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TWENTY FOUR
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
DECEMBER 20, 1947
CATHOLIC CHURGH
BEING ERECTED AT
BAXLEY, GEORGIA
BAXLEY, Ga.—Father Freder
ick V. Gilbert, O. M. I„ Superior
of the Oblate Fathers Mission
House, in Douglas, and pastor of
St. Paul's Church, in that city, has
announced that the work of erect
ing a Catholic church in Baxley
has progressed far enough to an
ticipate that it will £e possible to
offer Mass in the new structure
for the first time early in January.
During last summer, a man who
was born and reared in Hazel-
hurst, but who had been living fcr
some years in California, returned
to Georgia on a visit, and while in
the state stopped to call on the
Oblate Fathers in Douglas.
Some years ago, before leaving
for the West, he had not held
great hope for the progress of the
Catholic Church in this section of
Georgia, but upon returning to
his former home, he was most en
thusiastic over the flourishing
condition of the Catholic mis
sions in this section, and express
ed a wish to become a “Christo
pher,” — one who would brin*;
Christ to others.
Inspired with this idea, he
bountifully donated a substantial
sum, which with the generous
contributions of the Catholics and
non-Catholics of Baxley, has made
possible the building of the first
Catholic church in Appling Coun
ty.
Not a Catholic when he moved
to the West, he became interested
in the Church, read considerable
about it, and finally, after a course
of instructions, became a Catho
lic.
An attractive location, on U. S.
Highway No. 1, opposite the Pine
Lodge, in the center of Baxley,
was purchased as a site for the
church, which will be pre-fabri-
cated metal structure, with celo-
tex ceilings and plaster walls.
The new church will not only
serve the small Catholic colony in
and around Baxley, but as it will
be the only Catholic church be
tween Augusta and Waycross on
one of the main highways be
tween the North and Florida, it
will afford another opportunity
for Northern tourists to attend
Mass en route, as Mass will be of
fered in th.> new church, which
will be dedicated to St. Christo
pher, every Sunday morning at 8
o’clock.
COACH OF BENEDICTINE
SCHOOL HONORED AT
TESTIMONIAL DINNER
SAVANNAH, Gn. — John Beat-
tie, football coach at Benedictine
Military School, was honored at a
testimonial dinner given on De
cember 18 at tlie Hotel DeSoto.
The principal speakers were
Monsignor T. James McNamara,
rector of the Cathedral of St. John
the Baptist, and Robert Thomson,
funner president of the Savannah
High School Athletic Association.
Paul Gernatt, captain of the
Benedict re team during the sea
son, ret -ented the football
squad of the .'school, and William
Oct gen headed the committee ar
ranging for the affair.
Among tiie special guests were
Judge David S. Atkinson, Judge
James P. Houlihan, Mayor John G.
Kennedy, H. T. Hulin, II. Hansell
Hillyer, Dunbar Harrison, F. He-
mans Oliver, Earl Harper, Waldo
Spence, Wiliam C. Hart is, mem
bers of the clergy, and Mrs, Beat-
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Baptist Minister Says Work of
Myron Taylor ‘Amply Justified’
His Assignment at the Vatican
One of the nation’s leading
Baptists, the Rev. Daniel A. Poling,
editor-in-chief of The Christian
Herald and former pastor of Mar
ble Collegiate Church, in New
York City, declared in an article
which appeared in The. St. Louis
Post-Dispatch, that the work of
Myron Taylor at the Vatican has
“amply justified" the missions as
signed to him by President Roos-
velt and President Truman.
“Granting the right of my fellow
Americans who have criticized the
President for sending Myron Tay
lor to the Vatican to speak, I dis
agree with them. I stand with
fellow Baptist Harry Truman and
I regret the constant nagging of
which a few have been guilty,” Dr.
Poling said.
“When Truman, a Baptist, sends
Episcopalian Taylor to Rome as
his personal representative, he has
in my humble opinion broken no
law nor the spirit of the Con
stitution.
“Also, in my opinion,” Dr. Pol
ing went on to say, “the results—
past, present and continuing”—of
Myron Taylor’s work have amply
justified the missions assigned him
by two Presidents.”
To which Dr. Poling added the
statement: “I shall be taken
apart for writing this article, but
I have been dismembered before.
Peace is so precious and at the
moment so endangered that not
to explore every available avenue
toward world understanding would
be inexcusable negligence on the
part of the nation’s Chief Execu
tive.”
K. OF C. COUNCIL
IN AUGUSTA HOLDS
MEMORIAL SERVICE
AUGUSTA, Ga.— With impres
sive and solemn ritual, the mem
bers of Patrick Walsh Council, No.
677, Knights of Columbus, paid
tribute to the memory of their
departed brothers on November
30, at a Memorial Service held at
the Catholic Community Center.
Grand Knight Paul R. Hayes
presided, and other officers of
the council who participated in
the ceremony were Deputy Grand
Knight Patrick R. Mulherin, Chan
cellor Eugene M. Kerr, Recording
Secretary Fred Mulholland, and
Warden Owen J. Schweers.
The opening and closing pray
ers were offered by Father Har
old J. Barr, chaplain of the coun
cil, and District Deputy J. P.
Price spoke on “Our Order and
Its Dead.’’
J. Read Joyce
Dies in Savannah
SAVANNAH, Ga. — J. Read
Joyce, well known Savannah gro
cer, died on December 14, funeral
services being ' held from the
Blessed Sacrament Church.
A life-long resident of Savan
nah, Mr. Joyce was born on
March 31, 1896, and was a grad
uate of Benedictine Military
School. He served in the Army
during World War I, and was
promoted to the rank of a first
lieutenant while overseas,
Mr. Joyce is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Lillian A. Joyce; two
sons, J. Read Joyce, Jr., and
Thomas A. Joyce; a daughter,
Miss Jane M. Joyce; three sisters,
Mrs. Katherine J. Doyle, Mrs.
Bernadettq, J. Ozburn and Mrs.
M. J, Humphries; by a grand
daughter, and several nieces and
nephews.
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Deceased members of the coun
cil were eulogized by Bernard
Doris, R. S. Heslen, Victor Mark-
waiter, Hugh Kinehley, William
W. Doughty, Worth Andrews, E.
J. O’Connor, Joseph A. Mullarky,
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Punaro, James Stovall, Charles
Chesser, James O’Connell, John
Chesser, Patrick R. Mulherin and
John Nessius, of Clemson, S. C.
Frank Heslen was the pianist.
Members of the council who
have died since the last previous
Memorial Service were: C. Y.
'l’arleton, Alex H. Roberts, M. J.
Callahan, George A. Durban, C. C.
F. Hammond. William J. Goodwin,
Joseph McNeil, Sr,, Dr. William A.
Mulherin, Dr. Harold C. Gilbert,
James Fagan and Leo F. Cotter.
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