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BIackbird, March 10-Mr. John
A. Heinold had the misfortune to
fall and sprain his shoulder one
day last week. He is getting along
very well and hopes to be out soon.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w Webber en-
tertained on Sunday Mr. and Mrs.
Elwod Reihm of Bear, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Roland Burchard and daugh-
ters, of Odessa.
Mrs. Everett Rose of Delaware
City, spent the weekend with Mr..
and Mrs. w. H. Spicer.
Mrs. Theodore Ferguson left on
Friday for a visit in Washington
with her sister, Miss L. Ethel Tay-
lor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Kohl and
son and Mrs. c. Fred Heinold Wis
tied Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Kohl on
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Burris en-
tertained on Sunday Mr.. and Mrs.
Alvin Gaunce and children,
Amos and Isabelle Cahall, of Ches-
apeake City, Md, also Mr.. and
Mrs. Samuel Ford and daughter
Anna, and Mr.. and Mrs. Allie Gonce
and Edward Gonce.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Matthews
of Still Pond, are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. w. L. Reynolds.
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Wilmington Monday of last week
Mrs. Davis remained overnight
with her parents, Mr.. and Mr.
John GiIbride.
Mr.. and Mrs. James B. jackson
who have been living in the AIlee
apartments. are spending severa
months with his parents. Mr. anr
Mrs. Charles T. Jackson, durinp
the construction of their new home
in Eastover Hills.
Mrs. John Carrow, who is livjna
in Wilmington with her daughter
Mrs. ]. Brynberg Morrow, ha.
been spending several days il
town
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gratulations on the birth of a son
on February goth at the Kent Cen
eral Hospital. Mrs. Richardson
was the former Miss Dorothy Mat
tiford, of this town.
Mrs. German Thomas, of Clay
ton, visited her mother, Mrs. JAM
es Unruh the past week.
Mrs. Sarah E. Mills has return
ed from a visit to friends in Cam
den, Philadelphia and Trenton, NJ.
Davis Stats, Jr., since his re-
turn from the Homeopathic Hos
pital last week, is improving nice
ly-
Mr.. and Mrs. w. I. Cochran and
Mr. and Mrs. r. R. Reynolds, Jr.,
were Dover visitors the past week.
Miss Jeanette Wilson and faith
er visited Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison
Richardson at Dover one day re-
Gently.
Miss Ethelwyn Maloney attend
ed dinner given by the Syracus-
ians of Delaware at the University
Club in Wilmington on Thursday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Stafford, of
Middletown, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Randolph Reynolds were recent
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard
Travers, of fredericksburg.
The Townsend Board of Assess
ment met at the office of George
NJ D. Hart & Son last week and
checked over property, especially
those farmers who had moved.
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TOWNSEND
Items of Personal and Social In
terest Cleaned From the Vicinity

Townsend, March 10 = Moving
day saw a number of changes in
this vicinity the past week. JOS
eph c. Hutchinson moved to the
Lattomus farm west of town, while
his son Carl, moved to the farm
vacated by the father. Scott
Reihm moved to Townsend Farms,
Incorporated, property vacated by
Nathaniel Guessford. William T.
McNatt moved to the Shallcross
farm near Odessa, after having re-
sided near Hangman's Branch for
about four years.
A chimney fire at the home of
Richard Howell on South street on
Monday of last week was soon ex-
tinguished by the local fire force.
One night recently a house owned
by John c. Montgomery, colored,
along the road leading to Coldwell
was burned to the ground. Albert
Butcher, colored, sleeping alone in
the dwelling, barely had time to
escape. The house was insured
for $500.
A hog guessing contest was re-
vived recently when several farm
ers back in the Greenspring dis
trict visited several pens that con-
tanned immense speciments. Re
Gently a mammouth porker fooled
the guessers by tipping the scales
at 40 pounds when the highest
guess was 407 so the lively event
goes merrily on in annual fashion.
The Women's Bible class was
entertained recently by Mrs. Mer-
ritt Yearsley and Mrs. McInnes at
the home of Mrs McInnes, st. An
drew's. Twenty-three members
were present and after business
session the social part of the even
ing was enjoyed by all.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison Richard
son, 70 Dover, are receiving con-
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CHESWOLD
Items of Personal and Social IN.
terest Cleaned From the Vicinity

