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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMENS ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
JUNE 21, 1952
Benedictine School
Graduation Held in
Savannah on June 5
SAVANNAH, Ga. — The con
cluding event in the week-long
celebration of the Golden Jubile,e
of Benedictine Military School was
the commencement held on June
5 at the Municipal Auditorium
when the fifty graduates of the
class of 1952 received their di
plomas.
The Most Reverend Francis E.
Hyland, D. D., J. C. D.. Auxiliary
Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta, pre
sided at the commencement ex
ercises, at which the Right Rev
erend Vincent G. Taylor, O. S. B.,
D. D., Abbot-Ordinary _ of Belmont
Abbey, Belmont, N. C., Father
Robert Brennan, O. S. B., Prior of
the Benedictine community in Sa
vannah, and other members of the
clergy were present.
The address to the graduates was
delivered by Richard Reid. K. S.
G., editor of The Catholic News,
New York. The valedictory was by
Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Joseph
Hobbs, and the salutatory address
by Cadet Captain Francis X. Bey-
tagh. Musical numbers of the pro
gram were by the Benedictine
Military School band, under the di
rection of William Verhey.
Father Bede Lightner, O. S. B.,
principal of Benedictine Military
School, and Major Charles H.
Costigan, professor of military
science, presented each member
of the class of ’52 a Reserve Of
ficers Training Corps military
certificate signifying that he has
successfully completed the course
of instruction in the junior di
vision ROTC, at a ceremony held
on the parade ground.
The 1952 graduating class in
cluded: Joseph P. Hobbs, J. Glenn
Gibson, David J. Whelan, William
B. Cunningham, Anthony Mathews,
John W. Garmany, Richard Gam-
bill, Francis X. Beytagh, Francis E.
Rudolph, Christopher F. Russell,
Perry J. Hernandez, John M. An
derson, Edward P. Doolan, Ray
mond C. Logue, Francis E. Hart,
William M. Gruber, Vincent J.
Ferraro, Donald S. Young, James
F. Winn, Lawrence F. Horne, Mar
tin S. Brody, Bruce J. Render, i
John A, Pelli, James F. Dumond, !
Joseph R. Frew'er, Donald J. Me- |
Kenzie, James E. Kearney, Hy C. ;
Sussman, Eugene Kelly, Frank P. j
Ciucevich, Ralph S. Sikes, Henry [
W. Dotson, Michael E. Ware,
Larry A. Lucree, Edward A. Bren- j
nan, John J. Fitzpatrick, James
Fogarty, Herbert A. McKenzie, j
Aloysius Winters, Richard Canty, |
Stephen Powers, S. Grady Sapp,
William R. Love, Daniel Murphy, j
Thomas J. Owens, Frank Robinson.
Carlos Wells, Norwood Abbott, j
Walter Smith, Layton Sheppard,
Walter Jarvis.
Mrs. R. R. Sheridan
Dies in Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Mrs. Kathe- !
rine Keenan Sheridan, w>ife of the j
late Richard Brinsley Sheridan, j
and mother of Richard Sheridan,
West Point Military Academy foot- j
ball player, who was killed during j
an Army-Yale game in 1931, died |
here on June 11, funeral servires j
being held from St. Marys’-on-The- j
Hlil Church, with Father Arthur j
Weltzer officiating.
Mrs. Sheridan was born in j
Charleston, S. C., the daughter of I
the late Denis Keenan and Mrs. j
Katherine Woods Keenan.
Mrs. Sheridan is survived by a j
son, William Jarrell Sheridan, of j
North Augusta; a daughter, Mrs. j
Joseph L. Herman, of Charleston:
twelve granddaughters, thirteen |
great-grandchildren, and a num- |
ber of nieces and nephews.
Pastor in Gainesville
FATHER MANNING
The Reverend Michael Manning
pastor of St. Michael’s' Church,
Gainesville, Ga., is a native of
Ireland. He was ordained in 1936
after attending All Hallows Col
lege and St. Brenda’s Seminary. He
came' to the Diocese of Savannah-
Atlanta shortly after his ordina
tion and served successively as as
sistant pastdr of the Blessed Sac
rament Church, Savannah; St.
Theresa’s Church, Albany; St. Mary
on-the-Hill Church, Augusta, and
St. Patrick’s Church, Augusta.
In 1940, he was appointed
pastor of St. Augustine’s
Church, Thomasville, and its mis
sions in Bainbridge and Moultrie.
In the fall of 1945, Father Manning
was made pastor of St. Michael’s
Church, Gainesville. Last month,
Father Manning was chosen as
chaplain of the Georgia State Lodge
of Elks.
Veteran Members of
Knights of Coiumbus
Honored in S'avannah
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Combining
three of their special annual meet
ings into one, members of Savan
nah Council, No. 631, Knights of
Columbus, held a social session on
May 28 to observe “Old Timers’
Night,” Past Grand Knights’
Night and State Deputy’s Night.
Each of these nights would ordi
narily have been observed separ
ately, but in order to complete the
program before Grand Knight
Frank A. Winders’ term of office
expired, the three were combined
in one.
Veteran members of council
were honored on the “Old Timers”
Night” program, while certificate
were presented each of the past
grand knights hy State Deputy
John M. Brennan, who made a
brief talk. The response on be
half of the past grand knights was
made by A. J. Ryan, Jr.
Former grand knights who were
honored on the occasion were
John J. Powers, John J. Bouhan,
James P. McMahon, Michael J.
O'Leary, Joseph Maggioni, Nich
olas T. Stafford, John J. McManus,
Hugh H. Grady, Thomas J. Canty,
Joseph D. Sheehan, Andrew J.
