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AUGUST 30, 1952
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
FIFTEEN
Compliments
of
A FRIEND
T.
AN AUSTRALIAN PRIEST,
Father Daniel O’Connell, S. J., has
been named director of the Vati
can Observatory. At present he is
director of the River View College
Observatory, Sydney-, Australia. A
noted seismologist, he studied for
a time at Harvard University. For
merly located at Vatican City, the
Observatory is now at Castelgan-
dolfo.
Max Movsovifrz Co., Inc.
WHOLESALE
Frui$s—Bananas—Produce
S. A. L. Team Track
Savannah, Ga.
Officers of Americus Branch of Laymen's Association
FAMILY SHOE STORE
The Home of Beifer Shoes and Hosiery
215 West Broughton Street
Savannah, Ga.
Officers of the Americus Branch of the Catholic
Laymen’s Association of Georgia, pictured above,
standing, left to right, are Mrs. Grace Tyson, vice-
president; Miss Peggy Ann Hines, secretary; Charles
C. Smith, program committee chairman; seated, John
Rivard, co-president.
Other officers of the Americus Branch, are, back
row, left to right, Edward Hall, co-vice-president;
Ira Lee Hines, Jr., co-treasurer; Edward Seneca!,
t r easurer; front row, Miss Eleanor McDonald, co
secretary. Mrs. Louis E. McCall, president, was not
present when the pictures .were taken.
BRINSON'S MARKET
THUNDERBOLT, GEORGIA
Labor* F. Hodges & Son
General Merchandise
"Your Friendship Is Our Greatest Asset
FORT SCREVEN, GA.
Sale of Site for
Parish School in
Marietta Approved
MARIETTA, Ga.—Approval has
been given by the Marietta Plan
ning Commission for the purchase
of the Robert O. Suhr home on
Sugar Hill as the site for a
parochial school of St. Joseph’s
parish here.
A petition signed by ten resi
dents of the neighborhood objected
to the establishment of a school on
the ground that it would open the
way for commercialization of a
zone which has always been re
stricted to residental property.
Twenty-four other residents had
petitioned in favor of the school.
Albert Adair, chairman of the
Marietta Planning Commission,
said that the courts had held that
a church or school in residential
district does not require rezoning,
since neither is essentially a com
mercial enterprise. The commis
sion voted unanimously to permit
the property to be sold as a site
for a school.
I
IN OKLAHOMA CITY, mem
bers of city council took no action
of a protest filed by Christian
Scientists against the proposed ad
dition of fluorine to city water as
a dental health measure.
Best Wishes
MEN'S QUALITY SHOP
JOE LESSER
24 East Broughton Street
Savannah, Georgia
Camp Villa Marie Closes
Another Successful Season
By PICOT FLOYD
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Camp Villa
Marie, the Catholic summer camp
at Isle of Hope, near Savannah,
has completed another highly suc
cessful double session. More than
three hundred children from all
parts of Georgia were in attend
ance.
The camp is under the patron
age of the Most Reverend Francis
E. Hyland. D. D.. J. C. D., Auxil
iary Bishop and Vicar General of
the Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta.
Father Andrew McDonald, J. C. D.,
Chancellor of the Diocese, is the
superintendent of the camp, and
Mr. Ralph Seikel, a seminarian of
the Diocese, is camp director.
The first session, from June 23
to July 14, was devoted primarily
to an intensive training in the
knowledge and practice of Catho
lic doctrine.
From July 17 to July 31. the
recreational session provided, un
der Catholic auspices, all the ad
vantages of a summer vacation
camp.
One hundred and forty-four
children attended the catechetical
session and a great many sections
of Georgia were represented. Home
addresses of the campers included:
Savannah, Elberton, Monroe, East
Point, Atlanta, Decatur, Jesup,
Athens, Hapeville, Bainbridge,
Waycross, St. Mary’s, Brunswick,
Macon, Milledgevilte, Hartwell,
Bowersville, Tilton, Gainesville,
Douglas and Americus.
One hundred and sixty children
were enrolled for the two-week
recreational session, and every
one of them, it is believed, wrote
home to say “having a wonderful
time.”
The Religious Sisters of Mercy,
with the seminarians of the Dio
cese, were in charge of the chil
dren. Sister Mary Bernadine, R.
S. M., of Mount de Sales Academy,
Macon, was the Superior of the
Sisters.
Sister Mary Edward, R.S.M., su
perior of St. Joseph’s Academy,
Columbus, was dietician for both
sessions of the camp. Sister Mary
Rosalie, R. S. M., of the Cathedral
School, Savannah; Sister Mary
Agnes, R. S. 1VL, of St. Joseph’s
Academy, Columbus; Sister Mary
Natalie, R. S. M., of the Sacred
Heart School, Baltimore; Sister
Jane Marie, R. S. M., of Holy Trin
ity Convent, Washington, D. C.;
Sister Mary Immaculata. R. S. M.,
of Selma, Ala.; Sister Martina Jos
eph, R. S. M., of St. Joseph’s
School," Macon, and Sister Mary
Kevin, R. S. M., of the Immaculate
Conception School, Atlanta, serv
ed as instructors and counselors.
Seminarians serving as counsel
ors were: Reginald Ott, of Wood-
side, Long Island, a student at St.
Bernard’s Seminary, Rochester, N.
Y.; James L. Harrison, of Deca
tur. a student of the Catholic
University of America. Wash
ington, D. C.; Joseph Beltran, of
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; John Leahy, of
Philadelphia; Daniel McCormick
of Far Rockaway, Long Island;
James Jenkins and Picot Floyd, of
Savannah.
Father Gerard D. McCaffrey, of
Philadelphia, was chaplain at the
camp during the catechetical ses
sion, and Father John E. O’Con
nor, of Darby, Pa., served as chap
lain during the recreational ses
sion.
On the Friday before the clos
ing of the catechetical session, the
Sacrament of Confirmation was
administered at Camp Villa Marie
by the Most Reverend Francis E.
Hyland, D. D., J. C. D., Auxiliary
Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta. A
number of the children at the camp""
also received their first Holy Com
munion.
Classes of religious instruction
were held morning and afternoon
during the catechetical session,
but there was much time for the
children to enjoy the . attractions
of the camp which included swim
ming in a pool that was regularly
inspected by the Chatham Coun
ty Health Department; boating,
fishing, crabbing, softball, volley
ball, basketball, dodgeball, square
dancing, motion pictures, field
games and other forms of enter
tainment under the guidance and
supervision of the Sisters and semi
narians. There were also trips >to
Savannah Beach and historic Fort
Pulaski.
This year, for the fisrt time.
Camp Villa Marie offered a hand
some trophy to the outstanding
boy camper, and a similar award
for the outstanding girl among the
campers. Andrew Hepburn, of De
catur, and Dorothy Biggs, of Ma
con, were the winners of the
awards.
Mrs. Jennie Bouhan and Miss
Kate Crumbley, registered nurses,
attended the needs of the camp
ers during the catechetical session.
Mrs. Clara Pinckney Rowland, R.
N., and Miss Evelyn Ganem, R. N. f
were on duty in the infirmary dur
ing the recreational session. Rep
resentatives of the American Red
Cross issued beginner and inter
mediate swimming certificates to
campers who qualified for them.