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AUGUST 21, 1948
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
ELEVEN
Preliminary Plans lor Georgia
Laymen’s Convention Outline at
Meeting of Brunswick Branch
MOST GENEROUS CONTRIBUTION TO AUGUSTA HOSPITAL FUND—Three textile mills in
Horse Creek Valley became the largest contributors to Augusta’s proposed St. Joseph’s Hospital
this week when a check, in very substantial amount, was presented to leaders in the Sisters’ Hos
pital Building Fund Campaign on behalf of the Clearwater Finishing Plant, the Bath Mill, and the
Seminole Mill. The check was delivered to Alvin M. McAuliffe, vice-chairman of the campaign
committee, by William H. Tornquist, manager of the Clearwater Finishing Plant. Pictured above,
as the contribution to the hospital fund was being made are. left to right, Jerome Franklin, mem
ber of the hospital fund finance committee; Mr. Tornquist, Mr. McAuliffe, and Gaines Huguley gen
eral manager of the Bath and Seminole Mills. Approximately $300,000 has been contributed thus
far to the hospital fund by individuals and firms in Augusta and its surrounding areas. The Sis
ters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, who will operate the hospital, are to contribute an equal amount,
and an application has been made for a Federal grant, under the provisions of the Hill-Burton Act,
for a third of the cost of building the hospital, about a million dollars.—(Robert Wilkinson photo—
Courtesy of The Augusta Chronicle).
(Special to The Bulletin)
BRUNSWICK, Ga. — Prelimi
nary plans for the reception and
entertainment of the delegates to
the thirty-third annual convention
of the Catholic Laymen’s Associa
tion of Georgia, which will be held
here on October 31, were outlined
at a meeting of the Brunswick
Branch held on July 26.
Joseph L. Owens, president of
the local branch, presided at the
. meeting, at which it was an
nounced that the Oglethorpe Hotel
had been designated as headquar
ters for tile convention, and that
the arrangements had been made
to hold the convention sessions in
the auditorium of the city’s Rec
reation Center.
In anticipation of the attendance
of many members of Catholic
Youth Organizations throughout
the state, there will be a dance at
the Hotel Oglethorpe on the night
before the convention, with mem
bers of the local CYO unit, the
Xavierian Club, acting as hosts and
hostesses.
Father John T. Mercer, pastor of
St. Francis Xavier Church, told the
meeting that Monsignor Joseph E.
Moylan, Vicar General of the Dio
cese of Savannah-Atlanta, had gra
ciously consented to offer the Mass
which would open the convention
program, and that the Mass would
be celebrated at St. Francis Xavier
Church at 9 o’clock on the morn
ing of the convention.
It is planned to hold a morning
and an afternoon session, the
morning session being scheduled
tentatively to begin at 10:30
o’clock, and the afternoon session
to convene at 2:30 o’clock.
The convention luncheon will be
serve# at the Oglethorpe Hotel,
during the recess between the
morning and afternoon sessions of
the convention.
As it is anticipated that quite a
number of delegates to the conven
tion will reach Brunswick on the
evening before the convention, it
was suggested that some arrange
ment be made to give these early
arrivals opportunity to partake of
one of the shore dinners for which
this Georgia coastal city has estab
lished a reputation.
With this idea in mind it was
proposed that Wyclie Jones, who is
noted as a culinary artist and ca
terer, prepare a’ shore dinner
which would be served at a club
house, some six miles from Bruns
wick, on the river front, if a suffi
cient number of those attending
the convention would indicate that
they would be willing to pay the
price of the individual meals,
owhich would be about $2.50.
Mr. Owens announced the ap
pointment of the following com
mittees to handle the local details
of the convention program and the
reception and entertainment of the
visitors: Registration committee,
•Tack Northrup Mrs. Frances
Freeman. Mrs. Charles Van Gil
der, Mrs. Leonard Hayes, Mrs. H.
M. Manning, Mrs. P. D. Joines:
Reservations: J. L. Owens, Mrs. M.
E. Lena, Mrs. Fred Barnes, David
O'Hagan. Dance: Edward Parker,
Miss Maryana O’Brien, John Stiles.
Frances O’Brien, Virginia Leotis,
Tony Martin. Luncheon: Mrs. W.
