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HERE AND THERE Students Nurses Association of Georgia named Miss Peggy Lloyd as president for the com ing year. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Armand Lloyd of Bruns wick, Miss Lloyd is a senior honor student at St. Joseph School of Nursing, Savannah. President of her class for the past 3 years a past officer in the hospital’s praesidium of the Legion of Mary, Miss Lloyd was elected to the latest state office at a statewide conven tion held in Atlanta on the 13th of December, 1962. Congratulations to Past Grand Knight of Columbus (Council #631) Julian C. Halli- gan, member of the Chatham- Savannah Board of Education on his appointment as director of the first division in the First District for the Georgia School Boards Association. Ju lian, owner of the Julian Halli- gan Insurance Agency, is prom inent in Catholic Layman Asso ciations in Savannah. He is president of the Cathedral Men’s Steering Committee, and in September last was desig nated president of the Savannah Deanery, Bishop’s Council of Catholic Men. Final redecorative stages of the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist are well under way. A Solemn Pontifical High Mass accompanied by appropriate ceremonies is now being ten tatively set for Quinquagesima Sunday, February 24, according to His Excellency Most Rever end Thomas J. McDonough. New lighting, sanctuary appoint ments, air conditioning, new and restored artistry and other ec clesiastical features will more than ever prove the Cathedral to be “the barometer of Catho lic prestige in the Diocese of: Savannah and in the entire southeastern region of the Uni ted States.” Mr. Frank Ross- iter and Father Lawrence Lu- cree are busy compiling into a commemorative brochure reams of historical notes, ar ticles, and pictures gathered from diocesan, city, state and national archives by Mrs. Mar- maduke Floyd and Mr. Walter Hartridge. Meeting of the Savannah Deanery Council of Catholic Women at St. Simons Island on Holy Family Sunday, 13 Jan uary. Mass at high noon at St. William’s Chapel on the Is land and a lucheon following at the Red Barn. His excellency, guest speaker. Golden Wedding Anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. John E. Mo sher of St. James Parish, Sa vannah, on the 30 December, 1962. Rt. Rev. Msgr. John Toomey offered the 10 o’clock Mass for the couple and after wards they renewed their mar riage vows and promises. Open house was held the next day at the Mosher’s home in Rose Dhu from 4 to 8 P.M. Their children and many friends and relations were present to con gratulate them. Retired City of Savannah Fire Chief T.J. Ryan was feted on January 5 on the occasion of his 75th birthday. Present at the Cathedral’s Chapel of Our Lady for the Eb- berwein-Haviland wedding on January 5th were out-of-town priests Fr. Oscar Burnett, O.S.B. , and Fr. John Somon- in. The former, a native Savannian and recently ordain ed to the priesthood, is a facul ty member of Belmont Abbey College, Belmont, N. C.; the latter, no stranger to Savan- nahians is a priest from the Diocese of Charleston, pastor in Hardeeville and surrounding Carolina missions., and past director of Camp St. Mary’s in Bluffton, S.C. SAVANNAH—January 3. Pe ter Roe Nugent, former mayor of Savannah and former member of the Georgia Ports Authority, has been named president of the Ogeechee Distributing Co. Nugent served as mayor from 1945 to 1947 and was connected with the Ports Authority from 1949 until 1955. He was instru mental in locating the Savannah Division of the University of Georgia here in 1946 which was temporarily located at Hunter Air Force Base before Arms trong College became a part of the university system. He also served for many years as a city alderman. Next Deadline Jan. 14 Fr. Lawrence A. Lucree P. O. Box 180 Savannah, Ga. The success of a convention is difficult to measure. There are several standards by which one can judge, but a complete evaluation and summation of the recent CYO Diocesan meeting would be all but impossible to present in this column. But I would like to present some of my impressions. Certainly there was a pro nounced spiritual impact. Of course, only the members at tending really know whether or not they are better Catholic young men and women because of their