Feburary 1914

Seagoe Parish Magazine.

FEBRUARY, 1914

Parish At Home.

ON Thursday, Feb 12th, a Parish " At Home "

will (D.v.) be held in Seagoe Parochial

School. The object of the " At Home " is

to bring the Parishioners together in

a sociable way. The Parishioners have very few

The opportunities of meeting each other.

congregations which gather each Sunday in the

Parish Church are of course drawn from the whole

Parish, but the Church is not merely a body of

worshippers, but it should also be a body of people

united in friendly and social intercourse. Many of

our people meet in the Markets on Saturdays in

Portadown, but on such occasions we meet each

other as fellow-citizens or fellow-countrymen, but

when we all meet in the School on February 12th,

we will meet as members of the ancient Church of

Ireland, and as parishioners of the Parish of Seagoe.

The new Schoolroom will be inaugurated at the

At Home " and it will provide a large additional

space for this interesting gathering of Parishioners

A committee of Ladies has been formed and also a

Programme Committee, and a Decoration Committee

to arrange the details of the meeting. The Tickets

are Sixpence each. Young people under the age of

16 are not admitted unless accompanied by their

parents. We especially invite to this At Home

the heads of households. There are 672 separate

church families in the Parish and we expect each

family to be represented at the " At Home."

Messrs. Birrell and Fawcett's Concert Party from

Belfast have been engaged for the evening. They

give a first-rate entertainment, consisting of Dialogues,

Instrumental Items, Recitals, Costume Songs, etc.,

which will provide a specially attractive Programme.

A Musical Evening,

A very pleasant Musical Evening was given by the

Committee of the Seagoe Literary and Debating

Society, on Tuesday evening, January 20th, in

Edenderry Hall. The appearance of the Hall had

been quite transformed by the decorative efforts of the

lady members. The introduction of small tables and

a tasteful arrangement of ' screens and floral

decorations were very effective in getting rid of the

stiffness and formality which sometimes characterise

such gatherings. A carpet along the centre of .the

Hall added greatly to the comfort and homeliness

of the occasion. A high-class Programme was given

after tea, and each item was excellently rendered.

At the close of the evening a hearty vote of thanks

was passed to the many kind friends who had assisted

n the success of the Meeting.

Offertories for January.

Sundays Mornings £6 4 11

Evenings 1 10 3

Week days 0 10 6

£8 5 8

On January 11th, the Collections for Foreign

Missions amounted to £2 18s 3d.

PARISH REGISTER, January, 1914

Marriages.

" As for me and my house we will serve the Lord. "

Cloughley and Callison—January 7th, 1914, William Cloughley, of Glasgow

to Margaret Callison, of Edenderry.

Montieth and Montgomery—January 21 st, 1914, at St. Columba's Church, Knock, Belfast, James

Monteith, of Lisburn, to Marion, eldest daughter of T J. Montgomery, Portadown.

Death.

McDowell—December 23rd, 1914, at South Fort George Hospital, British Columbia

Alexander, son of Thomas M'Dowell, of Killicomaine, aged 30 years.

Burials.

" Till the Day break."

Fleming—January 17th, Mary Jane Fleming, of Carrickblacker Road, aged 73 years.

Watters—January 18th, William John Watters, of Belfast, aged 72 years.

Bullick—January 23rd, Richard William Bullick, of Kernan, aged 95 years,

M 'Crory—January 28th, Alice (Elsie) M 'Crory, of Edenderry, aged 10 years.

Richard William Bullick died in the Infirmary, Lurgan, on January 23rd. He had for many years

acted as gateman for the G.N.R. at Seagoe Crossing

until some years ago, when through advancing years

he had to retire. He retained all his powers of mind

and body unimpaired up to within a week of his

death. He was the oldest inhabitant of Seagoe

Parish, having entered his 96th year. We here

print the record of his Baptism taken from the

Baptismal Registers of the Parish. 1819—January

24th, Richard William, son of Jacob and Jean

Bullock, Drumnagoon. " He was a most respectable

and industrious old man, sober and God-fearing, and

by his death an interesting link with the long past is

broken.

SEAGOE PARISH MAGAZINE.

Band of Hope.

