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TWENTY-EIGHT
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
NOVEMBER 24, 1945
Campaign for Funds to Erect a Catholic Hospital
Meets Most Generous Response in Augusta’s History
Augustans of All Creeds Join
in Raising Fund of $233,810
DISCUSSING AUGUS'lA HOSPITAL CAMPAIGN—Members of the Women’s Advisory committee
serving in the campaign to raise a fund of $250,000 toward the erection of a Catholic hospital, to bo
operated by the Sisters of St, Joseph of Carondelet, in Augusta, are pictured with the Most Rev.
Gerald P. O'Hara, D. D., J. U. D.. Bishop of Savan nah-Atlanta, who spoke at a meeting of the Women’s
committee held at the Richmond Hotel in Augusta Members of the group, pictured with Bishop O’Hara
above are, left to right, Mrs. Joseph L, Herman, president ol the Augusta Deanery Council, National
Council of Catholic Women; Mrs. Herbert Fowler, head of all Parent-Teacher Associations in Richmond
County; Bishop O’Hara, Mrs. George Sancken, whose husband is general chairman of the Sisters’ Hos
pital Fund campaign, and Mrs. Alfred M. Battey, wife of a former president of the Catholic Laymen’s
Association of Georgia.—(Photo—Courtesy of The Augusta Chronicle).
AUGUSTA HOSPITAL FUND CAMPAIGNERS FET ED — Sevex’al hundred of those who successfully
participated in. the campaign to raise funds for the construction of a Catholic hospital, to be operated
by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet. were guests of the Most Rev. GeraldP. O'Hara, D. D„ J. U. D„
Bishop pf Savannash-Atlanta, at an appreciation dinner, served in the Blue Room of the Bon Air Hotel
on the evening of. November 13. A total of $233,310 contributed to the hospital fund was reached at the
meeting. ’ . • • ''
B. S. Fahy Re-Elected President of
Laymen's Association of Georgia
Continued from page one)
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Never before
in the history of Augusta has an
appeal for funds for any cause
whatever, met with the enthusias
tic reception and generous re
sponse which was accorded the
effort to raise $250,000 toward the
erection here of a hospital which
will be operated by the Sisters of
St. Joseph of Carondelet.
At an appreciation dinner, given
at tile Bon Air Hotel, on the eve
ning of November 13. at which
the Most Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara,
D. D., J. U. D., Bishop of Savan-
nah-Allanta, was host to -the
chairman and members of the
campaign committees, the Very
Rev. Msgr. James J. Grady, V. F.,
pastor of St. Mary’s-on-The-Hill
Church, who is the general direc
tor of the hospital project, and
who acted as host in the absence
of Bishop O’Hara, announced that
contributions received to date a-
mounted to $233,810, a figure far
in excess of any sum ever con-
tributed here for a campaign on
behalf of any cause.
In order that there might be no
conflict with the United War
Chest and Community Fund Cam
paign, which will be launched
here later this week, a recess was
declared in the campaign for the
Catholic hospital.
It is anticipated with confidence
that there will be no difficulty in
attaining and surpassing the goal
of $250,000 when it is possible for
members' of the committee to ap
proach the many Augusta individ
uals and firms who have indicated
their desire to make donations but
who could not be contacted in the
brief span of time which had been i
devoted to solicitation.
Monsignor Grady expressed the
gratitude to all those who had
aided in the campaign as mem
bers of the various committees
and by their generous contribu
tions, paying special tributes to
George A. Sanckcn, the general
chairman of the campaign com
mittee and to John W. McDonald,
Jr., who headed the chairman of
the Founders’ phase of the cam
paign.
Mr. Sancken added his thanks
to those of Monsignor Grady, as
did Mr. McDonald.
The Rev. Hamilton West, rec
tor of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church,
offered the invocation, and the
Rev, Thomas L. Finn, who - is
serving as secretary of the cam
paign committee, said the grace
after dinner. Alvin McAuliffe
acted as toastmaster.
During the evening a program
of dinner music was rendered by
Mrs. Hugh Kinchley, violinist, and
Miss Agnes Gouley, pianist. Vo
cal selections were offered by An
gelo Punaro, with Miss Gouley as
accompanist.
Launched on October 18, the
advance gifts, or Memorials«phase
of the campaign brought in con
tributions of $144,000 from, firms
and individuals who made dona
tions of $250 or more. The sec
ond phase of the campaign, for
contributions of $50 or more,
from those whose names will be
inscribed on a plaque in the hos
pital as Founders, brought the to
tal amount contributed thus far
to $233,810.
There are many who will make
contributions in amounts less
than $50, and these, with the firms
and individuals who have not yet
sent in donations to the previous
phases of the campaign, will be
contacted later and raise the
grand total above the $250,000
goal.
