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Catholic Lay
men’s Association
of Georgia
“To Bring About
a Friendlier
Feeling Among
Neighbors Irre
spective pf Creed”
Vol. XXV. No. 9. TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES
AUGUSTA, GEORIGA, SEPTEMBER 30, 1944 ISSUED MONTHLY—$2.00 A YEAR
Laity of Georgia Convene in Atlanta, October 29
C. L. A. Convention Speaker,
General Drum, Has Had
Brilliant Military Career
Lieut. Gen. Hugh A. Drum,
Commander of the National Guard
of New York, who has been invited
to address the annual convention
of the Catholic Laymen’s Asso
ciation of Georgia, which will be
Held in Atlanta on October 29, has
had a distinguished career as a sol
dier and has been decorated for
gallantry in both the Spanish-
American War and World War I,
and has been further cited for ex-
■ ceptional service to his country in
the present conflict.
General Drum has been in active
service since receiving his first
commission as a second lieutenant
in 3898. He inherited the military
tradition having been born at
Fort Brady, Michigan, the son of
Captain John Drum and Mrs.
Margaret Desmond Drum. He was
educated at Boston College, the
Army School of the Line and the
Army Staff College.
On September 9, 1898. he was
commissioned second lieutenant
in the 12th Infantry regiment of
the United States Army, advanc
ed through other grades to the
rank of major which he held in
1917. During that year he was
promoted temporarily to lieuten
ant colonel and colonel, and his
temporary commission as a brig
adier general in 1918, was made
permanent in 1920. He was made
a major general in 1930, and a
lieutenant general in 1939.
He served in the Philippine Is
lands from 1899 to 1901. partici
pating in the Philippine Insurrec
tion and in the campaign against
the Moros. He was also stationed
in the Philippines from 1908 to
1910.
’ During the Mexican troubles
preceding the first World War.
General Drum was chief-of-slaff
to General Funston and subse
quently served as chief-of-staff to
General Pershing in France. Since
that time he has seen service suc
cessively as Chief of the Army
School of the Line. Comrqander of
coast and air defenses of the Sec
ond Corps Area, Assistant Chief
of Staff of the Army, Inspector
General of the United States
Army, Commander of the Hawai
ian Department, Commander of
the Sixth Corps Aera and in 1939
was made Lieutenant General and
placed in command of the Second
Corps Area.
In 1943, when General Drum
was commander of the First Army
and Eastern Defense Command,
he was appointed chairman of the
Inter-American Defense Board,
representing twenty-one American
republics, and charged with devis
ing measures necessary for hemi
sphere defense.
At present, General Drum com
mands the National Guard of the
State of New York.
General Drum’s military decor
ations seem to have coincided
with every step of his long mili
tary career. He was awarded the
Silver Star for “gallantry in ac
tion” in the Philippines, and since
has merited the following -recog
nitions: the Distinguished Service
Medal, Commander of the Legion
of Honor and Croix de Guerre with
two palms (France) and Command
er of the Order of the Crown (Bel
gium and Italy).
In Catholic and civic circles the
name of General Drum has long
been associated with the highest
standards of religious and civic
endeavor. In each of his peace
time appointments General Drum
has been identified with broad
programs for civic betterment and
the simplicity of his religious atti
tude has endeared him to (he rank
and file of his military associates.
Chaplains who served with him
during his years of active duty
called attention to the fact that at
all times he insisted upon attend
ing Mass and other religious ser
vices with the enlisted personnel.
The University of Notre Dame,
in 1940, awarded General Drum
the Laetare Medal, a distinction
that is given each year in recog
nition of merit and achievement to
some outstanding American Cath
olic layman or laywoman.
President of Atlanta Branch of
Laymen s Association Announces
Atlanta Convention Committees
(Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA. Ga.—Felix Comma-
gere, president of the Atlanta
Branch of the Catholic Laymen’s
Asoeiation of Georgia, has an
nounced the appointment of the
various committees which will
plan for the reception and enter
tainment of the Catholic laymen
from other parts of Georgia who
will be in attendance at the an
nual convention of the Catholic
Laymen’s Association of Georgia
which will be held in Atlanta, on
October 29.
