June 2003

The annual Easter General Vestry Meeting was held on Sunday 27^th April at Farranthomas Hall following a celebration of the Eucharist for the whole Union. Starting with refreshments, and the fact that the weather was so good so that the children of the congregation were happily playing together outside, meant we had a larger gathering than usual.

The Rector gave a report on her first seven months here and of how she saw the future of farming families, as well as incomers, shaping the future of the church in these parishes.

Edith Draper reported on the Children’s Church; David Bourne on the Boys’ and Girls’ Brigades; Dorothy Draper on the Mothers’ Union; Jean Buttimer and Lily Shorten on the use of the various church halls in the union. All reports were encouraging and showed a series of lively activities.

Wardens and Vestry members for 2003/4 are as follows:-

Churchwardens        St Bartholomew, Kinneigh                     John Anderson; Ivan Shorten

                                    Christ Church, Kilmeen                      Betty Kingston; Francis Buttimer

                                    St Mary, Desertserges                        Benjy Hosford; Keith Ross

                                    St Patrick, Farranthomas                      Lilian Shorten; Billy Shorten

Glebewardens            Richard Buttimer; Henry Patterson.

Select vestry             Rosie Appelbe; Alan Buttimer; Jean Buttimer; Stephen Buttimer; Cyril Draper; William Duke; Frank Jennings; Hilda Ross; John Schofield; Harold Shorten; Leonard Shorten; Frances Stanley.

Afterwards at a short meeting of the new Select Vestry, Billy Duke was elected Union Treasurer (also for Kinneigh) with assistant treasurers Rosie Appelbe (Glebe); Frances Stanley (Sustentation/Kilmeen); Lilian Shorten (Missions/Farranthomas); Hilda Ross (Desertserges).

Jean Buttimer elected as Secretary. David Bourne, Reader and presently on General Synod co-opted onto vestry.

Congratulations

• To Benjy Hosford 55 years continuously Church Warden at St Mary’s Desertserges and for much of that time ably assisted by his wife Ethel. The people of Desertserges presented a voucher for a special Sunday Lunch at Benjy and Ethel’s favourite restaurant.

• To Ada and Ernest Buttimer on achieving 50 years of happy marriage!
• To David Bourne as Reader for 25 years. David was made Reader in 1978 at Trim Cathedral.
• Ivan Shorten – see below
• To everyone who has had an anniversary or special birthday but about which I didn’t know!

Table Tennis

As another season draws to a close, another award has been made, this time to Ivan Shorten, honoured with a Cork Indoor Sports award for all his hard work he has put into the sport over the years. This has included coaching schools to nine All Ireland titles and travelling with one of these to Slovakia to compete in the World Schools’ Championships.

Congratulations also to Emma Jane Helen who has bee selected to play on the Irish Schools Team in Scotland at the end of June. The club wishes her the best of luck, as I’m sure we all do.

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