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MARCH 31, 1945 THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LA YMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
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Corporal Jack Cotter,
Augusta, Killed on Iwo
CORPORAL COTTER
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Corporal John
H. Cotter, U. S- Marine Corps,
of Augusta, was killed in action
on February 19, according to a
message from the War Depart
ment which has been received by
bis parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leo F.
Cotter.
While the notice did not state
in what action Corporal Cotter
met his death, it is presumed that
he Was killed on Iwo Jima as he
was with the Fourth Marine Divi
sion which stormed the beaches
on the island on February 19. His
death is the first Augusta casual
ty so far reported from that sec
tion of the Pacific theatre of
war.
Corporal Cotter was one of the
best known young men of the city.
He was an outstanding athlete at
Belmont Abbey College and at
The Citadel in Charleston. He left
The Citadel two years ago to en
list in the Marine Corps.
The young Augustan had al
ready made a name for himself
as a Marine. He took part in the
invasions of the Marshall Islands,
Saipan and Tinian, and was
awarded the Purple Heart for the
wounds which he received in the
battle for Saipan. Before rejoin
ing his unit, he spent soipe time
in a hospital in Hawaii-
The death of the popular 20-
year-old Augustan brought wide
spread sadness to his many
friends throughout the city,
where his father, a veteran of
World War I, is on of Augus
ta’s best known business men.
Corporal Cotter has a brother,
Leo Cotter, Jr., who is also in
the Marine Corps, and who is
now in this country after having
taken part in several major bat
tles in the Southwest Pacific.
Besides his parents and his
brother, Corporal Cotter is also
survived by two sisters, Mrs.
Preston Hoover and Miss Clara |
Cotter, a number of aunts and
uncles and one nephew.
A Requiem Mass for the re
pose of the soul of Corpoi’al Cot
ter was offered at the Sacred
Heart,Church here on March 21.
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MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR
JUDGE JOHN J. ROURKE
AT COURT IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga.—The Savan
nah Bar Association honored the
memory of Judge John J. Rourke,
Jr., in memorial resolutions
which were read at the opening
of the March term of the Su
perior Court of Chatham County.
Judge Rourke, prominent mem
ber of the bar association, was
serving as judge of the circuit
court when he died last yera. He
court when he died last year. He
was the first judge of the Mu
nicipal Court here.
Members of the memorial com
mittee were Edward S. Dutton, Ed
mund H. Abrams, Shelby Myrick
and John Z. Ryan.
WACS FROM MANY LANDS
AT COMMUNION BREAKFAST
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.—An in
ternational atmosphere prevailed
at the Communion breakfast spon
sored recently by the Women's Di
vision of the National Catholic
Community Service, USO member
organization, as WACs from China,
Puerto Rico, Canada, the Hawaiian 1
Islands and the Netherlands as
sembled at the Knights of Colum
bus, where the breakfast was serv
ed. The WACs attended Mass at
SS. Peter and Pauls's Church here.
An additional CO young women
from the Hawaiian Islands, most
of them Catholics, all in training
at Fort Oglethorpe, were guests of
honor at the breakfast, and contri
buted to the entertainment by
singing their native songs.
SUPERIOR OF OBLATES
CONDUCTS MISSION AT
CHURCH IN SAVANNAH
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga.—The Very
Rev. Frederick Gilbert, O. M. I„
pastor of St. Paul’s Church, Doug
las, and Superior of the Oblate
Fathers’ Mission Band, conducted
a mission at the Blessed Sacrament
Church here during Holy Week.
Special prayers for peace, and
in reparation for the sins of men
were offered from Palm Sun
day through Good Friday, when
Father Gilbert spoke at the Tre
Ore devotions on “The Seven Last
Words of Christ on the Cross.
Father Gilbert also preached at
the services held each evening and
conducted a Retreat for the chil
dren of the parish on Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday.
At the invitation of the Rev.
Michael Manning, the pastor. Fath
er Gilbert conducted a mission at
the Immaculate Conception church
in Moultrie during the first week
of Lent. At the same finre, the
Rev. Walter Mack, O. M. I., con
ducted a mission for the person
nel of Spence Field, nearby. Fath
er Mack also conducted missions
at (he Finney General Hospital in
Thomasville, at the Thomasville
air base and at St. Augustine's
church, Thomasville.
