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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
NOVEMBER 24, 1956.
Established 1936
SAVANNAH RADIO PROGRAM
OLDEST IN DNITED STATES
SAVANNAH, Ga—The oldest
Catholic radio program in the
United States conducted by lay
men is the Savannah Catholic
Program, co-sponsored by' Savan
nah Council No. 631, K of C, and
the Cathedral of St. John the
Baptist of Savannah.
Research by a priest at Catholic
University for his doctorate thesis,
“Catholic Radio in the United
States”, is the source of this in
teresting piece of information.
The Savannah Catholic Pro
gram is broadcast every Sunday
morning from 11:05 to 11:30 a. m.
over WTOC and has been on that
station for the past twenty years.
Pi 1936 Bishop O’Hara appoint
ed Hugh Grady, who at the time
was the newly elected Grand
Knight of Savannah Council, K
of C, to be chairman of the com
mittee and announcer. The first
broadcast went over the air on
May 30, 1936 and has been heard
every Sunday since.
For fifteen years, from 1936
to 1951, Mr. Grady handled the
program alone and it~is on record
that once he crawled out of a
sickbed at St. Joseph’s Hospital
to do so.
In 1951 Brothers John Cater-
isan and W. J. Oetgen volunteered
for service as announcers and have
been serving faithfully and effi
ciently along with Brother Grady
for the past five years.
A major contribution to the
success of the Savannah Catholic
Program has been the singing by
the parochial school choirs of the
city. On the first Sunday of each
month, the children’s choir of St.
James the Less will sing; on the
second Sunday, the Sacred Heart
School children; on the third Sun
day, the Cathedral Day School
choir; the fourth Sunday, the
children’s choir of the Blessed
Sacrament School: and on fifth
Sundays, the Nativity School
choir.
The cooperation of these pa
rochial schools and their supervis
ing sisters is herewith noted with
genuipe thanks and appreciation.
For the last year or so, the
third Sunday of each month has
been set aside for a speaker from
the Savannah Deanery, N.C.C.W.,
with Mrs. W. J. Oetgen acting as
N.C.C.W. representative.
For the past six months or so,
the last Sunday of each month
has been devoted to a question
and answer period, with Brother
John B. Thompson, Jr. supplying
the answers to questions on Cath
olic faith and practices sent in.
This has proven very interesting
and has been well-received by
the public.
In the twenty years it has been
on the air, the Savannah Catholic
Program and the Knights of Co
lumbus have enjoyed the utmost
in cooperation from the manage
ment and personnel of the Sa
vannah Broadcasting Company
and, in turn, station WTOC' has
expressed its pride in this—its
oldest religious program.
Columbus Services For
Horace Harmon Deese
COLUMBUS, Ga — Funeral
services for Horace Harmon Deese
were held November 9th at the
Church of the Holy Family, Fath
er John Cuddy officiating.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
Marie Piper Deese; his mother;
a brother, Johnnie Deese, Sav
annah; a half brother, Terrell
Deese, Columbus; a foster broth
er, Floyd Putnam, Marshall, Tex
as; a sister, Mrs. Thelma Tyler,
Columbus-; two half-sisters, Mrs.
Ethel Anthony, Columbus, and
Mrs. Dorothy Rogers, Paris
France; several nieces and
nephews.
Mrs. Mary Balberchak
Services In Marietta
MARIETTA, Ga.—Funeral serv
ices for Mrs. Mary Balberchak
were held November 16th at St.
Joseph’s Church, Rev. A. A.
Walls, S.M., officiating.
A conceited person is the last to
realize the need of what he lacks
the most.
John Gotthart, Sr.
Decatur Services
DECATUR, Ga.—Funeral serv
ices for John H. Gotthart Sr.,
were held November 3rd at St.
Thomas More Church, Rev. Tho
mas, I Sheehan officiating.
Survivors are his wife, Adelai
de Gotthart; sons, Jack Gotthart
of Washington, and Bill Gotthart
of New Orleans, La., and four
grandchildren.
SERVICES FOR
MISS GARNER
DECATUR, Ga.—Funeral Serv
ices for Miss Allice Vincent Card-
ner were held November 7th at
St. Thomas More Church, Rev.
Joseph Beltran officiating.
Survivors are Mr. Joseph A.
Gardner, Birmingham, Mo.; Mr.
and Mrs. John W. Morris, De
catur, Miss Mazie Marie Hankins,
Atlanta; Johnny Morris and Joe
Morris, Decatur.
Remember, it takes as much
energy to wish as to plan.
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