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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
MARCH 31, 1945
Program Presented as
Myrtle Beach USD-NCCS
Club Marks Anniversary
(Special to The Bulletin)
MYRTLE BEACH. S. C. — A
group of distinguished religious,
militai-y and civilian speakers
appeared on the program held in
celebration of the third anniver
sary of the USO-NCCS Club-by-
The-Sea. and each of the speakers
pointed out the splendid service
which the recreational center had
rendered in its three years of ac
tivity.
Brigadier General H. B.
Springs, State Director of Selec
tive Service in South Carolina,
acted as master of ceremonies and
presented the Most Rev. Emmet
M. Walsh, Bishop of Charleston,
the Honorable Ransome ,1. Wil
liams. Governor of South Caro
lina, Colonel John A. Tarro, Com
manding Officer of the Army Air
Field at Myrtle Beach, and others
on the program.
Inspiring musical numbers were
rendered by the 771st Army Ait-
Forces Band, under the direction
of Warrant Officer O. B. Mose
ley. The invocation was by the
Rev. Theodore Jones, pastor of
the Myrtle Beach Methodist
Church, and the Honorable O- C.
Calloway, Mayor of Myrtle Beach,
delivered -the address of welcome.
Malcolm II. Ormsbce, chairman of
the local USO-NCCS committee,
submitted an activity report, and
brief talks were made by Staff
Sergeant Jack Schaclc, editor of
“The Bullseye,” MBAAF publica
tion: Lieutenant Colonel Harry
Smith, executive officer of the
Air Field; Samuel B. Moyle,
South Carolina State chairman,
National War Fund Campaign; R.
K. Wise, South Carolina Chair
man of USO, and James ,T. Me-
Andrew, director of the club. The
benediction was given by the Rev.
John Steigncr, pastor of St.
Mary’s Church, Georgetown, and
moderator of the Myrtle Beach
USO-NCCS Club.
' Special guests on the speakers’
platform included. Ben Graham,
who was mayor of Myrtle Beach
when the club was established;
Mayor L. D. Magratli, of Conway;
O. G- Phillips, editor of The
Myrtle Beach News, Lieut. J. F.
Ganson, special service officer;
Major A. J. Wagner, surgeon of
the Army Air Field Hospital;
Chaplain .Joseph M. Langemo,
Chaplain Paul Kennedy, Mrs.
Malcolm H. Ormsbce. chairman of
the NSO-NCCS hostess group;
Mrs. W. L. Ilarrclson, hostess at
the Drop-In-Ccnter, and Miss
Emile May Wilson and Miss Kath
leen MacLean, assistant directors
at the club.
Refreshments were served by
the USO hostesses and othor
volunteers at the conclusion of
the program, the committee in
charge being headed by Mrs. Mis-
enheimer, with Mr. and Mrs. June
Chandler, Mrs. N. C. Hughes and
Misses June Chrndlcr, Madglyn
Merritt. Louise Tweed, Mary Ris
er and Margaret Clamp assisting.
The decorations were by Mrs.
Ormsbce, while Miss Anna Felice
Wright arranged the tables.
A buffet supper was served 129
service men, their wives and
friends and the other guekts. The
club’s birthday cake was made
and decorated by Sergeant Albert
Grant, and the supper committee
included Sgl. and Mrs. Robert
Swiger, Sgl. and Mrs Harry
Gunn, Mrs. Willie Welborn and
Mrs. E. A. Poe.
Mrs. Robert E. Carroll
Funeral in Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga — Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth
Carroll, wife of Robert E. Carroll,
who died March 3, were held from
St. Mary’s-on-The-Hill church, the
Rev. James J. Campbell officiat
ing.
Besides her husband. Mrs. Car-
roll is survived by two sons, Rob
ert E. Carroll, Jr., U. S. Merchant
Marine, and Michael Philip Car-
roll. U. S. Marine Corps: a daugh
ter, Mrs. W A. Mulherin, Jr., of
Augusta; three grandchildren.
Robert Clayton Carroll, Richard
Carroll and Carroll Virginia Mul
herin; two brothers, Edmond J
McCracken. McCormick. S. C., and
Samuel T. McCracken. Richmond,
Va., and two sisters. Mrs. R. E.
Minus, Memphis, Va., and Mrs. J.
K. Britt, Greenwood. S. C. 1
Mrs. Carroll was the daughter
ol the late John E. McCracken
and Mrs. Elizabeth Townsend Mc
Cracken, who were members o'
prominent South CaroTina fami
lies. She was born in Aiken, S. C.,
and had lived in Augusta for near
ly forty years.
USO-ON-TIIE-BEACII, MYRTLE BEACH, S. C—On the shore of the Atlantic ocean, the USO Club
operated by the National Catholic Community Service, lias been a recreational center for men and wo
men of I lie Armed Forces since March, 1942.
