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MAY 31, 1^45
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LA YMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEOKUIA
NEW CHURCH FOR CHARLESTON—Ground was broken several
weeks ago and construction has begun on the ChureTi of the Blessed
Sacrament which is being erected on the Savannah highway, opposite
Byrnes Downs, across the Ashley River from Charleston, S. C. The
Rev. John J. McCarthy, pastor of the new parish, personally turned
the first spadeful of earth at the ground-breaking ceremony which was
attended by many members of his congregation. The architect’s sketch
of the new church, shown above, was executed by the Rev. Michael
Mclnerney, O. S. B., noted priest-architect of Belmont Abbey, who
completed the plans for the building.
Early Days of Catholicity in Greenville
Business and Professional
Women’s Club in Atlanta
Hears Talk on Washington
(Special to The Buletin)
ATLANTA, Ga.—The Atlanta Ca
tholic Club of Business and Pro
fessional Women was entertained
at its latest meeting by Miss Kathe
rine Wootten who spoke on
“Catholic Washington" Miss Woot
ten lived in the Nation’s Capital
for a number of years and h«r
activity in Catholic circles there
enabled her to give her audience
a comprehensive picture of Catho
lic life in that city.
Miss Joan Pomar, a member of
the graduating class at the Sacred
Heart School was judged winner
of the essay contest sponsored by
the club. The subject, chosen by
the educational committee, which
is composed of Miss Maye John
son, Mrs. T. G. Perry and Miss
Bessie Bragassa, was “Mother
Frances Xavier Cabrini,'.
This year, for the first time, the
club made its May Doyle Camp
bell poetry award—a volume of
the best beloved poems, donated
by Mrs. J. Louis Campbell, of
Detroit, through the club, was
awarded to Miss Patricia Meehan.
Winners of the essrv and poetry
awards will be guests of the club at
the June meeting, when the prize-*
winning essay and poem will be
read.
Meetings of the club will bo held
out-of-doors, during the sumer
months, the June meeting to be
in the garden of the home of Mrs.
W. A. Gericke at East Lake.
Cadet Nurse From Infirmary
in Charleston, Completing
Course at Army Hospital
(Spextial to .'he Bulletin)
CHARLESTON, S. C. — Miss
Charlotte Merritt, who has finish
ed thirty-two month s of training
in the cadet corps at St. Francis
Xavier Infirmary school of nurs
ing here, reported on May 1 to
Oliver General Hospital in Augus
ta, for the completion of a three-
year course. Miss Merritt will be
classed as a student nurse at the
Army hospital, receiving special
ized supervised training while at
the same time enjoying privileges
of the graduate Army nurses at
the hospital.
Miss Merritt is the first contri
bution of St. Francis Xavier In
firmary to the U. S. Army, from
the cadet corps program which
was begun at the infirmary’s
school of nursing in October,
1943, as a means of cooperating
with the Federal plan.
The cadet training is two-fold
in purpose, that of filling a vital
need by replacing Army and
Navy nurses, whose release makes
possible the care of the wounded
overseas, and by contributing to
essential nursing on the home
front on regular hospital staffs of
the country where the need for
more nurses is acute.
Since' the inauguration of the
cadet nursing program at St.
Francis Xavier Infirmary in 1943,
three of its senior cadet students,
Miss Cecilia Joseph, of Green
ville; Miss Wilhelmina Jenkins
and Miss Gloria Thomas, of Char
leston, have been accepted by St.
Elizabeth’s Hospital, Washington,
D. C., for the completion of their
training.
Camp Villa Marie
Opens on July 1
SAVANNAH, Ga. — The Rev.
Felix Donnelly, who has been ap
pointed director of Camp Villa
Marie, near Savannah, has an
nounced that the Religious Vaca
tion School will be operated as
usual during July and August. The
July sessions will be for Catholic
children in the rural areas of
Georgia who do not attend Cath
olic schools or Religious Vacation
classes in their home localities.
The camp not only gives these
children a chance to obtain in
struction in their Religion, bftt
also affords opportunity for whole
some recreation.
The August sessions will be for
recreational purposes only, and
reservations can now be made,
either through local pastors or
through Father Donnelly.' 1003
East Victory Drive, Savannah, for
both sessions.
New Officers Elected by
Mothers’ Club of Boys’
High School in Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga. — At a meet
ing of the Mothers’ Club of the
Boys’ Catholic High School, held
on May 1, Mrs. William Hughes
was elected president; Mrs. John
Sikes, vice-president; Mrs. Phillip
Carlson, treasurer, and Mrs. E. J.
