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men's Association
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“To Bring About
a Friendlier
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Vol. XXV. No. 10. THIRTY-TWO PAGES AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 28, 1944 ISSUED MONTHLY-S2 00 A YEAH
LAITY OF GEORGIA TO MEET IN ATLANTA, OCTOBER 29
To Celebrate Convention Mass
BISHOP OHARA
The Most Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara, D. D.. Bishop of Savannah-
Atlanta, who will offer a Pontifical Low Mass to open the annual con
vention of the Catholic Laymen’s Association of Georgia in Atlanta,
on October 29, and who will deliver the closing message at the after
noon session.
Guest Speaker at Convention
HONORABLE JAMES P. McGRANERY
An outstanding Catholic layman, the Honorable James Patrick
McGranery, Assistant to the Attorney General of the United States,
who will be the guest speaker at the annual convention of the Catho
lic Laymen’s Association of Georgia this year.
Bishop O’Hara to Offer Convention Mass,
Assistant Attorney General McGranery
Delivering Address at Afternoon Session
(Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA, • Ga.—Honored by
the presence of His Excellency
the Most Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara,
D. D., J. U. D., Bishop of Savannah-
Atlanta, the twenty-ninth annual
convention of the Catholic Lay
men’s Association of Georgia will
be held in Atlanta on Sunday,
October 29, the Feast of Christ
the King.
The Honorable James Patrick
McGranery, Assistant to the Attor
ney General of the United States,
has accepted an invitation to ad
dress the convention and will speak
at the afternoon session.
Bernard .1. Fahy, of Rome, who
has headed;the Laymen’s Associa
tion as its president since the con
vention held in Augusta last Octo
ber, will preside at the morning
session which will begin at 10:00
o’clock and also at the afternoon
session which -will convene at 2:30
o’clock, at the Ansley Hotel, which
has been designated the convention
headquarters.
At the invitation of the Very
Rev- Edward P. McGrath, S. M.,
pastor of the'Sacred Heart Church,
the convention Mass v ill be offer
ed in that church at 8:30 o'clock,
with Bishop O’Hara elebratihg
a Pontifical Low Mass, and de
livering the sermon. Bishop
O’Hara will also deliver the closing
message at the afternoon session.
Clarence Haverty, of Atlanta,
will preside as toastmaster at the
luncheo.. which will be served in
the Dinkier Room of the Ansley
Hotel at 1:00 o'clock. Chaplain
Robert J. Sherry, chaplain of the
Fourth Service Command, will ask
the blessing before lunch, and
Bishop O’Hara will offer the
thanksgiving.
The Honorable William B. Harts-
field. Mayor of Atlanta, will ex
tend a welcome to the convention
on behalf of th city of which he
is the chief executive, and Wil
liam H. Mitchell, of Macon, will
make the response.
The morning session will be
opened with prayer, by Bishop
O’Hara, after which all will join
in singing “America ”. Delegates
to the convention will be welcomed
by Felix Commagere, president of
the Atlanta Branch of the Lay
men’s Association, and Mrs. Jo
seph E. Kelly, of Savannah and
Alfred M. Battey, of Augsuta, a
former president of the associa
tion, will respond.
Next in order will be the ap
pointment of the convention com
mittees on resolutions, memorials
and nominations-' The reports ol
officers will follow, that of John
B. McCallum; 1 Atlanta, secretary;
Hugh H. Grady, Savannah, treas
urer; Hughes Spalding, Atlanta,
for the Endowment Fund Com
mittee; Hugh Kiuehley, Augusta,
executive secretary, and (he report
of the president, Bernard S. Fahy,
Rome.
Other officers of the Laymen’s As
sociation who are expected to at
tend the convention are; Martin J.
Callaghan, Macon, Vice-president:
Miss Cecile Ferry, Augusta, finan
cial secretary; Alvin M. McAuliffe,
Augusta, auditor: and the executive
committee which includes, Bernard
J. Kane, Atlanta; Fred Wiggins,
Albany; T. H. McIIatton, Athens;
Charles Southerland, LaGrange;
Lieutenant R. Habenieht Casson,
U. S. N.. Macon; C. A. McCarthy,
Savannah: Mrs. J. Mark Mote, Co
lumbus; Mrs. Robert J. Hauben-
reiser, Atlanta; and Miss Anna
Rice, Augusta.
