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TWELVE-A
FEBRUARY 28, 1948
Approve Federal Aid
Toward Erection of
Hospital in Columbus
(Special io The Buleltin)
COLUMBUS. Ga. — Jack Key,
general chairman of the St. Fran
cis Hospital Building Fund Com
mittee, has disclosed that John
£. Ransom, Director of Hospital
Services, has announced that the
State Board of Health, on Febru
ary 19, approved an application of
St. Francis Hospital for Federal
aid in the amount of $565,000.
Mr. Ransom said the new 154-
bed general hospital will be built
at a total cost of $1,695,000, and
that construction would begin on
June 30.
Approximately $500,000 was
contributed toward the cost of
building the new hospital last
year by the Catholic and non-
Catholic citizens of Columbus, and
$500,000 more will be provided by
the Sisters of the Tl^ird Order of
St. Francis, of the Pittsburgh
Community, who will operate the
hospital.
An attractive twenty-acre tract
of land on Yarborough and Wood
ruff Roads has been donated as a
site for the hospital by J. W.
Woodruff, Sr., of Columbus.
The application of St. Francis
Hospital, the only local hospital
scheduled to receive Federal funds
under the Hill-Burton Act for this
year, is expected to be approved in
about two weeks, Mr. Key report
ed.
Mr. Key and Andrew Prather,
member of the St. Francis Hospi
tal building committee, were in
Atlanta last week conferring with
Mr. Ransom. ,
Plans and specifications tor the
new hospital are expected here
March 1, and will be sent to the
Stale Health Department imme
diately. They will be submitted
to contractors for bids around
March 15.
The St. Francis Hospital build
ing committee is composed of Mr.
Key, Mr. Prather, John Illges, Sr.,
and Clifford Swift, Sr., working
with the building committee of
the Franciscan Sisters, and the
architect, Cary Erickson, of
Schmidt, Garden and Erickson,
hospital architectural firm, of Chi
cago.
Mr. Key estimates that the hos
pital would be in operation ap
proximately a year after construc
tion begins.
Former Baptist Church
Acquired By Colored
Parish in Charlotte
CHARLOTTE, N. C.—Our Lady
of Perpetual Help parish will soon
have a centrally located church in
Charlotte, as Father Timothy Sul
livan, C. SS. R., pastor of the Col
ored parish here, has announced
that the Hedc-mptorist Fathers have
acquired the imposing stone struc
ture which was formerly the Gos
pel Baptist Church.
Possession of the property was
obtained by the Redemptorists on
February 1, and renovations will
be made immediately to adapt the
building for Catholic .purposes.
Due to the difficulty of obtaining
materials, no definite date lias
been set for the dedication.
The property is on North Mc
Dowell Street, near the intersec
tion of East Trade Street, in a lo
cation easily accessible to mem
bers of the congregation.
The present combination church
and rectory of Our Lady of Per
petual Help parish was built some
years ago in the vicinity of John
son C. Smith University, one of the
South's leading Negro educational
institutions.
The former Sunday school
classrooms, which are located in
the rear of the church will be con
verted into instruction rooms, par
ish offices and a social hall.
JOSEPH LAWRENCE,
FORMER AUGUSTAN,
DIES IN TENNESSEE
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Bryan Joseph
Lawrence, formerly of this city,
died in Chattanooga, Tenn., on
February 22. Funeral services
being held from Saints Peter and
Paul Church there- Interment
services were held in Augusta,
with Father Harold J. Barr, pastor
of St. Patrick’s Church, officiating.
Mi - . Lawrence, a native of Au
gusta, was the son of the late Bry
an Lawrence and Mrs. Frances
Mitchell Lawrence. For some
years he has been auditor for a
manufacturing concern in Ten
nessee.
In addition to his wife, Mrs.
Sarah McDaniel Lawyence, Mr.
