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FEBRUARY 18, 1956.
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
SEVEN
A. 0. H. Auxiliary
Announces Plans
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Plans have
been completed for the annual
card party to be sponsored by
the A.A.H. Auxiliary at the K
of C. Hall on Thursday evening,
April 5. Mrs. Ann Cooper will
serve as chairman.
Mrs. Cooper, president, open
ed the meeting with a prayer.
Reports were made by commit
tee chairmen. Mrs. Van . Hester
was appointed chairman of the
Easter egg drive. Mrs. Cooper
announced that the Auxiliary
will entertain the servicemen
■with a coffee hour on Sunday,
March 18. Mrs. Kate Walsh, his
torian, announced that all essays
sent in will be checked and sent
to headquarters.
Mrs. Edith Conneff was wel
comed as a new member.
Refreshments were closed at
the close of the meeting.
It's a waste of ammunition un
less you have a good aim in life.
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SAVANNAH
GROUP HEARS
DOCTOR CLAY
SAVANNAH, Ga.—The Febru
ary meeting of the Blessed Sacra
ment Home and School Associa
tion was held in the lunch room
at the school. Dr. Augusta Clay,
child psychologist', spoke on the
proposed Savannah Youth Mu
seum and urged the parents to
support the work being done by
that organization.
Mrs. T. J. Mahoney, president,
conducted the meeting. A letter
was read, from Sister Margaret
Mary, principal, thanking the
HSA for the gift of $200 to the
school for the acquisition of new
bftoks for the library. Reports
from the chairmen of standing
committees indicated that good
progress is being made toward
raising funds necessary to meet
the expanded budget approved at
the beginning of the year.
Nancy Pruitt and William Mock
were named princess and prince
to represent the school in the
royal court of the Mardi Gras
celebration held Feb. 12, 13 and
14 at the Knights of Columbus
Hall.
After the business meeting, the
Rev. Thomas Brennan, pastor, in
troduced Fr. John Ryan, Youngs
town, Ohio, who gave a short talk
and commended the mothers for
their constant support of the
school.
Sr. Mary Tbomasine’s Third
grade won the attendance award.
Mrs. H. E. Coleman won the door
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ALPINE 4881 — EXTENSION 224
ATTENTION-BOOK LOVERS!
The Notre Dame Library issues you a special invi
tation io join their monthly Book Discussion Group
which meets on the fourth Monday night each month
at 8:&G p. m. at the Notre Dame Library, 181 Peachtree
Street, Atlanta, Georgia.
The topic of February's discussion will be "A Semi
nar of Contemporary Authors." Last month it was G. K.
Chesterton and his books. If you love reading and read
Catholic books, you will find these discussions most
interesting and very informative.
Won't you joirr us in our discussion on February
27th?
Alas, poor Georgia! Of that
great group of luminaries that
once crowded about the top of
the honor rolls, only two were
left standing by the terrible se
mester exams. Like the North
Star, Will Hoffman of Gaines
ville remained high on the col
lege honor roll, tenth in the
college. In the high school, Col
umbus’s own Steve “Speedy”
Sharfenberg was second in his
class and tied for seventh place
in the high school. Other Geor
gians were regrouping for a sec
ond-semester surge, thinking
that, after all, their fellow Geor-.
gians needed company.
But there are many facets to
St. Bernard, besides the honor
roll. It ban he seen in varying
lights from many different sides
and angles. There are some that
know her only as “a very high-
class private school” in north
ern Alabama; many know her
as “the team that ran all over us
that last time we played them”;
others remember her hazily as
the guardian of the Ave Maria
Grotto, parishioners throughout
the South think of it as “that
place” that their pastor visits ev
ery year for a Retreat; cattle
breeders may regard it in terms
of the American Benedictine
Guernsey Herd; the young Geor
gia misses may regard it, de
pending on the status of their
romantic life, ©s “that wonder
ful place Stevie’s always talk
ing about” or that awful place—
why doesn’t Gilly ever write?”
Others, more simply, call it
home.
One facet is the Saints basket
ball team. The high schoolers are
spotted with several Georgia
crackers, notably David Murphy
of Atlanta and Gilly Werntz,
Savannah’s favorite son. The
two have been sparking the
Saints in a winning streak that
is music to the ears and cham
pagne to the taste of Bernardi-
ans.
With a 5-4 record at stake, the
Saints tangled with the Cleve
land Panthers. With Gilly and
Dave forging the attack, the
Saints nosed out their foes in a
frantic final quarter, 53-51.
Then came two disastrous
road games, and the Saints went
down twice, to Cold Springs and
57-49 to Hanceville. Angered,
the Saints began to go off like
firecrackers.
The Blountsville Tigers were
the first to go down under the
Saints’ wrather “Hooper” Werntz
dropped 9 points through the
hoop to help the Saints to a 70-
48 massacre of the rather tame
Tigers. Then Lynn went down
under the rampaging Saints, 60-
38.