Estes Doremus, who headed the
Atlanta Branch of the Association
from 1940 until January of this
year, has been named general
chairman and members who have
been named to date are as fol
lows:
Reception Committee: John M.
Harrison, chairman; Henry C.
Taylor, W. G. Coyle, Mrs. Marga
ret Madgwiek, Mrs. Jack Leamy,
Mrs. W. A. Tadlock, Mrs. Paul
O’Dwyer, Mrs. Mary Dicks White,
Dan Sutter, C. D. Carley, Mrs.
Estes Doremus, Mrs. W. F. Up-
Church, Mrs. W. J. McAlpin, W. J.
McAlpin, R\rs. Grover Heyser,
Grover Heyser, J. I. Oberst, W. A.
Brand, Albert Campbell, Thomas
J. O’Keefe, Mrs. Marguerite Ryan,
Mrs. Edward Hoctor, Edward Hoc-
tor, R. K. Whiteford, James L.
Harrison, Mrs. W. A. Gericke, Mrs.
John B. McCallum, John B. McCal-
lum, J. G. Epler, Robert Cole, M.
E. Masters, Mrs. Hilda Jones, Mis.
Eugene Carner, and Mrs. W. R.
Weymouth.
Heads Atlanta
Branch of C. L. A.
Press and Publicity Committee:
Thomas J. O’Keefe, chairman-
Thomas Gilmore, R. K. Whiteford;
Estes Doremus.
Hotel and Luncheon Committee:
Felix J. Commagere, chairman;
Estes Doremus, Miss Aimee Clo-
liccy.
Finance Committee: Hughes
Spalding, chairman; Clarence Hav-
erty, James L. Dickey, Mrs. Alex
Smith.
To Offer Mass
BISHOP O’HARA
The Most Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara,
Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta, who
will celebrate a Pontifical Mass to
open the annual convention of the
Catholic Laymen’s Association of
Georgia, to be held in Atlanta next
month, and who will deliver an
address at the convention’s closing
session.
To Preside
BERNARD S. FAIIY
Presiding at the twenty-ninth an
nual convention of the Catholic
Laymen’s Association of Georgia,
to be held in Atlanta, October 29,
will be Bernard S. Fahy, of Rome,
prominent North Georgia mer
chant, who was elected president oil
the Association at the convention
in Augusta last year.
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga.—In a pastoral
letter which was read at Masses
celebrated on September 9 in all
of the Catholic churches in this
state, the Most Rev. Gerald P.
O’Hara, D. D., J. U. D., Bishop of
Savannah-Atlanta, directed that
there should be special observance
of the day upon which the war
with Germany shall come to an
end.
Bishop O’Hara’s letter directs
that there should be a Mass of
Thanksgiving in every church and
chapel in the Diocese, that there
be exposition of the Blessed Sac
rament in all churches and chap
els from sunrise to sunset, and
that appropriate prayers be offer
ed from time to time during
V-Day in the Catholic churches of
Georgia “for the benefit of those
who will congregate in the
churches in adoration, love and
heartfelt gratitude.”
The letter announced that
there would be a Solemn Pontifi
cal Mass of Thanksgiving at the
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
in Savannah on V-Day, and on
the following day a Solemn Pon-
Guest Speaker
GENERAL DRUM
Lieutenant General Hugh A.
Drum, Commander of the National
Guard of New York, one of Amer
ica’s most distinguished military
leaders, and Laetare Medalist for
1940, who has been invited to ad
dress the convention of the Catho
lic Laymen’s Association of Geor
gia in Atlanta next month.
