January 1934

JANUARY . TWENTY-NINTH YEAR. TWO PENCE

THE CLOCH BANN .

This is a photograph of the old Bell of Seagoe, now in the Royal Irish Academy Collection in Kildare Place, Dublin It bears an inscription in Irish which enables the date to be proved. It was made in A.D. 919. It was bought from the Hennon family in 1840 by Archdeacon Saurin, then Rector of Seagoe. It is one of the most interesting of the ancient Irish Bells. It is 12 inches in height and 9 inches broad.

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Seagoe Parish Magazíne.

_________________ J A N U A R Y, 1 9 3 4 . ___________

We wish all our readers at home and abroaod a very happy and prosperous New Year

CLERGY : Rev. Chancellor Archer, B .D ., The Rectory, Seagoe.

Rev. W. F. Hayes, B .A ., The Bungalow, Lower Seagoe, Portadown.

CHURCHW ARDENS :

Rector’s—Mr. James Twinem.

People’s—Mr. Wm. White.

The Magazine .

With this issue of the Magazine we enter on our

29th year of publication. Our first number was

issued in January , 1906. and it is satisfactory to

think that no issue has been missed from that time to

the present day. The Magazine circulates as

freely as ever and carries the news of the Parish

each month to the ends of the earth : It forms

a useful link between Seagoe parishioners scattered

far and wide throughout and beyond the Empire.

In the Parish itself it proves useful in

keeping the Parishioners in our 29 townlands informed

of the various parochial activities. As is

our custom, we change the cover of the Magazine

each year. We hope our readers will like the new

amber-coloured cover. The paper is the famous

“Academy Art” paper, tough, and with a fine

surface. We change our advertisements in February,

so that next month in addition to the new

cover the new advertisement sheets will appear.

The centre of the Magazine, which is always

interesting and up-to-date, is issued by “ Home

Words,” Ltd ., of London. Our readers enjoy

very much the serial stories and the Domestic

Hints. If you have a Seagoe friend who is now in

a distant land be sure to send them a copy of the

Magazine each month. There is nothing that

will please them more than to read of what is

happening in the old Parish at home.

The Christmas Services

The Services on Christmas Eve and on Christmas

Day and New Year’s Eve were very bright

and hearty. On Christmas Eve a special Anthem

was sung, and at Evening Prayer some very

pretty Christmas Carols were sung. Mrs. Casey

kindly presided at the organ. On Christmas Day

there were m any Communicants, especially at the

early celebration. New Year’s Eve being Sunday congregations were large.

At the Christmas service the Church was decorated with palms and

some holly and white flowers.

Seagoe School Fete

At the break-up for the holidays on Friday,

Dec. ‘22nd, the children attending Seagoe P .E .

School had a very enjoyable gathering. Miss

Matchett conducted a very nice programme of recitations,

sketches and songs. The Rector presided,

and the Rev. W . F . H ayes was also present,

as well as some of the parents of the

children. A splendid tea followed the

musical programme, and after tea there was

an exciting display of splendid crackers. Each

child got one and in each cracker there was a

Christmas gift. Miss Calvert, the Rev. Chancellor Archer,

Mr. Scott, Miss Reid and Miss Matchett

provided the entertainment for the children.

The School re-opened after the holidays on Wednesday, January 3rd.

South Manchester, U.S.A.

We have received a copy of the Manchester

(Connecticut) “ Evening Herald ” for Nov. 15th,

1933. It contains an account of a concert given

in St. Mary’s Parish House, which was filled to

capacity. A Travel Talk was given by the Rev.

Robert Bell, of the Church of the Epiphany, New

Haven. Previous to the lecture, Mrs. Bert Judd

sang “ Sweet Rose of Portadown.” The singer

was accompanied by Dorothy Russell on the

pianoforte. The entertainment was under the

auspices of the Men’s Bible Class, and the Rev.

J . Stuart Neill, Rector of St. Mary’s, presided.

The Mothers ’ Union .

