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Official
Newspaper For
The Diocese Of
Savannah - Atlanta
PUBLISHED BY THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
“To Bring About
a Friendlier
Feeling Among
Neighbors Irre
spective of Creed”
VOL. XXXV, No. 20.
MONROE, GA., SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 1955.
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More X-Rays Indicated As Holy
Father Gets Further Treatments
Future Of Two Catholic Schools
Threatened As Construction Of
New Expressway Gets Under Way
VATICAN CITY, (Radio, NC)
—The recent lull in news'about
the helth condition of His Holi
ness Pope Pius XII was inter
rupted when it was learned that
X-ray equipment had again been
installed in the Vatican Palace.
This gave rise to two conjec
tures. One was that the Hoi
Father was being treated for
rheumatism in the left arm. The
other was that further X-rays
were to be made to check and
supplement the findings of the
radiological examination last De
cember. The latter view seemed
to be the most favored one.
One report was that the Pope
was due to be X-rayed on the
evening of February 26. Tile equ
ipment has been installed in a
second-floor apartment, which
means that the Pontiff must des
cend from his private chambers
on the floor above.
Meanwhile, Pope Pius .submit
ted to a special treatment at the
hands of Dr. Niehans, the Swiss
specialist who attended him after
his relapse of December 2 last.
The treatments had seemingly
helped when first employed. Dr.
Niehans was scheduled to return
to Switzerland on the 26th after
having spent eight or nine days
here.
The Pope was reported to have
gained ground and to be able to
move around and spend several
hours daily at his desk. However,
informed persons say he appears
to be impatient over his slow
rate of recovery. They state that
the Holy Father is anxious to
work more intensely than he is
permitted at present.
The Pope appeared briefly at
his apartment window on Thurs
day. (Feb. 24) to bless 2,000 pil
grims and others assembled in
St. Peter’s Square.
It w r as rumored in circles close
to the Pontiff that he is planning
to deliver in person his annual
message to the Lenten preachers
of Rome. This will not take place
for a couple of weeks. The delay
would be explained by the Holy
Father’s desire to accomplish the
entire message personally.
According to rumors which it
has been impossible to check,
Pope Pius has not been saying
Mass every day since he resumed
the practice a week or so ago.
Some sources insisted that the
Pope has continued to do so with
out interruption. He has been say
ing the Masses in a seated posi
tion.
The Pontiff has been spending,
some time in the Vatican Gardens,
but it is knowmthat one day re
cently he did not leave his car
for his customary short stroll.
WARNER ROBINS
SCOUTS MEET
WARNER ROBINS, Ga. — The
Boy and Girl Scout troops and the
Cub and Brownies of Sacred
Heart Church and the troops of
St. Joseph’s, Macon gathered at
Joseph’s Church for a joint meet
ing on Sunday February 20th.
The group was addressed by the
Rev. Felix Donnelly of Warner
Robins. Benediction of the Most
Blessed Sacrament followed the
gathering.
RECOLLECTION
AT ST. JOSEPH'S
MACON, Ga. —A day of Recol
lection for Junior High School
Girls was held at St. Joseph’s
Church on Friday February 18th.
The Day was under the direc
tion of the Rev. McGowan, S. J.
ATLANTA,. Ga. — Work on the
Expressway has begun at Forrest
Avenue and Courtland Street, It
will go through more than half
of the Marist Annex Building.
It will cross the entire front of
the parking lot serving Sacred
Heart School and Auditorium and
continue on in front of the Sacred
Heart School. It will also cut off
the driveway from Forrest Ave
nue.
Courtland Street will be revers
ed and made a one-way street
southbound. The nature of the
Expressway requires that no one
be allowed to enter or leave the
school property from the express
way or Courtland Street. These
schools cannot continue without
an easy and usable entrance and
exit. There is none, from Baker
Street or Ivy Street.
Marist w r ill lose classroom space
for 280 boys 'in the portion of
the Annex Building which the
-Expressway will cut off.
Marist must have a replacement
of the classroom space and both
schools must have a substitute
entrance and exit.
Representatives of the school
have been urging the City for
over a year to build a thirty foot
drive from Forrest Avenue lead
ing to the two schools and to pay
for the replacement of the class
rooms which will be destroyed in
the Marist Annex Building. The
city has refused to grant these
requests and has filed condemna
tion proceedings in court.
The Marist Fathers desire to
cooperate wi(h the City’s plans
of development for Greater At
lanta, but also wish to obtain
a fair deal for these two schools
which are presently educating
750 future citizens.
If you would like to help Marist
and Sacred Heart reach a fair
solution, let your Atlanta Aider-
men know how you feel.
RA-7016, Charlie Leftwith B-1659
Jonesbox-o Road, S. E., MA-2246,
R-1891 Lakewood Terrace, S. E..
MA-9015.
Fifth ward, John , A. White
B-218 Healey Building, WA-7876,
R-3 Barksdale Drive, N. E., EM-
3336, Hamilto nDouglas, Jr. B-
601 Haas-Howell Bldg., WA-1151,
R-1822 Walthall Dr.. N. W„ AT-
5308.
Sixth ward, Ralph A. Huie
B-First National Bank, AL-6671,
Peachtree & North Ave., N. E.
