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JUNE 21, 1952
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMENS ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
ELEVEN
St. Vincent Academy, Savannah,
1952 Class Awarded Diplomas
MOUNT DE SALES
ACADEMY, MACON,
AWARDS DIPLOMAS
MACON, Ga.—Graduation exer
cises for the senior class at Mount
de Sales Academy were held at St.
Joseph’s Church, with Father Rob
ert T. Bryant, S. J., the pastor,
offering the Baccalaureat Mass
and Father James E. King, pastor
of Sacred Heart Church, Warner
Robins, delivering the address to
the graduates. The choir was un
der the direction of Sister Mary
Clare, R.S.M.
Receiving diplomas were Misses
Anne Coggin, Mary Hall, Pearl
Harper, Maxine James, Margaret
McCreary, Patricia O’Malley, Edna
Payne, Mary Ann Sherwood, Bar
bara Priester, Cynthia Sylvester,
Betty Tanner, Macon; Patricia Dul-
mage, Tulsa, Okla., and Maria
Christina Villsmil, Merida, Yuca
tan, Mexico.
Gold diploma seals of the Na
tional Honor Society were present
ed to Miss Cynthia Sylvester, first
honor graduate, and Miss Patricia
Dulmage, second honor ' graduate,
for meeting the society’s require
ments of scholarship, leadership,
character and service.
At class night exercises, Miss
Sylvester was announced as win
ner of the title “Miss Mount de
Sales,” the award being determin
ed on the basis of her scholastic
record during the four years of
high school, on the number of
service points for extra-curricula
activity, and on the votes of the
student body and the approval of
the faculty.
Quill and Scroll pins were
awarded Miss Dulmage, Miss Syl
vester, Miss -Freda Hebert and
Miss Margaret George, for out
standing work on the school pub-
ciety for high school journalists.
Miss Mary Hall, of the gradu
ating class, received the citizen
ship award; Miss Patricia O’Mal
ley, also a senior, the award for
outstanding school spirit, and Miss
Miriam Miner, of the junior class,
the best athlete award.
In tlie course of the program
the graduates presented their class
history, last will and testament
and prophecy. At the conclusion
of the program, members of the
class of 1953 received their class
rings from Sister Mary Patricia, R.
S. M., who also made the awards.
GRADUATION EXERCISES
HELD AT SAINT MARY’S
SCHOOL IN GREENVILLE
GREENVILLE, S. C.—Eighteen
graduating students received di
plomas from St. Mary’s School at
graduation exercises held in Galli-
van Memorial Hall.
The closs included Joanne Marie
Berardinelli, Elizabeth Ann Bou-
haroun, Judith Anne Eassy, Mar
garet Abigail Harrison, Marilyn
Ruth Healey. Lille Mae Irish,
Anne Elizabeth King, Mary
Frances LepScier, Anna Jean
Ward, Joanella Rose Yesbeck,
Josephine Henry Keith, Karl
Josef, Kurt MoUenhauer, Eugene
Richard Murphy, Jr., James Daniel
Porter, Jr., Charles Monroe Shir
ley, Joseph Raphael Suffredini,
William Walsh Taylor, Jr.
Laymen's Meetings
Scheduled in Albany,
Americas, Thomasville
ALBANY, Ga.—Thomas Cole
man, president of the Albany
Branch of the Catholic Laymen’s
Association of Georgia, and Fred
Wiggins, member of the executive
committee of the association, are
making arrangements for a series
of local branch meetings in Albany,
Americus and Thomasville.
Through the cooperation of
Father Thomas Albert, O. F. M.,
pastor of St. Mary’s Church, Amer
icus, Charles C. Smith, president
of the Americus Branch, has called
a meeting of the laity of that parish
and of its mission parish in Cor-
dele, to be held on the evening of
June 27 in Americas.
Through the cooperation of
Father John O’Shea, pastor of St.
Augustine’s Church, Thomasville, a
meeting will be held in that city
on the evening of June 28, with the
laity of the parish in Thomasville,
and its missions in Bainbridge and
Moultrie, invited to attend.
On the afternoon of June 29,
there will be a'meeting of the Al
bany Branch of the Laymen’s As
sociation, in Albany, with a num
ber of the officers of the state
wide association attending. Father
Daniel J. Bourke, V. F., pastor of
St. Theresa’s Church, Albany, is
cooperating with the arrangements
committee.
The purpose of these meetings is
to further the program undertaken
by Marshall Wellborn, of Rome, and
other officers of the Laymen’s As
sociation, to establish the associa
tion at the parish level throughout
Georgia, and to begin in each city
the plan of holding monthly meet
ings, in the form of study club dis
cussion sessions, as has been so suc
cessfully inaugurated by the Co
lumbus Branch.
