April 1930

Seagoe Parish Magazine.

APRIL, 1930

RECTOR :

Rev. Canon Archer, B.D., The Rectory, Seagoe,

LAY READER (Bishop's Licence) :

Mr. Robt. Cracey, 69 Bridge Street, Portadown.

Holy Week and Good Friday.

We are drawing near to the close of the season

of Lent and on Sunday (Palm Sunday), April 13th,

we enter upon Holy Week. At this solemn season

of the year the Church calls upon her members to

unite in recalling the Passion and Crucifixion of

our Lord. Step by step, as it were, we make our

way each day of the week towards Calvary, until

on Good Friday we .stand at the foot of the Cross.

It will be of great help to our people in realising

the greatness of the week 'if thy come to the Parish

Church each evening and quietly meditate upon the

subjects which will be brought before them. A

Service will be held on each evening of the week

at 8 p.m. On Monday, April 14th, Rev. H. S. Grubb,

Pioneer Missionary in Chile, South America, will

preach.

Good Friday,

11.30 a.m.—Morning Prayer and Litany.

8 p.m.—Evening Prayer and Sermon.

The Offerings on Good Friday will be given to

the Jews' Society.

Easter Day,

8 a.m.—Holy Communion.

11.30 a.m.—Morning Prayer, Sermon and Holy Communion.

7 p.m.—Evening Prayer and Sermon.

On Easter Day the offerings at all Services will be

on behalf of our Parochial Sunday School Fund.

The call of Easter should sound a loud in the ears

Of our people. It is the summons to a higher life,

the life of victory over sin and death. There is a

note of triumph in our Easter Services with their

bright music, joyous hymns and stirring messages

Of hope. Many will kneel at the Holy Table to taste

afresh . the Sacred Food until He comes again.

The Easter Vestry

The Easter Vestry for Seagoe Parish will be held

D.V. on Thursday, April 24th, in Seagoe School at

8 p.m. A full attendance of the Registered General

Vestry of the Parish is requested. At the Easter

Vestry Churchwardens are nominated and elected

the ensuing year, a new Select Vestry is elected,

also new Sidesmen. A statement of the Financial

Position of the Parish is also made by the Hon.

Treasurer.

Sympathy

We express our deep sympathy with Mr. and Mrs.

Boyce and their family on the death at the early

age of .six years of their little daughter, Florence

Lilian; after a brief illness.

The Grove Field

A circular with accompanying envelope has been

sent to the Parishioners by the Select Vestry

inviting subscriptions to cover the purchase of the

Grove Field. It is very important that the cost of

the purchase of the field should be raised without

delay. The amount required is £150, and if every

Parishioner gives something towards it it will soon

be raised. Some may wish to give their subscription

in instalments by the week or month, and if

they mention this to the collectors when they call

it can easily be arranged. The collectors will call

for the envelopes during April. Please have the

envelope ready with your subscription in it. The

collectors who kindly undertake the work of getting

in the envelopes have a difficult task and you

can make it much lighter if you have the envelope

ready.

Seagoe Mothers' Union

This month the Mothers' Union will attend the

special Lent Service in the Parish Church on

Wednesday, April 9th, at 8 p.m. It 'is hoped that every

member will be present.

Mrs. Scott, of Seagoe, attended the Central meeting

of the Mothers' Union held in Belfast on March

12th, and kindly sends us the following account of

the proceedings:—

A meeting of the Mothers' Union was held on

Wednesday„ 'the 12th March, 1930, in All Saints'

Parochial Hall, University Avenue, Belfast. At this

meeting an interesting and instructive address was

given by Mrs. Chitty, of Mary Sumner House, London.

The speaker was to have been Mrs. Maude

(late Central Secretary, Mary Sumner House, London),

who was unable to be present owing to illness.

Mrs. Chitty's address was based mainly on the

second Object of the Union, viz., Training applied to

Children's Education, Training of the mind, the instinct,

and the body. Training of the spirit left to

the Mothers; the final training of the spirit to be

the care of the clergy. The child's first prayer

to be taught, by the mother, and this to be The

Lord's Prayer. This prayer links us directly with

God. We mothers are to teach our children to pray

and to help them to build up their prayers. She

next referred to Confirmation, and here the mothers

are to help their children to keep the promises

made. The next heading of her address was "The

Communion," and she advised all parents to go with

their children to their first Communion. The words

must" and " want" are not in the rules, but “ I

ought." Mothers are to make Sunday the brightest

day of the week for their children—a day of joy

and gladness, that they shall always look back to

as they grow up to manhood and womanhood.