R-774 Clermont Drive, - N. E.,
VE-3215, T. Wayne Blanchard
B-84 Peachtree St., N. W„ WA-
5670, R-1071 Amsterdam Ave.,
N. E., VE-0250.
Seventh ward, John T. Marler
B-587 Cascade Ave., S. W., RA-
9122, R-505 Hopkins St., S. W.,
RA-6984, Milton G. Farris Y-Gulf
Oil Corporation, EL-243Y, Box
6145, Station H R-963 Westmont
Road, S. W., AH-3140.
Eighth ward, R. M. (Bob) Clark
B-3179 Maple Drive, ,N. E„ CH-
3494, R-3179 Maple Drive, N. E.,
CH-3494, Jesse Draper B-21 Grant
Building, WA-9511, R-3 Cherokee
Road, N. W., CH-2511.
WILLIAM H. MITCHELL NAMED
PAPAL KNIGHT BY HOLY SEE
Mayor’s office, William B.
Hartsfield, Mayor City Hall, WA-
4463.
President of the board of aider-
men, Lee Evans B-Rhodes Haver-
ty Bldg., WA-0086, R-1608 Lady
Marian Lane, VE-0546.
Board of aldermen, First Ward
L. O. Moseley, B-Henry Grady
Hotel, LA-3211; R-Henry Grady
Hotel, LA-3211, James E. Jackson
B-905 Park Ave., S.E., DI-5940,
P.O. Box 6587 Station G R-507
Atlanta Avenue, S.E. DI-2818.
Second ward Ed. A. Gilliam,
B-30 Rogers Street, S. E., CR-1207,
R-30 Rogers Street, S. E., CR-1207,
R. E. Lee Field B-505-11 Grant
Building, AL-8621, R-2470 Alston
Drive, S. E., DE-8838.
Third ward, Wm. T. (Bill)
Knight B-165 Haynes Street,
S. W„ MA-3453, P.O. Box 1137,
R-2217 Brookview Dr., N. W.,
AT-3700, Colie B. Whitaker B-1555
Marietta Road, N. W., BE-3351,
R-2066 Hollywood Road, N. W.,
BE-5046.
Fourth ward, Douglas Wood
B-944 Gordon Street, S. W„ AM-
3511, R-586 Shannon Drive, S. W.,
MACON, Ga. — Word has been
received that William H. Mitchell,
prominent Maconite and Cath
olic Layman has been honored by
the Holy See with Knighthood
in the Order of St. Gregory.
His Excellency the Most Rev.
Francis E. Hyland, Auxiliary
Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta will
formally invest Mr. Mitchell in
ceremonies which will take place
at St. Joseph’s Church on Sun
day March 27th.
Mr. Mitchell, a native of Kan
sas City, has resided in Macon for
the greater part of his lifetime.
Active in Youth and Civic en-
deavoi's, he has endeax-ed himself
to all Macon, both Catholic and
Non-Catholic. He was one of the
organizers of the Macon Branch of
the Catholic Laymen’s Association
when it was founded in 1916. He
has been an active member of the
Knights of Coluxnbus for over
50 yeax-s. Earlier this year he was
presented a Scroll by the Macoxx
Council in appreciation for his
Wm. H. Mitchell
mid-night. Some of Mr. Mitchell’s
most pi'ized posessions are letters
from these parents and from the
many services to the Council. He boys he knew at the Club.
was State Deputy of the Knights
of Columbus in 1926 and 1927.
Mr. Mitchell was active in the
Civitan Club being one of its
past presidents, and the chamber
of commerce. He has been active
in public affairs for many years,
working with the forerunner of
the Present USO during 1918 and
with the USO during World War
II. He also headed the first Com
munity Chest fund* drive in 1934.
It was in NCCS-USO work that
“Bill” endeai’ed himself to thou
sands of servicemen from all parts
of the Counti'y. Eearly in 1941
Bill headed the Catholic Club
which was the forerunner of the
USO type of organization in
Macon. The Club later became
affiliated with NCCS. When the
first soldiers ari-ived at Camps
located near Macon, the Club was
ready for their use.
Each soldier .was requested to
list his parents name and address.
Bill spent many hours of his own
time to write these parents and
let them know, how their boy was
getting along. This was a tre
mendous task for Bill for he was
coming to the Club from work
and rarely did he leave before
The Civitan Club honored Mr.
Mitchell with a city wide “Bill
Mitchell Day” Feb. 21st., at which
time he was presented with, an
honorary life membership in the
Club.
The Knights of St. Gregory is a
pontifical order of knighthood,
founded by Pope Gregory XVI in
1831 as a decoration for meritori-
ous services of members of the
Church. Membership in the order
is not now confined to subjects
of the temporal dominion of the
Holy See, but is bestowed as a
reward for Meritorious public
service which benefits religion
and the Holy See on citizens of
any country.
Its decoration is an eight-point
ed red enameled gold cross, in the
center of which is a blue medal
lion on which is impressed in gold
the image of St. Gregory and at
the side of the head is a dove.
Maconites previously honored
with Knighthood of St. Gregory
are Martin J. Callaghan and the
late A. J. Long, first president of
the Catholic Laymen’s Association
of Georgia.