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MARCH 31, 1045 THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
THIRTEEN
“SHAMROCK DANCE” AT
RALEIGH USO-NCCS
(Special to The Bulletin)
RALEIGH, N. C,—For (. dance
c - March 17 at the USO-NCCS
Club the hall was elaborately dec
orated in green and white, with
the shamrock motif ' predominat
ing. Door prizes were presented
to Pvt. Ed Solomon and Miss Dor
othy V/heeler. Claude Taylor’s
orchestra furnished the music.
Breakfast was served on Sunday
morning by Mrs. P. B. Edelen and
Cpl. Bid Hoffman, Slid supper was
served by the club hostesses.
Mrs. Charles E. Johnson and
Mrs. Louis Craig were in charge
of entertainment over the week
end, with Mrs. E. F. Hilker, Mrs.
B. Grimes Williams, Mrs. Raymond
B. Streb, Mrs. W. M. Kulash, Mrs.
P. K. Deverell, Mrs. John P. Cum
mings, Mrs. L. P. Hayes, P. S.
Nemmers, Walter Calder and Hen-
iv K. Witherspoon assisting. Misses
Ida Roberson, Lib Summers and
Nan Steele served at the informa
tion de~k, with Miss Elizabeth Full
at the registration desk. Junior
hostesses on duty were Misses
Frances Stuart and Betty Jane
Donley.
Capping Exercises at
St. Joseph’s, Savanrfah
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Twenty-two
student nurses at St. Joseph’s
Hospital School of Nursing re
ceived their caps on the evening
of March 11 at an impressive
ceremony held in the hospital
chapel.
Carrying lighted candles, the
student nurses knelt before the
altar while their caps were pinned
on by Sisters of Mercy of the hos
pital staff.
Tlie class tiien heard an address
by the Rev. Robert Brennan, O.
S. B., of the Sacred Heart Church.
Student nurses who received
caps were Virginia Baker, Phoebe
Crapse, Eris Cameron, Jean de-
Valinger, Myrtle Fralix, Marie
Hannah Franklin, Shirley Ful
cher, Margaret Ganem, Dorothy
Jean Hughes, Betty Latrelle Har-
rod, Eunice Lloyd, Peggy Lowe,
Justine May, LelSiae McCarthy,
Emily Pinckney, Mary Prender-
gast- Mary Elizabeth Price, Con
rad ine Pittman, Susanne Tharin,
Eve Tieco, Lillian Winters* and
Martha Chisolm.
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Funeral of J. Albert Von Dohlen
Held From Cathedral in Charleston
CHARLESTON, S. C.—Funeral
services for James Albert Von
Dohlen, alderman-at-large from
Ward 4 since 1942,and president of
the J. A. Von Dohlen Steamship
Company, who died on March 16.
were held from the Cathedral of
St. John the Baptist.
Honorary pallbearers were U. S.
Senator Burnet R. Maybank,
Mayor E. Edward Wehman, Jr.,
August J. Tamsberg, clerk of city
council; Augustine T. Smythe, Dr.
T. E. Bowci'S, Edwon H. Poulnot.
O. T. Waring, John D. Rooney.
Louis C. Fischer, W. Porter Cart.
Capt. Chris H. Orhmann, chief of
police; James G. Sherrer, chairman
of port utilities, and all members
of city council. Active pallbearers
were Robert B. Comar, Julian
Conlon, John Cauthon, Frank B.
Birthright, Simon Fogarty. Law
rence. A.. Terry, G. Abbott Middle-
ton, William P. Cantwell and Dr
F. Raymond Price.
Mr. Von Dohlen was 58 years of
age having been born in Charles
ton November 28, 1886. His par
ents were the late Conrad Albert
Von Dohlen and Mrs. Catherine
liaPly Von Dohlen.
A man of tremendous vigor and
aggressiveness, Alderman Von
*ohl?n maintained a leading part
in more than a dozen civic organi
zations and an active interest in
many more. He plunged himself
v.l.ole-heartedly into any endeavor
in which he became interested.
As a member of the city council
committees, he often made inde
pendent investigations and fre
quently was able to give informa
tion on subjects which were up
for discussion for the first time in
the committee.
At his death he was chairman of
the ways and means committee
and the railroad committee.
Alderman Von Dohlen “glamour
ized" the office of mayor pro-tem.