The monthly meeting of the above was held in the

Edenderry Parochial Hall, on Friday evening,

January 23rd. The Rev. G. Bloomer presided, and

the attendance was large. The following programme

was gone through :—Chorus, Ireland's a mighty

place," by the Band of Hope Choir ; Recitation, " The

Rose Girl," May Best; Trio and Solo, " The Social

Glass," Martin, Teenie Flannigan, Sam Magee,

and the Choir ; Recitation, "A Chapter of Accidents,"

Dorothy Stevenson ; Solo, " Right men are wanted,"

Sarah Coulter ; Dialogue, "An Unwelcome Visitor,"

Hannah Johnston and Teenie Flannigan ; Dialogue,

An Awful Example," Anna Killow and Emily Cox;

Recitation, Martha M 'Crory; Quartette, Teenie

Flannigan, Maggie Rainey, Minnie Watson and

Edith Haire ; Recitation, Dorothy Stevenson

Dialogue, " Reforming a Mistress," Sarah Martin and

Olive Gibson. Mrs. Stevenson kindly trained the

Choir and played the accompaniments. During an

interval in the programme a spirited and instructive

address was given by Mr. J. J. Dobson. The meeting

closed with the Benediction, pronounced by the

Chairman.

A School Afternoon.

The Very Rev. C. T. P. Grierson, B.D.. Dean of

Belfast, has kindly consented to open the newly

built Class Room in Seagoe School, on Monday,

February 9th, at 3-30 p.m. The addition of this

room is a notable event in the history of Seagoe

School. It will give accommodation for 80 additional

pupils, beside providing extra space for special

classes. Cards of invitation are being issued for the

Opening Ceremony, to which all interested in the

welfare of the School are heartily invited.

Mr. J, J. Dobson,

Mr. J. J. Dobson was instituted as a Lay Reader for

Seagoe Parish by the Bishop of Down, on Monday,

January 1 9th, in the Diocesan Rooms, Belfast, and

received the Bishop's Licence to act as such in the

Parish. We congratulate Mr. Dobson on this

recognition of his work by the Bishop of the

Diocese.

Death of Mr, Ruck,

Many of our readers will regret to hear of the

death of Mr. Ruck, who resided at Peacefield, in this

Parish, for several years, and who attended Seagoe

Parish Church very regularly while here. He passed

away so long ago as July 7th, 1913, at Barnswood

near Gloucester, after a few weeks illness from

bronchitis and heart failure. Mr. Ruck was of a

kindly and generous disposition, and was greatly

interested in the welfare of the Parish and neighbourhood.

We offer our sincere sympathy to Mrs. Ruck.

Since Mr. Ruck's death she has been residing at

Hollingshill Lodge, Mathon, near Malvern, Herefordshire.

Seagoe National School.

The Government Inspector, Mr. Thomas Carroll,

inspected Seagoe School, on Thursday and Friday,

January 29th and 30th.

The Inspection was very

searching and thorough. He expressed himself well

pleased with the New Class Room and Out offices and

with the general arrangements of the School. His

Report on the result of his Examination of the

Scholars has not been issued, but we believe that

good progress has been made during the year and a

high degree of efficiency attained,

Presentation to Mr. Nicholas England, Jun.

The members of Seagoe Choir held a Social on

Monday, January 26th, in Seagoe School. There

was a, full attendance, and a very pleasant evening

was spent. The chief feature of the evening was

Presentation to Mr. Nicholas England, Jun., on the

occasion of his recent marriage. The Rector, who

presided, spoke in high terms of Mr. England whose

example as most regular worshipper in his Parish

Church, and as a Communicant, had been an inspiration

and a help to all who knew him. The Presentation

took the form of a Box of Cutlery. Unfortunately

Mr. England, who is at present working on the

Queen's Island, Belfast, was unable to be present, and

so the Rector handed the gift to Mr. Thos. England.

The good wishes of all present were bestowed upon

Mr. and Mrs. England that God's blessing might rest

upon them through their future life. A letter was

read from Mr. England apologising for his absence,

thanking the choir for their kind present, and ex-

pressing the hope that “ the Choir, which I was

always proud to belong to, will go on prospering in

the future as it has done in the past."

Nature Notes.

It seems as if this would be an unusually early

spring. The buds are indeed already breaking on the

trees, and the song of birds is in the air. We will

soon see the pale yellow primroses rearing their

pretty blooms in hedgerow and field. There are two

kinds of Primroses. One has long stamen the top

of which can easily be seen when looking at the

hollow centre of the flower. The other- kind has a

short stamen which can only be seen if the flower be

torn asunder, No one has ever explained the cause

of this curious difference, Even Botanists are

puzzled by it.

