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JANUARY 25. 1947 THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA SEVEN HENRY W. POTEFT FUNERAL HOME MRS. WII.LIAM J. MULIIERIN, Receptionist 529 GREENE STREET AUGUSTA. GEORGIA CLARK LAUNDRY - DRY CLEANING TWO COMPLETE PLANTS 1107 Peachtree St., N. E. 2967 Peachtree Road HEmlock 4466 CHerokee 5311 ATLANTA, GEORGIA ROBERT T. OTIS COMPANY REALTORS We Specialize in Business Property of All Kinds Rhodes-Haverty Building Atlanta, Georgia ESTABLISHED 1889 Complete Banking and Trust F-acilities * The Liberty National Bank & Trust Co. SAVANNAH,GEORGIA C. S. Sanford, President N. K. Clark, Vice-President fr Trust Officer R. If. Gignllllat. Cashier Hugh H.Grady, Ass'tCashier b*Ass t Trust Officer G.W. Upchurch. Ass'tCashier MKMHKK K K D K R A L DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION The Georgia State Savings Association Bull and York Streets Savannah. Ga. Established 1*9« ’ Chartered Banktnc and Trust Company A BANK WHICH GIVES YOU SAFETY—SERVICE—SECURITY Out-of-Town Checks Accepted at Par UNDER STATE SUPERVISION ' .Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Serving Southern Investors for Fifty-Two Years i n.s o n-Hu mphre y G o m.p apy ESTABLISHED 1894 RHODES HAVERTY BLDG. WAlnut yt)3l6 ATLANTA I, GEORGIA LONC DISTANCE 108 SAINT JOSEPH'S INFIRMARY SCHOOL OF NURSING Atlanta, Georgia Approved by the Georgia State Boara of Examiners for Nurses and by the Committee on Nursing Education of the Catholic Hospital Association. ' Scholarships available to qualified High School gradu ates. Next class begins February 3, 1947. For information apply to Director of School of Nursing. Phone WAlnut 7131, Extension 48 Georgian Pronounces Vows as Benedictine John Gordon Napier, of Ringgold, Enter St. Ber nard’s Monastery, in Ala bama, as Brother Bernard, 0. S. B. Mrs. George Allen Dies in Atlanta ATLANTA, Ga.—Father Cuth- bert Bender, O. S. B., assistant pastor of the Immaculate Concep tion Church, officiated at services held here for Mrs. George Pierce Allen, who pied in Atlanta on January 14, following an ex tended illness. Funeral services were held in New York City. The daughter of the late Rich ard Hite, editor of the Memphis Commercial Appeal, Mrs. Allen was the former Miss Mary Hite. She was the great-great-great- granddaughter of John Quincy Adams., Mrs. Allen left Memphis short ly after her graduation from St. Mary's convent there. She and her sister later edited a weekly newspaper in Fort Smith, Ark., hand-setting type themselves on Ihe stories they wrote. She was the widow jaf George Pierce Allen, Atlanta merchant, to whom she was married in 1890. Mrs. Allen later moved to New .York, where she remained until retuning to Atlanta because of ill health. Mrs. Allen is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Adelaide Allen, of Atlanta; a son. William George Allen, of Arlington. Va., live grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. BROTHER BERNARD, O. S. B. (Special t« The Bulletin) CULLMAN, Ala. — A former Ringgold, Georgia, boy, John Gor don Napier, recently confirmed his intention of entering the religious life as a Benedictine brother, by pronouncing his triennial vows at St. Bernard’s Abbey. Brother Bernard, as he will be known in religion, made his profession at a Pontifical Mass celebrated by the Right Rev. Boniface Seng, O. S. B.. Abbot of St. Bernard's. Although Brother Bernard’s father. T. C. Napier, of Ringgold, was not able to attend, Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Farrell, of Ringgold, and Mr. and Mrs’. Jack Jones, of Chalanooga, Tenn., were present to witness the impressive cere mony. Because of his youth, Brother Bernard will be obliged to wait for threg years, until he is twenty- one. before pronouncing his final vows as a Benedictine. Brother Bernard attended gram mar school at Burning Bush, Ga , and attended Notre Dame High School, in Chattanooga, for one year. He completed-his high school course at St. Bernard's College. Assisting Abbot Boniface were Father Urban White, O. S. B., Father Adrian Donauer, O. S. B., Father Damian Gusmus. O. S. B.', Father Richard Jax, O. S. B., Fath er .