September 1923

Seagoe Parish Magazine.

SEPTEMBER, 1923

Harvest Services.

The Annual Harvest Thanksgiving Services will

be held (D. V.) in the Parish Church on Thursday,

October 10th, at 8 p.m., and on the following Sunday,

The Preacher on

October 14th, at 11.30 and 7.

Thursday evening will be the Rev. H. B. Swanzy,

M.A., Vicar of Newry. Further announcements in

our next issue.

Advice to Emigrants.

The Church of England in Canada " is the title

the Church in that Dominion. Wherever you go

be sure to make yourself known at once to the

Church of England Clergyman. You will find him

a real friend. Don't forget God in your eagerness

to get on. Don't forget the Old Country in the new

land. Don't forget the Old Church in the new surroundings.

If you settle in. a place remote from your Own

clergy and need advice write to—The Council for

Social Service of the Church of England in Canada,

The Church House, 604 Jarvis St„ Toronto. You

will get an immediate reply.

Most of the Churches in Canada have Clubs for

men, Societies for Women, Associations for young

people and Sunday Schools. Get in touch with them

as soon as Possible.

The Mothers' Union.

On Tuesday, September 4th, at 3.30 p.m., the

members of the Mothers' Union will attend a special

Service in the Parish Church. An address will be

given by the Rev. Canon Clarendon, B.D., Rector Of

Maralin. This Service marks the opening of the

new Session, and the members will meet each

month. Mothers who would wish to join and who

resiåé in the Parish are asked to send their names

to Miss Collen, Killicomain House.

Choir Excursion

The members of the Choir had a very enjoyable

Excursion by charabanc to Bangor on Saturday,

August 18th. The party left Seagoe at 8 a.m. and

had a good run to the seaside, passing through

Belfast on the way. The many attractions of Bangor

were thoroughly enjoyed, and the weather being fine

and warm added greatly to the day's pleasure;

After tea a start for home was made, and all arrived

back safely and in good time. The Eev- W. T.

Wilson accompanied the excursionists.

G.F.S.

It is hoped to revive the G.F.S Branch in

Edenderry this winter, and to gather together the

members. In our next issue we will refer again to

the subject and make some announcements.

Parish Register for August,

Baptisms.

Draper—June 1st, 1923, in Dunseverick Parish Church, Co Antrim, Hilda Margaret, daughter of

Albert O. and Constance Mary Draper.

Sponsors—A. O. Draper, Margaret Garland, Constance Mary Draper.

Grimason—August 4th, 1923, Eric, son of Richard and Martha Grimason, of Edenderry.

Sponsors—Mary Grimason, Minnie Tate.

Donaldson—August 4th, 1923, Margaret Caruth, daughter of David and Margaret Donaldson,

of Edenderry. Sponsors—Sarah Maria Telford, Margaret Agnes Donaldson.

PRIVATE BAPTISM.

Freeburn—August 26th, 1923, Violet, daughter of Thornas Henry and Anne Elizabeth Freeburn,

of Edenderry.

Marriages.

Kilpatrick and Fleming—August 22nd, 1923, William James Kilpatrick, of Killicomain,

to Edith Fleming, of Edenderry.

Wright and Best—August 27th, 1923; Samuel James Wright, of Portadown,

to Emma Best, of Edenderry.

Burials.

Robinson—August 10th, William Robinson, of Belfast, aged 61.

Wright—August 11th, Sarah Emma Wright, of Edenderry, aged 7 months.

Ramsey—August 14th, Margaret Ramsey, of Edenderry, aged 55. Interred at Tullylish.

McCormick—Augtist 48th, Amelia M'Cormick, of Edenderry, aged 29.

Porter—August 21st, Georgina Graham Porter, of Lower Seagoe, aged 16.

Death

Caddell—Suddenly at 41 Glasgow Street, Ardrossan,

on the 6th August (while on holiday), Joshua

Caddell, 69 years, master painter, beloved

husband of Margaret Wilkinson, 36 Logie

St., Govan. Deeply mourned.