The Cowslip is another welcome spring flower, and

is, we are glad to say, becoming quite common in the

neighbourhood. We should encourage its growth as

it is a very graceful and fragrant flower. A package

of cowslip seed scattered broadcast over your field

will produce next spring many clusters of golden bells.

An interesting spring study is that of noting the

primary or first leaves of seedlings. They are often

quite different from the later foliage and are designed

by the Author of Nature to be a shield or protection

for the natural leafage of the plant.

SEAGOE PARISH MAGAZINE.

ITEMS.

The Rev. W. T. Grey writes from Japan to say

that he is not returning home for at least another

year.

The Rector acknowledges, with thanks, the receipt

of two copies of St. John's Parish Magazine, Detroit,

Michigan, U.S.A , from Mrs. Robert Pepper (Miss

Sarah Malcomson.)

She writes—" This is a, very nice Church, with a

nice surpliced choir, and an attendance of fifteen

hundred worshippers It is the largest Episcopal

Church in Detroit."

There are about twenty other Episcopal Churches ;

they are all nice, but there is no place like the old

Home and the Old Church with the Ivy hanging

round the door. I will close wishing you and Seagoe

God Speed."

The new Seagoe Sunday School Calendar contains

52 Questions on " The Jewish Sabbath and the

Christian Sunday."

The large Carpet used In Edenderry Parochial

Hall at the Literary Society's Conversazione was the

Carpet used by the King whenever he comes to

Dublin.

The Sunday Morning Bible Classes have all

recently increased in numbers. The members of

Seagoe Girls' Bible Class recently had a pleasant

'Social gathering, on the kind invitation of Mr. S. R.

Chambers, their Teacher.

The Rev. W. R. Crichton, M.A , Assistant Secretary

of the Jews Society, delivered two very interesting

Lectures in Drumgor and Hacknahay on Wednesday,

January 28th and Thursday, January 29th. There

were large attendances on both occasions who much

enjoyed the Lectures, and were glad again to hear

and see an old friend and former Curate of the

Parish.

Mrs. MacMullan, of Drumgor, continues to make

slow but sure progress towards recovery.

A C.M.S. Study Circle Conference has been arranged

for Wednesday, February 11th, at 3.15 p.m.,

in the Anchor Cafe, Edenderry, to meet Rev. W. H.

Murray Walton, C. M.S S.C Secretary from London.

There will be afternoon Tea. A collection will be

made.

We congratulate the Footballers of Edenderry on

organising a Club on Total Abstinence principles.

This is, we believe, the first Club of its kind in Ireland

The Rector has been elected President. We

predict for our Total Abstinence players a successful

future. Drink and gambling are the twin evils of

the day. They are destructive of true sport.

Mr. E, A. Atkinson, of the Irish Temperance

League, Belfast, opened the Debate on " Local

Option," in the Literary and Debating Society, on

Tuesday, October 3rd. There were no less than sixteen

speakers in the Debate, a good proof of the interest

which the Society is creating. A member

of the U. D.C. was present.

It is time "Local Option" became a, living issue in our Temperance

Programme.

Bible Class Social

The Annual Bible Class Social will be held

(D.v.) on Shrove Tuesday, February 24th, in

Edenderry Parochial Hall.

Tea at 7-30 p.m.

Tickets—Sixpence each. Only Members of the Bible

Classes are admitted to this Social.

Hymns for February.

FEB 8th—M., 467, 516, 541, 472.

E., 275, 254, 277, 237, 542.

15th—M , 388, 466, 330, 543.

E., 257, 236, 276, 14, 400.

22nd—M., 32, 275, 196, 319.

E., 541, 295, 553, 560, 562.

March 1st 33, 379, 594, 4.31

E., 381, 2.37, 525, 485, 611 (i).

Lent 1914

The Season of Lent, with its special call to Self

examination and Repentance, is approaching. Ash

Wednesday, the first day of Lent, falls this year on

February 25th. Morning Prayer, The Litany, and

the Commination Service will be said at 11.30 a.m.

on that day in the Parish Church, and there will

also be Evening Prayer and Sermon at 8 p.m.

During Lent the special subjects dealt with on

Wednesday evenings will be the Seven Psalms of

Penitence, viz. ; Psalms vi., xxxii., xxxviii.,

li., cxxx., cxliii.

Irish Wit and Humour.