The annual Social will be held in Seagoe School

on Tuesday, Jan . 9th, a t 7.30 p.m . Tea will be

provided for all and the annual election of officers

and committee for the ensuing year will take

place. The Mother’s Union has had a most successful

and enjoyable year. All the meetings

have been well attended. We congratulate Mrs.

James Twinem and the committee on the success

of their efforts.

Seagoe in Melbourne.

Mr. Jim Porter, a former member of Seagoe

choir, now residing at Officer, Melbourne, Australia,

has sent, us a very fine number of “ The

Table Talk” Annual, published in Melbourne. It

is beautifully illustrated in colours. One picture

shows us Brouin, on the Prince’s Highway, where

Mr. Porter is at present working. We thank Mr.

Porter for his kind greeting and good wishes and

are glad to know that he is “ in the pink. ”-

Parish Register for December

Baptisms

The following were Baptized in Seagoe Parish

Church on 2nd December, 1933: —

Simpson—Robert, son of David William and Hannah Jane Simpson, of Edenderry.

Sponsors—Hannah Jane Magee, Hannah Jane Simpson.

Bonis—Robert John, son of Robert John and Elizabeth Bonis, of Kernan.

Sponsors—Elizabeth Bonis, Anne Wilson.

Trainor—Desmond, son of James and Violet Constance Trainor, of Drumnagoon.

Sponsors—Beatrice Helena Trainor, Violet Constance Trainor.

McCrory—Emily, daughter of Joseph Alexander and Margaret McCrory, of Edenderry.

Sponsors—Frances Hunter, Margaret McCrory.

PRIVATE BAPTISM.

Lynass—Dec. 28th, 1933, Hampton, son of John and Alicia Lynass, of Carne.

Marriages -

Baxendine and Sherman—Dec. 2nd. 1933, a t St.Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast, Robert Eras.

Riley Baxendine, of Edinburgh, to Margaret Anna Sherman, of Edenderry.

McGlatchey and McClelland—Dec. 14th, 1933, Thomas Herbert McClatchey, of Drumnakelly, Portadown, to Elizabeth McClelland, of Knockmena.

McCann and Boyce—Dec. 22nd, 1933, George McCann, of Edenderry, to Mary Elizabeth Boyce, of Ballydougan, Parish of Knocknamuckley.

Brown and Fiddes—Jan . 4th, 1934, William James Brown, of Edenderry, to Margaret Robina Fiddes, of Edenderry.

Burials .

Thornbury—Dec. 17th, William Thornbury, of Kernan, aged 40 years.

Hall— Dec. 24th, William H all, of Drumgor, aged 39 years. Interred in Old Shankill graveyard.

Smith—Dec. 31st, Joseph Smith, of Legacurry, Shankill, aged 75 years.

Lynass—Dec. 31st, Hampton Lynass, of Carne, aged 17 days.

McMullan—Jan. 3rd. Caroline Webb McMullan, of Lylo, aged 4 months.

Wallace—Jan . 5th, Ellen Wallace, of Edenderry, aged 20 years.

Russell—Jan. 6th, John Russell, of Drumgor, aged 86 years.

Wilson—Jan . 7th, Margaret Wilson, of Edenderry, aged 28 years.

Our Losses .We desire to express our deep sympathy with

them any households in the Parish upon which

the dark shadow of death has fallen since our last

issue. Some at a great age and some just entering upon life have been called away, but “ we

sorrow not as those without Hope for them that

sleep in Him .” Jesus said “ I am the Resurrection and the Life .”

An Old Friend

Mrs. Annie Wolseley, widow of Major Wolseley and daughter of the Rev. Capel Wolseley,

who was Curate of Seagoe Parish from March, 1847, to March, 1859, has written to us conveying her best wishes for Christmas and the New Year. Mrs. Wolseley was born in Seagoe Cottage (where her father lived) 85 years ago. She gets the Magazine regularly and says she does enjoy seeing what is going on in the old Parish.