presence at the con vention. But I think all were stirred by the challenging re marks of Father McDonough, and I’m sure his words were not wasted. The sight of 450 young people from all over our state was certainly impressive, even though several large parishes had no representation at all. And curiously enough, without at all disparaging the larger cities, it seemed that the small er the town the more enthu siastic was the delegation. The convention certainly seemed to be successful from the standpoint of providing an enjoyable week-end. Every face I s aw radiated plea sure and con tentment. And the talent show was cer tainly enjoyable, reflecting a great deal of hard work on the part of the participants. It’s just too bad there weren’t more entries. I noticed that CYO members seemed to be spellbound by Miss Martin’s talk on “Vital Christian Living and Influenc ing Your Environment.” From all reports the dance was thoroughly enjoyable, and, PAGE 6—The Southern Ooss, January 12, 1963 PAROCHIAL LEAGUE CHAMPS-Pictured above are the pa rochial league champs of Savannah. Blessed Sacrament’s “A” team has finished its third season as reigning champions of Parochial League football. The school has the enviable record of being undefeated and untied in three seasons. The players from left to right are: Bobby Hanson, Lindsey Rowse, John Battle, Jerry Kilpatrick, Don Aliffi, Claude Lodge, Jo- TROPHIES PRESENTED TO CATHEDRAL GRIDDERS— Players honored were left to right; Larry Saunders, outstanding back; William McLaughlin, outstanding lineman; John Spivey, outstanding athlete; Rickey George, outstanding all-around student. AT CONVENTION CITY- ■Rambling Notes Up to the registration desk, strutted a diminutive teen-ager from Warner Robins. His five- foot frame seemed minimized by the luggage tugging at the end of each short arm. When asked by the registrar what his name was, he summoned the deepest tones of his squea ky soprano 13 year old voice to reply, “Everyone calls me Pee-Wee.” For all his size, Pee-Wee proved a big-hearted gen tleman. At the communion breakfast next day, he took a seat at the end of the table just in front of the Bishop’s place. When a young lady of age 15 reached the crowded table to take a corner chair, Pee-Wee nobly arose, and with polished manners, assisted the pretty Miss in being seated. His Ex cellency complimented him with the remark,”Pee-Wee, you are a gentleman!” At the dance, a kindly Au gusta father told this story: At supper earlier in the evening, his young out-of-town guest seemed to hesitate in beginning the meal. Worried he might be homesick the host inquired, “Son, is anything wrong? Why aren’t you eating?” “Pardon , sir, I don’t have a fork. ” replied the guest. “That makes you one of the family, then.” heartily chuck led the delightful gentleman in spite of all the “twisting” no one seems to have dislocated any bones. Perhaps the most inspiring moment of the entire convention was the Mass and corporate Communion, because growth in Grace and mutual edification is certainly the primary purpose of the CYO. I’m sure that everyone was both enlightened and encouraged by Bishop McDonough’s talk. I And of course the warmth and generosity of spirit with which so many Augusta families welcomed convention partici pants made everyone feel right at home. Was the convention a sue-: cess? All my impressions say, Another good soul, mother of a teen-age daughter was over heard to say she passed up the chance to earn fifteen or twenty dollars evertime pay to extend hospitality to several girls from rural Georgia. “I wouldn’t have missed the op portunity to share with my daughter this thrill of opening my home to those wonderful young girls we enjoyed as guests for all the money in Augusta.” This remark was so typical of those made by the many good people of Augusta who enter tained the CYO folks from out- of-town. A number of ladies serving breakfast seemed em barrassed when thanked, and said it was a genuine pleas ure to help entertain the young sters, because they were so well-mannered, graceful, and delightful company. Wasn’t the rapt silence during Miss Joan Martin’s enthusiastic talk absolutely startling? Her zest for Christian living, for applying text-book religious principles to every-day situa tions in life took her audience by storm. And the teens really