^loysius Plaisance, O. S. B., Father Bede Luibel, O. S. B., Fath er Raphael Salasek, O. S. B., all of St. Bernard’s Abbey. Brother Bernard became a pos tulant in June, 1345, and entered the novitiate in December of that year. OLDEST U. S. PRIEST DIES IN NEW ENGLAND NATICK, Mass. — Monsignor Michael F. Delaney, believed, here to be the oldest Catholic priest in the United States on active duty, died at the age of ninety-six. He had been pastor of St. Patrick's Church here for fifty-six years, and only recently celebrated the seventy-first anniversary of his ordination and had completed plans for a Christmas parly for the children of the parish. MRS. W. M. CAIN DIES IN ATLANTA ATLANTA, Ga. — Funeral ser vices for Mrs. W. M. Cain were held January 9 from the Immacu late Conception Church. Father Joseph R. Smith officiating. MISS MAUDE MOORE DIES IN SAVANNAH SAVANNAH, Ga.-^-Funeral ser vices for Miss Maude A! Moore, who died/January 5. were held from the Sacred Heart Church. Miss Moore was a clerk in the office of the auditor of traffic of the Central of Georgia Railway for tv. : enty years. Miss Moore was the daughter of Mrs. Mary O’Brien Moore and the late James A. Moore. In addition to Her mother. Miss Moore is sur vived by six sisters, Mrs. Eliza beth Brock, Mrs. J. O. Summer lin, .Mrs. George Lucken, Mrs. L. C. Mathews; Mrs. J. Ormond Lloyd and Miss A»n Moore; four brothers, William N. Moore, Hen ry J, Moore, Charles E. Moore, and Bernard M. Moore, and a number of nieces and nephews. SACRED HEART SCHOOL MOTHERS’ CLUB HOLDS MEETING IN ATLANTA ATLANTA, Ga.—An interesting meeting of the Mothers’ Club of the Sacred Heart School, held on January 8, was well attended. Plans for a new first-aid room were discussed and the mepibers heard talks by Miss Gertrude Corrigan, on the Catholic Lay men's Association of Georgia, and Mrs. William J. McAlpin, on af filiation with the National Coun cil of Catholic Women. Members and friends of Mrs. E. J. Feehtel, president of the club, regret that she is leaving Atlanta to make her home in Jacksonville. In the short time that she has headed the club, Mrs. Feehtel has conducted its meetings and af fairs in a gracious and efficient manner. Following the business session there was a tea, with Mrs. F. X. Kerseher as hostess. Simmons Plating Works Largest and Oldest in the South—Established 1891 Gold, Silver, Brass and Chromium Plating . * Xpert Rcptating, Repairing and Refinishlng of Sacred Vessels, Itar Candlesticks and Church Metalware of Every Description 219 Pryor St., S. VV„ Atlanta 3, Georgia EDWARD G. HERMAN DIES IN AUGUSTA AUGUSTA. Ga. — Funeral ser vices for Edward George Herman, who died December 31, were held from the Sacred Heart Church, Father J. E. O’Donohoe, S. J„ of ficiating. Mr. Herman is survived by his mother. Mrs. William A. Herman; three sisters, Mrs. Thomas H. Brittingham, Augusta, Mrs. Rob ert Arthur, Athens, Sister Mary Louise, C. S! J,, Kansas City, Mo.; two brothers. William A. Herman. Jr., and Marion J, Herman. Au gusta, and a number of nieces and nephews. DUVAL A. LONCON DIES IN SAVANNAH SAVANNAH, Ga. — Funeral services for Duval A. Loncon, who died December 14, were held from Oiir Lady of Lourdes Church at Port Wentworth. A native' of Sorrel, La.