He brought to it a prominence and
prestige it never before had had.
In his many public and private
contacts he emphasized this as his
position so that the office of mayor
pro-tern of Charleston * came to
have a meaning throughout the na
tion.
Convinced that Charleston of
fered advantages possessed by no
other city, Mr. Von Dohlen enter
tained prominent visitors in his
1 ome and promoted contacts for
the good of the city. Not conteht
to allow things to get along as best
they could during the absence of
the mayor from the city, he main
tained the regular office hours of
mayor and carried on the city’s
business in conformity with the
mayor’s plans.
He was a strong advocate for
the establishment of the municipal
wimming pool, in George Street,
and served as the first chairman
of the swimming pool commission.
For many years Mr. Von Dohlen
was German consul for North
ana South Carolina, but with the
rise of the Nazi party lie resigned
his position. His forefathers for
100 years were natives of Charles
ton.
Of German descent, his father
was a soldier in the Confederate
Army in the War Between the
States, a member of the Fifth
South Carolina Regiment. Hi,s
mother was of Irish descent.
Afte- attending Charleston
schools, the University school and
Belmont College, North Carolina,
he entered railroad service with
tlie Plant System, which later be
came incorporated into the Atlan
tic Goast Line Railroad Company.
ON WAR INDUSTRIES BOARD
During World War I, Mr. Von
Dohlen served on the United
States war industries board. At
the conclusion of (lie war, he re
ceived a diploma decoration for
“valuable and patriotic services
rendered the government of the
United States.”
His duties with tlie Plant Sys
tem and the Ocean Steamship
Company took him to Jacksonville
and Atlanta. In 1924. however, he
established his own business, the
J. A. Von Dohlen Steamship Com
pany .engaged in trans-Atlantic
shipping. Ilis company charlcre .
steamships and handled craft for
several lines.
Mr. Von Dohlen served many
terms on the port utilities commis
sion, botli as an elected or appoint
ed member and as a member of
the city council. ' He was presi
dent of the Charleston Building
and Loan Association and served
as chairman of the state commit
tee which attempted to secure a
branch of the Federal Home Loan
Bank for this state.
He was delegate to the South
Carolina Democratic convention in
1984, 1938 and 1942, and was a
delegate to the Democratic Nation
MR. VON DOIILEN
al Convention in Chicago in 1940.
He was vice-chairman of the
Charleston Azalea festival in 1934.
In 1932, he attended the White
House conference in Washington
at the invitation of President Her
bert Hoover and was host to Mrs.
Hoover in 1932. He served as
president of the Maritime Associa
tion of the Port of Charleston, the
Charleston Foreign Trade Club,
the Arion Society and the Rotary
Club of Charleston.
He was director of Charlestofi
Chapter, American Red Cross,
1933-43; of the Charleston Cham
ber of Commerce, the Charleston
Rifle Club and the Propeller Club,
Port of Charleston. He was a mem
ber of the finance committee of the
New England Society. He was a
member of the St. Andrew’s So
ciety, the Charleston Friendly So
ciety, the American Association of
Freight Traffic Officers, the Unit
ed Sons of Confederate Veterans,
the Hibernian Society, the Broth
erly Society and P. N. Lynch
Council, Knights of Columbus.
He was state chairman of the
alumni association of Belmont
College and served as vicc-com-
modore of the Charleston Yacht
Club. He at one time was a di
rector of the South Carolina Na
tional Bank and served as chair
man of a special committee to se
cure public works projects for
Charleston county.
In 1942, he was appointed super
visor of port conditions here for
the office of defense transporta
tion's office of emergency man
agement. He maintained an office
in the People’s building.
He served as chairman of the
“Repeal for Victory drive,” launch
ed by the South Carolina Associa
tion Against Prohibition. This
drive was extended until repeal of
prohibition became a reality'.
It is with deep regret that I
have learned of the passing of J.
Albert Von Dohlen,” Mayor E. Ed
ward Wehman, Jr., said. "Mr. Von
Dohlen was long active in civic
and political affairs- of our com
munity, having ihvaya the best in
terests of his lity at heart. lie
served as alderman for over 13
years, during which time for the
period of over five , years being
chairman of the ways and means
committee. He was active in many
civic organizations for the better
ment of his community and his
passing is a real loss to Charles
ton.”
