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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
NOVEMBER 29, 1947
AT LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION CONVENTION LUNCHEON—Pictured in this group at the speak
ers’ table at the luncheon given in connection with the thirty-second annual convention of the Catholic
Laymen’s Association of Georgia, held in Columbus, are, left to right Mrs. George R. Connor, treasurer
of the Columbus Branch of the Association; Mrs. John B. Byrne, secretary of the Columbus Branch;
Hugh Kinchley, Augusta, executive secretary of the Laymen’s Association; Marshall Wellborn, presi
dent of the Rome Branch of the Laymen’s Association, who responded to the address of welcome by
City Manager Willman of Columbus; Clarence Haverty, Atlanta, chairman of the Constitution and By-
Laws Revision Committee; Richard Reid, K. S. G., New York, former executive secretary of the Asso
ciation; Mrs. J. Mark Mote. Columbus, member of the Association’s executive committee, and Estes
Doremus, Atlanta, president of the Laymen’s Association. ' 1
Endowment Fund
Committee Holds
Annual Meeting
(Spcctial to The Bulletin)
COLUMBUS, Ga. — In connec
tion with the convention of the
Catholic Laymen’s Association of
Georgia, held in Columbus, Octo
ber 26, the Endowment Fund
Committee of the Association held
its annual meeting with the fol
lowing trustees attending: Mon
signor Joseph E. Moylan, Vicar
General of the Diocese of Savan
nah - Atlanta, who represented
Bishop Gerald P. O’Hara; Martin
J. Callaghan, K. S. G., Macon: Es
tes Doremus, Atlanta; Fred Wig
gins, Albany; Bernard J. Kane,
Atlanta.
Mr. Callaghan, chairman of the
Endowment Fund Committee,
presided, and Mr. Kane acted as
secretary in the absence of
Hughes Spalding, of Atlanta, sec-
reiary-trcasurer of the committee.
Other members of the committee
not able to attend were Bernard
S. Fahy, Rome, A. M. Battey, Au
gusta; Fred Doyle, Savannah, and
James Dickey, Atlanta.
Mr. Kane presented on be
half of the treasurer, a financial
statement covering the period
from October 18, 1946, to October
30, 1947.
Attention was called to the fact
that during the period, the En
dowment Fund had received in
come on investments and interest
on funds deposited in bank, in the
amount of $1,324.62, and that dur
ing the period the fund had also
received donations in the amount
of $550.00 making total receipts
for the fiscal year $1,874.62.
The financial statement further
showed that the Trustees during
the year had acquired 13 shares
of the capital stock of the Stand
ard Oil Company of New Jersey,
at a cost of $907.42, and 5 shares
of DuPont common stock at a cost
of $953.49.
The item of donations was made
up of the following gifts: Alfred
M. Battey, in memory of his broth
er, Captain Louis LeGarde Bat
tey, one ’of the founders of the
Catholic Laymen’s Association,
who was killed in action in Franco
in World War I, $100.00; William
Shaw McCallum, Boston, $50.00;
R. D. Kingman. Macon, in memory
of Rose Jones Kingman, $100.00;
Mrs. Logan Lewis, Macon, in
memory of Mr. and Mrs. Albert J.
Vits, $100.00; The Fahy Store,
Rome, in memory of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Fahy, $100.00; Hughes
Spalding, Atlanta, in memory of
Colonel Jack J. Spalding, $100.00.
The treasurer’s report showed
that the assets of the Endowment
Fund, as of October 20, 1947, in
cluded the following items: Cash
in bank. $197.26: U. S. Bonds, Se
ries G, $9,500.00: 38 shares Geor
gia Railroad and Banking Compa
ny stock, $6,222.50; 300 shares
American Bakeries Company
stock. $9,337.50: 25 shares of
Standard Oil Company of New
Jersey stock. $1,890.63; 5 shares of
DuPont de Nemours stock, $960.00,
making a total of $28,107.89.
Mr. Callaghan called attention
to the fact that the term of office
of Hughes Spalding would expire
at the adjurnment of the meeting.
Thereupon, on a motion moved,
seconded, and unanimously adopt
ed, it was resolved that Mr. Spal
ding be elected as a Trustee for a
six-year term.
Attention was directed to the
fact that the Articles creating the
Endowment Fund Committee pro
vide that the Vice-President of
the Catholic Laymen’s Association
of Georgia shall be the chairman
of the committee, and it was voted
that Martin J. Callaghan, of Ma
con, who holds the office of Hon
orary Vice-President of the Lay
men’s Association, continue to be
chairman of the committee. Mr.
