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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LA YMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
MARCH 31, 1945
USO-NCCS Club at Atlanta’s K. of C. Home
Subject of Article in Atlanta Journal
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(Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA, Ga.—“You don’t
have to kiss the Blarney stone to
able to ay that the USO-NCCS
Club at 1200 Peachtree St., is
‘keeping up the good work’ during
its fourth year of operation’’, wrote
Margaret Shannon in an article
which appeared in a recent issue
of The Atlanta Journal.
“Go around any Saturday night
or Sunday evening.” wrote Miss
Shannon, ::and you’ll See the sol
diers and sailors streaming in,
their dark uniforms setting off to
good effect the bright dresses of
the junior hostesses. The big
house, a former residence, has a
home-like atmosphere which in
itself gives the boys—and girls-in-
unifotm a cordial welcome.
“Take Sunday night, for
example. It looked like Navy
night because blue uniforms over
whelmingly out-numbered olive
drab, but Mrs. Nedom L. Angier,
one of the hardest workers among
the volunteers who keep the club
going, said it just happened that
way. Sometimes it will be almost
the reverse, with Army predom
inating over Navy.
“It was the dhy after St. Pat
rick’s Day, and that wasn't the sort
of cue the club would miss. Con
sequently the table in the dining
room was decorated with two big
shamrocks and centered with a
miniature Irish harp. Even the
cream cheese sandwich filling was
colored green.
“And the evening’s program
was strictly Irish, incldding such
songs as “When Irish Eyes Are
Smiling" and the favorite old
lullaby Bing Crosby sang in “Go
ing My Way.”
The entertainers included Miss
Jeanne Miller, Mark McDonald,
Atlanta business 'man; Ernest
Trotti, who is master of cere
monies at tbc Sunday evening pro
grams, and two Navy men station
ed at Georgia Tech, Chief Petty
Officer Bosh Pritchard, of Hope-
well, Va., and Apprentice Seaman
Bill (Texas) Bitter of Nashville,
Tenn.
“If there’s a holiday near the
club’s program is always appro
priate. Then there’s a birthday
cake given away every Sunday
night. Seaman Second Class Tom
Ilitchell of Bayonne, N. J., who
will be twenty on March 28, and
Pfc M. B. Johnson, of Beaver, La.,
a veteran of 32 months’ service in
the Aleutians, who will be 31 on
March 29, spjit the cake Sunday
night. < •
“The club is operated by the
National Catholic Community Ser
vice, one of the organizations
making up the USO. All its work
ers are volunteers. Committees
from the various Catholic parishes
in AtlaVita take turns at arrang
ing the Sunday night programs-—
a procedure which originated be
fore the club was incorporated in
the USO program.”
PAGEANT PRESENTED AT
MACON USO-NCCS CLUB
IN CHURCH OF HOLY SEPULCHER
Augusta USO-NCCS Club
Awards Pins to Workers
AUGUSTA, Ga.—At a recent
meeting of the Senior Volunteers
of the USO Club operated by the
National Catholic Community Ser
vice, pins were presented to vol
unteers who have served fifty
hours or more at the club. Their
activity included canteen work,
serving as hostesses, sewing, and
visiting Army hospitals.
Mrs. James B. Mulherin, chair
man, announced the following as
recipients of the pins: Mrs. Alfred
Axford, Mrs. Margie Bedenfield,
Mrs.,Nellie Bowles, Mrs. Robert
Bresnahan, Mrs. John Burke, Mrs.
Jack Cashin, Mrs. J. B. Edwards,
Mrs. Catherine Hartman, Mrs. J. L.
Herman, Mrs. Vivian Hunter, Mrs.
Nell Faughman. Mrs. Sam Lambert,
Mrs. Raymond Loyal, Mrs. Archie
Martin, Mrs. C. Victor Markwalter,
Mrs. W. J. Mulherin, Mrs. John W.
McDonald, Jr., Mrs. Dan O’Connor,
Mrs. Tom Reese, Mrs. Ray Camp-
pell, Mrs. Bernard Schwcers, Mrs.
Owen Schweers, Mrs. Patrick
Toomey, Mrs. Westbrook, Mrs.
Mattie Claffey, Misses Catherine
Callahan, Jane Cosgrove, Jennie
Deween, Mary Doris, Della Kearn
ey, Nellie Sheehan, Mary Sullivan,
Margaret Sheron and Helen Ward.