buzzed about her ideas for hours afterwards. The always happy, always full-of-life Brunswick delega tion remained undaunted by the bus blowing a head gasket. Much of the calm in this calamity, much of their gay* radiant spir it throughout the convention, is due to the gusto of their bus driving adult advisor and his charming wife. The basket-ball games pro vided real pathos. The Savannah guests were naturally forced to root for Benedictine and St. Vincent’s against their Aquinas hosts. And then Saturday, the Brunswick gang vociferously cheered their Glynn team in the heart-stopping thriller, which Aquinas finally won. Talk about divided loyalties 1 Father Ignatius and his six CYO members from St. Bene dict’s, Columbus, really showed grit and stamina. Unable to stay overnight because of Father's schedule of Sunday Masses, he and the members made the lengthy round-trip on Saturday, just to attend the afternoon ses sion. They missed the social and regretably the Communion Breakfast. The pretty Brunswick girls made a big hit with the Aquinas boys, and the Augusta girls looked pretty tearful as the Brunswick boys waved goodbye Sunday afternoon. Albany’s group, as each year, had to eat Saturday lunch from the trunk of the car, after the long haul from clear across state. Their skit in the talent show was received with thun derous applause. Approximately 64% of Geor gia’ s population has some type (or some amount) of insurance protection against the cost of illness or injury, the Georgia Hospital Association reports. But the Association cautions the public that many of the health insurance policies or contracts now in force may fall far short of meeting reasonable needs. A family needs to reas sess its health insurance from time to time, just as it does the fire insurance on the home. In both instances, the key ques tion is whether the insurance will replace loss to the extent desired, when considering cur rent price or cost trends. A typical family will incur a hospital bill on an average of every 2 1/2 years, the As sociation stated. “Facing the inevetable, the only way for the average family to meet the cost of illness is to prepay or bud get for it through the device of health insurance.” Whatever form of coverage is obtained or already held, whe ther Blue Cross or through an insurance company, the Asso ciation recommends that the following points be carefully checked. Examine the contract to see exactly what it covers. How much does it pay toward the hos pital room charge? (The ave rage private room charge in Georgia is $16, and the average semi-private is $12 per day) How much does the contract pay toward other hospital charges, such as laboratory fees, drugs, x-rays, operating room, anesthesia, etc.? These charges can run between $100 and $200 or more per hospi tal stay, depending on the type of illness or surgery. How flexible is your contract? Does it put a ceiling on items such as laboratory, x-ray and drugs—services you will likely need most—or does it allow for these items to be lumped, or interchanged if necessary? You need this flexibility in your con tract, or preferably unlimited coverage in some of the items. How many days coverage in the hospital during any one confinement does your contract offer? More importantly, what does the contract stipulate about exclusions (or a waiting period) because of a previous condition of health? Does the contract cover dependents of the insur ed? What does the contract say about cancellation, or renewal at modified rates? The total average expense per day ( including the room charge) in Georgia hospitals is cur rently $28 to $32 , according to the Georgia Hospital Asso ciation. The Association urges the public to examine health insurance contracts—both as to hospital benefits and phy sicians’ fees. For advice, write or consult the administrator of your nearest hospital or write the Georgia Hospital Associa tion, 2050 Peachtree Road, N.E., Atlanta 9, Georgia. ’Yes!!’ seph Anthony, and Steve Cannon. Middle row: James Kelleher, Jim McQuillan, Mahaney Cromartie, Don Pomakala, captain, Gary Scott, Steve Brennan, Tony Aliffi, Terence Hennessy and Donald Cromartie. Third row: Coach Ozzie Grevemberg, John Maher, Bernard Foran, Bob Cosnahan, David Lerque, David Carpenter, Billy Hadsell, Joe Shearouse, Michael Hen nessy and Coach Frank