This is the title of a Public Lecture to be given by

the Rev. James Bloomer, B.A., Curate of Cookstown,

in the Parochial Hall, on Tuesday, February 10th, at

8 p m. We hear the Lecture is most attractive and

amusing. There is no charge for admission. A

collection will be made to defray expenses. The

Lecture is given in connection with Seagoe Literary

and Debating Society.

Sunday School Distributions,

The following dates have been fixed for the

Annual Sunday School Prize Distributions——

Hacknahay—Friday, Feb. 6th, 7 p.m.

Drumgor—Friday, Feb. 13th, 7-30 p.m.

Seagoe—Monday, Feb. 16th, 7-30 p m.

Carne—Tuesday, Feb. 17th, 7-30 p.m.

Edenderry—Thursday, Feb. 19th, 7-30 p.m.

Levaghery—Monday, Feb. 23rd, 7-30 p.m.

SEAGOE PARISH MAGAZINE.

Notes on the Stars,

Star-gazers this month should not fail to notice

the brilliant red planet Mars high up each night in

the southern heavens. A little to the left of it are

the two noticeable stars Castor and Pollux. A little

to the right of Mars but at a lower altitude in the sky

is the interesting planet Saturn girt around with her

famous rings. These two planets dominate the

heavens, and on these fine starry nights should be

be easily identified. During February the mornings

increase by 53 minutes and the evenings by 50

minutes.

Old Seagoe Notes.

The Bishop's Mandate in Seagoe, 1777.—

The following entry occurs in the Registers under

date March 2nd, 1777—" Memd. March 2nd, 1777—

Read a Mandate in Church from ye Bishop's Court

to cite John Donaldson to Armagh Court." The

note is in the writing of the Rev. Richard Buckby,

Vicar of Seagoe.

Seagoe Choir in 1778. At a Vestry held in the

Parish Church of Seagoe on Tuesday, the 5th day of

May, 1778, the following Resolution was passed—

It is agreed at this Vestry that the front seat in the

Gallery on the South side shall be and it is hereby

appointed for the use of the Singers of this Parish of

Sego, and that the expenses of repairing the said

Seat by Mr. William Lutton shall be paid by the

Churchwardens as soon as it can be raised off the

Parish."

A Curious Coincidence. —A curious Coincidence

has come to light since the publication in our last

issue of the names of the first children to be

Baptised in the New Church in 1816. The descendants

of two of the children who were Baptised at the

First Baptism were in the fourth generation married

to each other a few years ago.

Hard Times in Seagoe 1783. An entry in

the Registers runs as follows—" At a Vestry held in

the Parish Church of Sego, on Tuesday, the 30th

of September, according to an adjournment from

Tuesday, the 2nd of September, 1783, Pursuant to

Act of Parliament it was Agreed upon yt in

consequence of the severity of the times there should no

cess be laid on for the by Roads this year in lieu

thereof Three halfpence be laid on for Two

succeeding years.

Seagoe Militia, 1795. At a Vestry held in

Seagoe Parish Church on April 13th, 1795 the

balance in the hands of the Churchwardens amounting

to £l 19s O ½ d was paid on the Militia Account to

James Greer, Esq., our Treasurer, and it appears that

with the said Balance there is now in his hands the

sum of £8 4s 10 ½ d, to be applied for the purpose of

raising substitutes for ye Militia of this Parish.

The First Marriage in Seagoe New Church,

1816. In our last issue the record of the first

Marriage in the present Church was given. Mr.

James Ewing, the Bridegroom (we are informed by

Mr. James Wilson, of Lisniskey, a relative) was the

Architect and Building Superintendent of the Church.

Mr. Brownlee, the original Architect, died during the

building of the Church, and Mr. Ewing was appointed

in his place. Mr. Ewing afterwards built and resided

in the house on Killicomaine Road, now occupied by

Miss Watson The house contains several relics of

Old Seagoe Church, including the Bannister of the

Staircase which led up to the Gallery.

Churchwardens of Seagoe. [We continue

the List of Churchwardens. The last list printed

was in our issue of January, 1913 ]

1801 —Toulerton Lutton, of Monraverty

Thomas Robinson, of Breagh

1802 —Andrew M'Collum, of Kilvergan

John Calvert, senior, of Breagh.

1803—Alexander Hicklin

Richard Lutton

1804—Robert Five.y. Esq.

Arthur Buckby, Esq.

1805—Mr. William Overend

Samuel Rudille.

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