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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
OCTOBER 25, 1952
FRED G. DOYLE
DEES IN SAVANNAH
FRED G. DOYLE
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Fred G.
Doyle, prominent Savannah busi
nessman and civic leader, died on
October 9, his unexpected death
coming as a saddening shock to
members of his family and to
friends beyond number.
Mr. Doyle was a member of the
Sacred Heart parish here, but be
cause of the work of renovation
now in progress at that church, his
funeral services were held at the
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist,
with Father Robert Brennan, O. S.
B., pastor of the Sacred Heart
Church, offering the Requiem
Mass.
A lifelong resident of Savannah,
where he was born October 23,
1884. almost his entire business
life had been connected with the
Semmes Hardware Company. En
tering the firm nearly half a cen
tury ago, he was for more than
thirty years its vice-president. In
1940, he was elected president of
the company, and at the time of his
death was chairman of its board
of directors.
Long active in affairs of the city,
Mr. Dovle- was a director of the
Liberty National Bank and Trust
Company, a past president and
honorary member of the Rotary
Club of Savannah and a former
member of the Board of Educa
tion and the Armstrong College
Commission.
A devout member of the Sacred
Heart parish, Mr. Doyle was prom
inent in the Catholic life of the
city. He was elected president of
the Savannah Branch of the Catho
lic Laymen's Association of Geor
gia in 1928, and headed the local
unit df the statewide organization
for several years. For some years
he has been a member of the as
sociation’s Endowment Fund Com
mittee. He was an honorary life
member of Savanah Council, No.
631, Knights of Columbus.
Mr. Doyle was a member of the
Oglethorpe Club, the Savannah
Yacht and Country Club and the
Hibernian Society of Savannah.
In 1941, Mr. Doyle was appoint
ed chairman of the committee hav
ing jurisdiction over the wartime
rationing of tires here, and in 1943
was appointed to the Chatham
County War Price and Rationing
Board. The plan he devised for
tire rationing was adopted by the
government as the national model.
Mr. Doyle is survived by his wife,
the former Miss Marguerite Hynes,
of Washington. Ga.; two daughters,
Mrs. Robert T. Woodruff, Rome,
and Mrs. Charles W. Groves, Sa
vannah; a son. Fred G. Doyle, Jr..
Savannah; two sisters, Mrs. Nan
G. Doyle and Miss Helen -M.
Doyle, both of Savannah; a broth
er, James A. Doyle, Atlanta, five
grandchildren and a nephew.
WILLIAM W. HARDEE
DIES IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for William White Hardee,
who died October 7. were held at
the Cathedral of St. John the Bap
tist.
Mr. Hardee, who was born in
Hardeeville, S. C., October 3, 1872,
was a retired employe of Chatham
County. He is survived by four
daughters, Mrs. S S. Griffith, Mrs.
D. G. Holland, Mrs. F. Moreno and
Miss Mildred Hardee; a son, WH-
liam Hardee, nine grandchildren
and ten great-grandchildren.
MISS MARY SPELLMAN
DIES IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for Miss Mary Ann Spellman,
who died September 25, were held
at the Blessed Sacrament Church.
A native of Savannah, Miss
Spellman is survived by several
nieces and nephews
Two German Women
Are Observers at
NCCW Convention
SEATTLE, Wash (NC)-*To get
a first-hand view of how Ameri
can Catholic women go about pro
moting Catholic Action, two Ger
man women leaders attended the
26th national convention of the
National Council of Catholic
Women here.
The two are in this country as
guests of the U. S. State Depart
ment in a “leaders’ program."
Both are prominent in Catholic
women’s work in Germany.
Countess Nora von Beroldingen
of Garmisch in Bavaria, is a jour
nalist. She is correspondent for
newspapers in Germany, Switzer
land, France and the United
States. She is the founder of
the American-German Catholic
Leaders Club and was president
of the first German women’s or
ganization allowed to organize af
ter World War II. She was Ger
many’s representative at the
League of Nations in Geneva,
Switzerland, before 1933.
Anna von Schoenebeck is a
lawyer, and a past president of the
Catholic Women’s League of Ber
lin, where she resides in the U. S.
sector.
