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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LA YMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
NOVEMBER 24, 1945
A. F. of L. Backs Bill Providing
Federal Aid for All Types of Schools
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
WASHINGTON. — The Ameri
can Federation of Labor has
pledged its support of the Mead-
Aiken “Federal Aid to Education”
bill in a pamphlet entitled “Op
portunity for Education for All.”
Pointing out that the A. F. of L.
“has continuously sought to as
sure to every American boy and
girl of every race and creed the
best services the nation can give to
develop him into a good, sound
American citizen,” the pamphlet
declares that the Federal Govern
ment should assist States which
cannot raise enough money lo
give every boy and girl a suitable
education.
GEORGE GOOGE FAVORS AID
FOR SECTARIAN SCHOOLS
The A. F. of L. stresses the
need of the child—as a persons
and as a citizen—for adequate
educational opoprtunitv. no, mat
ter in what part of the United
States he happens to live. It rec
ommends the enactment of the
Mead-Aiken Bill because it will:
<1> “help the States maintain good
public schools;” (2) “afford every
child those services through which
his health, welfare, and social
well-being, as well as his mental
capacities, are best developed:”
<3) "aid needy students to remain
In school.”
•NO UNION OF CHURCH AND
STATE’
In answer to the charge that the
Mead-Aiken Bill “breaks down an
established American tradition
by giving aid to Church schools,”
the statement says:
“The practice of having our
Federal Government give aid to
schools, hospitals and other non
profit institutions which are un
der the control of Churches of
every denomination is as old as
the country itself . . .
“The most recent example is
the G. I. Bill which makes Federal
funds available for tuition and
for upkeep in sectarian as well as
non-sectarian schools.”
Furthermore, the A. F. of L.
flatly denies the Mead Aiken bill
violates State constitutional pro
hibitions against the use of pub
lic funds for Church schools, and
insists that there is no need to
apologize for circumventing a
State law that discriminates
against children because of their
religious affiliation.
“We believe a Catholic child or
a Lutheran child living in rural
areas should not have to trudge in
the mud to get to school, but
should be allowed to ride on the
school bus,” the statemenl says.
“Transportation to school is his
right—no matter to what school
his parents may decide to send
him, regardless of what the State
law may say; we believe that if a
Catholic child can get greater en
lightenment by looking through a
microscope bought by public
funds—that he ought to have that
microscope.” /
A condensation of testimony
given before the Senate Educa
tion Committee by three A. F. of
L. representatives is included in
the pamphlet. Matthew Woll,
vice-president of the A. F. of L.,
stated that sectarian schools
should not be subjected to eco
nomic pressures which impede
fheir development. “The Federal
Government should preserve the
means through which minority
veiwpoints are expressed, not only
fo protect the rights of the mi
nority but to promote the unily
of functional democracy,” Mr.
Woll said.
George Googe, Southern repre
sentative of the A. F.. of L., and
a member of the Baptist Church,
declared that A. F. of L. member
ship in the South has no fear
about giving assistance to chil-
St. Ann’s Church
Fayettevill'e
One of the many
churches erected in the
Diocese of Raleigh, dur
ing the Episcopate of
the Most Rev. Eugene .1.
McGuinness, D. D.. now
Coadjutor Bishop of Ok
lahoma City and Tulsa, is
St. Ann’s Church, which
serves the Colored Cath-
o 1 i c s o'f Fayetteville,
North Carolina. Erected
as a memorial to the late
Rev, John Ilennessy, of
Neponsct. Massachusetts,
the church was dedicated
in 1940. It is a charge of
the Oblales of Mary Im
maculate. with the Rev.
William P. Ryan, O. M. 1.,
as pastor.
dren in non-profit sectarian
schools. Branding “union of
Church and State” and “destruc
tion of the free public school sys
tem” as “shibbbleths” and “emp
ty phrases,” Mr. Googe observed
(hat the enactment of the G. I.
Bill gives “fo every human being
who wore the American uniform
the light to choose where and
how he would exercise his ’l ights
in tlie light of his own convictions
and his own conscience.”
