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PAGE 6—The Southern Cross, March 2, 1963
ROBERT M. KELLEHER, son
of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Kelle-
her, has been accepted by the
Georgia Medical School in Aug
usta for the Fall semester. Bob
is a Savannahian and is pre
sently finishing his junior year
at Belmont Abbey where he is
on the Dean’s List. . .GEORGE
J. BOUCHEA, a detective of the
Chatham County Police Depart
ment was named “County Po
liceman of the Year” at the
annual award dinner of the Ex
change Club of Savannah. A past
Navy Shore Patrolman, Bouchea
became a member of the Coun
ty Police Force July 1, 1951,
and was elevated to a detective
on October 1, 1959. . ..Georgia
House Speaker GEORGE SMITH
has notified Chatham Represen
tative BART SHEA that he was
appointed to a committee to ad
vise Gov. Carl Sanders on the
need for revamping the state
constitution. Specific topics to
be covered, Shea feels, are the
elimination of statewide voting
on certain amendments by coun
ties not affected, and the acts
pertaining to 1950 population
brackets. . . .Pacelli seniors
DONNA ARRINGTON and BAR
BARA SMITH have received no
tice from St. Francis School of
Nursing (Columbus) that their
applications for admittance
there next Fall have been ac
cepted. . . .MISS KITTY MC
KENZIE, prominent member of
the Legion of Mary in the Sav
annah area, has accepted a
position with THE SOUTHERN
CROSS. Kitty has attended well
over 1100 meetings of the Legion
of Mary since it was founded in
1939 at the Cathedral. She has
served in all of its four offices
. . . .More news about Pacel-
liams! Of the 15 original con
testants in the Miss Junior
Achievement Pageant, three
were from Pacelli, viz., JOHN-
ETTE BRICKHOUSE, LIZ
COSTIGAN, and BETTY JANE
POWELL. Liz, one of the 10
finalists chosen by a panel of
judges from the First National
Bank of Columbus, will go on
to the final phase of the contest
to be held on March 23. . . .
JULIAN C. HALLIGAN, a mem
ber of the Chatham County
Board of Education, attended a
meeting of the State Board of
Education in Atlanta on Febru
ary 20. . . .GUSTAV HOLMEN
has received two promotions
at the same time from the Sav
annah Bank and Trust Company.
Recently he was made manager
of Traffic Circle branch and at
the same time was named As
sistant Cashier at the main
bank in downtown Savnnah. Gus
is a graduate of Benedictine....
From St. James’ Parish
(Sav’H.) NEWSBAG we learn of
their secret weapon for the St.
Patrick’s Day Parade; A DRUM
AND BUGLE CORPS. . . .Hats
off to FRANK EMERICK and
JAMES MOODY for their ex
cellent performances in “Death
of a Salesman”. Both played
difficult roles in the latest pro
duction of Savannah's Little
Theatre. . . .WALTER C.
HARTRIDGE, Savannah histor
ian and author, was guest
speaker for the 147th anni
versary banquet meeting of the
Society Francaise in Char
leston, S. C. A graduate of Har
vard and the author of several
biographies, Walter is program
chairman of the Savannah Rest
oration Inc., and president of the
Savannah Historical Associa
tion. . . .PETER SCARDINO,
senior at Savannah Country Day
School, has been chosen as a
finalist in the 1963 National
Merit Scholarship program....
Send future news items to
Fr. Lawrence A. Lucree,
P. O. Box 180,
Savannah, Ga.
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of the Oregon conference of the
Catholic hospitals association,
pointed out that paying patients
now shoulder much of the costs
of hospital service for welfare
and indigent patients.
“Any tax put on a hospital
will actually increase the bur
den of the paying patient,” she
said.
Don Adkisson of Portland,
past district deputy of the
Knights of Columbus, said that
fraternal organizations would
have to reduce funds available
for charitable works if they
were taxed.
The advisory board of the
archdiocesan Catholic Chari
ties passed a resolution oppos
ing the proposed legislation.
Ohio Legislator Proposes
Mutilation Of Mentally III
COLUMBUS, Ohio, (NC)—A
bill to legalize sterilization of
mentally deficient persons has
been introduced in the Ohio
House.