Blountsville, when played at
home, showed they knew a few
tricks, but Dave Murphy’s 9
points were enough to spell the
difference between victory and
defeat for the Saints, as the
game ended 60-53.
The streak reached four games
straight and the all-over record
became 10 won, 6 lost when the
Saints staved off the Warrior In
dians from their much-desired
scalp, and sent them home cry
ing over a pitifully close 47-44
defeat. But, now, tough games on
the road cast their shadow on
the horizon—blood-hungry West
Point and arch rival, John Car-
roll, both seeking revenge for
earlier defeats. Gilly and Dave
are getting ready for a real
fight.
You read in the paper where
Jim Piersall, the Most Courage
ous Athlete of 1955, a's selected
•by the Philadelphia Sports Writ
ers Assn., attributes his remark
able recovery from a mental ill
ness and his return to centerfield
for the Boston Red Sox to the
fact that he recited the rosary
regularly during his illness. You
see Patty Berg approaching the
communion rail a few hours be
fore she goes out for the final
18 holes in a golf tournament.
You see where the Notre Dame
football team detrained on its
way back to the campus to al
low the players to attend Mass
in a group. You feel edified by
such actions. You hear a report
on the radio or TV where a ma
jor league player has domestic
difficulties and is seeking a di
vorce, not good.
The thought comes to you that
a sports figure in the national
spot-light has a great responsi
bility for his actions and their ef
fect on the public, especially the
younger members of society. Ev
en the young and relatively un
publicized high school athletes
share this responsibility to a cer
tain extent for the reputations of
their schools as well as their own
reputations can be enhanced or
damaged according to the way
they conduct themselves on and
off the playing field.
So we come now to a perfect
illustration of this thought. Con
nie Mack, or Cornelius McGil-
licuddy if you will, died last
week. Here was a man who, for
over 50 years, was a top figure
in the sports world. He' knew
the pleasure of victory for his
Athletics won league and world
championships many, many
times. A list of the stars he de
veloped reads like a rollcall for
the Hall of Fame, Foxx, Dykes,
Home-run Baker, Lefty Grove,
Walberg, Plank, Bender and so on.
So powerful were his teams of
1929-30-31 that a cry arose to
break up the Athletics so that
the American League could re
gain balance. The team was
broken up, but good. Never since
then did the A’s come very close
to a pennant and usually they
fought it out with Washington
for the cellar. Defeat was never
welcomed by Connie Mack bu
what an example of sportsman
ship he set when it visited him.
• Who can forget the sight of Con
nie waving a scorecard in the
dugout, directing his players on
the field. Who can remember
him ever being involved in a
rhubarb. Such was his character
and dignity and decency that no
player under him was ever re
ported as disgruntled with the
treatment he received from Con
nie. Salary disputes? Maybe, bu
never anything but a good word
for the Old Man. Everyone in
recent years has been pulling
for Connie to win “just on--
more.’” So Connie Mack died
last week. He was buried from
his parish church, St. Bridget’s.
Just by living the life he did am'
by offering the example he did
and by being the gentle man he
was, maybe you could say that
he did win “just one more.”
ALBANY
ALUMNI
MEETING
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ALBANY, Ga.—There was n
meeting of ■ the St. Bernard
Alumni held on Sunday after
noon, January 29th, at the home
of Mr. Robert E. McCormack.
Sr.
Members present included Dr
William H. Bacon, President
Alan T. Mock, Secretary-Treas
urer; Robert E. McCormack, Jr.
Thomas Rocks; Frank N. Mock,
and Claude Myler.
The discussion centered around
those boys in Albany who would
be good prospects for attending
St. Bernard’s School, St. Ber
nard, Alabama. Each member
pledged himself to contact such
prospects, as well as to advise
Father Brian Egan the Publi.
Relations Director at St. Bern
ard’s, to send informative litera
ture about the educational faci
lities of the School, to such
prospective students as the alum
ni members thought adviseabk
The meeting adjourned with
the understanding that anothev
meeting would be called as soon
as the survey of prospective
students is completed.
History proves that any ques
tion settled by force, rather than
reason, always comes up for re
settlement.
Woman’s Club
Holds Meeting
SAVANNAH, Ga.—The Feb
ruary meeting of the Catholic
Woman’s Club was held Feb. 7
at the club rooms, Mrs. Joseph
E, Kelly, president, presiding,
Mrs. A. J. Schano, chairman
of the education committee, re
ported on the recent card party
and expressed appreciation to
all who had contributed to the
success of the affair. The mem
bers were invited to attend the
annual Mardi Gras sponsored by
the Knights of Columbus on
Tuesday, February 14, for all
adults in the city.
One new member was welcom
ed. The membership prize was
won by Mrs. J. E. Sullivan.
Father Norbert McGowan,
O.S.B., explained the changes
and new schedules of the Holy
Week ceremonies.
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