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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
JUNE 21, 1952
Rev. W. A. Mulherin
Jesuit from Augusta
Is Silver Jubilarian
NEW ORLEANS, La.— Father
William Austin Mulherin, S. J.,
celebrated the Silver Anniversary
o£ his ordination to the priesthood
on June 17, at Loyola University
of the South here where he is a
member of the faculty.
Father Mulherin was born in
Augusta, Ga., the son of the late
John P. Mulherin and Mrs, Lula
Mullarky Mulherin. He entered the
Society of Jesus on August 14,
1914, and was ordained to the
priesthood by the late Archbishop
Michael J. Curley of Baltimore, on
June 17, 1927, at Woodstock Col
lege in Maryland.
His first assignment after or
dination was at Spring Hill Col
lege, Mobile, Ala., where he was
stationed for sixteen years. He
then taught for two years at the
Jesuit High School, in New Or
leans, and since 1945 has been a
member of the faculty of Loyla
University of the South here.
In addition to teaching nine
philosophy classes a week at the
university he also conducts a class
in psychology for nurses at the
Hotel Dieu Hospital.
Coming from a musical family, it
is natural that Father Mulherin's
hobby is music. Several of his
songs have been published, among
them being “Carry On,” and ‘ The
Night Has a Thousand Eyes.”
Louis F. Long,
Formerly of Macon
Heads Cudahy Company
OMAHA. — Louis F. Long, of
Fredonia, N. Y., formerly of Ma
con, Ga., has been elected presi
dent of the Cudahy Packing Com
pany.
Mr. Long’s election came at a
meeting of the company’s board of
directors. He has been vice-presi
dent of the Red Wing Company,
Inc., Cudahy subsidiary at Fredo
nia.
Mr. Long joined Cudahy as a
salesman in Atlanta in 1924. He
was appointed to the district of
fice there in 1929 and became man
ager of Cudahy’s sales branch at
Montgomery the following year.
He later managed the company’s
principal branch in the New York
City area and was named assistant
to the vice-president in charge of
the company’s sales division in
Chicago in 1932. He became vice-
president of the Red Wing Com
pany seven years ago.
Born in Macon, Mr. Long is the
son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Augus
tus J. Long. His father, the first
president of the Catholic Laymen’s
Association of Georgia, was honor
ed by the Holy See with knight
hood in the Order of St. Gregory
shortly before his death some years
ago.
Class Night Exercises
At St. Angela's, Aiken
AIKEN, S. C.—Class Night ex
ercises of St. Angela Academy were
held May 27, the program opening
with the singing of “Fame,” the
school song, and a greeting by Miss
Mary Catherine Cunning, ’53.
The Senior Class History and
Will was read by Miss Barbara
Weathersbee, and in “The Proph
ecy,” a tableau, the role of the
Madonna was taken by Miss Vir
ginia Kruger, with Angela Vereen
and Judy Schall as angels.
Musical numbers on the program
were under the direction of Mrs.
F. E. Ardrey,
A gold medal for Church His
tory was awarded to Miss Mary
Catherine Gunning; a gold medal
for Latin, to Miss Barbara Weath
ersbee, and a gold medal for im
provement in Music, given in me
mory of Reverend George Craft,
was awarded to Miss Angela
Vereen. The “Esprit de Corps”
medal was awarded Miss Josephine
Laird.
ST. THERESA’S PARISH
IN ALBANY SPONSORS
BENEFIT BARBECUE
ALBANY, Ga.—Members of St.
Theresa’s parish sponsored a bar
becue supper, served on the, church
grounds on the evening of June 3,
with Mrs. F. V. Lewis serving as
chairman of the committee in
charge.
Assisting Mrs. Lewis were Petro
Stephens, Eugene Mock, George
Hughey, Mrs. K. M. Russ, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Gwynes, Mrs. Anne
Snead, Mrs. Margaret Doughtery,
Mrs. Garrett Fleming, Mrs. Y. G.
Hilsman, Mrs. G. G. Davis, Bill
Bowick, Miss Helen Davis, Mrs.
Thomas Coleman and Barney Ma-,
loney.
