January 1919

January 1919. Price Twopence

Seagoe Parish Magazine

(FOURTEENTH YEAR),

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“On Earth Peace, Goodwill toward Men."

—S, Luke ii. 14.

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A Happy New Year to all our Readers.

A New Year's Prayer,

O ALMIGHTY GOD, who alone art without

variableness or shadow of turning, and hast

safely brought us, through the changes of time, to the

beginning of another year; we beseech Thee to

pardon the sins we have committed in the year which

is past, and give us grace that we may spend the

remainder of our days to Thy honour and glory;

through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Our Fourteenth Year,

Seagoe Parish Magazine enters this month

its Fourteenth Year. We are glad to note its

continued success as a vehicle for all parish news. Its

circulation is as wide as ever, and it supplies a link

between all Seagoe people, whether they live in the

Red Row or in the Islands of the Pacific. We regret

that many were disappointed in failing to secure a

copy of our last issue which was all bought up in two

days. We would recommend all our clients to become

annual subscribers to the Magazine, and then they

will be quite certain to get their copy each month.

Our "Old Seagoe Notes" continue to interest our

people, and in the coming year we hope to make them

more interesting, The arrangement of the present

church before it was altered, the printing of the

Inscriptions on the Old Tomb Stones in Seagoe

Graveyard, and a more detailed record of the natural

features of the parish are subjects which we hope to

incorporate in the notes during 1919. We have once

again to thank all those who kindly act as Magazine

distributors—Mrs. MacMullen, Mrs. Kyle, Miss

Minnie Allen, Miss Amelia M'Cormick, Miss Bella

Magee, Miss Monroe, and Messrs. D. W. Murray,

R. Price, and T. E. Maginnis. Our thanks are also due

to those firms who advertise in our columns. The

Magazine is a fine advertising medium. All copies

are sold, all copies are read, many copies are

treasured up for future reference. The printing is

clear, and the paper is good. Advertisements inserted

in a Magazine of this class should prove a useful

source of profit to wide-awake business men.

We cannot close this note without an expression of

thanks to “The Portadown News," who have been

our printers and publishers since the first number of

the Magazine appeared in January, 1906. Their readiness

to help in every way, combined with their skill and

courtesy have gone long way towards making the

Magazine a success.

The Organ Recital.

On Thursday, evening, 5th December, an Organ

Recital was given in Seagoe Church by Mr. Sidney

Smith, A.R.C.O., organist of Lurgan Parish Church.

There was a large congregation present who listened

with close attention to the Recital. At intervals

Sacred Vocal Selections were given by Miss Pollock,

Mr. Watt, of Portadown, and Mr. D. W. Murray.

The songs were sung with much reverent expression

and added greatly to the pleasure of the Recital.

Mr. Sidney Smith's programme was chosen with great

care, and illustrated the masterpieces of sacred music.

The Rector held a short service before the Recital,

and at the end said the concluding prayers. The offerings

amounted to £313s 10d, and after the payment of the

expenses, which amounted to £l 18s 6d, the balance £l 15s 4d

was sent to the St. Dunstan's Hospital for blinded soldiers.

We hope in a short time to have another Recital illustrating

the history and development of church music. We possess

in Seagoe very fine organ with many very expressive stops,

and our people seem to appreciate the Recitals.

New Vestry Regulations.

At a meeting of the Seagoe Select Vestry held on a

recent date the following new regulations were

made — Fee for Tolling Church Bell for Deceased

Parishioners. 2/6 for 15 minutes once a day; and 5/-

for 15 minutes twice a day. Fee for those outside

the Parish, and who are not accustomed members of

Seagoe Church 5/- for tolling of bell once a day for

15 minutes, and 7/6 for two tollings of the bell each

day for 15 minutes at a time, at proper intervals.

Fee for opening graves in churchyard, 10/- to be paid

to the Secretary when receiving permit from him.

Sunday School Social.

The Sunday School Social for the children attending

Edenderry and Seagoe Sunday Schools, which

was postponed owing to the Influenza, will be held

(D.V.) in Seagoe School on Thursday, January 16th,

at seven o'clock. Games and fun of all kinds will be

provided, and plenty of and cake.

Seagoe Day School,

The Day School re-opened on Monday, January

6th, at 9-30 a.m., after the longest vacation that has

ever been given. The School closed owing to the

Influenza epidemic on October 31st, 1918. All the

children will be glad to get back again to the old

school. A "wee" boy from Seagoe School told the

manager a few days ago that he was "sick of running

about doing nothing."

