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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
FIGHTING INFANTILE PARALYSIS—The Nation’s Catholic
hospitals, in common with others, were ready and able to cope with
the severe epidemic of infantile paralysis which swept the country
last summer, largely through the March of Dimes money provided
by -the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis..
Typical is the case of St Francis Hospital, Peoria, Illinois, in
the heart of last summer’s polio region. Splendidly equipped as it is
to take care of any normal outbreak of the disease, the furious on
slaught of the malady in the summer of 1946 soon overtaxed the
hospital’s facilities. Not only did it receive patients from its own
county, but eighteen surrounding counties sent victims of the disease
in for treatment.
Emergency beds, “Iron lungs’’ and other needed equipment was
moved to St. Francis Hospital and a staff of highly trained therapist
was installed and paid by the National Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis out of March of Dimes Funds.
The 1947 March of Dimes, the only means the National Founda
tion has for collecting funds, is taking place between January 15
and January 30. As in previous years, all counties retain half of all
collections made in their territory. The other half is sent to National
Headquarters to finance research in polio; to conduct a widespread
program of public education, and to form a pool of funds to take
care of any epidemic which may break out anywhere in the country.
Memory of Mrs. Branigan
Honored in Resolutions
by Greenville N. C. C. W.
January 25, 1947
PARENT-TEACHERS HOLD
MEETING IN SAVANNAH
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Capt. George
W. Gehres, training officer of the
U. S. Public Health Service’s local
field training station, gave an in
teresting talk on visibility and
classroom lighting before a meet
ing of the Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation of the Cathedral School.
Captain Gehres discussed the
various factors of visibility and
told how size, distance, contrast
and brightness of the object enter
into the picture as seen by the
human eye.
Ninety-seven mothers attended
the meeting at which Monsignor
T. James McNamara, rector of
the Cathedral of St. John the
Baptist, and Sister M. Gilbert, R.
S. M., px-incipal of the school,
were other speakers.
Mrs. William O’Hayer presided
and pupils of- the fifth grade pre
sented a play as an entertaining
feature of the meeting.
Charles F. Powers
Heads Savannah
Catholic Center
(Special to The Bulletin)
GREENVILLE, S. C. — At the
recent meeting of the Greenville
Council of Catholic Women, res
olutions were adopted as a trib
ute to the memory of Mrs. Eliza
Forde Branigan, whose death
took place several weeks ago.
The resolutions, which were
presented by a committee com
posed of Mrs. Jack Kearney, pres
ident of the Charleston Diocesan
Council of the National Council of
Catholic Women; Mrs. W. L.
Brigham, president of the Green
ville Council, and Mrs. Jesse Mil
ler, read as follows:
WHEREAS, the Divine Author,
on November 29, 1946, wrote
“Finis,’’ bringing to a close the
eighty-seven years of Eliza Forde
Branigan; a life filled with sanc
tity, sixty years’ daily attendance
at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass;
benignity, charity and humility,
and
WHEREAS, the Greenville
Council of the National Council
of Catholic Women has lost its
oldest member, both in years of
affiliation, be it
RESOLVED that the deepest
sympathy of this organization be
extended to the bereaved son,
daughters, and brother, and be it
further
RESOLVED that a copy of
these resolutions be sent the
family, published in the news
papers, and psread upon the min
utes of the Greenville Council.
“Slumbers sweet Thy mercy send
her
Heavenly hope and peace attend
her
This livelong night.”
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CHARLESTON, S. C. — Miss
Alice Polumbo, of New Britain,
Conn., and Mr. Julius D. Morris,
of Georgetown, were married on
December 19, in the rectory of the
Cathedral of St. John the Bap
tist, Father Louis Sterker officiat
ing.
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ATLANTA, Ga.—Miss Octavia
Shanahan and Mr. Roye E. Joy
ner were married recently at the
Sacred Heart Church.
Mrs. Joyner is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Shanahan, of
Waycross. Mr. Joyner, at present
attending the Medical College of
the University of Georgia, in Au
gusta, is from College Park.
SACRED HEART SCHOOL
The January meeting of the
Parent-Teacher Association of the
Sacred Heart School was a “Fath
ers’ Night’ ’session, at which the
speakers were Monsignor T. James
McNamara, rector of the Cathe
dral of St. John the Baptist, and
Father Robert Brennan, O. S. B.,
pastor of Sacred Heart Church.
Mrs. A. J. Schano presided at
the meeting, which was followed
by a spaghetti supper.
BLESSED SACRAMENT
A highlight of the January meet
ing of the Parent-Teacher Associa
tion of the Blessed Sacrament
School was an interesting talk by
Dr. Ruth Sumner of the Chatham-
Savannah Health Department.
