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TWENTY FOUR
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LA YMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
JULY 27. 1946
New Assignments for
South Carolina Priests
Father Kamler Appointed
Pastor at St. Francis de
Sales, Columbia — Father
Madden at St. Andrew’s
Church, Myrtle Beach
(Special to The Bulletin)
CHARLESTON, S. C.,—Announ
cement has been made by the
Chancery Office of the Diocese
of Charleston that the Most Rev.
Emmet M. Walsh, D. D., Bishop of
Charleston, has appointed Father
Alfred F. Kamler, former U. S.
• Navy chaplain, as pastor of
St. Francis de Sales Church, Col
umbia, to succeed Father Thomas
J. Mackin, wno resigned as pastor
of the parish in the Shandon sec
tion of Columbia,in November,1945,
to become resident chaplain at St.
Francis Xavier Infirmary in Char
leston.
Father Richard C. Madden, who
lias been serving as administrator
of St. Francis de Sales Church in
Columbia, pending the appointment
of a successor to Father Mackin,
will be the priest in charge of St.
Andrew’s Church, Myrtle Beach,
which was formerly a mission of
St. Mary’s Church, Georgetown.
The new parish wil embrace Horry
County.
Father Kamler was born in
Olean, N. Y., the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank H. Kamler. He is
a graduate of Niagara University,
where he also completed his study
for 1 he priesthood at the Seminary
of Our Lady of the Anggls. He
was ordained May 29, 1927.
His first assignment as a priest
of the Diocese of Charleston was
as assistant pastor of St. John
the Evangelist Church, Summer
ville, and its missions at Waiter-
boro. Cottageville, Yonges Island
and Catholic Hill. In May. 1929,
"he was made assistant pastor of St.
Mary Help of Christians Church,
Aiken, with charge of the Mine
Creek Missions, St. William’s
Church, Ward, Immaculate Con
ception Church, Edgefield, and
the stations at Batesburg, Clcora
and Gilbert.
In October, 1933, Father Kam
ler was appointed pastor of St.
Peter’s Church, Beaufort, and its
missions at Walterboro, Catholic
Hill, Hardeeville, Pinckney Colony.
He was also an auxiliary chaplain
for the Marine Base at Parris
Island, and director of Camp St.
Mary's.
Two years later, Father Kamler
built the permanent St. Mary’s
Camp on a new site on the Okatee
River, and continued to serve as
director of the cam) until 1941.
In 1940. he was commissioned
a lieutenant in the Reserve Chap
lains Corps of the U. S. Navy,
and in February, 1941. was called
to active duty at the Marine Bar
racks at Parris Island. In 1942
he was promoted to the rank of
lieutenant commander, and in
April, 1943, left Parris Island to
serve overseas with the First Ma
rine Amphibious Corps, of the
Fleet Marine Force. In June,
1943. he was made regimental
chaplain of the 2th Marines,
Third Murine Division, and in
March, 1944, was made division
chaplain, after having been pro
moted to the rank of commander.
After three operational cam
paigns, Father Kamler returned
to the United States in January,
1945, and was assigned to the U.
S. Naval Training Center, Samp
son, N. Y. In April of this year,
he was ordered to the Separation
Center in New York City, and
given a terminal leave which ex
pires on July 30 He retains his
commission as commander in the
U. S. Naval Reserve.
Father Madden, a native of
Charleston, attended the College
of Charleston, and the Sulpician
Seminary at the Catholic Uni
versity of America, in Wash
ington. lie served us assistahl pas
tor of St. Mary's Church. George
town. and its parish missions until
1944, when he was made assistant
nee tor of the Cathedral of St. John
the Baptist in Charleston. Since
last November, he has been in
charge of St. Frances de Sales
parish in Columbia.
Temporary assignments have
been given priests who were re
cently ordained for the Diocese of
Charleston. Father’ Allan Jeffords
will serve as assistant pastor of St.
Anthony's Church, Florence;
Father Roy Francis, Aiken, as as
sistant at St. Peter’s Church. Co-
Jpmbia: Father Louis F, Sterker,
assistant at St. Joseph’s Church,
Charleston, Father Frederick
$uggs. assistant at St. Patrick’s
Church, Charleston, and Father
Nicholas Bayard, assistant at St.
Mary's Church, Greenville.
Pastor in Columbia
FATHER KAMLER
Rev. Alfred F. Kamler, recently
released from active duty as a
Navy chaplain, who has been
appointed pastor of St. Francis de
Sales Church, Columbia, S. C.
