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JUNE 25, 1949
University of Georgia
Newman Club Sponsors
Program of Activity
ATHENS, Ga.—During the scho
lastic year which has just come
to a close, the Newman Club at
the University of Georgia has spon
sored a full program of religious,
educational and social activity for
the nearly three hundred Catholic
students at the university.
In addition to regular study club
sessions, a course of pre-marriage
instruction was given to the mem
bers of the club. Father Patrick
Walsh, O. P., director of the South
ern Dominican Mission Band, and
other gifted speakers were present
ed at the Communion breakfasts
whcih were held during the school
year, and there were a number of
enjoyable social events.
The Newman Club program was
not only of benefit to the Catholic
students at the university, but it
attracted the interested participa
tion of a number of non-Catholic
students.
Father Francis X. Clougherty,
O. S. B., assistant pastor of St.
Joseph’s Church, served as spirit
ual director of the club,, and the
officers were Jerry Deleski, of
Wilkes-Barre, Pa., president; Wil
liam Summerlin, Savannah, vice-
president, and Miss Marie Powers,
Savannah, secretary.
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
NINE
CONDUCTING CLASSES IN
RELIGION AT ATHENS
ATHENS, Ga.—Joseph Smith and
Charles Huegelmeyer are heading
a group of seminarians from Mart-
knoll who are conducting summer
vacation classes in religion from
June 20 to July 8 for the children
of St. Joseph's parish. Classes are
also being held at St. Mary’s
Church, Elberton, and at the home
of Antone Kotal in Hartwell.
Three Benedictines
Mark Silver Jubilee
BELMONT, N. C.—June 1 mark
ed the twenty-fifth anniversary of
the ordination to the priesthood of
three priests of Belmont Abbey,
Father Joseph Tobin, O. S. B.,
Father Robert Brennan, O. S. B.,
and Father Norbert McGowan, O.
B., who were ordained on June
1, 1924, by the late Bishop Leo
Haid, O. S. B., first Abbot of Bel
mont.
Father Joseph was stationed in
Savannah from 1924 to 1936, when
he was recalled to Belmont. He
was then appointed Dean of Men
in the college here, a position he
held until 1941. After a year in the
monastery, Father Joseph was
named Prior of the Abbey and
Vicar General of the Abbatia Nul-
lius. both of which offices he still
holds. He offered a Solemn High
Mass on Thanksgiving in celebra
tion of his silver jubilee at the
Church of the Holy Child, in Phil
adelphia.
Father Robert taught at Bene
dictine High School in Richmond,
Va., and was principal of that
school from 1929 to 1937, when he
was transferred to Benedictine
Military School, Savannah. In 1946,
Father Robert was appointed pas
tor of the Sacred Heart Church in
Savannah, and offered his jubilee
Mass in that church on St. Bene
dict’s Day.
Father Norbert taught at Bel
mont Abbey College until 1930
when he was transferred to the
Benedictine Military School in Sa
vannah. He remained there until
1947, when he was transferred to
Richmond, where he is now princi
pal • of the Benedictine High
School.
NOTICE!
Announcement is made by Mr. N. Baxter Maddox
and the First National Bank of Atlanta
as Executors of the estate of
ROBERT F. MADDOX JR.
that on June 18, 1949, the Good Will,
Insurance & Bond Renewals of
ROBERT F. MADDOX JR. & CO.
were transferred to
DICKEY-MANGHAM CO.
the well-known insurance firm with offices in the
First National Bank Building, Atlanta, Georgia.
The Executors of DICKEY-MANGHAM CO. will
appreciate your continued patronage and feel con
fident that you will receive excellent service in
connection with your Insurance and Surety Bond
requirements.
Graduation Exercises
Held at St. Joseph's
School in Brunswick
BRUNSWICK, Ga.—Commence
ment exercises of St. Joseph’s
School were held June 2, at St.
Francis Xavier Church. Following
the Mass and exercises, the gradu
ates were guests of the Parent-
Teacher Association at a breakfast
at the Oglethorpe Hotel.
The program, which was an
nounced by Mitchell Mavromat,
including the reading of the class
prophecy by Mary J'o Gailmard;
the class will by Gwendolyn Greg
ory, and an original poem by Alice
McLaughlin, and the singing of the
class song, composed by Mary John
Boa. Father John T. Mercer, S.
M., pastor of St. Francis Xavier
Church, and Father Joseph Kane,
S. M., assistant pastor, spoke brief
ly, and toasts to school officials
were offered by Donna Jo Livings
ton and Anne Marie Barnes.
