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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
JUNE 25, 1949
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" EDITED BY MRS. JAMES L. GROGAN ^ ■"
SAVANNAH-ATLANTA DIOCESAN COUNCIL OF CATHOLIC WOMEN
DIOCESAN COUNCIL PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Atlanta Deanery
Council to Hold
Meeting in Athens
ATHENS, Ga. — The Atlanta
Deanery Council of Catholic Wom
en will hold its quarterly meeting
in Athens on Sunday, June 26.
Mass will be offered at St.
Joseph’s Church, at 11 o’clock, and
following Mass lunch will be
served and the meeting will be
held out-of-doors, if the weather
permits.
Savannah Deanery
Council Committee
Chairmen Named
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Mrs. Joseph
Ocampo, president of the Savan
nah Deanery Council of Catholic
Women, has announced the ap
pointment of the following stand
ing committee chairmen:
Family and Parent Education
Committee, Mrs. James E. Nues-
lein; Organization and Develop
ment, Miss Helen Roe Nugent; Co
operation with Catholic Charities,
Miss Kitty McKenzie; Conference
of Christian Doctrine, Mrs. L. M.
Kinstle, of Brunswick; Parent-
Teacher Associations. Mrs. I. E.
Smith; International Relations,
Mrs. John F. Shearouse; Legisla
tion, Mrs. John Brennan; Library
and Literature, Miss Kate A.
Walsh; Public Relations, Mrs.
Joseph E. Kelly; Shrines in Homes,
Mrs. J. T. Lowe; Study Groups,
Miss Ernestine Walsh; War Re
lief Services, Mrs. Edna McDon
ough; St. Thomas Vocational
School, Mrs. R. J. Roukos; Ways
and Means, Mrs. Nell Devine.
Members of the executive boqrd
of the Deanery Council in addition
to Mrs. Ocampo, the president, are:
Mrs. Nell Devine, first vice-presi
dent; Mrs. L. M. Kinstle, second
vice-president; Miss Kate A.
Walsh, third vice-president; Miss
Jeanne Ryan, recording secretary;
Miss Ann Ware, corresponding sec
retary; Mrs. T. K. Joyce, treasurer,
and Mrs. Joseph E. Kelly, par
liamentarian.
Mount St. Joseph
Alumnae Entertain
Graduating Class
AUGUSTA, Ga.—The seventeen
"sweet girl graduates” of Mount
St. Joseph Academy were guests of
honor at a buffet supper given on
the evening of May 22 in the school
auditorium.
The Alumnae Association mem
bers are hostesses at this annual
"get-together’’ to welcome into
I heir ranks the class completing
high school. The address of wel
come was given by the president
of the Association, Mrs. Thomas
Saul, who in a few well chosen
words welcomed the new members
and asked their cooperation in car
rying on the work of the alumnae.
Miss Betty Casey, president of the
"Forty-niners” responded in be
half of her class-mates. Shasta
daisies, yellow tapers and palms,
carrying out the school colors of
yellow and white were artistically
arranged in decorating the auditor
ium. A beautifully appointed table
was set for the class of ’49 with
centerpiece of white and yellow
gladioli. The hand painted place
cards were the work of Miss Mary
Hallinan, treasurer of the Alumnae
Association. About two hundred
were in attendance, renewing old
friendships, recalling school days
and receiving encouragement and
inspiration to live up to the princi
pals taught them in their youth by
meeting again the sisters who had
been their teachers. Three “Silver
Jubilarians” were present, mem
bers of the class of 1924, Miss
Mary Doris, Mrs. Harry Lawless
and Mrs. Edwin Dorr.
The Alumnae Association pre
sented Mother Carmelita with a
check for $200.00, providing tuition
for one Sister to attend Summer
school. As this was the first an
nual banquet which Mother Rose
deLima was unable to attend, be
ing now at the Motherhouse in St.
Louis, a prayer in her behalf was
i offered by all present. The even
ing closed with singing of the
, school song “M S J Forever”, with
> Mias Betty Mubierm accompanist.
A. O. H. Auxiliary in
Saraanah Announces
Essay Contest Winners
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Prize win
ners in the Irish history essay
contest, sponsored by the city and
state divisions of the Ladies’
Auxiliary of the Ancient Order of
Hibernians, have been announced
by Mrs. Claudia R. Gannon, presi
dent of the Savannah auxiliary.
