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TWENTY
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION
GEORGIA
AUGUST
1946
Precious Blood Sisters
Formerly in Savannah
Pronounce Final Vows
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Monsignor
T. Janies McNamara, rector of the
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist,
was celebrant at a ceremony held
at St. Joseph’s Convent, Columbia,
Ha., Motherhouse and Noviate of
Ihg Sisters-Adorers of the Most
Precious Blood, on August 12,
"/hen Sister Patricia. Sister Her
man Joseph, pronounced their fi
nal vows as Sisters-Adorers of the
Most Precious Blood.
Sister Patricia Joseph and Sis
ter Herman Joseph were on the
staff of the rectory of the Cathe
dral of St. John the Baptist here
from last August until June of this
year.
Cited for Services to
Quartermaster Depot
Wilton Scott, Member of
Colored Parish in Savan
nah, Receives Award for
Employe Relations Work
Roland W. Murray
Dies in Atlanta
ATLANTA, Ga.—Funeral serv
ices for Rowland William Murray,
who died July 28, were held from
the Sacred Heart Church, Father
John Emmcrth, S. M., officiating.
Lewis F. Gordon, ,J. P. Allen,
Eugene O'Brien, Stephens Mitclj-
ell, J. B. Begin and Felix deGo-
lian. Sr., acted as pallbearers,
with members of Atlanta Council,
Knights of Columbus, and the
Holy Name Society serving serv
ing as honorary escort.
Mr. Murray is survived by his
wife; a daughter, Miss Gertrude
Jane Murray; a son, Rowland
William Murray, Jr.: a grand
daughter, Helen Brooke Murray,
all of Atlanta; three sisters, Miss
Edith Richard and Miss Mary
Murray, both of Leamington Spa,
England, Mrs, Gerald Marlow
King, Sandusky, Ohio; two broth
ers, Sir Edward Murray, London,
England, and William G. Murray,
Philadelphia, and several nieces
and nephews.
SAVANNAH, Ga. — In a brief
but impressive ceremony before a
representative group of depot
employes, on August 14, Colonel
A. G. Brindley, commanding offi
cer of the Savannah Depot, pre
sented the depot citation pin to
Wilton Scott, Negro employe re
lations counselor, and announced
an increase in Scott’s annual sal
ary authorized by the quarter
master general for sustained supe
rior accomplishments.
This type of award established
for Federal employes early this
year is the first such award in the
Savannah quartermaster depot
and so far as can be learned the
first in this entire area.
Recommended by Colonel Brind-
Iye, depot commander; Mrs. Lou-
D. Myers, employe relations
chief, and Mrs. Delle E. May, di
rector of personnel, Scott's
achievements received approval of
both the depot awards committee
and the awards committee of the
Office of the Quartermaster Gen
eral, Washington, D. C.
Milton Scott’s citation by Colo
nel Brindley reads as follows;
“For voluntarily pursuing cer
tain courses of study to better fit
yourself for your work; for volun
tarily attending on your own time
and at your own expense a state
wide conference on social and vet
erans’ problems; for the organized
recreational program developed
for depot employes toward which
you contributed a considerable
number of off-duty hours and
through your own labor purchased
and provided team uniforms; for
the quality of your home visiting
which has resulted in a steady de
cline in absenteeism from 12 per
cent in December to 2 per cent in
April; for the personal contacts
made on your own time with va
rious industrial officials and Ne
gro civic leaders whereby you
placed 90 per cent of Negro em
ployes released by reduction in
force in other jobs thereby main
taining high morale through sever
al major reductions in force, I pre
sent to you the Savannah Depot
Citation Award and announce the
authorization by the Quartermas
ter General of an annual increase
in your pay."
A member of St. Benedict the
Moor parish, Milton Scott is ac
tive in the'work of the Colored
Catholic Laymen’s League of
Georgia, and was last year ap
pointed to serve as lay director of
Colored Catholic Youth Organiza
tions in the Diocese of Savannah-
Atlanta.
NEW SUPERIOR FOR
FRANCISCAN SISTERS
COMMUNITY. AUGUSTA
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Mother Mary
Catherine has succeeded Mother
Mary Wilfrid, as superior of the
Franciscan Missionary Sisters of
the Immaculate Conception in Au
gusta and principal of the Immac
ulate Conception School.
Mother Mary Wilfrid has been
made principal of Our Lady of
Pity High School in Bronx, N. Y.