She keeps fairly well in health. We published a

photograph of her father, the Rev. Capel Wolseley, in our issue of April, 1909. Mrs. Wolseley

has resided in London for many years past. On

behalf of the Parishioners of Seagoe we offer our

best wishes for the New Year to Mrs. Wolseley

Wedding Bells .

On Saturday, Dec. 2nd, a very pretty wedding

took place in Belfast Cathedral, when Miss Rita

Sherman was married to Mr. Robert F . R. Baxendine, of Edinburgh. There was a large gathering in the Cathedral. The Rev. Chancellor

Archer officiated. Capt. Brennan, F.R.C.O.,

presided a t the great organ. Mr. William Flannigan, the Cathedral Verger, was also present

After the ceremony a large number of guests assembled for dinner at the Grand Central Hotel

We wish Mr. and Mrs. Baxendine much happiness and prosperity in their future life. Mrs

Baxendine had hosts of friends in Edenderry

and she carries with her to her new home then

heartiest good wishes.

Electricity in Seagoe

The Electricity Board for Northern Ireland are

about to erect poles to carry current along the

Seagoe Road. One pole will be placed at the

School gate and will carry a light which will be

very useful. It can only be a matter of a short

time before Seagoe Church will be lighted by

electricity.

Sympathy .

We sympathise much with Mr. and Mrs. John

Montgomery, of Lyndale, Seagoe Lower, on the

death of Mr. Montgomery’s brother, the Rev. U;

R. Montgomery, Rector of Mullavilly, who passed

away after a long and painful illness borne with

great courage and patience.

Seagoe Parisnh Almanac .

A few copies of the Parish Almanac still remain and can be had at Mr. Vance’s, in Bridge

Street, price twopence. Secure a copy without delay.

Protestant Orphan Society

During the last month our collectors have been

busy getting in subscriptions for the Co. Armagh

Protestant Orphan Society. We have received

the following sums, per Miss Agnes Guy:—Miss

May Simpson, £1 8s 4d; Miss Edna Grey, £1 5s

6d; Miss Emma Walker, £1 4s; Fred McKnight,

7/-; Evelyn McDowell, 5 /6 ; Peggy Brownlee,

3/2. Collectors for the half mile of pennies

brought in £1 10s 4d. The Edenderry Men’s

Bible Class gave a generous subscription of £2.

Prize Distribution.

The Superintendents of our Sunday Schools

are asked to arrange suitable dates for the local

Prize Distributions and to communicate with the

Rector before making final arrangements. The

dates, when finally arranged, will be announced

in each Sunday School.

Seagoe Abroad

We acknowledge with hearty thanks good

wishes received from parishioners living abroad

but whose thoughts turn , especially at Christmas

time, to the old Parish in the Homeland. We

thank Mr. and Mrs. McDowell, now in Florida,

The Venerable W . R. and Mrs. Crichton, in Madras, India, Mr. Jim Porter, at Officer, Melbourne, Australia, Mrs. Nesbitt, of “ Morvan,”

Dean St., Toowong, Brisbane, Australia (thanks

for kind enclosure), Captain J . J . and Mrs. Dobson, of Nairobi, Kenya (for splendid East African

annual), Mrs. L. C. B. M'Avoy, of 1809 Jerome

Avenue, Schenectady, New York, Mr. and Mrs.

Greenhalgh, of Neepawa, Canada, Rev. J . F.

Neill, St. Mary’s Rectory, South Manchester,

U.S.A.

Seagoe at Sea

Two of our young Seagoe lads have joined up

with the Naval and Mercantile Marine Service.

Jack Killow, having finished his six months’

training a t the Prince of W ales’ Hostel, a t Limehouse, London, sailed as deck-hand on the P . &

0. Mail Steamer “ Ballara t” on Dec. 22nd.

Wesley Porter is now in the same Hostel and

sends an interesting letter and photo. He says he

had a merry Christmas here at the Hostel.

We all got presents from the Prince of Wales.