The three awards in the high
school group on the subject
“American Lawyers and Jurists- of
Irish Descent,” were won by
students at St. Vincent Academy
in Savannah, Miss Margaret Ann
Broderick taking first honor; Miss
Rita Harper, second honor, and
Miss Shirley Mason, third honor,
in this contest, sponsored by the
Georgia Division of the auxiliary.
In the essay contest for pupils
of elementary schools, sponsored
by the Savannah Auxiliary, on the
subject “Foundation and Growth
of the Sisters of Mercy,” Betty
Jean Wolfe, of the Cathedral
School, Savannah, won first prize;
Margie Zettler, Immaculate Con
ception School, Atlanta, second
prize, and Shirley Daniel, Sacred
Heart School, Augusta, third prize.
Judges of the contests were
Father John A. Morris, pastor of
the Church of the Nativity of Our
Lord, Thunderbolt; John M. Bren
nan, local attorney and member of
the executive board of the Catho
lic Laymen’s Association of Geor
gia, and Miss Kate A. Walsh, his
torian of the Savannah Auxiliary.
The winning essays from Geor
gia were forwarded to Mrs. Nell
McDermott, Providence, R. I., for
entry in the nationwide contest,
and it has been announced that
Miss Betty Jean Wolfe, who gradu
ated from the eighth grade of the
Cathedral School this month, won
second prize in the national con
test:
K. of C. Auxiliary .
Meets in Savannah
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Mrs. Carlos
J. Deposito, president of the Auxil
iary of Savannah Council, Knights
of Columbus, announced the ap
pointment of the following com
mittee chairmen at the May meet
ing held at the K.^of C. Hall:
Mrs. Joseph M.'Byrnes. Jr., fi
nance; Mrs. James G. Nueslein, en
tertainment; Mrs. William C. Brod
erick, publicity; Mrs. Eugene Sum
merlin, hospitality; Mrs. Lawrence
Summerlin, sick; Mrs. Veslus J.
Ryan, membership; Mrs. Joseph A.
Battle, Jr., telephone.
Mrs. John Buckley wa» named
to head the committee to serve at
the June supper-meeting of the
First Friday Club, and Mrs. John
R. Carterisan was appointed histo
rian of the auxiliary.
It was announced that following
the degree ceremonial of Savannah
Council on June 12, the auxiliary
would entertain the wives of the
new members at a lea on June 18,
with Mrs. D. V. O’Driscoll as chair
man of the committee in charge.
Mrs. Daniel Corcoran was welcom
ed as a new member of the auxil
iary.
Classes in Citizenship
k Held for War Brides at *
Columbus NCCS Club
WASHINGTON.— (NC) —A spe
cial instruction course has been
inaugurated at the USO club oper
ated by the National Catholic Com
munity Service in Columbus, Ga.,
to afford foreign war brides of
American servicemen an opportu
nity to study the principles of gov
ernment and citizenship, it has
been announced at the NCCS head
quarters here.
The program will acquaint them
with the structure of the govern
ment, concepts of American citi
zenship and a background of Amer
ican history. Members of the facul
ties of Columbus high schools and
the University of Georgia will
serve as instructors. Similar pro
grams are being encouraged at
other clubs throughout the coun
try, the announcement stated.
Among the countries represent
ed in the enrollment are Germany,
Poland, Italy, France, England,
Austria, China, Hungary and Ire
land. Ten of 12 sessions will be re
quired to complete the course, and
classes will be held weekly.
During the month of June our
thoughts turn to the Sacred Heart
of Jesus. It is indeed fitting that
every individual strive to make a
more worthy return of the love
which Christ has bestowed upon
us. Certainly no devotion could
be more pleasing than membership
in the Apostleship of Prayer.
I would like to take this oppor
tunity to thank the officers and
Board Members, in the name of
every member of the Diocesan
Council, for the splendid leader
ship they have given us and for the
many sacrifices they have made
in order to give us this leadership
during the past year, also to give
our very special thanks to Mon
signor Joseph E. Moylan, Vicar
General, and Father John D.
Toomey, Spiritual Director, for
their ever willing and most help
ful assistance.
In accepting the office of Presi
dent of the Savannah-Atlanta Di
ocesan Council of Catholic Women,
I am fully aware of the grave re
sponsibilities that face me, the
seriousness of the charge that has
been entrusted to my keeping, of
the certain definite goals that must
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Mrs. R. E.
Pate, chairman of the War Relief
Committee of the Augusta Dean
ery Council of Catholic Women,
has reported that her committee
has packed and shipped 800 gar
ments and a quantity of wool and
knitting needles to War Relief
Services—N. C. W. C. during this
month.