A Scotch Paper writes as follows of the late Mr

Caddell

We deeply regret to record the death of Mr. Joshua

Caddell, master painter, 36 Logie Street, Govan,

Glasgow, which occurred with tragic suddenness at

41 Glasgow St., Ardrossan, Oh the 6th August. Mr.

Caddell had been at Ardrossan on holiday and while

seated in his chair he was overcome by a heart

attack, from which he never rallied. A nativ e of

Portadown he was born at Ballynary in the Parish

of Monteagues (?) 69 years ago, and belonged to a

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family well known throughout the whole district:

Mr. Caddell migrated to Scotland more than 50 years

ago, and after working for some time at his trade

started business on his own account, as a painter

and decorator, and built up an extensive local

connection. Although resident in Scotland for so many

years he took a great interest in the place of his

birth, Visiting it periodically and being a regular

subscriber to the Parish Magazine. Mr. Caddell had

many relatives and friends in the Parish and

surrounding district, to whom the news of his sudden

call came as a great shock. He is survived by his

wife, two sons and four daughters, to whom the

sympathy of all will go out in their sad bereavement.

Our Losses.

We have recently lost from our midst many who

were well known and much respected in the Parish.

In July We recorded the deaths of several from

Edenderry. James Hynes was called away in the prime

of life, with tragic suddenness. Robert Woolsey, a

name well known for generations in this Parish.

passed away at a great age after a long continued

illness. Mrs. Forde and Mrs. M'Causland after a

comparatively short time of suffering. And this

month our List of Burials contains familiar names.

Amelia M'Cormick, known to many in the Parish,

and respected by all, had gone to the States three

years ago. Falling into poor health she determined

a few months ago to return home, but was so weak

that she had to be carried off the boat on landing.

Since then she had been getting weaker each day,

until Death released her from her suffering. For

many years she kindly acted as a Distributor of this

Magazine in Edenderry, and was most diligent and

successful in her work. Another name of one, now

no longer with us, is that of Georgie Porter, who

though young in years was well known to many.

She was a faithful member of the Girl Guides, and

her fellow members sent a beautiful wreath for the

Funeral. Sarah Emma Wright, a little infant only

recently Baptized, has also been taken hence. To

the bereaved relatives of those and others, in our

midst, we offer our deep sympathy. Some better

work awaits them in a better world. We are rich

by their example, but infinitely poorer by their departure.

"Father in Thy gracious keeping

Leave we now our dear ones sleeping."

Sad Death of Sir Capel Wolseley,

Bart,

Sir Capel Wolseley, Bart., son of Mrs. Wolseley,

who has often shown her interest in this Parish

met with a fatal accident this week while cycling

in England. Sir Capel was a grandson of the Rev.

Capel Wolseley, who was so much respected in this

Parish when Curate here with Archdeacon Saurin

from 1850 to 1858. We sympathise very sincerely

with Mrs. Wolseley and his relatives in their

bereavement. Sir Capel Wolseley had done good service

in the Army during the war and, before that, in

the diplomatic service.

Old Seagoe Notes.

A very interesting article on " The Family of

Lutton " appeared in the "Belfast Telegraph" for

Tuesday, July 31st, 1923. It is writen by "Historicus

A sketch of William Lutton accompanied the article

It deals with the two cousins, William and Anne

Lutton, a philosopher and a poet William lived in

Breagh and Anne at Moira.

The Old Parish.

Here are words written recently to the Rector by

an emigrant from Seagoe who left the Parish in

1888. They will be read with interest especially by

our young emigrants of to-day—

It is thirty-five years since I left Seagoe Parish,

but I still have a warm spot in my heart for the

old place where I was born, and where my folks

have lived so long- In fact, I believe that I feel

closer to the old sod to-day than I did in my younger

days when I had so much else to think of, as now

can more fully appreciate, the value of my early

training there, which was obtained by sacrifices

made by my parents. Bringing up a family of my

own has made me realise the great responsibilities

that devolve on parents in the bringing up of children,

and which the children do not realise until

later in life. My family consists of five—three sons

and two daughters—all of whom have been across

and seen the old homestead.

