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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
FEBRUARY 28, 1948
Mrs. Katherine Dodwell
Dies in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA — Mrs. Kath
erine Jarvis Dodwell, wife of the
late John J. Dodwell, and mother
of Monsignor Edward J. Dodwell,
J. C. D., Officialls of the Diocese
of Savannah-Atlanta, died at her
home here on January 27.
Funeral services were held at
St. Gabriel’s Church with Mon
signor Dodwell offering the
Solemn Requiem Mass, with
Father Theodore C. Wagner, D. D.,
as deacon, and Father Joseph A.
Ward, Ph. D., as subdeacon. Father
Raymond Manning was master of
ceremonies.
Present in the sanctuary were
Monsignor Joseph E. Moylan, Vi
car General of the Diocese of Sa
vannah-Atlanta; Monslgnor John
F. Rowan, D. D., L. S. S., Father
John W. Keogh, Father John B.
Dever, Father John A. Kane,
Father James A. Donnelly, Father
Thomas J. Kelley, D. D., Father
James A. Graham, D. D., Father
John J. Haydt, J. C. D., Father
Thomas A. O’Melia, M. M., Father
Gilbert J. McDevitt, J. C. D.,
Father Thomas F. Walsh, Father
Joseph J. Waldron, J. C. D., Father
Vito J. Martusevich, D. D., Father
Edward J. McLaughlin, Father
James P. Brennan, Father Thomas
W. McGuire, Father Connell Clin
ton, J. C. D., Father Timothy
Lavin, Father Ralph Murray, D. D.,
Father Joseph A. MeCloskey, J.
C. D., and Father Patrick J. O’Con
nor, of the Diocese of Savannah-
Atlanta.
Interment was in Holy Cross
Cemetery, where the absolution
was given by Monsignor Moylan.
In addition to her son, Mon
signor Dodwell, of Savannah, Mrs.
Dodwell is survived by a daughter,
Miss Catherine Dodwell, of Phila
delphia.
MATHEW LOICZYK
FUNERAL IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga.—-Funeral serv
ices for Mathew Loiczyk, who died
in St. Petersburg, Fla., were held
at the Cathedral of St. John the
Baptist here.
Bom in Milec la Malo Polska,
Poland, Mr. Loiczyk was for many
years a well known tailor in Savan
nah. He is survived by five sisters,
Mrs. Mary Pirog, Mrs. Josephine
Werynski, of Savannah, Mrs. Hen-
lena Werynski, of Poland, Mrs.
Vladystawa Solorski, Poland and
Mrs. Ludwika Podolski, Poland.
JAMES T. McAULIFFE
DIES IN AUGUSTA
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Funeral serv
ices for James T. McAuliffe, who
died January 22, were held at St.
Patrick’s Church, Father Harold
Barr officiating.
Mr. McAuliffe is survived by a
brother John J. McAuliffe, of Au
gusta, and a niece, Sister Mary
Charlotte, of Charleston, S. C.
MRS. ELENORA GUYER
DIES IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. Elenora Heather-
man Guyer, widow of Charles W.
Guyer, who died February 6, were
held at the Cathedral of St. John
the Baptist.
Mrs. Guyer, who was 92 years
old, has no known survivors. For
many years she served as stew
ardess on the ships of the Savan
nah Line.
MRS. L. W. COLE, SR.,
FUNERAL IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga —Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. W. L. Cole, Sr., for
merly of Savannah, who died In
Washington, D C., were held at
the Cathedral of St. John the Bap
tist here on Febraury 18.
