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AUGUST 30, 1952
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMENS ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
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Golden Jubilee
Grand Knights of
Savannah Council
FRANK A. MINDERS
Heading Savannah Council, No.
631, Knights of Columbus, from
January through June of 1952, the
Golden Jubilee year of the coun
cil, was Grand Knight Frank A.
Winders.
Catholic Experts Offer Some
Opinions on 'Flying Saucers"
(N. C. W. C. News S&rvice) i down and just reason out the mat-
With the nation in a grip of ] ter, something like this:
speculation over ‘flying saucers’
-—what they are and if there are
such things—the N. C. W. C. News
Service has sought out opinions
both in the scientific and theologi
cal fields on the subject.
Impetus has been given the “fly
ing saucer” subject by reports that
objects resembling what the
“saucers” are supposed to look like
have been spotted on radar. But
U. S. Air Force officials say that
radar picks up any number of un-
identifible objects—such as rain
squalls, water spouts, birds, surf
spray and even a wave from an
other radar.
The consensus of opinion as
gathered by N. C. W. C. News Ser
vice seems to be that “flying
saucers” are phenomena, but—
—An authority in scientific re
search acknowledges that objects
.could be made to travel at “flying
saucer” speeds but adds there is
no dependable data upon which to
base conclusions regarding the
“saucers.”
—An expert in the field of
aerodynamics at the nation’s lead
ing Catholic univeristy points out
that “flying saucers” are nothing
new and have been reported as
being seen for years. He confident
ly expect that meteorologists one
day will come up with the answer.
.—One of the nation’s leading
astronomers hold that there is no
use speculating on the subject be
cause there is nothing to speculate
on.
However here are the opinions
three authorities in scientific
fields gave the N. C, W. C. News
Service:
‘Any man-made device Is never
perfect. Many are supposed to
have seen these so-called ‘flying
saucers’ but there never has been
any report that one has broken
down. Therefore, we must rea
sonably conclude that they are not
man-made.
“And even if they were made by
inhabitants of another planet, they
would not be perfect and eventu
ally would have to break down.
But none has ever broken down.
"I personally believe they are
natural phenomena and I look to
the scientists in meteorology and
kindred fields to come up some
day with the answer to the puzzle..''
JOHN R. CATERISAN
Elected to succeed Frank A.
Winders as Grand Knight of Sa
vannah Council, No. 631, on July
1, 1952, was John R. Caterisan,
who had served as Deputy Grand
Knight of the council during the
first half of its Golden Jubilee
year.
Augustan Enters
U. S. Merchant
Marine Academy
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Gerald Solo
mon, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Sol
omon, and a graduate of Boys’
Catholic High School, has won
the honors of cadetship at the U.
S. Merchant Marine Academy,
Kings Point, Long Island, after a
competitive examination, it has
been revealed by the Honorable
Paul Brown, of Elberton, Member
of Congress from the Tenth Dis
trict of Georgia, who recommend
ed him for the appointment. He is
the first Augustan to enter the
Merchant Marine Academy.
Dr. George Speri Sperti, direc
tor of the Institutum Divi Thomae
with headquarters in Cincinnati;
member of the Pontifical Academy
of Sciences; discoverer of biodines;
inventor of the K-va meter and the
Sperti sun lamp light treatment
process, and author Of works on
scientific subjects:
“With the piercing of the ultra
sonic barrier, there seems to be
little reason to doubt the possibili
ty that objects can travel at any
of the speeds reported for ‘flying
saucers.’
‘The absence of dependable
data makes it extremely hazardous
for the scientists to render an
opinion on this sensational
phenomenon.
“Scientists have long speculated
on the existence of life on other
planets but have encountered great
difficulties in justifying the be
lief that life as we know it can ex
ist there.
“The narrow temperature range
in which man can exist, atmos
pheric conditions, the compostition
of air, oxygen tension, the energy
distribution of the sun’s spectrum,
the presence of vitamins and trace
elements, and innumerable other
factors all permit of only minor
variations for the existence of life
as we know it.
“Science, however, cannot deny
the possibility of life in another
form on other planets under an
other set of conditions.”
William O'Dowd,
Former Augustan,
Dies in Florida
CORAL GABLES] Fla—William
H. O'Dowd, Jr., formerly of Au
gusta, Ga., died here on August
13, funeral services being held
from the Church of the Little
Flower.
Mr. O’Dowd, a native of Augus
ta, was the son of the late William
H. O’Dowd and Mrs. Alice Costel
lo O’Dowd. A veteran of World
War I, he was for a number of
years engeged in the cotton fac
torage business in Augusta as a
member of the firm of Grogan and
O’Dowd.
A member of one of Augusta’s
oldest and most influential fami
lies, Mr. O’Dowd had made his
home in Florida for a number of
years.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Miss Katherine Dwyer, of
Boston; three sons, William H.
