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THE BULLETIN Df THE CATHOLIC LAYMENS ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
JUNE 21. 1952
Three St. Joseph Academy Graduates
Honors at Columbus High School
Heads Marietta
Branch of C. L. A.
COLUMBUS, Ga.—Three mem- They are Miss Vola Therrell
bers of the eighth grade graduat-! daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David
teg class of St. Joseph’s Academy
here in 1948 walked away with a
full share of honors when they
graduated this year from Colum
bus High School.
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Therrell; Bernard Spano, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Salvador Spano, and
David Pfaff, son of Mr. and Mrs.
William Pfaff, Jr.
Miss Therrell, whose mother is
the former Miss'Josephine O’Con
nor, of Augusta, won numerous
essay awards. She won third place
in a Muscokee County contest for
her essay on “1 Speak for De
mocracy,” her prize being an all
expense-paid week-end trip to
Jacksonville by airplane. She won
second honor in a eity contest for
her essay on "What Freedom
Means to Me,’ ’for a $10 cash prize.
Her essay on “How Youth Can
i Fight T-B,” won first place in the
| county and a $25 award. This essay
was published in the school paper
i and won first place in a national
| contest, with a large plaque as
| the award. She also won the award
I for the best feature covering for
| the year for the high school publi
cations at the meeting of the Geor
gia Scholastic Press Association.
She is a member of the National
Honor Society of the Quill and
Scroll. She plans to enter the
University of Georgia this fall.
Bernard Spano recently won the
highest award for journalism stu
dents, the William Henry Tucker
Journalism Award — a portable j
typewriter. Last year he won state {
awards for the best sports section
in a high school publication and
for the individual sport story at j
the Georgia Scholastic Press Asso- |
j ciation meeting. He has been
sports editor of The Blue Streak,
Columbus High newspaper, for the j
past two years. He has a letter j
for football, is a member of the j
“C” club, the Debaters’ Club, the
S. O. S. social club and is a
lieutenant in the R. O. T. C. He
plans to enter Georgia Tech in
September.
David Pfaff also received a re
cent honor, a $25 Savings Bond,
the Rutledge Minnix Award, given
annually to the member of the De
baters’ Society who, in the opinion
of fellow-members, has done the
most for the club. He has been
j president of the club for the past
two years and has taken part in the
| last three annual debates. He
won second place in the “I Speak
for Democracy” essay contest,
which gained him a week-end trip
to Jacksonville. He was on the
Junior Red Cross Southeastern
Area Council in 1950 and 1951 and
attended the Red Cross conven
tion in New York. He has been
junior adviser for the Junior Red
Cross Council of Columbus High
School for the past two years; was
battalion adjutant on the ROTC
corps, with the rank of captain;
is a member of the Key Club and
the S, O. S. social elub. He was
voted the member of the senior
class “most likely to succeed" and
has been employed as an an
nouncer at a local radio station
for the past two years. He has
been accepted for enrollment as a
student at the University of Notre
Dame this fall.
THE SACRED ROMAN ROTA
has won a libel suit against three
communist publications and one
socialist newspaper in Rome for
printing defamatory remarks
against the Vatican tribunal which
handles appeals from diocesan
courts in matrimonial eases. The
Rota had complained that articles
appeared in the publications alleg
ing that “annulments” could be
“bought” by those with enough
money.
MICHAEL J. BOLEK
At the organization meeting of
the local branch of the Uatholic
Laymen’s Association of Georgia
in Marietta, Michael J. Bolek was
elected president.
The president of the newly
formed branch of the Laymen’s
Association, is a native of
Wanamie, Pa., who has been liivng
in Marietta fo rthe past six years.
He is office manager for Sidney
Clotfelter, contractor, and is a
member of the Knights of Colum
bus, the Holy Name Society, and
serves as assistant scoutmaster of
the Boy Scout troop sponsored by
St. Joseph’s parish. He is a past
president of the Holy Name So
ciety and served as vice-president
of the Atlanta Branch of the Lay
men’s Association last year. He
has represented Marietta at the
conventions of the Laymen’s Asso
ciation held in Macon in 1949 and
in Rome in 1951.
Mass Celebrated in
Tech Gymnasium for
Newman Club Members
ATLANTA, Ga. — Under the
auspices of the Newman Club,
about 200 Catholic students at
Georgia Tech attended a High
Mass celebrated in the Tech' gym
nasium by Father John White, S.
M. The Mass was sung g choir of
students from Marist College, un
der the direction of Father Joseph
McManus, S. M.
The sermon at the Mass was de
livered by Father Thomas Dubay,
S. M., chaplain of the Newman
Club at Georgia Tech.
Headed by their president, Gene
Lorenz, and Joseph Heahan, chair
man of the committee in charge
of arrangements for the Mass,
members of the Newman Club
marched in procession to the gym
nasium, with a detachment of
Fourth Degree Knights of Colum
bus, headed by William J. Sulli
van, faithful navigator of Arch
bishop Gerald P. O’Hara General
Assembly, acting as a guard of
honor to the elergy.
Mass was celebrated on an altar
erected on the band platform in
the west stands.
President Blake R. Van Leer,
of Georgia Tech, and Mrs. Van
Leer, attended the Mass and the
breakfast which was served after
the mass in the T-Room. Dr. Mario
J. Goglia, faculty advisor of the
Newman Club, and other members
of the faculty were special guests,
as were delegations from the New
man Clubs at Emory University
and Agnes Scott College.
Ogden Doremus, prominent
young Catholic layman of Atlanta,
and member of City Council, was
the speaker at the breakfast.
MASS OFFERED IN TECH GYMNASIUM—Father John White,
S. M., and his servers, Jack Wright (left) and Bob Giordano, are
pictured during the celebration of a High Mass in the gymnasium
at the Georgia School of Technology in Atlanta. The Mass was
sponsored by the Newman Club at Georgia Tech.,
Closing Exercises
Held in Athens at
St. Joseph's School
ATHENS, Ga.—On May 30, St.
Joseph’s School graduated its first
eighth grade class at commence
ment exercises held in the school
auditorium.
Parents and other relatives and
friends of the students were wel
comed by Miss Marjorie Embry.
Poems were recited by Miss Bar
bara Sinclair and Robert Arthur,
and Bela Vasvary spoke on “Per
sonal Thoughts.” Father Walter
Donovan, pastor of St. Joseph’s
Church, delivered the address to
the graduates and presented the
diplomas.
The graduating class included
Jules Louis Alciators, Robert An
thony Arthur, Michael Louis Tal
bott, Bela Joseph Vasvary, Mar
jorie Embry and Barbara Anne
Sinclair. Winners of special awards
were Jules Alciatore, Patricia
Reilly, Berta Karl, Bela Vasvary
and Diana Reilly.
After pupils of the seventh
grade had given a choral recita
tion, “Graduation Time,” the vale
dictory address was delivered by
Jules Alciatore.- The program also
included a number of musical
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