The Rev. H. G. de L. Singleton.

The Rev. H. G. de L. Singleton has come to reside

in Seagoe Villa and hopes to begin his visiting in the

parish without delay. We give him a hearty welcome

to Seagoe Parish. The visiting of Seagoe Parish is no

easy matter. It takes six months to get once round the 29

townlands which comprise the parish. The Rector or

Curate of Seagoe walks or rides 780 miles each time

he completes the round of the parish.

Sexton of Seagoe.

We regret to announce the resignation by Mr. David

Livingston of the post of sexton of Seagoe to

which he had been appointed just a month before.

The onerous duties proved too great a responsibility

for him, and a severe attack of influenza weakened

his health so much that he felt compelled to resign.

We are glad to say he is now making good progress

towards recovery.

At a meeting of the Select Vestry held on Monday,

December 16th, Mr. Robert Richardson of Upper

Seagoe was appointed Sexton. Mr. Richardson had

for some time acted as Bellringer and Organ Blower,

and had discharged his duties with efficiency and

care. During Mr. David Livingstone's illness the

duties of Sexton and Bellringer were discharged by

Mr. William Gibson, of Walkerstown, who at a very

busy and difficult time offered his services and carried

out his duties with great satisfaction. Our new

Sexton entered upon his duties on New Year's Day.

Congratulations.

Our readers will join with us in offering our very

hearty congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Caddell

on the occasion of their marriage. Mr. William John

Caddell is very highly esteemed by us all for his quiet

unostentatious efforts in the cause of true religion in

the parish. The aged, the sick, and the dying, have

often been cheered and comforted by his words of

sympathy and spiritual power, and his fine example

has ever been a stimulus to the promotion of all that

is and good among the men of the parish. Mrs. W. J.

Caddell (Miss Priscilla Smartt) has also done good

service in the parish as a member - of Seagoe Choir

for many years. We wish them both a long and happy life.

Seagoe War Memorial.

At meeting of the Select Vestry held on Monday,

December 16th, it was proposed by Colonel Blacker,

D.S.O., and seconded by Mr. T. E. Maginnis, that a

memorial should be erected in connection with the

parish, to commemorate those from Seagoe Parish

who have fallen in the war. The proposal was

unanimously adopted by the Vestry, and a subscription

list having been opened over £100 was subscribed in

the room. This is a good beginning, and since then

further subscriptions have been received. A canvass

of the parish will be made at an early date. The

memory of those who died, that we might live, must

never be forgotten.

Sickness and Death.

The influenza is now abating, but it has taken a sad

toll of human life during its ravages in the parish.

In most cases it is the young and strong who have

succumbed, and in several households in the parish

more than one member has been taken away, causing

a double bereavement and great sorrow.

Among those whose loss we mourn this month are

Mrs. Harvey, of Drumnagoon, patient but happy

sufferer for many weeks; Martha Jane Hopps, for

many years a faithful Sunday School Teacher in

Drumgor. Mrs. Sarah Ann Hopps, wife of Mr. Thomas

Hopps, married but a year, and interred, by a sad

coincidence, on the first anniversary of her marriage.

Jane Ruddell, only daughter of Mr. Samuel J. Ruddell,

of Kernan, much loved by all who knew her.

David Kirk, one of our oldest parishioners, and much

attached to Seagoe Parish. Mrs. Letitia Magee, of

Edenderry, whose death after a lingering illness is deeply

lamented, honoured in her home and in the parish. We

sorrow not as those without hope for those who sleep in

Christ. May the prospect of a joyful reunion in the Perfect

Life beyond, bring comfort to mourning hearts.

Public Lecture.

On Thursday evening, January 30th, the Rector will (D.V.)

give a public lecture on "Four Months in France," in Drumgor

Church Hall. The lecture will begin at 8 o'clock. The proceeds

will be towards the purchase of a new stove for the hall.

Our New Member.

We congratulate very heartily our new member,

Lt. Col. Allen, on his Election as M.P. for North

Armagh. He is tried, trusted and true. The right

man in the right place. Seagoe wishes him well in

the strenuous times ahead.

Accident at Seagoe.

We regret to record the accident which occurred

to Mr. W. J. MacDonald, Inspector G.N.R., on the

line at Seagoe on December 26th. He was overtaken

by a down train to Belfast, and had the misfortune

to lose his left leg from below the knee, and to have

his right heel seriously crushed. We sympathise

very much with him, and with Mrs. MacDonald and

family. No family in the parish is more regular in

attendance at Church and Sunday School.