Mrs. Ralph Stout has been
spending the past few weeks with
her sister, Mrs. John Thompson
and Mr.. Thompson.
Miss Ruth Evans of Wilmington,
spent the weekend with Mr.. and
Mrs. T. d. Garrison.
MIR. and Mrs. Franklin Scarbor-
ough and little daughter Anne, of
Ridley Park. Pa, spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Scarbor-
ough.
Mr.. o. ]. Lafferty spent last
Wednesday with Clayton friends.
Marjorie Remley attended the
party given by Edith Sypherd in
Dover last Friday evening.
The Ladies' Aid met at the home
of Mrs. Ethel Carrow, near town,
last Monday evening.
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ODESSA
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est Cleaned About NeighborhOOd

Items of Personal and Social Inter
est Cleaned About NeighborhOOd
Odessa, March 10 - The many
friends in town Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Roy Rawley gave them a very
lively serenade on Thursday even
ing.
Mrs. F. T. James and Mrs. Jerry
Gremminger have been recent Wis
itors in Chesapeake City, Md, with
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson.
Mrs. F. T. James has received
word of the serious illness of her
sister, Mrs. Charles st. John, in
Philadelphia. Pa.
Mrs. Leland Pleasanton has been
visiting in Washington, D. c.
Mr.. Sudler Wallace has moved
to the Smith apartments, opposite
the Methodist Church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Delaware Light
cap, of Wilmington, have been re-
cent visitors in Odessa.
Miss Mabel Hannum, of Marcus
Hook, Pa, visited Miss Geneva
Ward the past week.
Mr.. Earl Ward, of near Selby-
ville,- has been recent visitor
with his mother, Mrs. Harry Ward
Mrs. Anie Fitzgerald has been
spending some time in Penn Grove
N. j., with her daughter, Mrs. Lee
Heller.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arvin Lynch, OF
Port Mahon, were recent visitors
of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Morris.
Mrs. Florence George, of Port
Penn, has been visiting her sister
Mrs. Annie Cleaver who has beer
quite i'll.
Mrs. Emma Kumpe of Delanco
N. J., has been a recent visitor
with her mother, Mrs. Catherine
Gremminger.
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Women nen5.,, II
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with a good ,,.sS ~ j
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Ter Ter spending ssn. ~ q
son and da1gts-..,. H., Il
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relatives IN cS.s,.s. Il, n
"a Mrs. George ! q
mia ,n.lsr 7! M sa5 III lss
near Odessa D. \
mington. wers -'2|
Mr.. and Ms J.r', |
on,5s George copgs : |
quite sick a. b,, r..
ter. i
B. BENJAMIN v1]
oeen confined to Ia
l-me IS able % h
George Cd1,c. =
cll' 5sfrsd to Rldgs.g u
Company r5s,s
the future.
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CAPITAL
NEWS BUDGET
Personal Items and Social
Mention About Dover Folks
and Their D0ings
PARTIES OF THE WEEK

Dover, March 10-Mrs. E. Cole
Hutchison entertained Friday af-
ternoon in honor of the third
birthday anniversary of her daugh-
ter, Joan.
Mrs. John B. Hutton and Miss
Charlotte Hutton were cohostesses
to the Ever Ready Circle of the
Kings Daughters on Monday ev-
enig at the home of the former.
Mrs. Julia B. Milbourne of Phil
adelphia has been spending this
week with her father, Mr. w. S.
Bostic, and Mrs. Bostic. The Bos-
tics entertained at dinner Monday
evening in celebration of the birth
day anniversary of another daugh-
ter, Mrs. Frank F. Collins
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil c. Fulton, r.,
of New York City spent the week
end with the latter's mother and
sister, Mrs. Amos Cole and Mrs. c.
DUPONT Walker, Mrs. Fulton re-
manning for a To-day visit. The
Fultons have just returned from a
trip to Natchez, Gulfport, Biloxi,
Miss, and New Orleans, La. where
Mr.. Fulton went on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas C. Frame
have as their guests. their son-in-
law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
Oliver Farrow, Jr., and two chill
dren of Cape May.
Miss Jane w Hardesty and Miss
Mary Walton, students at Beaver
College, Jenkintown, attended the
International Fraternity dance at
the Benjamin Franklin Hotel, Phil
adelphia, Friday evening. Miss
Hardesty was the guest of Mr. Ken
meth Hearn, who is studying at the
Wharton School of Finance, Uni
versity of Pennsylvania.
DR.. and Mrs. Carl B. SculI en-
tertained Thursday evening in hon
or of Mr.. and Mrs. John F. Nc
Donald.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin F. john
son sailed Wednesday night from
New York for Bermuda.
Mrs. Mary Louise Tilghman was
surprised by a number of her
friends Friday evening, in honor of
her birthday anniversary.
Mrs. Robert Dockety of Seaford
is spending two weeks with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard
Schwarz. Mr.. and Mrs Dockety
entertained at dinner recently, at
the home of her parents.
Miss Catharine Donohoe, who
has been the guest of her sister,
Mrs. Marshall Derby and Mr.. Der
by of Woodside, has returned to
her home in Malone, N. Y.
Mr.. Royden L. Hammond frac-
tured his arm in a fall on Thurs
day and was unable to leave for q
weekend visit in Washington, as
planned.
Col. John P. LeFevre was in
Washington last week and attend
ed the Masonic dinner Saturday
night and was the guest of his
brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Howell LeFevre, over
the weekend.
Mrs. Charles G. Shorb was host
ess to the members of her sewing
club at luncheon last week
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank H. Davis at
tended the funeral of the latter
uncle, Mr.. Martin F. Keogh. in
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NOTICE