Ryan, Jr., Joseph M. McDonough,
John M. Brennan, A. J. Schano,
•Lawrence J. Steiber, Michael C.
McCarthy, L. Gordon Whelan, Car
los J. D’Esposito, Edward P. Daly,
Vestus J. Ryan, Joseph A. Rossiter
and Eugene B. McDonald.
Honor was also paid to John M.
Brennan, who concludes this
month his second term as state
deputy.
At the conclusion of the program,
supper was served by a commit
tee headed by John Ganem. On
June 1, the council enjoyed an
all-day outing at Palmetto Bluff,
FATIMA GROUP AT ST. ANGELA’S, AIKEN—Shown above is
I the Fatima Group on the campus of St. Angela Academy, con-
I ducted by the Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Mercy, in Aiken,
S. C. The exquisite life-size statues of Carrara marble, executed
in Italy, were given by Vincent Chicco, of Charleston, in memory
ol his brother, the late Joseph Chicco. The statues were dedi
cated by Father Charles Molony, assistant pastor of St. Mary Help
C of Christians Church, Aiken, following Class Night exercises at St
, Angela’s.
Class Confirmed
Af Sf. William's
Church, Fitzgerald
FIT1GERALD, Ga. — The Most
Reverend Francis E. Hyland, D.D..
J.C.D., Auxiliary Bishop of Savan
nah-Atlanta, administered the Sac
rament at St. William’s Church
here.
Members of the local parish who
were confirmed were Kathleen
Langella, Max Hair, Edward Drex-
ler and Andrew Evans.
Members of St. Ann’s parish,
Alapaha, who were confirmed were
Edison Griffin, Herman McMil
lan, Melvin Moore, David Nugent,
Rebecca Ann Harper, Nancy Har
per.
The sponsors were Muriel Mor
ris, James Morris, Donald Harper.
O. B. Griffin, Kenneth Nugent,
Mrs. John Griffin and Mrs. George
Moore.
After administering Confirma
tion, Bishop Hyland gave Pontifi
cal Benediction of the Blessed
Sacrament. The assisting clergy
included Father Thomas P. Mc-
Grady, O. M. I., pastor of St. Paul’s
Church, Douglas, and the mission
parishes in Fitzgerald and Alapaha:
Father David Welch, of Lowell,
Mass.; Father F. X. McCarron, O.
M. I., of Lakeland; Father Edward
Ward, and Father John
Grady, of Douglas; Father
Michael Regan, of Savannah. The
altar boys were Francis Kratzer,
William Kratzer and; Raymond
Maddox.
Before coming to Fitzgerald,
Bishop Hyland visited St. Ann’s
Church, Alapaha, and then called
on several members of the parish
who had their homes damaged by
the recent tornado.
ST. JOSEPH ACADEMY
MOTHERS’ CLUB. M'AYCROSS
ELECTS NEW OFFICERS
WAYCROS. Ga—Newly elected
officers of the Mothers’ Club of
St. Joseph Academy are Mrs.
Arthur Flanders, president; Mrs.
Grady Thompson, vice-president;
Mrs. Francis Johnson, secretary,
and Mrs. John Clancy, treasurer.
arrangements for which were made
by a committee beaded by James
Johnson.
Two Georgians in
Graduating Class at
Spring Hill College
SPRING HILL, Ala.—Two young
men from Savannah, Ga., were
among the eighty-three graduates
of Spring Hill College who receiv
ed academic degrees at commence
ment exercises of the 132-year-old
Jesuit college held on May 27, with
Lionel F. Baxter, of Birmingham,
as the principal speaker.
One of the Savannah graduates,
Edward Killerin, was cadet com
mander of the Spring Hill Reserve
Officers Training Corps battalion,
with the rank of cadet lieutenant
colonel. On the day of his gradu
ation from the college, he was com
missioned a second lieutenant in
the Army Transportation Corps
Reserve. He majored in economics
and was awarded a Bachelor of
Science 'degree.
Edward Sheffield, the other Sa
vannah graduate, received a Bache
lor of Arts degree, with a major
in history. An outstanding ath
lete, be was on the varsity baseball
squad for four years.
George Siener, of Spartanburg,
S. C., another member of the grad
uating class, received a Bachelor
of Social Science degree, with a
major in history. He was a cadet
first lieutenant in the ROTC unit
and also received a reserve com
mission as a second lieutenant on
graduation.
Louis C. Fink Given
New Post With Trust
Company of Georgia
ATLANTA, Ga. — Louis C. Fink
has been appointed odvertifei.ng
manager of the Trust Company of
Georgia, it has been announced by
Marshall B. Hall, president of the
trust company.
In the newly-created position,
Mr. Fink will coordinate the ad
vertising and public' relations pro
grams of the trust company and
the Trust Company of Georgia As
sociates, the National Exchange
Bank, Augusta; the Fourth Nation
al Bank, Columbus; the First Na
tional Bank and Trust Company,
Macon; the Liberty National Bank
and Trust Company, Savannah.
Mr. Fink, a native of St. Louis,
has made his home in Rutherford,
N. J., for the greater part of his
life. For twenty-two years he was
an employe of the Honover Bank
in New York City. During the war
years, Mr. Fink was stationed at
Oliver General Hospital in Augus
ta.
He and his wife, the former Mrs.
Vera Baxter Watkins, of Augusta,
are frequent contributors to Our
Sunday Visitor and other Catholic
publications. Mr. and Mrs. Fink
recently moved to Atlanta after
being located in Augusta since last
fall. Mr. Fink was connected with
the National Exchange Bank dur
ing his stay in Augusta.
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