Why is the Mothers' Union bound up in one Union,

because it is the Motherhood of the Great Nation

to be. Union means binding having the same interests.

The Mothers' Union was started over half

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a century ago, and there are over half million

of members in the Union. At 12 0'clock a.m. the

Mothers' Union Prayer is prayed by all those engaged

in the work of Mary Sumner House, and some

one branch of the Union is mentioned daily in their

prayers. In the Mary Sumner House there is a

comfortable sitting room, where mothers can go in and

rest, also a lending library of 10,000 books suitable

for men, women and children. A box containing

16 books can be had for three months by any of

the branches of the Union for two shillings and

sixpence. After the address a delightful tea was

provided by the ladies in charge.

At this meeting there were books for sale, Bible

stories, painting books and cardboard models of the

Mary Sumner House.

The large hall was filled with mothers representing

many of the Parishes in the Diocese.

Seagoe G.F.S.

The members of the G.F.S. will together attend

the Service to be held in the Parish Church on the

Thursday in Holy Week, April 17th. It is also hoped

that the members will attend the early celebration

(8 a.m.) on Easter Day. During the months of May

to October it is suggested that the members should

meet once each month.

Seagoe Parish Almanac.

You are looking at the Parish Almanac from day

to day as it looks down on you from its place on

the wall. There is a nice text for Holy Week—"Take

up 'the Cross and follow me." You have, of course,

read the letter signed by the Rector, "The Upward

Path," and the verses " To Myself," also the "Sunday

in a sentence," " How to Win Hearts," and the

quaint little " Early or Late." The nice bright pictures

have gladdened your eye—The Joyous Upward Path,

Grandfather's Holiday, and First Aid.

Perhaps you can find out amongst the texts for each

day the text " Feed my lambs," and somewhere else

the words " Seeking God everywhere."

Our Summer Migrants

Our summer migrants will soon be with us. We

wonder who in the Parish will be the first to hear

the cuckoo and corncrake or to see the swallow.

We will be glad to publish the name and date if

sent in time for the next Magazine.

The first swallow usually arrives about April 11th,

the corncrake a few days later, and the cuckoo about April

17th, but of course the dates vary from year to year.

Death of Mr. Gillespie

is with much regret that we announce the death

last month of Mr. Gillespie, who for the past 17

years has acted as stationmaster at Portadown. He

was very popular with everyone and was most careful

and efficient in the discharge of his duties. We

sympathise very sincerely with the members of his

family in their sorrow.

Twenty Five Years Ago

As the Magazine is now in its 25th year we think

it will interest our readers if we print each month

some brief extracts from the Magazine of that date,

and so we begin this month with notes taken from

the Magazines for January, February, March and

April of 1906.

JANUARY, 1906.

The Churchwardens were Mr. John Montgomery,

of Levaghery, and Mr. Joseph Murray, of Ballynery.

The Rev. John Taylor, B.A., was Curate. The opening

sentence is—" We start this year a new Parish

Magazine, and we are very anxious that, all our

Parishioners should become subscribers." There are

notes on the Men's Recreation Rooms in Bridge St.,

Hacknahay Sunday School, and on the Sustentation

Fund, also some brief Old Seagoe Notes.

FEBRUARY, 1906.

Captain Gaskell, with his Church Army van, is

coming to the Parish on March 1st.

On Feb. 21st the Rector gave. a lecture on

" A Holiday in Norway."

Wm. J. Currie had sold 96 copies of the

January Magazine in Edenderry and is duly

commended. Mrs. Ruck, of Peacefield distributed time

prizes in Seagoe Sunday School. The Bible Classes

are studying "The Christian Year." There was a

"talk" on " Free Trade" in the Men's Recreation

Room. Young men are asked to enrol in the General

Vestry. There are also some Notes on Old Seagoe.

MARCH, 1906.