Schwartz. Brunswick K.C. 2nd Degree Initiation BRUNSWICK - The “Henry T. Ross Council” Knights of Columbus staged their first 2nd Degree Initiation recently. District Deputy Gerald Gard ner handled the role of Grand Knight in this initiation. There were eight candidates from Brunswick Council and eight from Valdosta. The men representing the Valdosta council were as fol lows: Father George Vienost, Enrique Nieves, Clarence Reid- er, Peter Lyser, Andrew Rum- ker, William Doherty, John Mil ler and Emmett Ventrelli. Those from the Brunswick Council were: J.P. Brown, Jim Hayes, Pat O’Brien, Russ Rose, James Baldwin, James Smyth, Anthony Albenze -and C.A. Cloud. To Discuss Council VATICAN CITY, (NC) - Ca tholic and Protestant scholars will trade ideas on the Coun cil of Trent as a Church-spon sored congress next September in the northern Italian city where the major Catholic re sponse to the Protestant Re formation was initiated. The five-day congress is be ing organized by the Pontifi cal Commission of Historical Sciences. It opens in Trent September 2 and closes just before the reconvening of the Second Vatican Council here on September 8. The year 1963 is the 400th anniversary of the conclusion of the Council of Trent, which mapped the Church’s reply to the half-century-old Protestant revolt and launched needed re forms within the Church itself. That council, the longest ecu menical council in Church his tory, opened in 1545 and con cluded on December 4, 1563. Twenty lectures are sche duled for the Trent meeting. Among the Catholic speakers will be Father James A. O’Don- hoe of the Boston archdiocesan seminary, who will speak on the council’s legislation estab lishing seminaries, and Stephan G. Kuttner, professor of canon law history at the Catholic Uni versity of America, Wash ington, D. C., who is to talk on the Tridentine changes in the light of the canon law of the preceding centuries. Protestant speakers will in clude Peter Meinhold, of the Evangelical theology school at Kiel, German, who will dis cuss the work of Protestants who were present at the Coun cil of Trent; the Rev. Thomas M. Parker, longtime chaplain of University College, Oxford, comparing the Catholic reform begun at Trent with the Angli can reform, and Henry H. Even- nett of Cambridge University, on English contributions to his torical studies of Trent. The idea of holding the con ference on Trent was approved by Pope Pius XII in a letter dated October 4, 1958—five days before his death. Two of the men who had been expect- BRUNSWICK SECOND DEGREE - Pictured above are candidates who were initiated into the Second Degree of the Knights of Columbus by Henry T. Ross Council of Brunswick. Prisoners Have Rosaries Of Beans, Matchsticks MONTCLAIR, N. J., (NC) - Rosaries made of beans and matchsticks were among the few possessions of some of the ran somed Cuban war prisoners, according to a U. S. immigra tion official. Angela Aiello, a supervisor of port receptionists at New York’s Idlewild Airport, was on hand in Miami from Decem ber 19 on, waiting for the deal for the prisoners to go through. She recalled her experiences in an interview here. Miss Aiello had an unusual opportunity to see the reactions of the returning prisoners, since she was assigned to the deplaning area. “Many of the prisoners,” she said, “wore around their necks rosaries which they had made out of beans, match sticks and other pieces of wood. A few of them gave their rosaries— their only possessions—to the port receptionists. “One man carried a little shrine of Our Lady that he had made. The strong religious de votion of these men was ap parent.” A member of the Cuban Fami lies Committee, which had ar ranged the release, told her that “the success of the project ed to plan major roles in it died this past December 14— Bishop Pio Paschini, president of the Pontifical Commission of Historical Sciences, and Arch bishop Carle de Ferrari of Trent. rested in the fact that it was a work of love. No one was doing it for personal gain. With God’s help our dream was rea lized.” Company Donates Clothing NEW YORK, (NC) - The Bond Clothing Company, Rochester, N. Y., has given 1,000 pairs of trousers, 100 top coats and 100 overcoats to Catholic Relief Services — National Catholic Welfare Conference for distri bution to needy Cuban refugees. The clothing