Ohio now has no law requiring
sterilization for mental rea
sons. A year ago, however, a
Zanesville, Ohio, probate judge,
acting on his own authority, or
dered sterilization of two girs.
The sterilization bill in the
Ohio House is sponsored by
Rep. Lytle G. Zuber of Colum
bus. It would authorize steri
lization of mentally deficient
or feeble minded persons who
are “likely to procreate chil
dren unless closely confined
or rendered incapable of pro
creation.”
Under the bill, conditions for
sterilization would be that there
be no probability of improve
ment in the individual’s con
dition and that either the in
dividual be unable to provide
proper care for the children
or that the children themselves
‘ ‘would probably tend to be men
tally deficient.”
The measure provides that
heads of state institutions
housing mentally deficient per
sons could request authority to
sterilize from a medical board,
which would pass on the re
quest. Or, probate courts could,
issue sterilization orders upon
request of public officials or a
member of the individual’s fam
ily, after investigation by court-
appointed physicians.
Meanwhile, Rep. Ray T. Mil
ler, Jr., of Cuyahoga County
has promised to introduce at
this session of the legislature,
a bill to require that all new
born infants be given blood
tests to determine the pres
ence or absence of phenylke
tonuria, more commonly call
ed PKU.
Miller said PKU is a dis
order of body chemistry which,
if not discovered in time, will
cause mental retardation. If
the condition is discovered
within the first few months of
life, he added, retardation can
be prevented by a special diet.
Miller said that the Public
Health Service has estimated
that 126,000 retarted children
are born annually. He noted
that the PKU factor has been
blamed for 10 to 20 per cent
of these cases of retardation.
VISIT ST. BERNARD ABBEY—Rev. William Dowling, Pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes,
Columbus, Ga. visited St. Bernard Abbey, Cullman, Ala. last month with a group
of his school children. At St. Bernard, the group attended liturgical services with the
Benedictine monks and enjoyed eating in the monastic dining hall. Pictured above in the
monk’s refectory are left to right: Front Row: Benedict Swiderek, Mike Regnier and
Kenneth Senft. Back Row: Mike Aobert, Fr. Dowling, John McManus and Richard Sherman.
VISITOR SAYS
Young People Attend
Church In Red Vietnam
CATHOLIC BOOK WEEK—St. Mary’s School, Augusta, commemorated Catholic Book
Week with an exhibit of Catholic books. Pictured above are: Wally Czura, Mary Anne
Hagler, Mary D’Antignac, Rt. Rev. Msgr. Daniel J. Bourke, Pastor of St. Mary’s and
Alfred Montgomery. Display was arranged by Mr. and Mrs. Mario de Leon.
Illinois Aid Commissioner
Will Press For Start On
New Birth Control Plan
CHICAGO, (NC)—Arnold H.
Maremont, chairman of the Illi—
nois Public Aid, v Cofnmission,
said here he ivfll not stall on
implementing the commission’s
controversial birth control
plan.
Maremont also outlined in a
speech before the City Club of
Chicago (Feb. 18) what he called
the moral and financial reasons
behind the commission’s policy.
The commission has voted to
use state tax funds to provide
a comprehensive birth control
program for public relief reci
pients who have a child or a
spouse and who request com
mission assistance.
Maremont noted that his ap
pointment as IPAC chairman
has not been confirmed by the
Illinois Senate Executive Com
mittee. But he said this will
not cause him to relax his plea
sure for implementation of the
policy decided upon in Decem
ber, 1962.
Taking note of charges by
Catholic spokesmen and others
that the program would promote
immorality, Maremont com
mented:
“The first morality that I
considered was that there is no
uniform morality. You and I
may hold opposite views as to
the morality of any set of cir
cumstances with its legalitythe
only common guidepost.
“The second morality seem
ed to be the right of the indivi
dual to decide or not to decide
for himself and the reiteration
of the precept that merely be
cause a person is on welfare
assistance, he doesn’t forfeit
that right.”
Maremont, who proposed the
massive birth control project,
said he was aware that seg
ments of the Illinois population
would not want their taxes used
for such a program. But he
insisted the program has safe
guards to avoid such objections.
He said that one-third of the
20,230 babies born in Cook
County (Chicago) Hospital in
1961 needed public aid support.
The birth and first year of life
cost $2.5 million, he said.