Hugh Kinchley, of Augusta, exec
utive secretary of the Laymen’s
Assocaition, will attend the meet
ings and report on the activity of
the association since the conven
tion held last year in Rome.
Edward A. Corbett
Dies in Albany
ALBANY, Ga.—Funeral services
for Edward A. Corbett, who died
here on May 18, were held at St.
J,ames Church, Ludlow, Kentucky.
Mr. Corbett, who had made his
home in Albany for the past two
years, was connected with the
sporting goods department of
Sears, Roebuck and Company. He
was a member of St. Theresa’s
parish here.
Born in Ludlow, he attended the
Georgia School of Technology,
where he was active in sports. He
served in the Army Air Force from
1941 to 1945,
He is survived by his wife, the
former Miss Juanita Crowe, of
Ludlow; and two children, Jean
Anne Corbett and Daniel Edward
Corbett; his father, James M. Cor
bett, Ludlow; a sister, Miss Mar
garet M. Corbett, Ludlow; five
brothers, Robert Corbett and Wil
liam Corbett, Ludlow; Joseph Cor
bett, Covington, Ky., Michael Cor
bett, Miami, and James Corbett,
Albany.
Caterisan Elected
Grand Knight of
Savannah K. of C.
JOHN R. CATERISAN
SAVANNAH, Ga. — John R.
Caterisan has been elected grand
knight of Savannah Council, No.
831, Knights of Columbus, to suc
ceed Frank A. Winders.
Other officers elected by the
council are William O. Morgan,
Jr., deputy grand knight; Peter
Schuster, chancellor; Edward P.
Daly, treasurer; Vestus J. Ryan,
recording secretary; Mason In
gram, advocate; John M. Kenney,
warden; William J. Oetgen, inside
guard; Flem G. Clett, Jr., Nicholas
S. Kenny, outside guards; Joseph
A. Rossiter, Jr., Eugene B. Mc
Donald, Frank A. Winders, trus
tees.
Father Andrew McDonald is
chaplain of the council; John
Ganem, lecturer, and J. M. Mc
Donough, financial secretary.
First Communion at
Sf. John the Beloved
Church, Summerville
SUMMERVILLE, S. C.—Father
James A. McElory, pastor of St.
John’s Church, administered their
First Holy Communion to seven
children of the parish, who ap
proached the altar rail with the
children who had received their
First Communion last year. After
the Mass, the children renewed
their Baptismal Vows and were in
vested in the Scapular of Our Lady
of Mount Carmel.
In the afternoon, the annual May
procession was held. Father John
Barry Adair, of Charleston, de-
livered the sermon at the devo
tions, and Father Charles Sheedy,
of Yonges Island, gave the Bene
diction of the Blessed Sacrament.
Among the clergy assisting in the
sanctuary were Father J. W.
Carmody and Father Thomas J.
Mackin, of Charleston, and Fath
er McElroy.
At the May meeting of the Al
tar Society of St. John’s Church,
held at the home of Mrs. C. W.
MeElheny, with Mrs. Fisghburne
and Mrs. Compton as co-hostesses,
the president of the society intro
duced Mrs. Hopwood, of East
Orange, N. J., mother of Father
Frederick Hopwood, who was visit
ing in Summerville.
Appointed to care for the altar
during the month of June were
Mrs. R. M. Bunch, Mrs. Malcolm
Pate and Mrs. E. M. Campbell. A
social session followed the busi
ness meeting.
CATHEDRAL SCHOOL
IN SAVANNAH HOLDS
CLOSING EXERCISES
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Closing ex
ercises of the Cathedral School
were held May 30 at the Cathedral
of St. John the Baptist.
Certificates upon completion of
the eight-year grammar school
course were received by Burch
Banks, Odilo Blanco, Helen Butti-
mer, Johanna Cleary, Catherine
Cooley, Richard De Borde, Jerry
Eagle, Barbara East, Frank Fen
nell, Robert Ferraro, Edward Fitch,
Dale Fuhrman, Phyllis Glover,
Gordan Grant, George Gulick, Mar
garet Harrison, Carol Johnson,
Ronald Linton, Gloria Loncon.
Joseph Mahaney, Allan Marks,
Marlene Moye, Patricia O’Hayer,
Nancy Oldag, William Pitts, Sue
Rossiter, Mary Roughen, Sarah
Roughen, Catherine Russell, Wil
liam Ryan, Barbara Scheider, Bob
Schoonover, Jeanne Stringer, Pa
tricia Tucker, Marilyn Veronee,
James Von Doltern.