Leo B. Heffernan
Dies in Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices or Leo Bernard Ileffer-
nan, division superintendent of
Riverside Mills, who died Febru-
; ary 15, were held at St- Mary’s-
j on-The-Hill Church, Monsignor
James J. Grady officiating,
j Born in Augusta, Mr. Heffernan
was the son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. John J. Heffernan. He is
survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary
Ellen Hughes Heffernan; three
daughters, Miss Jane Heffernan,
Miss Anne Heffernan and Miss
Betty Heffernan, all of Augusta; a
son, William H. Heffernan, Cuaro,
Texas; three brothers W. J. Hef
fernan, Timothy E. Heffernan, Au
gusta, and John D. Heffernan, Se
attle, Wash.; three sisters, Miss
Marie Heffernan, Mrs. William C.
Lee, and Miss Blanche Heffernan,
Augusta; three half-sisters, Mrs.
Jerome McCarthy, Mrs. George
Deadwyler and Miss Catherine
Heffernan, Atlanta; a step-mother,
Mrs. John J. Heffernan Atlanta;
a grandson, and several nieces and
nephews.
ST. ANNE’S CHURCH AND RECTORY, SUMTER—St. Anne’s Church, Sumter, South Carolina,
serves a parish established more than a century ago . The present church and rectory were erected
during the time the late Monsignor Charles Dubois Wood, P. A., was pastor, in 1911.
Erecting School and Convent for
Colored Parish in Sumter, S. C.
SUMTER, S. C. — Construction
of a parochial school for St. Jude’s
parish, which serves the Colored
Catholics in Sumter has begun,
along with the work of erecting a
convent for the Sisters of St. Mary
of Namur who will teach in the
school.
Plans for the school and convent,
both of which will be frame struc
tures, were executed by Father
Michael Mclnernoy. O. S- B., noted
priest-architect of Belmont Abbey,
and the Southeastern Construction
Company, of Charlotte, N. C., arc
the builders.
The school and convent are be
ing built on land adjacent to St.
Jude’s Church, on West Oakland
Avenue, located in the heart of the
Colored residential section of the
city.
Bishop Emmet M. Walsh of
Charleston is sponsoring the erec
tion of the school and convent as
a project of the Diocese of Char
leston. as a part of the program to
expand the education system of
the Catholic Church in South Car-
olina. . .
The Sisters of St. Mary of Na
mur, who will staff the new school,
are members of a Religious Order
founded in Belgium in 1819, and
established in the United States in
1868.
Sisters of the Eastern Province,
which has its Motherhouse in
Kenmore, N. Y., will teach in the
school at Sumter. The Order also
has a Western Province in this
country, and a Canadian Province.
In the United States, the Sister9
of St. Mary of Namur are repra-
senlcd in the Archdioceses of Bal
timore, Boston, Washington, and
in the Dioceses of Buffalo, Syra
cuse, Dallas, Denver, Galveston
and Montercy-Fresno.
The more than three hundred
Sisters of St. Mary of Namur in
this country conduct, in addition
to the Coliege and Academy of
Our Lady of Victory, in Fort
Worth, Texas, nine high schools,
thirty-one grammar schools, three
missions and a house of studies.
Father Thomas Haggerty, O- M.
I„ pastor of St. Jude’s Church, in
Sumter, who is also in charge of
the Colored parish in Florence, is
supervising the work of construc
tion.
The school will have four large
classrooms and the convent, a two-
story building .will be sufficiently
large to accommodate a commu
nity of eight Sisters.
Hold Inter-Collegiate
Debate Tournament at
Spring Hill College
JAMES J. McAULIFFE
DIES IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for James Joseph McAuliffe,
a member of the first graduation
class at Benedictine Military
School, who died on January 16,
were held at the Cathedral of St.
John the Baptist.
MISS CHRISTINE WADE
FUNERAL IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for Miss Christine Theresa
Wade, a student at Armstrong
Junior College, who died February
3, were held at the Sacred Heart
Church.
MRS. JAMES W. RAY
DIES IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH. Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. Mary E. Ray, widow
of James M. Ray, who died Feb
ruary 14, were held at the Cathe
dral of St. John the Baptist.
Mrs. Ray is survived by a daugh
ter, Miss Mary Jane Ray; a sister.
