Southern cross. (Savannah, Ga.) 1963-2021, June 15, 1963, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE 2—The Southern Cross, June 15, 1963 Field Day At Valdosta The long awaited Second An nual Field Day at St. John- the-Evangelist School, was held on the school grounds. Individual students and clas ses competed against each other in track and field events for highly prized trophies, and competition was keen. The day began with group calisthenics led by the Physi cal Education Director, Mrs. Elmore C. Thrash. Grades one through four performed at 9:00 a.m. followed by classes five through eight. The children showed much progress over last year’s performance. Following the calisthenics groups of two classes gathered in designated places for the ex citing games to follow. There were potato sack races, re lay races of all kinds, basket ball shooting prowess, sprints, and even a 230 yard track run by eighth grade boys. There was standing broad jump, run ning broad, hop, skip, jump and high jumping events. Cheers from the sidelines showed the enthusiasm with which parents and friends helped their teams to victory. High individual scores were won by ReeRee Stark who led the girls with a grand score of 21 points and Ray Corbett who tallied 31 points to walk off with the boys individual prize. Tiny golden cups, engraved with the individual’s name and the date were presented the winners. Class trophies were won by the second, fourth, sixth and eighth grades, all of whom won larger classroom trophies. A picnic lunch was spread on the tables around the shady grounds, and family groups en joyed a rest period before wit nessing two very exciting soft- ball games played by 7th and 8th grade boys and girls, and a kickball game featuring the 5th and 6th grades. The games were refereed bv the Pastor, Father Thomas Payne and his assistant, Father George Yientz, and by Tommy Thomas. Mothers of the students help ed with all events. Students of St. John-the-Evangelist, Valdosta, participate in Second annual Field Day. Conclave Opens Wednesday* (Continued from Page 1) new pope according to the best interests of the Church. Arriving in time to attend the cardinals’ second meeting (June 6) were Giacomo Cardinal Ler- caro, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy; Paul Emile Cardinal Le- ger, Archbishop of Montreal; and Julius Cardinal Doepfner, Archbishop of Munich and Frei sing, Germany. At the second meeting the Names Pastors— (Continued from Page 1) when he was appointed pastor of Nativity, Thunderbolt. Father Donnelly is Diocesan Director of Catholic Charities. He served on the Faculty of St. John Vianney Seminary from its opening until his transfer to Augusta. He also served as Deanery Moderator of Youth from March 1957 until Jun 1963. Rev. Robert Joseph Teoli, a inative of Statten Island, N.Y., ! was ordained in New York May 3, 1955 by the Most Rev. Ed ward V. Dargin, D.D. He serv- Tstf as'-SSsiStdht ‘At St. Teres- sa’s, Albany from June 1955 until November 1956. He was assistant pastor at Blessed Sacrament, Savannah from November 1956 until March 1957 when he was trans ferred to Our Lady of Lourdes, Por t Wentworth, as assistant pastor. He served as an assis tant at the Cathedral in Savan nah from August 1957 until July 11961 when he was named pastor |of St. Michael’s at Savannah “Beach, Rev. Herbert Wellmier was [ ordained May 26, 1956 by the then Archbishop Amleto Gio vanni Cicognani, Apostolic De legate to the United States. The I Ordination ceremony was held I at the Josephinum Pontificial ® College, Worthington, Ohio. I He has served as assistant gat the Cathedral of St. John the I Baptist and as Diocesan Direc tor of Youth. His Excellency Archbishop | John Krol, Archbishop of Phil adelphia has loaned Father Jo lt seph Gellispie to the Diocese ! of Savannah for two years. Fa rther Gellespie was ordained to y the priesthood in May 1956. i Prior to his appointment to (Savannah, Father Gellespie was assistant Pastor of St. Paul’s I Parish, Philadelphia, cardinals received several documents fromthe sacred con gregations of the Roman curia and the die of the papal seal from the Apostolic Chancery, It also received the seal which is a copy of that on the fisher man’s ring from the Office for Apostolic Briefs of the Papal Secretariat of State. The documents and seals were brought to the cardinals by Msgr. Federico Sargolini, a prelate of the Apostolic Cham ber, acting on behalf of Benedet to Cardinal Aloisi Masella, Chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church, who is in charge of the administration of the Church during the interregnum. The following day (June 7) the Vice Chamberlain, Arch bishop Luigi Centoz, also acting for Cardinal Aloisi Masella, took possession of the offices of the governor of Vatican City. Later in the day, Cardinal Aloi si Masella took possession of the papal summer residence at Castelgandolfo. In Nation’s Capital Committee To Fight Racial Prejudice WASHINGTON, (NC)~A group of religious leaders here has formed the Interreligious Committee on Race Relations to work for equality of oppor tunity for