June 1933

Seagoe Parish magazine.

JUNE, 1933.

Seagoe Sunday School Excursion to Warrenpoint

On Thursday, June 22nd, 1933

Train leaves Portadown at 9-20 a.m.

Return Train leaves Warrenpoint at 8-50 p.m.

CLERGY :

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

Rev. W. F. Hayes, B.Ä., Edendale, Carrickblacker Road, Edenderry, Portadown.

CHURCHWARDENS :

Rector's—Mr. James Twinem.

People's—Mr. Wm. White.

Whitsunday.

Sunday, June 4th, will be Whitsunday. On

that day we commemorate the birthday of the

Church by the Descent of the Holy Spirit on

the day of Pentecost. Our Blessed Lord promised

that on His departure He would not leave

us comfortless but would send the Comforter

the Divine Spirit to be with us and to guide us

into all truth. On Whitsunday the Services

Ifill be as follows in the Parish Church :—

8 a.m.—Holy Communion.

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

7 p.m.—Evening Prayer and Sermon.

The offerings at all Services on Whitsunday will be on behalf of Seagoe Parochial School.

Sunday School Excursion.

Our annual Sunday School Excursion will take place (D. V.) on Thursday, June 22nd, to Warrenpoint.

Our people never tire of the

“Point”, and although they enjoy occasionally

the delights of Bangor or Newcastle yet they

always wish once again to go to Warrenpoint.

The great variety of the place attracts them.

The paddling and bathing, the drive or sail to

Rostrevor, the climb to Fiddler's Green and the

Big Stone are always enjoyed to the utmost,

and the beautiful views of mountain and sea

are unsurpassed. So we are all looking forward

with great pleasure to the day of the Excursion.

The pavilion at the station in Warrenpoint has

been engaged for the excursion.

It is very roomy and convenient. The following is the

scale of prices for Tickets :—

Sunday School Scholars who have attended

Sunday School at least eight Sundays since

January 1st, 1933—

Children under 8 years 6d

from 8 to 14 9d

over 14 1/-

Sunday School Teachers, members of C.L.B.

G.F.S., Mother's Union and Men's Bible Class,

1/6 each.

The above Tickets include two Refreshments.

Outsiders' Tickets, 2/- each.

Refreshment Tickets (two Refreshments) for

Outsiders, 1/-

Seagoe C.L.B. Pipe Band will accompany the

Excursion. Messrs. Davison, of Portadown, are

doing the catering.

C.L.B. Sports

Tickets (6d each) are now being sold for what

promises to be a novel and most enjoyable occasion.

Capt. Metcalf and Lieut. Ernest Mitchell

have arranged for Camp Sports to be held on

the evening of Thursday, June 15th, at, 7.30

p.m. The Annual Inspection of the Seagoe

Company of the C. L. B. will be held on the same

occasion. The Inspecting Offcer will be the

Colonel of the Diocesan Battalion, Lieut.-Col.

J. B. H. Torrens. Mrs. Wm. Best, of Church

Lane, Killicomaine, has most kindly lent her

field for the sports. It is a beautiful large

square field and is approached by an avenue

beside her house. Children under 14 will be

admitted to the Sports for 3d without a ticket.

A very novel and attractive programme has been

arranged. The proceeds will go towards the

Seagoe C.L.B. Funds.

Somme Memorial Services.

On Sunday, June 25th, special Memorial Services

will be held in the Parish Church. The

collections will be on behalf of the Co. Armagh

Protestant Orphan Society.

SEAGOE PARISH MAGAZINE

A Jumble Sale.

On Friday, June 9th, a Jumble Sale will be

held in Edenderry Parochial Hall at 7.30 p.m.

A Sale Committee has been formed and are

making great preparations for it. The G. F. S.

candidates are having a Pound Stall, the C. L. B.

are also helping. Gifts of fruit, vegetables, and

butter and eggs will be very acceptable. Clothing

and boots are of great use and prove a real

boon to the poor who come to the sale. You are

quite sure to have something in your home

which you do not really want, and if you will

kindly give it to the Sale it will be a great help.

