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AUGUST 30, 1952 THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA NINE * ’ 8®S$ fefmiy : ■‘lie AT JN’TED COMMUNITY DEFENSE SERVICE MEETING IN AUGUSTA—Pictured at a recent luncheon meeting at the Richmond Hotel, in Augusta, Georgia, are, seated, left to rigBt, Mrs, Charles Thompson, president of the Mount St. Joseph Mothers’ Club; Father Harold Barr, pastor of St. Mary’s-on-The-Hill Church; Miss Marie Sara Garvey, National Catholic Community Service repre sentative; Mrs. John Rox, president of the Marymount Club of St. Mary’s parish; Father Joseph Murphy, pastor of Our Lady of Peace Church, North Augusta; standing, Michael Alvanzato, NCCS representative; Mrs. Ray Campbell, president of the St. Patrick’s Parish Council of Catholic Women, and Hugh Kinchley, executive secretary, Catholic Laymen’s Association of Georgia. Under the direction of William R. Sheehan, the NCCS, a participating agency of United Community Defense Services, has established an office at 1922 Park Avenue, Aiken, S. C., and has begun an educational and recreational program for the workers at the AEC-DuPont plant in the Augusta-Aiken area. The meeting was for the purpose of discussing plans for the participation of local Catholic groups in the project.—(Photo by Morgan Fitz). EDGEWOOD PHARMACY 468 Edgewood Avenue, N. E. — Corner Boulevard ATLANTA, GEORGIA SAM'S CLEANERS 2393 Peachtree Road Phone CH. 5212 Atlanta, Georgia NUN • 1 Buy The Best For Your Child Simplex Flexies All brown and brown and white oxfords Sizes 6!4 to 8, B to E $6.95 ' 'A to 12, A to E, $7.9$ 12Vi to 3, A to E, $8.95 Other styles in dress and school shoes. ATLANTA DECATUR WEST END BUCKHEAD Abbot Robert McGann Member of Trappist Order for 50 Years CONYERS, Ga.—Work in the fields and other manual labor was suspended on August 6 at the Ab bey of Our Lady of the Holy Ghost, when the Trappist monks and lay brothers and a number of visitors gathered to celebrate an important anniversary in the life of the Right, Reverend Dom M. Robert McGann, O. C. S. O., Abbot of the Abbey .of Our Lady of the Holy Ghost. The occasion marked the fiftieth anniversary of Abbot Robert’s be coming a member of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observ ance. Born in New York, he has worn the habit of a Trappist since he was sixteen years old. Among those who were at the Abbey for the celebration of Abbot Robert’s golden jubilee as a Trap pist was the Right Reverend Dom M. James Fox, O. C. S. O., former ly Abbot of the Abbey in Conyers, and now Abbot of the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemane, in Ken tucky. Following the celebration of Ab bot Robert’s jubilee Mass In the Abbey chapel, the ninety members of the community and their guests enjoyed luncheon in the refectory. 60,000 CATHOLIC MEN of the Archdiocese of New York Will promote an archdiocesan Family Rosary Crusade which will reach its climax in a huge outdoor rally in the Polo Grounds on October 12, Columbus Day. Father Patrick Peyton, C. S. C., worldwide pro moter of the Family Rosary, will conduct the crusade. Nafriorid .Catholic Community Service Is Taking Part in AEC Project Area Work Of United Community Defense Services AIKEN, S. C. — The National Catholic Community Service as a participating agency of the United Community Defense Services, Inc., has been extending services in the H-Bomb Savannah River Area since the latter part of February. Its work has been chiefly in spir itual, recreational, and health mat ters and affects newcomers as well as old residents. There are two areas of service. One, the need for increasing the morale of the defense workers due to the plant’s importance to the nation. This can be done by meet ing health, welfare, and recrea tional needs. The other, assisting towns and communities in the Sa vannah River Area cope with the heavy responsibility thrust upon them due to impact of the H-Bomb Plant. To assist them in adjusting and mobilizing their resources to meet existing needs including the integration of newcomers with their new communities. A sprawling, quiet countryside was transformed over a year ago into a sea of activity with the na tion’s H-Bomb Plant being thrust upon this part of South Carolina. People poured into the Savannah River Area from all States. There was not to be a government town built as in former atomic installa tions in the United States. The workers and their families were to be absorbed by the local commu nities. Over 35,000 workers are now employed at the Plant. Ap proximately four thousand private ly owned and four thousand ren tal family trailers are spread out over the countryside surrounding the piant site. They extend over into Georgia around Augusta. The U. S. Atomic Energy Com mission and Dupont Company were eager to accept the health, welfare, and recreation services offered by the United Community Defense Services, Inc. WCDS is supported primarily by the United Red Feather Campaigns, through the United Defense Fund. The Na tional Catholic Community Ser vice, Young Women’s