Newspaper Page Text
JUNE 25, 1949
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
THREE-A
ST. FRANCIS XAVIER HOSPITAL
SCHOOL OF NURSING IN CHARLESTON
AWARDS DIPLOMAS TO GRADUATING CLASS
CHARLESTON, S. C. — T h e
forty-third annual graduation ex
ercises of the School of Nursing of
St. Francis Xavier Infirmary were
held in the Bishop England High
School auditorium, with Monsignor
James J. May, Vicar General of
the Diocese of Charleston, deliver
ing the address to the graduating
nurses.
The Florence Nightingale pledge
was administered by Mrs. J. Don-
nan, president of the St. Francis
Xavier Infirmary Alumnae Associa
tion.
Following the presentation of
diplomas by Monsignor May, school
pins were presented to the gradu
ates by Dr. Daniel L. Magurie,
chief of the infirmary's medical
staff. Music for the exercises was
by Wichmann’s orchestra.
On the morning of the gradua
tion exercises, members. of the
class attended a Mass celebrated
in the infirmary chapel by Father
Thomas J. Mackin, resident chap
lain at the infirmary. The students’
glee club sang during the Mass,
which was followed by a breakfast
at which Father Mackin and Fath
er Brendan Wolf, O. F. M., chap
lain at the minecraft base, were
special guests. During the week,
the graduates were guests of the
alumnae at a beach party and were
entertained at a dance by the
student body.
The graduating class included
Misses Angela Harvey, Mary Mil
dred Moore, Marie Joseph, Ann
Weeks, Marceline Herndon, Rose
Mary Sayeg, Alice Wright, Doro
thy Gilberson, Gertrude Neal,
Ruth Powell, Julia Crocker, Nora
Lee Mitchum, Mary B. Cotten and
Doris Elizabeth Keenan.
24 Hour Service ’ Prompt Service
BUCKHEAD TAXI COMPANY
D. E. BYERS, Owner Cherokee 9140
BULLWINKEL'S BAKERY
Branches At
WIIIPPER BARONY • SULLIVANS ISLAND • MT. PLEASANT
Wholesale and Retail
BREADS, CAKES, PIES, ETC.
Specializing In
WEDDING and PASTRY CAKES
Byrnes Downs Self-Service Laundry
AUTOMATIC BENDIX MACHINES
EXTRACTORS-DRYERS
Corner Daniels Street and Highway 17 Charleston
BLITCH-MORRIS
Men's Clothing and Accessaries
312'/i King Street Charleston, Sooth Carolina
Paul E. Thompson
Heads 4th Degree
K. of C. in Savannah
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Paul E.
Thompson was elected faithful
navigator of the Savannah Assem
bly, Fourth Degree Knights of Co
lumbus, at the annual meeting held
on June 15. He succeeds Joseph
O'Loughlin who was elected faith
ful admiral.
Other officers named were L.
J. Steiber, faithful captain; J. J.
Stafford, faithful pilot; J. A. An
derson, faithful comptroller;
Joseph Myatt, inner sentinel, and
William Kearney, outer sentinel.
The nominating committee was
headed by J. D. Sheehan and in
cluded E. G. Butler, P. J. Buttimer,
C. L. Fox, Hugh H. Grady and
J. M. McDonough.
The assembly set June 26 as the
date for the dedication of the new
organ which is being donated to
the Little Sisters of the Poor
through the efforts of the third
and fourth degree K. of C. in Sa
vannah.
Camp St. Gerard Offers
Recreational Program
DALTON, Ga.—A full program
of sports anbd recreation has been
arranged for the boys and girls
attending Camp St. Gerard, at
Fort Oglethorpe, which opened on
June 12.
Softball games, basketball, bad-
mington, motion picture, tennis
and fishing, at Lake Winnepesauka,
are popular diversions, and the
entire group of campers have been
invited by Joel Engel, president
of the Chattanooga Southern
League baseball team, to be his
guests at a game between the
Lookouts and the Atlanta Crack
ers.
Swimming contests have been
arranged and there will be awards
in the various classes. There will
also be softball and tennis tourna
ments and expert fishermen will
be given opportunity to compete for
prizes.
Camp St. Gerard is conducted by
Father Joseph Driscoll, C. SS. R.,
and the other Redemptorist
Fathers on the Dalton Missions for
boys and girls of this area. There
are no charges to deserving chil
dren who could not otherwise en
joy a vacation outing.
The camp is operated through
the generous support of the civic
and fraternal organizations in Dal
ton, supplements by donations from
individuals for Dalton and other
parts of Georgia.
Supervising the camp program
as counselors are John Kenny and
Donald Carron, from the Mary-
knoll Seminary in New York, Ben-
net Johnson, Joseph Lombardo,
Herbert Haile, Buddy Stack from
Chattanooga, and Buddy Stack and
John Wilbanks from Dalton, with
Miss Jane Carens and Miss Bar
bara Barry from Boston, Mass.;
Misses Adele Baker, Agnes Jean
Crowe, Mary Lynne Steiner, Cath
erine Steiner, Therese Anne Cham
berlain and Mary Lyne Ellis, all
of Chattanooga; Miss Gerri Powers,
of New Smyrna, Fla., and Miss
Anita Kioebge, of Dalton.
The School Sisers of Notre Dame
JOHN CHESSER TO BE
GRAND KNIGHT OF
K. OF C. IN AUGUSTA
MARRIAGES
JOHN CHESSER
AUGUSTA, Ga.—At a meeting
of Patrick Walsh Council, No. 677,
Knights of Columbus, held on June
13, John T. Chesser was elected
grand knight of the council to suc
ceed Paul R. Hayes, who has head
ed the council for the last two
years.