Will Alexander, regional repre
sentative of the Brotherhood of
Sleeping Car Porters, asked for
Federal aid as a means to help
keep poor children in school and
recommended special safeguards
in the law to protect the 'rights
of Negro children. lie advocated
Federal aid for children in paro
chial schools. “I come from one
minority group,” he said, “and 1
hate lo see one form of prejudice
aroused on the claim that the
funds may aid another minority
group. Either all children as
children merit our care and sym
pathetic interest or our basic
principles mean little to us. We
plead for all children! That is
why we urge the early enactment
of this bill.”
Columbia Deanery
NCCW Hears Talk
by Chaplain Doyle
(Special to The Bulletin)
COLUMBIA, S. C.—Captain Wil
liam Doyle, of the U. S. Army
Chaplains Corps, stationed at Fort
Jackson, was the guest speaker at
the first postwar meeting of the
Columbia Deanery Council of the
National Council of Catholic Wom
en. held at the USO-NCCS Center
here, with Mrs. W. J. Cormack,
deanery president, presiding.
The meeting was opened with
prayer by the Right Rev. Msgr.
Martin C. Murphy. V. F., pastor of
St. Peter’s Church, Reports were
then submitted by the various or
ganizations affiliated with the
Deanery Council, and showed that
the several groups were making
splendid progress.
Miss Josephine Cannon, of Co
lumbia, a member of the Child
Welfare Division of the Depart
ment of Public Welfare of the
State of South Carolina, appealed
to the members to assist in a cam
paign to raise funds to care for
children who might be temporar
ily homeless for various reasons.
Chaplain Doyle, formerly of St.
Mary’s Church, Charleston, and a
former member of the laculty of
Bishop England High School, was
introduced by Mrs. Charles F. J.
Bultman, president of the Charles
ton Diocesan Council of the N. C.
C. W., and told ol' some of his ex
periences during the two years
that he served as an Army chap
lain. in Europe and in the Pacific.
Brief talks were also made by
Monsignor Murphy and the Rev.
John P. Clancy, pastor of L’:.
Anne’s Church, Sumter.
Following the business session,
luncheon was served by Mrs. Jos
eph B. Jones, Mrs. John J. Col-
eolough and Miss Mary Bultman.
GSCW STUDENTS TO PRESENT
“SONG OF BEKNADET'l’E”
M1LLEDGEVILLK. Ga. — Fol
lowing its presentation of “Junior
Miss” on November 7 and 8. the
drama department of flic Georgia
State College for Women is now
preparing for the forthcoming
presentation of a stage-version of
Franz Werfcl’s novel, “The Song of
Bernadette.” The production will
be staged udder the direction of
Miss Irma Sockwell, formerly of
the Jacksonville Little Theatre.
Fayetteville Pastor
FATHER RYAN
The Rev. William Ryan, O. M.
I., pastor of St. Ann’s Church,
which serves the Colored Catho
lics of Fayetteville, N. C.
RICHMOND AND BCHS
PLAYING BENEFIT GAME
FOR AUGUSTA HOSPITAL
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The football
learns of the Richmond Academy
and the Boys’ Catholic High School
have scheduled a post-season game
for the night pf November 27, at
the Academy Stadium. Athletic
officials of the Academy and the
Catholic high school announce that
all receipts from the sale of tick
ets to the game will be donated to
the fund being raised for the Cath
olic hospital which is to be erected
here.
Tickets for the benefit game arc
now on sale at Home Folks Cigar
Store and the Boys’ Catholic High
School. There is only one admis
sion price, $1.10, for children and
adults. There will be no compli
mentary admissions; all officials
and stadium employes are giving
their services; there will be no
charge for the use of the stadium
or lights.
Members of the Academy team
voted unanimously to play the
benefit game even though it meant
another week of practice after the
close of the regular season, while
members of the faculty and the
athletic associaiton are cooperat
ing wholeheartedly in the project.
MONSIGNOR O’BRIEN
PRESENTED IN REVIEW
OF ‘’3 O’CLOCK DINNER”
(Special to The Bulletin)
CHARLESTON, S. C. — Under
the auspices of the Parent-Teach
er Association of Bishop England
Msgr. Joseph L. O'Brien, S. T. D.,
I.L.D., pastor of St. Patrick's
Church, and rector of Bishop
England School, reviewed “Three
O’clock Dinner,” by Josephine
Pinckney at the Charleston High
School Auditorium on October
30.
