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JANUARY 26, 1046
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
THIRTEEN
THE RED HAT NOW COVERS THE WORLD
The universality of the Catholic Church is clearly represented by
the membership of the Completed Sacred College of Cardinals
which Pope Pius XIX will bring up to its full strength of 70 when
he will create and proclaim 32 new cardinals at the February con
sistory Prepared by N. C. W. C. News Service, this map depicts
the distribution of the Red Hat on all continents showing the
number in each of the 23 countries represented in the completed
college which will have 28 Italian and 42 non-Italian cardinals.
MEMBERS OF AKMEI) FORCES
BY THE THOUSANDS VISITED
K. OF C. HOME IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga.— From the final
report of the Servicemen's Enter
tainment Committee of Atlanta
Council, No. 660, Knights of Co
lumbus, it is learned that during
the period from January 17, 1942
to December 22. 1945, a total at
tendance of 31,581 service men
and service women was recorded
a* the Knights of Columbus Home
on Peachtree street.
Attendance of junior hostesses,
young women who volunteered to
assist members of the K. of C.
and the Ladies Auxiliary of At
lanta Council in entertaining
guests in uniform reached a total
of 12,961.
Atlanta Council and its Auxili
ary sponsored 206 consecutive
Saturday night dances at entertain
ments at the club, under the aus
pices of the committee and the
National Catholic Community Ser
vice. member agency of the Uni
ted Service Organizations.
CHARLES F. POWERS
HEADS SAVANNAH
CATHOLIC CENTER
SAVANNAH, Ga„ Charles F.
Powers was elected president of
the Catholic Community Center
at tile annual meeting held on
January 17, succeeding John G.
Butler, who had headed the
organization since its organization
twenty years ago.
Other officers named were Dan
J. Shcenan, vice-president Corne
lius A. McCarthy, secretary; and
Mr. Powers, treasurer. Directors:
John M. Brennan, Hugh H. Grady,
C. F. Powers, A. J. Ryan, Jr., John
G. Butler, lr., C. A. McCarthy,
John J .Powers, James F. Glass,
M. J. O'Leary, J. S. Robertson.
Jr.. Dan J. Sheeham, A. J Shane
A. J. Kearney, and the following
by virtue of their officia 1 posi
tions: L. Gordon Whelan, grand
knight of Savannah Council, K. of
C.; Mrs. C. R. Gannon, president,
Ladies Auxiliary, A. O. H.; Mrs.
H. T. Wilson, president. Catholic
Women's Club, and William J.
Ryan, president of the A. O. H.
OFFICER FROM SAVANNAH
ROSE RAPIDLY IN ARMY
Best Wishes
Hill’s Cafe & Soda
W. Roy Blanchard
AIKEN, S. C.
BUICK
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OWENS MOTOR CO.
SALES and SERVICE
Aiken, South Carolina
SAVANN/. H, Ga -Thomas
Nugent McCarthy. 27. has the
enviable record of having risen
through the ranks from private
to lieutenant colonel in the United
States Army during one war.
Colonel McCarthy, now on termi
nal leave, recently received notice
of his latest promotion from the
War Department.
Entering the service as a pri
vate in April. 1941, he attended Of
ficer Candidate School at Fort
Belvoir early iri 1942 and grad-
uated as a second lieutenant in
the combat engineer corps. Other
promotions in rapid succession
brought him to his present rank.
He served twenty-month overseas
and has five battle stars on his
European Theater operations rib
bon.
A graduate of Benedictine Mili
tary School here. Colonel Mc
Carthy is the son of Mrs. Frank
McCarthy. He is a nephew of
Mayor Peter Roe Nugent and of
Miss Helen Roe Nugent, president
of the Savar.nah-Atlanta Diocesan
Council. National Council ot
Catholic Women.
CHRISTMAS PARTY AT
ST. THOMAS VOCATIONAL
SCHOOL IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNA 11. Ga. —■ Three
awards made each year by the
Auxiliary of St. Thomas Vocation
al School v.'ere presented by the
Rev. Eugene J. Kearney, S. S. V..
director of ‘be school, at the an
nual Christmas party for the boys.