Mr. R. Scott is acting as Hon. Sec. and Mr. R.

M' Clements as Hon. Treas. The proceeds of

the sale are on behalf of our Parochial School

Buildings. Our School is the most used of all

our Parochial buildings, but it is still much in

need of further expenditure. We hope in time

to make it as complete and perfect as our

Parochial Hall in Edenderry. The charge for

admission to the Sale will be 3d.

Seagoe Mothers' Union,

The mothers are going to have a most enjoyable

excursion this year. Through the kindness

of Mr. and Mrs. John Wilson (the President's

daughter) they have been invited to spend an

afternoon at Mr. Wilson's house in Killyleagh,

outside Armagh. Thursday, June 8th, is the

day appointed and two B.O.C. 'buses will leave

the Parochial Hall on that day at 2.30 p.m.

The return journey will be made at 8 p.m. Killyleagh

is a very pretty place, not very far from

Armagh. The drive through the country at this

time of the year will be very enjoyable. At the

last meeting of the Mother's Union held on

Tuesday, May 9th, a helpful address was given

by the Rev. J. Patterson, Curate of St. Mark's.

The committee hope to carry on the monthly

meetings of the Mothers' Union throughout the

summer months.

July Anniversary Service.

An Anniversary Service will be held in the

Parish Church on Sunday, July 9th, at 7 p.m.

The preacher will be the Rev. F. W. M 'Cullough,

M.A., Rector of Aghalee. Places will be re-

served for the Lodges attending. The collection

will be in aid of the Enniskillen Memorial Orphan Fund.

Choral Festival at Maralin.

Seagoe Choir took part in the Choral Festival

held at Maralin on Saturday, May 27th, at 4.30

p.m. The preacher was the Very Rev. W. S.

Kerr, B. D. , Dean of Belfast.

500 choristers took part in the Service. Seagoe Choir journeyed

to Maralin in a B.O.C. 'bus. Mr. T. H.

Wilson was with the choir. Mr. Smith, of Lurgan, conducted the music.

Death of Mr. George Jennett.

We record with much regret the death of Mr.

George Jennett, which took place at his residence

in Breagh, on May 26th, after a brief illness.

The funeral, which took place on Sunday,

28th, to Seagoe, was the largest which

has been seen for many years. The procession

of vehicles was so long that it stretched from

Breagh to Seagoe Church. The Rector conducted

the Service in the Church and at the

grave. Mr. Jennett was very popular with

everybody. He was so kind and genial and

ready to help he will be greatly missed.

we sympathise very sincerely with Mrs. Jennett

and her family in their bereavement.

Lt. -Col. Blacker.

Lieut.-Colonel Blacker, with Mr. William

Blacker and Miss Joan Blacker, paid a brief

visit to Carrick-Blacker early last month. Mr.

William Blacker has been in India with his regiment

and is home for a holiday. After his visit

here Colonel Blacker went to Woodbrook, Co.

Wexford, which he recently inherited on the

death of his brother, Mr. Edward Blacker.

Death of the Rev H. G. Singleton.

Many amongst us will regret to hear of the

death of the Rev. +1. G. de Lacy Singleton,

formerly Curate of Seagoe. . Mr. Singleton

passed away on April 29th at his residence, All

Saints Vicarage, near Boston, Lincolnshire. A

touching notice of his " death was inserted in

the Irish Times" by his sister, Miss Singleton.

Mr. Singleton came as Curate to Seagoe

in the autumn of 1918, just at the close of the

Great War. He was a diligent worker and his

genial and kindly manner won for him a place

in the hearts of the parishioners. Before coming

to Seagoe he had been for some years Curate

of Castlewellan, Co. Down. He left, Seagoe in

July, 1921, on his appointment to All Saints

Vicarage, in the Diocese of Lincoln.

The Archdeacon Of Madras.

The Venerable W. R. Crichton, now Archdeacon

of Madras and formerly Curate of Seagoe

from 1907 to 1911, visited Seagoe last month

and spent a day at the Rectory. He is looking

stout and well. The climate of India seems to

agree with him. He lives at Fort St. George,

Madras, but is constantly travelling through the

great Diocese in which he is Archdeacon.