LEADERS OF PARISH ORGANIZATIONS IN GAINESVILLE-—Pictured above, left to right, are
Mrs. James Caras, vice-president of the St. Michael’s Parish Council of Catholic Women; Jack
Keane, president of the Holy Name Society, and Mrs. Charles K. Edmondson, president of the
Council of Catholic Women, in Gainesville, Georgia. The women of St. Michael’s parish organiz
ed in 1933, under the leadership of Mrs. James Mardina. Since 1939, the group has been affiliated
with the National Council of Catholic Women. Officers of the Holy Name Society, in addition to
Mr. Keane, are George A. Crisp, vice-president; K. G. Failzer, secretary, and G. L. Melody, treas
urer. Officers of the Council of Women, not shown in the picture are Mrs. Jack Keane, secretary,
and Mrs. Allan Dodson, treasurer.
Choral Director at
St. Angela's, Aiken,
Honored by Students
AIKEN, S. C.—Mrs. F. E. Ar
drey, choral director of St. Angela
Academy for the last thirteen
years, who is retiring after this
term, was honored during the an
nual classnight exercises at the
academy.
She was presented a bouquet of
red roses, one for each year that
she had served with the academy,
and the schol chorus sang a musi
cal tribute in her honor. At a re
ception following the exercises,
members of the chorus presented
Mrs. Ardrey with a pin.
The class night program, con
ducted by Mrs. Ardrey, was held in
the Municipal Auditorium.
HERE'S A YOUNG MAN
WHO KNEW WHAT HE
WANTED—AND GOT IT
WASHINGTON. — (NC) — A
young man of Shawnee, Kansas,
deeply impressed by the NCCM-
NBC television program dealing
with the Sacrament of Matrimony,
wrote for a copy of the script.
Glenn Hippie reminded the NCCM
that it offered to send a copy free
of charge and concluded his let
ter: “I am only eleven years (yd,
but it may be of good use to me in
the future,” A copy was forwarded
to him.
CLOSING EXERCISES AT
SCHOOL IN THUNDERBOLT
THUNDERBOLT, Ga.—The Na
tivity School held its first closing
exercises on June 6, following a
Mass celebrated at the Church of
the Nativity of Our Lord attended
by the entire student body. Father
John A. Morris, the pastor, ad
dressed the pupils, and he and Sis
ter M. Finbarr, R. S. M., Sister M.
Kieran, R. S. M., and Sister M.
Monica, R. S. M., were presented
gifts by the Parent-Teacher As
sociation. Awards were presented
Captain Peggy Lloyd, Lieutenant
Priscilla Morano, Kathleen Brod
erick, Frances Furlong, Patty
Dwyer, Thomas Schou, Francis
Joyner and Harry McAller, of the
school safety patrol.
B'nai B'rifh Unit
Warns of Increase
In Anti-Catholicism
NEW YORK. —(NCI—Anti-Catho
licism has replaced Jew-baiting
among professional hatemongers,
the Anti-Defamation League of
B’nai B’rith reports in its annual
study of racial and religious
bigotry in the United States.
The league, educational arm of
the 109-year-old B’nai B’rith Jew
ish service organization, recorded
the trend as one of the findings
taken from the year round investi
gation reports of its regional of
fices.
The bigots who make a profes
sion out of intolerance have been
crowding each other with their
anti-Semitism, the league reported.
This explains the switch by some
of them to anti-Catholic themes-
“a heretofore less competitive area
among dollar—seeking hate mer
chants.”
It reported “an astonishing
stream of evidence pointing to the
existence of a vast enterprise of
prejudice that feeds upon domestic
disputes and capitalizes on inter
national strife.” In the Catholic
area the survey noted that anti-
Catholic bigotry still seeks to car
ry on its century-old vendetta and
that “a number of Pseudo-reli
gious publications have been try
ing to revive the hysteria of the
Know-Nothings.”
AN ISRAELI SHIP, the Negba,
served as a floating hotel in Barce
lona harbor for- several hundred
Catholic priests attending the 35th
International Eucharistic Congress
there. The Negba collected the
priests at Marseille and proceeded
to Barcelona where it joined ships
of other nations also serving as
floating hotels. Passengers aboard
the Negba were served only with
kosher food.
