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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
FEBRUARY 24, 1945
Pastor in Florence
hi n(tLtmu Neale Edelen, Raleigh,
FOR n UEUT."jdHN WOLFF i Dies in Bomber Crash
REQUIEM MASS OFFERED
AT RALEIGH CATHEDRAL
Visit to Vatican
Thrills WAC Sergeant
Now at Camp Butner, N.
C.
FATHER TOBIN
The Rev. William A'. Tobin, pas
tor of St. Anthony's Church, Flor
ence, S. C.
RALEIGH, N. C.—A Requiem
Mass for the repose of the soul of
Lt. John Wolff, of Raleigh, who
was killed in action over Yugo
slavia on December 18, was of
fered on February 7 at the Sacred
Heart Cathedral, by the Very
Rev. Msgr. J. Lennox Federal.
Lieutenant Wolff, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Herman Wolff, was a
student at the University of Notre
Dame when he enlisted in the
Army Air Forces in February of
1943.
Lieutenant Wolff is survived by
his parents; three sisters, Mrs.
Frank Jones, Mrs. J. L. Marks, Jr.,
an ' Miss Rita Wolff, all of Ra
leigh; three brothers, William
Wolff and Thomas Wolff, both of
Raleigh, and Ensign Herman
Wolff, Jr., now in training *at Fort
Pierce, Fla., and his grandfather,
John W. Keys, of Raleigh.
Flight Officer Was Brother
of Chaplain Philip Edelen,
Killed in Action in France
Last Year
VALENTINE BALL AT
GREENVILLE NCCS CLUB
GREENVILLE, S. C.—The Vol
unteer Corps of the National
Catholic Community Service in
addition to the regular spaghetti
suppers, dances, pie nites, break- J
fast and supper snacks, and a 1
“Mardi Gras” Ball, also sponsored
a ‘Sweetheart Ball’ in observance
of St. Valentine’s Day. though the
dance was not held until February
15. The affair was formal and
under the auspices of the Junior
Hostesses, with Corporal Nixon's
orchestra furnishing the music. A
floor show was presented with
Lieut. L. C. Harrison, Chief of
Special Service, as master of cere
monies. Robert H. McLanc, and
Art students of the high school
decorated the hall. The commit
tee on arrangements included Miss
Elizabeth Dowling, Miss Cecy
Whalen and Miss Virginia Mason.
A Washingtons Birthday ball
completed the schedule of special
events at the club during February.
MISS DORIS GYLES
FUNERAL IN BLACKVILLE
BLACKVILLE, S. C.—Funeral
services were held here on Febru
ary 6 for Miss Doris Lee Gyles,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Forrest
G. Gyles, of Cuthert, Ga., former
ly of Blackville and Columbia.
Miss Gyles is survived by her
parents; a sister, Miss Elise Gyles,
of Cuthbert; a brother, Forrest G.
Gyles, Jr., of Charleston; two
aunts, Mrs. F. G. Lowe and Mrs.
T. It. Chisolm, of Blackville, and
two uncles, Herbert E. Gyles,
Washington, D. C., and G. W.
Gyles, Blackville.
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
CAMP BUTNER, N. C.—Master
Sergeant Ellen M. Condon, WAG,
now stationed here awaiting reas
signment alter 19 months in the
Mediterranean theatre of opera
tions, says she enjoyed her entire
tour of duty overseas and that the
supreme moment of her life was
when she visited the Vatican and
saw His Holiness Pope Pius XII.
“lt made me very proud and yet
humble,” Sergeant Condon said,
“to realize that this unparalleled
man was the head of my Church
and that he was so demonstrably
and warmly good.”
Sergeant Condon enlisted in
July, 1942, from Missoula, Mont.,
where she was employed as sec
retary in a law office.
“For me a Catholic,” Sergeant
Condon said, “visiting the Vatican
was something I had dreamed
about but had never actually be
lieved could occur. Yet it did,
and more.
“For I was not only in the Vati
can City, a breath-taking expe
rience in itself, but I saw His Hol
iness, the Pope, on two occasions.
LIEUTENANT LANIGAN
MISSING IN ACTION
GREENVILLE, S. C. — Mrs.