Spalding was re-elected secretary-
CHARLES P. BERRY
DIES IN FLORENCE
FLORENCE, S. C. — Charles
Pinckney Berry, pioneer citizen of
Florence, died on November 21 at
at the home of his nephew and
niece, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. McCur
dy. Funeral services were held
from St. Anthony’s Church, Father
William A. Tobin officiating.
Mr. Berry was born in old Mar
ion County, now Dillon County,
July 20, 1866, a son of the late
Daniel F. Berry and Mrs. Nancy
Rogers Berry.
More than fifty years ago, Mr.
Berry was the proprietor of a ho
tel here, and then was engaged in
the livestock business. Later he
moved to Summerville, where he
operated a brick manufacturing
plant, coming back to this city
about fifteen years ago.
Mr. Berry is survived by a sis
ter, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Layton,
of Marion; two brothers, Frank Al
len Berry, of Florence, and Lot
Monroe Berry,, of Marion, and sev
eral nieces and nephews. His wife,
Mrs. Viola Susan Buckheit Berry,
died five years ago.
MRS. BRIDGET COLLINS
FUNERAL IN AUGUSTA
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. Bridget McCarthy
Collins, widow of the late John B.
Collins, who died November 11,
were held at St. Patrick's Church,
Father Harold J. Barr officiating.
Mrs. Collins, a lifelong resident
of Augusta, was the daughter of
the late John J. McCarthy and
Mrs. Anne McGovern McCarthy.
She is survived by a nephew,
John J. Tarleton, of Atlanta; a
niece, Mrs. Anne T. Sheehan. Au
gusta; and two great-nephews,
Aloysius Sheehan, Long Beach,
Calif., and Jack Tarleton, Atlanta.
MISS ANN LONDERGAN
FUNERAL IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga. — Funeral ser
vices for Miss Ann Londergan
were held November 14 at the
Sacred Heart Church, Father F.
M. Perry, S. M., officiating.
Miss Londergan is survived by
a niece, Mrs. Otto W. Lyle, At
lanta; two nephews, Maurice S.
McGarry, New York City, and
Samuel J. McGarry, of Jackson
ville.
Death in Sweden of
Hugh James Harte,
Savannah War Hero
CORPORAL BOT1IAMLEY
DIES IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga. — Funeral 'ser
vices for Corporal Jack Botham-
ley, Jr., U. S. Army, died October
15, funeral services being held at
the Sacred Heart Church, with
Father Francis M. Perry, S. M.,
officiating.
Corporal Bothamley is survived
by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Bothamley, and an aunt, Miss
Mora Hannan.
MRS. C. C. HARTNETT
DIES IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C. — Funeral
services for Mrs. Mrs Corinne Cor
by Hartnett, wife of Christopher
C. Hartnett, who died November
20, were held at Our Lady of Mer
cy Church, Father A. W. Calner
officiating.
SAVANNAH, Ga.—-Hugh James
Harte native of Savannah and
World War II veteran, died on No
vember 12 in Gothenburg, Sweden,
according to advices received here
by members of his family through
the Moore-McCormack Steamship
Company.
Mr. Harte joined the merchant
marine about a year ago and was
a member of the crew of a Moore-
McCormack ship at the time of his
death.
The popular young veteran was
stationed at Wheeler Field, near
Honolulu, when the Japanese at
tacked Pearl Harbor, on Decem
ber 7, 1941, and was cited for ex
ceptional bravery by the Army.
He was in the same unit to which
Sgt. George K. Gannem, Savan
nah’s first casualty in World War
II, was attached. At one time,
Mr. Harte was crew chief under
Maj. Gen. Frank O’D. Hunter.
Born in Savannah, August 8,
1916, he was-a graduate of sBcne-
dictine Military Academy. He serv
ed in the Army from May, 1939,
to August, 1945, and participated
in several major engagements in
the Pacific theatre.
Mr. Harte is survived by four
sisters, Mrs. Julius F. Gazan, Mrs.
Albert J. Grevemberg, Jr., Sister
M. Nolasco, R. S. M., Macon, and
Miss Mary Jo Harte; two brothers,
Church Resisted Tyranny Yesterday,
Resists Totalitarianism Today, Says
Holy Father in Addressing Roman Rota
VATICAN CITY—(Radio, NO—
Addressing the Sacred Roman
Rota at the inauguration of the
new juridical year, His Holiness
Pope Pius XXII remarked that
the very same persons who, in
the past, called upon the Church
to resist tyrannical regimes, are
now, after they have reached
power, bitterly attacking the
Church for doing that very thing.
