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AUGUST 25, 1945
_THE_BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LA YMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
TWENTY-ONE
Best Wishes
From
PARTRIDGE INN
Augusta, Georgia
Westover Memorial Park, Inc.
A non-profit organization dedicated
to the perpetual care of
AUGUSTA'S GARDEN OF MEMORIES
Consecrated Section for Catholic Families Exclusively
Best Wishes
MERRY BROTHERS
BRICK and TILE CO.
Manufacturers
BRICK AND HOLLOW BUILDING TILE
Plants: No. 1-Gwinnett St., No. 2-New Savannah Road
Sales Office: Masonic Building
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
Established 1899
Colonial SnnDUIICH Bread
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COLONIAL BAKING COMPANY
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
First Treasurer of
Laymen’s Association
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First Secretary of
Laymen’s Association
i’HOMAS S. GRAY
Elected treasurer of the Catho
lic Laymen’s Association of Geor
gia at the organization meeting,
Thomas S. Gray, of Augusta,
served in that capacity until his
death, ten years ago.
K. of C. in Brunswick
Extend Welcome to
Returning Veterans
(Special to The Bulletin)
BRUNSWICK, Ga.—John Stiles
and Levi Placzankis, veterans of
of World War II who recently re
ceived their honorable discharges
from the service, were the guests
of honor at a Home Coming pro
gram sponsored by their fellow-
members of Henry Thomas Ross
Council, Knights of Columbus.
Other guests were the men of St.
Francis Xavier parish and its
missions.
After the assembly had joined
in the singing of “America,” E.
B. Lott, grand knight of Henry
Thomas Ross Council, extended a
welcome and introduced the Rev.
John II. Hillmann, S. M., assistant
pastor of St. Francis Xavier
Church, and acting chaplain of the
local K. of C. council, who served
as master of ceremonies.
On the program wewrc: Earl
Grant, director of Veterans Reha
bilitation for Southeast Georgia,
who spoke of the benefits return
ing service men c«m receive
through the office of the Veter
ans Rehabilitation Administra
tion in Brunswick; Chaplain Paul
V. Golembiewski, of the Way-
cross Army Air Field, who made
an interesting talk on the observ
ance of the 170th anniversary of
the establishment of the U. S.
Army Chaplains Corps, and
Thomas J. Canty, of Savannah,
master of the DeSoto Province,
Fourth Degree, Knights of Colum
bus, who told of the war work of
the K. of C. during the present
conflict.
Chaplain Alfred A. Williams, of
Hunter Field, Ga., presented sou
venir pins to the guests of honor
on behalf of their brother
Knights.
Lt. Col, Cowan, of the U. S.
Army Air Force, from Hunter
Field, called upon the discharged
service men for an account of
their experiences and Mr. Stiles
and Mr. Placzankis responded
with interesting discussions of
their careers in the armed forces.
E. M. lleagarty, Jr., president
of the K. of C. Club in Brunswick,
expressed the pleasure of the
Waycross delegation at being able
lo attend the program of welcome
to the returning veterans.
The program closed with the
singing of the National Anthem,
after which a buffet supper was
enjoyed.
JOHN M. HARRISON
At the meeting in Macon at
which the Catholic Laymen’s Asso
ciation was formed, John M. Hprri-
son, of Atlanta, acted as secretary,
and continued in that office for
three years. He has always taken
a prominent part in the work of
the Association.
American Jewish Leader
Voices Gratitude to
Catholic of France
SAVANNAH USO-NCCS
SPONSORS GARDEN DAY
PROGRAM AND DANCE
SAVANNAH, Ga.—A “Garden
Day” program sponsored by the
USO-NCCS featured an attractive
display of flower arrangements
prepared by Mrs. Mary Bischoff,
a member of the Isle of Hope'Gar
den Club, and a quiz on flowers,
conducted by Miss Lcacy.
WAVES were special guests bf
the USO-NCCS at a buffet supper,
marking the third anniversary of
the U. S. Navy Women’s Reserve.
Lt. Lane Rawl and Lt. Helen An
derson, from the office of the port
director, and Yeoman 1-c Rita
Walsh, from the naval procure
ment office in Atlanta,, were spe
cial guests. . Miss Elizabeth Pren-
dergast jsang ^eveyal. selections,
and the supper was prepared by
Mrs. J. P. McDonough and mem
bers of her commit)pp
(By Religious News Service)
LONDON. —• (By Wireless) —•
Tribute to French Catholics for
their aid to Jews was paid here
by Dr. Israel Goldstein, of New
York, president of the Zionist
Organization of America and for
mer president of the Synagogue
Council of America. Dr. Gold
stein was in London following an
extended visit to France. In the
course of his remarks, Dr. Gold
stein said;
“The Jewish community of lib
erated France, struggling to get
on its feet after the ordeal of
Nazi occupation, feels a deep
sense of gratitude to many a
Christian leader for help and pro
tection under difficult circum
stances.
“Every day new instances come
to light revealing acts of benevo
lence by Christians who, at con
siderable risk, during the Nazi
occupation, sheltered Jewish chil
dren in Christian homes and
monasteries.
“At a great outdoor meeting on
July 21, marking the third anni
versary of the first organized de
portation, the Church was well
represented. Father Pierre Chap
let, eminent Jesuit priest, who
saved thousands of Jewish chil
dren, delivered the main address.
His theme was anti-Semitism's
incompatibility with Christianity
and anti-Semitism’s blemish upon
the national honor of France.
“It was Father Chaillet who,
during the Nazi occupaitop, went
to the prefect of a city with the
exhortation: ‘If you are afraid to
withhold groups of Jews from be
ing sent away, I shall take the re
sponsibility upon myself to pre
vent their deportation.’ These
Jews were saved.
“The Archbishop of Lyon and
the Bishop of Toulouse are also
among those who interceded suc
cessfully on behalf of Jewish
children and adults.
“Most of the children who had
been in Christian Shelters have by
now returned and are either re
united with their parents or, in
cases where one or both parents
are missing, are being cared for
in Jewish institutions. Many are
preparing to go to Palestine.”
Dr. Goldstein stated that Fa
ther Chaillet, as president of the
committee for the local organiza
tion of resistance, wielded consid
erable influence, and that in re
sponse to an expression of ap
preciation on behalf of American
circles Interested in Chrlstian-
Jewish fellowship, the Jesuit
priest said: “After the terrible
years of anti-Semitic persecution
which Hitler racism haS promoted
in our country,* I wish in the name
of all my Christian friends, who
have fought this anti-Semitism,
to salute parallel efforts being
exerted in your country, and to
convoy the sympathetic under
standing of the Catholics of
France.”
(Rabbi Goldstein, with the Rt.
Rev.,, Msgr. T. James McNamara,
of Savannah, and Dr. Paul Doug
lass, of Washington, D. C., took
part in a panel discussion, held
at Camp., Gordon,. it\.. Augusta,
during October, 1942, under the
auspices of. the National Confer.,
encc of Christians and Jews.)