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FEBRUARY 28, 1948
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
SEVEN
HENRY L. DE GIVE
Funeral Services for
DIES IN ATLANTA
Si, MARY'S CHURCH, ROME—St. Mary's Church, Rome, Georgia, stands in a setting of natural
beauty, on the crest of a hill, overlooking one of the main thoroughfares of the city. The imposing
structure was erected from plans executed by Fa tlier Michael Mclnerney, O. S. B., of Belmont Abby,
and is constructed of Georgia granite. It has the distinction of having one of the finest examples of
ecclesiastical art in the South, an original painting by Corregio, “II Giorna,’’ the Madonna of St.
Jerome and St. Mary Magdalen, which hangs above the main altar. The painting was presented to
the church by Princess Raspoli, of Home, Italy, a sister of the late Miss Martha Berry, who founded
the famous Martha Berry School, in Rome.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben F. Taylor, Atlanta,
Receive Papal Blessing on Anniversary
• (Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA, Ga.'—Mr. and Mrs.
Hen F. Taylor were honored on
January 20, the forty-seventh an
niversary of their marriage, by
receiving from His Holiness Pope
| Pius XII a special papal Blessing, i 1935
' which was bestowed through His '
Excellency the Most Rev. Amleto
Giovanni Cicognani, Apostolic
Delegate to the United States, at
the request of Bishop William T.
Mulloy of Covington.
Mr. and Mrs. Taylor began the
observance of their anniversary
by receiving Holy Communion at
a Mass celebrated by their son,
Father Hugh J. Taylor, O. S. B„
formerly assistant pastor of the
Immaculate Conception Church in
Atlanta, and of St. Joseph’s
Church, Athens, who is now sta
tioned at St. Augustine’s Church,
Covington. Kentucky.
In the evening a reception was
held at the Taylor home on Tech-
wood Drive. A congratulatory
message from Bishop Mulloy was
read by Father Joseph II. Smith,
pastor of the Immaculate Concep
tion Church, and the Papal Bless
ing was imparted by Father Hugh
Taylor.
Assisting Mr. and Mrs. Taylor
in receiving their friends who call
ed to extend congratulations were
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hartman, Mr.
and Mrs, F„ A. Murphy, Sr., Mrs.
Sarah M. Reilly and Mrs. John A.
Ryan.
Mr. and Mrs. Taylor are the
parents of two other sons, Ben F.
Taylor, Jr., of Rahway, N. J., and
William W. Taylor, of Louisville,
Ky. Their only daughter, Sister
Marie Perpetua, R. S. M., died in
Sacred Heart School
Mothers Club Holds
Meeting in Atlanta
ATLANTA, Ga. — The January
meeting of the Mothers’ Club of
tlie Sacred Heart School was open
ed with prayer by Father Edward
P. McGrath, S. M., and the guest
speaker was Father Gerald Hager-
man, S. M., who spoke on “The
Child in the Home and in the
School.”
Minutes of 1 lie preceding meet
ing were read by Mrs. W. .Holey,
and Mrs. J. C. Monaghan, presi
dent of the club, announced that
the Study Club sessions would be
held on the second Wednesday of
eaeli month, and that the current
topic for discussion would he “The
Parent and The Child.”
Following the reading of reports
by the chairmen of the various
standing committees, Mrs. P. H.
Buckley, of the Altar Boys com
mittee, was voted authority to or
der new cassocks and surplices
that were needed.
At the conclusion of the busi
ness session, tea was served by
the Sixth and Seventh grades.
PRE-LENTEN FETE
HELD IN SAVANNAH
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Prominent
in the series of social events given
in connection with the second an
nual Inter-Parochial Pre-Lenten
Fete given here was a dance for
the teen-agers, a costume party
held at the Catholic Community
Center.
Miss Beverly Moore was select
ed to reign as queen, with Wil
liam Brady as king, and Miss
Marjorie Morrissy, Miss Mary
Louise Webber, Miss Jean Pres
cott, Anthony Matthews, Joseph
Hobbs and David Whelan.
Miss Judith Downing , as a
majorette, won the prize for the
best costume in the grammar
school group; Miss Patsy Winters,
as a Chinese maiden, the prize
for the most unique costume, and
Miss Mary Ann Sheay for the
tackiest costume
Edward McBride and Miss
Joanne Smith won first and second
prizes for the best costumes at
the teen-age party; John Gar—
many’s costume was judged the
most unique, while Anthony Morel
and Miss Joan Morel won prizes
for their dancing.
At the reception for adults .en
tertainment was furnished by Miss
Patty Barragan and Miss Margaret
Steeg, pianisas; Miss Monica Ullyo,
Mrs. Sally Battle Mosley, and the
St. Thomas Vocational School
chorus.
An afternoon party was given
Lor the children, under the di
rection of Mrs. C. F. Feus, with
Mrs. A. J. Schano, Mrs. Joseph
Frewer, Charian Fox and John
Catcrisan assisting.
James F. Glass served as gen
eral chairman of the Pre-Lenten
Fete program, with Carlos J. D’Es-
posito as coordination chairman.