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(Special to The Bulletin)
MACON, Ga.—The six states
honored at a State Night party at
the USO-NCCS Club were person
ified in a pageant depicting their
explorers and settlers. “Miss Ne
braska,” Jean Sheridan, was es
corted by “William Jennings
Bryon,” John Janette; “Miss Tex
as,” Theresa Sheridan, by a Texas
Ranger. James Hayes; “Miss Flor
ida,” Rita Garvin, by “Father Lo
pez,” Bill Joanis; “Miss Vermont,”
Teresa McCreary, by “Samuel
Champlain,” Dan Harris; “Miss
Maine,” Anna Curry, by “John
Cabot,” Paul Cain; “Miss Mary
land,” Peggy Brady, by “Lord Bal
timore," Martha Stine, and “Miss
1945,”' Alice Sheridan, was pre
sented by the narrator, Donald
Chestnut. Jr. Miss Joy Smith
composed and directed the pag
eant, and the participants were
members of St. Joseph’s ’Teen-
Age Club.
Pfc. Tom Donahue, of Philadel
phia and Camp Wheeler, was
heard in several Irish ballads, and
William J. O’Shaughnessy, master
of ceremonies, told some Irish
stories. Table decorations brought
out the’ Si. Patrick’s Day theme,
and were prepared by Misses
Elizabeth Cusson, Louise Jones,
Louise Kite, Lula Abrahams and
Sybil Smith.
Gov. Dwight Griswold, of Ne
braska, and Gov. Coke Stevenson,
of Texas, sent greetings to the
celebrants, as did a number of
mayors of the leading cities in the
states honored.
BLIND LINGUIST SERVES
AS INTERPRETER AT
U S. ARSENAL, AUGUSTA
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Appointment
of D. Gregory Sullivan as inter
preter and assistant to Captain
Ivan H. Mann, Jr., at the Augusta
Arsenal has been announced.
Mr. Sullivan, a native Augus
tan, has become a striking exam
ple of man’s capacity for sur
mounting physical handicaps. De
spite the fact that he has been to
tally blind from birth, he found
no difficulty in completing his
education and acquiring a Bachel
or of Science degree from the
University of Georgia, where
modern languages were his major
study.
He is the son of Mrs. Katherine
Fogarty Sullivan and the late D.
P. Sullivan.
ST. VINCENT’S STUDENTS
PRESENT TABLEAUX AT
ALUMNAE MEETING
SAVANNAH, Ga.—A scries of
tableaux' were presented at the
March meeting of the Alumnae
Association of St. Vincent Aca
demy by students of the school.
Vocations for girls were depicted,
and those taking part were Mary
Sue Beytagh. who gave the pro
logue; Betty Buttimer, as a teach
ing Sister of Mercy; Mercedes
Buttimer, a trained nurse; Betty
Stalvey, as a bride; Ellen Kennedy,
as a mother; Mary Grace Harvey,
as a child: Leonora Browne, as
a cloistered nun. During the
scenes a musical accompaniment
was rendered by Patty Barragan,
and at the conclusion of the pro
gram Mary Miller recited a pray
er for guidance in the choice of a
vocation.
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SAVANNAH, Ga—Our Lady of
Lourdes Guild of the National
Council of Catholic Women, at
Port Wentworth, met on March
13 at the parish rectory with Mrs.
Joseph M. O’Campo presiding.
Mrs. Sidney Barras reported on
the splendid amount of Red Cross
work being done and on the num
ber of garments collected for the
people of the Philippines.
Five active study groups are
meeting every two weeks with an
average of fifty attending. Chair
men are Mrs. E. A. Barron, Mrs.
Margie * Birkeneler, Mrs. Mary
Bolduc, Mrs. Mary J. Sanders and
Mrs. McKinley Stevens.
The Very Rev. Edward Dodwell,
J. C. D., the new pastor of Our
Lady of Lourdes Church, spoke
informally at the close of the
meeting.
Two American WACs pause in their tour of Jerusalem to visit the
Church of the Holy Sepulcher, built on the site of Christ's tomb. The
Jewel-bedecked statue of the Virgin Mary is reached by a steep
stairway within the church and close to the spot where stood the
three crosses on Calvary. The church itself. Is a collection of build
ings re-erected early in the 19th century over a structure built cen
turies before the Crusaders. WAC Pvt. Marjorie Martin, of Chicago
(left); Pvt. Lois Powell, Columbia, S C. (right). Official U. S
Army photo. (NCWC)
REDUCING AN AREA of Nazi
resistance, elements of the lltH
Armored Division of the Third
American Army liberated the fa
mous Benedictine Abbey of Maria
Laach, near Aldernach, Germany.
Founded in 1093 and for hundreds
of years a center of religious, lit
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Abbey-was visited by many United
States soldiers of the Army of Oc
cupation following World War I.
The Abbey church is a masterpiece
of Romanesque urchilcclutc.
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