He also said that 80 per cent
of the babies born to mothers
on public relief in the hospital
from July to December, 1962,
were illegitimate.
Birth control measures, he
argued, would cost less and
prevent illegitimacy. If 20,000
mothers in the 58,000 families
in the state on commission re
lief were enrolled in birth con
trol projects, he said, the cost
would be $600,000.
Catholic Conference
On Urban Affairs
WASHINGTON, (N C)—Ca
tholics active in urban renewal
and other city problems agreed
here to sponsor a national con
ference on urban affairs this
August.
Twenty-two specialists in the
field, meeting under the title
of Washington Conference on
Urban Renewal, said the
national session would be held
August 22 to 25 in Dayton, Ohio.
It will be held in conjunction
with the annual convention of
the National Catholic Social Ac
tion Conference, a statement
issued after the meeting re
ported.
A prominent lay expert on
urban problems told delegates
that while the Church is begin
ning to respond to the challenge
of the metropolis, there is much
more work to be done.
Catholic social doctrine
is short on urbanism and those
in the field must first work out
policy, said Dennis Clark,
executive secretary of the Ca
tholic Interracial Council
of New York and author of two
books on urban problems,
“Cities in Crises” and “The
Ghetto Game”.
In his remarks, read in his
absence by Msgr. Harry M.
Byrne, executive secretary of
the Committee on Housing and
Urban Renewal for the New
York archdiocese, Clark said
that papal encyclicals have
stressed Christian goals for in
dustrialism, agriculture and the
developing nations.
“What we set out to do in
making a Christian evaluation
of urban life is creative and
something of a departure.”
Clark said Catholics have be
gun to respond to the problems
of metropolitan areas and their
effect on Christian family life.
CITIZEN OF YEAR HONOR
TO NEGRO WOMAN DOCTOR
making
HEREFORD, Tex., (NC)—A
Negro doctor who gave up the
private practice to start a ma
ternity clinic for migrant work
ers has been honored as Here
ford’s Citizen of the Year.
Dr. Lena Edwards, 62, was
presented a plaque at Here
ford’s 36th annual chamber of
Commerce banquet for “distin
guished and unselfish service”
to the community.
Dr. Edwards put several
thousand dollars of her own
money into building the two-
storey maternity clinic, which
she operates at St. Joseph’s
Mission, located at the migrant
labor camp here. The clinic
opened in November, 1962, but
Dr. Edwards has been here
since January, 1961,
preparations for it.
Dr. Edwards was selected for
the Citizen of the Year honor
by a group of representatives
of all civic clubs in the com
munity. A graduate of Howard
University, Washington, D. C.,
she received (March 1) an al
umna achievement award from
the university for “distin
guished achievement in the
fields of medicine and com
munity service.”
A member of the Third Or
der of St. Francis, Dr. Ed
wards has a son, Thomas (Fa
ther Martin), who was ordained
in 1962 as a priest of the
Society of the Atonement.
By Father Patrick O’Connor
Society of St. Columban
SAIGON—“A lot of younger
folk and married couples with
children, as well as mature
people,” are seen in church in
communist-ruled Hanoi, ac
cording to a foreign traveler
interviewed in southern Indo
china. He was in north Vietnam
in recent months, including the
Christmas season.
“I was told that the commun
ists don’t interfere with the old
er people in regard to religion,
but they discourage the younger
ones from going to church,”
he said. From what he saw,
however, he concluded that a
good proportion of the younger
generation of Catholics had not
yielded to the anti-religious
pressure.
"There are many difficulties
for the fervent Catholics, but
they stand fast,” was the im
pression another foreigner had.
“Many of those who were not
fervent, however, no longer go
to church.”
A visitor who attended the 11
a.m. and 4 p.m. Sunday Masses
in Hanoi cathedral said that the
church was “from one-third to
one-half full.”
(Most Vietnamese Catholics
attend early morning Masses.
More than three-fourths of the
Catholic population of Hanoi
are estimated to have fled to
the south in 1954, when the
communists took over the city.)
Very few of the worshipers
had prayerbooks, this foreigner
observed, but the congregation
chanted prayers from memory.
He noticed very young children
reciting the prayers by heart.