[Since writing the above we regret to announce

the death of Mr. MacDonald which occurred in the

Infirmary at Lurgan, on Monday, 6th January.

The interment took place in Seagoe graveyard.

There was a very large attendance at the funeral,

who by their presence testified to the popularity of

their departed friend, and their sorrow at his removal

from their midst in the prime of life. The Rector

officiated in the Church; and at the graveside. Deep

sympathy is expressed on all sides with Mrs. MacDonald

and her young family in their 'bereavement.

PARISH REGISTER for DECEMBER

1918.

Public Baptisms.

The following were Baptized in Seagoe Parish

Church, on December 7th, 1918—

Magee—Mary, daughter of Joseph William and

Emma Magee, of Kernan.

Sponsors—Olivia Magee, Emma Magee.

England—Norman Nicholas, son of William Henry

and Evelyn England, of Killicomaine.

Sponsors—Ellen Jane England, Evelyn England,

Watson—William John, son of George Annesley

and Mary Watson, of Edenderry.

Sponsors—Sarah Watson, Mary Watson.

Private Baptisms.

Smith—December 1st, 1918, Emma daughter of Aaron

and Sarah Anne Smith of Edenderry.

Roney—December 13th, 1918, Anne Isabella, daughter of

James William and Mary Isabella Roney of Edenderry.

Stanfield—December 17th, 1918, Gladys, daughter of Thomas Edward

(Lce-Corp. 1st Batt. R. Ir. F., B.E.F., wounded at Arras) and

Mary Jane Stanfield of Edenderry.

Marriages.

Caddell and Smartt—December 25th, 1918, William John Caddell, of Tarsan,

Sidesman in Seagoe Parish Church, to Priscilla Smartt, of Kernan.

Geddis and Gregson—December 26th, 1918, Thos. Henry Geddis, of Lurgan, to

Sarah Gregson, of Drumgor,

Burials.

Harvey —December 7th, Agnes Harvey, of Drumnagoon, aged 51.

Magee —December 8th. Elizabeth Magee, of Upper Seagoe, aged 40.

Gilpin Died at Manchester, on December 9th, James Gilpin, late of Seagoe.

Interred in Southern Cemetery, Manchester.

Hopps —December 12th, Martha Jane Hopps, of Balteagh, aged 31.

Interred at Knocknamuckley.

Hopps —December. 18th, Sarah Anne Hopps, of Balteagh, aged 28.

Interred at Knocknamuckley.

Smith —December 18th, Emma Smith, of Edenderry aged 8 weeks.

Ruddell —December 25th, Jane Ruddell, of Kernan, aged 32.

Magee —December 26th, Letitia Magee, of Edenderry, aged 57.

Kirk —December 30th, David Kirk, of Ballinacor, aged 86.

Ligget t —December 31st, Margaret Irene Liggett, of Edenderry, aged 8 months.

Interred at Drumcree.

MacDonald —January 6th, 1919, William John MacDonald, of Ballyhannon, aged 48 years.

Our Returned Prisoners.

A large number of those who had the misfortune

to be taken prisoners in the war have returned to

their homes throughout the parish. They all look

very well and strong, notwithstanding the privations

they endured. Amongst those who have returned

are Lieut. Fforde Hall (from Cologne), Lce.-Corp.

George Preston of Ballinacor (a prisoner at Friedrichsfeld

since September, 1914), also Albert M'Nally,

of the Canadians, and Hugh Roney (both taken

prisoner in March, 1915, during the first gas attack

made by the Huns.) They had been imprisoned at

Munster, in Westphalia, for part of the time. Lce-

Corp. Bingham, of the Durham Light Infantry (a

grandson, by marriage, of Dynes Atkinson, late

sexton of Seagoe), is staying at Seagoe. He says he

was well treated while prisoner. Hugh Roney says

things were rough, and he saw English soldiers

kicked by their captors, and often beaten severely

with rubber motor tubes. In all the camps where

our Seagoe prisoners were, services were held by

English Chaplains, and in one camp a German, who

had been for many years a rector of an English parish

visited the men and showed them much kindness.

ITEMS.

Edenderry Sunday School re-opened on Sunday,

January 5th,

***

The brilliant star shining each night in the Eastern

heavens is the Planet Jupiter. Saturn appears a little

to his left, but is not so brilliant. The Planets do not

twinkle like the other stars.

***

The Christmas offertories for the poor amounted

to £3 7s 5d.