ITEMS

Congratulations to Mr. Robert M'C1ements, junr..

on his Marriage. His many friends in Seagoe Parish

wish him and Mrs. M'Clements much prosperity and

blessing in their future life.

There is a deficit of £1 on the Sunday School

Excursion this year. The charges made to the

children and outsiders barely covered the expenses.

A special meeting of Seagoe Select Vestry will

(D. V.) be held on Monday, September 10th. at 8

p.m. to complete the arrangements for the purchase

of Seagoe Rectory.

The Rev. W. T. Wilson has left 21 Edward Street

for a visit to his home in County Carlow.

The Services in the Parish Church on the Second

Sunday Morning of each month will be specially

arranged in Hymns and Sermons for the children

of the Parish.

By direction of the Select Vestry the Memorial

gift of £500 from Mrs. Alan Bell for the poor of

the Parish has been invested in War Loan. The

interest will be distributed each Easier to deserving

cases.

The Rev. I. E. Davidson, of the Jews' Society.

will (D.V.) preach in Seagoe Parish Church on

Sunday, September 23rd, at Morning and Evening

Prayer on behalf of the Society.

Messrs. Paul have installed a splendid new front

at their premises in High Street. They are an

enterprising firm and advertise in Seagoe Parish Magazine.

SEAGOE PARISH MAGAZINE.

THE 'NINTH" IN FRANCE.

By Lieut.-Col. S. W. BLACKER, D.S.O.

(Continued from August Magazine.)

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21st—Continued.

I wasn’t hurt in any way. Plum puddings are liked, and I suppose, some money should be sent to ‘D.T.’ and ‘Daily News’ Fund. I like Curtin’s articles, very interesting, though, of course, rather ‘Daily Mail’! Football match this p.m. against 12th

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22nd.

Still cold and bright. Heard from FitzG. that the draft of 50 he sent us on October 11th have been sent to 16th Div. I have written in a snorter about it. Shame. The next time we come out we go back about four miles to some huts, and do that alternately. They are going to put up a Church Army hut here, which will be a boon. Another cold night. Gas wind on, which is harrying. Two football matches yesterday.

1. Officers v. 12th (Rugby) We lost 3-love.
2. 9th v. 12th (Assoc.) No score.

Relief went off all right, and we dined here at 8.00 p.m.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 23rd.

Not so cold. Elephant decidedly warmer than huts. Stove going well. Went round the line at 6.00 a.m. Rain and T.M.’s have played havoc with it. Much has to be done. Unluckily we are just 50 weaker than last time owing to casualties and many going sick. Today another sunny day, with fog at times. We have a tame magpie here now, and it hops about and feeds out of the hand. Every man has come in with a muffler, one pair mitts, three pairs socks, and a pair long gum boots. Gas wind still on order, though the wind has gone S. Elephant has been patched where it was hit. Very peaceful night and day so far. Not a shot or sound to be heard. They will wake up in p.m., I expect. We had a regular change round this relief, Downs going back and 11th to R.L. Quite a peaceful sunny day, warm. Spent it hodding round settling what to tackle in way of repairs. Much milder; hope it doesn’t mean rain. The leaves still hang on hedges, which is a blessing, as it saves screening, which is a lengthy job.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24th.

A drizzle all night, and still continues. Quiet night and morning. Ate chicken last night—excellent—reheated deliciously. Trenches very wet this morning and pumping going on. A still autumnal morning, rather misty, and steady drizzle.

9.30 p.m. Another quiet day, I’m glad to say, but steady rain all the time, till about 5.00 p.m. I did a good deal of pedestrian exercise and tested the new boots in the wet. I find these long evenings I have time to read. Magazines are, I think, the best. I, somehow, don’t fancy novels. We don’t go back this time after all, only R.L. again. I’m rather glad for various reasons. The night is clear, so I hope we may be in for more fine weather. They seem to be doing well on the Somme, but Roumanian news is not good.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25th.

