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JANUARY 20, 1951
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
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ST. JOSEPH’S CHURCH AND RECTORY, MACON—Serving a parish established more than a cen
tury ago, St. Joseph’s Church, Macon, Georgia, is one of the most imposing religious edifices in
the South, its original beauty having been recently enhanced by redecoration and improvements.
The parish is a charge of the Society of Jesus, with Father Robert T. Bryant, S. J., the pastor, and
Father Antonio Bouvier, S. J., and Father John B. Brennan, S. J., assistant pastors. In residence
at St. Joseph’s rectory is Father D. J. Foulkes, S. J., of the Southern Jesuit Mission Band.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.—Funeral
Mr. Murphy was the son of Mrs.
. D. Murphy and the late Mr.
turphy, of Atlanta, Ga. He was
orn and reared in Atlanta.
Born in Atlanta, Ga., Mr. Mur-
a graduate of Georgia
[ in the insurance business in
eksonville since 1937.
Mr. Murphy is survived by his
wife, the former Miss Sarah
Doughty, of Augusta, Ga.; a son,
James D. Murphy; a daughter, Miss
Denis Murphy; his mother; a sis
ter, Mrs. Rowland W. Murray, of
Atlanta; a brother, Thomas E.
Murphy, Atlanta, and five aunts,
all of Atlanta.
FRED LAND
DIES IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for Fred Land, who died De
cember 18, were held at the Bless
ed Sacrament Church, Father
Thomas A. Brennan officiating. In
terment services were held in
Fitzgerald, with Father John Gra
dy, O. M. I., of Douglas, officiat
ing.
Mr. Land is survived by his wife
Mrs. Elizabeth Parsons Land; three
sons, Fort J. Land, Frazer C. Land
and John D. Land, all of Savannah;
two brothers, John Land and
Owen Land, both of Fitzgerald;
two sisters, Mrs. Sib Cone and
Mrs. Anne Gibbs, Fitzgerald, and
several nieces and nephews.
Eight Radio Stations in
Georgia Now Broadcasting
The Hour of St. Francis"
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Eight radio sta- Augusta for information as to how
’ broadcasts of the program may be
arranged.
Transcribed auditions are avail
able to those who desire them, and
it is believed that practically
every program director of a radio
station who hears “The Hour of St.
Francis” will welcome the oppor
tunity to make it a regular feature
of his station’s program.
Stations now broadcasting “The
Hour of St. Francis” are delighted
with the program which appeals t'v
non-Catholic as well as Catholic
listeners. Station WMGY, in Mont
gomery, Ala., reports that "This is
one of the finest programs it has
been our pleasure to broadcast.”
Station KUSN, San Diego, Cal., de
clares that the program is “excel
lent, and one we are proud to be
able to broadcast.” Station WZIP,
Covington, Ky., implores: “Don’t
ever discontinue ‘The Hour of St.
Francis’ series. We’ve had the pro
gram only a short time and listener
response and our own self satis
faction have more than earned
them a permanent place in our pro
gram schedule.”
CHARLES F. O’NEIL
DIES IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Funeral
services for Charles F. O’Neil, who
died January 11, were held at the
Sacred Heart church.
Mr. O’Neil is survived by his
mother, Mrs. Maude O’Neil; a
daughter, Miss Patricia O’Neil; a
son, Charles O’Neil; two sisters,
Mrs. E. D. McDonald and Mrs.
Frank Eady, of Savannah; two
brothers, E. B. O’Neil, Jackson
ville, and J. A. O’Neil. Savannah.
MRS. WILLIAM WATSON
FUNERAL IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C.—Funeral
services for Mrs. Emma Smith
Watson, wife of the late William
Watson, who died January 9, were
held at St. Joseph’s Church, Father
J. Alexis Westbury officiating.
Mrs. Smith was born in Charles
ton, the daughter of Lemual Smith
and Mrs. Martha Wan Delken
Smith. She is survived by two
daughters, two sons, two sisters,
a brother and four grandchildren.
MRS. WILLIAM DONELAN
FUNERAL IN COLUMBIA
COLUMBIA, S. C.—-Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. Harriett T. Donelan,
widow of William P. Donelan, who
died January 11, were held at St.
