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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
JANUARY 17 1P,S
Sodality Reception at
Sacred Heart Junior
College in Belmont
(Special to The Bulletin)
BELMONT, N. C.—At the an
nual reception ceremony of the
Sodality of the Blessed Virgin
at the Sacred Heart Junior Col
lege and Academy, a number of
students of the college and acad
emy were formally received as
members of the Soladity.
The candidates for reception and
the members of the senior Solad
ity, in evening dresses of vari
ous colors, tvith blue and white
capes, formed a colorful proces
sion across the campus to the
chapel.
Father Sebastian Doris, O. S. B.,
director of the Sodality and chap
lain, officiated at the ceremony
and delivered the sermon, in which
he pointed out that the Sodality
of Our Lady is the oldest religi-
out organinzatinon for youth in
existence today, it having been
founded in the Jesuit College at
Home, in 1593. Today it is in
ternational in its scope and exists
in numerous schools and parishes.
Officers of the Sodality at Sa
cred Heart are Miss Anna Gal-
lette, Savannah. Ga., prefect; Miss
Mary Ellen Donworth, New York
City, vice prefect; Miss Carmen
Burns. Dade City, Fla., secretary,
and Miss Patricia Deinar, Lancas
ter, S. C., treasurer; Sister M.
Benignus si the faculty moderator.
Newly received members of the
Sanford, N. C.; Maigucrite George,
Laurenburg, S. C.; Phyllis Naugh-
ton, Winston-Salem, N. C.; Lynn
Reed, New Orleans; Carolyn Hill,
Sumter, S. C.; Dolores Breaux,
Rock Hill, S. C.; Sue Williams,
Dunn, N. C.; Mary Bryson, Jack
sonville, Fla.; Ruth Klein, Wil
mington, N. C.; Mary Lewis, York,
S. C.; Betty Cooper, Charlotte, N.
C., and Louise Souza, Guatemala.
EDWIN J. GARNER
DIES IN GREENVILLE
GREENVILLE, S. C. — Funeral
services for Edwin John Garner,
who died January 5, were held at
St- Mary's Church.
Born in Spartanburg, February
21. 1881, Mr. Garner was the son
of the late G. W. Garner and Mrs.
Alice Barnett Garner. He came to
Greenville more than thirty years
ago, and for some years operated
a grocery stoic in Overbrcok. He
later retired, and at the time of
his death was employed at the
Greenville Air Base. For twelve
years he served with the U. S.
Army.
Mr. Garner is survived bv his
wife, Mrs. Ora Edwards Garner; a
son, Edwin ’John Garner. Jr,: a
daughter, Mrs Martha Chambers,
all of Greervill-’; three brothers.
Olan J. Garner, of Vancouver,
Wash., George F'. Garner, Char
leston, and E. O. Garner. G'een-
ville; a sirto". Mrs. Josie -Wood,
Tampa, Flu , and three grandchil
dren.
MRS. ELIZABETH KING
DIES IN 0’’l"' <:VRI, E
GREENV1T T a 3. C.—Mrs. Eliz
abeth Love K ; n", widow of the
late John Kill", rnd a lifelong res
ident of Or'—r/ill", died on De
cember 2!’. f n?’T.l services be'ng
held a! St. M'.ry’s Church, with
Monsignor A ")’-ew Keene Gwynn,
P. A., offic'rrtng.
Mrs. Kio" "’a’ the daughter of
the late Jr-bi T.ove and Mrs. Brtty
Miller Love ororninent residents
of Traveler*' " "here she was
borr. on Mr."< h J. lf-Cf).
She is by a son. Josenh
D. King, r" C "'nville' two sis
ter's, Mrs. o' C Howard, of Trav
elers' Re'1 ' d Mr?. Kate Lam
bert, Green' ’’e.
AUGUSTUS T WADE
DIES IN P’C’NJV CITY
COLUMBUS, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for An"ii tus E. Wade, fore
man of the slv:e( metal depart m°nt
of the Columbus T rcn Works, who
died December 25. were he’d at
St. Patrick's Chunh Phenix Cltv,
Father James J. Saiway, C. M. of
ficiating
Born in West Point, Ga.. Mr.
Wade had made his home in Phe-
nix City for forty years. He is sur
vived by his wife: a daughter. Mrs.
Grace Stubh . of Phenix City; a
son. Joseph Edward Wade. Louis
ville. Ky.: a sifter. Mrs Lora Jack-
son. Clanton. Ala.; a brother, W. J.
Wade. Port Arthur, Texas; four
grandchildren and several nieces
and nephews.
Savannah Gas Company
Awards Scholarship to
St. Vincent Graduate
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH. Ga.— Miss Mary
Cecilia Sullivan, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John J. Sullivan, and
a freshman at Armstrong Junior
College, has been awarded a $100
scholarship by the Savannah Gas
Company.
Selection of Miss Sullivan to
receive the annual award to a
member of the home economics
class at Armstrong Junior Col
lege! was made at a meeting
of a committee which included
Mrs. Spencer Connerat, Foreman
M. Hawes, president of the junior
college; Miss Helen C. Wolfe,
home economics instructor, and
Mrs. Julian Hartridge, special con
sultant for the gas company.