The Farewell Address from the Parish to the late

Dean Dawson, and his reply are printed in the

March Magazine. The congregations in the Parish

Church have been large but the offertories very

small. A hope is expressed that the latter will be

increased. The death of Mr. John Montgomery, pf

High St., is noted with deep regret. Social meetings

in Drumgor Church Hall and Carne Church

Hall are reported. Notes on Townland names are inserted.

APRIL, 1906.

The Joy of Easter is referred to in the opening

note. There are 2 Baptisms, 2 marriages and 7

burials recorded. The annual excursion is fixed for

June 7th to Newcastle. A Service of Song, " The

Lion hearted Bishop" is announced for April 19th.

Church Attendance Cards have been issued in the

Sunday Schools. Mr. Wilson Irwin read a paper

at the Rev. J. Taylor's Bible Class in Carne on

" Inspiration." Miss Connor takes the G.F.S. Candidates

on Saturdays. Alick Steenson won a silver medal

in a five mile race run by the Seagoe Harriers club.

The Musical Festival

The Musical Festival in Portadown held last week

was very interesting and well attended. Several of our

Seagoe young people competed and distinguished

themselves. The Festival is a great encouragement

to the cultivation of music of a high class, which

is a great refining and civilising influence in 'the

community.

Summer Time

Please remember that Summer Time comes into

force on Sunday, April 13th (Palm Sunday).

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Service of Song

On Thursday, March 13, a Service of Song, "Peter

the Little Mediator," was given in Seagoe School

in aid of the funds of Seagoe Sunday School. There

was a large attendance and much interest was

taken in the story of little Peter, the crippled boy.

The music was sung by a large choir and was

interspersed with solos and duets, which were very

effective. Mr. R. Gracey read the story part with much

feeling, and Mr. Isaac Clayton with Mr. Scott, had

charge of, the lantern. Miss Isa Best played

the accompaniments. At the close the Rector

expressed the thanks of the audience to all who had

so kindly assisted in getting up the entertainment.

S.A.M.S.

Boxes – Miss Calvert, 15s 6d; Miss A. Guy: 5s; Mrs.

Lewie, 10s; Miss S. Montgomery, 5s 11d; Mrs.

M'Dougall, 6s 6d; Miss Jane Porter, 3s ; Miss Sarah

Price, 6s 9d; Miss Reid, 10s; Mrs. Walker, 3s.—

£3 5s 9d. Collection at Hacknahay, 10s 7d. Miss

Atkinson's card, £5 10s 6d. Total—£10 15s 10d

Sunday School Conference

We direct the attention of our Sunday School

Teachers to the following announcement:—

A Central Conference for Lurgan and the neighbouring

Parishes will be held in the Parochial Hall,

Lurgan, on Thursday, April 10th, at 8 p.m. The

Rev. A. Langford Jones, M.A., of St. Christopher's

College, London, will give Lectures on

(1) The Approach to the Child Mind; (2) How to make

our Religious Teaching more effective. Teachers, parents,

and others interested in education are cordially invited

to be present. Mr. Langford Jones is an expert in his

subject and his visit ought to be very helpful.

Jews' Society

1929 Collection for Church Mission to the Jews—

Secretary, Miss Halliday. Boxes Miss Nellie

Montgomery, £l; Mr. Arthur Allen, 16/5; Miss

Woolsey, 13/4; Miss Gretta Atkinson, 13/1; Mrs.

Arthur Allen, junr., 12/-; Mrs. Hynes, senr., 10/-;

Miss Florrie Hynes, 10/-; Miss Amy Cox, 7/5; Mrs.

Napier, 7/-; Mrs. Joe Hynes, 6/-; Master Harry Hynes,

Mrs. Arthur Allen, senr., 5/10; Mrs. Reid, 5/4;

Mrs. Robt. Magee, 4/4; Mrs. R. H. Porter, 3/10; Mr.

J Walker, 3/4; Mrs. R. Hoy, Mrs. Flannigan,

Mrs. J. Shanks, 2/10; Mrs. W. Neill, 2/6; Mr. J.

