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JUNE 21, 1952
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMENS ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
SEVENTEEN
Miss Helen Lee, of
Atlanta, Honored at
Marymount College
ATLANTA, Ga. — Miss Helen
Lee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John W. Lee. of Chamblee, a
member of the graduating class
this year at Marymount College,
Tarrytown. N. Y.,_was selected to
reign as Queen of the May at the
college, a coveted honor which is
bestowed upon the most outstand
ing senior. —
Miss Lee’s selection as May
Queen at Marymount climaxes a
career of leadership that beagn in
her early girlhood. As a student at
Christ the King School here, she
was chosen as president of the
Student Council, was named “Girl
of the Month,’’ and began to
demonstrate her dramatic ability,
not only writing and directing the
school play, but also starring in
one of the most difficult roles.
After entering Marymount,
which is conducted by the Reli
gious of the Sacred Heart, Miss
Lee continued her triumphs in
practically every phase of campus
life. It was in her sophomore year
that she was the only girl among
1,000 students to win two classific
ations in the Who’s Who contest.
She was named the cleverest and
also the most versatile sophomore.
It was in this year, also, that she
was chosen to head “Lantern
Chain” Night.
As a senior. Miss Lee’s histrionic
prowess won recognition. A drama
major, she was elected president
of the Dramatic Club, an office she
proceeded to justify in the presen
tation of the annual Snow Queen
Festival, which she produced and
directed.
In addition to her numerous ex
tra-curricular activities, Miss Lee
found time to pursue her artistic
NEW OFFICERS OF GEORGIA STATE COUNCIL K. OF C.—.
Pictured above are the officers of Georgia State Council, Knights
of Columbus, who were elected at the Golden Anniversary Con
vention of the State Council held in Augusta on May 18. Seated,
left to right, Father Joseph J. Murphy, North Augusta, state chap
lain; Joseph F. Kunze, Columbus, state deputy; William M. Len
nox. Philadelphia, member of the Supreme Board of Directors,
and guest speaker at the convention; standing, Charles C. Chesser,
ambition. Her work in the Mary-
j mount Art Exhibit each year at
tracted wide and favorable atten
tion.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee attended their
daughter’s graduation, as did her
brothers, Hugh Lee and Howard
Lee, and her sister, Miss Dena Lee,
who is a student at the Catholic
University of America, Washing
ton, D. C.
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Annual May Procession
Held at St. Joseph's
Church in Athens
Augusta, alternate to the state deputy for the Supreme Council;
Thomas J. Gilmore, Atlanta, alternate to the past state deputy
for the Supreme Council convention; John M. Brennan. Savannah,
past state deputy; R. Habenicht Casson. Macon, state advocate;
James' J. Galvin, Atlanta, state warden; Eugene B. McDonald,
Savannah; state secretary; John T. Chesser. Augusta, state treas
urer.—(Photo by Frank Christian—Courtesy of The Augusta
Herald).
Joseph F. Kunze, Columbus,
Chosen as State Deputy by
ATHENS, Ga.—Members of St. — . r
Joseph’s parish paid public horn- (jgQf g JQ 5tOIQ COli SIC 11, K . 0 i L.
age to the Blessed Virgin Mary
with a May procession and devo
tions before a shrine, elaborately
decorated with red and white
roses. Father Walter Donovan, pas
tor of St. Joseph’s Church, led the
congregation in saying the Rosary,
after which the school children,
preceded by a cross-bearer and
acolytes, entered the church in
procession.
First communicants, bearing
floral bonquets, escorted Miss Mar
jorie Embry, and her attendant,
Miss Barbara Sinclair to the shrine
of the Blessed Mother, while ap
propriate hymns were being sung.
Five girls of the First Communion
class knelt before the shrine and
recited an Act of Consecration, af
ter which Miss Embry placed a
crown of roses upon the statue of
the Mother of God.
Following a sermon on the inter-'
cessory power of the Blessed Vir
gin, delivered by Father Donovan,
the services closed with Benedic
tion of the Blessed Sacrament.
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AUGUSTA, Ga.—At the Golden
Anniversary convention of the
Georgia State Council, Knights of
Columbus, held here on May 18,
Joseph F. Kunze, grand knight of
Bishop Gross Council, No. 1019,
Columbus, was elected state dep
uty to succeed John M. Brennan,
of Savannah.
Other officers elected to serve
with Mr. Kunze are Eugene B.
McDonald, Savannah, state secre
tary; R. Habenicht Casson, Macon,
state advocate; John T. Chesser,
Augusta, state treasurer, and
James J. Galvin, Atlanta, state
warden. Father John Hillmann, S.
M., of Waycross, has been appoint
ed state chaplain.
