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-JA1NUAKY 2 -m_j (; THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA FIVE MARRIAGES o o KENDRICK-B ACKER O — O SOUTHERN PINES, N. C.—Miss Betsy .Jean Backer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Max G. Backer, and Mr. Clyde James Kendrick, of Dearborn, Mich., wore lflarried on December 27. with a Nuptial Mas.-, at St. Anthony of Padua Church, the Rev. Herbert A. Harkins of ficiating Assisting in tiie sanctu ary were the Rev. Nicholas Liston the Rev. Walter Kuhn, C. SS. R.. the Rev. Joseph Baxter, C. SS. R.. and Chaplain Francis Wagner. Servers of the Mass were Capt. Iliggs Miller. Lt. John Freeman, Cadet Michael Walsh, and Lyle D. McDonald, Jr. A special Papal Blessing was imparted to t lie bride and groom by Father Harkins. The Mass was sung by St. An thony's choir, with Mrs. Ronald F. Thomas ns soloist, and Mrs. Mal colm Grover, organist. , Miss Barbara Backer, the maid of honor, was her sister’s only at tendant. Cpl. Ronnie Steinauer, of Fort Bragg, was the best man. Staff Sgt Robert Tudd, Sgt. Wal ter Soroka, Sgt. Michael Bido and Pfc. Robert Horton were the ushers. Following the ceremony a wed ding breakfast was served at the Southern Pine Country Club. O ROCHEFORT-OSTERHOLTZ o 6 SAVANNAH. Ga. — The mar riage of Miss Mary Emily Oster- holtz. daughter of William H. Os- terholtz, and tire late Mrs. Cath erine Walsh Osterhollz, and Mr. Conrad A. Rochefort, of Bidde- fort, Me., was solemnized with a Nuptial Mass at 1 lie Cathedral of St. John the Baptist on January 19. the Rev. Joseph W. Kavanagh, of Conshohockcn, Pa., officiating. Assisting in the sanctuary were the Right Rev. Msgr. T. James McNamara, the Rev. John A. Morris, the Rev. George Daly, the Rev. James H. Conlin. the Rev. Walter Donovan and the Rev. Eugene Kearney, C. S. V. O NORMAN-WI THROW O- ALBANY. Ga. — Miss Kathleen Withrow, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Ford, and Flight Officer Richard E. Norman, of Jackson ville, were married on December 18 at St. Theresa’s Church, the Very Rev. Daniel .1. Bourke, V. F. officiating. The bride's only attendant was her sister. Miss Frances Withrow, and Fred Wiggins was the best man. Flight Officer Norman trained at Darr Field here. He is a de scendant of Robert Bruce and Charles Bruce, of Edinburgh, Scotland, and of Dr. Jerome Bruce, of Civil War fame. MOORF.-CLARY I o —O CHARLOTTE, N. C.—Lieuten ant St Clair Clary. U. S. Navy Nurse Corps, of St. Cloud, Minn'., and Capt. Malcolm Graham Moore, of Greensboro and High Point, were married on January 5 at St. Peter’s Church, the Rev. Maurice McDonnell, o. S. B., officiating. Captain Moore is the son of Mr. and Mrs Joseph Moore, of Greens boro. He is on terminal leave af ter having nearly four years in Africa. Italy, France and Germany. He wears (the European theatre ribbon with five battle stars and was awarded the Bronze Star. Pastor of St Mary’s Church in Goldsboro FATHER NEWMAN The Rev. Lawrence Newman, is tiie pastor of St. Mary’s Church, Goldsboro, N. C., which serves a parish established more than a half-century ago by the late Father Thomas F. Price, “The Tarheel Apostle’’, who later was a co-founder of the Maryknoll Missioners. IIANNON-BURKK O I ~o o I O- POSTON-CHIPPS SALISBURY, N. C.. Announce ment has been made of the marri age of Miss Evelyn Caroline Cripps. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Alfred Cripps, of London. England, to Mr. Warren If. Poston, son of Mr. and Mrs. Waller Lee Poston, of Mount Ulla. at St. Agnes Church, Cricklewood Lane, Lon don. Mr. Poston, who recently receiv ed an honorahibe discharge at Fort Bragg, served overseas for thirty months. Tie was with the 871st Chemical Company at Rattlesden. England. Mrs. Poston is expected to arrive here from England next month. 7 DRUMMY-miBENTHAL | o iO CHARLESTON, S. C. — Lieu tenant (jg) Lillian A. Hubenthal, Navy Nurse Corps, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Hubenthal. of Pittsburgh, and Mr. William Wallace Drummy. .Jr., of Omaha, were married on January 3 in the chapel at the Navy Yard. Chaplain Thomas F. Maher officiating. Mrs. Drummy was stationed at the Naval Hospital here for the last eighteen months. She has just been released from the nurse eorp and plans to take a post graduate course at the Medical School of Harvard University where Mr Drummy is a student. CARTERSVILLE, Ga. _ Miss Alberta M. Burke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Burke, of Coral Gables, Fla., and Major Lu cius Hannon, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Lugius Hannon, of Atco, were married on December 15 in the rectory of the Church of (he Little Flower. Coral Gables, the Rev. Thomas Comber officiating. O 1 | MONTAQUILA-BOLTON MACON, Ga. — Miss Emily Frances Bolton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Thomas Bolton, and Mr. Gaetano Montaquila. of Providence. R. I., were married on January 4 in the chapel of St. Joseph's Church, the Rev. Fran cis A. Benedetto, S. J„ officiat ing. O O HOWISON-FORSTKR o o ROCK HILL. S. C.