We attend the services in Church on Sundays,

morning and evening, and on Wednesdays. We

are up at half-six of the clock and scrub decks till

8 o'clock and then wash and breakfast. We have

boxing every Friday morning to help to make us

fit and hard. If you are caught smoking under

sixteen you get three days’ bread and water.

From Wesley to all.

Twenty - five Years Ago .

DECEM BER, 1908.

Continuing from our November issue, we record entries from our issue of December, 1908.

Three Baptism s, two Marriages and two Burials

are recorded. The Rev. T. W . E . Drury, of Rostrevor, Rev. R. B. Cooke, Rev. F . J . H ackett

and the Rev. F . W. Hogan are announced as Advent Preachers. The Bishop has accepted an invitation to a Parish Social on Dec 10th. Recitations at a Band of Hope meeting were given by

Hettie Wright, Sarah Martin, Bella Magee, Mary

Livingston, Flora W right, Sarah Dawson, and

Charlie Killow. Miss Georgie Atkinson has designed a handsome border for the Magazine cover.

Members of the Belfast Theological Society have

begun to conduct services in outlying districts.

JANUARY, 1909.

A long account is given of Bishop Crozier’s

pleasant visit to the Parish Social on Dec. 10th.

The tea was excellent, being Montgomery’s Gold

Medal blend, a generous gift from the firm. An

address of Welcome was read by Mr. Wolsey Atkinson.

The Select Vestry kindly defrayed the

expenses of the Social. Two Baptism s are recorded. seven Marriages and six Burials. On the

new cover there is a photograph of the interior of

Seagoe Church taken by “ that well-known Seagoe firm, Messrs. Moffett of Edenderry .” A

School Concert has been arranged by Mr. Chambers and his assistant teachers for Friday, Jan .

15th.

Another Seagoe

Mrs. Forrest (formerly Miss McCully, of Upper

Seagoe), is now living in Nendrum Street, Bloomfield, Belfast, and has called her house “ Seagoe.”

The name is in large letters on the garden gate.

Seagoe School Concert

On Thursday, Dec. 7th, a very enjoyable concert was given in Seagoe School by the pupils attending the Day School. The Rector presided.

The programme consisted of songs, verse-speaking, recitations and sketches. Some of the items,

especially the “ Rabbits” were very clever and

amusing. The audience thoroughly enjoyed the

evening and at the close the Rector, who is Manager of the School, thanked all who had helped in

the concert, and especially Miss Matchett, who

had conducted the various items. The proceeds

are on behalf of the School Upkeep and Improvement Fund.

Old Seagoe Notes .

The Rebuilding of Seagoe Church in 1890.—

The following architectural notes by Sir Thomas

Drew supply a graphic description of the present

Church:— “ The Parish Church of Seagoe, built

in 1814 to take the place of an older one, was not

of an architectural character. It was simply in

the manner of that day—an ugly, plain, four

square room of large dimensions, 70 ft. long by

30 feet wide, and having a flat ceiling concealing

an ordinary roof of low pitch ; and it has a gallery

of the usual plain and unsightly sort. A more

unpromising building to be recast into architectural form, according to more modern standard of

taste, could not well be conceived. It was too

short, too wide, and too low in its proportions,

and there was not even sufficient room at the east

end to lengthen it by extending a chancel. With

generous expenditure, however, much is possible;

and it is somewhat satisfactory that the substantial old church, built with much courage and

churchmanlike spirit in a depressing time,

seventy-six years ago, and which has known three

generations of worshippers, is not to be entirely

done away with. Seagoe Church will best illustrate forcibly the advance that has been made

from 1814 to 1890, in good architecture, in

wealth, and the facilities for its production; in

the better ordering of Church services, and the

latter-day feeling among Churchmen that in the

adornment and furnishing of the house of God,

and thoughtful care for the decency and convenience of worship, even the best that can be offered,

is but unworthy.“ The first care in the improved church has

been to provide a worthy chancel. It has been

devised by extending its eastern wall as far as

the churchyard boundary would permit, and by

taking some length from the nave. The plans

provide thus for a well-proportioned chancel,

25 ft. long by 17 ½ ft. wide, opening to the nave

with a lofty chancel-arch, and on the north and

south sides with like arches to the organ chamber

and vestry, and a lateral aisle respectively. The

chancel is a memorial, and the last named feature, while it gives additional seating room, would

be specially suitable as a kind of chantry for

monuments or memorials of the founders.