H. Parker, Mrs. J. C. Stiles, Miss
Virginia McGarvey, Mrs. Leonard
Ilaycs. Reception: Mrs. C. P. Good
year, with members of the Circles
and the Sodality of Our Lady of
Fatima. Transportation: John Carr,
with members of the Knights of
Columbus, the Circles, and the So
dality. Publicity: Miss Margaret
McGarvey. An information com
mittee will be organized among the
members of the Xavierian Club.
Officers of the Brunswick branch,
who will assist the local commit
tees in making arrangements for
the convention, are, in addition to
Mr. Owens, the president: Mrs.
May Parker, Brunswick, Michael
LaNasa, Darien, Arnold Cook, St.
Mary’s, David O’Hagan, St. Simon’s
Island, Dr. Etta Joel, Jesup, vice-
presidents; Miss Rita Treadwell,
junior vice-president: John Men
dez, treasurer, and Mrs. P. D.
Joines, Jr., secretary.
Mrs. Bruce Young
Dies in Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. Leona Lawrence
Young, wife of C. Bruce Young,
who died Augus 16, were held at
St. Patrick’s Church, with Father
Harold Barr officiating.
Mrs. Young, the daughter of
Bryan Lawrence and Mrs. Frances
Mitchell Lawrence, was born in
Augusta, and had lived here all of
her life.
Her boundless charity and her
kindness of spirit had gained for
her a host of friends who share
with the members of Mrs. Young's
family the passing of one who
made of her life a period of un
selfish service to others.
Besides her husband, Mrs.
Young is survived by three daugh
ters, Mrs. H. S. Buckley, Augusta,
Mrs. B. II. Walker, North Au
gusta, Mrs. Eugene Ray, Bruns
wick; two sons, William L. Young,
Fort Worth, Texas, and C. B.
Young, Jr., Augusta; two sisters,
Mrs. Mary Emma Walker, North-
port, Long Island, and Mrs. Frank
C. Bussey, Atlanta; twelve grand
children, and several nieces and
nephews.
DANIEL PENDARVIS
DIES IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C.—Funeral
services for Daniel Patrick Pen-
darvis, who died August 7, were
held at the Cathedral of St. John
the Baptist, Father John Adair of
ficiating.
Cardinal Spellman
Presides at Funeral
Mass for Babe Ruth
GEORGE HERMAN RUTH
NEW YORK.—His Eminence
Francis Cardinal Spellman, Arch
bishop of New York, presided at
the Solemn Requiem Mass offered
at the funeral services for Babe
Ruth, held at St. Patrick’s Cathe
dral.
Governor Thomas E. Dewey, of
New York, a close friend of base
ball's all-time home run king, and
who visited Ruth on several oc
casions during his last illness, was
among the fifty-seven honorary
pallbearers.
More than a hundred thousand
persons filed past Ruth’s body as
it remained in state in the ro
tunda of the Yankee Stadium, ’the
baseball park which was the scene
of some of Ruth's greatest ex
ploits while he was the star player
of the New York Yankees.
Ruth died on the night of Aug
ust 16, following a long illness. A
half-hour before his death he had
received the last rites of the
Church from Father Thomas Kauf
man, of St. Catherine of Sienna
Church. Ruth’s wife, Mrs. Claire
Ruth, was at his bedside with his
two adopted daughters, Mrs. Dan
iel Sullivan and Mrs. Richard
Flanders, and his sister, Mrs. Wil
ber Moberly, of Baltimore.
President Truman led the na
tion in paying tribute to Ruth, who
will always be remembered as one
of baseball’s immortals.
Ruth went from St. Mary’s In
dustrial School, conducted by the
Brothers of St. Francis Xavier, in
Baltimore, to the Baltimore team
of the International League, and
later on to baseball fame.
Father Franckhauser
Celebrating Diamond
Jubilee as a Jesuit
AUGUSTA, Ga.—On the Feast
of the Assumption, Father Joseph
B. Franckhauser, S. J., who is
this year marking his diamond
jubilee as a member of the So
ciety of Jesus, celebrated Mass at
the Sacred Heart Church, where
he was pastor for four years.
In the evening, at an informal
reception, Father Frankhausr’s
Augusta friends extended their
felicitations upon his completion
of sixty years as a priest.
Born in Alsace-Lorraine, Father
Franckhauser entered the Society
of Jesus in 1888 at St. Stanislaus
College in Macon. He was or
dained to the priesthood in 1901,
after completing his theological'
course at the College of the Sa
cred Heart, Woodstock, Md. After
teaching for a number of years at
St. John’s College, Shreveport,
Spring Hill College, Mobile, and
Loyola University of the South,
New Orleans, Father Franckhaus
er was appointed pastor of St.
Joseph’s Church, Macon. He was
later a member of the Southern
Jesuit Mission Band, and then,
after serving again as pastor of
the parish in Macon, came to Au
gusta in 1930 as pastor of the
Sacred Heart Church.
Since leaving Augusta in 1934,
Father Franckhauser has been a
member of the faculty at Spring
Hill.
FORMER MINISTERS TO
STUDY FOR PRIESTHOOD
LOS ANGELES. —(NC)— Two
former Episcopalian clergymen
have resigned their posts, entered
the Catholic Church and are mak
ing preparations to study for the
priesthood, it has been disclosed
here.
They are John M. York, Jr.,
who had been rector of Christ
Episcopal Church in Ontario.
Calif., and Harry R. Morgan, who
had been curate at St. Mathias'
Episcopal Church in this city. They
resigned their posts in May, it
was disclosed, and after taking in
structions from Bishop Joseph T.
McGucken, Auxiliary of Los An
geles,“were received into the Faith
by him at St. Andrew’s Church in
Pasadena.
Both now are attending Loyola
University, studying philosophy.
They plan to enter St. John’s Ma
jor Seminary at Camarillo, Calif.,
in September to begin studies for
the priesthood.
One-third of his former parish-
oners preceeded Mr. York'into the
Catholic Faith. He said that in his
ministry he had come to look mote
STATE DEPUTY VISITS
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
COUNCIL IN SAVANNAH
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga.—State Depu
ty J. Patrick Price, of Augusta,
paid an official visit to Savan
nah Council, No. 631, Knights of
Columbus, on August 11.
He was welcomed by Vestus J.
Ryan, grand knight of Savannah
Council, and a committee of the
members which included F. J.
Buttimer, J. A. Kearney, John A.
Bremer, W. J. Register, E. G.
Butler, H. J. Middleton, J. F.
O’Laughlin, Thomas J. Canty and
John M. Brennan, with District
Deputy E. P. Daly.
Preceding the meeting of the
Council, at which the newly in
stalled state deputy highly com
plimented the local council and
outlined His plans for the program
of the Georgia State Council of
the K. of C. for the coming year,
a seafood dinner was served by
Ralph A. D’Esposito, lecturer of
Savannah Council, anc^his commit
tee, P. R. Audesey, J. J. McGrath,
J. E. Buckley, W. F. Jenkins, J. E.
Foughner, E. G. Babin, J. A. Jor
dan and R. J. Roukos.
Waycross Branch of
Laymen's Association
Sponsors Benefit Party
(Special to The Bulletin)
WAYCROSS, Ga.—The Way-
cross Branch of the Catholic Lay
men’s Association of Georgia
sponsored a benefit game party on
the evening of August 6, at the
Catholic Club, the proceeds of the
event to be used toward the fur
nishing of the convent for the Sis
ters who will teach in the paro-
cihal school which is now being
erected in Waycross.
Harry M. Wilson, local branch
president, was general chairman
of the committee in charge, and
Bill Cunningham acted as master
of ceremonies. James E. Foster
was chairman of the finance com
mittee: Fred Crawford, Sr., and
Gus Mechtel headed the refresh
ment committee; Mrs. J. F. Man
ning, Mrs. Gus Fechtel, Mrs. J. E.
Foster, Mrs. Harvey Miller, Mrs.
Fred Crawford and Mrs. Kramer
composed the reception commit
tee.
A number of members of the
parish of St. Francis Xavier, in
Brunswick, attended the party,
with their pastor, Father John T.
Mercer, S. M„ and Father Fran
cis X. McCarron, O. M. I., of
Lakeland, was among the guests.
9nd more upon the Catholic Church
as a standard and then realized
that “it isn’t possible to believe in
the Catholic Faith and still stay
out of the Catholic Church.”
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