Dr. Sumner spoke on the pre
vention of accidents in the home
and dental, care, illsutrating the
latter subject with a motion pic
ture which emphasized the care
of the teeth.
Father Thomas A. Brennan, pas
tor of the Blessed Sacrament
Church, announced that a parish
social would be held in the parish
hall on January 29, with Mrs.
John Sullivan as general chair
man of the committee in charge.
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Charles
Powers was re-elected president
and treasurer of the Catholic Com
munity Center at the annual meet
ing held on January 16, other of
ficers chosen being Dan J. Shee
han, vice-president, and C. A
McCarthy, secretary.
Thomas J. Canty and L. Gor
don Whelan, both of whom are
past grand knights of Savannah
Council, No. 631, Knights of Co
lumbus, were new directors
named. Members of the board
who continue in office are John
M. Brennan, John G. Butler
James F. Glass, Hugh H. Grady,
C. A. McCarthy, M. J. O’Leary,
C. F. Powers, John J. Powers,
John S. Robertson ; Jr., A. J.
Ryan, Jr., Dan J. Sheehan, A. J.
Schano, J. Arthur Kearney, Carlo
J. Desposito, representing the
Knights of Columbus; William J.
Ryan and Mrs.. C. R. Gannon,
representing the Ancient Order
of Hibernians, and Mrs. Harry T.
Wilson, representing the Catholic
Women’s Club. The two new
directors will be additional repre
sentative of the K. of C.
The directors voted to redeem
$2,000 in certificates of indebted
ness effecting February 1. An
interesting report on the varied
Catholic activities being conduct
ed at the Catholic Community
Center, at Liberty and Bull streets
was made by Mr. Desposito.
Monsignor Murphy
Addresses Rotary
Club in Columbia
ATLANTA ALTAR SOCIETY
SPONSORS SILVER TEA
ATLANTA, Ga.—Members of
the Altar Society of the Cathedral
of Christ the King, sponsored their
tenth annual silver tea, on Jan
uary 14, at the home of Miss May
Haverty.
Mrs. Edward M. Chapman,
president of the society, acted as
hostess, with Miss Haverty, and
others in the receiving line were
Mrs. William Schroder, Mrs. B. J.
Kane, Mrs. James Smith, Mrs. Wil
liam J. McAlpin, Jr., Mrs. Estes
Doremus, Mrs. Bernard Winters,
past presidents of the Society,
and Mrs. Alex Smith, Mrs. Har
rison Atkins, Mrs. Joseph Gerling
and Mrs. William J. Stephens,
present officers.
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ORANGEBURG,* S. C.—Mr. and
Mrs. Marion Felder announce the
marriage of their daughter. Miss
Ella Margaret Felder, and Mr.
Elliott Darby Moore, on January
16, Father Joseph T. Rodig,
C.SS.R., pastor of Holy Trinty
Church, officiating.
Mr. Moore is the son of Mrs. R.
G. Moore, of Fort Motte, and the
late Dr. Henry Pinckney Moore,
of Charleston and Orangeburg.
BRYANT-DUFFY
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CHARLESTON, S. C.—Miss Sa
rah Anne Duffy and Mr. John
Wesley Bryant, Jr., were married
on January 18 at St. Patrick’s
Church, Father J. Lawrence Mc
Laughlin officiating.
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THOMAS J. GILMORE,
ATLANTA, SERIOUSLY ILL
ATLANTA, Ga.—Friends of
Thomas J. Gilmore, faithful nav
igator of the Bishop Gerald P.
O’Hara Assembly of the Fourth
Degree Knigts of Columbus in
Atlanta, and well-known in K. of
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SAVANNAH, Ga.—Of interest
here "is the announcement of the
n.arriage of Miss Lucille Corkery,
of Memphis, Tenn., and Mr. Dan
iel A. O’Connor, formerly of Sa
vannah, on January 11, at the
Blessed Sacrament Church in
Memphis, Mosignor Marlin E.
Kearney officiating and offering
the Nuptial Mass.
Mrs, O'Connor is the daughter
of William F. Corkery arid the
late Mrs. Corkery, of Memphis.
Mr. O’Connor is the son of the
late Mr. and Mrs- Edward F.
O'Connor, of Savannah.
C. circles throughout the South,
will regret to learn that x he is
seriously ill in Nashville, Tenn.,
where he was visiting relatives.
Mr. Gilmore is connected with
the display advertising department
of The Atlanta Journal.