The committee in charge of the
program included Mrs. George
M. Traynor, Mrs. W. Ernest
Douglas, Mrs. Charles L. Eisher,
Mrs. J. C. McManus* Mrs. Ed
ward F. Topping, Mrs. Law
rence Terry, Mrs. Marion Cotton
and Mrs. JoRn Darby.
KINSTON COLORED PARISH
MARKS THIRD ANNIVERSARY
KINSTON, N. C.—The Church
of Our Lady of the Atonement,
which serves the Colored parish in
Kinston, observed its third anni
versary on October 28, when a
Mass of Thanksgiving was cele
brated by (lie pastor, the Rev.
David Gannon. S. A., with the
Rev. Maurice Tew, C. P., pastor
of St. Gabriel’s’ Church, Green
ville. delivering the sermon.
“The Mass of SI. Martin do Por-
res,” in which the ancient
Gregorian chant is transposed to
the music of the great Negro spirit
uals. was sung l>y the church choir
with John Telfair at the organ.
Father Maurice, who preached al
the anniversary Mass, delivered
the sermon when the Church of
Our Lady of the Atonement was
dedicated three years ago by the
Most Rev. Eugene . McGuinness.
D. D., now Coadjutor Bishop of
Oklahoma City and Tulsa, and at
that time Bishop of Raleigh.
The church is considered to he
one of the most beautiful edifices
in the South-' • ...
MARRIAGES
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SUMMERVILLE, S. C. — Miss
Carroll Finucan, daughter of Mrs.
John Finucan, of Summerville,
and the late Mr. Finucan, and
Lieutenant Robert Franklin Scott,
U. S. Army Air Forces, of Char
leston. were married in OctobcV at
the home of the bride’s mother
here, the Rev. John J. McCarthy,
pastor of the Blessed Sacrament
Church, Charleston, officiating,
with the Right Rev. Msgr. James
J. May, V. G.. rector o£ the Cathe
dral of St. John the Baptist in
Charleston, and the Rev. James A.
McElroy, pastor of St. John the
Evangelist Church, Summerville,
assisting.
Lieutenant Scolt is the son of
Dr. and Mrs. James E. Scott, of
Charleston.
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STARRI TT-GRANDFIELD
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AUGUSTA. Ga— Cpl. Blanch 1.
Grandficld, ot' Fall River, Mass.,
and Pfc. Rodney Starrett. of Cra-
merlon, N. C., were married on
November 2 in the chapel at Oli
ver General Hospital here. Chap
lain John A. Kelly officiating.
Private Starrett served with the
79th Division and was wounded in
France last year. He is a patient at
Oliver General where Mrs. Star-
rett is a member of the WAC de
tachment.
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AUGUSTA. Ga.—Mr. and Mrs.
Eugene Raymond Beall announce
the marriage of their daughter,
Miss Mary' Irvine Beall, to Mr.
Frank X. May. on November 6, in
the Rectory of St. Mary Help of
Christians Church, Aiken, S. C..
flic Rev. Francis Winum, Cong.
Orat., officiating.
Mr. May, son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Marion M. May, was serving
as a member of the City Council
of Augusta when lie entered the
Army. Ho lias recently received his
honorable discharge after having
seen action in the European thea
tre of the war, where he was
wounded twice.
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SAVANNAH, Ga.—Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Edward Feuger have an
nounced the marriage of their
daughter. Miss Mary Bohan Feu
ger. to Mr. Charles John Simons,
of Scarsdalc, N. Y., at the Church
of St, Thomas Aquinas, in New
York City, the Rev. Raymond A.
Kaine officiating.
Mr. Simons, a graduate or Ford-
ham University, recently returned
from the European theatre of op
erations where he served for two
years with the rank of captain in
the Army.
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CHARLESTON. S. C.—Mr. and
Mrs. Gary E. Hill, of St. George,
announce the- marriage of their
daughter, Miss Mary Lucille Hill,
lo Mr. Earl Laurence Veronee, of
Charleston, in the rectory of St.
Joseph’s Church, the Rev. J.
Alexis Westbury officiating.
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WISH AM—BUItKE
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ASHBURN. Ga.—Miss Atla Ola
Wisham, daughter of Mrs. F. M.
Wisham, Sr., and the late Mr.