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and mules removed FREE of
charge by calling DOVER 749 r
13. No animals removed unless call
Is made Immediately and no an
imals dying from a contagious dis
ease will be removed.
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KENTON NEWS
NOTES OF WEEK
Personal Mention and Social
Items and Other Parties
Reported About Town
COMMUNITY INTEREST

Kenton, March 1O-Mrs. Levi l..
Everett, Sr., was delightfully."- sur
prised by her four sons and daugh-
ters-in-law and grandchildren on
March 3rd at her home in Kenton
with six o'clock dinner of roast
turkey with all the trimmings
Later in the evening delicious ice
cream and cake were served. The
occasion was Mrs. Everett's 77th
birthday. Those present were:
Mr.. and Mrs. James Everett and
daughter Charlotte, Mr. and Mrs.
Levi L. Everett, Jr., and sons
Franklin and Marvel, Mr. and Mrs.
Andy F. Everett and sons Levi,
3rd, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Everett.
Other guests who enjoyed the din
ner and evening were: Mr.. and
Mrs. Clint Davis and Mrs. Ella
Carey and daughter Eva. The
evening was spent in tales of child
hood of the boys and do You Re-
member ?" stories. At late hour
they left wishing Mrs. Everett
many more birthdays. Mrs. Ev-
erett is a sister-in-law of Sheriff
T. Herbert Everett of Queen Anne
County, Md, and the mother of
Sheriff Levi L. Everett, Jr.,of Kent
County, Del.
The P. T. A. will be held in Ken
ton School on Friday evening,
March 11th.
Miss Gertrude Parsons of Dover,
spent the weekend with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Parsons.
Mrs. Alice bigger and Mr.. Fred
Dawson left Sunday for a motor
trip to Florida.
Miss Mary Louise Pepper Of
Georgetown, Del, spent Saturday
with her aunt, Mrs. Ernest Smith,
Jr.
Mr.. Q. w. Guthrie and family
spent Sunday with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. N. F. Culley in Rock
Hall, Md.
Miss Virginia Landon and her
uncle, Mr. Glen Martin Of Balti-
more, Md, spent Monday with
Rev. and Mrs. J. P. Landon
Miss Frances Warner of Will
mington, spent the weekend with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
Knots.
Miss Elizabeth Crossley Of Viii
mington, spent the weekend with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob
Crossley.
Mrs. Fred Syfrit Of Taylor's
Bridge, has been visiting her aunt,
Mrs. Ella Poore and cousin, Mr.
Fred Wallace.
Mr.. Milbourne Wiley and Mr..
John Byler Of Lewes, spent the
weekend with Mr.. S. G. Walker
and family.
Mrs. A. G. Arthurs, Mr.. and Mrs
ID. D. Crossley and daughter Car
olyn and Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Hughes motored to Wilmington on
Sunday for the day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Lynch and
daughter Charlotte, spent the
weekend with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Francis Hickman near
F'rankford, Del. Mrs. Lynch and
Charlotte remained for a longer
visit.
Mr.. H. G. Clark and family and
Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Clark of Smyr-
ma, motored to Philadelphia on
Sunday to visit Miss Mary Clark.
Over sixty dollars was cleared
from the supper on February 18th.
Mrs. w. G. Knots entertained
the Ladies' Aid Society on We'd
nesday evening, March End.
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in Florida returned home on Wed
nesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Cockburn
and son Gordy, of Dover, spent
Sunday with Mrs. N. G. Severson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Cole, Mrs
Mary VanDyke and son Wilson, of
Wilmington, spent the weekend
with Mrs. Alice Collins.
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PUBLIC SALE