Miss Sadie Counts, and several
cousins, all of Savannah.
SPRING HILL, Ala.—The sec
ond annual Inter-Collegiate Aza
lea Debate Tournament brought
close to eight college speakers and
their coaches to Spring Hill Col
lege campus In mid-February. The
forensic team of Texas Christian
University defeating the repre
sentatives of the University of
Mississippi in the finals-
Sponsored by Spring Hill Col
lege, conducted by the Jesuit Fa
thers, the annual Azalea Debate
Tournament brings together the
top forensic college speakers of
the Southland to argue the pros
and cons of the national inter-col
legiate debate question, which this
year was: "Resolved: That, a Fed
eral World Government Should Be
Established. Texas Christian Uni
versity’s debaters won upholding
the affirmative.
In addition to Texas Christian
and the University of Mississippi,
fourteen other colleges and uni
versities represented were: The
Citadel, University of Georgia,
University of Alabama, Auburn,
University of Florida, Loyola Uni
versity of the South, Mississippi
Southern, Wofford College, Mis
sissippi State, Centre College,
Millsaps, Sacred Heart College,
Georgetown College and Atlantic
Christian College. Acting as hosts,
the Spring Hill College debaters
did not participate in the tourna
ment.
Each school represented brought
four debaters, a two-man affirma
tive and a two-man negative team.
To get to the finals the winners
spent two hectic days of intensive
debating. Every teqm entering the
tournament met at least six oppos
ing teams.
Father W. Patrick Donnelly, S.
J., president of Spring Hill Col
lege, acted as chairman for the
final debate, which was broadcast
ed, and presented the winners and
runners-up with trophies after an
nouncing the decision of the
judges.
Charles Dennis Named
Master of Power Plant,
Charleston Navy Yard
(Special to The Bulletin)
CHARLESTON, S. C.—Charles
S. Dennis, a member of Our Lady
of Mercy parish, has been appoint
ed Master of the Power Plant at
the Charleston Navy Yard
Captain James C. Tily, U. S. N.,
Public Works Officer at the Navy
Yard, upon presenting Master
Mechanic Dennis with his Master’s
shield, praised him for the excel
lent service he had rendered as
foreman of the electric shop, and
expressed confidence that he
would be equally efficient in his
new position. „
Mr. Dennis comes to the billet
of Master from the rating of Chief
Quartcrman Electrician, Public
Works Electric.
Born williin the limits of Our
Lady of Mercy parish, where Fa
ther A. W. Calner is the pastor,
Mr. Dennis is the son of Mrs.
Charles A. Dennis, one of the most
devoted members of the parish,
and one who has for years taken a
leading part in all parochial activ-
ity.
Mr. Dennis attended St. Pat
rick’s Parochial School and Bishop
England High School in Charles
ton. He entered the Navy Yard as
an electrical apprentice twenty-
nine years ago, and has been ad
vanced through the ratings of me
chanic, machinist, quartermaster,
chief quartermaster.
In 1930, Mr. Dennis was married
to Miss Frances Butler, of George
town, and they have a daughter,
Miss Barbara Ann Dennis. He is
an active members of Bishop
Lynch Council, Knights of Co
lumbus.
Greenville Council
K. of C. Outlines a
Five Month Program
GREENVILLE, S. C.—A sched
ule of major events for Green
ville Council No. 1660, Knights of
Columbus, for the next five months
has been announced by T. Fran
cis McNamara, general program
chairman.
The schedule includes sponsor
ing the broadcasts of the “ Our
American Ideals" series currently
over Station WMKC; sponsoring
an exhibition basketball game for
St. Mary’s School team, and hold
ing an open meeting to which
all men of St. Mary’s parish will
be invited.
A ‘parish fun night” will be
held on St. Patrick’s Day, under
the auspices of Greenville Coun
cil, and on Holy Thursday the
council members will sponsor Noc
turnal Adoration before the Re
pository at St. Mary's Church.