Mrs. Robert E. Leonard has re
cently been elected president of
Mount St. Joseph Mothers’ Club,
an affiliate of St. Mary’s Parish
Council, and Mrs. Richard Rowe
has been named president of the
Parent-Teacher Association of the
Sacred Heart School, an affiliate
of the Sacred Heart Parish Coun
cil.
A copy of “Seven Storey Moun
tain,” by Thomas Merton, current
ly among the best-sellers in the
non-fiction field throughout the
country, has been donated to the
Augusta Library by the Augusta
Deanery Council.
Mrs. Marion C. Stulb, president
of the Augusta Deanery Council,
called a special meeting of the
executive committee or June 10,
at which standing committee chair
men were named.
The three parish councils in
Augusta cooperated with the par
ishioners of St. Patrick’s Church
in arranging for the celebration of
the Silver Jubilee of the ordina
tion of Father Harold Barr, pastor
of St. Patrick’s. The Diocesan
Council President, Mrs. D. J.
O’Connor; the Deanery Council
President, Mrs. M. C. Stulb, and
the presidents of the parish coun
cils, Miss Catherine Callahan, Mrs.
Michael J. Carrigan and Miss Mar
garet Sheron being in the receiv
ing line at the reception tendered
Father Barr.
SACRED HEART SCHOOL
P. T. A. IN SAVANNAH
ELECTS NEW OFFICERS
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Mrs. Joseph
Hutton was elected president of
the Parent-Teacher Association of
the Sacred Heart School at a meet
ing held on May 30, other officers
elected being Mrs. John Rourke,
Jr., first vice-president; Mrs.
Joseph McDonough, second vice-
president; Mrs. J. T. Collins, re
cording secretary; Mrs. C. D.
Douglas, corresponding secretary,
and Mrs. B. W. Cunningham, treas
urer.
ATLANTAN GRADUATES
AT D’YOUVILLE COLLEGE
BUFFALO, N. Y. — Miss Marie
Claire Gunning, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. George J. Gunning, of At
lanta, Ga., was among the ninety-
two graduates of D’Youville College
who received diplomas here on
June 2. Miss Gunning, who was an
honor student, majoring in Eng
lish, received a B. A. degree.
During her four years in college,
Miss Gunning served as an officer
of the student government associa
tion, was a member of the Dean’s
.committee, a member of the Dr ji
be accomplished, of the trust and
confidence that you have placed
in me, and above all, my own per
sonal limitations, but I pledge a
sincere and wholehearted service
to a “Catholic Cause” that I know
to be the most sacred, the most
honorable and the most worthy of
my full support. I am also aware
of the honor that has been bestow
ed upon me, and I assure you that
I truly appreciate the trust and
confidence of all those who have
placed me in this office in which I
can, with the help of our Lord and
His Blessed Mother, and also every
Catholic woman in the Diocese, do
much for the spread of the Faith
and for the furtherance of that
type of Catholic Action which
awakens a deep, deep sense of re
sponsibility to share “the faith that
is ours”, to live it as perfectly as
we can that by our good example,
we shall be able to lead others
along the trial that finds its
terminus at the feet of Christ,
Who is the Way, the Truth, and the
Life.
Mrs. Fred Crawford
Catholic Mother of
1949 in Waycross
(Special to The Bulletin)
WAYCROSS, Ga.—Mrs. Fred W.
Crawford, Sr., has been chosen by
the Columbus Club here as the
Catholic Mother of 1949 of Way-
cross. Representing all the moth
ers of St. Joseph’s parish, Mrs.
Crawford was honor guest at the
Communion breakfast of the
Knights of Columbus held on
Mothers’ Day in the assembly room
at St. Joseph Academy.
Frank J. Tassone, president of
the Columbus Club, and James E.
Foster, secretary-treasurer, acted
as masters of ceremony, and T.
Johnson Moore, special agent of
the F. B. I., was the guest speaker.
The honor guest was presented
with an orchid corsage by the Co
lumbus Club. Special guests were
Father John H. Hillmann, S. M„
and the Sisters of St. Francis who
teach at the academy.
• The breakfast was prepared and
served by Jack Manning, Gus
Fechtel, Steve Nimmer, John To
bol a, Joe Crum, Bob Myles, Bob
Anderson, John Taliani, Fred
Crawford and Vincent Grupposo.