SAVANNAH, Ga. — At an im
pressive ceremony held at the
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist,
diplomas were conferred on the
graduates of St. Vincent Academy.
Monsignor T. James McNamara,
rector of the Cathedral, presided
at the exercises, and was assisted
in presenting the diplomas by
Father Robert Brennan, O. S. B.,
pastor of the Sacred Heart Church,
and Father Thomas Brennan, pas
tor of the Blessed Sacrament
Church. Benediction of the Blessed
Sacrament was given by Father
Daniel McCarthy, pastor of Our
Boys' High School,
Augusta, Graduates
Thirty-Three Seniors
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Thirty-three
seniors of Boys’ Catholic High
School received their diplomas at
commencement exercises held on
May 24 in the Music Hall of the
Beil Auditorium.
The Most Reverend Francis E.
Hyland, D.D., J.C.D., Auxiliary
Bishop of Savarmah-Atlanta, who
presided, made the presentation
of diplomas and medals.
Daniel J. O’Connor, Jr., was the
valedictorian, and the salutatory
address was made by Hershel Wil
helm.
The graduating class included
William Baldow, Donald Battle,
Richard Boland, Gerald Boyd, Jo
seph Brassell, Emory Cartrett,
John Chesser, Jr., Ronald Cofer,
John Cooney, Ferris Dorr, Charles
Garrison, Marson Hill, Tobin Hill,
Panknin Hill, James Kline, Alfred
Lyons, Peter Manley, Hugh Mar
riott, John Moody, Daniel O’Con
nor, Edward Oetjen, Patrick Rice,
Robert Riley, Richard Robinson,
Joseph Ruiz, Michael Sheehan, Jer
ry Solomon, Morgan Smith, Rich
ard Timmerman, James Todd, Her
shel Wilhelm, James Vowell.
Those receiving special awards
were: Religion, George Hershel
Wilhelm; General Excellence,
George Hershel Wilhelm; School
Spirit, Charles H. Garrison; Stu
dent Athlete, Daniel O’Connor;
English, Hershel Wilhelm; Mathe
matics, Daniel O’Connor; Sciences,
Daniel O’Connor; Foreign Lan
guages, Hugh Marriott; History,
Daniel O’Connor; Oratory, Paul C.
Rose; Literary Contribution, Her
shel Wilhelm; Third Year, General
Excellence, Joseph K. Pinnell;
Second Year, General Excellence,
Anthony W. Arnett; First Year,
General Excellence, Francis S.
Claffey.
In the grammar school, highest
awards for General Excellence,
Arithmetic, and English, went to
Donald T. Buckley; for Religion
and History, to Walker C. Beeson;
for Spelling, to Aubin P. Mura.
Father Andrew Smith
Appointed President of
Spring Hill College
MOBILE, Ala.—Father Andrew
J. Smith, S. J., has been appointed
president of Spring Hill College to
succeed Father W. Patrick Donnel
ly, S. J., who left Spring Hill to
become president of Loyola Uni
versity of the South in New Or
leans.
Father Smith graduated from
Spring Hill in 1918, and returned
as a teacher of college English in
1923-1924. After graduate study, he
became dean of the college in
1934, a post he has since occupied.
He has held high offices and
served on important committee in
such organizations as the National
Catholic Educational Association,
the Jesuit Educational Assocation,
the Southern Association of oCl-
leges and Secondary Schools, the
Association of Alabama Colleges
and the South Conference of Aca
demic Deans, Fo rthe last three
years he has served as one of the
Jesuit delegates to the American
Council on Education.
After high schol in his native
Natchez and his college years at
Spring Hill, he followed the usual
studies of the Society of .Jesus at
Macon, Ga., Spokane, Wash., and
Enghien, Belium. To these he add
ed courses in French literature at
University of Nancy, France and
English literature' at the Catholic
University in Washington, and at
University of Chicago, where he
was awarded his PhD. just before
coming to Spring Hill as dean.
Father George T. Bergen, S. J.,
heretofore assistant dean, will suc
ceed Father Smith in the dean’s
office. Father Bergen holds de
grees from Spring Hill and from
St. Louis University, and has re
cently served. as acting dean of
Loyola University, New Orleans.
Lady of Lourdes Church, Port
Wentworth, and Father Andrew J.
McDonald, J. C. D., Vice-Officialis
of the Diocese of Savannah-Atlan-
ta, delivered the address to the
graduates.