St. Vincent Academy,
Savannah, to Present
Pageant on April 27
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH. Ga.—Sister Mary
Bernadine, It. S. M„ principal of
St. Vincent Academy, has an
nounced the names of the lead
ing members of the cast of the
Pageant which will be presented
al the Municipal Auditorium on
t ho evening of April 27, by S 1 :.
Vincent’s in connection with the
Ihree-dny observance of the cen
tenary of the Sisters of Mercy of
Georgia.
The entire cast, including those
who will appear in tableaux and
group dances, will number 450.
and will include students at St
Vincent’s, members of the alum
nae. students of the Benedictine
Military School. St. Mary’s Home,
and tile Blessed Sacrament and
Cathedral parochial schools.
Principal speaking roles will
be taken by Mary Nugent Mc
Carthy. alumna: Rita Trapani,
alumna: Mary Miller, junior;
Belly Holland, senior; Phyllis Sa-
raf. sophomore; Belly Ann Brod
erick. sophobore- Helen Marie
Whelan, junior: and -Margaret
Ramsing, senior.
Solo dancers will be Josephine
Kenney and Mary Ellen Hardy,
of the senior class. These num
bers on the program will be di
rected by Miss Helen Mario Ken
ney, alumna-
Group dances by students of
the Cathedral and Blessed Sacra
ment schools will be under the
direction of Mrs. Madeline
Thompson Walker, alumna.
Leonora Brown, junior, will
represent the 251 h year of the
Sisters of Mercy in Savananh;
Betty Stalvey. sophomore, 50th
year; Patty Barragan, junior,
75tli year, and Mary Ann Sum
merlin. senior, the 100th year.
Harris Blake and HeynesvWth
DcLorme, of the Cathedral School
will act as heralds: Eugene and
Patrick Casey, of St. Vincent's
kindergarten wil serve as pages,
and Dolores Blackwell, of St..
Mary’s Home, will be crown-
bearer.
Miss Margaret Stceg. alumna,
will be musical director, and the
entire pageant will be staged un
der the general direction of Mrs.
Joseph E. Mclidcl.
SAVANNAH STUDENTS
HONOR ST. PATRICK
Students of St. .Vincent Acad
emy, Benedictine Military School,
and (lie upper classes of the paro
chial schools attended a special
Mass at the.Cathedral of St.John
the Baptist on St. Patrick’s Day.
T.he Mass was offered by the
Right Rev. Msgr. T. James McNa
mara, Superintendent of Schools
for the Diocese of Savannah-At-
ianta, and the Sermon was de
livered by the Rev. Walter Dono
van. assistant rector of the Ca
thedral. The Cathedral School
choir, under the direction of Sis-
tre Mary Gilbert. It. S. M.. sang
during the MaSs-
After Mass a detail of Benedic
tine cadets marched to Madison
Square and fired a salute in hon
or of Sergeant Jasper, who lost
his life in the Battle of Savannah
during the Revolutionary War.
DANCE ON EASTER MONDAY
FOR SODALITY MEMBERS
The Right Rev. Msgr. T. James
McNamafa will sponsor a dance
on Easter Monday for the mem
bers of the St. Vincent’s Sodality
and their escorts, at the USO-
NCCS club. Miss Alicia Baron,
one of (lie hostesses at the club,
is in charge of (he decoration of
tlie dance hall in the .school col
ors, blue and gold.
STATISTICS* RELEASED in
Rome disclosed that 5,200 Jews
were given shelter and aid in 100
different religious bouses and in
stitutions in the Eternal City, dur
ing the nine months of German
oeeiiDatiop
USO-NCCS Director
Myrtle Beach, S. C.
JAMES J. Me ANDREW
Directing the social and rec
reational program of the USO-
NCCS Club at Myrtle Beach, S.
C., is James J. McAndrew, of
Pennsylvania, a graduate of East
Stoudsberg State Teachers Col
lege, who was director of physical
education and athletics at the high
school in Throop, Pa,, until he
entered USO work. He is married
to the former Miss Evelyn Bell, of
Olyphant, P.i.. and they have a
three-year-old son, James Mc
Andrew, 111.
LT. H. C. DUNAVANT,
WAYNESVILLE. N. C.,
KILLED IN ACTION
WAYNES VILL E, N. C.—A
Solemn High Mass of Requiem was
offered in St. John’s Church here
for 1st Lt. Henry Clay Dunavant.
who was killed in action in. Bel
gium on January 30.
The Mass was offered by the
Rev. Ambrose F. Robrbacher, with
Ihe Rev. Thomas G. Roche, deacon;
the Rev. Hugh P. Kennedy sub
deacon. Captain Stephen, chap
lain of the Army Redistribution
Service, (\sh ■ville. delivered the
sermon. The choir was under the
direction of Sister Mary Anthony.
