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MAY 31, 1045
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
FIFTEEN
Home From I wo Jima
MAJOR BERT GARY
Major Albert Von Kamp Gary,
U. S. Marine Corps, hero of Mid
way, Guadalcanal and the Solomon
invasions, spent a recent ten-day
leave at his home in Augusta.
Major Gary, a member of St.
Mary’s-on-Thc-Hill parish, who
enlisted in the 19th Battalion of
the Marine Corps Reserve in Au
gusta, is one of the many tired
Marines who flew home from a
rest camp after the horrors of
the Iwo Jima campaign, during
which he served as an executive
officer of the Fifth Marine Divi
sion.
The son of Mrs. Irene Von Kamp
Gary, of Augusta, and the late Wil
liam T. Gary, Major Gary was
awarded the Silver Star in June,
1943, and since returning to the
Pacific a year ago, has.merited the
Presidential Citation. His wife is
the former Miss Mary Hill, also a
member of St. Mary’s-on-The-Hill
parish, and they have a young
daughter, Laura Gary, who was
born during her father’s last tour
of duty in the Pacific.
Catholic Missionary Society of Georgia
Completes Quarter-Century ot Service
St. Vincent Academy
Commencement Held
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Graduating
exercises of St. Vincent's Academy
were held on the afternoon of
May 27, at the Cathedral of St.
John the Baptist, with His Excel-
lency the Most Rev. Gerald P.
O'Hara, D. D., J. U. D., Bishop of
Savannah-Atlanta, presiding.
Members of the class of 1945,
who received their diplomas from
Bishop O’Hara were: Misses Mary
Sue Beytagli, Julia Mary Byrnes,
Patricia Marie Bremer, Patricia
Anne Cates, Agnes Theresa Cron
in, Helen Jeanette DeVere. Mary
Ann DuPont, Katherine Theresa
Evans, Margaret Moira Fogarty,
Jane Marncll Joyce, Mary Ellen
Hardy, Mary Elizabeth Holland,
Harriet Knufmann, Ellen Lee Ken
nedy, Alice Faye Lowcnthal, Helen
Theresa Mcuillan, Anne Mcighen,
Mary Florence Mastopoulos, Isa
belle Mary Pinckney, Mary The
resa Powers, Margaret Ramsing,
Barbara Theresa Saseen, Mary
Ann Summerlin, Mary McMahon
Ufflemann, Mary Elizabeth Walsh,
Ann Marie Ware, Mary L Patricia
White and Dorothy Ann
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vuunah with Father Raphael and
two Brothers as companions. He
applied to the Right Rev. William
H. Gross, then Bishop of Savan
nah, for permission to erect u
Benedictine Monastery in the Dio
cese. Bishop Gross gave Father
Dom a sum of money, with which
he bought a small Iraet of land at
Isle of Hope. The work of the
Benedictine at Isle of Hope was
appreciated and the generosity of
Stephen F. Dupont made possible
the purchase of tract of land upon
which a monastery and school was
erected. ’ Two Savannah priests,
Father Bernard Murphy and Fa
ther Joseph Shea, joined the little
band of workers, whose ranks
were seriously depleted in 1876
during the yellow fever epidemic.
In 1877, .Father Murphy and Fa
ther Shea went to Oklahoma, and
for some years the little chapel
was closed, mass being offered
there only on rare occasions. How
ever, the need for a chapel at Isle
of Hope remained, and Miss Kate
Latham, of the Missionary So
ciety, took the matter up with
Bishop Keiley, and he immediately
gave his consent to the renovation
of the chapel. Through the gen
erosity of the people of Savannah
and the residents at Isle of Hope,
the chapel was renovated and im
proved. Pews and an organ were
given by St. Mary’s Home, and in
November, 1908, the chapel was
reopened with Bishop Keiley cele
brating the Mass. One of the
servers was Emmet M. Walsh, non
Bishop of Charleston.
Father Mathew, O. S. B., of the
Sacred Heart Church, in Savan
nah, was the first pastor. A Sun
day school was established with
more than twemy children at
tending, a family of six was re
ceived into the church, and sev
eral who had been lax in the prac
tice of their faith returned to the
Sacraments. In 1916, while Fa
ther Maurice DcDonnell, O. S. B.,
was pastor, the chapel was redec
orated, but the original altar and
the quaint old choir loft romais
as when (he chapel was built.