Reports will also be made to
the convention by the presidents
of the various local branches of
the Laymen’s Association through
out the state.
Next in order of business will
be the reading of communications,
which will be followed by a dis
cussion of any matters which will
be brought before the meeting.
The morning session will adjourn
after the annual election of offi
cers has been held.
In the afternoon. President
i ally will present Richard Reid,
K. S. G., of New ork, /formerly
executive secretary of the Catho
lic Laymen’s Association of Geor
gia, and Mi'. Reid will introduce
the guest speaker. Assistant At
torney General James P. Mc
Granery. f
Closing remarks and benedict ion
by Bishop O’Hara will conclude
the nay's proceedings.
To Greet L aymen’s Convention
r
GOVERNOR ARNALL
A message of greeting will be
extended members of the Catholic
Laymen’s Association of Georgia,
at the afternoon session of the
convention in Atlanta, liy the Hon
orable Ellis Arnall, Governor of
Georgia.
MAYOR HARTSFIELD
Members of the Catholic Lay
men's Association of Georgia, as
sembling in convention in Atlanta,
will be welcomed by the Honor
able William B. Hartsficld, Mayor
of Atlanta, at the convention
luncheon at the Ansley Hotel.
C.L.A .Convention’s Guest Speaker,
Mr. McGranery, Has Risen to the
Heights of the Legal Profession
(Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA, Gu. — It is with
much pleasure and pride that
Estes Doremus, general chairman
of the committee arranging the
program for the twenty-ninth an
nual convention of the Catholic
Laymen’s Association of Georgia,
to be held here on October 29. an
nounces that the Honorable James
Patrick McGranery, Assistant to
the Attorney General of the l ail
ed Slates, has accepted an invita
tion. extended through the Rignt
Reverend Monsignor Michael J.
Ready, General Secretary of the
National Catholic Welfare Confer
ence. to address thq afternoon ses
sion of the convention, which will
be held at 2:30 o’clock at the Ans-
ley Hotel.
Mr. McGranery was born in
Philadelphia, on July 8, 1895.
.Upon graduation from Catholic
High School in that city he went
to work as an electrotyper for the
Curtis Publishing Company, and
still maintains active membership
in Local 72 of the Electrotypers’
Union. In 1917 he enlisted in (he
Army Air Service and served
throughout the war as an obser
vation pilot. Following the war.
he helped reorganize the National
Guard of Pennsylvania.
From 1921 to <1935 he was Adpi-
tant in the 111th Infantry of the
Pennsylvania National Guard.
In 1928 he received a law degree
from Temple University and was
admitted to the Philadelphia bar,
becoming a member of the law
firm of Masterson and McGranery.
(r ^935 he was appointed Chair
man of the Registration Commis
sion of the City of Philadelphia. In
19.37 he was elected to the Seven
ty-Fifth Congress as United States
Representative from the Second
District of Pennsylvania and was
re-elected to each of the succeed
ing Congresses. He has been ac
tive in civic affairs in his com
munity and is a Trustee of Imraac-
ulata College. Immaculate. Pa.
in November, of 1943, he toox
the ii.lh as Assistant to the At
torney General of the United
States at brief ceremonies held
in the office of Attorney General
• rancis Biddle. The oath of office
was administered by Associate Jus
tice Owen .1. Robert of the United
States Supreme Court. He ,uc-
cccdtd James M. Rowe, .Jr., v. lio
resigned to accept a commission
in the Navy. Mr. McGranery re
signed from Congress to accept the
..ppaiu'mcnt in tlie Department i f
Justice.
Mr. McGranery has an excellent
reputation as to character and in-
legi'iu is a lawyer of great abil
ity, and has a distinguished rec-
O'd as a public servant.
In 3 939 he was married to Miss
Regina Clark, a prominent Phila
delphia attorney. They have two
sons.
It should be mentioned that as
Assistant to the Attorney General
of the United States, Mr. McGran
ery is closely associated with and
a warm personal friend of the
Honorable Charles Fahy, Solicitor,
General of the United States, who
served for some time this year as
acting Attorney General, when At
torney General Francis J. Biddle
was away from Washington.
Mr. Fahy, who was the guest
speaker at the 1942 convention of
th-- Laymen’s Association, held hi
Macon, is a brother of Bernard S.
Fahy, of Rome, who now heads the
Laymen’s Association as its pres
ident.