Six members of the North Caro
lina State Guard, under Ihe com
mand of Capt. Ben Sloan, acted as
a military guard of honor, and
“Taps” were sounded at the end
of the Mass.
Lieutenant Dunavant, who had
been in the National Guard for
eight years, enlisted in Septem
ber, 1940 and was stationed suc
cessively at Fort Jack-on. Fort
Bennnig, Camp Polk and life
Desert Training Center in Arizona.
He transferred to the air-borne
infantry in June. 1043. and left
for foreign service in August,
1943, seeing action in North
Africa, Sicily, Italy, Holland and
Belgium.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Miss Katherine Snelson;
his mother, Mrs, Cruse Moody,
Dclwood; a daughter, Linda
Catherine Dunavant; a sisler, Mrs.
JOSEPH M. CORRIGAN
FUNERAL IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga.—The Very Rev.
Edward P. McGrath, S. M.. and
the Rev. John Emmerth, S. M.,
of the Sacred Heart Church, offi
ciated at funeral services held at
the Sacred Heart Church on
(» for Joseph M. Corrigan, Sr., son
of the late Michael Corrigan and
Mrs- Mai'garet Corrigan, who
were among the pioneer residents
of Atlanta.
Mr. Corrigan, prominently
identified with the business and
civic growth of the city, was as
sociated with the Keely Company
and Rich’s, Inc., for more than 30
years.
He is survived by his wife, who
before her marriage was Miss An
gela Otis, of Augusta; a daughter,
Mrs. Henry P. Carr, Conchabam-
ba, Bolivia; and six sons, Joseph
M. Corrigan, Jr., Robert O. Corri
gan, Meridian, Miss., Victor E.
Corrigan and Lieut, (j. g) Frank
E. Corrigan, U. S. M. S., Atlanta,
Captain Louis W. Corrigan, with
Ihe Army in India, and George C
Corrigan. Washington, D. C., and
two grandchildren, Joseph Mi
chael Corrigan. Ill, and Miss
Lucy Angela Corrigan. Meridian,
Miss.
Mr. Corrigan was president ol
the Pioneer School Boys of Atlan
ta, and four members of that or-
ganzation. Charles Gavan, George
Boulincau. Charles Rosenberg and
Stephens Mitchell, served as an
honorary escort at the funeral-
PATRICK D. McGUIRE .
DIES IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga. — Funeral ser
vices for Patrick D. McGuire
were held March 20 from the Sa
cred Heart Church, the Rev.
John Emmerth, S. M., officiating-
Survivors include his wife, and
two daughters, Sister Patricia
Anne and Mrs. James Hackett.
MRS. EMMA VANDIVER
FUNERAL IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga.—The Itev. Jo
seph R. Smith, pastor of the Im
maculate Conception Church, of
ficiated at funeral services for
Mrs. Emma O. Vandiver, of Crown
Creek. S. C.. who died in Atlanta
recently. Mrs. Vandiver is sur
vived bv a daughter, JVIrs. Lula
Boenkc. of Cincinnati.
ALFRED E. HOYT
FUNERAL IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA. Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for Albert E. Hoyt were held
March 19 at the Sacred.Heart
Church here, the Rev. Thomas I.
Sheehan, pastor of St. Thomas
More parish in Dacatur, officiat
ing-
Miss Katherine Buckley
of Moultrieville, S. C.,
Dies in Massachusetts
PORTSMOUTH, R. I.—A score
of priests, several delegations of
religious and state, city and mili
tary officials attended the funeral
of Miss Katherine Loretta Buck-
ley, sister of the Rev. Bail J. Buck-
ley, C. S. Sp.. pastor of St. An
thony's Church here, with the
William Orr. of Blythcville, Ark., Solemn Requim Muss being offer-
ad a brother,
Dclwood.
Leonard Dunavant,
COMMUNION-BREAKFAST
FOR SAVANNAH C. Y. P. A.
SAVANNAH. Ga.—The Very
(lev. Msgr. James J. Grady. Chan
cellor of the Diocese of Savannah-
Ailanta, and Diocesan Director of
Catholic Youth Organizations, was
Hie speaker at a Communion-
breakfast for members of the
Catholic Young People's Associa
tion held on March 4, following
1 ass at the Cathedral of St. John
the Baptist.
Miss Frances Morion was in
charge of arrangements for the
breakfast
ed by Father Buckley.
Officers of the Mass included
the Rev. Daniel J. Killleen, C. S.
SP., deacon: the Rev. John J.
Todorowski, sub deacon, and the
Rev. He-vy Schooling, C. S. SP.,
master of ceremonies.'
Miss Buckley, a native of
Moutricville. S. C.. daughter of the
late Bart J. Buckley and Mrs. Mar
garet Burke Buckley, died in Bos
ton on March 1.
