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AUGUST 24, 1946
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION Or GEORGIA
THIRTEEN
. GEORGIA LAYMEN ATTEND RETREAT—Pictured above with their retreatmaster, Father Harold
A. Gaudin, S. J., pastor of St. Joseph's Church, Macon, are a gropp of those who attended the twenty-
sixth annual Retreat for men, sponsored by the Catholic Laymen’s Association of Georgia, which was
held at St, Joseph's Home, Washington, Georgia, list month.
BENEDICTINE CLASS
TO HOLD ITS ANNUAL
REUNION IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga. — The seven
teenth annual reunion of the class
of '29 of the Benedictine Military
School will be held on August 24
at the General Oglethorpe Hotel.
Members of the class will en
joy a swimming party in the after
noon, and in the evening there will
be a dinner at which the speakers
will be Father Robert Brennan, O.
S. B., rector of the Benedictine
School and Acting Solicitor Gene
ral A. J. Ryan, president of the
Benedictine Athletic Association.
Captain E. S. Thomson, former
military instructor at Benedictine
School, will be a special guest.
Present officers of the class are
Charles E. Williams, Jr., president;
Edward McBride, vice-president;
Julian Halligan, secretary, and
Frank Puder, treasurer.
Julian Halligan, Paul Peters
and Lawn...... Steiber form the
committee making arrangements
for the annual meeting to which
wives of the members of the class
will be guests.
SOME ONE HUNDRED Ger
man prisoners of war, in a camp
in England, are reported to be
well on their way to ordination
after completing “very satisfac
torily” a course of study in theol
ogy, philosophy and Scripture.
Each student on his return to
Germany will carry with him a
certificate signed by the Apostolic
Delegate to Great Britain, to be
presented to his Bishop, showing
the studies made and the exam
inations he has passed iu exile.
Compliments
OF
BRASS! EM CO*
Frank Garson — Arthur Garson — Dan Garson
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
New Assistant Pastor
for Parish in Griffin
(Special to The Bulletin)
GRIFFIN, Ga., — The Rev. John
Doherty, C. SS. R., who has been
stationed for the past six years at
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Church in Tampa, Fla., has been
appointed assistam pastor of the
Sacred Heart Church in Griffin,
which is a charge of the Redemp-
torist Fathers.
Father John Walsh, C. SS. R.. is
pastor of the church in Griffin,
and Father J. Gilbert McCormick,
C. SS. R., is also an assistant.
The Sacred Heart parish in Grif
fin includes seven counties in its
mission territory, with a Catholic
population somewhat in excess of
two hundred. Jwcnty-three men
and one woman from Griffin and
its missions served with the Armed
Forces during the war and there
were no casualties among the
members of the parish who were
in their country’s service.
In the four years that the Re-
demptorist Fathers have been in
charge of the Griffin area, there
have been sixty-five Baptisms,
forty-five of those who were bap
tized being converts. Seventy-two
members of the parish have re
ceived their first Holy Communion
and forty-nine have been confirm
ed since the Redemptorists have
been in charge there.
Future plans vision the erection
of small churches in McDonough
and Jackson where Mass is now be
ing offered in private homes.
One of the three priests who are
now stationed in Griffin will be
placed in charge of the mission
stations at McDonough and Jack-
son.
During the school year, Mass is
offered each Sunday at Gordon
Military College, in Barnesville,
where the student body includes
an average of about twenty Catho
lics, from various parts of the
country.
Mrs. Frank P. Beatty
Dies in Charlotte
CHARLOTTE, N. C„ — Mrs.
Margaret E. Beatty, of Charleston,
who died here on August 10,
funeral services being held from
St. Patrick’s Church, Monsignor
Arthur R. Freeman, P. A., Vicar
General of the Diocese of Raleigh.
Interment was in Springwood
Cemetery, Greenville, S. C., fol
lowing services at St. Mary's
Church, at which Monsignor A. K.
Gwynn, P. A., officiated.
Mrs. Beatty was born in Carlow
Count, Ireland, February 3, 1863,
a daughter of the late John Tully
and Mrs. Johanna Curtis Tully.
She was the wife of the late Frank
P. Beatty, of 'Natchez, Miss., and
had for some time made her home
with her sons and daughters, iu
Charlotte.
Mrs. Beatty is survived by two
daughters, Miss Madeline Beatty
and Mrs. Patricia Callan, of Char
lotte; three sons, Francis J. Beatty
and Henry E. Beatty, Charlotte,
and James C. Beatty. Columbia,
S. C., and nine grandchildren.
Simon P. Kehoe, Sr.,
Dies in Savannah
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Simon P.
Kehoe, Sr., secretary-treasurer of
the Kehoe Iron Works, died on
July 30 after an extended illness.
Funeral services were held from
the Sacred Heart Church.
Mr. Kehoe was a native of Sa
vannah, a son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. William Kehoe. He was a
graduate of Belmont Abbey Col
lege and later attended Fordham
University. He spent the greater
part of his life in connection with
the iron works which was estab
lished here by his father.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Bessie H. Kehoe; three daughters,
Mrs. D. S. Sumner, Miss Catherine
Kehoe and Mrs. Martin Beckman,
all of Savannah; three sons, S. F.