It is anticipated that the cost of
building, furnishings and equip
ment of the hospital will be ap
proximately a half a million dol
lars. and the cost in excess of
what will be realized from the
campaign will be assumed by the
Sisters of St. Joseph of Caronde
let.
Mr. Sancken was aided in his
conduct of the campaign by his
vice-chairmen, Alvin McAuliffe,
Patrick II. Rice, Max Estroff and
Sidney Rosen. Thomas II. Brit-
tingham is serving as treasurer of
the fund, with Father Finn as sec
retary of the committee.
Campaign headquarters were
established in a suite of offices in
the Masonic Building, with John
W. MeKeown in charge and Mrs.
Patrick Ward. Mrs. Fred Merlins
and Mrs. Joseph Curtis as the
office staff. Miss Esther Young
served as publicity director.
The advisory committee was
composed of: •
Albert Hemstreet, Commission
er John B. Kennedy. Sam Simo-
witz, Mose Slusky, Scott Nixon,
Harry C. Pund, Robert E. Sum-
erau, Jr.. Henry F. Mueller, Rob
ert L. Parks, Colonel Weedon
Barr, T. O. Tabor, Hal Powell, C.
Wesley Killebrew, Gerald Casey,
Thomas H. Brittingham, Edward
L. Willingham, E. /.. Lamar, Mrs.
Sam Swint. Mrs. Willard Lewis,
Otto Pope. Pat H. Rice. I. S. F.er-
guson. William S. Morris, Raiph
C. Stevens, Leo Cotter, Isaac
Shapiro, Abe Fogel, J. William
Weltch, Alfred M. Battey, John W.
McDonald, Jr.. Mrs. Gene How-
erdd, John W. Burke, Victor
Markwalter, William N. Pearsons,
John P. Cooney, James M. Hull,
J. M. Wooddall, Stewart P. Walk
er, Harry R. Creamer, F. Leslie
Lancaster, Hugh Kinchley, Ed
ward Doris, W. Inman Curry,
Robert F. Bowe, Clem S. Castle
berry, Sherman Drawdy, Louis
Mulherin. Jerome Franklin, Frank
J. O’Gara, J. Lee Etheredge, Jr.,
Earl Hollingsworth, A. A. Fried
man, Lee Blum. Mrs. Owen
Cheatham, Tom Gibson, Dr. R. L.
Henry, Sr., Ray Campbell. Harry
W. Jernigan, Sr.. Guy B. Merry,
R. J. Maxwell, Jack Johannsen,
Matthew R. O’Connor and Clar
ence Mobley.
Taking an active and important
part in the campaign was a com
mittee representing the physicians
and surgeons of the city, wAh Dr.
L. P. Holmes, Dr. J. Dewey Gray
and Dr. J. Righton Robertson as
co-chairmen.
The pupils at the Sacred Heart
School in Augusta, desirous of as
sisting the campaign for funds to
ward the erection of a Catholic
hospital here, offered a contribu
tion which would entitle their
school to be listed as one of the
Founders of the hospital.
Land Purchased as
Site for Catholic
Hospital in Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga.—A tract of land
which measures a fraction over
seventc i acres has been purchas
ed as a site for the Catholic hos
pital which will be erected in Au*
gusta, for the Sisters of St. Jos
eph of Carondelet, according to a
warranty deed filed in the office
of Daniel J. O’Connor, clerk of
the Superior Court of Richmond
County, on November 8, which
gives the purchase price as
$10,410.
The property upon which the
new hospital will be built is with
out dissenting voice, regarded as
one of the most attractively beau
tiful sites for a hospital that could
be acquired in this city.
It is a portion of the Pendleton
King Woods tract, which is located
about a half-block to the south of
Wrightsboro Road, at the. dead
ends of Winfield Street, Winter
Street, and Anthony Road. Atop a
knoll in the sand hills, or Monte
Sano section of Augusta, the site
provides a view, over the valley
toward the hills that rise to the
south, that has what has been ac
claimed as scenic grandeur.
The main entrance of the hospi
talwill be from the north, through
Winter Street or Anthony Road,
while there will also be an ambu
lance and service entrance to the
properly from Pendleton Road,
which passes to the east of the
hospital site.
POSTHUMOUS AWARD FOR
CHARLES RIGHINI, ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga. — Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Righini, members of St.
Anthony’s parish here, have been
advised that the Silver Star Medal
has been awarded posthumously to
their son, Charle J. Righini, who
was killed in action in Germany
on April 2, 1945. He has previous
ly been decorated with the Purple
Head
vin McAuliffe, of Augusta, was
read to the conventi-.i, and Ber
nard J. Kane, of Atlanta, read the
report on the Endowment Fund,
prepared by Hughes Spalding, of
Atlanta, secretary - treasurer of
that committee.