Besides Father Buckley, she is
survived by another brother, Dan
iel J. Buckley, stationed with the
U. S. Coast Guard in Charleston,
S. C.; two sisters. Mis. A. Creigton
Kerr, Fort Monroe, Va., and Miss
Margaret Buckley, Moultrieville,
S. C.; two nephews and six nieces.
Easter Parade at
Myrtle Beach USO
MYRTLE BEACH, S. C.—An"
“Easter Parade” was held at the
USO Club on the evening of March
24, with favorite hostesses and
wives of service men appearing in
all the splendor of the latest.spring
fashions.
Among Ihe hostesses who ap
peared in the parade were: Misses
June Chandler, Marie Jordan,
Lois Lancaster, Elsie Beard, Jean
Bell, Lucille Benton, Helen Fox,
Edna Mae Foxworth, Jane Grell.
Pearl Mac He itt, Phyllis Harer,
Lucille Jordan, Eula Rowell,
Louise Van Ordern and Phyllis
Wright, Myrtle Beach; Margaret
Clamp, Margaret Hipp, Frances
Hill, Beatsie MoOre, Johnny
Pearce, Louise Tweed, Betty
Wham, Charlotte; Cecile Cannon.
Genevieve Cannon, Hattie Belle
Hedrick. Mary Milling Lovick.
Loris Eiva Forehand, Mary Jane
Anderson, Helen Causey, Doris
Forehand, Margie Mendel, Hazel
Langley, Marriott McGrath, Eliza
beth Pitts, Frances Washington,
onwayi Rebecca Bryant, Pansy
Page, Aynor; Betty Cantley. Mary
Cantley, Lois Raraport, George
town.
Wives of service men who par
ticipated were Mrs. Wekowski.
Mrs. Lucille Swiger, Mrs.
Walter Koob. Mrs. Sylvia Slovin.
Mrs. Roy Stephen, Mrs. Homer
Conners, and Mrs. Phil Proscia.
Staff Sgt. Jack Schaek and Miss
Felice Wright were winners in
the prize waltz contest held at the
USO Club during the Shamrock
Dance on March 17.
Hostesses from the USO Club
\ ited patients on Ihe Base Hos-
pilai on Sunday, March “18, dis
tributing cgkes. candy and cigar
ettes. Bouquets of spring flowers
—ere placed in each ward by Mrs.
J. E. Bryan, Sr., and Mrs. E. R.
Harer. The visit was in charge %f
Miss Jean Bell, with Miss Phyllis
Harer and Miss Emile May Wilson,
assistant director of the club, as
sisting.
NEW PARSH PROGRAM AT
CATHEDRAL IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH. Ga.—A new par
ish program, which has been inau
gurated at the Cathedral of St.
John the Baptist, provides that the
first, second and third Sundays of
each month be set aside as special
Communion duys for particular
groups under the patronage of the
Blessed Virgin. Tlie first Sunday
is for the women's groups, the sec
ond for the men’s groups, and the
third for the children of the par
ish.
The Senior Ladies Sodality, un
der the patronage of Our Lady of
Perpetual Help, received Holy
Communion on the first Sunday in/
March. The Mass was celebrated
by the Rt. Rev. Msgr. T. James
McNamara, rector of (lie Cathed
ral, and the sermon was delivered
by the Rev. Walter Donovan, as
sistant rector.
Following the Muss, the Rev.
George Daly, who has been desig
nated as parish director of sodal
ities, announced Ihe officers of
the Senior Ladies’ Sodality as be
ing: Miss Eleanor Doyle 7 prefect,
representing the parish Confrater
nity of Christian Doctrine; Miss
Veronica Elliott, vice-prefect, rep
resenting the League of the Sacred
Heart: Mrs. Joseph E. Kelly, Sr.,
secretary; representing the Par
ent-Teacher Association of the
Cathedral School; Mrs. T. K. *
Joyce, treasurer, representing the
Parish Council of Catholic Wom
en; Miss Agnes Halligan, chairman
of the Eucharistic committee, rep
resenting the Legion of Decency;
Miss Kate, Walsh, chairman of the
Apostolic committe, representing
the Catholic Missionary Society,
and Miss Sue Beytagh. chairman
of the social life and publicity
committe. representing the Sodal
ity of St. Vincent Academy.
SAVANNAH K. OF C.
PLAN INITIATION
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Past State
Deputy Thomas J. Canty has been
appointed chairman of a commit
tee to arrange for the exemplifica
tion of the first, second and third
degrees of the Knights of Colum
bus for a class of applicants- for
membership in Savannah Council.
Members of the council received
Holy Communion in a body on
March 25. Andrew J. Ryan, Jr.,
being chairman of the committee
in charge.
P. J. Buttimer announced the
close of the basketball league
sponsored by the council and pro
posed an outdoor-inside baseball
program and a field meet for lo
cal parochial schools at the close
of Ihe school year.