Eugene Butler was senior mar
shal of tiie parade, with Cadet
Lieutenant Colonel John A. Pratt
of Benedictine Military School, a.i
junior marshal.
Mrs. Elizabeth Wolfe headed the
committee in charge of the teen
agers party, with Mrs. W. J. Her
nandez, Vostus Ryan and P. J.
Buttimer, assisting.
BELMONT, N. C. — Sister M.
Agnes Levy, a member of the
Sisters of Mercy of the Belmont
community, died on January 27. at
Mercy Hospital in Charlotte. Fu
neral services were held at Bel
mont Abbey Cathedral.
Sister Agnes was born in Rich
mond, Va., in 1872, and entered
the Sisters of Mercy in 1889 while
the Motherhouse was in Wilming
ton. Later she came to Belmont,
when the Sacred Heart convent
was established here about 1893.
She taught at the Sacred Heart
Junior College and Academy here,
and at other schools in North
Carolina, and was for twenty-live
years superintendent of the Cath
olic Orphanage, at Nazareth, N.
C. She retired five years ago when
her health began to fail.
Sister Agnes is survived by— a
brother, Joseph Levy, of Wash
ington, D. C., a lialf-hrother, John
O'Donohue, of Herndon, Va., and
several nieces and nephews.
Father Sebastin Doris, O. S. B.,
Sub-Prior of Belmont Abbey, and
chaplain of the Sacred Heart Con
vent, offered the Solemn Mass of
Requiem with Father Boniface
Bauer, O. S. B., as ddacon. and
Father Andrew Doris, O. S. B„
subdeacon. The Mass was sung
by the Benedictine School choir,
while a number of visiting priests
and members of the Belmont Ab
bey community assisted in the
sanctuary.
A number of out-of-town rela
tives and friends of Sister Agnes
from Raleigh, Salisbury and other
places in North Carolina, attend
ed the funeral services.
WILLIAM R. WALSH
FUNERAL IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C.—Funeral
services for William Robert Walsh
who died in Atlanta on February
16, were held at St. Mary’s Church
here, Father J. W. Carmody of
ficiating.
Mr. Walsh is survived by two
sisters, Mi’s. T. J. Whalen and Mrs.
Harry P. Goodwin, and a brother,
J. F. Walsh, Klngstree.
Serving with the Merchant Ma
rine during World War II, Mr.
Walsh survived three torpedoings
and more than a score of bomb
ings.
LEO B. JARVIS
DIES IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C.—Funeral
services for Leo B. Jarvis, who
died February 9, were held at the
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist,
Father Joseph J. Murphy, offici
ating.
Mr. Jarvis was bom in Charles
ton, the son of Rubin B. Jarvis, of
England, and Mrs. Margaret M.
Rosis Jarvis, of Charleston. He
was a fourth degree member of
the Knights of Columbus, and a
member of the Holy Name Society.
He is survived by two sisters,
Mrs. T. J. Sweeney and Mrs. Wil
liam V O’Brien, both of Charles
ton; three brothers, W. Burton
Jarvis, Savannah, Thomas C. Jar
vis, Jacksonville, and F. L. Jarvis,
of Charleston, and a number of
nieces and nephews.
|COKE HUTTO
Mrs. T. J. Dowling was senior DIES IS HOLLY IIILL
hostess for the reception for adults, j
with Mrs. I. II. Smith, Mrs. II. F
HOLLY HILL. S. C._ Funeral
i services for Coke Hutto, son of
Hartnett, Mrs. J. F. M. Ranitz,! Mrs - N. C. Marcenelli, who died
Mrs. John L. Martin, Mrs. W. L. | February 16, were Held at St.
Moody and Mi’s, P. A. Tuten, as- Anne’s Church,
sisting. | A student at Holly Hill high
The reception committee were school, he iiad maintained a high
Mrs. Harold Mulherin, Mrs. Jd- scholarship average and was keen-
seph E. Kelly, Mrs. II. T. Wilson,' 1.V interested in school activities,
Miss Jennie Boulian, Mrs. J. B. j despite the fact that for the elcv-
Earnest, Mrs. ,T, W. Stephens. Mrs. en years that he had been in
ST. ANTHONY’S CHURCH, FLORENCE—St. Anthony's Church,
Florence, South Carolina, is one of the churches erected while the
late Monsignor Charles Dubois Wood, P. A., was serving as its
pastor.
Jane Howe, Mrs. Kate Crumbley,
Mrs. Madge dollar, Mrs. E. Ca-
ficro, Mrs. If. J. Welsh, Mrs. James
G. Nusslcin, Mrs. Edna McDon
ough, Mrs. Hugh Helmly, and Miss
Kate Walsh. ,
Michael C. McCarthy was chair-
school it was necessary for him
to attend classes in a wheel chair.
SIRS. WILLIAM McCARREL
FUNERAL IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C.—Funeral
.... services for Airs. Mary Pendergast,
man of the reception committee, I McCarrel, widow of William Mc-
assisted by Edwin J. Bcranc, Hugh ; Carrel, who died February 3, were
H. Grady, Chris
seph Battle, Jr.
