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JULY 26, 1952
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
SEVEN
Judge Clare Fenerty
Dies in Philadelphia
JUDGE FENERTY
PHILADELPHIA, — (NO —
Solemn Requiem Mass for Judge
Clare Gerald Fenerty, noted ora- j
tor and ardent foe of communism, j
was offered in the Church of the.
Holy Child, with Archbishop John
F. O’Hara of Philadelphia, presid
ing.
The jurist, who only a month ago
was named as Philadelphia’s “Man
of the Year,” died (July 1) in Ger
man town Hospital. The day before,
Judge Fenerty had presided at the
Court of Common Pleas, disposing
of a long list of criminal cases.
He worked through his usual lunch
period and that evening had din
ner with a friend.
As he stepped from a cab in
front of his North Philadelphia
home, neighbors noted that he was
in a dazed condition and assisted
him into his house. Dr. Adrian H.
Donaghue and Dr. Henry Kohler,
who reside nearby, were summon
ed by Mrs. Fenerty. They took
Judge Fenerty to the hospital.
Father John J. A. Murphy of the
Church" of the Holy Child, accom
panied them. The judge’s death re
sulted from coronary thrombosis,
physicians said.
Prime Minister Eamon de Valera
of Ireland cabled a message of
sympathy to the Fenerty family.
The judge and Mr. de Valera be
came acquainted through the
jurist’s work with the American
League for an Undivided Ireland,
and with other Irish-American or
ganizations. Irish Ambassador to
the U. S. John J. Hearne was
among the host of others who sent
messages of condolence.
Judge Fenerty is survived by his !
wife, the former Miss Miriam E. I
LoUghran of Hazelton, Pa., and a
daughter, Miss Miriam Clare,
Fenerty. A native of Philadelphia,
Judge Fenerty was educated at St.
Joseph s Prep school and College
and at the University of Pennsyl
vania law school. His law studies
were interrupted during World
War I when he served in the U. S.
Navy.
As a student at St. Joseph’s
School, Judge Fenerty was a class
mate of the Most Reverend Gerald
P. O’Hara, Archbishop-Bishop of
Savannah-Atlanta and Papal Nun
cio to Ireland.
He began law practice in 1921.
In 1927 ws named a member of the
Philadelphia County Board of Law
Examiners, a post he held 10 years.
He also taught at the University
of Pennsylvania. He became an As
sistant District Attorney in 1929
and served in that post until 1935
when he was elected to the House
of Representatives in Washington.
As a member of Congress, he
took the lead in the fight to stop
religious persecution in Mexico. In
1935, he introduced bills calling
for withdrawal of recognition by
the U. S. of Soviet Russia. He also
sponsored legislation calling upon
European powers to cede posses
sions in the western hemisphere to
the United States in payment for
World War I debts and to prevent
reciprocal trade agreements with
any nation which induged in racial
or religious persecution.
Judge Fenerty was appointed to
the Court of Common Pleas in 1939
and in 1941 was elected to a 10-
year term in the court. He was
past commander of the Catholic
War Veterans and past national ad
vocate general of the Irish-Ameri
can War Veterans. He also was a
member of the Knights of Colum
bus, the Friendly Sons of St. Pat
rick, and a number of military, pa
triotic and civic organizations.
The jurist held degrees from
College, Baltimore; St
Outdoor Lectures on
Catholicism Given at
Phenix City, Alabama
PHENIX CITY, Ala.—Father Os
car J. Miller, C. M., professor of
homiletics and public speaking at
St. John’s Seminary, Los Angeles;
Father James J. Saiway, C. C., pas
tor of St. Patrick’s Church, in Phe
nix City, and other priests, gave a
series of lectures on the Catholic
Church on the lawn in front of the
Russell County courthouse here
during the week of June 22-28.
Father Saiway, in announcing
the program, stated that the lec
tures would be strictly informative,
avoiding anything of the aspect of
debate or argumentation or con
troversy. The lectures were follow
ed by question and answer periods.
The week's program of speakers
and their topics was as follows:
Monday night; “The Catholic
Church and America Today,” Fa
ther Miller; “Religion and Happi
ness,” Father Saiway,
Tuesday night: “Has the Bible
All the Answers?”—Father Pat
rick Doran, C. M., Sacred Heart
Church, Opelika: “The Catholic
Church’s Authority,” Father Mill
er.