The Holy Father further de
veloped the theme of the differ
ences between the ecclesiastical
and civil juridical orders, which
he had discussed in 1945 and 1946
in addresses at audiences given to
ihe Sacred Rota. He declared
that the differences between these
two orders preclude forced sub
mission of the Church to the State,
or insertion of the Church into
the State, toward which totalitar
ianism tends. On the other hand,
the Pontiff explained, these dif
ferences do not exclude some form
of harmonious relationship be
tween the two societies, Church
and State, nor do they dictate a
cold, agnostic, indifferent separa
tion.
Under different forms, coopera
tion of the two societies has pro
duced fruits in the past, the Pope
said, adding that Church and State
have the same founder—God—and
(he same subject—man—with the
same natural and supernatural
personal dignity.
The report on the activities of
the Rota was submitted by its
Dean, Monsignor Andrea Jullien.
In his address of homage to the
Pontiff he declared that the
juridical year 1946-47 was a suc
cessful year for the Rota, since
it could frequently repeat that
“Blessed are they that suffer per
secution for justice’ sake.”
Monsignor Jullien then referred
to criticism accusing the Rota,
on the one hand, of favoring the
rich in dissolving marriages and
introducing divorce, and on the
other hand, of manifesting an in
transigent tenacity in defending
the marriage bond, even when it
is unsupportable by human
strength.
He then cited statistics showing
that of 5,750,000 marriages con
tracted in Italy since the con
clusion of the Concordat in 1929,
only 1,156 were annulled or dis
pensed as non-consummated. This
James P. Harte, Savannah, John
H. Harte, New Orleans, and by j corresponds to an average of 68
his step-mother, Mrs. John II. cases a year, or 0.02 per cent of
Harte, Sr. I the total number of marriages.
Regarding the accusation of
favoring the rich, Monsignor
Jullien cited these figures: Out of
833 annulment requests submitted
to the Sa'cred Roman Rota during
the past ten years, 498 were denied
and 335 granted. Among the lat
ter, 185 cases were handled free
of any charge because they in
volved poor persons. Judges of
Ihe Rota, he concluded, have only
God before their eyes in render
ing judgment.
In his reply, the Holy Father
said that the past year was one of
consolation and bitterness, of con
quest and struggle, for the Church
against the constant opposition of
the world. What men expected
from, and asked the Church to do
yesterday; namely, to resist un
just impositions and to denounce
publicly the oppression of con
sciences by totalitarian regimes—■
something which the Church did
on its own initiative and in its own
way—is regarded today by these
very same men, who have now at
tained power, as criminal and un
lawful interference in the domain
of civil authorities.
The same arguments, the Pontiff
continued, that were used by yes
terday’s tyrannical regimes against
the Church, defending the divine
rights and the dignity and liberty
of men, are used today by the
new tyrants to combat the
Church’s persevering action in de
fending truth and justice.
“But the Church marches direct
ly along its way, always tending
toward the end for which it was
instituted by its Divine Founder:
namely, to lead men by the super
natural paths of virtue and good
to eternal celestial happiness,
which simultaneously promotes
peaceful and prosperous human
collaboration,” the Pope declared.
SAVANNAH KIWANIANS HEAR
MONSIGNOR McNAMARA
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Monsignor
T. James McNamara, rector of the
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist,
discussed the trends of the mod
ern world, using the United States
concept of democracy, as based
on the Ten Commandments, in an
address delivered at the October
28 meeting of the Savannah Ki-
wanis Club.
Monsignor McNamara was in
troduced by John L. ..Sutlive, and
Kirk Sutlive, president of the Sa
vannah Kiwanis Club, presided.
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treasurer of the committee.
B. S. Fahy, of Home, one of the
members of (he committee who
was unable to attend the meeting,
sent his check for $100.00 to the
Endowment Fund as a memorial
to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thom
as Fahy. Fred Wiggins, of Albany,
also a member of the committee,
presented his check for $100.00 as
a memorial to his parents, Fred
Wiggins, Sr., and Mrs. Margaret
Wiggins. Bernard J. Kane, of At
lanta, made a contribution of
$200.00 to the fund in memory of I
his sons Lieutenant John Brady '
Kane and Lieutenant Joseph Nor
man Kane, both of whom gave
their lives in the service of their
country during World War II.
Best Wishes
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