Christian As sociation, and National Travelers Aid Association were three of fif teen UCDS participating agencies approved by UCDS to work in the Savannah River Area. NCCS has assisted the workers of the Savannah River Plant and surrounding communities in the following programs: A Branch Public Library of the Aiken County Library has been established in one of the trailer courts. Outside entertainment was brought in, such as the nation’s leading U. S. Army Ground Forces Band; of 120 -pieces from Washing ton, D. C., and the touring Aus trian Students Good Will Tour to North America. They presented a musical show. Arrangements were made so the Austrian students were guests in the homes of local residents. On Labor Day the Camp Gordon Army Band will: play at a plan recreational area. : An immunization clinic to visit three new loca^ties heavily popu lated by newcomers was arranged with the Aiken County Health De partment. To date, 1300 persons have received an inoculation, or vaccination. The service is con- Compliments of Mrs. J. Harold Mulherin, Past President Savannah Deanery - National Council of Catholic Women tinuing into September. Absentee voting information has been arranged throughout the Sa vannah River Area by incorpo rating the assistance of various civic organizations. Advisory services were extended so as to arrange for cool drinking fountains in worker barracks. Telephone service to outlying areas and needed bus service in certain localities has been encour aged. In trailer courts recreational committees were formed so the workers could develop a program of their own. These committees were a basis for introducing as their own program, an outdoor mo tion picture program in various trailer parks. Assistance is being given in the organization of a local community chest. NCCS is a member of the West ern Carolina Council and the Staff Conference of Voluntary Agencies servicing Savannah River Area. Spiritually, NCCS has been of assistance in the following: An NCCS Communion Breakfast for a Men’s Holy Name Society; assist ance in summer religious schools conducted by Maryknoll semina rians, and a hospitaliay program in Augusta area sponsored by the Council of Catholic Women in the Augusta area. The purpose of the hospitality program is to draw new Catholic residents into the parish and parish organizations and also to draw the children into the Cath olic Schools. A survey of 3209 rented trailers in Augusta, Ga., Aiken, Barnwell and Williston, S. C., was conducted in order to lo cate Catholic famlies and resulted in statistical information such as those who need Baptism, First Holy Communion, and Confirma tion. The information is turned over to the respective parishes con cerned. Out of 3410 family trailers visited 228 are Catholic families. Servicing industrial workers is not new to the National Catholic Community Service. It is a mission it performed so well in over fifty key defense areas in the United States during the past yar. The NCCS — Savannah River Area office is located at 1922 Park Avenue, Aiken, and is under the direction of Mr. William R. Shee han. Its area of operation swings in a broad arc from Augusta, Ga., through Aiken to Allendale, South Carolina. Its work extends into both the dioceses of Savannah-At- lanta and Charleston. Staff mem bers are Michael Alvanzato. Buf falo, N. Y., Michael E. Kaney, Langley, and Miss Marie S. Gar vey, Babylon, N. Y. NCCS as a participating organi- zation -of NCCS has an operation for Puerto Rican workers in Ohio and in San Diego for women em ployed in the large aircraft manu facturing companies. The National NCCS office in Washington, D C., is a department of the National Catholic Welfare Conference, and its offices are lo cated in the same building at 1312 Massachusetts Ave., N. W. Nationally, the NCCS is also a member agency of the United Ser vice Organizations (USO) and as such as maintaining social and rec reational clubs for members of the Armed Forces and their families throughout the United States and abroad. A famous NCCS Club vis ited by thousands in the past years is located in Rome, Italy. NCCS expects to make a sin cere contribution to the Savannah River Area as it has in the past in so many other communities. St. Anthony's Parish Members in Atlanta Hold Fgmily Picnic ATLANTA, Ga. — Under the auspices of the Holy Name So ciety, of St. Anthony’s parish; a Family Picnic was held on August 23 at Lithia Springs. Damon Swann was general chairman of the committee in charge of arrangements, with Charles Wonycott, as his aide. Max Bips and Joseph McCaffrey were co-chairmen of the Entertainment Committee; Eugene S. Brisbane, chairman of the Finance Commit tee; John W. Mulcare and Henry A. Richardi, co-chairmen of the Food and Procurement Commit tee, and Charles Wonycott, chair man of the Transportation Com mittee, On the picnic grounds were a beautiful swimming pool and a golf course, and the day was en livened by a number of athletic contests for the children and the grown-ups. In the evening, square dancing and ballroom dancing were enjoyed.