Fine morning, colder. Looks as if it might turn to rain. Quiet night. Our trench mortars are having a strafe at 11.00 a.m., so expect Bosche will reply.

7.00 p.m. Bosche didn’t retaliate much on our line. Threw it about a bit, and was evidently stuffy. No damage to personnel or material. Vegetables very hard to get now, and very dear. Splendid, more socks coming. They are always welcome. Have suddenly got heavy cold.

THURSDAY OCTOBER 26th.

Feeling much better. I walked up to a conference of C.O.’s at R.L. and think it did me good. The men must take their turns. There are 60 or more who have not been on leave at all. Some took part in the Push and were wounded; some also have been in the raid, and these must come first. The afternoon turned out sunny and nice, but everything very messy. Saw N. at R.L. He says the draft are coming to me all right.

FRIDAY. OCTOBER 27th.

Feeling much better. Charley wants me to go and stay with him for a day or two for a change. Shall see when we go out. Raining again today. Fairly quiet night.

7.00 p.m. Drizzling rain off and on all day. Glad you got dominoes and mouth organs. The 1st Battalion are in the Push and have suffered, I hear, hence their appeal for officers. Capital about amassing more socks. Gum boots are very severe on socks, and I see the men will live in them this winter. Still very quiet so far tonight.

SATURDAY. OCTOBER 28th.

Quiet night and fine morning, but S.W. wind. The missing draft of 50 turned up last night at Transport. Saw Brock in the trenches yesterday, and suggested all staff and higher commands from Corps Gen. down, should in turn spend six days in front line, to make them realise the conditions, which they utterly fail to do so at present.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29th.

Relief went off all right, and we had no casualties during the whole tour, notwithstanding a good deal of shelling. Draft of 54 arrived last night, and 30 more on the way, I hear. Worst class of day, rain and wind. Owing to Hun raid on Channel no letters yesterday. Yes, the place behind is well in rear of our guns. We have to find 200 men in the 24 hours for working parties. B_____ our Medico gone on leave, and we have a man from Malay States . Seems a nice fellow. Was through the mutiny at Singapore, in February, 1915. We are getting five more men’s huts here, which will make things better. The roads about are awful. I went in nearly to my knees in mud on the ‘road’ about a half a mile from here last night. Trenches are quite dry walking, but the roads! We leave one Coy. in close support. They are quite comfy and like being there. Am going to see them this p.m. Little house, quite cosy.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 30th.

Another blustery, showery wet day. Splendid, 444 pairs socks coming. We went into the line only 367 last time. This time we should be well over 400 again—all the difference in getting work done. The R.E. did repairs outside of Elephant, but are going to put in concrete floor and mend wooden partition. Two new officers joined today, five more en route. One is Darling, son of Dr. at Lurgan. Godson has gone to Bde. Intelligence Office for a few days. The change will do him good; he is a capital fellow. Was at Oxford, law degree, and after being called to the Bar he went on the Stock Exchange. He has ideas, and is A1 at Intelligence work, and in charge of snipers. What with carrying parties and working parties, we have no time for any parades this time. Hope we may have a few fine days when we go back next time. Tuesday the whole Push marched into B_____ [ Bailleul] goes to Cinema, Follies, then tea and then roam round for a few hours on their own and then home. Div. band to march too, I hear. The place is quite comfortable. Judge Green made a very nice reference to ‘ At.’ at Lurgan Quarter Sessions. Would rather like some magazines now. ‘19th Century’, ‘Contemporary’. I find I want something these long evenings. I’m glad to say we’ve got one Military Medal for the raid—one Sergt. Wolfe, son of Pratt’s gamekeeper, a very fine gallant boy.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31st.

Such a wild stormy night, rain and wind. Sunny today, but high wind and occasional showers. Comyn was over today; he says—1. We are going to be filled up with Englishmen. 2. Leave will probably open 10 November. 3. There is a great shortage of potatoes. We had a case of measles this morning; rather mysterious, as the man has not been away anywhere. Padre in great dread they may make him senior Chaplain of the Div.; it might mean his leaving us, which would be a great blow; but I don’t think it would necessarily. I’m going to see what I can do, anyway. Clouded over again and pelting with rain.

7.00 p.m. A strafe just begun by our guns, to cover a raid by 11th , and the table is shaking so I cannot write.

10.00 p.m. Our strafe lasted till 7.45 p.m. The Bosche only put two shells back over here, which did not damage. Haven’t heard result of raid. The _____ did one a few nights ago, which was not successful. Colder and clearer tonight, so I hope we may be in for better weather. Shall go over tomorrow morning to see our rest place, next time we come out, to find out the hang of things.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1st.

Lovely sunny bright day. Three new officers turned up last night, about 10.00 p.m. They look a hefty lot. One was a Sergt. in Irish Guards. Should be good. Two more out before for a few months. It’s quite nice sitting in my shanty, with sun streaming in. It turned out lovely all day till now it has begun to rain. Most fortunate, when we got back we found Gen N_____ here. He was most affable, and quite at his best. Well, we inspected Bulford—ample accommodation for officers and men, and quite compact. A sea of mud, but duck boards down nearly everywhere! Eight huts a company, and eight over for various. Small R. [ Recreation] Room; Y.M.C.A. tent 200 yards off. H.Q. Mess in Trois Roi, quite cosy, and my room upstairs, with comfy bed. Lloyd showed us round; he is 2nd in Command 12th R.I.R., and is a son of old Morgan Lloyd , who commanded the Wexford Militia from about ‘83 to 1907, and lived at Camolin. I remember this fellow, a wee fellow about Bob’s age. Came back by Bde and strafed Clarke for not seeing to comfort of Bulford. None of them had been there. Said they must find a football ground; rather a jar, none at present, and no parade ground. The _____ found some hidden wire like we did and had to come back. Only had some four casualties, and only one at all bad.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd.

Such a deluge all the morning. Cold quite all right now. It really is immaterial when food tocks come, whether we are in or not—they are always welcome. Godson is Intelligence Officer, and A1. Expect trenches will be in a bad state. The Hun leaves us alone if we don’t bother them, but we are always harrying him, and he then retaliates a little. Wurtemburghers opposite us, and stout fellows, I think. Our guns had a strafe about 6.00 p.m. for half an hour, and the Bosche replied with a few heavies over here. Again they had a sudden burst about half an hour ago, which is now dying down. No answer as yet from the Bosche. There is a constant rain daily of two or more to hospital with bronchitis. Our old Sergt. Cook has been invalided. He was an excellent fellow, and I don’t know how to replace him. Colder night and fine.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3rd.

A foggy damp morning has turned sunny and bright. Our guns had two more half hour bursts at 11.30 p.m. and 12.30 a.m., which disturbed our rest abominably. Relief quick and successful. Quite fine, and moon this tour, I’m glad to say. It makes such a difference. Quite warm tonight. The Elephant very snug, with a good hanging lamp, stove, and tablecloth.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4th.

I had to leave off last night to go up to the front line, and was late getting back. Quiet night. Whizz-Bangs coming over occasionally this morning. Fine, warm damp day, but sunny. The roll call for July 1st is not feasible; it really never took place. Coys at 6’s and 7’s, and it was only after a day or two we found out who was missing, then there were people away on courses, transport, etc. The Bosche threw stuff about all over the place today from about 7.00 a.m. till 3.00 p.m. getting a direct hit on the trench, but no casualty. He was very busy with 77mm and 4.2’s. We dosed him back with T.M.’s (and he never gave us one), Hows, etc. Wind got up and raining now.

(To be continued.)