A great part of the thirty-five
years of her teaching career has
been spent in Augusta.
During her stay in this city the
enrollment at the school has sub
stantially increased, the school
has been accredited by the Depart
ment of Education of the State of
Georgia. Before coming to Augus
ta, Mother Mary Wilfrid taught in
Boston, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Ches
ter, Pa., and Rockford, III.
Mother Mary Catherine came to
Augusta in 1926, remaining until
1937. She returned in 1940 and
has soenl the last six years here
MRS. HUBERT HAYES
DIES IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C.—Funeral
services for Mrs. Marie Frances
Hayes, wife of Hubert H. Hayes,
who died July 27, were held here.
Mrs. Ilayes was born in Bridge
port, Conn., November 17, 1916,
the daughter of Joseph Varsello
and Mrs. Marie Agnello Varsello.
She is survived by her husband;
a daughter, Dorothy Marie Ilaye.;;
a son, James Patrick Hayes, ail of
Charleston; her parents, a sister,
Mrs. Harry Petrucci; two broth
ers, Salvadore Varsello and James
Varsello, all of Danbury, Conn.
MISS BETTY STURCKEN
FUNERAL IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C.—Funeral
services Tor Miss Naomi Elizabeth
Sturcken, who was drowned in a
sailboat tragedy off Otter Island,
wei'e held at the Sacred Heart
Church on August 20, Father Hen
ry F. Wolfe officiatnlg.
Miss Sturcken is survived by
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William
T. Sturcken, Jr.; two sisters. Miss
Barbara Ann Sturcken and Miss
Phyllis Sturcken, a brother Wil
liam Sturcl;..i, III, and her mater
nal grandmother, Mrs. Margaret
lleisenbuttle.
MISS MARGARET BURK
FUNERAL IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C—Funeral
services for Miss Elizabeth Mar
garet Burk, one of the four mem
bers of a sailing party that was
lost off Otter Island, were held
from St. Patrick’s Church.
The bodies of Thomas 1. Condon
and James Burmester, who were
members of the party which in
cluded Miss Burk and Miss Betty
Sturcken, have not yet been re
covered.
C. H. TOPLIFF DIES
IN SPRUCE PINE. N. C.
SPRUCE PINE, N. C., — Fune
ral services for C. H. Topliff, own
er and operator of the Topliff Ho
tel here for the last quarter of a
century, were held from St. Lu-
cien’s Church.
Mr. Topliff, who was 90 years
old, was the oldest member of the
Rotar/ Club in this district, and a
charter inemltr of the local club.
In 18 J! he v as married to Miss
Doris McGrath, of Randolph, N. Y.
Survivors include three daughters,
two sons, eight grandchildren and
four great-grandchildren
PAROCHIAL SCHOOL FOR GRIFFIN — The stately Southern Colonial mansion pictured above has
been purchased by the Redemptorist Fathers in Griffin, Georgia, and will be converted into a parochial
school and a convent. It is expected that the work o f remodeling and renovating the structure will be
completed in time for the new school to open its doors to pupils around the middle of September. This
latest addition to the school system of the Diocese of Savannah-Atianta will be known as the Sacred Heart
School. School Sisters of Notre Dame, from Baltimore will compose the teaching staff.
Redemptorists Acquire
Property in Griffin for
Parochial School Purpuses
(Special to The Bulletin)
GRIFFIN, Ga., — With the ap
proval of the Most Rev. Gerald P.
O’Hara, D. D., J. U. D„ Bishop
of Savannah-Atianta, the Re
demptorist Fathers have purchas
ed the John A. Simms home, at
231 South Tenth Street, in Griffin,
and will convert the propetry into
a parochial school and convent.
The spacious and imposing con
crete residential structure, of
Southern Colonial design, is large
enough to be used as both a school
and a convent for the Sisters who
will compose its faculty, until a
separate dwelling can be erected
for the Sisters.
The lower floor will be used as
a grade school and the upper floor
will be the residence of the Sis
ters.
The Very Rev. Cornelius Hoff
man, C. SS. R„ Vice-Provincial of
the Richmond Vice-Promince of
the Redemptorist Fathers, pur
chased the property, and it is ex
pected that the school will open
about the middle of September. It
will be known as the 'Sacred Heart
School.
The building is in excellent con
dition and will require few
changes to convert it into a school
and convent. At the present time,
it is occupied, and the work of re
modeling cannot begin until the
tenants have moved.