St. Michacl’s-by-the-Sea, was the
first place of worship to be erect
ed on Tybec Island—Savannah
beach. The church was dedicated
by Bishop Becker in July, 1891,
Father Edward Cafferty and Fa
ther William McCarty, being dea
con and subdeacon of the Pontifi
cal Mass. Music for the Mass was
sung by a choir composed of Mrs.
Henry Altick, Frank E. Rebarer
and Michael A. O'Byrne, with Lee
Mehrtcns as organist.
The lot upon which the chapel
was erected was a gift of the Tybee
Beach company, at the instance of
Capt. Daniel G. Purse, a non-
Catholic. The construction of the
chapel was made possible largely
through the efforts of Robert E.
Pepper, president of the Atlantic
Club. Tlie altar, a beautiful anil
artistic example of wood-carving,
was made in Ihe mill of the J. J.
McDonough Company, and was a
donation of Mr. and Mrs. Mc
Donough. Arrangements were
made for a priest from the Cathe
dral in Savannah to go to St.
Michael’s-by-thc-Sea each Satur
day night, for confessions, and
each Sunday morning for Mass.
Some years later the chapel was
enlarged and a rectory erected.
In 1937, when Monsignor Joseph
Crokc was pastor, the original
altar was removed and a larger
altar, from the lower cliUrch of the
Cathedral was installed. In 1940,
when Monsignor James J. Grady
was pastor, the chapel and rectory
were further improved and redec
orated.
The mission at Rocky Ford (Bay
Branch) lias an interesting origin.
Its establishment was made pos
sible by Monsignor Joseph D.
Mitchell, who was at the time sta
tioned at the Cathedral in Savan
nah.
Being advised in 1908 that there
were about a hundred Catholics at
Rocky Ford who wished to have
the opportunity of attending Mass
regularly. Monsipnor Mitchell was
given permisssion by Bishop
Keiley to go to Rocky Ford as
often as possible. Mass was of
fered for several years in the
homes of John G. Price and Mrs.
Freida Parker. Miss Mollic Lehr,
a daughter of Mrs. Parker, took an
active interest in the mission, and
is still working in its interests.
In 1911, a chape] was erected
and dedicated to St. Joseph.
Priests from the Cathedral served
the mission until 1940. Father
Eugene Kearney, C, S. V., of St.
Thom a 4 Vocational School, served
the mission until October of last
year, when the Home Missioners
came to Statesboro.
In November, 1924, the Savan
nah Branch of the Missionary So
ciety called a meeting to make ar
rangements for the establishment
of a Sunday selipol class at Thun
derbolt. Father Daniej McCarthy,
Miss Joanna Walsh, Miss Bessie
Daly, Miss Agnes Lyons, and a
number.of the residents of Thun
derbolt attended. Mrs. Dowling
was named chairman, and twenty
children were enrolled in the
school. Mrs. Astor Ward and Mrs.
Alfred Gleiber, Sr., neither of
whom were Catholics, kindly of
fered rooms in their homes for
classes. Mrs. Dowling and Miss
Lyons were the first teachers, Miss
Margaret Duggan joining them
later, when classes were being held
in the home of Mrs. F. H. Elmgren.
Classes were discontinued in 1929,
Mrs. Elmgren and Mrs. Barbara
Aimar having volunteered to bring
the children to the Blessed Sacra
ment chuich in Savannah for Sun
day school.
On Sunday, November 29, 1929,
Mass was first offered at Thunder
bolt, in the annex of Bannon
Lodge, by Father Joseph Cassidy,
then pastor of the Blessed Sacra
ment palish, and Mass has since
been said in Thunderbolt every
Sunday.
In 1928, James Bannon placed
the Bannon Lodge at the disposal
of Bishop O'Hara and the building
has been converted into an attrac
tive place of worship.
In October, 1942, Father Nich
olas Quinlan was placed in charge
of the mission at Thunderbolt, and
two months later it was establish
ed as a parish, with Father Quin
lan as pastor. Bishop O’Hara has
since acquired an ideal site at
Victory Drive and Mechanics Ave
nue, where a church and a school
will be built at some time in the
future.
