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January *25, 1947
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
ONE-A
AT DEDICATION OF CHURCH IN AIKEN COUNTY—Pictured above are members of the congregation
which attended the Solemn High Mass, Coram Episcopo, celebrated by Father John J. McCarthy, of
Charleston, in the presence of Bishop Emmet M. Walsh of Charleston, upon the occasion of the abdica
tion of the new Church of Our Lady of the Valley, dedicated by Bishop Walsh,' on December 22. The
new church is located on an attractive site, on U. S, Highway No. 1, between Aiken, S. C., and Augusta,
Ga adjacent to the Horse Creek Valley Handicraft and Welfare Center which is conducted by the Sisters
of Our Lady of Christian Doctrine. Plans for the church were executed by Father Michael Mclnerney,
O. S. B., of Belmont Abbey and the Southeastern Construction Company, of Charlotte, N. C., were the
builders.—(Photo by Aiken Photo Service.)
Church of Our Lady of the Valley
in Aiken County, South Carolina,
Dedicated by Bishop of Charleston
(Special to The Bulletin)
AIKEN, S. C. — On the morn
ing of December 22, the Most Bev.
Emmet M. Walsh, D. D., Bishop of
Charleston, dedicated the Church
of Our Lady of the Valley, which
is located on U. S. Highway No.
1, between Aiken and Augusta,
adjacent to the Horse Creek Val
ley Handicraft and Welfare Cen
ter, conducted by the Sisters of
Our Lady of Christian Doctrine.
The Solemn High Mass, Coram
Episcopo, of dedication, at which
Bishop Walsh presided, was cele
brated by Father John J. McCar
thy, pastor of the Blessed Sacra
ment Church. Charleston, with
Father Francis X. Winum, Congr.
Orat, formerly assistant pastor of
St. Mary Help of Christians
Church, Aiken, now of Rock Hill,
as deacon; Father Nicholas Ralph
Bayard, assistant pastor of St.
Mary’s Church, Aiken, and the
new church, subdeacon. Father
Sebastian Doris, O. S. B., sub
prior of Belmont Abbey, Belmont,
N. C., master of ceremonies, and
Frater Andrew Doris, O. S. B., of
Belmont Abbey, thurifer.
Bishop Walsh, who delivered
the sermon at the Mass, was at
tended by Father George Lewis
Smith, pastor of St. Mary Help
of Christians Church, Aiken, and
of the new church, and Father
Joseph Gredler, C.SS.R., pastor of
St. Gerard’s Mission, Aiken, as
deacons of honor.
The Mass was sung by the par
ish choir with Sister Bernadette
at the organ.
Following the services at the
church, a buffet luncheon was
served at the Horse Creek Val
ley Handicraft and Welfare Cen
ter.
AT DEDICATION OF CHURCH IN NORTH AU GUSTA, S. C.—Pictured above before the entrance
of the Church of Our Lady of Peace, in North Augu sta, S. C., are members of the congregation who at
tended the dedication of the new edifice by Bishop Emmet M. Walsh of Charleston.—(Cameragraph by
Maurice Getchell)
NEW YEAR’S GREETING
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Atlanta, Ga.
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ATLANTA, GEORGIA
Menace of Communism Must Be Met
If American Way of Life Is to Be
Preserved, J. Edgar Hoover Warns
New Year Greetings
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7 Edgewood Avenue
In the Heart of Five Points
Atlanta, Georgia
New Year Greetings
From
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Atlanta
St. Joseph's Hospital,
Savannah, Appeals for
Nursing School Students
SAVANNAH. Ga. — Applica
tions for enrollment in the Feb
ruary class of St. Joseph’s Hos
pital School of Nursing are now
being accepted, Sister Mary Bride,
R. S. M., Superintendent of the
hospital has announced.
Sister Mary Joseph, R. S. M.,
Director of Nurses, stated that
there is a great shortage of grad
uate nurses and this year there is
also an alarming shortage of en-
rollees in freshman classes. “The
nursing Shortage — at least 4,000
graduate nurses last August — is
a direct result of increased de
mand for hospital service and is
only part of the total picture of
hospital personnel shortage,” she
said.
Thousands of openings in va
rious fields, offering additional
prestige, high remuneration, and
opportunity for individual ad
vancement were indicated.
An applicant desiring to enter
the School of Nursing must be a
graduate of an accredited high
school, single, between the ages of
18 and 30, and should apply per
sonally to the director of the
school.
A few scholarships are avail
able to deserving students.
The following tables, prepared
by the National Information Bu
reau of the American Nurses As
sociation give an approximate pic
ture of the range of duties, posi
tions and salaries open to profes
sional nurse s who qualify for
them:
Staff nurse, $1,800—$2,100.
Veterans’ Administration, $2,-
644.
Staff Nurse (U. S. Public Health
Service) Office of Indian Affairs;
Special hospitals in the U. S. and
Panama, $2,644—$3,397.
Armed Forces, $2,160.
Staff nurse rendering general
service, $1,800—$2,100.
Public health nurse, $2,644—
$3,397.
Assistant instructors on nurs
ing arts, science and assistant
head nurse, $1,800—$2,000.