Diplomas were awarded Misses
Jean Marie Barker, Barbara Anne
Barras, Roxie Anna Barras,
Rochelle Moore Bettencourt, Helen
Theresa Broderick, Marjorie Ann
Canty, Joan Marie Cartwright,
Gioia Noel Colson, Adele Victoria
Curry, Mae Lou Cecilia Daye,
Mary Jane Furlong, Angela Veron
ica Harvey, Carole Anne Heffer-
nan, Mary Anne Hernandez, Celine
Ann Hiltz, Mary Anne McCarthy,
Mary Wright McCracken, Mary
Elizabeth McDonald, Joan Cecilia
Morel, Marjorie Anne Morrissey,
Patricia Ann O’Neil, Kathleen
Anne Perry, Jean Marie Pounder,
Jean Marie Prescott, Alice Cecile
Price, Marlene Alice Ranitz, Mary
de Lourdes Sheehan, Jo Ann
Catherine Smith, Kathleen Eliza
beth Sullivan, Lilia Mercedes Sul
livan, Mary Ellen Sullivan, Mary
Anne Thomas, Mary Louise Weber.
Announcement of awards was
made as follows: In competitive
examinations open to high school
seniors, full tuition scholarships
were awarded to Miss Rochelle
Moore Bettencourt, to the Catho
lic University of America; to Miss
Marjorie Morrissey, to Mount St.
Agnes College, Baltimore, and to
Miss Mae Lou Daye to Virginia In-
termont College, Bristol,
Essay contest winners were Miss
Helen Broderick, first local honor
in the National Council of Catho
lic Women’s contest, also first
local prize in the American Legion
contest; Miss Marjorie Morrissey,
first local prize in the contest
sponsored by the Auxiliary of the
Ancient Order of Hibernians;
second local prize, to Miss Mary
Ann Strippey; third local prize to
Miss Lourdes Sheehan; Miss Caro
lyn Lawlor, second local prize in
the Propelior Club contest, Miss
Rochelle Moore Bettencourt, first
state prize in the Georgia Scholas
tic Press Association competition.
Receiving awards from the local
Kiwanis Club were Miss Rochelle
Moore Bettencourt, scholarship;
Miss Helen Broderick, citizenship;
Miss Mercedes Sullivan, athletics.
Receiving recognition from the
George K. Gannon Post, American
Legion, for citizenship, was Miss
Jean Marie Barker; the Fourth De
gree Knights of Columbus gold
medal, for general excellence, to
Miss Mary Louise Weber.
The Mass for the graduates,
celebrated in the convent chapel,
on the morning of the graduation
exercises, .was offered by Father
Thomas I. Sheehan, pastor of St.
Thomas Moore Church, Decatur.
Following the Mass, breakfast was
served in the school cafeteria.
Graduation Exercises
Held at Sacred Heart
College in Belmont
BELMONT, N. C.—Dale Fran
cis, director of the Catholic Infor
mation Center ,in Charlotte, deliv
ered the commencement address
at the fifty-ninth annual gradua
tion exercises of the Sacred Heart
Junior College and Academy, at
which the Right Reverend Vincent
G. Taylor, O.S.B., D.D., Abbot-Or
dinary of Belmont, presided.
Father Sebastian Doris, O.S.B.,
Sub-Prior of Belmont Abbey, of
fered the invocation, and Father
Cuthbert E. Allen, O.S.B., Super
intendent of Schools for the Ab-
batia Nullius of Belmont, was mas
ter of ceremonies.
Miss Gayle Mendel, of Cherry-
ville, Miss Jean Christenbury, of
Charlotte, and Miss Mary Evelyn
Thomas, of Gastonia, all of the
college department, and Miss Eva
Giorgio, of Baltimore, and Miss
Doris Autry, of Lowell, both of the
high school senior class, were
named as honor students.
Graduates of the junior college
were Misses Helen Ruth Ander
son, Annis Joyce Cauble, Margaret
Jean Christenbury, Doris Ellen
Clarke, Joan Kay Coleman, Eduthe
Ruth Craig, Nancy Jane Dunlap,
Virginia Smith Ellington, Flonnie
Louise Godwin, Bobbie Elaine
Green, Clara Jean Gruble, Marcia
Dean Lindsay, Magda Martinez
Monteagudo, Gayle Ann Mendel,
Amelia Roderiguez Sabater, Mar
garita Berazo Sanchez and Mary
Evelyn Thomas.
Graduates of the high school
were Misses Doris Rea Sutry, Shir
ley Jean Dees, Anee Feree Evers,
Mary Eve Giorgio, Margaret Mar
shall Holland, Elizabeth Maxine
Mills, Patricia Ann Phillips, Joce
lyn Sikes Ragan and Dennis Hope
Scholl