Lawrence is survived by three
sisters, Mrs. C. Bruce Young,
Augusta; Mrs. Frank C. Bussey,
Atlanta, and Mrs. Mary Emma
Walker, North Port, Long Island
md several nieces and nephews.
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
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President Emeritus
of Waycross Branch
E. M. HEAGARTY
After serving for more than
twenty years as President of the
Waycross Branch of the Catholic
Laymen’s Association of Georgia,
E. M. Heagarty asked to be re
lieved of that office this year, so
he was unanimously elected Presl
dent Emeritus, for life, of the
local branch of the Laymen’s
Association in Waycross.
Harry M. Wilson, President of
Waycross Branch of C, L. A.,
Succeeding E. M. Heagarty
(Special to The Bulletin)
WAYCROSS, Ga.—At the Feb
ruary meeting of the Waycross
Branch of the Catholie Laymen’s
Association of Georgia, Harry M.
Wilson, former vice president, was
elected president of the local
branch, to succeed Edward M.
Heagarty who had requested that
his name would not again be
placed in nomination.
Mr. Heagarty, who has served
as president of the local branch
since 1925, when lie succeeded
the late Dan W. Morgan in that
office, has been active in the
work of the Catholic Laymen’s As
sociation of Georgia since its
foundation, and was for a num
ber of years one of the state vice
presidents. He has been named
President Emeritus of the local
branch.
Frank J. Tassone was elected
vice president, and E. M. HeV
garty, Jr., secretary-treasurer of
the local branch.
The new president of the Way-
cross Branch, Harry M. Wilson,
has been identified with Catholic
lay activity in Georgia for a num
ber of years. He is a life-long
resident of Waycross, and “Colo
nel Wilson,” as he is popularly
known here is a prominent mem
ber of the Georgia Bar Associa
tion, having held various offices
in that organization of members
of the legal profession.
The meeting was well attended
and a program of activity for the
coming years was discussed. Fath
er John M. Hillmann, S. M., spir
itual director of the Waycross
Branch, suggested as an initial
project the association distribute
cards giving the hours of Masses
at St. Joseph’s CliuVch here in
hotels and other places where they
would give information to the trav
eling public.
Following the election of of
ficers, James E. Foster, of Way-
cross, a member of the executive
board of the Catholic Laymen’s
Association of Georgia, reported
on the recent meeting of the ex
ecutive committee held in Atlanta.
The new president appointed E.
M. Heagarty, Jr., James E. Foster
and B. W. Cunningham as a com
mittee to arrange a date lor the
next meeting, and it was decided
that meetings would be held once
a month, with dinner meetings
at intervals during the year.
Death in Atlanta of
Mrs. J. W. Masseling
ATLANTA, Ga. — Mrs. May
Berchmans Masseling, wife of
J. W. Masseling, and one of the
most devoted members of St. An
thony’s parish, died on February
21. Funeral services were held
at St. Anthony’s Church, with
Monsignor Joseph F. Croke of
fering the Requiem Mass and
Father Felix Donnelly delivering
the sermon.
Born in Columbus, Mrs. Massel
ing was a daughter of Lawrence
Rafferty and Mrs. Ellen Deignan
Rafferty. She attended Mount de
Sales Academy, in Macon, and the
Slate Normal School, formerly in
Athens. For a number of years
she taught in the public schools in
Atlanta.
Long active in the work of the
Catholic Laymen’s Association of
Georgia, Mrs. Masseling had at
tended annual conventions of the
association for many years, and
enjoyed a wide acquaintance
among the Catholic laity all over
the state.
A devout member of St. An
thony’s parish since its foundation,
Mrs. Masseling had always been
prominently identified with every
parochial activity. She was_ a
member of St. Anthony’s Guild,
St. Anthony’s Needlework Guild
and other parish organizations, in
many of which she had held of
fice and served as president. She
was the collector in the parish foi
st. Mary’s Home, Savannah; a
charter member of the Atlanta
Catholic Club for Business and
Professional Women, and a mem-,
her of the Council of Catholic
Women. Not only was she active
in church work, but her personal
acts of charity, which were numer
ous had gained her gratitude of
hundreds whom she had assisted
in various ways.