Wednesday night: “Who Is Jesus
Christ?”- Father Norbert Sha
ron, M. S. SS. T., St. Joseph’s
Seminary, Holy Trinity, Ala.;
“Christ Founded a Church,” Fa
ther Miller.
Thursday night: “The Church
and the State,” Father Frederick
Lawrence, M. S. SS. T., Eufaula;
“The Church and the Family,” Fa
ther Miller,
Friday night: “The Sacraments
in General,” Father Saiway; “Find
ing the True Church,” Father Mill
er.
C. C. S. to Sponsor
Catholic Action Meet
For Seminarians
NEW ORLEANS, La.—The Sem
inarians' Catholic Action Study of
the South will hold its regional
meeting at St. Augustine’s Semi
nary, Bay St. Louis, Miss., from
August 12 to 14 under the sponsor
ship of the Catholic Committee of
the South.
The main aim of the group is the
study of Catholic Action principles
in the light of the definition of
Catholic Action by Pope Pius XI.
The registration and civic pro
gram of welcome will be held on
August 11, highlighted by an ad
dress by Bishop Richard O. Gerow
of Natchez, under whose patron
age the meeting is being held. Fa
ther Maurice Rousseve. S. V. D.,
Assistant Provincial of the South
ern Province of the Society of the
Divine Word, will welcome the
delegates. Father Maurice Shean,
C. O., of Rock Hill, S. C., General
Chairman of the Catholic Commit
tee of the South, will give the key
note address.
There will be two general ses
sions daily with other seminars to
be scheduled. Included among the
speakers are Father Vincent
O’Connell, S. M., Father Joseph
Gromillion, Father W. O. Bressler,
Father Vincent Warren, S. S. J.,
Father Alexander Sigur, Father
William Jans, S. V. D., with two
lay speakers, John Mallette and
Philip Ogilvie.
Jerry E. Lyons
Dies in Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Jerry Eugene
Lyons, husband of the late Mrs.
Anna Hernen Lyons, died at his
home here on June 26, funeral ser
vices being held from St. Mary’s-
on-The-Hill Church, with Father
Harold Barr officiating.
Mr. Lyons, a native of Augusta,
was a son of the late Timothy
Lyons, of Ireland, and Mrs. Mary
Ellen Lyons, of Savannah. He was
widely known throughout this sec
tion, and before his retirement
several years ago was purchasing
agent for the Riverside Mills.
He is survived by his sister, Miss
Mary Ellen Lyons, of Augusta; a
sister-in-law," Miss Margaret Her
nen, Augusta, and a cousin, Miss
Margaret Sullivan, Augusta.
Joseph’s College, Philadelphia; St.
Francis’ College, Loretto, Pa.;
Canisius College, Buffalo, N. Y.;
Hahnemann Medical College, Phil
adelphia; St. John’s University,
Brooklyn, N. Y., and the Naval
War College, Newport, R. I.
In 1940, Judge Fenerty delivered
a stirring and eloquent address at
the Silver Jubilee convention of
the Catholic Laymen’s Association
of Georgia held ia Savannah,
K. of C. Council in Augusta Honors
In Its Name the Memory of a Great
Augustan, Honorable Patrick Walsh
SENATOR PATRICK WALSII
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Back in 1902,
| when a group of Catholic men in
Augusta organized here a council
of the Knights of Columbus, they
gave to the new council of that
fraternity society of Catholic men,
the name of one of Augusta’s most
distinguished sons, a great Geor
gian, an exemplary Catholic lay
man, whose nobility of character
would be to them an inspiration—
the Honorable Patrick Walsh.
Patrick Walsh, editor and states
man, who scaled the heights from
immigrant boy and printer’s ap
prentice to a seat in the United
States senate, made for himself a
name that was worthy of honor and
a name that fhe Knights of Co
lumbus Council in Augusta could
be proud to bear.
Born in Ballingary, County Li
merick, Ireland, on January 1,
1840. Patrick Walsh came to this
country about ten years later, his
family settling in Charleston,
where he was soon apprenticed to
The Evening News to learn the
trade of setting type in the news
paper office to earn money for his
tuition at the Charleston High
School.
In 1859, he entered Georgetown
College, the famed institution of
learning conducted by the Jesuit
Fathers in the Nation’s Capitol, He
remained at Georgetown until
South Carolina seceded from the
Union, when he returned to Char
leston, where he joined the State
Militia as a lieutenant of the Mea
gher Guards of the First Regiment,
Carolina Rifles.