Gannon, secretary, succeeding
Mrs. Norman Boatwright as pres
ident: Mrs. Charles Hoopper, vice-
president; Mrs. Henry Frommc,
treasurer, and Mrs. Leland Wal
lers, secretary.
The new and old officers of the
Mothers’ Club, with their hus
bands, were chaperones for the an
nual Senior Prom which was held
in the ballroom of the Country
Club on the evening of May 2. Mu
sic was furnished by the school
orchestra, under the direction of
Robert Jeffries, and the grand
march was led by William Eu
banks, president of the senior
class, with Miss Miriam Weigle.
STUART CASHIN HEADS
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
At a meeting of the Athletic As
sociation of the Boys’ Catholic
High School, held May 3, Stuart
Cashin was elected president, to
succeed his brother, Edward Cash
in. Other officers of the associa
tion who were elected were Hec
tor Bouchard, vice-president; T. J.
Kearney, secretary, and Louis Mul-
herin, treasurer. John Chesser was
again selected as athletic director.
Plans for the coming football
season were discussed and routine
U'l'tinesS disposed of at the ses
sion.
ST. VINCENT’S “FLASH”
WINS RECOGNITION
SAVANNAH, Ga.—"The Flash,”
student publication of St. Vin
cent Academy, won two awards at
the annual session of the Georgia
Scholastic Press Association he’d
in Athens on May 11, gaining a
cup presented by The Athens
Banner-Herald, while a certificate
of distinction for writing the best
headline was awarded Miss Pa
tricia Bremer of the school pa
per’s editorial staff.
Mimeographed scholastic pub
lications which were awarded cer
tificates of distinction included
“The Live Wire,” of the Sacred
.Heart School, Atlunta, and
"’Round the Mount,” of Mount St.
Joseph Academy, Augusta.
(Special to The Bulletin)
GREENVILLE, S. C.—The fol
lowing interesting account of th ;
early days of Catholicity in Green
ville was- written ten years ago by
the late Mrs. Mary Slattery, and is
of particular interest at this time
when the Right Rev. Monsignof A.
K. Gwynn, pastor of St. Mary’s
Church, here, is celebrating the
fiftieth anniversary of his ordina
tion to the priesthood.
“The church was crowded for
early Mass this past Easter Sun
day. Evei-y seat was taken, chairs
were placed in the center aisles,
and people were standing in every
available place.
“My thoughts turned back to
my first visit to Greenville, sixty-
seven years ago, when I heard
Mass here for the first time.
“In August, 1868, I made my
first visit to Greenville, boarding
at Mrs. Mary Long's. She told me
a priest visited Greenville every
six months, so I thought I would
not be able to attend Mass until
I returned to Charleston at the
end of the summer.
“Early one Sunday morning, I
was sitting on the porch and saw a
gentleman pass with a satchel in
his hand. I fancied that he looked
like a priest and decided to follow
him. So I hurried into the house,
got my hat, and followed in the
direction he was taking.
“He went about five blocks and
into a small house. f I noticed a lot
of wagons and buggies in the yard,
while a group of people were
standing around. I asked someone
if the gentleman I had followed
were a priest and I was told that
he was and that he was preparing
to say Mass. I entered and saw
that he was arranging an altar on
a high chest of drawers, lie went
out on the porch and announced
that confessions would be heard.
This was the Keenan house, and
was located on Main and Elford
streets. I heard that the people
came miles to hear Mass—some
from Travelers’ Rest and the moun
tains of North Carolina. They
brougth many of their children to
be baptized. Thewe were about
four Catholic families in Green
ville at this time.
“Mr. Slattery and I visited
Greenville again in September
1871. A family named Montague
had moved from Columbia and
Mass was then being said at their
home. There was talk of a rail
road coming through Greenville
from New York, and Father Folclii
was sent up here to work for a
church as the railroad would bring
an increase in the Catholic congre
gation.
“The McBee family had given
lots to every denomination i i
Greenville for a church and they
gave one to the Catholics. A
wooden church, costing $3,000 was
erected and every one became in
terested in raising money to re
tire the debt. The Montague fam
ily gave a threc-day picnic and
$600 was raised towards the debt.
We moved to Greenville in
September, 1878, and planned per-
nament residence. Father Schmidt
was in charge and Mass was said
the first Sunday of every month.
Greenville was the headquarters for
the Irish peddlers. Stores were
few and far between in those early
days and the peddlers sold house
hold linens, clothing and most of
the things one finds • in general
stores.
“I remember one Christmas that
I was busy in the church .making
wreaths to use in the altar decora
tions. Some of the peddlers came
in and when they saw the bare
sanctuary iloor wanted to know
why we did not have it carpeted.