Diplomas upon completion of the
eighth grade were awarded Ed
ward Abel, Edward Benton, Man
uel Canas, Pat Grogan, Eugene
Hudson, Mitchell Mavromat, Wil
liam Silva, Buddy Thomas, Paul
Vasquez, Anne Marie Barnes.
Mary John Boa, Mary Jo Gailmard,
Gwendolyn Gregory, Donna Jo
Livingston, Alice Laughlin. Davis
McDaniel, Stella Penson, Dorloes
Roc? and Helen Willis. Honor
students Mary Jo Gailmard. Mary
John Boa and Gwendolyn Gregory
received special awards.
Music was by pupils of the fifth
and sixth grades, under the direc
tion of Sister Agnes Catherine,
with Mrs. Bridget Calnan as ac
companist.
On June 9, Sister Grace Marie,
the principal, and the other Sisters I
of St. Joseph of Carondelet, who
teach at St. Joseph's School, left
for special summer courses of'
study. Sister Grace Marie will at
tend St. Catherine’s College, St.
Paul, Minn., Sister Agnes Cathe
rine, Sister Leonilla and Sister
John will study at St. Louis. The
Sisters expect to return to Bruns
wick in August, and the registra
tion dates for the new school year
have been set as September 1 and
2.
Pupils of the music department
of St. Joseph’s School were pre
sented by their instructor, Sister
Mary John, in a piano recital at
the close of the school year, the
participants including Alva Lind
say, Linda Mock, Kent Culpepper,
Mary Jo Cruz, Patty Keene, Rosa-
lyn Fernandez, Cecil Edge, Chris
tine Culpepper, Clarice Silva,
Clarice Mobley, Marie O’Hagan,
David O’Hagan, Mary Anne Keene,
Lou Nell Brockington, Stella Pear
son, Anne Marie Barnes, Mikell
Owens, Patsy Register, Jone Mc-
Kenny, Janice McGoogan, Bar
bara Lindsay and LaWana Lindsay.
ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL, ATHENS—The building pictured above,
which was formerly a private hospital, was acquired by the Dio
cese of Savannah-Atlanta in 1938, and since July of that year
has been operated by the Missionary Sisters of the Most Sacred
Heart of Jesus. A four-story wing was added to the rear of the
building in 1941, and another four-story addition completed
two years ago were made necessary by the increasing demands
upon the hospital for its services. An imposing Southern colonial
style residence, which faces on Meigs Street, and which is con
nected with the hospital by an enclosed passage way. serves as
a convent for the Sisters who staff the hospital. Three residences
on the block surrounding the hospital are used as nurses’ homes,
and two cottages, adjoining the hospital, on Miliedge avenue,
are used as doctors’ office buildings.
St. Mary's Hospital, Athens,
Proves Itself a Community Asset
THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT
has appointed Farid Chahlawi, di
rector of the consular department
at the Syrian Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, as Syrian diplomatic rep
resentative to the Holy See in the
capacity of charge d’affaires.
Best Wishes
W. F. McElreath Beverage Co.
P. O. Box 428
Phone 1311
ATHENS, GEORGIA
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Engineers and Contractors
233 W. Washington St.
ATHENS, GEORGIA
—
(Speeial to The Bulletin)
ATHENS, Ga.—On July 10, St.
Mary’s Hospital, conducted by the
Missionary Sisters of the Most
Sacred Heart of Jesus, will com
plete eleven years of splendid serv
ice to Athens and the surrounding
area.
Approximately 35,000 patients
have been admitted to the hospital
since its dedication on July 10,
1938, and what was originally a
forty-bed hospital has twice been
enlarged in order to accomodate
the increasing demands for its
services.
In 1941. the addition of the four-
story St. Joseph’s Annex, afforded
space for thirty more beds, and a
recond addition to the hospital
building two years ago, give St.
Mary’s one hundred and two beds
and sixteen bassinets.
Sister M. Wilfrida, M. S. C., R.
N., has been superintendent of the
hospital since 1946, and the nurs
ing staff includes Sister M. Helen,
Sister Hiltrud, Sister Helmfried,
Sister M. Therese and Sister M.
Wedegunda.
Also on the nursing staff are
Mrs. Mary Chafin, R. N., Mrs.