“We shall miss him in our delib
erations, but personally, and on
behalf of all city officials, we will
always ioc k with much satisfaction
to having had a friend of Albert
Von Dohlen’s stability.”
Til flags on the city hall and
on tlie Hibernian hall were flown
at half-staff out of respect to his
memory. Tlie city hall closed dur
ing the hour of his funeral.
Members of the Holy Name So
ciety of the Cathedral and local
Knights of Columbus met at the
Von Dohlen residence to recite
the Rosary.
Mr. Win Dohlen is survived by
his wife, who was before marriage
Miss Mae Redding; a daughter,
Mrs. Jennings Cauthen, and
gra ddaughter, Linda/ Carolyn
Cauthen, of Charleston.
MRS. THOMAS 11. SHEEHAN
DIES IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C. — Mrs.
Madeline Seger Sheehan, wife of
Thomas Howard Sheehan, died at
her home tier on February 25. Fu
neral services were held in Wash
ington, D. C., where Mrs. Sheehan
was born and raised.
Mrs. Sheehan is survived by her
husband, and a brother, Gregory
A. Segar of Washington.
TALK BY FATHER HUBACZ
HIGHLIGHTS MEETING AT
COLUMBIA USO-NCCS CLUB
(Special to Tlie Bulletin)
COLUMBIA, S, C.—“There must
be national order before interna
tional order can be attained,” said
the Rev. Leon D. Hubacz, assist
ant pastor of St. Peter’s Church,
in a discussion of the Dumbarton
Oaks proposals, before a meeting
of service men’s wives at the USO-
NCCS Club here.
"The Dumbarton Oaks confer
ence,” stated Father Hubacz,
“listed as its proposals: to main
tain international peace and se
curity; to develop friendly rela
tions among nations; to achieve
international co-operation to af
ford a center of harmony.
“Fundamental to the establish
ment of a lasting peace is the de
velopment of friendly relations
among the nations of the -world,”
lie continued. “However, before
international order comes, nation
al order. As Catholics, in accord
ance with the counsel of Pope
Pius X, we must cultivate that
peace witli our uon-Catholic fel
low-citizens without which neither
social order nor civil prosperity
can be achieved. And yet, our
desire to be tolerant and open-
minded must not lead us to con
done what wo know is contrary to
moral law—which incidentily,
binds everyone irrespective of race
or creed — and our God-given
rights.
“We believe and firmly main
tain that there can be religious
unity only in one Church. Yet,
this does not blind us to the fact
that we are all—despite our dif
ferent religious beliefs—strug
gling to attain and maintain an
international organization which
will assure all of us the free exer
cise of oi^- religion. If we ar s e of
good will, whether we be Cath
olic, Jew or Protestant, we can
and must co-operate sincerely and
amicably for the establishment,
function and preservation of the
moral law in the political, econo
mical and international order. This
must be our conviction. And it
must inspire in us a desire to do
our share.”
“Here in America we live in
the midst of a people the majority
of whom claim to be Christian.
Our charity must begin at home.
We must do our part to spread the
love that Christ has instilled in
the heart of every Christian. In
order to do this,' we must refrain
from the prevalent practice of
name-calling. We must be as
guiltless of name-calling as we are
innocent of tlie charges made
against our faith. We fight sus
picion and hatred with love and
patience. . We must correct
our enemies both by education and
example. Our good words must
be followed up by good actions.
Our desire (o have them live in
peace with us must be aided and
assured by the help we offer.”
MOTHERS’ CLUB IN
AUGUSTA SPONSORS
MUSICAL PROGRAM
AUGUSTA, Ga.—T/Sgt. Her
man Weiner and Pfc Joseph
Whelan, of Oliver General Hos
pital, were presented in a variety
musical program at the meeting
of the Mothers’ Club of Mount St.
Joseph Academy, held in the
school auditorium on March 13.
Mrs. Edward Doris and Mrs. Rob
ert Watkins were hostesses for
the afternoon.
Sergeant Weiner, who works
with the special service branch in
cooperation with (he local USO
clubs m providing entertainment
for soldiers and has been instru
mental in bringing many outstand
ing attractions to Oliver General.
Private Whelan is a native of
Baltimore, and a former radio star,
having sung with Paul Whiteman’s
orchestra.
Our
Best Wishes
G. W. KESSLER
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