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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LA YMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA^
FEBRUARY 24, 1345
Air Medal Award for
Macon Officer Held
Prisoner in Germany
Rosary Confraternity
Established in St. Anne’s
Parish in Sumter, S. C.
(Special to The Bulletin)
SUMTER, S. C.—The Rev. Am
brose Smith, O. P., of the Domini
can Mission Band, with head
quarters in Columbia, conducted a
Triduum in preparation for the
Cannonical erection of a' Rosary
Altar Confraternity in St. Anne’s
parish in Sumter.
The devotions were well attend
ed ,the congregations including
relatives and friends of the 'mili
tary personnel of the Shaw Field
Army Air Base as well as parish-
oners of St. Anne’s Church.
While the active organization
will be for women, any one who
wishes to undertake the practice
of saying the Rosary three times
a week may be admitted to mem
bership and share in the benefit
of the Indulgences which are
granted to members of the Con
fraternity.
Lieut. Philip J. Sheridan
(Special to The Bulletin)
MACON, Ga. — Presentation of
the Air Medal, with two Oak Leaf
Clustors, representing additional
awards of the same decoration,
to Second Lieutenant Philip J
Sheridan, U. S. Army Air Forces,
was made to his mother, by
Colonel Richard H. Ballard, com
manding officer of Cochran Field,
during an informal ceremony held
at that air base here. Lieutenant
Sheridan lias been a prisoner of
war in Germany for almost a year.
The citation accompanying the
Medal read: “For meritorious
achievement in aerial flight while
participating in sustained opera
tional activities against the enemy
from January 8 to January 21,
1844, and from January 23 to
February 3, 1944, and from Feb
ruary 14 to February 20, 1944.”
Lieutenant Sheridan is the son
of Mrs. Alma K. Sheridan, of
Macon, and the late Edward A
Sheridan. He attended St. Joseph s
parochial school, Lanier High
School and Mercer University in
Macon, and graduated from Spring
Hill College, Mobile He was ac
tive as a member of the local Cath
olic Youth Organization, and of
Macon Council, Knights of Co
lumbus, of which his father had
been a charter member.
Radio Station WFIG in Sumter
broadcasts the “Ave Maria Hour’
regularly each Sunday at 8:15 p
M.
Recent broadcasts of lives of
Saints included the Prophet
Ezechiel, Mother Marianna of Mo
lokai, St. Pius V, St. John de Brit-
to, St. Neot, St. Rita of Cascia,
and St. Ambrose. The life story
of St. Eulogius will be broadcast
on February 25.
One Day Retreat
for Men Will Be
Held in Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga.—The Rev. Am
brose Smith, O. P., of the Domini
can Mission Band, with headquar
ters in Columbia, S. C., will con
duct a one-day Retreat for the
Catholic men of Augusta at Mount
St. Joseph's Auditorium on Sun
day, March 11.
The one-day Retreat is being
given under the auspices of the
Holy Name Society of St. Mary’s-
on-The-Hill parish, who have ex
tended an invitation to the men
of the other local parishes to take
advantage of this opportunity to
spend a day in prayer and medita
tion. .. .
After attending Mass in their
respective parish churches, the re-
treatants will assemble at Mount
St. Joseph’s Auditorium at 10:30
o’clock in the morning, and will be
dismissed after Benediction of the
Blessed Sacrament, which will be
given at 5 o’clock in the afternoon.
Luncheon will be served at the
auditorium by the Sisters of -St
Joseph.
Officers of the Holy Name
Society of St. Mary’s-on-The-Hill
parish, who arranged for the Re
treat, are William A. Lyons, presi
dent; Joseph L. Herman, vice-pres
ident; Edward J. Cashin. secretary-
treasurer, and the Very Rev.
Thomas A. Brennan, V. F., spiritual
director.
PORT WENTWORTH PARISH
NCCW COUNCIL ORGANIZED
PORT WENTWORTH, Ga.—Our
Lady of Lourdes Guild, of which
the Rev. Edward Dodwell, pas
tor of Our Lady of Lourdes
Church, is spiritual director, has
been affiliated with the Savannah
Deanery Council of the National
Council of Catholic Women.
Officers elected were Mrs. C.
J. Guillotte, president; Mrs. Jo
seph M. Ocompo, vice-president;
Mrs. E. M. Bolduc, secretary; Mrs.
Jean Koubler .treasurer. Com
mittee chairmen appointed in
clude Mrs. Maurice Loncon,
shrines in homes committee; Mrs.
Sidney Barras, war activities, with
Mrs. August Sanders, vice-chair
man.
The organization meeting was at
tended by Miss Helen Roe Nugent,
president of the Savannah Dean-
During the Sixth War Loan
drive last December, the Catholic
Youth Council of Sumter pur
chased several War bonds.
CHAPLAIN IIINNEBUSCH
STATIONED IN ATLANTA
WAFFLE SUPPER AT
SAVANNAH USO CLUB
SAVANNAH, Ga. — A waffle
supper was given at the Women's
Division of USO-NCCS Club for
service wives and women in war
production work following Novena
devotions at the Cathedral of St.
John the Baptist.
Mrs. J. P. McDonough was
chaiiman of the committe in
charge, with Mrs. J. E. Kelly,
Jr Mrs. Eugene Summerlin and
Mrs. J. Arthur Kearney assisting.