Waller Chambers, R. N., Mrs. Cecil
Davis. R. N., Miss Azalee Kellum,
R. N., Mrs. Johnny Smith, R. N.,
Miss Ann Snell, R. N., Miss Nell
Oliver, R. N., Mrs. Lennette
Thompson, R. N., Mrs. Daisy Mills
Watkins, R. N., and Mrs. Marion
Anderson, R. N., and a number of
nurses aides.
In the hospital's department for
Negro patients, Clara Evelyn
Bridges, R. N., and several Colored
practical nurses care for the
patients.
Dr. D. F. Mullins is the director
of the laboratory, with Sister M.
Regia, Miss Virginia Kynerd, Miss
Bettie Parker and Mrs. Thomas
Smith as laboratory technicians.
Sister Sira and Sister Tiburtia are
the dieticians. '
The X-ray department is under
the direction of Dr. John L. Bamer,
with Sister Regia and Miss Betty
Herndon assisting.
Dr. Roy T. Ward is the resident
physician, with Dr. A. B. Boyd to
be second resident physician after
July 1. During the summer
months, R. M. Ousting a medical
student, will assist.
Sister M. Virgilia, Sister M.
Gregory, Sister M. Anaclete, Mrs.
Virginia Tully, Mi’s. Florence
Stalker, Miss Jeannette Lawson
compose the office staff.
All physicians and surgeons of
Clarke County, and the surround
ing counties are considered as ac
tive or courtesy members of t V
hospital’s medical staff.
Recent additions to the staff in
clude Dr. G. Y. Erwin, Dr. J. H.
T. McPherson. Dr. William H. Bon
ner, Dr. R. II. Randolph and Dr.
J. F. Stegeman.
The Advisory Board of St. Mary’s
Hospital is headed by Dr. T. H.
McIIatton, of the Horticultural De
partment of the College of Agri
culture of the University of Geor
gia, as chairman, with R. V. Wat-
terson. president of the Citizens
and Southern National Bank, in
Alliens, as vice-chairman,, and
Frank Postero, secretary. Other
members of the board are Dr. Har
mon W. Caldwell, Chancellor of
the University of Georgia; T. J.
Camarata, M. F. Costa, Jacob Bern
stein and John Morris, with Abit
Nix and W. A. Mathis as newly
elected members.
With each succeeding year since
its establishment in 1938, St. Mary’s
Hospital has proven itself more
and more of an asset to the com
munity.
The additions and moderniza
tion of the original building have
enabled the Sisters and their as
sociates to expand their tender
labors of mercy and healing in a
modern, well-equipped and effi
ciently operated hospital.
Attractively and conveniently
located on Miliedge Avenue, St.
Mary’s Hospital has on adjoining
property the convent of the Sisters,
three residences for nurses and
two cottages which are used as of
fice buildings by doctors.
The Missionary’ Sisters of the
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, who
conduct St. Mary’s Hospital, are
members of an Order which was
founded in Germany in 1899, with
its first foundation in the United
States in 1908.
The Order’s General Mother-
house is at Hiltrup. Germany, and
the Motherhouse of the American
Province is in Reading, Pa. The
Sisters of the Order are engaged
in teaching, in social service work
and in conducting hospitals.
The American Province is repre
sented in the Archdioceses of Cin
cinnati, New York and Phila
delphia, and in the Dioceses of Sa
vannah-Atlanta, Brooklyn, Peoria,
Rockford. Toledo and Wheeling.
In addition to conducting four
hospitals and two sanitariums, the
Sisters teach in a training school
for nurses, a normal school, a high
school and fourteen grammar
schools. They also conducted or
phanages, homes for the aged, a
Retreat house and the domestic de
partments of several seminaries
and colleges.
BENEDICTINE SCHOOL
CLASS OF ’29 HOLDS
REUNION IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga.—-William W.
Wolfe was elected president of the
class of 1929, Benedictine Mili
tary School, at the 20th annual re
union of the class, held on June 4.
in the Colonial Room of the Hotel
De Soto. Mr. Wolfe succeeds
Thomas J. Anglin.
Other officers chosen were Jack
Homans, vice-president; Julian
Halligan, treasurer, and Francis
V. Puder, secretary.
Speakers at the meeting were
Father Bede Lightner, O. S. B.,
principal of Benedictine; Andrew
J. Ryan, solicitor general of Chat
ham County, and an honorary
member of the class, and Captain
Edward G. Thomson, commandant
at the school twenty years ago, and
also an honorary member of the
class.
Among the out-of-town members
of the class attending were John ;
Downs and John Corish, of New
York.