Hampton P. Burbage, of this < ; ly,
has been notified that her nephew,
Lt. Harold Anthony Lanigan, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Roddy
Lanigan, of Miami, Fla., has been
missing in action over Germany
since January 22.
Lieutenant Lanigan is also the
nephew of the Rev. D. P. Lanigan
and of Miss Julia Lanigan, of
Charleston. He made his home
for some time with Mr. and Mrs.
Burbage in Greenville, and has
many friends here who will regret
to learn that he did not return to
his base from a mission ovc^‘ Ger
many last month.
DESPITE NAZI EFFORTS to
remove him by force, His Emi
nence Justin Cardinal Seredi, O.
S. B., Prince Primate of Hungary,
refused to leave his residence at
Esztcrgom and was there when
Russian troops entered the town.
After Soviet forces had taken the
town, Cardinal Seredi went to his
Cathedral and offered Mass.
Also, I attended Mass in St.
Peter’s Cathedral once and that
was simply overwhelming.”
PARENT-TEACHERS
MEET IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga.—At the meet
ing of the Parent-Teacher Associa
tion of the Sacred Heart School
held on February 12, the Right
Rev. Msgr. T. James McNamara,
Diocesan Superintendent of
Schools, explained the part which
the PTA groups were to take in
the work of the Confraternity of
Christian Doctrine. Monsignor
McNamara also complimented the
splendid manner in which 1he
school cafeteria is being conducted
by Mrs. Mabel Burns and a com
mittee of mothers.
Sister Martina discussed the
rules for the essay contest on
“My Shrine”, which is being spon
sored by the National Council of
Catholic Women.
Mrs. Ava Gross reported on the
health program of the school, and
state that typhoid serum had been
administered to 280 pupils.
PLAYLET PRESENTED BY
PUPILS OF CATHEDRAL
SCHOOL IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga.—A playlet
was presented by pupils of the
fourth grade of the Cathedral
School at a meeting of the Parent-
Teacher Association held on Feb
ruary 12. The cast included
Thomas Butimcr, Patricia String
er, Clyde Pishon, Donald Risteau,
James Burke, Charles Bradley,
Betty Wolfe, Elizabeth O’Hayer,
Mary Ryan, Daniel Sheehan and
Jack Daniels.
JOSEPH C. PATTERSON
DIES IN DARLINGTON
DARLINGTON, S. C.—The Rev.
Louis R. Williamson, pastor of
St. Mary’s Church, Hartsville, of
ficiated at funeral services held
here on February 1 for Joseph
Crider Patterson.
Mr. Patterson was a son of the
late Darlington Peeples Patterson
and Mrs. Margaret Bellinger Pat
terson. Me was born in Waiter-
boro, October 1, 1882, and had re
sided in Darlington for the last
twenty years.
He is survived by his wife, who
was Miss Eleanor Woodward, of
Barnwell, before her marriage;
two sons, Tech. Sgt. Joseph C.
Patterson, U. S. Army Air Forces,
at the Walter boro Air Base, and
James M. Patterson, U. S. Navy,
Naval Hospital School, Bainbridge,
Md.; a daughter, Miss Marjorie
Patterson, Darlington; a sister,
Miss Lucia Patterson and three
brothers, Lucian B. Patterson and
Harry Patterson, of Darlington,
and Darling P. Patterson, Har-
decville.
ACF.EL RICHARD
DIES IN GREENVILLE, N. C.
GREENVILLE, N. C.—Funeral
services for Ackel Richard, who
died January 25, were held from
St. Peter’s Church, the Rev!
Charles J. Gable officiating.
Mr. Richard was a native of Mt.
Lebanon, Syria. He came to this
country in 1912 and made his
home In Greenville, where lie was
owner of the Norfolk Shoe Shop
until his retirement about six
months ago.
He is survived by a sister, Mrs
Tabety Durgalinkolk, of Mt. Leb
anon, Syria.
MRS. PAULINE GORDY
DIES IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga. — The Rev.
George Daly, .assistant rector of
the Cathedral of St. John the
Baptist, officiated at funeral ser
vices hold February 7 for Mrs.