Heads Committee
ESTES DOREMUS
Estes Doremus, past president
of the Atlanta Branch of the Cath
olic Laymen’s Association of Geor
gia, who has been named by Felix
Commagere, his successor in that
office, as General Chairman of the
committee on arrangements for
this year’s convention of the Lay
men’s Association.
tifical Mass of Requiem for the
repose of*the souls of all those
who have given their lives in the
service of their country in World
War II.
Andrew J. Ryan, faithful navi
gator of the Fourth Degree Assem
bly, Knights of Columbus, has an
nounced that members of the local
assembly will attend the Requiem
Mass in a body.
Catechetical Sunday to
Be Observed in Georgia
The Most Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara,
Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta, has
designated Ihe third Sunday in Oc
tober as Catechetical Sunday, for
the purpose of fjirthcr developing
in Georgia the program of the Con
fraternity of Christian Doctrine in
regard to the elementary and ad
vanced study of Christian Doctrine.
GENERAL HUGH DRUM
INVITED TD ADDRESS
AFTERNOON SESSION
Bishop O’Hara to Offer Con
vention Mass at the Sacred
Heart Church—Convention
Sessions to Be Held at
Ansley Hotel
(Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA, Ga.—An invitation
has been extended to Lieutenant
General Hugh Aloysius Drum,
Commander of the National Guard
of New Y'ork, to address the twen
ty-ninth annual convention of the
Catholic Laymen’s Association of
Georgia which will be held in At
lanta on Sunday, October 29, the
Feast of Christ the King.
His Excellency the Most Rever
end Gerald P. O'Hara, D. D„
J. U. D., will offer the convention
Mass, which will be celebrated at
the Sacred Heart Church, and will
attend the convention sessions
which wil be held at the Ansley
Hotel.
Bernard S. Fahy, of Rome, who
v/as elected president of the Cath
olic Laymen’s Association of Geor
gia at the convention held in Au
gusta last year, will preside at
the convention sessions.
Felix Commagere. president of
the Atlanta Branch of the Lay
men's Association, has announced
the selection of Estes 'Doremus,
who headed the Atlanta Branch
from 1940 to 1943, as general
chairman of the committee that
will complete plans for the recep
tion and entertainment of the
Catholic laymen from all parts of
Georgia who will attend the con
vention.
While all details of the conven
tion program have not yet been
completed, it has been decided
that the Pontifical Low Mass,
which will open the convention,
will be. celebrated by Bishop
O’Hara at the Sacred Heart
Church at 8:30 o’clock.
The morning session of the con
vention, which will be held at the
Ansley Hotel, which has been des
ignated the convention headquar
ters, will be called to order at ten
o’clock, and every effort will be
made to finish all of the business
of the convention before half-past
twelve, (lie hour which has been
set for the adjournment of the
business meeting.
Because of war-time conditions,
all of the social features which
have been a part of the annual
gatherings of the Catholic laity of
Georgia in other years, will be
dispensed with this year, the con
vention being devoted almost en
tirely to the transaction of busi
ness of importance.
However, there will be a lunch
eon at the Ansley Hotel at one
o'clock, with Bishop O’Hara pre
siding, and Clarence Haverty act
ing as toastmaster. No formal pro
gram is planned for the luncheon
beyond a few words of welcome to
the visitors, a brief response, and
the introduction of distinguished
guests.
General Drum, who will be in
troduced by Richard Reid, editor
of The Catholic News, of New
York, ancV former executive secre
tary of the Catholic Laymen’s As
sociation 'of Georgia, will speak
at the afternoon session, which
will begin at half-past two o’clock.
The convention program will
conclude with an address by Bish
op O’Hara.
MORNING SESSION
At the morning session, which
will be opened with prayer by
Bishop O’Hara, Felix Commagere,
president of the Atlanta Branch,
will extend a welcome to the con
vention delegates, and Alfred M.
Battey, of Augusta, who served as
president of the Laymen’s Asso
ciation from 1933 to 1939, will
make the response.
Next in order will be appoint-
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Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta
Plans Observance of V-Day