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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 iry. rain n, .Yager. HOSPITAL INSURANCE Family Groups or Individuals COVERS ALL SICKNESS or ACCIDENTS Lifetime Sick and Accident ’Insurance Over $1(10,000,000 Paid in Claims Clip and Mail for Information MUTUAL BENEFIT HEALTH A. ACCIDENT ASS N. 515-22 William Oliver Bldg. ATLANTA, GA. Please send Information to: Name ' Address Phones: Walnut 9577-957R Mutual Benefit Health & Accident Association United Benefit Life Insurance Company Omaha. Neb. GEORGIA STATE OFFICE Roy F. Morgan, State Mgr. 515-22 William-Ollver Bldg. Atlanta, Georgia ■ (Continued from Page 14) 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. Duggan Optical Go. OpIomelrlMi and Optician. O. C. Jackson, Jr., Mgr. 2*1 Mitchell St., S. W. ATLANTA. GA. NOW« PLUS BONUS of 'A% 1 of 1% _ 3% Current Dividend Short Term Long Term On Savinf Share Accounts—which are Insured under Title IV., Sec. 403—The U. S. National Housing Act. Phone, call or write. J. L. A. Boyd, Secretary and Atty. 35 Walton Street, N. W. (Enter Lobby Healey Bide.) MA. 06it Atlanta. Oa. STATE CAflTOf BUILDING ...in ATLANTA THE DINHLER HOTEL IS Cbnyenient downtown locadon Home ot the famous Rainbow Roofc the South’s Smartest Supper Club A.J.UOE) CROCY Manmgtr OtAvi DINKLER "rVttcU: THE THTWILER Birminghaia TNE JEFFERSON BAVIS Montgamary THE BUTTLE HOUSE Mobil. TNE ST. CHARLES Raw Orlaaaa TNE NNRREW JACKSON Noohvilla THE SAVANNAH Savannah TNE 0. 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