Miss von Sehoenbeck said the
German people in the western
zones are standing firm against
communism. This is true even in
Berlin, she said, where there is
widespread unemployment, terrific
poverty and the shadow of Rus
sian violence over the whole city
The woman lawyer said she be
lieves that the Church in eastern
Germany is gone because the old
er priests are dying off, disappear
ing or being driven out and there
is no way to replace them.
The Countess lost her first hus
band in World War I, her second
husband and a number of relatives
in World War II. The Countess
said she and her son almost
starved. She said a third world
war can be averted if Catholics
and other Christians the world
over show strength and courage.
Both Countess Nora and Miss
Von Sehoenbeck “adore” Ameri
can coffee. In Germany it is nine
dollars a pound and hard to get
,and here, oh “wonderful”— : only
ten cents a cup and they give you
a refill!
Council of Women
Meets in Dublin
DUBLIN, Ga. — The October i
meeting of the Dublin Parish
Council of Catholic Women was
held at the home of Mrs. Ray
Crain, with Dr. Elizabeth Holmes
presiding, Mrs. Louis Alexander,
treasurer, submitted a financial re
port, and the secretary, Miss
Sophia Bencbina, read the minutes
of the preceding^ meeting.
Mrs. Mark S. White, chairman
of the. Confraternity of Christian
Doctrine committee, reported that
cards showing the hours of Masses
at the Immaculate Conception
Church had been posted in local
hotels, restaurants, bus stations
and motels.
Mrs. Murt J. Kelly, chairman of
the Catholic Charities committee
reported on the distribution of
flowers to the sick, convalescent
cards, sympathy cards and on
visits to the sick. Mrs. Crain, chair
man of the Library and Literature
comimttee submitted a list of books
available at the Catholic library
in Augusta.
Miss Bencbina reported on the
fall meeting oi the Augusta Dean
ery Council, at which she repre
sented Dublin with Mrs. Crain and
Miss Louise Ludwig.
Named as a committee to ar
range for a benefit party were Miss
Benchina. Mrs. Kelly, Mrs. Charles
Waller, Mrs. Crain, Mrs. H. A,
Young and Mrs. C. F. Ludwig.
Father Robert Brennan, pastor of
the Immaculate Conception
Church, made an informative talk
on The Bible, after which a social
hour was enjoyed.
DAY OF RECOLLECTION
AT SAVANNAH CATHEDRAL
SAVANNAH, Ga,—The Savannah
Deanery Council of Catholic
Women sponsored a Day of Re
collection which was conducted by
Father Thomas Payne in the Chapel
of Our Lady at the Cathedral of
St. John the Baptist on October
18. Miss Veronica Elliott, chair
man of the council’s spiritual de
velopment committee, has an
nounced that similar one-day Re :
treats will be held each month in
the various churches of the
Savannah area.
Domestic Prelate
Father Thomas .E. O'Connell,
pastor of St. Paul’s Church, Rich
mond, Virginia, who has been ele
vated to the dignity of a Domestic
Prelate, with the rank and title
of Right Reverend Monsignor, and
who will be formally invested on
November 9 by Bishop ^ Peter L.
Ireton of Richmond. Monsignor
O'Connell, who served as Chair
man of the Catholic Committee of
the South from 1943 to 1946, is also
widely known as a speaker on the
nationwide radio broadcasts spon
sored by the National Council of
Catholic Men.
Madeline McCabe Is
Cast in Leading Role
By the Augusta Players
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The Augusta
Players are presenting Madeline
McCabe as the leading lady in their
first production of the season, "See
How They Run.”
Miss McCabe has been ar, Augus
tan since 1947, and has appeared
in other productions of the Augus
ta Players. She spent her early
yqars in Savannah, and later moved
to Charleston, where she worked
as an apprentice at the Dock Street
Theatre. She spent six years with
the Los Angeles Catholic Theatre
Guild directing and acting. She
also worked with the Pasadena
Playhouse and the Actors Labora
tory in Hollywood. She is present
ly connected with the Military Po
lice Board at Camp Gordon.
Best Wishes From
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Savannah Beach, Ga.
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