Kehoe, Jr., Savannah; J. L. Kehoe,
St. Augustine, Fla., and Robert
J. Kehoe, Winter Haven, Fla.; two
sisters, Miss Mary Kehoe and Mrs.
J. W. Crolly, both of Savannah;
two brothers, James J. Kehoe and
Dan E. Kehoe, both of Savannah,
and eleven grandchildren.
MRS. PRUDENCE MUIR
FUNERAL IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga., — Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. Prudence Brown
Muir, of Jacksonville, Fla., who
died August 3, were held from the
Sacred Heart Church, Father John
Emmerth, S. M., officiating.
Mrs. Muir is survived by her
husband, Robert E. Muir; two sons,
Walter H. Wright, of Macon, and
A. F. Wright, Jr., Atlanta, and her
mother, Mrs. L. K. Brown, of
Jacksonville.
PTA OF ATLANTA SCHOOL
HONORS M1SS CORRIGAN
ATLANTA, Ga. — Miss Ger
trude Corrigan, for thirty-three
years principal of Highland
School, will receive a framed reso
lution praising her for her work.
The Highland Parent-Teacher
Association has drawn up the reso
lution and will present it to Miss
Corrigan and the Atlanta Board of
Education at the next meeting of
that body.
^ The resolution states that Miss
Corrigan “rendered service ef
ficiently, faithfully and unselfish
ly,” “took a personal interest in
each individual student,” and “en
couraged the spiritual life and de
velopment of the community.”
Miss Corrigan, daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. John Corrigan,
has been prominently identified
with the work of the Catholic Lay
men's Association of Georgia and
the Atlanta Club of Business and
Professional Women. She is a
member of the Sacred Heart
parish.
MRS. CHARI.ES K. WALL
FUNERAL IN THOMASVILLE
THOMASVILLE, Ga. — Funeral
services for Mrs. Charles K. Wall,
who died in Franklin, N. C.,
August 3, were held from St. Au
gustine's Church in Thomasville,
Father John J. O'Shea officiating.
Mrs. Wall was the former Miss
Leone Marie Fremeaux, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Fremeaux,
of Grand Roichin, France. She was
married to Dr. Wall, in New York,
in 1919. Surviving are her hus
band, and two daughters, Mrs.
John Many, III, and Miss Madeline
Wall, of Thomasville, several sis
ters and brothers, in France.
MRS. ROSA H. COI.LINI
DIES IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga., — Funeral
serivees for Mrs. Rosa Hardee Col-
lini, widow of Alonzo M. Collini,
who died August 3, were held from
the Cathedral of St. John the
Baptist, Father Donovan offering
the Requiem Mass.
Mrs. Collini is survived by a
son, Bennie R. Collini, of Miami;
three daughters, Mrs. Lawrence T.
Futon and Mrs. Lena Hancock, Sa
vannah, and Mrs. Paul E. Andrews,
Miami; two brothers, Edward Har
dee and William Hardee, both of
Savannah; eleven grandchildren
and five great-grandchildren.
JESSE LEE AYERS
DIES IN COLUMBIA
COLUMBIA, S. C., — Funeral
services for Jesse Lee Ayres, well
known traveling salesman of
Columbia, and' who died in that
city August 14th, were held from
St. Frances de Sales Church, the
Reverend Alfred F. Kamler, Pas
tor, officiating.
Mr. Ayers is survived by his
wife, the former Miss Annie Paint
er of Augusta, and a daughter,
Mrs. Edward Grennelle, of New
York City.
PRIOR TO THEIR DEPAR
TURE from Vatican City to the
United States, Myron C. Taylor,
personal representative of Presi
dent Truman to the Holy Sec, and
Mrs. Taylor, were received in pri
vate audience by His Holiness
Pope Pius XII. Franklin Gowan,
Mr. Taylor's assistant, who will
carry on his work in his absence,
said that Mr. Taylor definitely
will return to Rome, and added
that Mr Taylor’s stop-over in Paris
on his trip by plane to the United
States was in no way connected
with the peace conference now in
session there.
PERCE J. CONNERS
DIES IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga., — Funeral
services for Perce J. Conners, em
ployee of the City Sanitation De
partment, and who died here Au
gust 16th, were held from the
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist,
Mr. Conners is survived by his
wife; one daughter, Mrs. Spencer
A. Smith and a son, Joseph L. Con
ners of Savannah; a sister, Mrs.
Annie L. Ivey of Norfolk, Va., and
two brothers, Frank P, Conners
and W. P. Conners, both of Savan
nah.
MISS CAROLYN DUFFY $fj
FUNERAL IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga. — Funeral ser
vices for Miss Carolyn Duffy, who
died August 4, were held from the
Immaculate Conception Church,
Father P. J. Britt, S. S. E„ officiat
ing.
Miss Duffy, a native of Charles
ton, S. C., had made her home in
Atlanta since 1906. She was a pri
vate secretary with the publishing
firm of Martin and Hoyt, and had
been a member of the choir of the
Immaculate Conception and the
Sacred Heart Churches.
She is survived by a nephew,
F. B. Kelly, of Atlanta.