In 1862 he came to Augusta,
where he obtained employment on
The Daily Constitutionalist, be
coming local editor in 1863. In 1877
he became editor of The Augusta
Chronicle, which in that year was
merged with The Constitutionalist.
As editor, publisher and part own
er, he remained with The Chronicle
until his death.
Mr. Walsh was elected to the City
Council of Augusta in 1870 and in
1872 was sent from Richmond
County to the Georgia Legislature,
being re-elected in 1874 and 1876,
and serving on many important
committees. In 1884 he was named
a delegate-at-large to the Demo
cratic National Convention that
nominated Grover Cleveland for
the presidency, and for four years
was the Georgia member of the
Democratic National Committee.
In season and out of season, Mr.
Walsh’s pen and voice was dedi
cated to the upbuilding of the
South and his outstanding ability
naturally focused public attention
on him. In 1894, Governor Nor-
then, of Georgia, appointed him to
the United States Senate to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of
Senator Colquitt. He was subse
quently elected by the legislature
for the remainder of the term, but
refused to stand for the full term.
One who was in a position to know
said: “While in the Senate he did
more for the state and the South
than anyone else in the same
time.”
At the first election following
his return from Washington, the
citizens of Augusta made him
mayor, but he did not live to com
plete his term of office.
Mr. Walsh was accustomed to
walk from his home on the 1300
block of Broad Street to the
Chronicle Building every morn
ing. According to those who knew
him. It is no exaggeration to say
that it took him fully two hours to
go from his home to his office, He
could not walk more than two or
three steps at a time without be
ing stopped to shake hands with
the many friends and admirers, but
he would stop each time with a
pleasant smile and a friendly greet
ing for everyone.
He was a faithful member of the
Catholic Church. When the Sacred
Heart Parish was establisehd in
1874, he became one of its found
ers, and remained a parishioner
until his death.
During Mr, Walsh’s last illness.
President McKinley visited Augus
ta. He detrained at Wheless and
on his way to the city, stopped at
the Walsh home to offer his best
wishes for the recovery of his
friend.
Mr. Walsh was married to Miss
Isabelle McDonald, of Augusta.
They had no children.
Senator Walsh died on March 20,
1899. Never in Augusta’s history
was there a greater tribute paid to
a departed citizen than that paid
to Mr, Walsh, After a Solemn Mass I
of Requiem at the Sacred Heart j
Church, his body was taken to St. j
Patrick’s Church, where on the
same afternoon the Right Rev. j
Thomas A. Becker, Bishop of Sa- j
vannah, officiated at the funeral i
service. Governor Candler came |
down from Atlanta to pay official
honor to him,-and on looking over
the vast assembly of sorrowful
friends gathered at the church,
said: “Except at the funeral of Gen
eral Grant, I have never seen no
such demonstration.”
From the moment Senator
Walsh’s body was placed in the
aisle of the church until the casket
was closed, there was a constant
stream of mourners passing. Old
and young, Catholic and Protestant,
Jew and Gentile, white and color
ed, sincere in their grief, came and
went.
While Senator Walsh was a de
vout member of his own church,
he was greatly loved by those of
other religious beliefs, and among
his honorary pallbearers were: Dr.
Lansing Burroughs, pastor of the
First Baptist Church; Dr. Chaun-
cey C. Williams, pastor of St. Paul’s
Episcopal Church; Dr. J, T, Plun
kett, pastor of the First Presbyte
rian Church; and the Rev. S. R.
England, pastor of the Broadway
Methodist Church, With Governor
Candler were four ex-mayors of the
city: Charles Estes, Robert H. May,
W. B. Young and J..H. Alexander.
According to the newspapers, more
than 25,000 people paid a sad trib
ute to the memory of Patrick
Walsh. The Jewish Synagogue held
a memorial service for him. at
which the Rabbi referred to him as
being of the elect of God. ,
Small wonder then, that the
council of the Knights of Columbus
in Augusta, formed soon after his
passing, should have taken the
name of Patrick Walsh.