will be distri buted to needy Cubans by the Miami Cuban refugee reception center of CRS—NCWC.theU.S. Catholic overseas relief agen cy. The clothing donation was made in appreciation for CRS — NCWC’s assistance in locating 20 tailors and seamstresses among Cuban refugees to work in the clothing company’s Roch ester plant. Interviews with refugees were arranged for a company representative by Hugh Mc- Loone, director of the CRS— NCWC center in Miami. Catho lic Relief Services transported the 20 Cubans chosen and their families to Rochester. There the Rochester diocesan Catho lic Charities found homes for the Cubans. Excavators In Israel Discover Earliest Inscription Of Name Of Jerusalem, Ancient Citadel JERUSALEM, (NC) - Exca vators found the earliest known Hebrew inscription of the word “Jerusalem” when they liter ally fell through the ceiling of a cave in the Negev desert. Other recent archaeological finds include a 6th-century- B.C. royal citadel of the Judean kingdom unearthed on the out skirts of this city and pottery fragments dating from 4,000 B, C. found in a section of Beersheba. The “Jerusalem” inscrip tion was found scratched on the wall of a burial cave near the ancient biblical town of Lachish in the north of southern Pales tine’s semi-desert Negev re gion. The Negev was fertile and well-populated in ancient times and has recently been the scene of major irrigation projects. Before the recent finds, the oldest Hebrew inscriptions of “Jerusalem” were found on jar handles of the fourth and fifth centuries B. C. Translations of the name in Egyptian and Akkadian, an ancient Semitic dialect, have been found which date back to 2,000 years before Christ. The newly found inscriptions,. which seem to have been scrat ched into the wall quickly, have two series of words as well as sketches of three human figures and two sailing ships. The longer of the two inscrip tions reads: "The Lord God of the whole earth; the mountains of Juda belong to Him, to the God of Jerusalem” An Antiquities Department representative who reconstru cted the inscription said that the expression, “God of Jeru salem,” appears only once in the Bible. This is in the second book of Paralipomenon, in the chapter describing the Assyrian king Sennacherib’s siege of Juda (701 B. C.) in the reign of Ezechias. Only Jerusalem with stood the attack of the Assy rians. Both the content and the style of writing seem to indicate that the inscription dates from the reign of Ezechias. The royal citadel found at Ramat Rahel on the southern side of this city is believed to have been built by King Joakim who reigned from 609 to 597 B. C. The fortress seems to fit the words of the prophet Jeremia (22,13 and 14): “Woe to him who builds his house on wrong,. . .who says, ‘I will build myself a spacious house with airy rooms,’ who cuts out windows for it.” A recently found ornamental window ba lustrade probably decorated the front of the fortress. The citadel is in the second lowest of seven levels. The low- | est level goes back roughly to the reign of Ozia (died 742, B. C.). In that level, excava tors found what seems to have been a main house in the royal vienyards ringed by the houses of tenant farmers^ The level above the Judean citadel has a Persian-Greek I citadel; the next level contains | a settlement of the fourth or fifth century, B. C.; the next has Roman building of the se cond or third century, B. C.; the next has a Byzantine church and monastery; and the highest level has the remains of an early Arab settlement. Recent excavations in Beer sheba’s former Arab market | turned up fragments of a figu rine of Astarte, the Semitic^ goddess of love and fecundity, as well as pottery fragments, cooking and eating utensils, a I fireplace and an oven. These findings are believed to date [ from the eighth century before Christ and seem to confirm • I the town’s importance in the I time of King Ozia. About two yards below these findings were pottery frag ments and flint tools which go back to 4,000 B. C. Of Trent KNIGHTS PRESENT CHECK -Atthelast regular-meeting of the year of Henry T. Ross Council Knights of Columbus’ Brunswick, Rev. Paul Burkort S.M. was presented a check in the amount of $2,500 towards the reduction of the school debt. Steve Koncz, chairman of the entertainment committee, is shown presenting the check.