News Briefs
Diocesan Press Service. June 7, 1965 [XXXIII-8]
MISS McCAUSLAND, MRS. LALLY RETIRE
Two great ladies with a total of 99 years of service to the Episcopal Church as secretaries on the Executive Council staff retired on January first. At the time, they were honored in many ways by their associates but no public announcement was made.
Miss Maud McCausland retired after 47 years, having been secretary to four Presiding Bishops. Mrs. Johanna Lally had been secretary to the Secretary of the Executive Council and the General Convention for 52 years and for three different men.
Miss McCausland came to the Executive Council, which was called the Board of Missions and later the National Council, in 1917 to work in the department of publicity. As secretary to former Presiding Bishops Perry, Tucker, Sherrill, and Lichtenberger, she came to know hundreds of bishops, clergy and lay leaders throughout the Church.
Mrs. Lally, who had worked for the Rev. Dr. Franklin J. Clark, and the Rev. Canon C. Rankin Barnes, was to retire after 50 years with the Executive Council, but agreed to stay two years longer to assist the Rev. Canon Charles M. Guilbert, who became Secretary to the Council and the General Convention in 1961, through the 1964 Convention.
WASHINGTON CATHEDRAL OPENS RARE BOOK ROOM
One of the most modern book repositories in the world was opened to the public May 16, when Washington Cathedral dedicated its new Rare Book Library.
The library is given in memory of Arthur A. and Mabel H. Houghton and Alanson B. and Adelaide W. Houghton by their children. It will be used for research purposes by Scholars and to exhibit some of the rich heritage of Christian writing.