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AUGUST 25, 1.045
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
TWENTY FIVE
‘THE BEAUTIFUL AMERICAN NUN’
"The Beautiful American Nun" is the title of this oil portrait of
Bister Fanny Allen, daughter of General Ethan Allen who captured
Fort Ticonderoga in 1775. The painting is the work of Madeleine
Delfosse of Montreal, and will be presented to the Catholic Univer
sity by Hotel Dieu, Montreal. The gift, sponsored by Thomas Guerin,
member of the Quebec Legislature, will be accompanied to Wash
ington by Bister Helen Morrissey, member of the Community for 54
years, who has written a biography of Sister Allen. Montreal Star
photo. (NC “Photos)
WUIHIGI • M0RHI01 • WAItR'PAR • *.IjN PROOf
PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS COMPANY
>17 BROAD STREET AUGUSTA, GA.
DIAL 2-7.'l>5
Professional Talent
Features Program at
Macon USO-NCCS Club
(Special to The Bulletin)
MACON. Ga.—The Jessup broth
ers, Pvt, Darrel Jessup and Pvt.
Byron Jessup, were the feature
attraction on the variety program
•presented at the USO-NCCS Club
on August 5, entertaining with
songs, jokes, imitations and guitar
and banjo selections.
With five other brothers, these
(wo had performed professionally
in 1 'r home town of ^Fort Worth,
Texas, aird have tirade many
friends around here since they
have been stationed at Camp
i Wheeler.
Mrs. .Robert Brown, of Macon,
offered vocal solos, with L. H.
Johnson accompanying. Miss Iris
Bowman, pupil of Miss Gertrude
Kelly, offered tap and novelty
dancing, with Mrs. Epha Willis
Moore as accompanist. Juvenile
talent was represented by the Tur
ner brothers, Julian H. Turner,
Jr., with piano selections, Carswell.
Turner, with a dancing specialty
and Arthur Turner, aged four,
sang songs.
The community singing was led
by Mrs. W. D. Jarrett, with Mrs.
Moore at the piano and Miss Fran
ces Weisz playing drums. Pvt.
John Simpson, of Tuscaloosa, Ala.,
projected the song slides.
V-12 Naval Training students at
Mercer University were entertain
ed on the evening of August 10 by
members of St. Joseph's parish
Teen-Age Club, under the direc
tion of Misses Betty Jean Harris
and Amelia Deep and Mrs. Edna
H. Sheridan.
Appearing on the program were
Pvt. Cantilio Siraeo, of Boston and
Camp Wheeler: Bo Wade, Misses
Betty Ann Berliner, Grace Porter
field, Teresa McCreary, Mary V.i-
toinette Giglio. Peggy Brady. Bat
ty Johnson and Mis S. A. Giglio.
who was the accompanist.
Something unusual in the way
o" entertainment was a “Georgia
Peach Party” held at the USO-
NCS Club recently. Fresh
peaches were served with >ther
refreshments, a variety show fea
tured Jack Willis, the “chatterbox
cartoonist”, and monologs by Tom
Waller, and dancing were enjoyed.
Senior hostesses for the evening
were Mrs. Katherine Orr, of Phila-
I delphia. Mrs. Agnes Basilc, of
! Variety Performance
Presented at Macon
\ USO-NCCS Club
(Special to The Bulletin)
MACON, Ga.—Local and visit
ing talent combined to oiler en
tertainment on the program of a
variety performance presented at
the USO-NCCS Club on the eve-
nning of August 13, with Sgl.
David Whalen, of New York, for
mer publicity director for Gene
Autry, as master of ceremonies.
Popular songs were offered by
Misses Vivian Wilson. Thelma
Burnette, Camille Spruce, Irene
Franklin and Doris Lane, a quar
tette of talented local vocalists,
Accordion selections by Tech.
Sgt. Larrq Fleming, of New York
and Robins Field, were an added
feature, and young Carswell Tur
ner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Julian
H. Turner, did a tap dancing spe
cialty, with Mrs. L. H. Johnsort
accompanying.
Mrs. W. H. Jariett led the
community singing with Mrs.
Cheney Brantley at the piano and
Miss Frances Weisz playing drums.
The slides were projected by Sgt.
Michael T. Pennasilico. of New
York City, now stationed at Camp
Wheeler. •
Army Air Force personnel from
Cochran Field were entertained
at a cabaret party sponsored by
the Women’s Division of USO-
NCCS on the evening of August
13. the program including vocal
and instrumental musical num
bers and novelty dances and piano
selections by Pvt. Jack O'Don
nell, an overseas veteran from
Clifton, N. J., who had been a
professional entertainer before
entering the service.
