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FEBRUARY 28, 1948 THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA SEVEN-A ST. ANNE’S CHURCH. FLORENCE—'The picture of St. Anne’s Church, which serves I he Colored Catholics of Florence, South Carolina, was taken on the occasion of its dedication in 1941. It is a charge of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, served by Father Thomas Haggerty, O. M. I., pastor of St. Jude’s Church, Sumter. Mrs. Merrelle Mock President of Deanery Council in Greenville SPARTANBURG, S. C.—Mrs. J. | Merrelle Mock, of Greenville, was elected president of the Green- j ville Deanery Council of Catholic Women at the quarterly meeting held February 3 in the—parish hall of the Church of SL Paul the Apostle here. Other officers named were Mrs. Leonard Becker, Sr., Spartanburg, vice president; Mrs. Louis Reib- ling, Spartanburg secretary, and Miss May McGrath, Anderson, treasurer. Mrs. Jack Kearney, of Green ville, president of the Charles ton Diocesan Council of Catholic Women praised Mrs. Leonard Becker, Sr., the retiring presi dent of the Deanery Council, for her cooperation and a rising vote of thanks was extended by the assembly. In the absence of Monsignor A. K. Gwynn, P. A., pastor of St. Mary’s Church, Greenville, who was to be the guest speaker, Father Charles J| Baum, pastor of St. Paul the Apostle Church, Spartanburg, addressed the meet ing. Father Baum stressed the need of increased membership and urg ed each member present to try to enroll at least one new member. He also directed attention to the observance of Catholic Press Month reminding the members of the importance of religious read- ' ing in the home. Following the business session, | members of the Spartanburg Coun- . cil were hostesses at a tea. Mrs. Charles Cook, president of the lo cal council, poured tea, and Mrs. E. P. Joyce poured coffee. They were assisted in serving by Misses Shirley Abernathy, Paricia Holt and Ann Reibling, members of the St. Paul’s Catholic Youth Or ganization. Mrs. Warren Cathcart was chair man of the committee arranging for the meeting, with the fol lowing sub-committee chairmen assisting: Mrs. J. S. O’Neill, reg istration; Mrs. Alfred Price and Mrs. Martin O’Brien; welcome Mrs. E. P. Joyce and Mrs. J. E. DuPre; decorations, Mrs. William Cash, Mrs. Alice Abernathy and Mrs. A. O. Barbare; refreshments, Mrs. John Siener; nominating, and Mrs. Louis Reibling, publicity and correspondence. PROTESTS TEACHING RELIGION IN PUBLIC SCHOOL OF VIRGINIA Special to The Bulletin) RICHMOND, Va.—Charging that the teaching of religion in the Norfolk County public schools is a violation of Federal and State constitutions, W. C. Moore has served notice on State and county school officials that he will seek to have it discontinued, through a judicial ruling if necessary. Mr. Moore, who describes him self as a Protestant, is the father of a fifth grade student in one of the district schools. He contends that under the present voluntary religious educa tion program in the school, his son is “deprived of the full school time to which he is entitled under the compulsory education laws of Virginia,” and that it further is embarrassing for the child to be put out of the classroom during the period taken up for the teach ing of religion. Superintendent of Schools W. A. Early said the course taught in the fourth and fifth grades of all county schools is purely voluntary and the instructors are paid by the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America and the Vir ginia Council of Religious Educa tion. It consists of thirty minutes in- si ruction, once a week, and is giv cn only to those children who have written permission from their parents to take the course. JUSTICE HAROLD M. STEPHENS, who was appointed chief justice of the U. S. Court of Appeals for the District of Co lumbia, called the second highest court in the land, by President Truman, is a convert. He was baptized and received into the church in 1928 by Bishop Duane G. Hunt of Salt Lake City. BROTHERHOOD WEEK PROGRAM IN COLUMBUS COLUMBUS, Ga. — Observance of American Brotherhood Week, sponsored here by the Columbus- Phenix City Religious Council, was feaulred by talks before civic clubs and school students by Al bert I. Edelman, of New York, for mer chief of investigations of car tels and foreign assets for the U. S. Military Government in Ger many Benjamin M. Parker, Atlan ta, former special assistant to four Attorneys General, and Andrew J. Ryan, Jr., Savannah, Solicitor General of the Eastern Judicial Circuit of Georgia. STATE OF WASHINGTON RULES AGAINST CHURCH SURVEYS IN SCHOOLS OLYMPIA, Wash.—(RNS)—At torney General Smith Troy de clared in an opinion here that a church-conducted survey of re ligious interest and affiliation may not take place in the schools, be cause it would violate the state constitution. The Bremerton Ministerial As sociation had requested pel-mis sion to poll students to ascertain their church preferences and help them receive the benefit of some definite religious training and ex perience. ST. CHRISTOPHER’S CHURCH. BAXLEY, GEORGIA INTERIOR OF ST. CHRISTOPHER’S CHURCH. BAXLEY Committee Named for NCCS in Columbus * The Little Red Fish House 201 N. Dargan Street Telephone 11C3—11(54 “THE FISH WITH THE WIGGLE IN THEIR TAILS” GOLDENFAT POULTRY Florence, South Carolina (Special to The Bulletin) COLUMBUS, C.a.