Father Kamler served as chaplain
with the Marine Corps, in this
country and in the South Pacific
theater. Before entering the ser
vice, he was pastor of St. Peter's
Church. Beaufort, S. C.—(Official
U. S. Navy Photo).
Myrtle Beach Pastor
FATHER MADDEN
Rev. Richard C. Madden, who
has been appointed pastor of St.
Andrew's Church, Myrtle Beach,
S. C., formerly assistant rector of
St. John the Baptist in Charles
ton,, Father Madden has been
serving as administrator at St.
Francis de Sales Church. Colum
bia, since last November.
Convention of Catholic
Committee of the South
Scheduled for New Orleans
RICHMOND—-(NCI—“The South
in the Year of Decision” will be'
the general theme of the conven
tion of the Catholic Committee
of the South in New Orleans on
September 18 and 19, it was de
cided at a meeting of the conven
tion committee here. Attending
were the Rev. Thomas E. O’Con
nell of this city, chairman of the
CCS; the Rev. Vincent J. O'Con
nell. S. M.. of New Orleans, con
vention committee chairman: A.
•I. Cummings of New Orleans, CCS
executive secretary .and Paul Wil
liams of this city, a director.
Topics to be discussed will in
clude individualism and collec
tivism by organized labor in the
South: full industrial and civic
citizenship and fair employment
practices. The convention will be
held in New Orleans at the invita
tion of Archbishop Joseph F.
Rummel.
Retreat for Women
at Mount de Sales,
Macon, in August
MACON. Ga.—The twenty-fifth
annual Retreat for women of the
Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta, will
be held at Mount de Sales Acad
emy, August 20-23, with Father
Joseph C. Mulhern, S. J., of
Spring Hill College, Mobile, Ala.,
; the retreatmaster.
Reservations may be made
through the office of the Catholic
Laymen’s Association in Augusta,
or directly with Sister Mary de
Sales, R. S. M.. at the convent in
Macon
Death in Savannah of
Mrs. Wilhelmina Walsh
Her Son, Bishop Emmet M.
Walsh, of Charleston, Of
fers Pontifical Requiem
Mass at Funeral Services
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. Wilhelmina Jen-
ncmann Walsh, 85. mother of the
Most Rev. Emmet M. Walsh, D.
D.. Bishop of Charleston, were
held from the Cathedral of St.
John the Baptist here, with
Bishop Walsh offering the Solemn
Pontifical Mass of Requiem.
Monsignor James J. May. Vicar
G-iieral of the Diocese of Charles
ton. was the assistant priest. Fath
er Joseph R. Smith, pastor of the
Immaculate Conception Church.
Atlanta, and Father Jeremiah W.
Carmody. pastor of St. Mary’s
Church, Charleston, were deacons
of honor; Father J. Alexis West-
bury, pastor of St. Joseph’s
Church, Charleston, was deacon
of the Mass; Father Thomas I.
Sheehan, pastor of St. Thomas
More Church, Decatur, was sub
deacon. The sermon was deliver
ed by Monsignor T. James Mc
Namara, rector of the Cathedral.
Father George Daly, of Savan
nas," Father Johrr J. McCarthy, of
Charleston, and Father James H.
Conlin, of Savannah, were mas
ters of ceremonies.
Present in the sanctuary were
the Right Rev. Vincent G. Taylor,
O. S. B., D. D., Abbot-Ordinary of
Belmont, Belmont, N. C.: the
Right Rev. Monsignor Joseph E.
Moylan, V. G. Administrator of
the Diocese of Savananh-Atlanta;
the Right Rev. Monsignor Andrew
Keene Gwynn, P. A., Greenville,
S. C.; tHe Right Rev. Monsignor
John L. Manning, D. D., Chancel
lor of the Diocese of Charleston;
tile Right Rev. Monsignor Martin
C. Murphy, Columbia, S. C.; the
Right Rev. Monsignor Joseph F.
Croke, Atlanta, and the Very Rev.
Msgr. Joseph G. Cassidy, Atlanta.
Priests from the Diocese of
Charleston attending were: Fa-
ther Henry F. Wolfe. Father
James J. Guinea, Father Anthony
A. Plikunas, Father Louis Sterker,
Father Thomas Jcllico, Father
Joseph J. Murphy, Father. J. Lau
rence McLaughlin. Father A. W.
Gainer, Father Frederick Suggs
Father Wililam G. McMenemy, C.
S. Sp., Charleston: Father George
Lawis Smith, Aiken; Father Fran
cis A. Gorman, O. F. M„ Ander
son, Father Gerald Ernst, Congr.
Orat., Father Aloysius Kazuba,
Congr. Orat., Beaufort; Father J.
Edmund Burke, Camden; Father
A. F. Kamler, Columbia: Father
C. Laurence Sheedy. Dillon; Fa
ther Allan Jeffords, Florence; Fa
ther Thomas McLaughlin, O. F.