So many of her friends visited
the home on the evening previous
to her funeral, when the Rosary
was offered for the repose of her
soul, that all of them wore not
able to get into the house.
In addition to her husband, Mrs.
Masseling is survived by two sis
ters, Mrs. John M. Harrison, At
lanta, and Mrs. Godfrey Kenning-
ton. Macon; a brother, Joseph W.
Rafferty, Atlanta; two aunts, Miss
Catherine Deignan and Miss The
resa Deignan, Columbus; and a
number of nieces and nephews,
among them John M. Harrison,
Jr., Lawrence J. Harrison, Mrs.
Chris R. Sheridan, Mrs. Clarence
Gordon Huey. Mrs. Anne Harri
son Gegan and Miss Dorothy Har
rison.
Heads Waycross
Catholic Laymen
ATLANTA BRANCH ELECTS OFFICERS— Pictured at the an
nual meeting of the Atlanta Branch of the Catholic Laymen’s
Association of Georgia at which new officers were elected are,
seated left to right, Mrs. Robert W. Schwab, executive vice-presi
dent, and Monsignor Joseph E. Moylan, Vicar General of the
Diocese of Savannali-Atlanta, who was the principal speaker at
the meeting; standing, left to right, Thomas J. O’Keefe, retiring
president, and Harvey Hill, newly elected president. (Photo by
Jack Young—Courtesy of the Atlanta Journal).
HARRY M. WILSON
For many years active in the
work of the Catholic Laymen’s
Association of Georgia, and for
merly vice-president of the local
branch of the association in Way-
cross, Harry M. Wilson, promi
nent in the legal profession in
South Georgia, has been elected
President of the Waycross Branch
of the Laymen’s Association.
Savannah Planning
Gala Celebration of
St. Patrick's Day
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga—Plans for the
observance of St. Patrick’s Day in
Savannah this year include the
celebration of a Solemn High Mass
at the Cathedral of St. John the
Baptist, with Monsignor T. James '
McNamara, rector of the Cathedral
as celebrant, a parade, and the
136th annual banquet of the Hiber
nian Society in the evening at the
Hotel DeSoto.
P. J. Buttimer has been named
chairman of the parade committee,
and Robert F. Downing will be pa
rade marshal. The parade will end
at the Sgt. Jasper monument
where a squad of cadets from the
Benedictine Military School wilt
fire a salute and a bugler will
sound taps.
United Stales Senator Bricn Mc
Mahon, of Connetcicut, who at
tained national prominence as
chairman of the Senate’s special
committee on Atomic Energy, will
respond to the toast, “The United
States of America,” at the ban
quet of the Hibernian Society, and
Hugh Kinchley, of Augusta, execu
tive secertary of the Catholic Lay
men’s Association of Georgia, will
respond to the toast, “The Day
We Celebrate.” David F. Griffin,
president of the Hibernian So
ciety, will act as toastmaster.
On the eve of St. Patrick’s Day,
a reception in honor of Grand
Marshal Downing will be held at
the K. of C. Hall, with the Oliver
General Hospital band, from Au
gusta, furnishing the music,
Harvey Hill Elected President
of Atlanta Branch of Catholic
Laymen s Association of Georgia
Sacred Heart College
Students in Belmont
Present “Little Women”
CHARLES LUDWIG
DIES IN DUBLIN
DUBLIN, Ga.—Funeral services
for Charles F. Ludwig, who died
February 20, were held at the Im
maculate Conception Church,
Fathor Walter Donovan offering
the Requiem Mass.
