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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. EVERY NECESSITY FOR THE SICKROOM Invalid Chairs and Kospifol Beds for Safe or Rent ELASTIC STOCKINGS — ABDOMINAL SUPPORTS — CRUTCHES — TRUSSES COMPLETE FIRST AID SUPPLIES • PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Free Customers Parking Next to Telephone Bldg., Ivy St. Entrance ESTES SURGICAL SUPPLY COMPANY 56 Auburn Avenue, N. E. Atlanta, Georgia SUTHERLAND PRODUCE CO. POULTRY AND EBBS 51 Hunter Street, S, W. Atlanta, Georgia 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. CALVERT IRON WORKS, iitc. 1195 Victory Drive, S. W. ATLANTA, GEORGIA LOOK FOR THE FRIENDLY FOREMOST DEALERS . . . Everywhere ICE CREAM MILK 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. ,". . .