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TWELVE.
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
MAY 26, 1956,
PIUS XII RECEIVES MR. AND MRS. TRUMAN—Former President of the United States
Harry S. Truman and Mrs. Truman are shown with His Holiness Pope Pius XII who received
them in his private library during their first visit to the Vatican, May 20. The Holy Father pre
sented Mr. Truman with a gold medal struck to commemorate the 18th year of his pontificate. Mrs.
Truman received a book of reproductions of the Vatican’s paintings by Raphael.—(NC Photos.)
First Mass
It Augusta
Church June 17
AUGUSTA, Ga.—The Rev. Mr.
-Carl Gleason, S.D.S. will be or
dained to the Priesthood June
9th at Washington, D.C.
The Rev. Mr. Gleason, a na-
REV. GLEASON. S.D.S.
tive Augustan, will celebrate
his first solemn mass at St. Ma
ry’s, Augusta, June 17th. Offic
ers of his first mass will be Rev.
Arthur A. Weltzer, archpriest;
Rev. Alph'onsus G. Sheehan,
S D.S. deacon: Rev. Ernest J.
Walter, S.D.S., subdeacon; Mr.
Michael E. Sheehan, master of
ceremonies. Preacher at the mass
will be the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Pat
rick J. O’Connor.
The Rev. Mr. Gleason graduat
ed from Boys’ Catholic High
School in Augusta in 1946; fin
ished his minor seminary in
1949, making his first vows as a
Salvatorian in 1950. He finished
his major seminary course this
spring.
The Sajvatorians (officially
“Society of the Divine Savior)
is a x-eligious society founded in
1881 by the Rev. Francis Jordan
with headquarters in Rom e.-
They are at work in more than a
dozen countries and have 14 es
tablishments in the United
States.
/Augusta Knights
Plan Barbecue
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The annual
Barbecue of the Knights of Col
umbus will be held May 30th at
Julian Smith Casino from 6 un
til 9 p.m.
Held to raise funds for the
Council Orphan Fund, the cue
will be prepared by Mrs. Jeff
Barton.
Tickets are available at the
Hall. Advance sales are urged
so that the committee may
estimate the number attending
as closely as possible.
Macon Services For
Dr. L. B. Kennington
COCHRAN, Ga.—Funeral serv
ices for Dr. L. B. Kennington, 70.
retired Cochran druggist, were
held May 11th at St. Joseph
Church in Macon. Burial was in
The Cedar Hill Cemetery, Coch
ran.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
Jessie Wynne Kennington; one
daughter, Mrs. Lovejoy Boyer,
Hawkinsville; one granddaughter;
one brother, Godfrey A. Kenning
ton, Macon; three sisters. Mrs.
John Green, Macon; Sister Mary
Bernadette, Macon, and Mrs. Ken
neth Shealey, Dothan, Ala.
Some people hunt for fun —
and expect salvation to hunt for
them.
Latin Honors
For Atlantan
CULLMAN, Ala. — George L.
Koomos, Jr., St. Bernard elev
enth grader, won first place
while twenty-six other St. Ber
nard boys received honors in a
nation-wide Latin examination
conducted by the Association to
Promote the Study of Latin.
Koomos, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
L. Koomos of Tullahoma, Tenn.,
ranks first for the third consecu
tive year and receives the
Achievement Certificate of Su
perlative Merit, while St. Ber
nard college received a trophy.
Achievement Certificates of
Superior Merit were earned by
the following students of the
school: Lawrence Schuck, Stand-
fordville, N. Y.; Philip R. Crow
der, Panama City, Fla.; John R.
Connolly, Mobile, Ala., Albert
Rohling, Birmingham, Ala.; Wil
liam C. Caughell, Mineola, Fla.
Among those receiving
Achievement Certificates of
Honorable Merit was Michael
Patron, Atlanta, Ga. Michael, in
the 11th grade, is the son of .Mr.
and Mrs. Raoul Patron, 160 S.
Mayflower Ave.
Services For
M. 1. Lyons, Sr.
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Funeral serv
ices for Michael J. Lyons, Sr.,
were held May 5th at St. Mary’s-
on-the-Hill Church, Rev. Father
N. J. Quinlan officiating.
Survivors are a daughter, Miss
Margaret E. Lyons, and a son,
Michael Joseph Lyons, Jr., both
of Augusta; a sister, Mrs. J. I. Mc
Gill, of Miami, Fla., and two
grandchildren.
MUSICALE AT
BRUNSWICK
BRUNSWICK, Ga.—A delight
ful Musicale was presented May
6th by the pupils of Saint Jos
eph’s The program was under
the direction of Sister Marie An-
nunciata, C. S. J.
Frances Dickey received the
award of a pin and bill-fold for
having made the greatest prog
ress and being the most ad
vanced.
Marie Nettles received the
highest rating in the auditions.
Col. L. F. Zsuffa
Will Speak At
Commencement
CULLMAN. Ala. Col. Leslie
Francis Zsuffa, USAR, of the
Georgia Institute of Technology,
Atlanta, Ga., will deliver the
commencement address at St.
