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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
SEPTEMBER 29, 1945
LAYMEN'S RETREAT
HELD AT VILLA MARIE
Father Patrick Walsh, 0. P.,
of New York City, Con
ducts Annual Retreat for
Savannah Laymen
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga.—The Rev.
Patrick Walsh, O. P., of the East-
en Mission Band of the Domini
can Fathers, from St. Vincent Fer
rer Friary in New York City, con
ducted the tenth annual Retreat
for men, sponsored by the Retreat
Section of the Catholic Laymen's
Association of Georgia, at Villa
Marie, September 7-9.
The Most Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara,
D. D., J. U. D., was present at
the. closing exercises of the Re
treat and imparted the benedic
tion to the fifty men who attended.
Among the men making the Re
treat were twelve soldiers from
Chatham Field.
At the annual business meet
ing, following the close of the
Retreat, James M. Keating was
elected president of the Retreat
Section, succeeding E. V. Iloger-
son. Other officers elected were
Hugh H. Grady, first vice-presi
dent; J. P. Doyle, second vice-
president; George B. Little, third
vice-president, and Julian C. Sip
ple, secretary.
James M. Collins served as chair
man of transportation, and E. C.
Overstreets as chairman of the
committee on reservations, while
Mrs. Mabel Burns, dietician, super
vised the preparation of the meals
which were served to the Retreat-
ants by boys from St. Thomas
Vocational School, under the direc
tion of Brother Stanislaus Mularz,
C. S. V.
In attendance at the retreat
were: Frank A. Dolan. Matt C.
Carroll, Atlanta; W. J. O’Shaugh-
nessy, Macon; A. J. Halligan, John
D. Stapleton, W. F McCormick,
E. A Brennan, W. J. Cleary, E.
V. Rogerson, George B. Little, J.
M. Keating, S-Sgt. Jack F. Cole,
Sgt. Louis E. Ford, Cpl, Dominic
A. Pagnotta, Pvt. Norman Hayes,
Cpl. Victor A. Trouette, Sgt. Ste
phen G. Scanlon, Pfc. Harry G.
Wiebler, Pvt. John N. McVeigh,
Pvt. Harold A. Eagan, Jr., Cpl. Ray
C. Wittelsberger, Pfc. Robert F.
Strang, A. J. Scl.ano, Joseph W.
Bcranc, Leo P. Flanagan, Joseph
P. Counihan, Joseph P. Doyle,
William J. Dawson, John M. Bren
nan, Michael C. McCarthy, James
J. Collins, Hugh If. Grady, W. E.
Kavanaugh, T. J. Fogarty, Jr., D.
S. Sumner, Walter P. Powers, J.
M. McDonough, Julian C. Sipple,
ack Magee, Jr., M. J. Fahey, John
C. Sheehan, Jr., John J. Rourke,
Frank A. Winders, William L. Kil-
roy, F. E. Morris, Henry Hansen,
E. P. Daley, Arthur Dunn and
Brother Stanislaus Mularz, C. S.
V., all of Savannah.
LEGISLATOR ON PROGRAM
AT MACON USO-NCCS CLUB
MACON, Ga.—Feats of magic
and sleight-of-hand by the Hon.
Lewis B. Wilson, Bibb County
Representative in the Georgia
Assembly, highlighted the recent
Sunday night variety program at
the USO Club operated here by
the National Catholic Community
Service. Representative Wilson
was assisted by George Daly Wood
and several volunteers from the
audience.
Classical selections were offer
ed by Miss Anne Margaret Hinson,
Macon vocalist, with John Coker,
of Atlanta at the piano. George
Daly Wood offered a blackface
monolog reminiscent of his former
days with minstrel shows. The
community singing was led by
Mrs. W. D. Jarrett, with Mrs.
Eupha Willis Moore at the piano
and Miss Frances Weisz playing
drums.
Assistant at Church
in West Asheville
FATHER AYLWARD
The Rev. Stephen Aylward,
recently appointed assistant pastor
of St. Joan of Arc Church, West
Asheville, N. C.
Eighteen Members of
Macon Council, K. of C.
Initiated in 4th Degree
(Special to the Bulletin)
MACON, Ga. — Eighteen mem
bers of Macon Council No. 925,
Knights of Columbus, received the
honors of the Fourth Degree at
the exemplication in Atlanta on
Sept. 16, and at a meeting on their
return planned a schedule of activ
ities for the ensuing year.
Headed by the Very Rev. Har
old A. Gaudin, S. J., D. D„ Ph.
D., the initiates included mem
bers from Camp Wheeler, Cochran
Field, Fort Valley, and Albany as
wel as from Macon.