Plans are being made for the
exemplification of the first de
gree on March 31, by St. Law
rence Council, of Asheville, N. C.
There will he a Communion
breakfast on April 4, at which St.
Mary’s basketball team will be
guests and will be awarded tro
phies donated by the council..
During April a course in pub
lic speaking will be inaugurated
for members of the council, and
an address of a civic nature will
be heard on April 28.
Mothers of the members of the
council will be honored at a Com
munion breakfast on May 2 and on
May 12 a motion picture will be
shown at Gallivan Memorial Hall
under the auspices of the council.
On May 28 a delegation from
Greenville Council will attend the
annual convention of the South
Caroline State Council in Colum
bia, and on the same day a pro
gram will be presented in Spar
tanburg.
Events during June will in
clude presentation of awards to
school students, election and in
stallation of officers.
Appointment of John B. Garri
son as secretary to fill the un
expired term of Joseph Cassidy
has been announced by Grand
Knight Sam J. Francis. E. C.
Ligon has been appointed chair
man of the fraternal activity com
mittee lo succeed Mr. Garrison,
and George A. Francis has been
named council activity committee
chairman.
GEORGE F. KILROY
DIES IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for George F. Kilroy, who
died February 7, were held at the
Blessed Sacrament Church.
A native of Savannah, Mr. Kil
roy was a veteran of the Spanish-
American War. He was a retired
member of the Savannah Fire De
partment.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Ida
M. Kilroy;. two sons. Brother Ives
Kilroy, C. S. C., Notre Dame, Ind.,
and Harry J. Kilroy, Savannah; a
daughter, Mrs. W. C. Thorpe,
Jacksonville, Fla.; a grandson, W.
C. Thorpe, Jr.; a brother, W. L.
Kilroy, and several nieces and
nephews.
TIMOTHY C. COFFEY
DIES IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Funeral ser-
I vices for Timothy C. Coffey, of
Thunderbolt, who died February
9, were held at the Church of the
Nativity of Our Lord, at Thunder
bolt, Father John A. Morris,
officiating.
Mr. Coffy is survived by two
sisters, Mrs. Mary G. Bell, Thun
derbolt, and Mrs. Alex Harvey,
Warren, Pa., and several nieces
and nephews.
SAMUEL J. CHERRY
FUNERAL IN MACON
MACON, Ga.—Funeral services
for Samuel Joseph Cherry, who
died February 15, were held at St.
Joseph’s Church.
Mr. Cherry, a native of Craw
ford County, was a son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lawrence Cherry. lie is sur
vived by two sisters, Mrs. Mary
Barton and Mrs. T. E. Brady, of
Macon.
WALTER DANIEL WALL
FUNERAL IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for Walter Daniel Wall, of
Decatur, were held at the Sacred
Heart Church here, January 20,
Father Andrew A. Walls, S. M.,
officiating.
MRS. THOMAS R. MARTIN
FUNERAL IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. Agnes Garriety
Martin, widow of Thomas R. Mar
tin, wore held January 27 at the
Church of the Immaculate Con
ception, Father Francis M. Perry,
S. M., officiating.
MRS. SAMUEL P. HARVEY
FUNERAL IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C.—Funeral
services for Mrs. Catherine A.
Harvey, widow of the late Samuel
Perez Harvey, who died February
1, were held at St. Patrick’s
Church.
MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED
Catholic men and women left Ire
land last year for missionary work
abroad. Of these, two hundred
and thirty-nine were priests,
representating every one of the
thirty-two counties ot Ireland.
PROMOTED TO MASTER—Captain Jafaies C. Tily (CEC) U. S.
Navy, Public Works Officer, (right) presents the Master’s shield to
Charles S. Dennis, newly appointed Master, Power Plant, Charles
ton Navy Yard.—(Photo Courtesy of The 'Charleston Navy News)