— The recre ational center operated by the USO on Fifth Street, is now un der the sponsorship of National Catholic Community Service, which was a member agency of the Unit ed Service Organizations. The NCCS program is designed to meet the wide variety of per sonal and leisure time needs of the men and women in the arm ed forces, and here in Columbus, practically everything is still the same as it was during the war- years. This extended service of NCCS is made possible by the Arch bishops and Bishops of the Unit ed States, who in November of last year, after reviewing the ac complishments of NCCS during its seven years of existence, au thorized its continuance to serve the spiritual, educational, social and recreational needs of our peacetime forces. Father Herman J. Deimel, pas tor of the Church of the Holy Family, is moderator of the local NCCS, and the committee includ es: Louis C. Kunze, president; Maurice Rothschild, vice presi dent; William Fortson, treasurer; Gus Murray, recording secretary; Colonel Onto P. Bragan, military representative, and Dr. Polk Land, Richard II. Fleming, W. G. Bridg es, Isadore Monsky, Vincent Mc Cauley and Mrs. W. G. Bridges. Students at Sacred Heart College in Belmont Aid Student Relief Campaign AIKEN & COMPANY FORTY HOURS DEVOTION AT COLUMBUS CHURCH INSURANCE RENTALS INVESTMENTS F. H. A. LOANS REAL ESTATE PERSONAL LOANS Phone 334 119 N. Dargan Street Florence, S. C. Phone 335 COLUM-BUS, Ga.—Father God frey Weitekamp, O. F. M., pastor of St. Mary’s Church, Americus, delivered the sermons at the eve ning services during Forty Hours Devotion held at the Church of the Holy Family here Febru ary 22-24. Members of Bishop Gross Council, Knights of Co lumbus, served as a guard of honor during the processions. (Special to The Bulletin) BELMONT, N. C.—The Student War Relief Campaign to aid desti tute students in Europe and Asia is now being conducted in hun dreds of colleges and universities throughout the country, was re sumed on February 14 at the Sa cred Heart Junior College and Academy here, and an intensive effort will be paid until the end of the current school year to collect food, clothing, books, magazines and educational supplies for ship ment by the NFCCS Relief Com mittee to students abroad. During the Christmas holiday season, the students at the Sacred Heart College and Belmont Abbey College joined in sponsoring a dance for the benefit of the fund. The student aid to student or ganization will strengthen the bonds of spiritual, intellectual and cultural interests between the stu dents in this country and their col leagues overseas. The gifts in kind shipments will alleviate wide spread suffering and insure, to some degree, a sound Intellectual and Christian world leadership. Sacred Heart Coillege students on the Student Relief Committee are Misses Ernestine Russell, of Raleigh, - chairman: Mary Cather ine Thilmont, of Hamlet, vice- chairman; Anne Gailelte. of Sa- vanah, Ga.: Kitty Moore and Ann Connell, of Mount Holly, and Win ifred Rankin and Margaret McCer- rigle, of Gastonia. Monsignor Moylan Dedicates Church of St. Christopher, Baxley (Special to The Bulletin) BAXLEY, Ga.—Monsignor Jos eph E. Moylan, Vicar General of the Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta, dedicated the new St. Christo pher’s Church here on January 25, with Father George Fahey, S. M., of Brunswick, and Father Bernard Brady, O. M. I., of Douglas, and Father Francis McCarron, O. M. I., of Lakeland, assisting. Father Frederick V. Gilbert, O. M. I-, pastor of St. Paul’s Church, Douglas, of which the new church is a mission, welcomed the visitors who attended the dedication and gave an explanation of the cere mony. Frank Hanna and Burnell Moore, of Douglas, served as aco lytes. In his sermon at the Muss of Dedication, of which he was the celebrant, Monsignor Moylan traced the history of tile Ciiureh, told of the part -it played in the lives of the faithful and of the con tribution it made to civic life. A transcription of the services was made and broadcasted later over Station WMDG in Douglas, so that people all over South Geor gia might be able to felicitate the Oblate Fathers on the erection of this new chapel which will serve the Catholics of Baxley and its surrounding area and the number of tourists who travel U. S. High way No. 1 between the North and Florida. The Mayor and several members' of the City Council of Baxley at tended the dedication ceremony. Catholics from Baxley, Lumber City, Selena and Surreney, and a number of non-Catholics were in the congregation. At the conclusion of the ser vices, refreshments were served on the church lawn by members of the Altar Society of St. Paul’s Church in Douglas. The construction of the chapel was made possible through the generosity of Henry D. Rodden- ben-y, of California, a native of nearby Ilazelhurst, and a convert. Contributions from Catholics and non-Catholics of- Baxiey helped to purchase a site and other contribu tions will aid in completing the furnishing of the chapel and the landscaping of the grounds. Mass is now being said every Sunday at St. Christopher’s Church by one of the Oblate Fa thers who comes up from Douglas and spends Saturday night in the priest’s quarters which are provid ed at the rear of the building. Pews and kneeling benches have been placed in the church and a bronze tabernacle has been in stalled on the altar. HOLY NAME SOCIETY OFFICERS INSTALLED ARCHBISHOP CUSHING of Boston. Episcopal Chairman of the Youth Department of the National Catholic Welfare Conference, has announced that the Rev. Dr. Joseph Eugene Schieder, a priest of the Diocese of Buffalo has been named Director of the Youth De partment of N. C. W. C. ATLANTA, Ga.—Newly elected officers of the Iloiy Name Society of the Immaculate* Conception parish, J. F. Glanorff, president; II. L. Peterson, vice-president; James Giglio, secretary; Matt Bott- chen, treasurer, and M. C. Masters, sergeant-at-arms, were installed at lire January meeting held in the recreational hail of the parish. PRIEST FROM NEW YORK SPEAKS ON PROGRAM AT UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA ATHENS, Ga.— Father George B. Ford chaplain for the Catholic students at Columbia University, in New York City, was among the visiting speakers who addressed students at the University of Geor gia during the annual Religion in X,ilc Week held this month. Florence Union Stock Yards Florence, South Carolina J. C. McCRACKLIN, Manager