Notre Dame to Present
Irene Dunne With 1949
Laetare Medal, June 29
(Special to The Bulletin)
NOTRE DAME, Ind. — Motion
picture actress Irene Dunne will
formally receive the 1949 Laetare
Medal, awarded annually by the
University of Notre Dame to an
outstanding member of the Catho
lic laity, on June 29, on the Notre
Dame campus, Father John J.
Cavanaugh, C. S. C., president of
the university, announces.
Miss Dunne, who in private life
is Mrs. Francis D. Griffin, was
announced as the winner of the
1949 medal on Laetare Sunday,
last March.
Archbishop Francis A. McIntyre
of Los Angeles will preside at
the presentation ceremony, at
which Monsignor Fulton J. Sheen
of the Catholic Univeristy of
America will deliver an address.
matic Society, and was one of the
nine members of the class of ’49
chosen for membership in Kappa
Gamma Pi, national Catholic hon
or society.
D’Youville College, in Buffalo,
is conducted by the Grey Nuns of
the Sacred Heart, who also conduct
Christ the King School, Atlanta,
•where Miss Gunning completed
her high school course.
Board of Directors
Of Diocesan Council
To Meet in Macon
MACON, Ga. — The regular
meeting of the Board of Directors
of the Savannah-Atlanta Diocesan
Council of Catholic Women will be
held here on Monday, June 27, at
the Massee Apartments.
Mrs. D. J. O'Connor, of Augusta,
newly elected president of the
Diocesan Council, will preside at
the session, which is scheduled to
begin at 12:30 p. m.
WAR RELIEF
Summer is coming when, some
times, Charity in America goes off
on a vacation. Watch out against
a let-up—The children of Europe
still wait for your used garments.
Our Summer Program in 1948 was
a magnificent achievement. The
collection of new garments for the
storerooms of the Holy Father
gained in strength until by Decem
ber 1948 more than $500,000 worth
of previous new clothing was re
ceived. Let us try to at least equal
this in 1940. Send remnants, yard
goods, yarn for knitting, needles
and thread—all gifts of cloth,
shoes or clothing, old and new are
acceptable and most welcome.
Clothing the naked is such a
simple thing; putting a warm gar
ment around the body of a bereft
little orphan is a lovely act; giving
the swaddling clothes that envelope
the body of a baby bom into a
dank cellar in a town destroyed
by war, is a work that is truly that
of a Christian woman. If we ac
complished so much in 1948 in
the donation of NEW garments,
think what we can achieve in 1949
if we -bend every effort in the
next few months to the COLLEC
TION OF USED CLOTHING, the
supply of which is always being
renewed in our happy land and
which can be acquired at no ex
pense. So let us keep up our good
work during the Summer months
ahead and remember the consoling
words of Our Lord Himself:
“Whatever you do for the least of
Mine, you have done also for Me.”
NEW OFFICERS
Our Diocesan Councils of Cath
olic women and local affiliated -
groups have recently elected new
officers. Both the old and new
officers have very great respon
sibility such leadership places up
on them. All officers know from
experience that work is lightened
and ■ the program of the organiza
tion strengthened when newly-
elected officers have full know
ledge of the past work of the or
ganization, its aims and purposes.
In many instances, new officers
are forced to take over their duties
without a word from their prede
cessors, or even the benefit of
files for reference. This not only
handicaps them, but delays the
program of the organization and
makes each new term of office an
entirely new venture for-the t>roup
instead of a continuing work, built
on the foundations already laid.
For new officers, it is most neces
sary that they immediately assume
the duties of their office, study the
program, and give active, energetic
and interested thought and effort
to its execution. Our organization
will move forward only at the pace
set by the zeal and interest of its
leaders and the cooperation of
every member.
MRS. LYNWOOD SMITH
HEADS PARISH COUNCIL
IN MILLEDGEVILI.E
tylLLEDGEVILLE, Ga. — Mrs.
Lynwood Smith was elected presi
dent of the Sacred Heart Parish
council for the coming year.
Recent events sponsored by the
council included a Communion
breakfast on Holy Thursday for
the Catholic students at Georgia
State College for Women and
Georgia Military Academy, and a
breakfast for Catholic boys from
the Georgia Training School who
received Holy Communion at the
Sacred Heart. Church on the last
Sunday in May.
The council’s committee on
Catholic Charities has sent a box-
of linens to Our Lady of Perpetual
Help Free Cancer Home in Atlanta
every month this year.
MRS. D. J. O'CONNOR
Diocesan President.