Miss Sullivan is a graduate of
St| Vincent Academy. The gift
scholarship is to be used to help
defray the cost of her tuition at
Armstrong Junior College.
Parent-Teachers
Meet in Columbus
Death in Florida
of John J. Knuck,
Former Augustan
AUGUSTA, Ga.—John J. Knuck,'
formerly of Augurta, died on De-1
comber 17 in Hialeah, Fla., after j
an illness of several months’ dura- ]
tion.
Well known in Augusta, where !
he was born and lived t good part
of his life, Mr. Knuck had many
friends’ here.
He is survived by thaee spns,
William Knuck, Frank Knuck and
Robert Knuck; a daughter, Miss:
Jane Knuck; two sister?, Mrs. John j
A. Chapman, of Augu ta, and Mrs. I
Agnes Monaghan, New York City;
two brothers, Edward J. Knuck,
Key West, Fla., and Joseph A.
Knuck, New York, three aunts,
Miss Kate Jellico, Miss Minnie A
Jcllieo, and Mrs. Edward J. Barry,
all of Augusta, and two grandchil
dren. -»
Mr. Knuck’s wife, who before
her marriage was Miss Jane Sher
man, of Augusta, died about a year
ago.
CITATION AWARDED TO
1EMBER OF COLUMBUS
PARISH BY U. S. NAVY
COLUMBUS, Ga.—R. S. Grier,
Jr., ACMC, U. S. Nayy, a member |
of the parish of the Church of the
Holy Family here, was awarded
three stars by Captain S. F. Oden,
U. S. N., of Matjpn, at a special
ceremony held here.
With members of the Organized
Surface Division 6-9 drawn up at
attention at the Exhibit Hall at
the fairgrounds, Captain Oden, in
spector for the Naval Reserve for
South Georgia, pinned the medal
on the uniform of Mr. Grier, who
is now on duty at Opelika, Ala.,
as recruiting officer.
The citation read by Captain
Oden pointed out that “for a
series of meritorious acts and
flight in combat area from No
vember 11, 1943 to May 17, 1944,
these medals are awarded.”
During that period, Mr. Grier
was a turret gunner in a VT-12
torpedo bomber operating against
the Japanese in the Pacific.
COLUMBUS, Ga. —- F> r ty-three
members attended the January i
meeting of the Parent-Teacher As- ■
sociation of St Joseph’s School, at
which several new members‘were !
added. ,
Ken Corcoran, formerly associ-
ated with Father Flanagan’s Boys’ i
Town in Nebraska, was the guesjj ’
speaker, his subject bein‘g “Un
derstanding Youth and Its Prob- 1
letns.”
The Association expressed its !
gratitude to Mrs. J. "w. Dupree
who has volunteered her services
as school nurse.
Hostesses for the meeting were
Mrs. J. L Hotard, Mrs. R. J. Naehr
and Mrs. R. Short.
“THE FUGITIVE” VOTED
MOTION PICTURE AWARD
BY THE SIGN MAGAZINE
UNION CITL, N. J—(NCI—The
sixth annual award of The Sign
national Catholic magazine pub
lished by the Passionist Fathers
he>e has beer, voted to John Ford
and Meran C. Cooper, producers
of the motion picture, “The Fugi
tive,, it has been announced by
Jerry Cotter, the magazine’s mo
tion picture editor. Previous
recipients of the award were “The
Song of Bernadette” “Going My
Way", "The Bells, of St. Mary's,”
(‘‘Yankee Doodle Dandy”, and ’’The
Green Years."
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CONDUCTING MISSION AT
ST ANN’S, KINGSTREE
K1NGSTREE. S. C. — Father
Lawrence Sullivan, C. S. C., of the
Holy Cross Mission House. North
Easton, Mass., is'conducting amis
sion in the newly established par
ish of St. Ann’s here, during the
week of January 11.
Father Sullivan, who Jias had
wide experience in preaching to
Catholics and non-Calholies, was-
invited to conduct the mission
here bv Father Patrick Quinlan,
of the Home Missioners of Amer
ica. who was recently placed in !
charge of the parish in Kingstree.
PRESBYTERIAN„CLUB
'N StVA v * T Mi HEARS
ANDREW I. RYAN, JR.
SAVANNAH.’ Ga.—Andrew J.
Ryan. Jr., solicitor general of the 1
Superior Court of Chatham Coun- !
ty, and a member of Savannah
Assembly, Fourth Degree Knights
of Columbus, was guest speaker
HOLD LAST RITES FOR
LIEUT. JOHN B. RYAN
AT ARLINGTON CEMETERY
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Burial
with full military honor was ac- 1
corded Lieutenant John Berry
Ryan, of Savannah, Ga., on De
cember 19, at Arlington National
Cemetery.
Father Patrick J. O’Connor, a
priest of the Diocese of Savannah-
Atlanta, now serving on the facul
ty of the Catholic University of
America, offered the Requiem
Mass, at St. Stephen’s Church here,
and eight veterans of World War
II, now students at Catholic Uni
versity, served as pallbearers.