“ The parishioners’ addition to the church consists of a southern aisle, 37 ½ ft. long by 21 ft.

wide, and giving 200 additional seats. It opens

into the nave with three lofty pointed arches, and

gives additional architectural character and interest to the heretofore four-square building.

There remains the nave of the somewhat unusual proportion of 65 ft. of length to 30 ½ ft in

breadth to be brought into architectural character, with a low-pitched roof, which it would not

be desirable to raise higher. I t was at first proposed merely to remove the ceiling and case up

the old roof ’ and make it as fairly presentable as

possible. By the additional generosity of the

Baroness Von Stieglitz, however, a new roof, and

a handsome one, is found; and the architect has

met the difficulties of proportions by adopting a

treatment in the manner of 15th century architecture, which lends itself to lower-pitched roofs

and wider spans. The roofs of the nave, aisle,

and chancel are accordingly of a design not

usual in other churches in the diocese—a four

centred arched framing, springing from hammer-

beams, and all richly moulded and peculiarly massive, and bearing the character of old examples

of the 15th century English roofs. They will be

of pitch pine, let untouched after the carpenters

tools, without varnishing, it being found that

pitch pine treated in this way assumes in time an

appearance as pleasing as that of old oak.

SERVICES—The PARISH CHURCH

HOLY COMM UNION—1st Sunday after Morning

Prayer ; 3rd Sunday at 8 a.m., and on the Chief

Festivals.

HOLY BAPTISM—1st Sunday of each Month at 4

p.m., and during any Service in the Parish Church,

notice be given ; Two Sponsors at least are required

and they must be Confirmed Members of the Church,

Churchings are held at each Baptism. Mothers are

expected to bring a thankoffering. (See Book of

Common Prayer )

MORNING PRAYER—Sundays and Chief Festivals,

11 30 a m.

EVENING PRAYER—Sundays, 7 p.m.

DISTRICT SERVICES.

Hacknahay—Last Sunday of Month at 3-30 p,m.

Drumgor—Second Sunday of Month at 4 p.m.

Edenderry—Wednesdays at 8pm

CLASSES, &c.

BIBLE CLASS FOR MEN in Edenderry on

Sundays at 10-15 a.m.

SUNDAY SCHOOLS -10 a.m. Edenderry Parochial

Hall and Seagoe School. 3 p.m. Seagoe, Edenderry

Parochial Hall, Levaghery, Hacknahay, Carne,

Drumgor, Bocombra,

MOTHERS' UNION—2nd Tuesday of each month

at 7-30 p.m.

CHURCH LADS' BRIGADE in the Parochial Hall

on Tuesdays and Fridays,

GIRLS' FRIENDLY SOCIETY in Seagoe School on

alternate Mondays at 8 p.m.

SEAGOE P.E. SCHOOL, 9-15 a.m. Principal—Mr.

R. Scott.

MARRIAGES must be performed between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. Licenses are issued by Ven. Archdeacon Hannon

Rectory, Lurgan. Due notice (48 hours) must be given to the Rector of intended weddings FEES—BY License—

Labourers 5/—, Tradesmen 10/—, Merchants and Farmers 15/-, Professional £1. By Banns 5/- FUNERALS will be attended by the Clergy if proper notice be given.

SICK CASES should be notified to the Clergy without delay.

FEES FOR CERTIFICATES—BAPTISM 3/7, Children (Factory) 1/- and 2/- (non residents); MARRIAGE 3/7 An extra Search Fee is chargeable in certain cases.

It will be a help to the Clergy if they are notified of the

arrival of new Church families in the Parish.

A copy of the Magazine will be sent by post to any subscriber for 3/- per annum.