Joseph’s Church, Father A. F.
Kamler offering the Requiem
Mass.
tions in Georgia are now presenting
weekly the fifteen-minute tran
scribed “Hour of St. Francis”
which is bringing the spirit of St.
Francis of Assisi into the world in
which we live.
“The Hour of St. Francis” which
began in 1946 on forty radio sta
tions is now being heard over near
ly five hundred stations, among
them being WERD, Atlanta; WRBL,
Columbus; WROM, Rome; WALB,
Albany; WDEC, Americus; WMVG,
Milledgeville; WKMA, Quitman,
and WBHB, Fitzgerald.
Starting February 4, Station
WCCP in Savannah will broadcast
“The Hour of St. Francis” each
Sunday from 2:45 to 3 p. m.
Sponsored and financed by the
Third Order of St. Francis, "The
Hour of St. Francis” is a gesture
of good will to sincere men of all
beliefs everywhere. Its growth,
phenomenal in radio annals, is
proof of the need for such a pro
gram.
Radio stations throughout the
world have accepted it as a public
service feature, and have been
gratified beyond expectation by the
response of their listeners.
The transcribed programs are
available without charge, and no
commercial appeal is made. Actual
running time of the transcriptions
is fourteen minutes, which allows
thirty seconds for local identifica
tions when desired, with the cus
tomary station identifications.
Pat McGeehan, one of the out
standing radio voices of America, is
the regular narrator and anounc-
er. Pat Kelly, program director of
Station WFI, Hollywood’s NBC out
let, is the producer of “The St.
Francis Hour.” Bob Mitchell, di
rector of the famed Mitchell Boys’
Choir, is in charge of musical di
rection.
Typical of the leading artists of
stage and screen who lend their
talent to bring the message of “The
Hour of Francis” to radio listeners
are Jeanne Crain, Dennis Day, Pat
O’Brien, Ann Blyth, Joan Leslie
J. Carroll Naish, Jane Wyatt.
Charles Laughton, Ann Jamieson
Macdonald Carey, Ruth Hussey,
William Lundigan, Steve McNally,
Paul Kelly, Wallace Ford, Roddy
McDowall, Dan O’Herlihy, Ozzie
and Harriet Nelson and many
others.
Hugh H. Grady, K. S. G., of Sa
vannah, president o fthe Catholic
Laymen’s Association of Georgia
is interested in bring “The Hour
of St. Francis” to a greater num
ber of listeners in Georgia. He is
asking that pastors of churches in
the Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta
officers of Knights of Columbus
councils, Holy Name Society
groups, and organization affiliated
with the Diocesan Council of Cath
olic Women who would wish to
have this inspiring Catholic pro
gram heard over their local radio
stations, write tto the office of the
Catholic Laymen’s Association in
Father John Jepson
Dies in Washington
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Arch
bishop Patrick A. O’Boyle of
Washington offered the Pontifical
Mass of Requiem at funeral ser
vices held here for Fath-- John
J. Jepson, S. S., vice-rector of the
Theological College of the Cath
olic University of America, who
died on January 10, following an
illness of several months.
Bishop Peter L. Ireton of Rich
mond, who was a classmate of
Father Jepson at St. Charles Col
lege and St. Mary’s Seminary in
Baltimore, preached the sermon.
Father Jepson, a native of
Wheeling, W. Va., had been vice
rector of the Theological College
since 1935 and president of the
Basselin Foundation at Catholic
University, since 1933. He was
ordained in 1906.
MISS MARGARET GALYIN
FUNERAL IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for Miss Margaret Theresa
Galvin, who died December 31,
were held at the Church of the
Blessed Sacrament, Father Tbomaa
A. Brennan officiating.
Miss Galvin is survived by a
nephew, Charles Orme Canon; a
niece, Mrs. Roy Watson, and
several grandnieces and grand
nephews.
ROBERT C. PRATOR
DIES IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga.—Father Joseph
R. Smith, pastor of the Immacu
late Conception Church, officiated
at funeral services held on Decem
ber 26 for Robert C. Prator.
Mr. Prator is survived by bis
parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Prat'v
a brother, Harold E. Pater, a
nephew and two nieces.