M., Greenville; Father William G.
Doyle, Greenwood; Father Louis
Wiiliamson, Hartsville; Father
John Haak, Congr. Orat., Rock Hill;
Father John P. Clancy. Sumter,
and Father Patrick A. Ryan, S. J.,
Ward.
Many priests of the Diocese of
Savannah-Atlanta. in which Bishop
Walsh had served as a priest be
fore being named Bishop of
"Charleston, were present also in
the sanctuary.
In the congregation were Sis
ters representing variotis Religious
Orders serving in South Carolina
and Georgia. The Mass was sung
by the Cathedral choir, with Miss
Margaret Steeg, organist.
Thomas F. Walsh. Raymond C.
Walsh, Anthony L. Walsh, Henry
P. Walsh, John H. Walsh and T.
Jennemann Walsh, all grandsons
of Mrs. Walsh, acted as pall
bearers.
Mrs. Walsh was a native of New
York City, where she was born,
August 7, 1861, the daughter of
Henry Jennemann and Mrs.
Ernestine Sellout Jennemann, who
came to the United States from
Baden-Baden. Germany,
With her parents, she moved
to Beaufort, S. C., in 1864. There,
in 1878, she was married to
Thomas F. Walsh, who died some
years ago. More than forty years
ago, she came with her husband,
to live in Savannah.
In addition to Bishop Walsh,
Mrs. Walsh is survived by three
sons, Hflnry 1. Walsh, of Ports
mouth, Va.: Leo D. Walsh, of Sa
vannah. and Hugh B. Walsh, of
Savanah Beach: two daughters,
Mrs. Bertha Walsh Beucliier and
Miss Ernestine Walsh, of Savan
nah; eighteen grandchildren;
eleven great-grandchildren; two
nieces. Miss Mary Buckley and
Mrs. John E. Hodge, of Savan
nah, and a nephew, Constant A.
Bero, of Savannah.
Three sons of Mrs. Walsh,
Thomas F. Walsh. Jr., Anthony
L. Walsh, and Charles V. Walsh,
preceded her in deatl
Augusta Theatre
Cancels Booking
of “The Outlaw”
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The motion
picture, “The Outlaw,” rated Class
C by the National Legion of De
cency, which was scheduled fora
week’s engagement at the Miller
Theatre here, beginning July 14,
was not shown in this city.
T. O. Tabor, general manager of
Augusta Amusements, Inc., in
announcing cancellation of the
booking of the Howard Hughes’
film, stated that "citizens of this
community in whose judgment I
have great confidence, have rep
resented to me that ‘The Out
law’ is ’not desirable entertain
ment. Concurring with them, and
out of respect to their judgment,
this picture will not bo shown
here—the appearance lias been
cancelled.”
When advised that a booking
agency had scheduled a showing
of ‘‘The Outlaw” at the Miller
Theatre, Mr. Tabor sought the ad
vice of pastors of Catholic
churches in the city and confer
red with representatives of the
National Council of Catholic
Women and the Catholic Lay
mens’ Association of Georgia.
Augusta Amusements, Inc., op
erators of the Miller. Imperial,
Modjeska, Rialto and Dreamland
theatres in Augusta, is an affiliate
of the Georgia Theatre Company
in Atlanta, and the Lucas and Jen
kins interests in other Georgia
cities.
Mrs. B. B. Bellinger
New President of
Columbia N. C. C. W.
(By The Associated Press)
COLUMBIA, S. C.—Mrs. Ben
jamin B. Bellinger was elected
president of the Columbia Dean
ery Council of the National Coun
cil of Catholic Women at the an
nual meeting held in St. Peter's
Hall.
Other officers of the Deanery
Council, elected at the meeting,
are Mrs. J. E. Welch, of Rock
Hill, vice president; Miss Camilla
Tronco, secretary; and -Mrs. L. B.
Tompkins, treasurer.
Mrs. W. J. Cormaek, the retir
ing president, conducted the
meeting, which was opened with
prayer by Father Albert Faase, as
sistant pastor of St. Peter’s
Church. Chairman of the vari
ous committees reported on the
activity of the Deanery Council
during the year. An outstanding
report was submitted by the Par-
enft-Teacher Association of St.
Peter’s School, which is affiliated
with the N. C. C. W„ and the
Columbia Council of Catholic
Women showed a splendid in
crease in the amount of member
ship dues collected.
The May and June messages
from Mrs. Thomas Garrison, presi
dent of the N. C. C. W., were read
by Mrs. W. J. B Bond and Mrs.