Lieutenant Ryan, who was kill
ed in action on December 29, 1944,
in the Battle of the Bulge, was
buried with other war heroes
whose bodies have recently ar
rived from overseas, at a mass in
terment service at Arlington.
On the day of his burial, a
Requiem Mass was offered at (he
Sacred Heart Church, in Savan
nah, Ga., for the repose of Lieu :
tenant Ryan, with cadets of the
Benedictine Military School, where
he had been a student, attending
in formation. His parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Z. Ryan, and other
members of the young officer’s
family, also attended the services.
James Woulfe and Ken Corcor
an who have been in charge of
National Catholic Community Ser
vice activity at the USO Club
here, have left Columbus, where
they made many friends, especial-
K. of C in RaK t o
Confer Fourth Decree
Sunday, February 8th
RALEIGH, N. C.—The Bishop
McGuinness Assembly, Fourth De
gree Knights of Columbus here,
will confer the fourth degree on
a large class of candidates at
the exemplification which will be
held on Sunday, February 8, at
the Sir Walter Raleigh Hotel, in
Raleigh, with Raymond B. Streb,
K. S. G„ Master of the North Car
olina Province of the Fourth De
gree K. of C., presiding.
His Excellency, the Most Rev
erend Eugene J. McGuinness, J.
D.. Coadjutor Bishop of Oklahoma
City and Tulsa, will be the prin
cipal speaker at the banquet which
will follow the initiation cere
monial.
Before being appointed Coadju
tor to Bishop Francis' C. Kelley of
Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Bishop
McGuinness was Bishop of Ral
eigh, and the local Fourth Degree
Assembly was named in his honor.
ly among the children attending
St. Joseph’s School, in whose in
terest they were most active.
MRS. MARY NELSON-
DIES IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. Mary Muddock Nel
son, who died January 1, were held
in the chapel of the Little Sisters j
of the Ppor. J
Mrs. Nelson is survived by two j
sons, Bernard M. Nelson, Savan
nah, and James J. Nelson, Phoenix,
Ariz.; three daughters, Miss Mary
Nelson, of Savannah, Mrs. Marga
ret N. Goode, of Atlanta, and Mrs.
Eleanor N. Gordon, of Philadel
phia: a sister, Miss Katherine
Maddoek, Savannah; a brother,
James R. Maddoek, Savannah; fif
teen grandchildren and a number
of nieces and nephews.
at liie meeting of the Throe S
| Club of the Presbyterian Church,
field on January 8.
HIS EMINENCE Dennis Cardi
al Dougherty, Archbishop of
hiladelphia, has accepted an in-
ttation to deliver the invocation
hich will open the Democratic
atioual convention to be held in
hiladelphia in July.
HUNGARIAN HIERACIIY
ATTENDS PREMIER OF
“SONG OF BERNADETTE”
BUDAPEST,—(NO—His Emin
ence Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty,
Primate of Hungary, and all mem
bers of the Hungarian Hierarchy
attended the first performance
here on the American-made film
“The Song of Bernadette,” based
on the novel by Franz Werfel. The
Prelates expressed their high ad
miration for the motion picture,
which is attracting capacity
crowds. Tickets for the perfor
mances are sold well in advance.
UPWARDS OF 1;500,000 pil
grims v idled the Shrine of
Lourdes during 1947. it has been
estimated. Six air line transport
companies have indicated they
plan services to the Shrine in
1948. At the same time it was dis
closed that a direct New York-to-
Lourdes flight will be inaugurated
if the Frec-b government agrees
to wi'-'en the airstrip at Tarbes
airfield. ■ / I
JOHN H. BAKER
DIES IN AIKEN
ATKEN, S. C.—Funeral services
for John U Baker, of Glover-
ville, who died here on January .
11, were held from the Church
of Our Lady of the Valley, near,
Gloverville, Father George Lewis |
Smith officiating.
Mr. Baker is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Nona Gray Baker; a
daughter, Mrs. P. R. Hillard, of
Gloverville: six sons. W. H. Baker,
Fred L. Baker, both of U. S. Navy,
J. H. Baker, Bath. George E. Bak
er, Frank L. Baker, Burke Bak
er, Gloverville; two sisters, Mrs.
Dan Smith, Clearwater, ivlrs. Roy
Keenan, Langley; two brothers, W.
H. Baker, North Augusta, G. F.
Baker, Langley; fifteen grandchil
dren and two great-grandchildren.
MISS MABEL BOYLE
DIES IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for Miss Mabel C. Boyle,
who died January 5, were held at
the Cathedral of St. John the Bap-
list.
C. P. JORDAN
DIES IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for C. P. Jordan, who died
December 31, were held at the Ca
thedral of St. John the Baptist.
Mr. Jordan, a native of Old
Town, Maine, had been a resident
of Savannah for thirty years. ,
FRANCIS P. HAYES
FUNERAL IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for Francis P. Hayes were
held January 9 at the Cathedral
of Christ the King, Father J. M.
McDonough officiating.
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