REPLYING to the Italian social
ist organ Avauti, which remarked
ironically that the Vatican did not
condemn the Labor Party in Eng
land, Osservatore Roniao point
ed out that in England the re
ligious problem does not enter Into
I hie political discussion and that "if
rh^re is no conflict, there is, there
fore, no reason for condemnation.”
In other quarters, a distinction is
made between the principles of
socialism condemned by Pope Pius
XI and I he platform and aims of
the British Labor Party.
New Britain, Conn., Mrs. Freda
Swain, of Elkhart, Ind.. and Mrs.
Lain McDaniel . nd Mrs. John J.
McCreary, of Macon
LAYMEN’S RETREAT
AT VILLA MARIE,
SEPTEMBER 7-9
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga.—The annual
Retreat for men at Camp Villa Ma
rie, on Grtmbell’s Poiift, will be
held this year from the evening of
Friday, September 7, to the after
noon of Sunday, September 9. with
the Rev. Patrick Walsh, O. P„ as
I'etreatmaster.
Father Walsh, a member of the
Dominican Fathers, with headquar
ters at St. Vincent Ferrer's Priory
in New York City, conducted the
R.'treat for men at St. Joseph's
Home, Washington. Ga., in July,
and made such a favorable impres
sion upon all who attended that he
was extended an invitation by the
Most Rev. Gerakl P. O’Hara, D. D.,
J. U. J., Bishop of Savannah-At-
lanta, to conduct the Retreat for
Hie Savannah division oi' the Re
treat Section of the Catholic Lay
men's Association of Georgia.
As Camp Villa Marie is located
within (he suburban area of Sa
vannah, the ODT restrictions on
the number of retreatants will not
apply, ind the only limitation re
garding the number of those at
tending will be the accommoda
tions available at the camp, as far
as attendance from Savannah is
concerned. Men from other parts
of Georgia are also invited lo
make (he Retreat, but not more
than 49 reservations from outside
of Savannah can be accepted.
BisliOj O’Hara, in a letter read
in the churches of the Diocese of
Savannah-Atlanta, urged that as
many Catholic men as possible
take advantage of this opportunity
to make a closed Retreat under
ideal conditions and under the di
rection of a gifted and able re-
treatmaster.
In his letter, Bishop O’Hara re-
mindei that any non-Catholie men
who desired to make the Retreat
would be welcome.
Res. l ’alions arc now being
made through Edward V. Roger-
son. 603 East 39th street, Savan-
li: h. Mr. Rogerson is president of
the Savannah Division of the Re
treat Section, other officers being
James M. Keating, first vice-presi
dent; W. J. Cleary, second vice-
president; Hugh H. Grady, third
vice-president, and Julian Sipple,
secretary.
Two of Augusta’s
Best Known Teachers
Retire From Service
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Sharing more
than a century of teaching experi
ence in (lie public schools of
Richmond County, Miss Sarah
Pritchard and Miss Elizabeth
Pritchard, of the faculty of Ihe
John. Milledgc School, have ter
minated their careers as teachers
by retirement.
Miss Sarah Pritchard, who lias
been teaching for fifty-five years,
began at (he Harrisonville eoun-
tiy school leaching all grades,
!■"' later mov ’ to the John Mil-
1 0,0 chool where she bad taught
ela ses in all grades, from the first
L ihe seventh.
Miss Elizabeth Pritchard. in
addition in her years al Ihe John
Uillcdge. school, also taught at
(he Augusta Training School.
' We began teaching in the
‘stumped loo’ era when ihe boys
came to school in their bare feet.”
said Miss Elizabeth. "1 think ail
■ .'(. hers in I hose days, with a
Urge class of young boys, had to
i <: experts in the art of applying
bandages to bruised and bleeding
toes. Today, of course, all of that
is taken care of by the school
nurses, hu( we were glad to be
f'bl‘1 to help our pupils.”
Both of (lie Pritchard sisters
took training courses at I be Geor
gia State College for Woman, in
' (illcdgf ville; (lie University of
Georgia, and Emory University,
with supplemental summer
courses at the University of Ten
nessee.
Members of the Sacred Heart
parish in Augusta, and of the
Catholic Laymen's Association of
Georgia, tin Misses Pritchard in
tend lo enjoy the rest of their
days with reading and gardening
at thei • old-fasjoned homo on
Washington lload
FOUR GRADUATES Horn Ros-
; College, River Forest, 111., have
left to do library work with the
Army in the European theatre.
Having specialized in library
science, the girls will organize and
operate libraries in Army hospi
tals and re-opened universities in
England and France and for the
army of occupation in Germany. ,