In 1923, a Sunday school was
organized at Port Wentworth by
members of the Missionary So
ciety, Mrs. A. J. Gravemberg of
fering the use of a class room. The
work of the Missionary Society at
Port Wentworth was fruitful, for
in 1940, the Church of Our Lady
of Lourdos was dedicated, with
Father Thomas I. Sheehan as pas
tor.
Seven ot the original twelve
members of the Missionary Society
are still doing missionary work.
Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh, Sr., Mrs.
Frank McNally, Mrs. T. J. Dowling,
Mrs. Hannah McDonough, Miss
Sally Black. Miss Ernestibc Walsh
and Miss Kate Latham, the pres
ent president.
Mrs. R. T. Semmes, during the
twenty-five years, has been the
Missionary Society’s most constant
and most generous contributor.
Presidents of the Savannah
Branch, have seried as chairman
of the Slate Board, with Mrs. John
McManus and Miss Margaret Mc
Nally huving served as secretary-
treasurer.
The Savannah Branch has had
as president, Miss Joanna E.
Walsh. Mrs. John J. McManu^ and
Miss Kate A. Walsh; as vice-presi
dents, Miss Nellie O'Brien, Miss
Kate Latham, Mrs. Marie O’Byrne
Altick, and Mrs. Joseph E. Kelly,
Sr., as secretary-treasurer, Miss
Ernestine Walsh and Miss Cather
ine Cullunl, as corresponding
secretary, and Miss Catherine
Quinan.
Monsignor Joseph D. Mitchell,
Father James Conlin, Father
James H. Grady, Father John Mill-
tins, and Monsignor James J.
Grady have served as chaplains.
The Missionary Society has had
a memorial tablet placed in the
chapel of Our Lady at the Cathe
dral in Savannah in memory of
its founder. Miss Joanna Walsh.
That there is still much work
for the Missionary Society to do
is evidenced by the following lists
of mission stations now established
in Georgia; Isle ot Hope, Reids-
ville, Cordelc, Elberton, Villa Rica,
Bremen. Buchanan, Waco, Carroll
ton, Tallapoosa. Dallas Ft. McPher
son, Marietta, Austell. Atlanta Na
val Air Station, Cherokee and For
syth Counties, Thomson, Waynes
boro, Waycross. Darien, St. Mary’s,
I.udowici, St. Simons Island, Jekyl
Island, Bakes Village, Lakcview,
Alapliaha, Fitzgerald, Wiilacoo-
chec, Lakeland, Cochran, Toecoa,
Alto, Buford, Duhlonega. Warm
Springs, Meriwether County, New-
nan, Coweta County, Fort Valley,
Warner Robbins, Sandersville,
Ivey, Berry School Air Cadets,
Cedai town, Cloudland. Bainbridgc,
Camilla. Iron City, Moultrie. Pel
ham. Ochlocknec, Rocky Ford
(Bay Branch).
Augustan Freed
IN FLORIDA, the house of rep
resentatives has passed a bill,
sponsored by Miami religious lead
ers, making it unlawful to print
or publish attacks on religious
groups, unless the name of the
publisher is given. The measure
is believed lo be the first of its
kind in the South.
Myrtle Beach USO Offers
Course in Nutrition
CORPORAL THORNTON
. . After spending two years and
three months as a prisoner-of-war
of the Germans, Cpl. John Thorn
ton, of Augusta, Ga.. who was
liberated on April 16 by the Brit
ish, is now regaining weight and
strength at Oliver General Hos
pital in Augusta. He was cap-,
turcd during the North African
campaign, taken first to Italy and
then to Germany, and early this
year was among a group of
American, French, Italian and
Russian prisoners who were forced
to hike hundreds of miles across
Germany. He collapsed from mal
nutrition and on March 28 was
sent to a hospital in Hanover.
Upon being liberated he was flown
to an English hospital nearby, then
to England, Scotland and on to
New York. Since reaching Aug-
gusta a few week ago, he has
added to the hundred pounds he
weighed on arrival. The son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Thornton, of
Atlanta, Corporal Thornton, is a
member of the Sacred Heart
parish in Augusta.
