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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.