The prize or the best all-around
boy was won by Louis Stemberg-
cr: John Cannon won .1 e prize for
the most cooperative boy. and
Charles Poole and Panes Martin
won the prizes as the neatest boys.
Present on the occasion were
the lit. Rev. Msgr. T. James Mc
Namara. the Very Rev. Boniface
Bauer. O. S. B., and the Rev. Nor-
bert McGowan. O. S. B. Special
guests we a Joseph Ruskin and
Kimball Hardin, two St. Thomas
boys who have just returned af
ter . three years in service over
seas.
The program was under the di
rer* ion of Mrs. Joseph E. Kelly.
Brother Mull';;/. C. S. V.. and
Brother Marsolais, C. S. V., and
those who uirtk-ipatod .were Lu-
1 cius Bultman, Robert Thomas, Eu-
! gene Busby. Charles Poole. James
I Martin and Robert McGee, witfr
members of St. Thomas
ADDRESSES MEETING
OF PAItENT-TEACHERS
CHARLESTON, S. C. — Miss
Rose Marie Kelly, superintendent
of the child welfare division of
the Charleston County Department
of Public Welfare, was the guest
speaker at a recent meeting of the
St Andrew’s Parish Parent-Teach
er Association, her topic being
“Child Welfare.”
Miss Kelly came to Charleston
in November, 1942. Prior to that
she was with the South Carolina
Department of Public Welfare
from 1937 to 1942, and witti the
children’s division of the Catholic
Charities and Emergency Relief in
Baltimore. She received her (rain
ing at the School of Social Ser
vice of (he Catholic University ol
America.
ALEX H. ROBERTS
DIES IN AUGUSTA
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Alexander
Henry Roberts, u life-long resi
gn. of Augusta, died on Decem
ber 20, after a brief illness. Fun
eral services were held from St.
trick’s Church, the Rev. J.
Joseph Malloy officiating.
Mr. Roberts had been connected
with the Southern Railway here
i ' more than thirty-five y->ars as
claim clerk. He was member of
Patrick Walsh Council, Knights
of Columbus
Survivors include a brother, D.
A. Roberts: a sister. Miss JVlaizie
oberts; an aunt, Viss Emma A.
Simon, all of Augusta, and several
cju -ins.
DEATH IN TOLEDO OF
FORMER AUGUSTAN
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Mis. Gene
vieve Daly O’Connor, former Au
gustan. died on January 2 at her
home In Toledo. Ohio.
Mrs. O'Connor, wife of the late
John J. O’Connor, was a daughter
of the late Mr. and Mrs. Janies
Daly, prominent residents of Au
gusta generations ago. She is sur
vived by four daughters, Mrs. Wal
ter C. McCauley, Sister John
Joseph, O. P., Miss Geneviye
O'Connor and Miss Margaret
O’Connor, all of Toledo; four sons,
P. J. O’Connor. James D. O'Con
nor, Bernard O'Connor and Law
rence O’Connor, and a sister, Mrs
Frank Bohlcr, of Augusta.
JAMES FOX
DIES IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C.—tames
W. Fox, retired en.loye of the
Clyde Line Steamship Company,
c -d on Docemb r 28, funeral
services being held from the Ca
thedral of St. John the Bap. ;t.
Mr. Fox was born m Charles
ton, January 13, 1869, Ihe son of
Vt illiam Fox and Mrs. Bridget
Coffey Fox, both of Ireland. He
is survived by a daughter, Miss
Elizabeth Fox, of Charleston; two'
sons, Charles L. Fox, of Charles
ton; and James B. Fox, of Carls-
tjjde, N. J.; and three grandchil
dren.
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Best Wishes
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Aiken, S. C.
.sT. MARY’S CHURCH, AIKEN Si. Mary's Help of Christian*
Church iu Aiken, South Carolina, serves a parish which celebrated it*
Diamond Jubilee four years ago. The present church, pictured above,
was dedicated in 1905. The Rev. George Lewis Smith, is the present;
pastor, with the Rev. Francis Winum, Cong. Oral, assistant pastor. St.I
Gerard’s Colored Mission in Aiken, established several years ago, i*
charge of the Redcmptorist Fathers, with the Rev. John C. KappeL
C. SS R., as the priest in charge.
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