Negroes in a wide range of activities. Archbishop Patrick A. O’Boyle of Washington was named chairman of the 42- member committee. Methodist, Bishop John Wesley Lord, of the Washington area; Episcopal Bishop William F. Creighton of Washington; Rabbi Lewis A. Weintraub, Washington Board of Rabbis president, and Bishop Smallwood Williams of Bible Way Church Worldwide, are co- chairmen. Organization of the commit tee (June 5) is regarded as a first step at the local level in implementing the recommenda tions of the National Conference on Religion and Race held last January in Chicago, Archbishop O’Boyle said. The committee announced that it would attack racial dis crimination on four fronts— employment discrimination; housing; apprentice training, person-to-person communica tion and moral issues. Archbishop O’Boyle said “consideration is being given to an anti-discrimination clause which contractors and sub-con tractors would be required to include in all contracts with or ganizations represented on the committee.” The volume of construction involved, he said, would amount to about $40 million. In regard to housing, the Archbishop said that “sub* committees are being organiz ed to work with public housing authorities in the District, and with real estate brokers and other interested private groups, to help eliminate housing dis crimination and to increase the available supply of low cost housing for Negro families.” Bishop Creighton said the housing problem was ' ‘most im portant” because a “great many social problems are due to population concentration be cause of race.” In the field of apprentice Most Pure Heart of Mary Parish observes Pentecost Sunday.—(Sam Williams Photo) Parish Observes 1930th Anniversary Of Church THE BOY’S MEN’S AND BOYS’ APPAREL /cT / f )) ojjjL Jf Phone AM. 5-7446, Brunswick, Ga. GOULD MOTOR COMPANY Ford—F ale on— T-Bird SALES SERVICE 1608 - 12 NEWCASTLE STREET BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA - The Old Reliable for Over 44 Years - SAVANNAH—The lawn out side the church of The Most Pure Heart of Mary was the scene of a birthday party last Sunday—a party complete with a cake bearing the numerals 1930. Thus the parish celebrated the 1,930th year since the first Pentecost Sunday, traditionally the birthday of the Roman Ca tholic Church. It was on that day, fifty days after the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and ten days after his ascension into heaven that, under the inspira tion of the Holy Spirit, St. Pet er preached his first sermon and ‘ ‘they who received his word were baptized and there were added that day about three thousand souls.” The symbolic decorations of the huge birthday cake were explained by the Rev. John V. Mulvey, S.M.A., pastor of the parish this way. ‘ ‘The dove is a symbol of the Holy Spirit. It is shown emerging from an eq uilateral triangle, emblem of the Holy Trinity . Next to the cake was placed a seven- branch flaming candlestick, re calling the seven gifts of the Ho ly Spirit; Wisdom, Understand ing, Counsel, Fortitude, Know ledge , Piety, and Fear of the Lord.’ Mrs. Anglea Thompson, assisted by Miss Gloria Daniels, served the cake with tea in the recotry garden to the accompaniment of “Happy Birthday” wishes of children and grown-ups alike. 35 Graduate From Cathedral Day School SAVANNAH—Rt. Rev. Msgr. T. James McNamara was cele brant of a Mass for graduates and pupils of Cathedral Day School on Thursday morning, June 6th. Following the Mass, thirty- five pupils of the 8th grade graduated, receiving their ele mentary diplomas. Honor pupils of the graduat ing class were Mary Ann Mul ler, Paulette Kaluzne, Marie DiPietro, George Phillips and Larry Saunders. training, Archbishop O’Boyle stated the committee is co operating with the Department of Labor in its work with Wash ington construction trades to “develop opportunities for ap prentice training and merit pro motion for Negroes.” Bishop 1 Williams said the “dragging of feet” by unions to initiate an apprenticeship pro gram for Negro youths contri buted to a large number of drop-outs in the schools. Stu dents in vocational and trade schools become discouraged when they find the “door shut against them” in trade union ism, he said. Archbishop O’Boyle said a program of family visitations, in which white and Negro fami lies visit each other's homes and discuss problems of mutual interest also has been inaugu rated with "considerable pro mise.” Rabbi Weintraub noted that the “universally recognized ba sic foundation of prejudice is a lack of understanding between individuals.” The extent .of success achiev ed in the other fields in the fight against discrimination depends ' ‘on understanding between ra cial groups,” the Rabbi said. The best way to achieve this understanding, he said, is meet ing and discussing their pro blems in each other’s homes. Rabbi Weintraub said it is necessary to educate the con science of the people and imple ment the teaching with action. Archbishop O’Boyle said that discrimination is * ‘primarily a moral issue.” "Our solemn obligation un der God is to help those whose spiritual