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JUNE 25, 1949
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
John D, O'Connell
Dies in Augusta
AUGUSTA. G»,-^ohn D, O Con-
Hell, aged 92, one of the best
known men ever to serve on the
Augusta Police Department, died
on June 3. Funeral services were
held at St. Patrick's Church, with
Father Patrick Connell officiating.
"Captain Jack," as Mr. O’Con
nell was affectionately known to i
generations of Augustans. was a
native of Cork, Ireland, but had
lived in Augusta for seventy years.
He began his connection with the
city police department in the early
I90Q’s. and served for more than
a quarter of a century before his
failing eye-sight necessitated his
retirement.
After his retirement from the
police department, he worked for
one of the railroads here until
the practical loss of his sight and
declining health forced him to re
tire from all activity.
Mr. O'Connell was the husband
of the late Mrs. Ellen Lysaught
O'Connell, and the son of the late
David O’Connell and Mrs. Mar
garet Barrett O'Connell, of Ire
land He is survived by a step
daughter. Mrs. Anne B. Wallace,
of Augusta; a brother, Patrick
O'Connell, Savannah; seven grand-
-children, eight great-grandchildren
and a number of nieces and
nephews.
MRS. HENRY A. GOSLING
DIES IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C — Funeral
service? for Mrs. Lena W Gosling,
widow of Henry A. Gosling, who
died May 26, were held at the Ca
thedral of St. John the Baptist.
Mrs, Gosling was born in Lafay
ette. Ind . the daughter of Peter
Joseph Welschbillig and Mrs. Caro
lina Byer WcUchbUIig. both of
Germany. She is survived by a sis
ter, Mrs, Harry S- Kruse, of Char
leston. and two nieces. Mrs.
Charles J Kelly, Atlanta, and Miss
Martha Kruse, Charleston.
« MISS ALICE BLAKE
DIES IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C. — Funeral
services for Miss Alice Genevieve
Blake, who died May 31, were held
at the Sacred Heart Church, Fa
ther Joseph Richmond officiating.
Miss Blake was born in Charles
ton, the daughter of John Blake, of
England, and Mrs. Mary Walsh
Blake, of Ireland, She is survived
by three sisters, Mrs, Joseph W.
Welsh, Mrs. J. Ryan Kelly and Mrs.
William T. Jeffords, all of Charles
ton, and several niece* and neph
ews.
WILLIAM H. HUGHES
DIES IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C—Funeral
services for William Henry
Hughes, Western Union traffic
manager, who died June 11. were
held at St. Mary’s Church. Father
Leon J. Hubacr officiating.
Mr. Hughes, a native of Harri
sonburg, W. Va., was for nearly
thirty years traffic manager for
the Western Union Telegraph
Company here. He is survived by
his wife, a daughter, a brother and
five sisters.
MISS KATHERINE MADDOCK
FUNERAL IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH. Ga.—Funeral serv
ices for Miss Katherine Devereaux
Maddock. who diet! June 12, were
held at the Cathedral of St. John
the Baptist, Father Norbert Mc
Gowan. O. S, B-. of Richmond, Va.,
officiating.
Miss Maddock, a native of Savan
nah. is survived by seven nieces,
Miss Mary J- Nelson, Savannah,
Mrs. Margaret N. Goode, Atlanta;
Mrs. Joseph 4. Gordon, Phila
delphia; Mrs. Martin T. Powers,
Charleston. S. C-: Mrs. John Z.
Ryan and Mrs, William D. Pres
cott, both of Savannah: and Miss
Eleanor Maddock, New York City;
three nephews, James J. Nelson,
Phoenix City, Ariz.; Bernard M.
Nelson, Savannah; and John J.
Perse. Enterprise, Ala., and a
number of grand-nieces and
nephews and great-grand nieces
and nephews.
CYRUS M. KELLY
DIES IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga.—Funeral serv
ices for Cyrus Martin Kelly, who
died on June 1. were held at the
^ Sacred Heart Church, Father F. M,
Perry, S. M„ officiating.
Mr. Kelly, a native of Lakeville,
Minn., has lived in Atlanta for
more than twenty years. He had
been an employee of the Southern
Railway for over thirty years.
Surviving are his wife; a daugh
ter, Mrs, George H. Fee, of Bir
mingham, Ala.; two sons, Martin
L. Kelly and Francis Joseph Kelly,
both of Atlanta: three sisters, Mrs.
Mary Frances Warner, of Bozeman,
Mont.. Mrs. E. W. Odbert. of Stur
geon Bay. Wis., and Mrs. J. T. Sy
mons. of Miles City, Mont., and
a brother, A. R. Kelly, of Lakeville,
Mian.
Diplomas Awarded to
Sf. Vincent Academy
Graduating Class
(Special to The Bulletin)
SAVANNAH, Ga —Monsignor T
James McNamara, rector of the
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist,
presided at commencement exer
cises of St. Vincent Academy held
on May 31 at the Cathedral.
Father John D, Toomey. pastor
of the Sacred Heart Church. Mil-
ledgevillc. delivered the address
to the graduates, who were;
Misses Mary Juanita Barnes. Mar
garet Ann Broderick, Marianna
Bunger, Mary Agnes Burnell,
Marilyn Eloise Carpenter, Marilyn
Agnes Cartlidge. Margaret Eliza
beth Cartwright. Marianna Rosaria
Copps. Anne Dowling Ebberwein,
Nell Marjorie Ennis; Marie Do
lores Foran, Theresa Cecelia
Golinski, Mary Anne Greene. Mary
Agnes Gunderson, Florence Mcrty
Harrison, Frieda Estelle Hill. Mary
Dolores Howe. Betty Ann Lenoir.
