bar Associa
tion.
Mr. Hogan is survived by bis
wife; a daughter. Mrs. John W.
Gulder, and three grandchildren.
MRS. SAMUEL B. ANDERSON
FUNERAL IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C.—Funeral
services for Mrs. Nathalie Eliza
beth Anderson, who died April
21. were held from the Cathedral
of St. John the Baptist, the Rev.
St. John Patat officiating.
Mrs. Anderson is survived by a
son; three daughters, and a sister.