Reports were also made by the
branch association presidents
who attended the meeting, Fred
Wiggins, of Albany; Martin J. Cal
laghan. Macon; Charles V. Walsh,
Savannah; Felix Commagere, At
lanta, and Henry Murphy, Co
lumbus.
Bishop Walsh then spoke brief
ly, recalling that the Laymen’s
Association was founded in the
year that he was ordained to the
priesthood, 1916. His Excellency
stressed the importance of re
cruiting young people to carry
on the work of the Associaiton,
and the necessity for the contin
ued existence of the Association
in view of indications which gave
evidence of a subtle, but deter
mined effort to discredit the
Church.
In his closing remarks, Bishop
O’Hara reviewed the work of the
Association during the twelve
months which hud just been
added to its history and compli
mented President Fahy and oth
er officers and members of the
Association for the work that they
had done toward furthering the
purpose of the Association“to
promote a better feeling among
Georgians, irrespective of creed.
Reports of the various commit
tees were then received, resolu
tions adopted, and the election of
officers held. An invitation to
hold the 1946 convention of the
Laymen’s Association in Savan
nah, extended by Hugh Grady,
and similar invitations to meet
in Macon or Columbus, extended
by Martin Callaghan and Henry
Murphy, were referred to the ex
ecutive committee for decision.
The convention adjourned after
Bishop O’Hara had imparted a
blessing.
Greetings to the convention
were received from the Most Rev.
Michael J. Keyes, S. M., D. D., Tit
ular Bishop of ArCopolis and As
sistant at the Pontifical Throne,
who Bishop of Savananli from 1922
to 1935, and who has been at the
Marist College of the- Catholic
University of America in Wash
ington, D. C., since his resignation
as Ordinary of this Diocese.
Messages were also read to the
convention from Richard Reid,
former executive secretary of the
Laymen’s Association, now editor
of The Catholic News, of New
York, and from Benedict Elder, ed
itor of The Record, organ of the
Archdiocese of Louisville, who
has served the Laymen’s Associa
tion in an advisory capacity since
its foundation.
Officers of the Albany Branch,
which was host to the convention,
include Fred Wiggins, president;
R. E. McCormack, Vice-president;
Mrs. F. V. Lewis, treasurer; Mrs.
K. M. Russ, secretary, with Joseph
L. Rau, O. T. Kenan, J. B. Pinks
ton, J. N. Wiggerman, Pet.ro .1.
Stephens, George N. Mock, J. B.
Flock, Morton M. Wiggins. Fred
W. Mills, L. E. Goth, E. E. Clark,
Miss Mary Brosnan, Mrs. J. L. Ba
con, Mrs. Y. G. Ililsman, Mrs. O.
T. Kenan, Mrs. C. R. Tarver, Mrs.
Edward Harris, Mrs. If. B.
Gwynes, Mrs. W. J. Rakel, Mrs.
K. L. Russ, Mrs. George Sisler,
Miss Margaret M.ock, executive
committee members.
An informal reception for the
visiting delegates to the conven
tion was given at the New Albany
Hotel, on the evening of October
27, with Mrs. Margaret Stephens,
Mrs. H. B. Gwynes, Mrs. J. li
Flock, Mrs. E. E. Clark. Mrs. Jerry
Butt and Mrs. Edward Harris as
the reception committee.
Buy Victory Bonds!
Broadcast by Laski
Being Investigated
by House Committee j
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
WASHINGTON. ■>— Circumstan
ces attending an address broadcast
by Prof. Harold J. Laski, British
Labor Party Chiarman, to a re
puted Communist-front meeting
held on Sempterber 24 in Ncjw
York, .in which he attacked the
Vatican and the Church in Spain,
are under investigation by the
House Un-American Activities
Committee, it has been disclosed
here.
At the same time, Representa
tive J. Parnell Thomas of New
Jersey, member of the committee,
asserted that an address made by
Nikolai Novikov, Charge d’Af-
faires of the Soviet Embassy, de
livered at the same meeting, also
is under investigation to deter
mine whether he overstepped dip
lomatic privileges in attacking the
Government of Spain.
Ernie Adamson, committee chief
counsel said the committee is seek
ing to determine whether the radio
network which broadcast Profes
sor Laski’s talk received a copy
of the address beforehand. "Other
pollical speeches have to be sub
mitted in advance. Was his?” Mr.
Adamson asked.
Professor Laski’s address was
beamed to a meeting of the Span
ish Refugee Appeal in Madison
Square Garden. Many protests fol
lowed and the radio network al
lotted time to Edward T. McCaf-
fery, national commander of the
Catholic War Veterans, to unswor
Professor Laski’s charges against
the Church.
The Soviet diplomat's address
was delivered at the same meeting.
Mr. Adamson said the Committee
has received more than 5,000 pro
tests concerning it. These, he said,
claimed that the speech attacked
the Catholic Church and urged
this country to break diplomatic
relations "with Spain, a country
with which we are at peace.”