Mr. Ludwig is survived by his
wife, tire former Miss Anne Hen
ley; a daughter, Miss Louise Lud
wig, Dublin; three brothers, P. B
Ludwig, Chicago; Leo Ludwig
New York City, and Thomas Lud
wig, Boston
ATLANTA, Ga.—At the annual
meeting of the Atlanta Branch of
the Catholic Laymen’s Association
of Georgia, held on February 18
in the parish hall of the Immacu
late Conception Church, Harvey
Hill was elected president of the
local branch of the state-wide as
sociation, succeeding Thomas J.
O’Keefe, who has successfully di
rected the affairs of the Atlanta
Branch for the last two years.
Mrs. Robert W. Schwab was
elected executive vice president of
the Atlanta Branch, and Miss
Aimee Clohecy, who has held the
office so efficiently for a number
of years, was re-elected secretary-
treasurer.
Elected to serve an senior vice
presidents from the various par
ishes in the Atlanta area were
David G. Azar and Mrs. C. E.
Garner, Immaculate Conception
parish; John E. Campion, Jr., and
Miss Anne McEiroy, Sacred Heart
parish; Edward M. Hoctor and
Mrs. Raoul Patron, St. Anthony’s
parish; Don Sutter and Mrs.
George J. Gunning, Christ the
King Cathedral parish; Benjamin
J. Kelley and Mrs. W. A. Gcricke,
St. Thomas More parish, Deca
tur, and Thomas J, Griffin and
Mitm Bebeoc* StKwia, St. JosuitU's
parish, Marietta.
Junior vice presidents from
the parishes who were elected
were: Frank Clark and Miss
Madeline Spath, Immaculate Con
ception parish; Charles ,T. Arban,
Jr., and Miss Patricia Meehan
Sacred Heart parish; Joseph Mc
Donough, and Miss Clara Mae
Oberst, St. Anthony’s parish; Rich
ard Kane and Miss Joan Smith,
Christ the King Cathedral par
ish;/ Timothy Harrington and Miss
Lois McIntosh, St. Thomas More
parish, Decatur; and Jack An
drews and Miss Viney Speers, St.
Joseph’s parish, Marietta.
The names of the new officers
were placed in nomination by a
committee headed by Bernard J.
Kane, IC. S. S., which included
Jerry O’Andrea, C. L. McGowan,
Jr„ O. H. Jentzen, and J. T.
Doonan.
The meeting at which Mr.
O'Keefe presided, followed a Com
munion-breakfast at which the
speakers were Monsignor Joseph
E. Moylan Vicar General of the
Diocese of Savannah-Allanta;
Father Joseph R. Smith, pastor of
the Immaculate Conception
Church; Estes Doremus, of At
lanta, president of the Catholic
Laymen's Association of Georgia,
(Special to The Bulletin)
BELMONT, N. C.—The Dra
matic Club at the Sacred-Heart
Junior College presented its first
major play of the season on the
stage of the college auditorium in
January.
The play, an adaptation of the
immortal classic, “Little Women,”
was dramatized for the stage by
Kristen Laurence.
Members of the cast who play
ed leading roles were Miss Anne
Galletta, of Savannah. Ga.; Miss
Lynne Reed, New York; Miss
Mary Bryson, Jacksonville, Fla.;
Miss Carmen Burns, Dade City,
Fla.; Miss Mary Williams, Ocala,
Fla.; Miss Patricia Costello; Gaff
ney, S. C.; Miss Carolyn Rhyne,
Belmont; Miss Autrey van Pelt,
Cramerton; and Miss Marie Mit
chell, Mount Holley.
The play was staged under the
direction of Father Charles Kast-
ncr, O. S. B.
and Hugh Kinchley, of Augusta,
executive secretary of the Associa
tion.
Monsignor Moylan, whose stir
ring address featured the gath
ering, celebrated the Mass at the
Immaculate Conception Church
preceding the breakfast
Harvey Hill, the new president
of the Atlanta Branch, is a prom
inent young attorney of Atlanta,
a member of the legal firm of
Jones, Williams, Dorsey and Hill,
He is a member of the Cathedral
parish and a convert.