—Miss Sue Anne Forster, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Forster, and Mr. John Edwin Ilowison, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raynor Howison. or Arling ton, Va., were married on Janu ary 5, the Rev. Vincent G. Seharff, Cong. Oral., pastor of St. Anne’s Church, officiating. IIANNON-L1ENAU O O | ROBERTS-CUNNIN G 11 AM i O O W1LL1STON, S. C.— Miss Eliza beth Cunningham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Curry Cunning ham, and Mr. George Bascom Roberts, son of Mr. and Mrs Olin Bascom Roberts, of Oil City, La., were married on December 29. at the home of the bride’s parents here, the Rev. George Lewis Smith, pastor of St. Mary Help of Christians Church, Aiken, officiat ing. O- O | QUACKICNBUSH-NF.WSOME 1 CHAPEL HILL, N. C. — Miss Julia Frances Newsome, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Newsome, of Chapel Hill, and, Lieutenant Ar thur Charles Qua'ckenbusli, Naval Air Corps, of New York City, were married on December 29 in the Catholic Chapel at the Navy Air Station, Norfolk, Va., Chaplain Hurlihy officiating, and offering the Nuptial Mass. CHARLESTON. S. C. —Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Beringer Lienau have announced <he marriage of their daughter. Miss Maude Elizabeth Lienau, and Mr. Patriot: Edward Hannon, of Youngstown. Ohio, on December 22 in the rectory of the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, the Rev. Joseph J. Murphy offici ating. St. Mary’s Guild Meets in Goldsboro (Special to The Bulletin) GOLDSBORO, N. C.—The Rev. Lawrence C. Newman, pastor of St. Mary’s Church, honorary presi- dent, presided at the .January meeting of St. Mary's Catholic Guild, held at the parish center. Father Newman placed before the Guild a program of activity tor the spiritual life of the parish which lie hoped would L-c accom plished by members of the guild during tlie year. Among activities which were outlined for the ma terial benefit of the parish, was a greater use of the parish library and the formation of a hostess committee to assist in carrying out the plans for a/man’s club in the parish. St. Mary's Guild, the only parish aid, social auxiliary and lay con tact with civic life of the 'Catho lic Church in Goldsboro, stems from tliat valiant band, the women of the first four pioneer Catholic families who fostered the Faith in this community and aided the first missionary priests who served Goldsboro, first as a miss’on station, and then as a mission, until the first St. Mary’s Church was built in 1889, and until a resident pastor was assigned to the parish here. The selfless ser vice of its founders is the stan dard followed by the Guild mem bership of today, parish activity and in civic relations. Following the business meeting there was a social hour, with Miss Eunice Freeman, Miss’ Pauline Farfour and Mrs. Thomas Shelby as hostesses. Pastor in Goldsboro Cited for Service as Auxiliary Chaplain (Special to The Bulletin) GOLDSBORO, N. C.—The Rev Lawrence Newman, pastor of Lt Mary’s Church in Goldsboro, ha received a certificate from Co! Dudley B. Howard, Bases Com mander at Seymour Johnson Field for meritorious service and faith fui performance of duty during the war as an auxiliary chaplain at I lie local Air Base. The certificate reads: “It is a great pleasure to-transmit to you a certificate of meritorious service which has been awarded you by the commanding general, First Air Force, in recognition of your faithful and willing performance of duty during the war in the ca pacity of auxiliary chaplain at Seymour Field. “I wish there were some more substantial way to express appre ciation for the splendid work you have done for our personnel. You have shared a great deal of your time and energy with us, and the results in spiritual and moral up lift have had an inestimable in fluence in the winning of the war. “Please express to the members of your congregation my gratitude for their cooperation in sharing you with the military personnel of this base in time of national emer gency.’’ Predicts Bright Future for Catholicity in Japan o— PRESSENTIN-CIIAPMAN ~0 ATLANTA, Ga. — Miss Mary Elizabeth Chapman, daughter of Mr. Curtis Allen Chapman, of Zebulon, Ga., and Lieut. Vernon F. Pressentin, of Marblemount. Wash., were married on December 20 at the Sacred Heart Church, the Rev Francis M. Perry, S. M., of ficiating. O « O | MADDOCK-MATHERNK I O ——O ATLANTA, Ga. — Miss Evelyn Jo Matherne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Matherne, and Mr. John L. Maddock. of Cleveland, Ohio, were married recently in the rec tory of the Immaculate Conception Church, the Rev. Joseph R. Smith officiating. JEFFERSON CAFFERY, United States Ambassador to France, was Jinonj notables attending a cere mony in the Church of St. Euslaohe in Paris to mark tiie cen tenary of the conversion of Cardi nal Newman. SPARTANBURG NCCS CLUB NO LONGER IN OPERATION (Special to The Bulletin) SPARTANBURG, S. C.—The USO Club which had been operat ed in Spartanburg by the National Catholic Community Service, clos ed officially on January 6, this ac tion being deemed necessary in view of the comparatively few sol diers remaining at nearby Camp Croft. Franklin A. Jones, of San An tonio, Tex., was director of the club, Mrs. Carroll Johnson, of Charlotte, N. C., was assistant di rector, and the llcv. Charles J. Baum, pastor of St. Paul file Apos tle Church, was tiie club modera tor. The last two Catholic chaplains to servo at Camp Croft, the Rev. Herbert Phinney, of Boston, Mass., and tiie Rev. Paul Marceau, of Youngstown. O., were transferred from the camp shortly after Christ mas. LARGE C&NGREGATION AT MIDNIGHT MASS Despite very inclement weather, St. Paul the Apostle Church was crowded to t lie doors by the con gregation which attended the Sol emn High Mass which was offered at midnight on Christmas. The Rev. Charles J. Baum, the pastor, was the celebrant: the Rev. Gab riel Stupasky. O. S. B., of Bel mont Abbey, Belmont, N. C., as sisted as deacon and delivered the sermon, and the Rev. Mr. Albert Siener, a member of the parish, who was ordained to tiie diaconate by the Most Rev, Michael J. Keyes, S. M., D. D., in Baltimore, a few days before Christmas, was ubdeaeon of the Mass. The vested choir of St. Paul’s School, under the direction of Sis ter M. Synesia. sang traditional CHAPLAIN ROBINSON Chaplain Charles A. Robinson, S. J., who acted as interpreter with the fiirst Navy unit to enter J..- pan, predicts a bright future for the Catholic Church there. If the blood of martyrs is the seed of Christians, Japan will be a Catholic nation," he writes in an article in the February number of “Jesuit Missions.” “From 1587 to 1640 more Japanese Catholics died for the Faith than all the martyrs put to death in the ten persecutions of Rome. The Japa nese have a tenacity of purpose unequalled in any other race.” Now tliat governmenlal and Shintoist restrictions which prev iously hindered the Church have been removed, Chaplain Robinson expects a more rapid expansion of Catholicism. “But we American Catholics must help, especially by sending missionaries at once. The Japanese will welcome American missionaries especially if they eoine with solid scientific know ledge of Christian charity. i found no resentment at all against Americans.” From 1923 to 1926 Father Rob inson taught at the Catholic Uni versity in Tokyo. When he enter ed the Navy at the outbreak of the war he was a professor of Psychol ogy at St. Louis University. At tiie time of the Japanese surren der he was Catholic chaplain of the USS Missouri hut because of his knowledge of the Japanese language lie was detached from the ship and made interpreter with the first Navy unit to enter Japan. K. OF C. IN BRUNSWICK & HOSTS AT DINNER DANCE ” BRUNSWICK, Ga. — Members of Henry Thomas Ross Council, No. 1939, Knigiits of Columbus, were hosts at a formal dinner- dar.ee on New Year’s Eve at Xavier Hall. Mothers of service men from St. Francis Xaxier parish were special guests of honor. Arrangements for the affair were made by Grand Knight E. B. Lott, Financial Secretary Levi Placzankis and Salvador Poriulag of Henry Thomas Ross Council. Christmas -ymns before the Mass and rendered tiie music during the Mass. FENN-SHUPE O— ATLANTA, Ga. — Miss Mary Ellen Shupe, daughter of Mrs. Margaret Shupe and the late Ephraim R. Shupe, of Philadelphia, and Mr. Jack T, Fenn, of Atlanta, were married in a recent ceremony at the rectory of the Church of tiie Ascension of Our Lord, in iLbi-UdaiuKa. SILVER SERVICE FOR FOOTBALL STAR- Cadet Felix Anthony Blanchard, sensational All-Ameri can tullbaek of the Army football team, admires a silver service presented to him by admiring neighbors during a homecoming celebration in his honor in Bishopville, South Carolina, during the holidays, when he was home on a furlough from the U. S. Military Academy at West Point. Cadet Blanchard, a member of St. John’s parish in Bishopville, is pictured with his mother, (left) Mrs. Mary Tatum Blariehurd, a convert, and his sister, Miss Mary Elizabeth Blanchard, who is active in the Newman Club at Winthrdp College where she is a student.—(Photo Courtesy of The Charleston News and Courier) — — .......