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TWENTY-EIGHT
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
AUGUST 30, 1952
BOOK REVIEWS
EDITED BY EILEEN HALL
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er and every contributor may
be specially favored by her
and her Divine Son.
WIT NESS, By Whittaker Cham
bers, (Random House), $5.00.
(Reviewed by
Leo S. Reteneller Jr.)
Profoundly moving, informative
and often melodramatic, Witness
is both an autobiography arid a de
tailed, more or less informal study
of communism in aggressive and
ominous operation in the very
heart of our federal government;
just short of the presidential cabi
net is or was the extent of its
penetration.
It is also the story of the au
thor’s slow, agonizing search for
God. This is the dominant theme
woven throughout. The instructed
reader will perceive that, deeply
religious as Mr. Chambers now is,
had he been given a Christian
rearing and experienced a happy I
childhood, his book would prob- I
ably not have been written. To this
reviewer, his reasons for becoming
an active communist were (consid
ering the severe handicap under
which he labored) both sincere and
convincing.
Because the book is so well and
vibrantly written, its length is no
deterrent to reading it through
out. It is so absorbing and at times
so beautifully tender in its reli
gious aspects that the reader will
put it down with wistful reluc
tance. Points open to criticism in
this work are so minor as to pre
clude mention in a review of this
length.
It is indeed cause for dire
lament, though hardly an enigma
in this material and secular age,
that so many people, in the face of
overwhelming evidence, still doubt
the Communist menace in this na
tion. Whittaker Chambers here
forcefully pleads for the world to
be a Witness for the love of God,
rather than only against Com
munism. Such love is the only fool
proof instrument to render crush
ed and hopeless this fanatically
evil means to a good end. This is
the keynote of his book.
survey: the tobacco growing
coastal plain of North Carolina;
the diversified farming area of
South Carolina; and a cotton area,
Thomas County, Georgia. The data
collected is presented in an at
tractive and readable style, each
chapter summarized so complete
ly and compactly that the essence
is easily digested. In the back of
the book are tables to support the
findings. One would have to earch
a long time to find a more signific
ant table than No. 1, The Food
Supply, which presents the survey
for white and Negro landowner,
tenant and sharecropper, and wage
laborer, from a socio-economic and
nutritional view.
The appeal of this book is not
restricted to the technician. The
general reader will find it a rare
source of information not only
from a food-view but as a interest
ing sociological study, told with
charm and gaiety. The authors
present factual data, but never as
dull analysts. Nor do they attempt
to solve the many existing thorny
problems within the food habits of
a complicated 'nation.
GUY HUTHNANCE
DIES IN ATLANTA
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Funeral
services for Guy Huthnance, who
died here July 24, were held at St.
Paul’s Church with a Requiem
Mass.
Mr. Huthnance was born in Ma
con, Ga., the son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Dennis Huth
nance. For nearly thirty years he
had been associated with the Dink
ier Hotel System, and for the past
twenty years had served as audi
tor of the Tutwiler Hotel in Bir
mingham.
Be is survived by his wife, the
former Miss Evelyn Hill, of Monte
zuma; a daughter , Mrs. James Fex,
of Birmingham; three sisters, Mrs.
Addison Worshaw and Mrs. Albert
Sheridan, of Macon, and Mrs. Wal
ter J. Swearingen, of Quincy, 111.;
two aunts. Miss Lena Huthnance
and Miss Jodie Huthnance, Macon;
two grandchildren, Carol Ann Fex
and Pat Fex, of Birmingham, and
several nieces and nephews.
TWIXT THE CUP AND THE LIP,
a Study of American Food
Habits, by Margaret Cussler and
Mary L. DeGive, (Twayne), $3.95
(Reviewed by Virginia Chambers,
President Atlanta Catholic Busi
ness and Professional Women’s
Club)
This compilation of data, pub
lished August 18, will be most
welcome for the nutritionist en
gaged in the pursuit of foodways
as related to a better fed nation
and world. Colleges and high
schools will welcome it as a time
ly text book.
The two authors have an en
viable scholastic record and
qualify as earnest, sincere women
following outstanding careers. At
lanta and Georgia will be proud of
their Mary L. DeGive who is wide
ly known for her interesting and
exciting life of extensive travel
and education. She received her
Ph.D. from Harvard in 1943. Like
wise, Miss Cussler has a disting
uished background, receiving her
Ph.D. from Harvard also. The fact
that these two young ladies lived
in farm communities for a long
period of time and practically be
came part of those communities
marks them as scientists truly in
terested in their life’s work.
They chose three Souhtern com
munities in which to conduct their
BLAZING THE TRAIL, by Rev
Emmet McHardy, S. M., (Visitor
Printing Press, Providence, R.
L), $1 — available from Marist
Collegt, Washington D C
(Reviewed by Sylvia Zsut’ifa)
Father McHardy. a 25-year-old
New Zealand Marist priest, just or
dained, set out in 1929 for Tunuru
Bougainville, New Guinea terri
tory, armed with the weapons of
the born missionary, an irrepressi
ble humor, a burning zeal for souls
and an unquestioning submission
to God’s will.
“Blazing the Trail” is a graphic
record of his fruitful three years
in the bush, a courageous testimo
nial to the mysterious working of
God’s grace. His story is told in let
ters home to his mother, father and
brother. Never meant for publica
tion, they intimately reveal the
heart and personality of a rare
spirit.