Wisham, and Sgt. Walter Charles
Burke, of Jermyn, Pa., were mar
ried on October 16, the Rev. God
frey Weilekamp. O. F. M., pastor
of SI. Mary’s Churchy Americas,
offeiating.
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McCORMICK-RAY
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CHARLESTON, S. C.—Dr. Thie-
sen Agatha Ray. daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. II. Alfred Ray, and
Lieut, (j. g.) Joseph Henry Mc
Cormick, Jr. , U.S.PJ.R., Medical
Corps, of Monroe, La., were mar
ried on November 13 in the chap
el of The Citadel, the Rev. J. Wil
liam Goldsmith, assistant pastor of
St. Joseph’s Church, officiating.
MORTON-FRANKLIN
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AIKEN, S. C. — Miss Frances
Elizabeth Franklin, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. McKinley Franklin,
and Mr, Robert Louis Morton, son
of Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Morton,
were married on November 3 in
the rectory of St. Mary Help of
Christians Church, the Rev,
George Lewis Smith officiating.
The bridegroom has recently been
discharged from Ihc U. S. Navy
after serving three years in the
European and Pacific theatres of
the war.
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JONES-HERMANN
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SAN .FRANCISCO. — Mr. and
Mrs. Bliss Hermann have an
nounced the marriage of their
daughter. Miss Nadine Herrmann,
to Commander Willis Bryant
Jones, of Atlanta, in the Chanel
of Our Lady of St. Dominic’s
Church, the Rev. Peter Dunne, S.
J., officiating.
GUTENDORF-VOLK
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MACON, Ga. — Miss Dorothea
Ann Volk, daughter of Mrs. Theo
dore Joseph Volk and the late Mr.
Volk of this city, and Mr. Vincent
F. Gutendorf, of Wilkes-Barre,
Pa., were married on October 20 at
St. Mary’s Church, Wilkes-Barre,
Die Most Rev. Marlin J. O'Con
nor, D. D. V. G„ Auxiliary Bishop
of Scranton, officiating and offer
ing (tie Nuptial Mass.
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ALBANY. Ga.—Announcement
is made of Ihe marriage of Miss
Margaret Elizabeth Smith, of San
Francisco. Cal., and Lieut. Moul
trie M. McLaughlin Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. M. M. McLaughlin, of
Albany, at St. Boniface Church,
Sari Francisco.
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BISHOP-BELL
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CHARLESTON, S, C.—Mr. and
Mrs. John Bell announce the mar
riage of their daughter, Miss Mar
garet Edith Eleanor Bell, and Mr.
Nalha A. Bishop, of Bamberg arid
Charleston, in Ihe rectory of the
Sacred Heart Church here, the
Rev. Myles Morris, Cong. Orat.,
officiating.
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SPARTANBURG, S. C.—Mr.
and Mrs. Mills L. Fleming an
nounce the marriage of their
daughter, Miss Cecile Fleming, to
Mr. Thomas M. McGrath, Jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Mc
Grath, of New York City, on Oc
tober 20. at the rectory of the
Church of St. Paul the Apostle, (lie
Rev. Charles J. Baum officiating
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SAVANNAH, Ga —Mrs. Chris
tine E. Gaudry announces the mar-
liagc of her daughter, Mrs. Kath
ryn Gaudry MacMillan, and Mr.
Murray Ralph Ilelmey, at the rec
tory of the Sacred Heart Church,
the Very Rev. Boniface Bauer, O.
S. B.. officiating.
LEBENIK-1NABINET
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ORANC.EBURG, S. C.—Miss
Julian Anne Inabinet, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Boyce Buyck Ina-
binel. of Orangeburg, and Mr. Vic
tor Andrew Lcbenik, of Boston,
were married on October 11 i>, at
IIJly.Trinity Church, the Very Rev.
Josepii Rodig, C. SS. R., officiat
ing.
HERRING- FRITZ
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WILSON, N. C. — Miss Jean
Fritz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.
J. Fritz, of Wilson, and Lieut. (j.g.»
Thomas Lindsey Herring, Jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Herring, of
Wilson, were married at St. The
resa’s Church, the Rev. Arthur Ita-
cette officiating.
Best Wishes
Sutton-Council Furniture Co.
“Service With a Smile”
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA