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NOVEMBER 27, 1948
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
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of the Golden jubilee of the
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to the spiritual preparation for
the Holy Year in 1950.”
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HONORARY
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Martin J. Callaghan, K. S. G.,
of Macon, who serves as Honor
ary Vice President of the Catholic
Laymen’s Association of Georgia.
Nationwide Recognition
For Psychiatric Ward at
St. Joseph’s, Savannah
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga.— Nation-wide
attention was directed to the psy
chiatric ward, sponsored by the
Gannam Post of the American Le
gion at St. Joseph’s Hospital, at
the recent, national convention of
the American Legion in Miami.
The resolutions committee pre
sented for adoption a resolution
calling for the federal government
to look into the psychiatric prob
lems of Hid country and contained
in Ihe resolution was a paragraph
devoted to the local phychiatric
ward. Establishment of the ward
at St. Joseph’s was promoted by
George K. Gannam Post No. 184.
The paragraph cited the local
ward as a basic example for the
other committees which are seek
ing to remedy their psychiatric
problems.
George C. Kelly, Post 184
commander, and Harold A. Waters,
service officer, delegates to the
convention, were in constant
touch with Dr. H. D. Shapiro, med
ical consultant, and T. O. Kraabel,
national director of the national
rehabilitation committee of the
American Legion from Washing
ton, D. C.
“When presenting the resolu
tion we decided to use your idea
of a ward for mental patients in
a private hospital as the basic ex
ample for arriving at the solution
of the American mental prob
lem,” the national committeemen
told the local delegates.
Mr. Waters,/ who was introduced
to the newly elected national com
mander, Perry Brown of Texas,
quoted the commander as saying
he was so favorably impressed
with the work done by George K.
Gannam Post in the psychiatric
problem in Savannah.
SAVVANNAH, Ga.—Monsignor
T. James McNamara, rector of
the Cathedral of St. John the
Baptist, has been elected presi
dent of the Savannah Mental Hy
giene Society.
Meeting Held By
Altar Society of
Parish in Douglas
(Special to The Bulletin)
'DOUGLAS, Ga.—The regular
meeting of the Altar Society of
St. Paul’s Church, which was fol
lowed by a study club session,
was opened with prayer by Father
Frederick Gilbert, O. M. I.
Miss Marie Kalil was welcomed
as a new member and Miss Sue
Hanna, Miss Margaret Ferris and
Mrs. Tom Burden were appointed
as a committee to nominate of
ficers for the coming year.
Announcement was made that a
benefit party was to be held at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. John
Nahra, and that the women of the
parish would entertain the men of
the parish at a party in the parish
hall on the evening of November
8th. j
At the conclusion of the meet
ing, refreshments wer served by
Mrs. W. W. White, who was hostess
for the evening.
Te Altar Society sponsored a
Hallowe’en party for the children
of St. Paul’s parish with Mrs. Mit
chell Thomas and Mrs. A. d. Han
na in charge of the games and
refreshments.
Fitter Joseph Oeihl,
Marist Missionary,
Dies in Chicago
CHICAGO, 111.—Funeral ser
vices for Father Joseph R. Ijeihl,
S. M., who spent his twenty-eight
years in the priesthood as a'mis
sionary in the Samoan Island, were
held on November 3, at St. Boni
face Church here. Interment was
in the Marist Cemetery, Wash
ington, D. C. j'
The Solemn Requiem Mass was
offered by Father Edward P, Mc
Grath, S. M., Provincial of; the
Washington Province of the. So
ciety of Mary. Father Ray Field,
C. S. V., was deacon of the jdass,
with Father Robert Hopkinjs, C.
S. V.. subdeacon. ,.
The sermon was delivered by
the Most Rev. William D. O’Brien,
D. D., Auxiliary Bishop of t| Chi
cago.
Father Deihl was born ii^ At
lanta, Ga., a son of the lalfj, Mr.
and Mrs. John C. Deihl. H<£ was
ordained to the priesthood. Alune
20, 1920, at the Marist College,
Washington, D. C., and celebrated
his first Mass at St. Mel’s Church,
Chicago, with Father Michael J.
Keyes, S. M., now Bishop l^eyes,
delivering the sermon. '
During his years as a missionary
on Samoa, Father Deihl erected
chapels and schools and establish
ed a newspaper in his island par
ish. He returned to this country
in September, because of ill
health, and died at Mercy Hos
pital here on the Feast of All
Saints.
He was the first American priest
to be stationed in the Samoan
Islands, and was widely known as
the founder of the Catholic Club
at Apia, used by thousands of
servicemen on the way to the
Solomons, New " Caledonia. New
Hebrides, New Zealand and Aus
tralia during the war.
Father Deihl is survived by
three brothers, Henry C. Deihl,
Chicago; Edward Deihl, Atlanta,
and John C. Deihl, Charlotte, N.
C.; a sister. Mrs. Lucille Penkala,
Chicago, and his step-mother, Mrs.
Minnie Deihl, of Chicago.
MBS. ROSE ACKENBRACK
DIBS IN COLUMBUS
COLUMBUS, Ga—Mrs. Rose
Ackenbrack, of Waterford, N. Y.,
died here on November 4. while
on a visit to her daughter and son-
in-law, Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Dupree.
Funeral services were held at St.
Mary's Church, Waterford.
Born in Lowell, Mass.. Mrs.
Ackenbrack was the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John Gregory. Sur
viving, besides Dr. and Mrs. Du
pree, are her husband, Charles
Ackenbrack; another daughter,
Miss Ellen Aackenbrack; Water
ford; two sons, Charles Acken
brack and Lee Ackenbrack, Water-
lord: two sisters. Mrs. Ada Super-
nant, Troy, N. Y.: Mrs. Mary La-
Drage, also of Troy, and a brother,
Edward Gregory, Cohoes, N. Y.
MRS. MARY O’DRISCOLL
DIES IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. Mary A. O'Driscoll,
who died October 20, were held
at the Cathedral of St. John the
Baptist.
A native of Appalachicola, Fla.,
she had resided in Savannah most
of her life, and was one of the
oldest alumnae of St. Vincent
Academy.
Mrs. O’DriscoU is survived by
three daughters, Miss Regina
O’Driscoll, Miss Stella O’DriscbU,
and Mrs. A. M. McCollum, Wash
ington, D. C.; a niece, Mrs. Walter
Schaaf, Savannah, and five grand
children.
BENNIE STROZZO
DIES IN STATESBORO
STATESBORO, Ga. — Bennie
Strozzo, Bullock County farmer of
the Brooklet community, died here
on October 24, funeral services
being held at St. Joseph’s Church,
Bay Branch, with Father Edward
W. Smith officiating.
Mr. Strozzo is survived by his
wife, two daughters, Miss Mary
Elizabeth Strozzo, Washington, D.
C„ and Miss Genevieve Strozzo,
Tampa, 'Flu.; two sons. Gerald
Strozzo and Anthony Strozzo, of
Brooklet; a sister, Mrs. Anthony
Vigilleh, Catskill, Nri Y., and
three brothers, Ramond Strozzo,
Catskill, Cosmo Strozzo, Bingham
ton, N. Y., and Anthony Strozzo,
Brooklet.
JOHN DOYLE
DIES IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for John Doyle, of Brooklyn,
N. Y„ who died here on October
27, were held at the Sacred Heart
Church.
Mr. Doyle was second assistant
engineer on the Liberty ship Knule
Rockne. which was docked in Sa
vannah,