The entire party from Macon, in
cluding the members of Macon
Council and their wives, numbered
forty and was the largest delega
tion from outside of Atlanta, the
host city.
AMONG AUGUSTANS
GOING TO COLLEGE
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Among the
Auguslans who left their homes
this month to begin or to continue
their college courses were: Miss
Anne Casey, who attends Notre
Dame of Maryland, in Baltimore;
Misses Mary Ann Burke, Marian
Mulherin and Mary Ann Bresna-
han, who are at Mount St. Vin-
cent’s-on-the-Hudson, New York;
Misses Jane Markwalter and Rose
mary Brittingham, who are New
Rochelle College, New Rochelle,
N. Y.; Miss Kitty Lawrence, who is
at Barry College for Women, in
Miami; Misses Betty Mulherin,
Mary Anne Brotherton, Mary
Catherine Schweers, Lois Mul
herin and Mary, who are all at
Fontbonne College, St. Louis, and
Miss Patsy Wheeler, who is study
ing at St. Genevieve-of-the-Pines,
Asheville.
WAVE FROM AUGUSTA
RECEIVES PROMOTION
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Mr. and Mrs.
Robert B. Arthur have been in
formed that their daughter, Miss
Marian T. Arthur, who is station
ed at the Naval Air Technical
Training Station, Gainesville, Ga.,
has been promoted to the rating
of yeoman first class in the
WAVES.
Miss Arthur is a member of the
Sacred Heart parish here. Her
father is a past grand knight of
Patrick Walsh Council, Knights
of Columbus.
ST. JOAN OF ARC CHURCH, WEST ASHEVILLE—Erected in
1928, St. Joan of Arc Church, West Asheville, North Carolina, has as
its pastor the Rev. John Manley, and the Rev. Stephen Aylward assist
ant pastor.
Camp Villa Marie
Closes After Most
Successful Season
(Special to Ulie Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Camp Villa
Marie closed on August 31 after
a most successful season. One
hundred and twenty-five children
from rural areas of Georgia were
enrolled for the religious vacation
session and enjoyed a month's rec
reation with the. opportunity for
religious instruction.
On August 12, the Rev. Felix G.
Donnelly, director of the camp,
celebrated the High Mass of Ex
position which began Forty Hours
Devotion. The Mass was sung by
a choir composed of the Sisters
and -counsellors at the camp. The
Rev. James II. Conlin, chaplain of
St. Joseph’s Hospital in Savannah,
officiated at the closing of the
Forty Hours, with the Rev. Paul
Milde, O. S. B., of the Sacred
Heart Church, and Father Donnel
ly assisting.
Three of the children attending
the camp were baptized on August
25, and on the following Sunday,
twenty of the children received
their first Holy Communion. After
the Mass, the first communicants
were special guests at a Commun
ion breakfast in Jloly Angels hall.
In the evening, the Most Rev.
Emmet M. Walsh, D. D., Bishop of
Charleston, administered the Sac
rament of Confirmation to fifteen
of the children.
When the young people were
not busy under the huge oak trees
at their catechism classes, they
enjoyed swimming, canoeing, fost-
ball, handball, volley ball and
volley ball and hikes around the
neighborhood.
The teaching staff at Camp Villa
Marie this summer included Mo
ther Grace Marie, C. S. J., Sister
Agnes Joseph, C. S. J., Sister
Roberta Joseph, C. S. J., Sister
Marie Cecile, C. S. ., Sister Loret
ta Joseph, C. S. M., Sister Mary
Ursula, R. S. M., Sister Mary Co-
lumba, R. S. M., Sister Mary
Jeanne, R. S. M., Sister Mary Co-
lumbina, O. S. F. and Sister Mary
Dosithea, O. S. F. Sister Marie
Cecile and Sister Loretta replaced
Mother Grace Marie • and Sister
Agnes Joseph who were called to
fill other assignments before the
camp closed.
Mi's. Nelson If. Parker, was in
charge of St. Camillus Infirmary,
and Mrs. Harold Hastings was
dietician at the camp.
The recreational staff was com
posed of Misses Marie Lyons, Ma
tilda Laird, Josephine Kenney,
Dorothy Iodewalt, Patricia White,
Mary Sullivan, Patricia Barragan,
Eleanor Blake Catherine Cooney,
Mary Adelaide Thompson and
John Stapleton, James Syan,
Thomas White, Thomas Doughty.
Jefferson Perrse, Patrick Hogan.
Barron Ilolsenbaeh and William
Cooney.
COL E. GEORGE BUTLER
HEADS JOHN G. BUTLER
COMPANY IN SAVANNAH
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga. —Col. E.
George E. George Butler has been
elected president of the John G.