welfare has beai com mitted to our care to form a right conscience in the matter of justice and equal opportunity for their fellow Americans of the Negro race,” the Archbi shop said. And beyond justice, which can be a “very cold thing,” the Archbishop added, ' 'what is needed is charity.” The committee he said, “will endeavor to spotlight evidences of injustice wherever we may find them, confident that the great moral force represented in the right-thinking instinct of Americans will bring about their solution.” “To this end,” the Archbi shop said, " a number of clergy men on the committee have ex- Decency Legion Scores Movie Producers Group For Giving Approval Seal To ‘Cleopatra’ NEW YORK, (NC)—The Na tional Legion of Decency has charged that the Motion Picture Association of America “re grettably compromised its res ponsibilities to the motion pic ture public’ ’ by granding a Pro duction Code seal of approval to the widely publicized “Cleo patra” movie. The legion announced it has placed the fox multi-million dollar production which stars Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton and is scheduled for re lease this month in its Class B—“morally objectionable in part for all.” In its objection against the film, the legion stated: “This pretentious historical spectacle is seriously offensive to decen cy because of its continual emphasis upon immodest cos tuming throughout its four-hour running time. Boldly sugges tive posturing, dancing and sit uations compound the offense.” The legion observed: “It is also to be noted that the press, even of so-called family appeal, has for weeks attempted to con dition the public to expect lit tle of this film but sensational sex.’’ Filmed in Italy, “Cleopatra” is said to be the most expen sive movie in motion picture history. The United Artists' movie “Irma La Douce” also was placed in Class B by the le gion which characterized it as “a coarse mockery of virtue.” The legion also announced it had changed the classification of the Universal - International movie “Lancelot and Guine vere” from Class B to Class .A, Section 2—morally unobjec tionable for adults and adoles cents—“because of a substan- pressed the intention of de veloping sermon topics on the moral principles involved and their application.” The committee released the following statement of purpose: "Last January a great national Conference on Religion and Race was held in Chicago at tended by between eight and nine hundred delegates, both Negro and white, from practically all large religious bodies in the United States. The conference gave three main purposes for its convocation: 1) to educate “the consciences of all Ameri- tial change in the revised ver sion” of the film. The legion posted the follow ing objection to “Irma La Douce”: “Based on a stage production of the same title, this comedy is concerned with the subject of prostitution. In developing its story of the re demption of one particular prostitude, the film so concen trates upon the details of pros titution and upon suggestive - ness in costuming, dialogue and situations that it fails as a com edy and, as a consequence, tends to be a coarse mockery of vir tue.” Graduates Honored By Alumnae SAVANNAH — The fifty-two graduates of the Class of ’63 of St. Vincent’s Academy were honored by the Alumnae Asso ciation on Monday evening, May 27th, with a party in the court yard of the Academy. On the program was the in troduction of the graduates by Miss Mary Ellen Leonard, the senior class vice—president, and the crowning of the statue of Mary by the senior class president, Miss Anne Halligan. The graduates were welcomed into the Alumnae Association by Mrs. James F. Stafford and her daughter, Miss Kay Staf ford, responded for the Class of ‘63. Several musical num bers were rendered by the class accompanied by Mrs. Joseph Schreck. The installing of the officers of the Alumnae Association was conducted by Mrs. J. Arthur Kearney, past president. cans regarding the immorality of racial discrimination; 2) to exhort the representatives of the religious groups in atten dance to do all in their power to remove racial prejudice among their own constituents; 3) to determine what might be accomplished jointly by all local forces of religion uniting in the struggle to bring about racial justice, charity, and under standing. The Interreligious Committee on Race Relations has been established here in Washington to implement these objectives in our own communi ty.” Camp Villa Marie SAVANNAH, GEORGIA The Ideal Oatholic Camp BOYS AND GIRLS — SIX TO SEVENTEEN BOATING — SWIMMING — RED CROSS SWIMMING INSTRUCTIONS — ALL SPORTS — AIR RIFLERY — \ ARTS AND CRAFTS — DRAMATICS MOVIES — CAMP FIRES SISTERS — SEMINARIANS — MATURE STAFF — RESIDENT PRIEST DIRECTORS —ALL NEW FACILITIES — DISCOUNTS TO FAMILY GROUPS All Inclusive Fee S30 per Week One, two or three week registrations accepted. THREE EXCITING WEEKS July 21-27 (Visit of the King of Siam) July 28-Aug. 3 (Water Pageant Week) Aug. 4-10 (Kangaroo Court) FOR INFORMATION WRITE: FATHER COLEMAN, P. O. BOX 2227, SAVANNAH, GA. SPACE IS LIMITED - REGISTER NOW!