***

The recent heavy rains have caused much flooding

in the river near Seagoe and Carrickblacker.

***

We regret that owing to delay in receiving the

matter for some of our advertisements we had to go

to press before the advertisement columns were

completed.

***

Four funerals from Seagoe Parish took place to

Seagoe graveyard on Wednesdays November 27th.

***

We heartily congratulate the Clergy and Parishioners

of St. Mark's Parish on the decision they have

come to, to complete their Parish Church, and build

a spire or tower to commemorate the fallen. No

finer or more appropriate monument could be erected.

It will beautify the town, emphasise our common

Christianity, and be a conspicuous and lasting

memorial to the noble dead.

***

The Rev. W. Crichton, Chaplain at Bangalore,

Southern India has been spending a short holiday at

Coonoor, a mountain sanatorium. During his holiday

he derived much pleasure from copy of Seagoe

Magazine, which made its way into that distant land.

***

Major the Rev. F. J. Halahan, M.C., of Drumcree,

spent a few days at home on his return from hospital

last month. He was severely gassed while at the

front last October. He was with Headquarters of the

Ulster Division, and was located in cellars in a Belgian

village. The Huns bombarded the place with gas shells,

which made its way into the cellars. The staff were

compelled to wear their masks, but notwithstanding

all precautions many suffered from the effects of the

mustard gas. Major Halahan is making a good recovery,

but cannot resume work at present. We all wish him a

speedy restoration to his usual robust health. His splendid

work with the Ulster Division will never be forgotten.

***

A Scotch subscriber writes – 31/12/1918 – “Dear Sir, please

find P.O. enclosed for Church Magazine, which I hope you

will get all right. I just love to get it, as it is a remembrance

of the place of my birth. I wish you all the season's greetings."

***

The sickness which we know as Influenza was given that name

by the Italians during an epidemic in 1741. Influenza, another

form of our word Influence, is a term derived from Astrology

and signifies a mysterious power, supposed to be exerted by the

Planets and Stars and flowing down from the heavens

above to the earth beneath.

Mission Week Collection.

It is hoped to have the Annual House-to-House

Collection for Missions through the Parish in the last

week of January. A meeting of the collectors will be

held shortly, and envelopes will be distributed.

OLD SEAGOE NOTES.

Dean Dawson and Knocknamuckley — Dean Dawson,

when Rector of Knocknamuckley, used to say

that there were only three denominations in the

parish, and that they were known respectively as

"These 'uns:" "Those 'uns," and "Our 'uns."

The Pronunciation of “Balteagh” – The two

fold pronunciation of the name of the townland

Balteagh has been for long a mystery to many in the

Parish. Some pronounce it as if it were spelt Ball-tague,

and others as if it were Ball-teer. An almost

certain solution of the uncertainty is the following —

In the 17th Century when the Plantation took place

the parish was largely peopled by English settlers.

When they read the name Balteagh they pronounced

it with an English accent which to Irish ears sounded

like Ball-teer, at the same the original Irish pronunciation

of the word, Ball-tague, would be retained by the former

residents. Those who come from the South of England find

the Irish guttural sound "gh," their greatest difficulty.

Seagoe Postal Rates in 1835 — We are inclined

to grumble if the cost of letter postage is raised to 1 ½ d.

In the year 1835 it cost 9d to send a letter by post from Seagoe

to Dublin.

Enclosure of the New Churchyard at Seagoe, 1814 —

At a meeting of the Select Vestry of Seagoe Parish,

on 26th October, 1814, it was agreed to make use of

the large quantity of stone left after the building of the

New Church and seven Stone Quoins, for erecting

sufficient wall and stone pillars, and new gate to enclose

the front of the new churchyard. Two pence per acre to

be levied for the purpose. At a Vestry held on 17th October,

1815, further arrangements were made for building a

wall at the south side of the churchyard.

Whitewashing Seagoe Church, 1818. — At a

meeting of the Vestry held on May 12th, 1818—

It was agreed that the balance of £2 13s 5d in the

Churchwardens hands be applied to getting the inside

of the New Church properly whitewashed.

Badges for Beggars, 1818. —Vestry March 24th, 1818

—Resolved that the Poor of this Parish shall be Badged,

and proper Badges procured by the present Churchwardens,

who are to distribute the same on the recommendation of

those who have been appointed to represent three Manors

of Blacker and Harrison, Kernan and Brownlow's Derry.

[An interesting collection of similar Badges may be

seen in the Free Library, Belfast.]