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
NEW YORK. — With a cool re
minder that few believed Hitler
when he proclaimed his plans for
Nazi domination, J. Edgar Hoov
er, director of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation, in an article,
"Red Fascism in the United States
Today,” which appears in the cur
rent issue of The American Mag
azine, warns that the “red scourge
of communism in America is bor
ing its way through our land like
a termite” and that its power and
influence are oyt of proportion to
its membership.
“The objective of the Commu
nist Party of the United States of
America,” Mr. Hoover writes, “is
the destruction of the American
way of life.” If the American way
of life is to be preserved, the
menace of communism must be
met and its forward march halt
ed, he counsels. He suggests that
truth, which proved the nation’s
propaganda in World War II, is
the best weapon against commu
nism today.
Mr. Hoover chided .that too
often liberty-loving Americans
dismiss the menace of communism
as inconsequential, and forget that
communism is a cold, harsh and
ruthless system which builds slow
ly “to the day when our demo
cratic government will be super
seded by a godless, tyrannical,
communistic dictatorship.” He re
minded that the communist move
ment in this country dates back
to 1919 and that Francis Biddle,
while serving as Attorney General
in 1942, ruled that the Communist
Party from its inception, is an I
organization that believes in, ad
vises, advocates and teaches the
overthrow of the U. S. government
by force and violence.
The FBI chief emphasizes that
William Z. Foster, chairman of the
party and chief communist spokes
man in this country, has stated
that the communists of this and
every country have only one flag,
“and that is the Red Flag.” He
reminded that Mr. Foster also has
stated that “our party considers
religion to be the opium of the
people . . . and we carry on our
propaganda for the liquidation of
these prejudices." Mr. Hoover
also stresses the efforts of the
communists to bore in and obtain
control of labor unions. He re
called Mr. Foster’s counsel to a
meeting of communist leaders, ap
praising the railroad unions: “I
unhesitatingly say this is the most
important 1,000,000 in the United
States. You can have a strike of
steel workers for six months and
the country could limp along
somehow. We have seen coal
miners’ strikes last for many
months, but let the railroad work
ers go on strike, and at the end of
three days the country is in a
state of prostration economical
ly.”
Mr. Hoover asserts that “the
world’s foremost authority on
communism has already laid down
the party line to American com
munists” and has expressed the
opinion that the time is not far
off when a “revolutionary crisis
Will develop in America.”
“The communists propose,” Mr.
Hoover writes, “that a crisis will
develop either out of an ‘Imperial
ist War’ or out ot a domestic sit
uation. If their tactics are proper,
‘the ground is prepared for action
when war comes.’ It can be de
layed by answering the call:
‘Workers in ammunition plants,
go on strike! Shut down your
plants! Prevent governmental
strike breakers from resuming
work! Railroad men, refuse to
handle war materials or transport
troops! Marine workers, do not
load either men or ammunition!
Truck drivers, refuse to assist in
war work! Workers of other in
dustries, help the strikers! Farm
ers, refuse to give your food
stuffs and raw materials to be
used for slaughter!”
The "communist teacher then
observes, • Mr. Hoover states, that
in this way “capitalists with their
armed forces" will strive to break
the deadlock; that attacks on
strikers will mean civil war, and
that “Victory in the civil war
spells the doom of the capitalist
state.”
New Assistant Pastor
at Church in Gritfin
Father Michael Downing, C.
SS. R., Replaces Father
Gilbert McCormack, C. SS.
R,, Who Has Been Trans-
ferred to Dalton. Father
John Schomberg, C. SS. R.,
Going to Puerto Rico |
(Special to The Bulletin)
GRIFFIN, Ga.—Father Michael
G. Downing, C.SS.R., has been
appointed as an assistant to Fa
ther John Walsh, C.SS.R., pastor
of the Sacred Heart Church in
Griffin.
Father Downing, who served
as a chaplain with the U. S. Navy
during World War II, with the
rank of lieutenant, senior grade,
has been attached to the Redemp-
torist Mission House, Richmond,
Va., since he was discharged from
the service. In his new assign- ■
ment, Father Downing will do
missionary work in addition to
his parochial duty.
Father Downing comes to Grif
fin to replace Father Gilbert Mc
Cormack, C.SS.R., who has been
appointed assistant pastor of St.
Joseph’s Church in Dalton, where
he will serve the mission at Car-
tersville, and as priest in charge
of St. Bernadette’s Church in Ce-
dartown.
Father John Doherty, C.SS.R.,
who will continue his present as
signment as assistant pastor of
the Sacred Heart Church here,
will continue to serve as director
of the local Catholic Youth Or
ganization and as instructor of the
Convert class.
Father John Schomberg,
C.SS.R., formerly assistant pas
tor of St. Joseph’s Church, Dalton,
is leaving for San Juan, Puerto
Rico, where the Resiemptorlst Fa
thers have a number of missions.
Two Masses are now being of-,
fered each Sunday at the Sa
cred Heart Church here, and Mass
is also offered by the Redemplo-
rist Fathers every Sunday at tha
mission stations in Barnesville,
McDonough and Jackson.
WORLD PREMIERE of “Citi
zen Saint,” a dramatized film
biography of Mother Cabrinl, first
American citizen to be canonize^
will take place in February, ac
cording to Clyde Elliott, the pro
ducer. The film was made at tin
RKO Pathe Studio in New York,
and Cania Dare, young actress,
whose mother, Consignlla Bartol
omei. was a co-worker of Mother
Cabrini in the founding of Co
lumbus Hospital, Chicago,
the title role.