Some foreigners attended the
11 a.m. Mass. A priest read the
Gospel in Vietnamese and
French and preached briefly in
each language.
“I saw a very old priest
hearing confessions,” the trav
eler said. “About thirty per
sons received Holy Commun
ion.”
He rarely saw anybody in
uniform in the congregation and
never more than two.
The churches in Hanoi are
locked during the day. He was
never able to enter a church
except at Mass time on Sundays.
The cathedral in Hanoi looks
weather-worn from the out-
Urges Magazine
Control To Combat
Youth Delinquency
WILMINGTON, Del., (NC)—
A Catholic organization and a
city official have recommended
more stringent control of ma
gazines and books sold to young
people as a step toward com
batting juvenile delinquency.
The Fourth Degree, Knights
of Columbus of Delaware, ap
proved a resolution which called
upon the General Assembly to
enact legislation which would
establish a review committee
to control sales of magazines,
books and other publications
sold to youth.
The resolution, endorsed by
Bishop Michael W. Hyle of
Wilmington, suggested that the
committee be named by the
governor and represent Catho
lics, Protestants and Jews. The
committee would be limited to
reviewing literature on sale
and the recommending that
which should not be sold to
juveniles.
Earlier Dr. Anthony F. Viti-
ello, president of the Wilming
ton Board of Health, advocated
a state board of censors to
control movies, books and ma
gazines.
side, but the interior seems to
be in good condition, especially
around the high altar, he said.
The cathedral in Haiphong, port
city about 60 miles from Hanoi
does not seem to be in good
condition, according to another
traveler.
The scarcity of fats in north
Vietnam shows itself in the
scarcity of candles, especially
in the Haiphong cathedra.
Communists tried to dis
turb Christmas midnight Mass
in the cathedrals of Hanoi and
Haiphong, according to the tra
velers.
In Hanoi the cathedral doors
were closed at 11:30 p.m. By
that time the church was full.
A crowd estimated at 5,000,
including some noisy elements,
gathered in the square outside
and the three streets leading
into it. “It was a regular Ba
bel,” one foreigner said.
In Haiphong a party of
trouble-makers succeeded in
entering the church, according
to a non-Catholic foreigner.
“They were young men, who
laughed and talked very noisi
ly. The church was crowded but
the congregation took no notice
of them. The priest celebrating
the Mass ignored them. Older
men, wearing armbands, who
seemed to be ushers, gently
but firmly restrained these
young men from moving up
through the church.”
The disturbers are believed
to have been organized by com
munist officials who stay in the
background and disclaim re
sponsibility, saying: “It’s a
manifestation by the people and
we can't interfere.”
All Buddhist pagodas seem
to be closed most of the time,
according to the travelers. They
never saw a Buddhist monk in
his distinctive garb. If a temple
is opened for foreigners to see,
a man wearing ordinary lay
clothes shows the visitors
around.
The Protestant church in Ha
noi is “not functioning”, as
far as the travelers could learn.
Foreigners, Catholic or
otherwise, avoid talking to any
Vietnamese priest, because
they feel it would only cause
trouble for him. All bishops,
priests and Religious left in
north Vietnam are Vietnamese.
Sudan—
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port,” he continued.
He pointed out that Chris
tianity appears to the Arab
Moslems of northern Sudan as
“the only rival to Islam in the
south.”
“This is the main motive of
the laws issued restricting
Church liberty and missionary
activities, and prohibiting
Christian education in the
schools. This is the principal
reason why the missionaries
may not enter the Sudan, why
they are expelled from the coun
try and persecuted in any way,”
he said.
“This is the reason why the
missionaries are forbidden to
assist the sick, give food to the
hungry, help the poor, bless the
dying, and bury the dead. These
social works of mercy would
go to the advantage of Chris
tian influence and slow down
their machinery of compulsory
conversion of the population
to Islam,” the missionary lead
er declared.
Father Todesco said that two
German tourists visiting south
ern Sudan recently compared
it to East Berlin—“soldiers,
policemen, and spies all over.”
A spy, Father Todesco said, is
paid 20 pounds a month, equal
to about $60—“payment super
ior to that of any ordinary
clerk.”