Charles C. Chasser, of Augusta,
was chosen as alternate to Mr.
Kur.ze as delegate to the Supreme
Council convention to be held in
Los Angeles, in August, and
Thomas J. Gilmore, of Atlanta, was
named as alternate to Mr. Bren
nan, the past state deputy.
Morning and afternoon sessions
of the convention were held at the
parish hall of St. Mary’s-on-The-
Hill Church, and luncheon was
erved at the K. of C. Home dur
ing the recess between sessions.
Convention delegates and their
wives were guests of the officers
and members of Patrick Walsh
Council. No. 67, of Augusta, host to
the convention, at a barbecue din
ner at the old Boy Scout Camp
following adjournment of the con
vention.
William M. Lennox, of Philadel
phia, a member of the Supreme
Board of Directors of the Knights
of Columbus, was the principal
speaker at the dinner, at which the
fiftieth anniversary of Patrick
Walsh Council was being com
memorated.
William M. O’Dowd, grand
knight of Patrick Walsh Council,
presided as toastmaster, and the
invocation was offered by Father
James M. Buckley, S. J., pastor of
the Sacred Heart Church.
Charles C. Stulb, a past grand
knight of Patrick Walsh Council,
recalled some of the incidents in
the council’s half-century of his
tory. He stressed the important
part that the founders of the local
council had played in the work of
the Order through the years, men
tioning particularly the late Cap
tain P. H. Rice, K. C., S. G., and
the late Victor J. Dorr, both of
whom bad served as members of
the Supreme Board of Directors.
Mr. Stulb also reminded that
James Ryder Randall, author of
‘ Maryland, My Maryland,” had
been a member of Patrick Walsh
Council.
Thomas P. Doris, of Augusta,
was recognized as the only charter
member of Patrick Walsh Council
who was present at the Golden An
niversary celebration. Father
Henry A. Schonhardt, of Atlanta,
who was largely instrumental in
the founding of the K. of C. coun
cil ip Augusta in 1902, and who
was the council’s first chaplain,
was to have been an honored guest
at the celebration, but was taken
ill and was not able to make the
trip from Atlanta to Augusta.
Father Arthur Weltzer, assistant
pastor of St. Mary’s-on-The-Hill
Church, offered the closing prayer.
On the evening before the con
vention, there was a reception and
dance at the K. of C. Home with
members of the Auxiliary of Pat
rick Walsh Council, under the
leadership of Mrs. Harry Best;
president of the auxiliary, serving
as hosteses.
State Deputy Brennan presided
at the convention sessions, and
other state council officers attend
ing were District Deputy John F.
Manning, Waycross; District Depu
ty Robert J. Hinson, Macon District.
Deputy Charles C. Chesser. Augus
ta; Past State Deputy J. P. Price,
Augusta; State Chaplain. Joseph J.
Murphy, North Augusta; Sta'ie
Secretary Salvador Spano. Colum
bus; State Advocate R Habenicht
Casson, Macon; State Warden,
James J. Galvin. Atlanta, and Act
ing State Treasurer R. L. Bernard,
Brunswick.
The convention Mass was cele
brated at St. Mary’s-on-The-Hill
Church by Father Harold Barr, the
pastor.
Benedictine School
Class of '13 Holds
Reunion in Savannah
SAVANNAH. Ga. — Under the
leadership of Father Thomas A.
Brennan, pastor of the Blessed
Sacrament Church, the class of
1913 of the Benedictine Military
School gathered at the Hotel De
Soto on June 3 at a luncheon re
union, following attendance as a
group at the Pontifical Mass which
had opened the commemoration of
the fiftieth anniversary of the
founding of the Benedictine
school.
When they began their course of
study at Benedictine, there were
twenty-six members of the class.
Six of the class have died since
graduation, Horace Battey, Edward
C Brennan. John H. Friberg,
Frank W. Godbold. Aldrick H.
McLatvs and Edward F. O’Connor.
Members of the class who .at
tended the reunion were Father
Brennan, Father William J. Harty,
S. J., Joseph A. Battle. Colonel
Frank H. Besselleu, William Dean
Brown, Joseph Doolan. Walter J.
Falk, Joseph A .Hayes, David H.
Hirsch, Frank J. Kelly, Frank M.
LeHardy, Michael J. McBride,
Graham McEachern, G. Elliott Me-
Xver, Erec E. Nelson. George A.
Rice, Robert Hayne Seay, Jerome
F. Sullivan, Dr. Palmer J. Sulli
van and Leodiger L. Walsh.
Father Robert Brennan. O. S. B.,
rector of Benedictine Military
School, and Father Lawrence Me-
Hale, O. S. B., chaplain of St
Joseph’s Hospital, were guests at
the luncheon. ,". . .