O O
ANDREWS-DOYLE
SAVANNAH, Ga,—Miss Eleanor
Joyce Doyle, daughter of Mrs. An
drew Doyle, and Mr. Francis
Joseph Andrews, of Mobile, Ala.,
were married on July 12 at the
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist,
Monsignor T. James MeNamara
officiating and offering the Nuptial
Mass. Present in the sanctuary
were Father Joseph Ware, of De
catur; Father Norbert McGowan,
O. S. R, Father Peter Trizzoni, Q.
Knights of Columbus
Council in Atlanta :
Names Committees
ATLANTA, Ga.—Dwight L. Hol
lo wel I . newly elected grand knight
of Atlanta Council, No. 660,
Knights of Columbus, has an
nounced the appointment of the
following regular, standing and
special committees:
Catholic Activity: Louis C.
Baughnon, chairman; Dwight L..
Hollowed, Charity Committee; Lu
ther Campbell, Devotion Commit
tee; Paul McDermott, Education
Committeee; Eugene Brisbane,
Family Committee; James Giglio,
Youth Committee.
Council Activity: John M. Har
rison, Jr„ chairman; Emmett Me-
Atee, Social and Entertainment
Committee; Frank DeKoning, Ath
letic Committee; William McAlpin,
Civic Conimittee; Samuel Aiola,
Cultural Committee.
Fraternal Activity: Michael F.
Wiedl, Jr., chairman; Dr. John
Bips, Personal Activity; Daniel
Goggin, Blood Donors; J. M. Har
rison, Jr., Insurance Committee;
William van Goldtsnoven, Reii f-
Welfare Committee; Michael F.
Wiedl, Jr., Sick-Memorial Com
mittee.
Membership Committee: Henry
C. Taylor, chairman; James W. Wil
son, Jr.; Prospects Committee;
Henry Gernazian, Enrollment Com
mittee; John P. Ryan, Conservation
Committee; George T. Flynt, Re
admission Committee.
Publicity Committee: Victor Ta
baka, chairman; Michael F. Wiedl,
Jr., Bulletin Committee; Harpy
Donohue, Radio and Television
Committee: Gerard Wicklin, Speak
ers’ Committee; Father Vincent A.
Brennan, S. M., Visual Aids Com
mittee.
Games Committee: George Buel-
terman, chairman; William J.
Lynch, vice-chairman; Jack T.
Langley, advisor; Sandy Asher,
James J. Keiley, Jr., Jack McGow
an. Louis Baugnon. Leon Butler,
Walter Clark,
Armed Forces Committee: Louis
A. Baugnon, chairman; Henry C.
Taylor, John McGee, Leo Coletti,
Dave Hanccok, Frank Souto. John
McManus, William J. McAlpin,
USO representative.
F. J. Gaudet was appointed chair
man of the committee to be select
ed later to arrange for a children’s
party at Christmas, and Lewis F,
Gordon. John McManus and
Charles Gavan were appointed as
members of a committee which wilt
provide Christmas presents for the
boys at St. Joseph’s Home.
Grand Knight Hollowed also
announced ttiat Father F, M. Per
ry, S. M., will continue to serve as
chaplain of Atlanta Council.
: i
K. of C. Convention |
In Los Angeles to V
Honor Joseph Scott
LOS ANGELES. —(NC)— The
Knights of Columbus Supreme
Convention here August 19-21 will
honor the grand old man who
founded the California K. of C.
a half-century ago.
He is attorney Joseph Scott, 84,
of Pasadena. He was territorial
deputy when he established the EC.
of C. here in 1902. Today, Cali
fornia’s 130 councils have 27,000
members.
Mr. Scott, a native of England,
was educated there and in the
United States. During World War I
he served as overseas commander
for the K. of C. in France and
England. In 1918 he was awarded
the Laetare Medal, and in 1928 was
named a Knight Commander of St,
Gregory.
He nominated Herbert Hoover
for President at the 1932 Repub
lican National Convention.
Father Richardson ,
Speaks at Meeting
Of Savannah K. of C.
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Officers and
members of Savannah Council,
Knights of Columbus, heard an in
spiring address by Father Edward
Richardson, S. M. A., faithful friar
of Patrick Walsh Assembly' Fourth
Degree, Augusta, at the first meet
ing of Savannah Council at which
the new grand knight, John R.
Caterison, presided.
Announcement was made by
Grand Knight Caterisan that the
officers and committee chairmen
of the council would meet regularly
on the first Wednesday of each
month, but that a special meeting
had been scheduled for July 39.
S. B., and Father Thomas Payne,
Savannah. .