Lavery, 2/2; A Friend, 1/10. Subscriptions—Miss

Arnrstrong, Q; Miss Halliday, Q; A Friend, £1; Miss

E. Halliday, 10/-; Mrs. Vance, 5/-. Total, £13 15s l1d.

Concert in Drumgor

A grand concert will be given in Drumgor Church

Hall on Tuesday, April 29th, at 8 p.m., in aid of

Dnmgor Sunday School funds.

Levaghery School

Substantial additions are being made to Levagnery

School. A second storey is being built over the

ground floor room and this will add materially to

the size of the upper schoolroom.

Parish Register for March

Marriage.

Vennard and Craig—April 3rd, Janjes Vennard of Edenderry, to Minnie Craig, of Edenderry.

Burials.

Gardner—Morell 3rd, James Gardner, of Levaghery, aged 79 years.

Boyce—March 4th, Florence Lilian Boyce, of Bocombra, aged 6 years.

Interred at Donaghcloney.

Carville—March 5th, Solomon Carville, late of Drumnagoon, aged 50 years.

Boyd—March 27th, Mary Margaret Boyd, of Foundry St., formerly of Lurga:n, aged 79 years.

Interred at Drumcree.

Death of Mr, W. H. Atkinson

We record with much regret the death at " Clarisford,"

last month, of Mr. Wm. H'. Atkinson. Mr.

Atkinson was very popular in Seagoe Parish, where

he had resided for many years. His genial manner

and his Kindness towards everyone endeared him

to everyone. He was always greatly interested in

Seagoe Magazine and read it almost from its first

publication. Old Seagoe Notes were of special

interest to him. He was greatly attached to the

Church and her worship and never was absent from

the House of Prayer, even when attendance there

meant a severe physical effort and strain. Our

sympathy goes out to Mrs. Atkinson in her

bereavement. It is some years since Mr. and Mrs. Atkinson

celebrated their golden wedding. Mr. Atkinson was

interred in Drumcree graveyard.

Acknowledgement

The Rector acknowledges with many thanks the

receipt of £1 from an anonymous donor for the

Russian Academy of Theology in Paris. He has

forwarded the amount to Major Tudor Pole, the

Treasurer of the Fund, and has received a receipt.

Prize Distribution.

Carne and Levaghery held their Sunday School

prize distributions last month. At both centres

there was a crowded attendance and much enthusiasm.

A special feature at Levaghery was the

Christmas Tree, from which every child received a

welcome gift.

Thanks

Miss Norah Montgomery wishes to thank the members

of Seagoe Choir for the kind way in which

they received her on her return from Canada and

for the very pleasant social at which they entertained her.

Choir Social

A Farewell Social was held last month by the

Choir in Seagoe School to bid goodbye to James

Ruddell on his departure for the United States. They

presented him with a handsomely bound Bible. Mr.

Ruddell thanked the choir very heartily for their

kind gift.

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From Seagoe to Melbourne

Sunday, 14th duly—We have breakfast usual time.

Then have church service at 10-45 a.m., and have a

good attendance, as most Church people observe Sunday.

We then have a service at 6-30 p.m. After this

we have a walk round before going to bed. We see

the Southern Cross tonight. Clocks go on 10 minutes.

Monday, 15th July-—The sea fairly smooth today,

but it gets much cooler, so we have plenty of sports.

One of my cabin mates gets into final of the deck

quoits and gets second prize. We cross the Equator

at noon. We have pictures from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.,

then get off to bed. Clocks go on 15 minutes.

Tuesday, 16th July.—We start off today with deck

quoits. This proves a very exciting game as we have

quite a lot of professionals. The prizes for all the

Monday, 22nd July—We get up at 7-30 a.m. and

have medical inspection at 10-30 a.m. by the ship's

doctor. This is always before the ship enters first

Australian port. It's an examination of hands and

eyes. All passengers and crew must attend. It takes

2 ½ hours for this. There is not much sports today

as quite a lot of passengers are getting off at Fremantle

tomorrow. The weather is much cooler now.

It gets dark at 6 p.m. Clocks go on 23 minutes.

Tuesday, 23rd duly—We have quarantine inspection

at 6-30 a.m. this morning. This lasts until 8-30 a.m.

