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FOURTEEN THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA MARCH 31, 1945 Lieutenant Faughnan, Augusta, Dies in Action LT. EDWARD D. FXUGHNAN AUGUSTA, pa.—First Lieuten ant Edward Doris Faughnan, who had been reported missing on De- cetnber 20, following the German break - through in Luxembourg, was killed in action according to a message received by his mother, Mrs. Nelle Doris Faughnan. Lieutenant Faughnan, who was 27 years old, was attached to the 1st Infantry Division, and has been overseas since last summer. He was born in Augusta, where his father, the late William A. was a well known merchant. He has a brother, Cpl. William A. Faughnan, who is a radar in structor at Boca Raton, Fla Previous to the entry of the United Slates into the present conflict, Lieutenant Faughnan had attended civilian military training camps, where he received a commission as a second lieuten ant in the Officers Reserve Corps. He was called into active service soon after the attack on Pearl Harbor, and attended service schools at Fort McPherson and Fort Benning. He was a member of St. Pat rick’s parish in this city, and be fore entering the service had held a position in the office of the Clearwater Manufacturing Com pany. A Requiem mass for Lieuten ant Faughnan was offered on March 20 at St. Patrick’s Church. REQUIEM MASS FOR LIEUT. JOSEPH JABBO OFFERED IN AUGUSTA AUGUSTA, Ga. — A Requiem Mass was offered at St. Mary’s- on-The-Hill Church here on March 11, by the Rev. James .1. Campbell, for the repose of the soul of Lieutenant Joseph J. Jabbo, of Company E, 399th In fantry, who was fatally wounded in France on January 25, accord ing to a message from the War Department delivered to his wife, Mrs. Carroll Morgan Jabbo, of Augusta. Lieutenant Jabbo enlisted in Augusta in July, 1941, while working with the post engineers. He received his early education in Coledalc, Pa., and after gradua tion from the Coledalc High School, in 1938, enlisted in the Army and served in Hawaii for more than two years. Returning to civilian life, he was awarded an athletic scholarship at the Uni versity of Georgia- After re-enlisting in 1941, he went to Camp Forest, Tenn., where he was made a sergeant. Later he attended Officers' Can didate School at Fort Benning, later being assigned to Fort Jack- son, S. C., and to Camp Blanding, Ffa., as athletic instructor. Following that tour of duty, he was sent to Fort Bragg, N: C., and assigned to the 399th Infantry of the 100th Division, With which he was serving when sent over seas in October-, 1944. He was la- • tally wounded on November 8, and was buried in a cemetery in France. WITH ITS GIANT SPIRES reaching high above the ruins that lie all about it, the great Cathedral of Cologne, the most magnificent monument of Gothic art in Ger many, stands almost intact, accord ing to all reports from -eye-wit nesses on the scene. The corner stone of the Cathedral was laid in 1248. but the nave was not made ready for religious services until 1388. In 4447 work on the great edifice was interrupted for nearly 400 years, and the completion of the entire Cathedral was nor cele brated until 1880. Decatur Altar Society Contributes Catholic Books to Public Library (Special to The Bulletin) DECATUR, Ga.—For the last two years the Altar Society of St. Thomas More parish has had as one of its projects the furnishing of books to the Public Library in Decatur. At least one book is donated to the library each month, and the list of books that have been placed in the library here so far is as follows: “Princples for Peace”, Selec tions from Papal Documents, Leo XH-Pius XII, by the Rev. Harry C. Koenig, S. T. D.; “Young John Takes Over”, by Elizabeth Jordan; "Rig for Church,” Chaplain Wil liam P. Maguire; “The Captain Wears A Cross”, by Chaplain Wil- j liam P. Maguire; “The Question Box” by Rev. Bertrand L. Con- jwan, C. S. P.; “Gilbert Keith I Chesterton,” by Maisie Ward; “The Eternal City (Rome of the Popes)”, by Desider Holisher; “The Long Road Home”, by John Moody; “Fast by the Road”, by John Moody; “Celestial Homespun,” by Katherine Burton; “Sorrow Built a Bridge”, by Katherine Burton; “Our Good Neighbor Hurdle,” by John W. White; “The Missions of California”, by Will Connell: “His tory of the Catholic Church,” by Joseph McSorley; “Blessed Are the Meek”, by Zofia Kossak; "Now With the Morning Star”, by Thomas Kernat); “Biography of a Cathedral," by Robert Gordon Anderson; “Catholic Art and Cul ture," by E. I. Watkins; “It All (?oes Together”, by Eric Gill; “Action This Day,” by Archbishop Francis J. Spellman, D. D.; “Scarlet Lily,” by Rev. Edward F. Murphy; “Joyce Kilmer’s An thology of Catholic Poets. Jesuit Missionary Aided Guerillas in Philippines (By N. C. W. C. News Service) WASHINGTON.