Bishop
Gleeson
Enthroned
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, (NC)—
The most Rev. Francis D. Glee-
son, S. J., was enthroned here
as Bishop of the newly created
Diocese of Fairbanks, Arch
bishop Thomas A. Connolly of
Seattle presided at the cere
mony in Immaculate Concep
tion Church. Fairbanks was
raised to diocesan status in
September, 1962 by His Holi
ness Pope John XXIII from the
previous Vicariate Apostolic of
Alaska, which Bishop Gleeson
had headed since January, 1948.
MARRIAGES
RAWLINGS-OSTERHOFF
ALBANY—Miss Juanita J.
Osterhoff, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Hilbern I. Osterhoff, and
Mr. Rex M. Rawlings, son of
Mrs. Doris Rawlings and the
late Kenneth Rawlings , were
married on February 16, 1963,
with a Nuptial Mass at St.
Teresa’s Church, the Rev. Mar
vin J. LeFrois officiating.
The old CYPA building in
Savannah was recently sold. A
tinge of nostalgia and regret
stirred in many hearts of a
previous generation. Plenty of
fond memories were evoked.
This five-story edifice had been
the site of innumerable happy
times, headquarters of a won
derful organization.
In its day the CYPA served
a noble purpose. The club’s
grandeur, prestige^ and accom
plishments were Remarkable.
There were many factors
contributing to its demise and
fade-out. It was originally
founded for Catholic youth al
ready out of high school, the
18-35 age group. During its
earlier days, when cars, cash,
and amusements were scarce,
or scarcely available to most
young people, the CYPA was a
natural gathering place.
The club conducted many sig
nificant religious activities, a
highly successful and varied
sports program, ambitions and
popular plays and musicals,
and lively well-attended so
cials. Many a happy marriage
blossomed from friendship
formed at the CYPA.
But then the war came. As
more and more young men went
off to the armed forces, the age
limit was lowered. Spending
money and allowances seemed
to have increased. Outside in
terests attracted members
away. As attendance dwind
led and all too many were un
able or uninterested in paying
dues, the financial situa
tion worsened. The club actually
was hundreds of dollars “inthe
hole”, in the closing days when
the age group was strictly high
school.
By this time, the Catholic
population had increased in
numbers and scattered to the
distant suburbs. The best so
lution seemed to be to divide
the large numbers into small
er groups associated more in
timately with the parish, thus,
today's set-up, with each par
ish having its own CYO. The
desirable effect of having the
Catholic, teen-agers meet all
together is taken care of by
school socials and not infre
quent inter-parochial, city
wide CYO activities.
These are the factors that
contributed to the end of the
CYPA Club. It was a victim of
changing times. It marked the
end of an era, a sad day, yes,
but in view of all the elements
an unavoidable one.
Blessed Sacrament Parish
Council Hears W. B. Lane
SAVANNAH,- The Blessed
Sacrament Parish Council of
Catholic Women held its month
ly meeting on Monday, February
18th in the Parish school.
Guest speaker for the even
ing was Mr. William B. Lain,
Jr., who gave a review of the
book “Bringing the Mass To
the People”, by Msgr. Rein
hold.
Standing committee reports
were also submitted at the
meeting.
The Rev. Edward Frank and
the Rev. George James, assis
tant pastors of the parish at
tended the meeting along with
several guests, including Mrs.
Nell Guinney, Mrs. Betsy Stone,
and Mrs. Mary Broderick.
A social hour followed the
business meeting. Hostessess
Mrs. Nora Smith, Mrs. Ann
Ebberwein, Mrs. Mary Ware,
and Mrs. Lillian Downs, used
the traditional story of George
Washington and the cherry tree ^
as the theme of their decora
tions.
The council ladies plucked
cherries from plastic tree
limbs and were served cup
cakes decorated with small Am
erican flags.
WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY DINNER - Right Reverend Monsignor Andrew J. Mc
Donald, Chancellor of the Diocese, was speaker at the annual Washington’s Birthday
Dinner sponsored by Augusta’s Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus. Pictured (left
to right) Monsignor McDonald; Millard Beckum, Mayor of Augusta; Rt. Rev. Msgr.
Daniel J. Bourke, pastor of St. Mary's on-the-Hill Church; Colonel George W. Rhyne,
Commandant of the Southeastern Signal School, Fort Gordon, Ga. The Dinner was held
at the Fort Gordon Officers Club.