Pauline Gordy.
AIDED BY BISHOPS’ COMMITTEE
FLIGHT OFFICER EDELEN
RALEIGH, N. C.—Funeral ser
vices, with full military ceremony,
were held at the Cathedral of the
Sacred Heart here on January 30
for Flight Officer Neale L. Ede
len, of Raleigh, who was killed in
the crash of a four-motored bomb
er near Sebring, Fla., on January
26.
The Solemn Requiem Mass was
offered by the Very Rev. J. -Len
nox Federal, rector of the Cathe
dral, with the Rev. Thomas A.
Williams, pastor of Holy Trinity
Church, Kinston, deacon; the
Rev. James H. King, pastor of St.
Paul’s Church. Henderson, sub-
deacon, and the Rev. John A.
Brown, pastor of Sacred Heart
Church, Pinehurst, master of
ceremonies. The sermon was de
livered by the Rev. Francis E.
Timmons, chaplain of the ORD
Base in Greensboro.
The Right Rev. Monsignor Ar
thur R. Freeman. P. A., of Char
lotte, Administrator of the Dio
cese of Raleigh, pronounced the
absolution at the cemetery, where
a firing squad composed of Tech
nical Sgt. Joseph Harrington,
Technical Sgt. William It. Lenox,
Sgt. Orlando Fozi, Staff Sgt.
George Silverman, Staff Sgt.
Clarence Busby, and Sgt. Carl
West, fired a vdlley over the flag-
draped casket of the young offi
cer, while Bugler Robert C. Boyles
sounded “Taps.”
Flight Officer Robert C. Med-
ernack, came from Florida with
the body of Flight Officer Edelen
as a military escort, and the pall
bearers were Lieutenants Frank
A. Sondeen, Leo Johnson, Carl
Gaston, Wilbur Mears, William
Paulus and Morton Reitman, all
of the ORD Base at Greensboro.
Flight Officer Edelen was one
of five brothers in service, and
the second member of his family
to be killed within a year. An
older brother, Captain Philip B.
Edelen, a priest of the Diocese of
Raleigh, serving in the Army
Chaplains Corps, having been
killed in action in France on
June 10, 1944.
Flight Officer Edelen is sur
vived by his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Philip B. Edelen, and llirce
brothers, William Algernon Ede
len, who is with the U. S. Navy
in (he South Pacific. Ernest F.
Edelen, of the U. S. Maritime
Service, and First Lieutenant
Ruey J. Edelen, with the Army
Air Forces in the Pacific theatre.
FRANK WILLIS LYON
DIES IN CHARLESTON
One of the many benefactions of the Bishops' War Emergency and
Relief Committee is Montezuma Seminary, in New Mexico, where
350 native Mexican candidates for the priesthood are enrolled. This
scene was taken on a recent ordination day in the chapel of the
seminary. This year's collection sponsored by the Bishops' Committee
wi^J^Jjeld in most dioceses on Laetarc Sunday, March ll. lNCWG)
CHARLESTON, S. C.—Funer
al services for Frank Willis Lyon
of John's Island, who died here on
February 6. were held from the
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist.
Mr. Lyon was born in Easley,
Mass., May 5, 1891, a son of Mrs.
James Wcstley Lyon and the late
Mr. Lyon, of Brevard. N. jC. He
had made his home in Charles
ton for nearly thirty years.
Surviving ale his wife, the for
mer Miss Julia E. Fowler: three
daughters, Mrs. F. T. Kelly and
Miss Juanita Lyon, of John’s Is
land; two sons. Chief Carpenter
Frank W. Lyons, Jr.. U. S. Mer
chant Marine, and Sergeant Wal
ler James Lyon. U. S. Marine
Corps; five brothers. Lee Lyon
Clifford Lyon, Carl Lyon, Henry
Lyon, of Anderson. D. Harvey
Lyon, of lfonea Path; three sis
ters, Mrs. W. W. Melte and Mrs.
Julia Hopkins. Jacksonville, Fla.,
and Mrs. Carl Williams of Ander
son, ayjl three graadehUtUeiL
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