During the week of March 4,
Father Mack conducted a mission
at (he Sacred Heart church in
Milledgeville, where the Rev. John
D. Toomey is pastor. The service
was attended by many of the
WAVES stationed at the Georgia
Stale College for Women.
Father Mack also conducted one-
day Retreats at the Georgia State
Hospital in Milledgeville, at San-
derville and at Ivy.
Father Gilbert also conducted
missions recently at St. Mary’s
church, Americus, and at the
Church of the Little Flower in
Cordele. The missions were both
well attended and a good number
of non-Catholics were in .the con
gregation at the services in Cor
dele.
FRANCISCAN CONDUCTS
MISSION IN DOUGLAS
The Rev. Godfrey Weitekamp,
O. M. I., paslor of St. Mary’s
church, Americus, recently con
ducted a mission at St. Paul’s
church, Douglas, at the invitation
of the pastor, the Rev. Frederick
Gilbert, O. M. I.
The mission services were well
attended and every member of
St. Paul’s parish received Holy
Communion at (he Mass which
concluded the mission. Members
of the Altar Society served break
fast in the parish hall after the
Alass.
DANCE ON MARCH 17TH
AT WOMEN’S DIVISION
USO CLUB IN AUGUSTA
AUGUSTA, Ga. — A formal
dance was given on March 17 at
the Women’s Division USO-NCCS
Club amid an atmosphere of
“Shamrocks, shennanigans and
Erin Go Bragh, enlivened by a
St. Patrick’s Day program which
featured songs of the Emerald Isle
by Mrs. Eileen Patricia Jester,
formerly of Belfast, Ireland, now
of Augusta and Camp Gordon.
Hosts and hostesses for (he eve
ning were Mrs. Thomas Kelly. Mrs.
William Nevin, Mrs. Edward
Doyle, Mrs. Margaret Johnson,
Alfred M. Battey and Charles
Chesser. Refreshments were serv-
c’d by Miss Mary Sullivan and Miss
Bess Skinner, with Miss Philo-
mena Andrews, Miss Dorothy An
derson and Miss Elizabeth Don
nelly in charge of the canteen.
Coleman Dempsey was chairman of
the committee arranging the pro
gram.
GERALD CASEY, JR.,
KILLED ON IWO JIMA
Young Augustan Was Ser
geant in 4th Marine Divi
sion ,
SERGEANT CASEY
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Sgt. Gerald
Casey, U. S. Marine Corps, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald W. Casey, of
Augsuta, was killed in action on
Iwo Jima, February 21, according
to a message received by his par
ents from the War Department.
No other details were given in
the telegram.
The young Marine sergeant was
widely known throughout Augusta,
and possessed hundreds of friends
who were shocked and distressed
to learn of his death.
Sergeant Casey enlisted in the
Marine Corps in January, 1943, at
the age of "18, and fought in some
of the greatest battles in which
the Marines have b*cn engaged in
the present war. He saw action in
the Marshalls, on Saipan and
Tinian, and went with the Fourth
Marine Division on the invasion
of Iwo Jima last month.
He attended the Sacred Heart
parochial school here, Belmont
Abbey College, Belmont, N. C.,
St. Bernard’s College, Cullman,
Ala., and was a student at The
Citadel in Charleston when he en
listed.
His boyhood and school day
companion and closest friend,
John Cotter, was with him during
his grammar school days, at Bel
mont, at The Citadel, and when he
enlisted in the Marine Corps. Go
ing through training together, the
young men were in the same fox
hole on Saipan, and both lost their
lives on Iwo Jima.
Besides his parents, Sergeant
Casey is survived by two sisters,
Betty Casey and Ann Casey: a
brother, Vaughn Casey, several
uncles and aunts and his maternal
grandmother, Mrs. II. C. Morrison.
A Requiem Mass was offered for
the repose of the soul of Sergeant
Casey at the Sacred Heart Church.
BENEDICTINE GRADUATE
KILLED IN FRANCE
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Private Jos
eph F. Dyer, husband of Mrs. Dor
othy G. Dyer, of Savannah, lias
been reported as having been
killed in action in France on Feb
ruary 3. Private Dyer had pre
viously been reported as missing.
A graduate of Benedictine Mil
itary School and formerly a stu
dent of the Marist School. Private
Dyer entered (ho service in June,
1944. lie is survived by his wife, a
young son and several brothers
an sisters-
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