Prior to his entry into the arm
ed forces, Corporal Thornton was
employed here by Augusta
Amusements, Inc., for a number
of years. He also worked in a
branch of the War Department in
Washington, D. C.
Overseas in Italy, he was
among the soldiers on guard in
Casablanca when the late Presi
dent Roosevelt paid a visit to that
eity.
CATHOLIC WOMEN’S CLUB
MEETS IN SAVANNAH
S..VANNAII, Ga.—Chairmen of
va.ious standing committees were
appointed at the annual meeting
of the Catholic Women's Club,
held o(j May 8, by Mrs. H. T. Wil
son, president. Mrs. C. F. Pow
ers was named chairman of (lie
educational committee; Mrs. Mary
O’Connor, membership; Mrs. Sarah
Henderson and Mrs. Ada Wright,
house; Mrs. Joseph E. Kelly, so
cial welfare; Miss Elizabeth Mor-
iarty, library; Miss Grace Moran
and Miss Frances Moran, social;
Mrs. J. P. McDonough, Mrs. Jo
seph E. Kelly, Jr., Mrs. John
Ernest, Mrs. Sarah Stephens and
Mrs. John Buckley, hospitality;
Mrs. Walter Crawford, visiting;
Miss Winifred Quinan, publicity,
and Mrs. Lawrence Dunn, pro
gram.
Named as members of the execu
tive board were: Mrs. J. P. McMa
hon, Mrs. E. Caflero, Mrs. J. Har
old Mulhcrin, Mrs. J. Reid Brod
erick, Mrs. Arthur Pierce. Mem
bers of the auditing committee will
be Mrs. Charles Molony and Mrs.
John Curran.
This was not an election year,
so the following officers will con
tinue -to serve with Mrs. Wilson:
Mrs. Katherine A. Huggins, first
vice-president; Mrs. Joseph
O’Leary, second vice-president;
Mrs. W. E. Hines, third vice-pres
ident; Mrs. John Ilennepiier, treas
urer; Mrs. Julius Gasan, secretary,
and Mrs. John Buckley, corres
ponding secretary.
The Rev. Norberl McGowan, O.
S. B., of the Sacred Heart Chuicli,
\Vas the guist speaker. Following
the meeting tea was served by the
hosptality committee.
VETERAN OF IWO JIMA
IN ATLANTA ON LEAVE
ATL AN T A. Ga.—First Lt.
Charles T. Hopkins, Jr., a grad
uate of Marist College, and a mem
ber of Christ the King parish here,
is home on leave after being
wounded on Iwo Jima. Lt. Hop
kins, who entered the Marine
Corps a? a private, was serving
with the 4th Marine Division in
the attack on the Japanese strong
hold.
(Special to The Bulletin)
MYRTLE BEACH, S. C.—The
USO-NCCS Club-by-the-Sea was
an unusually busy place .during
the week of May 20, nutrition
classes being conducted from Mon
day through Saturday, combining
lectures and demonstrations.
The first half of the course was
given by Miss Carrie Garson, Ex
tension Nutritionist of Winthrop
College, assisted by Miss Marga
ret Cloud, Home Demonstration
Agent of Horry County. Their
theme was “Meal Planning Based
on the Basic Seven/’ with empha
sis on the problems of serving nu
tritious meals with fewest points.
Classes the latter half of the
week were conducted by Miss Julia
Brunson, Nutritional Consultant
for the South Carolina State
Health Department, which includ
ed fh her schedule lessons on par
ental and baby diets.
USO pins I and certificates of
merit were awarded at the Satur
day night dance to the hostesses
from Shallotte who have been con
stant in attendance at club dances
for the last six months. In the
absence of James J. McAndrew,
club director, Miss Emily May
Wilson and Mrs. M. H. Ormsbee
presented the awards to Misses
Bentelc Moore, Miss Betty Wham
and Miss Lois Lancaster.
Others from Shallotte who were
elegible for honors, but who were
not present were Misses Louise
Tweed, Alice Eleanor Pearce,
Frances Hill, and Mrs. John Har
ris, who before her recent mar
riage was Miss Ina Dean Cald
well.
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