The principal changes which
will be made in the property will
be the installation of a modern
central heating plant and modern
lighting fixtures. A chapel will be
furnished in the building, and a
cafeteria, for the serving of
lunches to the pupils, will be
equipped. It is hoped that work of
remodeling will be completed by
the first of September, and later
in the month the school will be
come an important link in the
school system of the Diocese of
Savannah-Atianta.
Deeds to the property show that
the Redemptorist Fathers will be
come the third owners of the
building in ninety years. It was
known for many years as the
Daniel Estate. Recently, it was
acquired by John A. Simms, and
it has been his home for the last
two years.
Father John Walsh, C. SS. R.,
who is pastor of the Sacred Heart
Church, in Griffin, says that it is
considered to be one of the finest
structures in Griffin today despite
its age, and that th- reason for its
splendid condition is that it is con
structed of solid concrete, with
walls that measure thirteen inches.
Even the interior walls, dividing
the rooms, extend to the founda
tion and do not rest on wooden
beams as might be expected.
News of the purchase of the
property for the purpose of estab
lishing a Catholic school in Grif
fin has been most favorably re
ceived here. Already some forty
or fifty Catholic children have
been listed as prospective students
and many requests have been re
ceived from non-Catholic parents
who wish to enter their children in
the school. A school-bus will be
purchased to transport pupils from
the Redemptorist Fathers’ mission
in Barnesville, Jackson and Mc
Donough.
The new school Will be conduct
ed by the School Sisters of Notre
Dame, from Baltimore. One of the
largest of the teaching Orders,
with close to six thousand mem
bers, the School Sisters of Notre
Dame conduct three colleges, in
cluding the College of Notre
Dame of Maryland, seven acad
emies, 124 high schools, 418 gram
mar schools, a school for deaf
mutes a Chinese school, an In
dian school, three Colored schools,
an industrial school, a day nursery
and six orphanages.
The Order is represented in the
Archdioceses of Baltimore and
Washington, Boston, Chicago, De
troit, Dubuque, Milwaukee, New
ark, New Orleans, New York, Phil
adelphia, St. Louis, St. Paul, San
Antonio, and Vancouver, and in
the Dioceses of Albany, Altoona,
Belleville, Bismarck, Brooklyn,
Buffalo, Camden, Dallas, Daven
port, Fort Wayne, Grand Rapids,
Green Bay, Hartford, LaCrosse,
Lafayette-in-Indiana, Lincoln, Lit
tle Rock, Marquette, Natchez, Pe
oria, Pittsburgh, Providence,
Rochester, Rockford, St. Augus
tine, Sioux Falls, Spokane, Spring-
field (Illinois), Superior, Toledo,
Trenton, Winona, in the United
States and also in Dioceses in
Puerto Rico, Canada and England.
FOUR PRESBYTERIANS, from
the United States, who have re
turned to this country after a fwo-
month survey of religious proper
ty conditions in eight European
nations reported in New York that
their way into Hungary waa
barred by the Russians. A spokes
man for the group declared “The
iron curtain wouldn’t lift for us.”
ANTHONY B. ELIXSON
FUNERAL IN AUGUSTA
AUGUSTA, Ga., — Funeral
services for Anthony Benjamin
Elixson. Navy Veteran, were held
from the Sacred Heart Church,
August 9, Father J. E. O’Donohoe,
S. J., officiating.
Mr. Elixson is survived by his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Elix
son, of Charlotte, N. C.; a sister,
Miss Theresa Elixson, Augusta; a
brother, John Paul Elixson, U. S.
Navy, and an aunt, Mrs. John H.
Park, Augusta.
MRS. R. W. McCULLOCH
DIES IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga„ — Funeral
services for Mrs. R. W. McCulloch,
who died August 3, were held from
the Sacred Heart Church, Father
John Emmerth, S. M., bfflciating.
ROBERT Y. HARRISS
FUNERAL IN AUGUSTA
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Funeral
services for Robert Y. Harriss, who
died at his home in Detroit, Mich.,
August 11, were held from St.
Patrick’s Church here. Father
Harold A. Barr officiating.
Mr. Harriss, a former Augustan
is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ethel
McClennan Harriss; a sister, Miss
Julia Harriss, of Atlanta; a brother.
Barrett Harriss. of Charlotte. N. C.
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