SISTER RAFAELA MARIA,
foundress of the Handmaids of the
Sacred Heart, a 20th-century Span
ish Nun who wanted her life of
virtue written “only in the mind
of God,” had it proclaimed to the
world on May 18 with her formal
beatification at St. Peter’s Basilica
in Rome.
Blessed Sacrament
School in Savannah
Graduates 30 Pupils
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Father Thom
as A. Brennan, pastor of the Bless
ed Sacrament Church, presided at
the commencement exercises of
the Blessed Sacrament School and
presented diplomas and addressed
the graduating class which includ
ed:
Elizabeth Roll, Noel Wilson,
Louis Waldhour, Joseph Anderson,
Rachel Hewitt, Elizabeth Powers,
Mary McDevitt, Nancy Biitch,
Jeanine Burke, John Porter, Mar
guerite Register, Kay Moss, Mar
tha' Jurgenson, Margaret Perry,
Lucy Hartnett, Michael Jiran, Ma
rie Kemp, Beth Helverson, Georgia
Small, Ann Lawler, Billy F.ox, Vir
ginia Anderson, Marcella Keating,
Barbara Pounder, Veronica Schust
er, Ernestine Rizza, Marie McKen
zie, Delores Broderick, Jerry Smith
and Carroll Roundtree.
At class night exercises, Marcel
la Keating acted as mistress of
ceremonies: Louis Waldhour gave
the “Toast to the Priests”; Barbara
Pounder, the “Toast to the Sis
ters”; Elizabeth Powers; the “Toast
to the PTA”; Nancy Harris, of the
seventh grade, gave the “Toast to
the Eighth Grade”, with Michael
Jiran of the eighth grade, respond
ing.
Mayor Olin F. Fulmer presented
awards of merit to Louis Wald
hour, captain; Jerry Smith, lieu
tenant; Jimmy Burke, Joseph But
ler, Richard Everett, Nick Ander
son, Joseph May and Leonard
Herb of the school safety patrol.
A scholarship given by the Bene
dictine Military School was award
ed to Louis Gregory Waldhour.
Savannah City Council
Defers Final Vote on
Censorship Ordinance
SAVANNAH, Ga.—City Council
approved on first reading an ordi
nance to establish a board of cen
sors in Savannah. Final action on
the ordinance will be taken at the
next council meeting.
The ordinance, which calls for a
five member hoard to be appointed
by the Mayor to control the distri
bution of obscene literature and
phonograph records and the pre
sentation of obscene theatrical per-
formarees, was drawn up shortly
after the receipt of a letter from
the Savannah Deanery Council of
Catholic Women.
City Attorney Ed Hester ex
plained that the ordinance is aimed
primarily against “cheap maga
zines and pocket size books with
lurid illustrations,” and added that
final power in all actions would
rest with the Police Court and the
Mayor and aldermen.
St. Theresa's School
Students in Albany
Present Piano Recital
ALBANY, Ga.—Sister Mary Hil
ary and Sister Mary Dominic pre
sented their piano pupils in a re
cital at St. Theresa’s School, with
parents and friends of the children
invited to attend.
Among the pupils participating
were Mickey King, Kay Hughey,
Joan Stevens, Clementine Wiggins,
Edward Rhodes, Carol Farmer,
Virginia Paulk, Patsy Goodwin,
Mary Agnes Rau, Richard Rhodes,
Joseph Guggino, Jo Carol Crisler,
Donn Kelly, Barbara Dodson,
Beverly Commagere, Elaine Law-
son, Linda Aultman, and Margaret
Webb.
HOLY SEE JOINS REFUGEE PACT^-His Excellency Archbishop
Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, Apostolic Delegate to the United
States, affixes his signature to the Convention Relating to the
Status of Refugees, at a ceremony in the office of the Secretary-
General of the United Nations, In New York. He signed the
document in the name of the Holy See. Shown with him are
Secretary-General Trygve Lie (right) and Dr. Ivan S. Kerno,
(left) of the staff of the Legal Department of the U, N. Secre
tariate.—(NC Photos).