ATLANTA, Ga.—Capt. Michael
P. Ilinnebusch has been assigned
to the Fourth Service Command
Headquarters here as assistant
chaplain.
Born in Pittsburg, Chaplain
Ilinnebusch graduated from Du-
quesne University in 1916, and at
tended St. Vincent’s Seminary,
Latrobe, Pa., where he completed
his theological course in 1920,
when he was ordained to the
priesthood. He served as assistant
pastor at St. Mary’s Church, Mc
Keesport, Pa., for four years; at
All Saints Church, Etna, Pa., for
three years; St. Joseph’s Church,
Mount Olive, Pittsburg, for eleven
years, after which he was pastor
of St. Margaret’s Church, New
Castle, Pa., from 1937 to 1941.
In 1941 he was commissioned in
the Army Chaplains Corps, and his
first assignment was at Camp Gor
don, Augusta, Ga. From there he
went to the Prisoner of War Camp
at Alliesvllle, Ala., and was then
returned to Camp Gordon. Fol
lowing his last Camp Gordon as
signment, Chaplain Hinnebusch
served as chaplain at the Welch
Convalescent Hospital, Daytona,
Beach, Fla., and came from there
to Atlanta.
BENEDICTINE GRADUATE
PROMOTED TO CAPTAIN
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Promotion
to Captain John D. Ware, Jr., to
that rank from lieutenant was an
nounced in word received by his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John D.
Ware, from Fort Belvior, Va„
where the young officer is sta
tioned.
Captain Ware, who spent twenty
months overseas, was decorated
with the Purple Heart and is now
back in this country as an instruc
tor after serving in the North
African, Sicily, Salerno and Anzio
campaigns. He is an alumnus of
the Benedictine Military School
here, and has a brother, Jerome
W. Ware, in the U. S. Navy at the
Jacksonville Naval Air Station.
j ery Council, and Mrs. Joseph E.
I Kelly and Mrs. Hugh Helmey, of
'^vannah.
TRAPP FAMILY TO
APPEAR IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C. — The
Community Concert Association
will present the Trapp Family
Singers in concert on the night of
February 26 in the Memminger
Auditorium.
In six transcontinental tours the
Trapp Family Singers have captur
ed the admiration of American
auidences, both for their perform
ance on the concert stage and for
their personal • qualities as a
story-book family come true. Far
from their mountain estate in
Austria, they lead a happy indus-
tiial life on a Vermont farm be
tween professional engagements.
Father Franz Wasner, the per
sonal chaplain of the Baroness
von Trapp .and her family, is di
recting their concert tour.
WREN A BRITISH CHAPLAIN
took charge of the Scottish Pres
byterian Church in Brussels, Bel
gium, he found that a Catholic
woman nearby had guarded the
properly to prevent pilfering of
the church which survived the
German occupation with little
damage.
AUGUSTA AIK FORCE PILOT
TAKING ADVANCED COURSE
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Flight Officer
Charles C. Brolherton, son of Mrs.
Anne Lenz Brotherton and the late
C C. Brotherton, and a member pf
St. Marys-on-The-Hill parish, is
taking an advanced course in pilot
training at Rosecrans Field, St.
Joseph, Mo., a base of the Ferrying
Division, Air Transport Command.
Prior to his enlistment last June,
Flight Officer Brotherton was an
Army Flight Instructor with the
Southern Aviation School, Cam
den. S. C. His brother, William
J. Brotherton, is also serving in
the Army Air Forces
IN THE NURSERY AT COLUMBIA USO-NCCS CLUB-Each Sunday morning during ^Ifiortained'at
th^ UsdTnub^opcratod^bjT the National^Catho'lic h Communit S y‘servie'e I so ai that' r their parents m£ attend
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supervision of Miss HannahRoche.Miss r A n ^eRoche of st Pet er’s’ School, and is directed
Loyola Bultman, the volunteers pictured above, and Miss Louise Collins,
(Photo—Courtesy of The Columbia Record).
ARMSTRONG-LAW TIRE CO.
TIRES—ROAD SERVICE—TUBES—AMOCO GASOLINE
AND OIL
Liberty and Harvin Streets
Sumter, S. C.
T. H. CLARKE, President
No. 1 South Main Street
THE SUMTER DRY GOODS CO.
DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, READY-TO-WEAR
RUGS and SQUARES
. Sumter, South Carolina
E. H. MOSES, SR„ Pres.
D. M. MOSES, Vicc-Pres.
E. II. MOSES, JR.. Secy-Treas.
SUMTER ICE & FUEL COMPANY
SUMTER, S. C.
24- Hour Wrecker Service
Phone 385; Res. Phone 949-Y
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Staple and Fancy Groceries
Choice Meats
SUMTER, S. C.
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Home of Fine Gifts
G SOUTH MAIN ST. SUMTER, S. C.
Avery Lumber Co.
Lumber, Sash, Doors, Interior Trim, Lime,
Cement, Plaster, Wall Board, Sheetrock,
Asphalt, Roofings, Paints, Linseed Oil,
Turpentine, Glass, Putty, Builders Hard
ware.
Telephones 843—844
SUMTER, S. C.