His son and daughter are at school in England.

The Archdeacon is greatly interested in the

South India Scheme of Church He-union,

which received the approval of the Bishop's Conference in Lambeth in 1931

Bocombra Church Hall.

The new Church Hall at Bocombra is now

complete. It is a beautiful building, well planned

and well built. It is the best lighted hall in

the Parish. The great windows of heavy plate-glass

let in a flood of light and there is thorough

ventilation through walls and ceiling. The hall

is lofty and the ceiling is varnished. A porch at

the southern entrance is so arranged that the

door is sheltered from the prevalent south-west

wind. At one side of the Hall on the outside

there is a space wide enough for motors to pass

around the hall to the ground at the back, which

will be a great convenience. Comfortable and

well made forms have been placed in the Hall.

A comfortable reading-desk has also been placed

at the end of the Hall. Mr. and Mrs. Twinem

also kindly presented a table. A very

handsome tiled stove has been erected at one

end of the Hall. At the rere of the hall there

is a well-lighted room with a spacious fireplace,

which will be of great use when socials are held.

A handsome slab of white marble has been

placed on the upper front of the Hall with the

inscription, " Bocombra Church Hall, 1933.

It is the kind gift of Mr. M' Clements.

The pinnacles at the points of the roof were made by Mr. James Twinem. On

Sunday, May 28th, at 3 p.m., the Hall was

used for the first time. Owing to the Orange

Hall being under repair it was found necessary

to transfer the Sunday School to the new Hall.

The Rector was present. The Sunday School,

which was largely attended, opened with the

singing of the hymn " The Church's one foundation."

Prayer for a blessing on the work in the

new Hall was then offered by the Rector,

in which he spoke words of congratulation to

Mr. Twinem and to the teachers and children

meeting in their new hall for the first time.

A generous collection was then made towards

Sunday School Funds.

CONTRIBUTIONS TO NEW HALL, BOCOMBRA

Already acknowledged £198 4 6

J. M'Dowe11, U.S.A. 5 0 0

Collected by Miss May Bell, Ballyhannon 4 4 6

Wm. Neill and Mr. D. Kearns 3 9 0

(Collecting cards) Killycomaine .

Mrs. Dunlop (per Chancellor Archer) 1 0 0

Thos. I-I. Walker, Kernan 0 10 0

A Friend 0 10 0

Misses T. and S. Bradshaw 0 10 0

Mr. W. A. Casey, Thomas St., Portadown 0 10 0

Mrs. Gee, Laurel Bank, Clounagh 0 10 0

Mr. Alfred J. Hall, Kernan 0 10 0

Anon, ' ' London, per Chancellor Archer 0 10 0

Victor Magee, Killycomaine—

Collecting Card 0 8 9

Harry M' Neill, Ballyhannon—

Second Collecting Card 0 8 0

Elsie Boyce, Bocombra——

Collecting Card 0 5 6

Ella Hoy, Lylo, do 0 5 0

Mr. M'A1ery, Belfast 0 5 0

Mr. Jas. Allen, Edenderry 0 5 0

Mr. Robert Richardson 0 5 0

Jim M' Cormick, Ballyhannon—

Collecting Card 0 4 0

W. Neill, jun., Killicomaine, do . 0 3 0

Thos. Hewitt, Bridge St. 0 2 6

Fred Ruddell„ Lisniskey 0 2 6

Quinton Lester, do 0 2 6

Robt. Neill, Killycomaine (Card) 0 2 1

Bertie Neill, do (Card) 0 1 3

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£218 8 1

Opening of New Hall.

BOCOMBRA.

The Right Hon. Sir William Moore, Bart. ,

Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, has

very kindly consented to preside at the opening

ceremony of the new Hall. He says he has the

pleasantest possible recollections of his visit to

Bocombra at the laying of ,the Foundation

Stone of the Orange Hall twenty years ago.

