Bishop Buddy Scrapbook 1941-1945

THE SAN DIECO UNION: MONDAY MORNINC, 'AUC. 16, 1943

Blood Donor Center Inspected at Opening

Says U. S. Became

"Nation of Warriors"

After Pearl Harbor San Diego, Jan. 5.-(. ',C.)-"When : the welfare and protection of the na- 1; tion require it, men have the solemn duty to mobilize their possessions and every fiber of strength that is in ! . them t_o repel force with force, to de- ) fend rights which demand the inter- ' vention of arms, to safeguard the : God-given liberty of a free people, to ' compel respect for nations who want to live in peace." . This was the message of the Most 1 R~v. Charles F . Buddy, Bishop of San 1' Diego, to throngs of military person- nel of posts in this area, gathered for the first Solemn Military Mass ever celebrated within the walls of I St. Joseph's Cathedral. 1 Bishop Buddy presided in the sanc- tuary and preached the sermon at the Mass, which was celebrated by the I , Rev. Kenneth G. Stack, United , States Army Chaplain at nearby · ~amp Calla~. Many high army of- I ficers were m the congregation. l "Our armed defenders have known t how to fight their battles and they fought them well," Bishop Buddy said. "In four bloody ordeals the brave united Americans proved their capacity for war. I "We were always a peace-loving I , people, but guarded jealously the heritage of freedom bequeathed to us by our sturdy ·forebears. In the wars of the past our raw recruits did 11ot learn military tactics in a techni- cal school, but they learned them in the school of the treachery of our enemies. "Witness how the cowardly and un- hera lded attack on Pearl Harbor has turned a peace-loving nation into a nation of warriors."

I: I~ Dr, Robert Alan Hicks (left), medical director of the new San Diego blood donor center, and Miss 1 Margaret Price. administrative director, show some ot the center equipment to the Most Rev. Charles 1 2'] Francis Buddy, D. D., bishop of the San Diego diocese, and to Mrs, Henry B. Clark, (right) in charge r of center recruiting.

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Vol. XXX. No. 34.

Official Organ of the Diocese of San Diego, California, Friday, August 20,

f Blood Donor · Center Opens ( Continued from Page 1) tion, through financial gifts of its members, had made a substantial contribution to the center. Lyman said that the center, which o will open for blood donations at 9 s this morning, is the thirty-fourth - in the United States and will be e called upon to supply a liberal - amount of blood to be processed into plasma for shipment to the armed t forces, whose men are being saved daily by plasma furnished by the other 33 centers. The chapter chairman thanked j particularly several of those who :i have taken roles of leadership in making the center a reality. He included Mrs. Henry B. Clark, who has been busy acquainting the va- y rious organizations of the city with e the need for blood donors; Miss Margaret Price, administrative di- rector of the center and Lt. Comdr. Robert Alan Hicks (MC), U.S.N.R., medical director of the center.

San Diego Striving For Plasma Quota Set For Red .Cross His Excellency, Bishop of San Diego, Among First to Donate Blood. Diocesan Employees, Parishioners Urged to Follow. The San Diego Red Cross blood donor service opened to. a full hoi1se on Monday, August 16, with representatives from every .valk of life in the city giving their blood for a common cause: to save the wounded and dying of this World War. On the day preceding, Red Cross officials of the San Diego chapter and the blood donor service had officially opened the

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Center to public inspection. Short dedicatory ceremonies were held to which were invited the command- ing officers and senior medical officers of all army and navy camps and stations in the San Diego area. Captain H. S. Dyer (ChC) USN, opened the ceremonies with prayer, dedicating the Center to the alleviation of suffering. State and local officers of the Daughters of llie American Revo- lution were present when the State regent, Mrs. Frank E. Lee, presented General Charles H. Ly- man, chapter chairman, with a check to be applied on equipment for the center. The first donations at nine o'clock Monday morning were made by bembers of the D A R and Red Cross Yolunteers and staff. I At ten-twenty Mayor Harley E. Knox and members of the city

council set the example for other city employees when they came in to donate as a group. Mayor Knox recently announced tllat city em- ployees were authorized time off to donate blood. At eleven-twenty the Most Rev- •1 eren_d Charle~ Francis Buddy ga~e

J:Secween twelve-forty and one-

forty, forty-eight members of the a pmt of his blood to start its congregation of the Mission Hills long journey to the veins of a Church of the Latter Day Saints wounded soldier, sailor or marine. and their pastor, Bis'hop Hawkins' I After setting the example him- occupied every table of the dono; j self, His Excellency urged young room. I and old to present themselves to I F1ourteen members of the Navy the Bl~od Bank. All employees of Mothers Club, recruited by their the Diocesan ~hancery, ~outhern president, Mrs. Gerald Kick, gave Cro$s, Catholic Cemetenes and blood in honor of their Navy sons. Catholic Welfare Offices will be Of all the donations of blood granted two days absence with ' given .the first day, none was made full pay should they desire to with more sincerity than that donate their pint of blood. given by Mrs. Hazel Holland of Judge Gordon Thompson of the oceanside who, in asking for an Superior Court and Frank Grue- appointment for August 16, wrote: bele, clerk of the Superior Court, j "That is mv boy's twentv-thirr.l had noon-time appointments. , ,... , . · •