Bernard college when members
COL. L. F. ZSUFFA
of the class of 1956 receive their
Bachelor of Arts and associate
degrees d u r i^Jn g ceremonies
Thursday, May 31, at 10:00 a.m.
in the college gymnasium here.
Born in New York in 1911,
Col. Zsuffa was educated in the
public schools there. After gra
duating from New York Univer
sity he earned professional and
graduate degrees in engineering
and business administration from
the same university and from
the College of the City of New
York in 1935 and 1938.
A reserve officer since 1932,
he holds the mobilization desig
nation of Assistant Chief, Re
search and Development Divi
sion, Office of the Quartermaster
General. During World War II
Col. Zsuffa served as staff of
ficer under Gen. Eisenhower in
England and France and in 1951-
53 was a project director for the
large Quartermaster Research
and Development Center in Nat
ick, Mass.
At present Col. Zsuffa is Di
rector of Public Relations at
Georgia Institute of Technology.
SACRED HEART
MAY FESTIVAL
“Spring Dance Festival “was
the theme of the Sacred Heart
annual May Festival this year,
with Miss Adela Heffernan, an
outstanding senior, reigning as
May Queen.
Miss Martha Del Sordo was
Maid of Honor, and other mem
bers of the Senior Class made up
the May Court. Crown Bearer
was Frank Hammond.
Members of the Glee Club
opened the program with two
songs, with a solo by Nancy Nor
ton. El Capitan Twirlers, con
sisting of part of the ninth grade,
was under the direction of Ma
rie Cardinal. This was followed
by a series of dances by the
First, Second, Third, Fourth, and
Ninth Grades. The Glee Club
sang two other songs, with Sus
an Holey as Accompanist.
This Festival was under the
direction of Miss Josephine
Lewis, Director of Physical Edu
cation, and the Sisters of St.
Joseph. It took place Friday eve
ning May 4, and was sponsored
by the Mothers’ Club.
HUGH GRADY
ADDRESSES
HOLY NAME
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Hugh Gra
dy addressed the May Breakfast
meeting of the Holy Name
Society of the Church of the
Nativity, Thunderbolt.
Mr. Grady chose as his topic,
“The Origin and Background of
the Holy Name Society.” The
Rev. John A. Morris, pastor, in
troduced Mr. Grady and Richard
Lee, president of the Society
presided.
It was decided to hold a pic
nic on June 10th, at which time
the boys and girls football and
besketball teams will be guests
of honor.
He is also a Director of the At
lanta Chapter of the American
Institute of Industrial Engineers
and faculty advisor to the Geor
gia Tech Newman Club. A mem
ber of the Archbishop O’Hara
Fourth Degree Assembly,
Knights of Columbus, Col. Zsuf
fa was also elected to the Car
dinal Newman Honorary Society
at New York University in 1932
and at Georgia Tech in 1950.
Rev. Mahany
To 8e Ordained
In Charleston
SAVANNAH, Ga. —The Rev,
Lawrence Eugene Mahany of Sa
cred Heart Parish, Savannah, will
be ordained to the priesthood in
the Cathedral of St. John The
REV. L. E. MAHANY
Baptist, Charleston, S. C., on May
26. The Most Rev. John J. Russell,
D. D., will be the ordaining pre
late.
Father Mahany will offer his
first solemn mass in Sacred Heart
Church on May 27. at 10:30 a. m.
Following the mass. Father Ma
hany and his family and other
relatives as well as the clergy of
the city will be the guests of
Father Robert, O. S. B., pastor of
Sacred Heart Church, at a dinner
in the Sacred Heart School cafe
teria.
A reception will be held at the
Catholic Young People’s Assn, on
Sunday afternoon, May 27, from
3 until 5 p. m. After a short vaca
tion Father Mahany will take up
his duties as a priest in the Dio
cese of Charleston.
Ballad Program
At Sacred Heart
BELMONT, N. C.—The Literary
Society at Sacred Heart Junior
College terminated its program
for the year on May 24 at 8 p. m,
with the presentation of a Song
Fest.
On this occasion Mrs. Lula Nob-
lett of Bessemer City, N. C., read
a paper on the folk ballad. This
was profusely illustrated through
out in song and dance. This pro
gram consisted of ballet (first
cousin to the ballad), ballads, folk
songs, and dances. A special feat
ure of the event was Negro spirit
uals. Such all-time favorites, too,
as “Home on the Range,” “Oh
Susanna,” “Jeannie With the
Light Brown Hair,” “Flow Gent
ly, Sweet Afton,” and others . of
like vintage, together with older
ballads of the Middle Ages, were
sung.
The entire program in which
the college girls of Sacred Heart
were assisted by some of the mem
bers of the Belmont Abbey Glee
Club constituted out-of-town ar
tists. This was an unusual treat
and constituted a fitting and cul
tural ending to the year’s Literary
activities.
ANNOUNCEMENT
A retreat for the laymen of
the Southern section of the dio
cese will be conducted at Camp
Villa Marie during the week
end of August 5th. The retreat
will open on Friday evening,
August 3rd, and terminate on
Sunday afternoon, August 5th.