J. Patrick. Price
Heeds Clearing
House in Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga. — J. Patrick
Price, assistant vice-president of
the Citizens and Southern National
Bank, has been named president
of the Augusta Clearing House As
sociation, of which he has been
vice-president.
Mr. Price, a past grand knight of
Patrick Walsh Council, Knights of
Columbus, was State Deputy of the
K. of C. in Georgia from 1948 to
1950.
A native of Leesville, S. C., Mr.
Price has made his home in Au
gusta for a number of years. Mrs.
Price is the former Miss Lillian
Morgan, of Graymont, Ga. They
have two sons.
Episcopalian Resigns
As Associate Rector
To Become a Catholic
NEW YORK, —(NC)— The Rev.
William C. Kernan has resigned
as associate rector of the Protes
tant Episcopal Church of St,
James the Less in Scarsdale, N. Y.,
and announced he wilt seek admis
sion to the Catholic Church.
Mr. Kernan has been a promi
nent member of a group that has
accused the Scarsdale School
Board and public school officials
of tolerating communist infiltra
tion. These charges were denied
and recently the authorities won
support in a school board election,
Mr. Kernan said, however, that
his decision to leave his church
was not particularly connected
with the Scarsdale schools situa
tion. He added his intention to em
brace Catholicism “would have
happened in any case”.
Mr, Kernan , handed his resigna
tion to the Rev. Harry Price, rec
tor, and Bishop Horace W. Doneg-
ari of the New York Episcopal
diocese was notified of the action.
The Bishop then issued a decree
severing Mr. Kernan’s connection
with the Protestant Episcopal
Church.
Mr. Kernan is married and the
father of four sons and two daugh
ters. One son is in the Navy and
another in the Air Force. He is a
graduate of Yale University and
the General Theological Seminary.
Holy Family Parish
Council of Women
Meets in Columbus
COLUMBUS, Ga. — The Holy
Family Parish Council of Catholic
Women held its final meeting of
the season on May 20, with Mrs. F.
T. Miller, the president, conducting
the meeting.
The following reports of commit
tee activity were submitted to the
meeting: Catholic Charities, spon
sored by Our Lady’s Aid Society,
Mrs. Warren Purks, reporting;
Home and School Association,
sponsored by the Parent-Teacher
Association of St. Joseph Academy,
Mrs. Leroy Burnham, reporting;
Family and Parent Education,
sponsored by the Altar Society,
Mrs. Arthur Berry, reporting; Spir
itual Development, sponsored by
the Missionary Society, Mrs. John
Willis, reporting; Study Clubs,
sponsored by St. Thomas Acqui-
nas Study Club, Mrs, George Gin-
gell, reporting; Confraternity of
Christian Doctrine, by Mrs. J. J.
O’Shea; Library and Literature, by
Mrs. Charles Petran; War Relief,
by Mrs. George Woolf; Public Re
lations, Mrs. William Pfaff; St.
Thomas Vocational School, Mrs.
Walter French.
Mrs. WaSSiam Tellam ;
Dies in Atlanta
ATLANTA, Ga.—Funeral serv
ices for Mrs. William Tellam, who
died May 13, were held at the
Sacred Heart Church, Father John
Emmerth, S. M., officiating.
Born in Devil’s Lake, N. D„ Mrs.
Tellam was the former Miss Agrtes
Louis Klein. She came to At
lanta as a child.
A graduate of the Atlanta Law
School, Mrs. Tellam was one :of
the first women to be admitted
to the Georgia bar, although .she
was never engaged in the practice
of law. About thirty years ago,
she and Mr. Tellam established the
Tellam, Company, Inc., here for
the manufacture of peanut butter
from products of this area. Mr.
Tellam had formerly been connect
ed with the Beechnut Company.
As she became increasingly ac
tive in the business, Mrs. Tellam
served as vice-president and trea
surer of the company.
Besides her husband, William
Tellam, Mrs. Tellam is survived
by several nieces and nephews;