Butler Company, succeeding his
brother, Col. John G. Butler, who
relinquished the head of the com
pany because of ill health. Harry
G. Butler, vice-president of the
company, since 1914, retains that
position.
The John G. Butler Company is
one of the oldest and best known
concerns in Savannah. Establish
ed in 1857 it has merited a fine
reputation as a dealer in millwork,
building material, paints, varnishes
and hardware for more than four
score years. Its home has been
at Whitaker, Congress and Presi
dents streets all these years. The
business was founded by the late
John G. Butler, father of the
three brothers who are now in
charge of it.
Col. E. George Butler is one of
the outstanding Catholic laymen
of Savannah, and it was under
his leadership that a fund of $40,-
000 was solicited successfully this
year to pay off the indebtedness
on St. Mary's Home, in connection
with the celebration of the Silver
Jubilee in the priesthood of the
Most Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara,
Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta.
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
PTA MEETS IN ATLANTA
ALANTA, Ga. — The first
meeting of the current school year
was held by the Parent-Teacher
Association of the Immaculate
Conception School on September
19. Officers of the Association
this year include Mrs Adolph
Schier, president; Mrs. H. H.
Smith, vice-president; Mrs. Susan
McWilliam, secretary, and Mrs.
Harry H. Brandon, treasurer.
Pastor of Parish in
West Asheville
FATHER MANLEY
The Rev. John P. Manley, pas
tor of St. Joan of Arc Church, West
Asheville, N. C.
K. OF C. Supreme Council
Award Goes to Macon
MACON, Ga.—A $50 War Bond
awarded by the Supreme Council,
Knights of Columbus, in recogni
tion of attaining an increase of 350
per cent of its insurance quota
was presented to the Macon Coun
cil No. 925 at its September 18
meeting. The council had tied for
tenth place in Division III, which
division includes the subordinate
councils with fewer than 200
membership.
Delivery of the bond was made
through District Supt. John J. Mc
Creary, state insurance chairman,
to Grand Knight Charles C. Mc-
Carren who had, coincidentally,
been chairman of the local coun
cil’s insurance committee which
had earned the award. Macon
Council had been the first council
in Georgia to attain a place in
the Honor Insurance Class and had
received its citation from State
Deputy Wm. J. McAlpin last Octo
ber.
Grand Knight McCarren expects
his council to attain its insurance
quota for the 1945-1946 fiscal year
before the end of October, almost
the requisite number having al
ready been secured for initiation
in Atlanta in Atlanta Council 660’s
Columbus Day class on October
14.
To Mark Centenary of
St. Vincent de Paul
Society in America
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
ST. LOUIS — The American
Centennial of the Society of St.
Vincent de Paul will be observed
in this city from September 28 to
October 1, it has been announced
by the Most Rev. John J. Glen-
non. Archbishop of St. Louis, who
is directing arrangements for the
celebration. The Rt. Rev. Msgr.
Fulton J. Sheen, of the Catholic
University of America, will de
liver the centennial address, and
a choir of 10,000 voices will sing
at the liturgical functions.
The Society of St. Vincent de
Paul was founded in France by
Frederic Ozanam in 1833 or the
relief of the poor and distressed.
It was introduced into the United
States twelve years later by Bryan
Mullanphy, philanthropist, and
the Rev. Ambrose J. Heim, both
of St. Louis.
The organization has grown un
til today more than 2,500 groups
of the society function in the
United States alone. Over 30
million people, it is estimated,
have been aided by the society
since its founding here.
Restrictions on national gather
ings caused cancelling of original
plans to invite dignitaries from
all parts of the world for the cen
tenary commemoration. Never
theless, preparations are being
made for an expected gathering
of 100,000 persons, who will meet
at the Mississippi River Front
Memorial Site.
Archbishop Glennon will be
host to the annual meeting of the
National Conference of Catholic
Charities and the Superior Coun
cil of the United States, Society
of St. Vincent de Paul, to be held
during the centennial week.
BISHOP YU PIN
RETURNS TO CHINA
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
WASHINGTON—The Most Rev.
Paul Yu Pin, Vicar Apostolic of
Nanking, has arrived in Chung
king, according to word received
here. Bishop Yu Pin was one of
the founders of the Institute of
Chingse Culture here. He left
this city two months ago and be
fore his return to China visited
in London the Most Rev. Bernard
Griffin, Archbishop of Westmins
ter, and was received at the Vati
can by His Holiness Pope Pius
XII. lie was in Rome at the time
of the Japanese surrender. Bish
op Yu Pin came to this country on
his latest visit as an advisor to
the Chinese delegation at the
United Nations Conference in San
Francisco.
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