With exuberant energy, born of
youth and zeal, he charged across
mountains in the eternal tropical
downpours, penetrated by foot un
charted jungles, sailed in all wea
thers over turbulent tropical seas,
baptizing, burying, advising his
scattered flock.
Starting from scratch, he built a
church of native timber and leaves
established and built a school for
82 native boys, gave hundreds of
injections each day to protect
against disease and tropical sores.
He mastered pidgin and four native
dialects. He nursed his Bishop
through malaria. He converted
hundreds to the faith in his busy
three years.
Despite poverty and hardships
at every turn, it was not material
help thaat Father McHardy plead
ed for. He asked for prayers for
Tunuru, knowing well that the
Hand that moves the world is mov
ed by prayer. He prayed for la
borers in the Master’s vineyard
and, in every letter, exhorted his
family to pray, for the fields were
ready for harvesting.
Three years after he began his
work, he was returned to New Zea
land, one lung eaten by tuberculo
sis, his body wracked with tropical
disease. “Please allow me to stay
on,” he had pleaded with his Bish
op.- Sorrowful but still smiling, he
went home to die. “Well, here l am
a failure,” he said. To which his
spiritual director replied, “Yes you
have failed, failed like Christ on
the cross.”
With a sense of personal loss,
graph in the book, a picture of the
young priest, attired in his vest
ments, his eyes closed in peaceful
death. Yet there’s a sense of gain
too, as you close the pages of his
book, a tale of high adventure into
strange lands and into the land of
the spirit.
HUEY DRUG
PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED
1002 GORDON STREET S. W.
STORE
WITH CARE
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
DON'T HAVE YOUR SHOES COBBLED
— HAVE THEM REBUILT
BY EXPERTS — At The
EMPIRE SHOE
SHOP
54 Georgia Avenue, S. W.
Atlanta, Georgia
THE VIRGIN MARY, by Jean
Guitton, translated by A. Gor
don Smith, (Kenedy), $2.75.
(Reviewed by Virginia Chambers,
President, Atlanta Catholic
Business and Professional
Women’s Club)
The participation of the laity in
various phases of religious work is
one of the phenomena of the pres
ent age. This book, written by a
prominent French layman, brings
fresh thoughts on the subject of
Mariology. There can be nothing
basically new, of course, yet there
is a “new look” to the Madonna as
presented by this deep-thinking
philosopher.
The progressive history of the
Mystical Rose has unfolded from
the early days of the Church to
the present “atomic age” when, hu
manity itself seems as mortal as
individual humans. With twenty
centuries of study behind him, this
progressive development provides
the author’s constant theme in his
effort to help us understand the
Blessed Virgin whose part in his
tory links time with eternity.
The Virgin of the New Testa
ment is delicately and unobtrusive
ly portrayed but, age by age, the
importance of her role has been
revealed. Mr. Guitton presents
the impact of the momentum of
this development for the enlight
enment of Catholic and non-Catho-
lic. Herself a thinker, the Virgin
exacts long thought from those
who would know her. She has
claimed the attention of centuries
of thinkers and contemplatives.
This is a book for laymen. Mr.
Guitton, a married man, stresses
for instance the mystical love of
marriage without de-emphasizing
the more perfect celibate state.
“Ours is not an age to see the dif
ferent states of life in irreconcil
able opposition . . . they com,
plete and finally resemble one an
other ...” in the mystery of
Mary the earnest researcher dis
covers the image and model of all
vocations. In her alone, the divine
idea of a complete human nature
is mirrored to the joy, praise and
consolation of all.
Mr. Guitton’s book should in
spire other laymen to work hand-
in-hand with the hierarchy in all
approved forms of Catholic Action
—the Confraternity of the Laity,
the Confraternity of Christian Doc
trine. the Councils of Catholic Men
and Women, the various Third Or
ders such as the vigorously grow
ing Third Order of Mary in Geor
gia— to mention only a few com
mendable lay groups.
The book is dedicated to the
Hour of Union for our separated
brethren. The Age of Mary is the
logical time to hope for the re
union of Protestant, Anglican and
Orthodox friends with Rome for
“in her God is already all in all.”
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NEW BOOKS RECEIVED
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH, by E. M.
Lynskey. Ph.D., (Kenedy), $2.00.
the PAPACY, hy John ’ P. Mc-
Knight, (Rinehart), $5.00.
MORE’S UTOPIA, by J. H. Hexter,
(Princeton), $3.00.
THE CROSS AND THE BEATI
TUDES, by Fulton J. Sheen,
(Doubleday), a new reprint
$1.00.
MASTER OF MISCHIEF MAK
ERS, by Leo Charles Burkhard,
(Grail), $2.50.
BLACK-ROBED SAMSON by
Harold W. Sandberg, (Grail),
$1.50
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Congratulations to
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OLE KING COLE BAKERY
4047 Peachtree Road
Brookhaven, Ga.
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Brookhaven, Ga.
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BROOKHAVEN THEATRE
Brookhaven, Georgia
Suburban Home of AH Down Town Hits
J. H. CARTER, Owner and Manager
Congratulations to Our Lady of the Assumption School
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4005 Peachtree Rood Brookhaven, Ga.
Ttio
Cost of Living
»
Ttie fVice of Electricity
CLOWN
Since 19411. the east
of living in Georgia
has soared 77%.
Tl>e average price
p*r Kilowatt hour
of Georgia Powerk
residential electric
Service has dropped
23% during the
Same period.
An electric griddle will cook
•40 hamburgers. 00 weiners,
or 55 pancakes for It worth
of electricity-
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