Jeanne Elizabeth Love, Joan Caro
lyn Merritt, Mary Julia Mooney, ;
Margaret Mary Mulherin, Joan Isa- j
belle Murphy, Margaret Nell Me- j
Gitiley. Mary Ann McGrath, Mar
garet Jane McLaughlin, Elizabeth .
Patricia McMahon. Rose Marie '
Nusslein, Patricia Ann Parrish,
Kathryn Ann Payne, Josephine
Winifred Reed. Antoinette Rose
Saraf, Marian Leacy Smith. Jean
Ann Stalvey, Harriett Patricia Tet-
terton, Mary Jo Ann Valenti, Mary ,
Jane Veronee. Margaret Anne
White and Laura Lawanda Wilson,
It was announced that Miss Rita
Harper, of the sophomore class,
has won first place state and local
prizes in the high school division
of the essay contest sponsored by
the Savannah-Atlanta Diocesan
Council of Catholic Women, and
that in the essay contest sponsored
by the Auxiliary of the Ancient
Order of Hibernians, Miss Mar
garet Ann Broderick, of the senior
class, has won first state prize;
Muss Harper, second state prize,
and Miss Shirley Ann Mason, of
the junior class, third state prize.
Miss Broderick also was awarded
a certificate of distinction by the
Georgia Scholastic Press Associa
tion for the best book review sub
mitted in a statewide contest.
Philip S. Ogilvie
Appointed as CCS
Executive Secretary
SEW ORLEANS — Appointment
of Philip S. Ogilvie as full-time
executive secretary of the Catholic
Committee of the South has been
announced here by Father Vincent
J. O'Connell. S- M„ of New Or
leans, general chairman of the CCS.
First steps toward creating the
post of a full-time secretary were
taken at the convention of the
Catholic Committee of the South
held in Lexington, Ky., last month,
Mr. Ogilvie, a native of Savan
nah, Ga., received a Bachelor of
Arts degree from St. Mary’s Semi
nary, Baltimore, and a Bachelor of
Science degree from the Catholic
University of America.
Now stationed in New Orleans,
Mr, Ogilvie was formerly executive
FATHER JOHN P, CLANCY
SPEAKS AT MEETING OF
GEORGETOWN ROTARY CLUB
GEORGETOWN, S. C— Father
John P, Clancy, pastor of St.
Anne's Church, Sumter, was the
guest speaker at the meeting of
the Georgetown Rotary Club held
on May 31.
Father Clancy, who is the di
rector of the DP Resettlement Pro
gram in the Diocese of Charles
ton, outlined the government's pro
gram for the resettlement of dis
placed persons from Europe in this
country, urging that the members
of the club ask their representa
tives in Congress to support the
program and to extent it opera
tion and increase it admission
secretary of the North Carolina
Catholic Laymen’s Association and
associate editor of The North Caro
lina Catholic.
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Sister M. Veronica
Member of Board of
Atlanta Cancer Home
(Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA, Ga.—Sister-M. Ver
onica, C.S.D., Superior of Our
Lady of Perpetual Help Free Con-
cer Home, has been made a mem
ber of the board of directors of
the Servants of Relief for Incur
able Cancer in the United States,
which is the corporate title of the
Sisters of St. Dominic of the Con-
gregalion of St. Rose of Lima, who
conduct the home.
Officers-re-elected at the meet
ing of the board were Bishop Ger-'
aid P. O'Hara of Savannah-Atlao-
U. president; Father Joseph R,
Smith, pastor of the Immaculate
Conception Church, Atlanta, vice-
president; Estes Doremus, Atlan
ta, secretary; Mother M. Siena, of
Hawthorne, N, Y., treasurer; Sis
ter Mary Joseph, of Hawthorne, N.
Y., Bernard J. Kane and James
L. Dickey, Atlanta, directors.
The report of the secretary dis
closed that sixty-two patients
were being cared for at the home
at the present time and that dur
ing the fiscal year which ended
April 30, 1949, 278 patients had
been admitted to the home, and
that of * this number 81 were
Catholics and 197 non-Catholics.
PUPILS OF SACRED HEART
SCHOOL PRESENT PIANO
RECITAL IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA. Ga.—Pupils of Si
ter Mary Joseph, C, S. J.. at ti
Sacred Heart School were present
ed in a piano ensemble recital at
the school auditorium and State
Certificates for Superior Musician
ship were awarded to three young
The certificates, won in the re
cent contest at Shorter College,
Rome, were presented to Patricia
She ah an, Sharon Smoot and Mary
Ann Jerscher.
Progress pins were awarded
John Gross, Harold McCart, Jane
Albert, Marie Nicholson. Mary Joe
Adams, Nancy Volk, Mary Eber-
enz, Joy Ratcliffe and Ann Albert
Others taking part in the program
were Mary L. DeLoach, who sang
several selections, with violin obli
gato by George Heffernan, and
Ella Frase. Barrie Conger, Anita
Haddad, KaCserie: Lehner, Patri
cia Lohner, Sue Penney. Dianne
McFayden, Ann Nicholson. Mabel
Beaton. Ninette Pohl, Patricia
Parker and P.itsy Posey.
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