After this we move into port. About 39 domestic

girls get off here and all get work. We make a trip

to Perth; this is about 10 miles from Fremantle, and

costs 2/- return by 'bus. It's a very nice place and

very interesting. There is no level crossing gates on

the railway here same as we have at home. If you

are crossing the railway with a car you have got to

look out for yourself. After having spent a really

good day we started back for the boat at 4-30 p.m.

and arrived at Freemantle at 5-15 p.m., and we sailed

again at 6 p.m. All the passengers that got off came

and gave us a good send off. This is all today, so

we get to bed early.

Wednesday, 24th July—Off Cape Leenwin at 6 a.m.

sports will be presented tater on by the second officer,

We put. clocks on 15 minutes.

Wednesday, 17th July—We have a big sports programme

today, first a potato race, next a three

legged race. then a sack race. Then we have tug of

war for English and Scotch girls. The English team

win this. Then the Irish team pull against English

but get beaten. Then we have the finals of all sports

that were held in the morning. Then we have a

concert at 8 p.m. given by the Australian house party

of girls. Programme—Two songs by six Irish girls,

all wearing Shamrock, Highland dance by Scotch

girls, chorus, "John Peel " with pony trot dance,

monologue, "Jules uses the phone," duet, sailor's

hornpipe and song, sketch, Home at last," Scotch

girls, song, recitation, Irish girl, song, A dance

Nebraska, recitation, "High tide," Highland dance.

finale, Chorus by trainees from Australian domestic

raining School, Leicesiershire.

This finishes the day. Clocks go on 14 minutes

Thursday, 18th July—We start sports at 9-30 a.m.

First we have wheelbarrow race, then thread the

needle race. Next we, have putting the tail on the

pig blindfolded, a very exciting game. We get some

rain so this spoils our sports for today. We get to

bed usual time. Clocks go on 14 minutes.

Friday, 19th July—We have a death in first class

this morning, a girl 14 years. She is buried at sea

this morning at 8 a.m. The ship stops before the

body is lowered. We get some very heavy showers

today. We have a fancy dress ball at 8 p.m. After

this we have a dance until 11 p.m., so we get to bed

late. We put the clock on 15 minutes.

Saturday, 20th July—Get up at 7-30 a.m. Have

breakfast. Play deck quoits until 11-30. Have some

other games until evening. Then we have a distribution

of prizes for the fancy dress—about 30 in all.

My cabin mate gets a pipe for being second in quoits.

After this we have some songs, etc. We put clocks

on 16 minutes.

Sunday, 21st July—We have Church service at 10-45

a.m. and have a good attendance. The Psalms are

chanted same as at home, and the Chief Officer takes

the service. We have also a service in the music

room at 6-30 p.m. This finishes the day. Clocks go

on 30 minutes.

We are getting a heavy swell just now, as we are

getting near the great Australian Bight. We are

getting at an angle of from 25 to 35 degrees; a lot of

people sick. We enter Bight at 6 p.m. and get tossed

about fairly well; it is very hard to walk about at

times. Clocks go on 30 minutes.

Thursday, 25th July—Get up as usual 7-30 a.m.;

have a walk round. There is not much to do today

as the weather is quite cold now, so everyone keeps

down below. We are now about halfway through

the Bight and the ship is still rolling about. Clocks

go on 30 minutes.

Friday, 26th July—We again have medical inspection

first thing this morning by the ship's doctor.

This only takes about one hour. Then we have our

usual sports. We pass a sister ship The Ormonde

at 11 a.m. We get a message from her that her

windows have been smashed in the music and smoke

room owing to the rough sea. We have a dance

from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. This finishes the day.

clocks go on 20 minutes.

Saturday, 27th duly—We arrived at Adelaide at 8

a.m. The weather is fine, so after breakfast we get

ashore. It is about 16 miles to the City by train; the

fare is 1/4 return. But the trains are very poor. The

seats are cane bottomed and are very hard. The first

class is worse than our third at home, and you have

a stop about every 2 ½ miles. We arrive at Adelaide

at 11-30 a.m., and visit the Botanic Gardens. This

would take a day to go round it all. There is a

cactus plant here only blooms once in one hundred

years. There were quite a lot of names carved on

this, so I added mine to the list. We leave here at

4-30 and arrive in Port Adelaide at 5-45 p.m. The

boat leaves at 6 p.m. for Melbourne, so we do nothing

more today. We put the clock on 15 minutes.