J. J. Colcolough, and Mrs. Harry
Merritt read an article titled “Salt
Shaker at Your Elbow,” from the
current issue of The Maryknoll
Missioner.
Father Maurice Shean, Congr.
Orat., of the Oratory of St. Philip
Neri, in Rock Hill, was the guest
speaker.
Before adjournment. Mrs. Cor-
mack urged all members to con
tinue the collection of clothing
for the people of war-ravaged
lands. At the conclusion of the
meeting, refreshments were served
by the Columbia Council of Cath-
olis Women.
Rev. D. C. Hamburger
Ordained in Columbia
Bishop Walsh Ordains Mem
ber of St. Peter’s Parish,
Columbia, as a Priest of the
Diocese of Charleston
FATHER HAMBURGER
(Special to The Bulletin)
COLUMBIA, S. C.—His Excel
lency the Most Rev. Emmet M.
Walsh, D. D„ Bishop of Charles
ton, ordained the Rev. Donald
Clarence Hamburger as a priest
of the Diocese of Charleston, at
St. Peter’s Church here, on Sun
day, July 14. Bishop Walsh was
assisted in the administration of
the Sacrament of Holy Orders by
Father J. Edmund Burke, of
Camden. Father Joseph Murphy,
of Charleston, and Father Nicholas
Bayard, of Greenville.
Father Hamburger celebrated
his first Solemn High Mass at
St. Peter's Church on Sunday,
Sunday 21, with the Right Rev.
Monsigr.or Martin C. Murphy, V.
F., pastor of St. Peter’s .Church,
as assistant priest; the Rev. C. Law
rence Sheedy. of Dillon, deacon;
the Rev. Mr. Jerome Powers, sub
deacon, and the Rev. Albert A.
Faase, master of ceremonies. The
sermon was delivered by the Very
Rev. Vincent Schaff, Congr. Oral.,
Provost of the -Oratory of St,
Philip Neri, at Rock Hill.
Born in Celina, Ohio, June 28,
1918, Father Hamburger is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Ham
burger. He has been a member
of St. Peter’s parish here since
1924, and had previously been a
member of St. Mary's parish In
Georgetown when his family lived
for several years in Andrews, S.
C.
He attended St. Peter’s parochial
school and graduated from Colum
bia High School here, and alter
several years in the business
world, he began his study for the
priesthood in September, 1939,
at St. Gregory’s Preparatory Sem
inary in Cincinnati. His theo
logical study was completed at
Mount St. Mary’s Seminary of
the West, in Norwood, Ohio, and
he plans to return to the seminary
for post-ordination study before
starting his priestly career in
South Carolina.
Fourth degree members of
Bishop England Council, Knights
of Columbus, of which Father
Hamburger is a member, acted
as a guard of honor at his first
Solemn Mass. After Solemn
Benediction in the afternoon, a
reception was tendered Father
Hamburger at St. Peter’s parish
hall-
Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta Confirms
American Soldiers at St. Peter’s in Rome
VATICAN CITY.—(Radio-NC)—-
Bishop Gerald P. O’Hara, of Sa
vannah-Atlanta, conferred the Sac
rament of Confirmation oh seven
American soldiers who had been
baptized and received into the
church by Father McGowan. Cath
olic chaplain at the U. S. Army
post at Foggia. Italy. After the
ceremony, which took place in St.
Peter’s Basilica, two Monsignori
of the Vatican chapter, who had
assisted Bishop O'Hai’a, and the
seven soldiers were received by
His Holiness Pope Pius XII in a
special audience.
The soldiers who were confirm
ed by Bishop O’Hara were Walter
Pilewski, Chicago: Floyd Gunder
son, Chippewa Falls, Wis.; Charles
Saxon, Chicago; John Jenkins,
Brazil, Ind.; Stewart Evans. New
ton, Mass.; Alfred Applegate,
Hackettslown, N. J., and Billy
Gregory, Vincennes, Ind.
On the following day, the Feast
of Saints Peter and Paul, Bishop
O'Hara celebrated Mass in St.
Peter’s for the Palatine Guard
and preached the sermon.
Bishop O’Hara told members
of the Guard to raise Christian
ideals "as a shield against the bit
ter days that may be ahead.”
“In these days when armaments
are becoming more powerful and
more deadly, spiritual armaments
must be strengthened,”’ h said.
DIRECTORS OF NCCW
DIOCESAN COUNCIL
MEETING IN MACON
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Miss Helen
Roe Nugent, president of the
Savannah-Atlanta Diocesan Coun
cil of the National Council of
Catholic Women, has called a
meeting of the new board of direc
tors of the Diocesan Council, for
July 31, in Macon. The time
and place of the meeting has not
yet been announced.