O’Dowd, III, Frank O’Dowd and
John O’Dowd; six daughters,
Misses Virginia O’Dowd, Mary
O’Dowd, Joan O’Dowd, Katherine
O’Dowd, Sheila O’Dowd and Alice
O’Dowd, all of Coral Gables; four
sisters, Mrs. Steven Connoly, Mrs.
Thomas Horkan, Mrs. John Nixon
and Mrs. Thomas Hale; two broth
ers, Edward O’Dowd and Louis
O'Dowd; an aunt, Mrs. Joseph L,
O’Dowd, Augusta, and _a_ number
of other relatives.
Benedictine Military
School in Savannah
Opens September 8
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Father Bede
Lightner, O. S. B„ principal of
Benedictine Military School, has
announced" that registration of
cadets for the new school year
will begin on September 2 and
continue through September 5, and
that regular classes will be resum
ed on September 8, with an anti
cipated enrollment of 225 cadets.
The faculty this year will in
clude Father Aloysius Wachter, O.
S. B., Father Norbert McGowan,
O. S. B., Father Aleuin' Bauder-
mann, O. S. B., Father Martin
Hayes, O. S. B., Father Peter Triz-
zino, O. S. B., Father Raymond
Geyer, O. S. B., and Father
Thomas Stumpf, O. S. B.
John Mell, athletic coach and
civics teacher; Captain Ray A.
McKinsey, U. S. Army, professor
of military science and tactics
Sergeant Rudolph Williams, U. S.
Army, Sergeant Herman Frost, U
S. Jiiuy. and Sergeant Marion
Barnes, U. S. Army, military in
structors, and William Varney,
band director.
Father Thomas is replacing
Father Matthew McSorley, who re
turns to Belmont Abbey. Captain
Father Francis J. Heyden, S. J.,
astronomer at Georgetown Univer
sity, who was chief astronomer of
the Manila Observatory in the
Philippines from 1931 to 1934,
taught astronomy and navigation
at Harvard from 1942 to 1944, and
has written extensively in the field
of astronomy:
“The expert opinion, as far as I
can gather it, is that no one
knowns what they are.
“No scientist can begin to
speculate on what a ‘flying saucer’
is becailse none ever has broken
down.
“In brief, it is a subject in
which there can be no speculation
because it is too indefinite.”
Louis Henry Crook, head of the
school of aeronautical engineering
at the Catholic University of
America, who has perfected
several important inventions in
the field of aerodynamics: :
“As far back as 1928 men have
been experimenting in making ma
chines which look like flying
saucers. A number of such ma
chines have been perfected: There
in nothing in aerodynamics which
denies that such machines can be
made to travel at very high speed.
“But this subject of “flying
saucers” which is being talked
about today, especially on the
theory.that they may come from
another planet, a person should sit
JOSEPH A. DUNNING
FUNERAL IN AUGUSTA
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Funeral
services for Joseph Anthony Dun
ning, who died August 5, follow
ing an extended illness, were held
at the Sacred Heart Church,
Father Richard T. Gaul, S. J., of
ficiating.
A retired employe of the South
ern Railway, Mr. Dunning had
resided in Augusta for twelve
years. He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Susan B. Dunning, of Au
gusta; three sons, Joseph A. Dun
ning, Jr., Lawrence Dumming and
Thomas Dunning, all of Augusta',
four daughters, Mrs. Mary Col
lier, of Herleyville, S. Cl, Mrs
J. E. Price, Augusta, Miss Anne
Dunning and Miss Katherine
Dunning, both of Augusta; a
brother, Elmer Dunning, of Char
leston, S. C., two sisters, Mrs. P,
J. Neal, Summerville, S. C., and
Mrs. S. P. Williamson, Tampa,
Fla.; two grandsons, Joseph E.
Price, Jr., and John D. Price,
Augusta; his step-mother, Mrs. J
H. Dunning, of Charleston, and
several nieces and nephews.
McKinney replaces Major Costi-
gan, who has been assigned to a
post of duty in the Far EasL
JOHN B. PIOCHIENSKI
DIES IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Funeral
services for John B. Piochienski,
who died August 5, were held at
the Cathedral of St. John the
Baptist. Monsignor T. James Mc
Namara officiating.
A native of Poland, Mr. Pio
chienski had lived in Savannah
for forty-five years. He was a
veteran of World War I.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs*.
Mary Winkelmes Piocheinski, a
son, John J. Piochienski, of Sa
vannah, and two brothers and two
sisters in Poland.
MISS ANNIE PACETTI
DIES IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for Miss Annie Molina Pacet-
ti, who died August 4, were held
at the Cathedral of St. John the
Baptist.
Miss Pacetti is survived by a
sister, Miss Agnes Pacetti; four
nephews, Harry Sledge, Neil
Sledge, William B. Sanders and
Valentino Molina, all of Savannah;
three nieces, Mrs. E. J. Wernt.z,
Mrs. Charles McGalliard and Mrs.
W. H. Kelly, all of Savannah, and
several other nieces and nephews
in Florida