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SIX-A 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. Compliments of S. B. FRANCIS Leake Brothers Pure Milk and Cream USE MORE MILK- MILK IS ECONOMY AH Food—No Waste v Phone 1740 411 Pendleton St. 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.