MONSIGNOR GRADY
ADDRESSES AUGUSTA
FIRST FRIDAY CLUB
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Monsignor
James J. Grady, pastor of St.
Mary’s-on-The-IIiil Church, was
the guest speaker at the February
luncheon-meeting of the First Fri
day Ciub of Patrick Walsh Coun
cil, Knights of Columbus, held at
the Town Tavern.
Monsiguor Grady’s timely talk
was on the subject of “Religious
Liberty and the Separation of
Church and State.”
Hernandez, Jo- held at St. Joseph’s Church.
Mrs. McCarrel was horn in
Charleston, the daughter of Wil
liam Pendergast and Mrs. Ann
Fields Pendergast, both of Ire
land. Several cousins are her
survivors.
MISS JOHANNA FRANCIS
FUNERAL IN CHARLESTON
Cli/iRLESTON, S. C.—Funeral
services for.Miss Johanna Francis,
who died February 15, were held
at the Cathedral of St. John the
Baptist.
Miss Francis is survived by a
brother, a sister, and several nieces
and nephews.
ATLANTA, Ga.—Henry L. de-
Give, whose name is linked with
much of Atlanta’s cultural de
velopment, died on February 8,
funeral services being held from
the Sacred Heart Church, with
Father Harry T. Hayes, S. M„
officiating, and Monsignor Joseph
G. Cassidy assisting.
Mr.- deGive was born in West
Virginia in 1868, the son of the
late Laurent deGive and Mrs.
Pauline Bemelmans deGive. He
moved to Atlanta with his parents
at an early age. He graduated in
1888 from Renneslaer Polytechnic
Institute, Troy, N. Y., with a de
gree in civil engineering, and did
postgraduate work at the Colorado
School of Mines. He was a lead
ing analytical chemist in Atlanta
until the death of his older
brother, Paul deGive, at which
time he took over the management
of the theatre interests established
here by his father, Laurent de
Give. who died in 1910.
Following the death of his
father, Mr. deGive became Belgian
consul in Atlanta and received
many decorations from the gov
ernment of Belgium in recognition
of his services.
At the time of his death, Mr.
deGive was president of several
family corporations, including the
deGive Investment Company and
the Laureant Land Company, of
Atlanta, and the Macon Academy
of Music Company, in Macon.
A charter member of Atlanta
Council, No. 660, Mr. deGive was
recently honored by the members
of the council he helped to found
at a “Recognition Night” program.
He was also a charter member of
the Atlanta Athletic Club, a mem
ber of the Elks, and a member of
the Piedmont Driving Club.
Mr. deGive is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Katherine Ransford de
Give; a granddaughter of the late
Philip Fitzgerald, of Clayton
County; a daughter, Mrs. Marshall
Wellborn, of Rome; four sons,
Henry L. deGive, Jr., of New York
and Atlanta, Laurent deGive, of
Atlanta, Paul deGive, of New
York, and Louis deGive, of
Cheyenne, Wyoming, and six
grandchildren.
MRS. L. C. HARRELL
DIES IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. L. C. Harrell, the
former Miss Elizabeth Qull, of Ca
milla, Ga., who died February 19,
were held at the Cathedral ot
Christ the King, Monsignor Joseph
G. Cassidy officiating.
Mrs. Harrell is survived by two
daughters, Miss Gussie Harrell and
Miss Rosa Harrell, both of Atlan
ta.
MRS. ELIZABETH RANCK
DIES IN SPARTANBURG
SPARTANBURG, S. C. — Fu
neral services for Mi’s. Elizabeth
Barkdull Ranck, wife of A. A.
Ranck, who died on January 11,
were held at the Church of St.
Paul tlie Apostle, Father Charles
J. Baum officiating.
In addition to her husband,
Mrs. Ranck is survived by a sister,
Miss Rosalie Barkdull, of Spart
anburg.
EDWARD F. EDGE
DIES IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga. — Funeral ser
vices for Edward F. Edge, who
died Februray 17, were held at
■ the Cathedral of Christ the King,
Monsignor Joseph G. Cassidy of
ficiating.
Sister M. Agnes Levy
at Belmont Cathedral
MICHAEL C. DOItSCH
FUNERAL IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for Michael C. Dorsch, re
tired superintendent of .Swift and
Company refiniery, who died
February 9, were held at St. An
thony’s Church.
Mr. Dorsch is survived by His
wife; three daughters, Mrs. Wal
ter E. Traynliam and Mrs. Nell D.
Edens, both of Atlanta, and Mrs.
Damon J. Swann, Cincinnati; a
son, M. P. Dorsch, Atlanta, a
grandson, Michael P. Dorsch, Jr.,
and a great-grandson.
MRS. EDWIN RICHARDSON
FUNERAL IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. Frances Richardson,
wife of Edwin O. Richardson, of
Atlanta, who died in Atlanta on
February 8, were held at the
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
here.
Mrs. Richardson is survived by
her husband; a brother, Augustus
A. Reidcl, and two sisters, Mrs.
A. C. Marvin and Mrs. W. H. Fry,
all of Savannah.