There is at the moment some uncertainty as to

the actual date of the opening of the Hall. June

29th, Thursday, was the day originally fixed.

The actual date when fixed on will be duly announced.

Visitors from U.S.A.

We welcome to our Parish Mr. and Mrs.

M' Dowell. They have come from Seagoe, near

Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A., to the older

Seagoe, near Portadown. Mr. M'Dowell never

forgets his old home, and we look forward with

pleasure to his annual visit. Mrs: M'Dowell on

her first visit to Seagoe has won many new

friends. We hope often to see her and Mr.

M' I)owell in the years to come revisiting the

old home.

ITEM.

At the Evening Service on Whitsunday the

music sung at the recent Choral Festival at

Maralin will be sung in Seagoe Parish Church.

SEAGOE PARISH MAGAZINE

Parish Register for may.

Baptisms.

The following were baptized in Seagoe Parish Church on May 6th, 1933 :—

M'Minn—Elizabeth, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth M' Minn, of Kernan.

Sponsors—Eva Neill. Elizabeth M'Minn.

Allen—John, son of John and Mary Allen, of Edenderry.

Sponsors—Ruth Webb, Mary Webb.

M'Na11y—Richard Cecil, son of Richard and Margaret M' Nally, of Edenderry.

Sponsors — Elizabeth Milligan, Margaret M'Na11y.

Drumm—Albert, son of John Charles Ferguson and Edith Drumm, of Derryvore.

Sponsors—Caroline Guy, Edith Drumrn.

Noble—Letitia, daughter of William and Elizabeth Noble, of Portadown.

Sponsors—Minnie Boyd, Elizabeth Noble.

Mitchell—John Richard, son of John and Margaret Mitchell, of Upper Seagoe.

Sponsors—Ethel Margory Robinson, Margaret Mitchell.

Whiteside—Alexander, son of Ferguson and Mary Whiteside, of Edenderry.

Sponsors—Ann Whiteside, Mary Whiteside.

Marriages.

Kane and Magee—May 11th, 1933, David Kane, of Edenderry, to Letitia Isabella

Magee, of Edenderry.

Campbell and Hoy—June 1st, 1933, William Campbell, of Ballymacash, Lisburn, to

Norah Hoy, of Lylo.

Burial,

Jennett—May 28th, George Jennett, of Breagh aged 59 years.

Old Seagoe Notes.

Seagoe Etragh—ln the old Register of Seagoe

Seagoe Upper is often Cermed Seagoe Etragh

A very marked distinction was always made

between Upper and Lower Seagoe. The name

Seagoe is Lower Seagoe, because the old Church

stood within its borders. It was also the Gle?

Townland and the rectors of Seagoe drew their

income from it and from Kilvergan. The clear

distinction which existed between Lower Seagoe

and Upper Seagoe is also very much marked by

the distinction between the high ground at

Bocombra and Lylo with the low land of the

Montiaghs district and the adjacent townlands.

A marshy district along the shores of Lough Neagh

and the Mosses which extended to Derryvore

and parts of Kernan do not seem to have been

inhabited by many until the country became

settled some 350 years ago.

The well-to tribesmen and settlers chose their land

at higher levels.

Seagoe Choir and the Foundation Stone

1890.—Mrs. Pearson, of Railway St., who

was in past days a member of Seagoe Choir, said

that when the, Foundation Stone of the new church

building was laid each member of the Church

stood on it in turn.

SERVICES—The PARISH CHURCH

HOLY COMMUNION -1st Sunday after Morning

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

Festivals.

HOLY BAPTISM—1st Saturday of each Month at 3

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

notice be given ; Two Sponsers 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 8 p m.

CLASSES,

BIBLE CLASS FOR MEN in Edenderry

Sundavs at 10 a.m.

SUNDAY SCHOOLS 10 a.m. Edenderrv Parochial

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

Parochial Hall, Levaehery, Hacknahay, Carne,

Drumgor, Bocombra

MOTHERS' UNION—2rd 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

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 Rev Canon 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 post free to any subscriber for 3/— per annum.