—During three years under Japanese occupation, the Rev. James E. Haggerty, S. J-, rector of the Ateneo de Cagaya, was captured three times on Min danao in the Philippines, but each time managed to escape, and in the recent liberation of the island aided American an Filipino guer rilla forces. Weakened by a siege of pneu monia, Father Haggerty was flown to this country a month ago in an Army bomber from Leyte. He came to Washington to fulfill a speaking engagement at George town University. Upon the outbreak of war, he became a civilian chaplain at the headquarters of Maj. Gen William Sharp, who had charge of the Philippine Islands south of Cor- regidor. General Sharp’s forces surrendered in May, 1942, to save the lives of 14,000 on Coregidor, and Father Haggerty said he took to the hills along with hundreds of Filipino troops, who eventual ly made their way back to their homes and re-entered civilian life. Two years ago, Father Hagger ty said, the first submarine ar rived from Australia with ammu nition, medicines and supplies for the guerrillas. The submarines brought in radios, and at every harbor a Filipino operator was stationed to flash the positions of Japanese ships to the American submarines, Father Haggerty said, adding that many Japanese sink ings resulted from this work. While he was staying in a small village he gave shelter at his rec tory to Col. William Dyess, Col. Stephen Melnick and Comdr- Melvin McCoy, who wrote the story of the “Death March from Bataan.” Father Haggerty said he hoped to return to the islands shortly. SAVANNAH OFFICER GOES TO ANNAPOLIS SAVANNAH, Ga. — Lieutenant M. Mahany Ray, U- S. Navy, has entered the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md.. for advanced training in communications work. This assignment follows two years’ service with the Atlantic fleet and eighteen months with a destroyer division in the Pacific theatre. ■ His most recent operations were carried out against Japan ese held islands in the Pacific. His division assisted in destroying the Japanese fleet in the battle of the Phillippine Sea. Lieutenant Ray attended Bene dictine Military School here, and graduated from Spring Hill Col lege, Mobile, 9Lla., in 1940. His brother, Lieutenant Charles R. Ray, 79th Infantry Division, is now a prisoner of war in Ger many. Mrs. Ray, the former Miss Eleanor Beranc, has joined her husband in Annapolis. Death in Raleigh of James J, Fallon, L Si G,, MR. FALLON RALEIGH, N. C—James J. Fal lon,. prominent in the business and civic life of Raleigh, and one of •the outstanding Catholic laynSen of North Carolina, died on March 19, following an extended illness. Funeral services were held from the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, with the Very Rev. Msgr. J. Len nox Federal, the rector, as cele brant of the Solemn Requiem Mass. Mr. Fallon, a native of Staun ton, Va., had been engaged in the florist business in Raleigh for a quarter of a century. Before com ing to Raleigh he had operated florist shops in Lynchburg and Durham. lie purchased the O’Quinn floral concern here in 1920 and developed the firm—J. J. Fallon Company—into one of the leading floral establishments in the South. In the fall of 1940 His Holiness Pope Pius XII conferred the honor of Knighthood in the Order of St. Gregory the Great on Mr. Fallon in recognition of his services to the Church. Mr. Fallon was active in many civi. undertakings in Raleigh and was chairman of the Raleigh Parks and Recreation Commission of which* he was also chairman. Un der his guidance, the city’s rec reation and park facilities were broadened extensively. He was a former president of the I!orth Carolina Florists Associa tion, a fourth degree member of the Knights of Columbus, and an Elk. Mr. Fallon was th~ son of the late John Fallon and Mrs. Kath erine O’Leary Fallon. He was married in 1913 to Miss Rosalie D. Wholey. He is survived by his wife; a daughter, Mrs." Robert II. Hanley, of Raleigh; two brothers, Frank Fallon, Roanoke, Vaf, and John Fallon, of Staunton. Va., and a sis ter, Misk Anne Fallon, of Staun ton. VARIETY PROGRAM AT USO CLUB IN MACON MACON, Ga. — A variety pro gram offered at the USO-NCCS Club here on. March 18 included a series of sleight of hand feats and magic, fire-eating and knife throwing, tap dancing, a mythical trevelog, and instrumental and vocal muscal numbers. Appearing on the program were, Conrad McNair, magician: Claudia McKissick, daughter of Pvt. and Mrs. R. B. McKissick, tap dancer: Charles Pritchard, Boyce Miller, and Miss Jo Ellen Cureton, vocalists:, Cpl- Daniel Asbury, of LouisviUe, Ky., trave log; Sgt. William A. DuBose, Fremont, Ohio, outlined a human target with knives and enjoyed a repast of flames; Tech-Sgt. Larry Fleming, of New York, was heard in accordion selections. Singers were accompanied by Mrs. S. A. Giglio, Miss Ruth Al bert, and Cpl. Carl Fischer. The community sing was led by Miss Louise Stanford, with Mrs. Virgil Thorpe at the piano and Miss Frances Weisz playing drums. WASH CLOTHS NEEDED AT CANCER HOME IN ATLANTA • ATLANTA, Ga.—Catholic organ izations in Atlanta are appealing, to the public to contribute wash cloths to be used for patients at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Free Cancer Home. Such donations will be gratefully received by the Sisters of St. Dominic of the Con gregation of St. Rose of Lima, who conduct the home, and may be sent direct to the home, 780 Washington St., S. W. CONFIRMATION AT CHURCH JIN ALBANY ALBANY, Ga.—On March 22, the. Most Rev. Gerald P. O'Hara, D. D., J. U. D., Bishop of Savannah- Atlanta, administered the Sacra ment of Confirmation to a class of fifteen at St. Theresa’s Church here, where the Very Rev. Msgr. Joseph G. Cassidy is the pastor. Clergy assisting were the Rev. Michael Manning, Thomasville, the Rev. Godfrey Weitekamp, O. F. M., and the Rev. Thomas Albert, O. F. M., both of Americus, and the Rev. Valentine Roche, S. J., U. S. Army chaplain from Turner Field. USO CLUB IN CHARLESTON GIVES FAREWELL PARTY FOR CHAPLAIN HARGROVE CHARLESTON, S. C.—Captain James K. 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