Other officers elected at the
meeting were Andrew N. Thomp
son, deputy grand knight; Joseph
M. Kinchley, chancellor; Joseph
Manelly, advocate; Fred Johnson,
treasurer; Brian Mulherin, record
ing secretary; J. Edward Hardy,
warden, William A. Murphy and
Sam Forsmark, inside guards, and
Joseph Hightower and Ernest
Dinkins, outside guards.
Owen J. Schweers is the finan
cial secretary of the council, and
the new grand knight has announc
ed the appointment of Raymond
Odum as lecturer.
Mr. Hayes, the retiring grand
knight, was named to serve as a
trustee of the council with William
W. Doughty and Pat Rice Mulherin.
Chosen to represent the council
on the board of directors of the
K. of C. Home Company were
Charles C. Stulb, Alfred M. Battey,
Charles C. Chesser and William A.
Faughan.
The recently renovated and re
decorated lounge at the K. of C.
Home is increasing in popularity
steadily, and members of the mili
tary personnel at Camp Gordon
are attending the Saturday night
dances in large numbers. The men
in uniform also enjoy the coffee
and doughnuts served at the hall
after Mass on Sunday mornings.
Recent social events sponsored
by the council included a dinner-
dance at the club and a picnic
party at Kearns’ Lake, both of
which were well attended and
thoroughly enjoyed.
are serving as instructors in the
are of sewing and clay modeling
as well as catechism.
Dr. Venable and nurses from
the Dalton Health Center are car
ing for the health of the young
Campers.
DOTTERER ENGINEERING CO.
CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERS
ENGINEERS
CONTRACTORS
Charleston, South Carolina
(J Q
BAT TEY-LEE ^
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Miss Bertha
Barrett Lee, daughter of Mrs. Lan
sing B. Lee and the late Mr. Lee,
and Dr. Alfred Mann Battey, Jr.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Mann
Battey, were married on June 1, at
St. Patrick’s Church. Father John
J. Kennedy, of Valdosta, officiat
ing.
PARKER-COYLE
-O
ATLANTA, Ga. — Mrs. Mabel
Compton Coyle announces the mar
riage of her daughter, Miss Doro
thy Joan Coyle, to Mr. Earl Warren
Parker, of Columbus, on June 18,
at the Cathedral of Christ the King,
Father John McDonough officiat
ing.
O
| HAGERTY-LEFFELMAN
SUMTER, S. C.—Miss Mary Lou
ise Leffelman, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Louis John Leffelman, of
Stateburg, and Dr. Robert Fleming
Hagerty, son of Mrs. John J. Hag-
erly and the late Mr. Hagerty, of
Boston and Cohaset, Mass., were
married on June 4, at St. Anne's
Church, Father John P. Clancy of
ficiating.
o-
O-
LIMEHOUSF-KARCIINER |
-O
CHARLESTON, S. C. — Mr. and
Mrs. George Sam Karchner an
nounce the marriage of their
daughter, Miss Mary Elizabeth
Karchner, to Mr. Robert Clyde
Limehouse. son of Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Earl Limehouse, on June 6,
at St. John's Church, Father Fran
cis D. Murphy and Father Leo Hu-
baez officiating.
o-
-o
ROBERTSON-MASTERS
O 6
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Miss Mary
Frances Masters, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Theodore Edward Mas
ters, and Mr. Michael S. Robertson,
were married June 18, at the Ca
thedral of St. John the Baptist, Fa
ther Joseph Ware officiating.
ARICO-PRIDMORE
-O
SPARTANBURG, S. C.—Miss
Helen Florence Pridmore, daugh
ter of Mrs. Arthur C. Pridmore and
the late Mr. Pridmore, of Gaffney,
and Mr. Lee Joseph Arico, of
Brooklyn, N. Y., were married on
June 10 at St. Paul the Apostle
Church, Father Charles J. Baum
officiating.
EAVES-CARUANA
UNION, S. C.— Miss Frances
Juliet Caruana, of St. Paul’s Cray,
Orpington, Kent, England, daugh
ter of Mrs. John Edmund Caruana
and the late Mr. Caruana, and Mr.
Thomas Cary Duncan Eaves, son of
Mrs. Donald Matheson Eaves and
the late Mr. Eaves, were married
on June 11, at the home of the
bridegroom's mother in Union,
Father Theodore Cilwick, C. O., of
St. Augustine’s Chapel, Union, of
ficiating.
r
BELL-JARVIS
-O O
ATLANTA, Ga. — Miss Laura
Belle Jarvis, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Edward Jarvis, and
Mr. Barnett Allen Bell, Jr., were
married on May 26 at the Sacred
Heart Church, Father William A.
Maguire, S. M., officiating.
C. Y. P. A. in Albany
Elects New Officers
ALBANY, Ga. — Newly elected
officers of the Catholic Young
People’s Association are Thomas
Coleman, president; Asa Kelly,
treasurer; Miss Beatrice McCor
mack, secretary and John Melody,
program committee chairman.
Ray Mock, retiring president,
who conducted the meeting, and
the other retiring officers were
acclaimed with a vote of thinks for
their efforts during the past year.
A vote of thanks was also given
Petro Stephens, who entertained
the members at a fishy fry.
The club members voted to co
operate with other parish groups in
sponsoring a barbecue for the
benefit of St. Theresa's Church,
and named Miss McCormack and
James Amaral to represent the
C. Y. P. A. on the arrangements
committee which will be headed
by Mr. Stephens and which will in
cluded Mrs. L. E. Mock and Mrs.
John Hightower as representatives
of the Altar Society.