We told them simply that we lack
ed funds, so they took up a collec
tion among their group and raised
$30. We hurriedly measured the
floor and hastened to the nearest
store, selected a carpet and
brought it back The men helped
us put it down and when he had
our Christmas Mass we had a
beautifully carpeted sanctuary.
“Several more families moved
here now and we were able to or
ganize a choir. Father Schmidt
had a room with the McPherson
family. Sometimes he slept in
the church. One morning after
Mass, 1 went to see him and there
he was standing, having his break
fast of a roll, an apple and a glass
of water. A Mrs. Adderly used
the sacristy as a class room for
religious training, and as a reward
of merit the children were permit
ted to clean the brass candlesticks
of the church. Our revenue was
rather small. Father Schmidt told
me his income was twenty-five
cents a day.
“The church was rather far
from town and many a time wc
would have to stop and scrape the
mud from our shoes before enter
ing.
“Father Woolahan was our next
pastor. Then Father Monaghan;
later a Bishop in Delaware. He
bought the lot where our present
church is and moved the little
wooden church down to a more
central location. He built also a
two-story rectory. Father Budds
came next and we had Mass every
Sunday.
“In 1900, Father Gwynn took
charge, and it was through his ef
forts that we have our present
church, convent, parochial school
and Sisters’ hospital.”
AWARDED SCHOLARSHIP
AT IOWA UNIVERSITY
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. — Miss
Mary Flannery O’Connor, daugh
ter of Mrs. Regina Cline O'Connor
and the late Edward F. O’Connor,
has been awarded a scholarship in
journalism at the University of
Iowa.
Miss O’Connor is editor of Tlic
Corinthian, literary magazine at
the Georgia State College for
Women here, where she is a stu
dent. A member of the Sacred
Heart parish, she has been out
standing in her scholastic work at
GSCW. and has won many honors,
and considerable renown as an
artist and cartoonist.
Holy Name Group of ^
Atlanta Parish Host to
Members of Armed Forces
(Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA, Ga.—Combining the
observance of Mothers’ Day with
that of the special day of prayer
and thanksgiving proclaimed by
the President of the United States,
the Holy Name Society of the
Sacred Heart parish received Com
munion in a body at the Sacred
Heart Church, on May 13. and
arranged for service men and wom
en to join them and be their
guests at a breakfast which was
served to more than 400 persons
in the assembly room of the
Sacred Heart School following the
services at the cliureh.
More than 300 uniformed guests
were a part of the congregation
attending the Mass which was
celebrated by the Rev. Andrew
A. Walls, S. M.. with Seaman
Charles Morris, of Camden, N. J..
and Private McCaffery, of New
York, as servers.
This is the third year that the
Holy Name Society has invited
service men and women to join
in their corporate Communion and
to be their guests at a Communion
breakfast. John J. McGee. Wil
liam G. Coyle and Frank King
headed the committee in charge
of the arrangements, and the Red
Cross Motor Corps transported
the service men and women from
camp or hospitals to the church.
Capt. Louis Clerici.
Winston-Salem, N. C„
Freed From P0W Camp
(Special to The Bulletin)
WINSTON-SALEM. N. C. —Mrs.
Sue C. Clerici. of Winston-Salem,
has been advised by the War De
partment that her husband, Cap
tain Louis N. Clerici, has been lib
erated from a German prisoner-of-
war camp, in good health, with the
exception of n injured knee.
it was exactly two days after
Mrs. Clerici had been notified that
Captain Clerici had been taken
prisoner on April 10, that she was
advised that her husband, another
officer and seven enlisted men had
been released on April 16.
In a letter to his wife. Captain
Clerici stated the treatment he had
received was exceptionally good.
“They couldn’t afford to mistreat
us, because they knew more of our
men were coming.” All of the of
ficer’s valuables, among which
were snapshots of his wife, and his
nine months old daughter, whom
he had never seen, were unharm
ed, he wrote.
Captain Clerici, whose home was
in Columbia, S. C., was warden
of Santa Maria Council, No. 2829,
Knights of Columbus, here, when
he entered the service in June,
1942, He received his commission
at Fort Sill, Okla., before going
overseas in March of last year.
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GREENVILLE, S. C.
ST MARY’S SCHOOL, GREENVILLE—One of the outstanding fruits of the zeal of Monsignor A. K.
Gwynn who has served for forty-five years of the half-century in the priesthood which he is now com
pleting’as pastor of St. Mary’s Church, Greenville, S. C., is the parochial school which, is conducted by
Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy.