Milford chronicle., 1933-08-18
FRANKFORT


delphia, were recent visitors to Mrs
: Fraley father, Peter c. B. Hudson.
Mrs. Robert W. Dasey and her
granddaughter, Miss Mary Elizabeth
Gum, are spending some time at
Ocean City, Md.
For the purpose of fencing old
Prince Georges Chapel at Dagsboro
a benefit party will be held Thurs
day, the oath, in the afternoon, at
Ringler's. Bethany Beach.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul E. Long, Mr..
and Mrs. Curtis Steen are making a
motor trip to the Century of Prog
ress Fair at Chicago. They will also
visit Detroit, Niagara Falls and
Thousand Islands.
There will be an excursion from
Philadelphia this Sunday, the 10th,
| leaving Philadelphia Saturday night
at 11:10 and arriving here Sunday
morning at 1927 Returning the ex-
cursion will leave here Sunday
night at 1854 o'clock.
A week from this Sunday there
will be an' excursion from here to
Philadelphia, Atlantic City, New
OIhf anu w
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Goodwin, of
Wilmington. Del, were recent Wis
itors to Mrs. Godwin's sister, Mrs.
Atwood o. Lynch.
The NJ. E. Church has been re-
painted white and presents a very
neat and attractive appearance. New
from doors have been put in and the
roof repaired.
Miss Elizabeth Carey, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. George A. Carey, of
Plant City, Florida, is visiting her
grandmother, Mrs. Sidney Carey.
Mr.. and Mrs. James B. Long, of
Philadelphia, are visiting friends
friends and relatives here. Mr.. Long
had a very good fishing trip last
Monday off Bethany Beach. He was
easily the champion angler. The |
party caught a boat load of fish.
Mrs. Gertrude Hudson, of Dover,
is visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. |
John II. Layton.
Mrs. John A. Tingle and daughter, |
Betty, spent the last week at Ocean
City, Md. on a house boat party.
Prince Georges Church, Dagsboro, /
is supposed to have been built as
early as 1870. 1t was originally a
chapel-of-ease to st. Martins the |
mother church of Worcester parish,
Md
The Rev Mr.. Inglis in 1865. writes
to the Society for the Propagation of
the Gospel that "the lines between
this province and Maryland are now
run out and fixed according to
decree in chancery. By this division
Sussex will be twice as large as it
is at present. and one or two Mary
land churches will be thrown into
the lower end of it." Accordingly
since that time there have been in
cluded within the limits of this dio-
cese the church at Dagsboro, pre-
viously in Worcester Parish, Mary
land; Christ Church, Broak Creek;
before in Stepheny Parish, and st.
Mary's Chapel. North West Fork
Hundred, not far from the present
site of Seaford.
About so years after its erection
Prince Georges was enlarged chief
" at the expense of General Dag
worthy. This was done by adding
transepts and a small sanctuary on
the east end, the ground plan. by the
additions being extended in the form
of a Latin cross. The length of the
church was now ninety feet, and its
greatest width fifty feet. The walls
we're fourteen feet high, the ceilings
formed semi-circular arches inter-
secting each other and giving to the
whole interior a most pleasing ef-
feet. The furniture included all the
appointments common to English
churchs of the period, among others
a hexagonal pulpit arising from
stem and surmounted by quaint
looking sounding board. But the
chief armament must have been the
altar window in the east end of the
church. this was divided into three
sections, the middle one having a
circular head. The whole width of
the windows was nine feet, the
height fourteen feet, and the sash
one hundred and twenty
panes of glass. In 1906 the
were still standing, but so ,
much decayed as to be past repair
ing. The original edifice however
(the nove) still remained in good
the ground-sill and franz
ing timber of this part being of the
best cedar and pine that the ancient
forests of Sussex produced. In 1866,
under the superintendent of the
Rev. ]. Leighton McKim, new shing-
les were put on the roof of the nave,
The expense being born mainly by
Mrs. Rachel Hill NAPLES, grand
laughter of Gen. Dagworthy, the
Rev. John Linn McKim, who had
been rector in 1888, and the Rev. T.
Gardiner Littell of Wilmington. Ten
rears later the decayed part was re-
placed in a measure by small
,hancel, intended to .compart as far
Is possible with the design of the
original structure.
The bodies of General Dagworthy
md his wife were buried under the
loor of the north transept. Their
raves are now of course. without
he building altogether.
Regular services in Prince
Georges were discontinued in or
bout 1S47. On September 10, 1S47, r
he Rev. John Linn McKim ofi1ciated
t the funeral of Dr. Edward Dingle,
netime senior warden, and the
hurch was not open again until :,
867, when, at the instance of Mrs. G
Iachel NAPLES, the restor of Milford, a
eld a service on one Sunday after =,
Don in September. On this occa- i,
ion not only was the church filled s.