COLUMBIA, S. C. — Monsignor
Martin C. Murphy, V. F., pastor of
St . Peter’s Church, was the
speaker at the luncheon meeting
of the Columbia Rotary Club held
on December 30, Monsignor Mur
phy return’ed to his native Ireland
last summer, and in his talk he
reviewed conditions as he found
them in Eire.
Some foods were limited, but
there was a much more adequate
supply of foodstuffs in Ireland
than in England, he said. One rea
son he could not visit England last
summer was that visitors were re
stricted because of the food short
age.
Gasoline was also scarce and
still rationed, and it cost about 30
cents a mlie for transportation. .
Monsignor Murphy told of thie
beauty of the green fields he ob
served and said the Irish people
were carrying on courageously.
The Irish have fine horses and
greyhounds, some of the dogs he
saw being later shipped to Flori
da for the dog-racing season.
He paid high tribute to the
nearly two hundred war brides
who came to America on the ship
on which he returned. These
young women were amazed at the
quantity and quality of food that
was served on shipboard, as they
came from England and France
and any number of other coun
tries that had suffered during the
war.
Roy Burns, Savannah,
With Sales Department
of Candle Making Firm
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga. — R o y A.
Burns, formerly secretary to Mon
signor T. James McNamara, rector
of the Cathedral of St. John the
Baptist and Superintendent of
Schools for the Diocese of Savan-
nah-Atlanta, who recently returned
to civilian life after serving in the
Navy, is again associated with the
sales department of the A. Gross
Candle Company. Inc., of Balti
more, as that firm’s representative
in this section of the South.
Mr. Burns, who held the rating
of a chief yeoman in the U. S.
Naval Reserve, entered the service
in June, ,1942, and saw action in
North Africa, Sicily and France.
While attached to the office of
the Flag Secretary of the U. S.
Naval'Headquarters in London,
Mr. Burns received a commenda
tion from Admiral H. Kent Hewitt,
Commander of U. S. Naval Forces
in Europe, in recognition of his
performance of duty while attach
ed to the Staff of Commander
Task Force Eighty-Five, prior to,
and during the invasion of Sicily
and Normandy.
Miss Eleanor Bultman
Now on Staff of Florida
Catholic Charity Bureau
(Special to The Bulletin)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Miss
Eleanor Riordan Bultman, a re
cent graduate of the National
Catholic School of Social- Service
fn Washington, D. C., is now a
case worker with the Catholic
Charities Bureau of the Diocese
of St. Augustine.
Miss Bultman, who was assign
ed to the Jacksonville office of
the Catholic Charities Bureau,
was one of the outstanding stu
dents at the Washington school.
She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles F. J. Bultman, of
Columbia, S. C. Her mother, the
former Miss Jessie Stulb, of Au
gusta, Ga., is the immediate past
president of the' Charleston Dio
cesan Council • of the National
Council of Catholic Women, and a
former member of the national
board of the N. C. C. W.
Miss Bultman attended the Ur-
suline High School, in Columbia,
the Ursuline College, Louisville,
Ky., where she received her B. A.
degree in June, 1944. In the fall
of that year she entered the Na
tional Catholic School of Social
Service in Washington, and in
June of this year received her
certificate in social work from the
school with a Master of Science
degree in social work from the
Catholic University of America,
with which the school is affiliat
ed.
Child welfare is Miss Bult-
man’s major field. She did her
field work with the Children’s'
Division of the Arlington County
Department of Public Welfare,
Virginia, during her second year
of graduate work. Since joining
the staff of the Catholic Chari
ties Bureau in Jacksonville, she
has been official case worker for
St. Mary’s Home there.
Compliments of
HORIZON TERRAZZO CO.
762 State Street, N. W.
Atlanta, Ga.
AT A CEREMONY in the pri
vate Papal Library, His Holiness
Pope Pius XII ordered the read
ing of the “Tuto” decree issued
by the Sacred Congregation of
Rites for the canonization of the
Blessed Catherine Laboure, who
received the revelation of the Mi
raculous Medal, and of another
decree approving two miracles
proposed for the canonization of
the Blessed Giuseppe Cafasso.
“BLESS AND GUIDE the Presi
dent of our beloved United States
in his attempt to fashion a peace”
and "help us to keep alive the
startling truth that a handful of
straw can be more potent than an
iron fist,” Monsignor John J. Reil
ly, director of the National Shrine
of the Immaculate Conception in"
Washington, prayed in delivering
the benediction at the ceremony
held in connection with the light
ing of the Christmas tree at the
White House, by President Tru
man
Best Wishes
A. B. (BUD) FOSTER, Sheriff
Fulton County
*. Atlanta, Ga.
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