-. Mr. Lon con had made his home in Savan nah since 1920. He is' survived by five brothers, Anthony Loncon. George Loncon, Morris Loncon, Sidney Loncon and Russell Lon con; three sisters, Mrs. August Barras, Mrs. Sidney Rachou and Miss- Inez Loncon,’ all of Savan nah. and a number of nieces and nephews. MRS. SARAH COOPER DIES IN SAVANNAH SAVANNAH, Ga.—Funeral ser vices for Mrs. Sarah Reilly Coop er, who died December 18, were held from the Sacred Heart Church. The widow - of John Cooper, Mrs. Cooper is survived by a sis ter, Mrs. Mary Barry; three neph ews, W. A. Barry, Frank Barry and John Barry, anj several grand-nieces nad grand-nephews, all of Savannah. Rev. Thomas F. Cashiii, Formerly of Augusta, Ordained in Nashville FATHER CASHIN (Special to The Bulletin) MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Rev. Thomas F. Cashin. son of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick O’Brien Cashin, of Memphis, formerly of Augusta, Ga., was ordained • to the priest hood on December 21, by the Most Rev. William L. Adrian, D. D., Bishop of Nashville, at the Cathedral of the incarnation in Nashville. On December 22, Father Cash in celebrated his first Solemu High Mass at the Sacred Heart Church in Memphis, with the Right Rev. Monsignor Louis J. Kempheus, the pastor, as assis tant priest; the Rev. Carl Fass- nacht, deacon; the Rev. Paul Mor ris, subdeacon, and the Rev. James Murphy, master of Cere monies. The sermon was delivered -by Father William Morgan, assistant pastor of St. Joseph’s Church, and professor of English at the Cath olic High School for Boys, who spoke eloquently of the dignity and honor of the priesthood, of its cherished traditions, and of the tremendous responsibility facing the newly ordained piiest. Father Morgan congratulated the parents of tile new priest, not only on the fact that their only son whs now a priest, but more so because their example had piayed such a prominent part in leading their son to the altar. In the evening, Father Cashin was honored at a reception at the home of his parents.. Among the relatives and friends of Father Cashin. who attended his ordination were Father Harold J. Barr, pastor of St. Patrick’s Church, Augusta, pa.; Sister Mary Thomas, C. S. J., his aunt, and Sister Mary de Sales, C. S. J., 6f Mount St. Joseph Convent, Augus ta; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bohler, Lawrence Cashin. Harry Cashin, and Miss Cecile Ferry; all of Au gusta. and Mr. and Mrs. Gerard M. Carroll, and Louis Sylvester, bf Long Island, City, N Y. Father Cashin was born in Au gusta, Ga.. in 1921. He attended the Sacred Heart parochial school and high school in Memphis; the Christian Brothers’ College here, the University of Tennessee, St. Ambrose College. Davenport, la., and completed his study for the priesthood at Kenrick Seminary in St. Louis. He will serve as a priest of the Diocese of Nashville. K. of C. in Charleston to Confer Degrees (Special (o The Bulletin) CHARLESTON. S. C.—Bishop P. N. Lyftch Council, No. 704, Knights of Columbus, will confer the first, second and third degrees on a class of seventy-five cah- didates at a ceremonial which will be held on February 9, William J. Wolff, grand knight of the council, has announced. The class which will be named in honor of Manual II. Brown, warden of Bishop Lynch Council, will include candidates from Charleston and oilier places in South Carolina and Georgia. The committee making arrange ments for the initiation is headed by Daniel J. Sullivan. NEW ORGANGIVEN TO CHURCH IN ALBANY ALBANY, Ga. — St. Theresa’s Church here has a new Hammond organ, the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. McCormack, members of the parish. - The new organ, which lias been on order for two years, arrived in time to be used during the ser vices on Christmas Day.