The undersigned will sell at pub
lie sale on the ''Geiser Farm" on
road leading from Smyrna to Oak
Hill School, six miles from Clay
ton. on
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WELLINGTON

Items OF personal and Social Inter.
est Cleaned About EeighbOrhood
Millington, Nd, March 10 The
Home Guards of Asbury NJ. F
Church were entertained by Mrs
w. Leo Gale one evening recently
The men members Of the Home
Missionary Society of Asbury NJ
E. Church entertained recently the
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Church. The first rector was DR..
mary near Alexandria. and among the
first yestry were Thomas Corcoran,
twice Mayor of Georgetown. Francis
Scott Kay, author of The Star Span
gled Banner; DR.. Thomas Henderson,
surgeon in the United States Army
and one of the organizers of the Medl-
cal Society of the District of Colum-
bia James Morsell, for many years
Justice of the Circuit Court of the
District. and Clement Smith, presi-
dent of the Farmers & Mechanics
Bank A site was purchased, the cor
ner stone of the church laid with
religious and Masonic rites on May IL,
1918. The first services therein held
were on Christmas Day of the same
year, and on December 30, 1918, it was
consecrated by Bishop Kemp of Mary
land The journal Of the Maryland
Diocese Of 1918 shows that it was rec
ognized as an independent congrega-
ton and that Francis Scott Key was
the first delegate 20 the convention.
A CHURCH not so old as some OF
those mentioned, but one which
retains the original building, though
somewhat modified, is the Congress
Street Methodist Protestant Church Of
Georgetown, which stands at 1898
Thrty-first street. This venerable
structure was erected in 1929. and to-
day. though having celebrated its
Tooth anniversary seven years ago, 1t
still has a large and wide-awake con-
gregation and a Bible class which,
| although only 10 years old, has an
active membership Of ali.
Methodism was comparatively
new religion when it was first intro
| duced into Georgetown in 1772 by
Robert Williams, who came from Eng
land to this country in 1859, and in
the same year. we are told, Francis
Asbury visited this place in the further
esta blishment of the church.
The original movement to form this
denomination began at Oxford. Eng
| land, in 1929, the chief leaders, be-
| sides John Wesley. being his brother,
Charles, and George Whitefield, and,
strange to say. it was just 100 years
| later that the Methodist Protestant
branch of the faith erected its build
| ing in Georgetown.
| incidentally. the laying of the cor
ner stone. more than a century ago,
was performed by Potomac Lodge,
No S, F. A. A. M.
| The National Intelligencer, usually
of great value to those seeking infor-
nation of early Washington events,
under the heading. Founding Of a
New Church. said:
Our town was agreeably enlivened
on Tuesday last by the ceremonies Of
laying the corner stone of the Asso-
ciated Methodist Church. the first
foundation of the name in the District
of Columbia.
The Masonic Fraternity of Potomac
Lodge. No. 5. under the direction OF
William Hewitt. esq. grand master OF
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Alexandria Skeet Clubs are non-
profit-sharing enterprises. 1t is bang
for the sake of banging with this trio.
to shoot. But the commercial aspects
did not escape the notice Of several
business men. and so last summer
Ager Road Skeet Club was laid out
on Ager road. few miles outside of
the northeastern boundaries of the
District, so that Tom, Dick and Harry
could bang away at so much per bang.
Last December Frank Huseman. who
has shattered enough clay pigeons to
build several Aztec temples while gum
nlng in and around Washington for
two generations. was assigned the
task of garnishing the spacious acres
on the approach side of Tom ODon-
nells Griffith Farms with a skeet
course. supplemented by trap-shoot-
ing layout. Ager Road and Griffith
Farms are fiourishing businesses with
an growing clientele now.
So Washington is surrounded by
skeet clubs and the air is full Of clay
dust particles so that Capitalites who
dare the barrage which volleys and
thunders to left and right drive
through a fog as they head for
beaches and distant points over week
ends.
HERE'S tip to Washington's GRIM
inal element. II you want to do
a bit of house e-breahng or aggravated
assaulting without getting your trou-
sers punctured. pick out territory
not patrolled by one Police Sergt.
George Deyoe. present North-South
title holder. Sergt Deyoe is the dead
liest skeeter in this section and one
Of the best 10 in the country. When
Sergt. George draws a bead on a
skeet,. 1t turns to snuff before you can
say "yakutsk." Currently the SER
geant has competition worthy Of his
metal. Dick Steuart, president Of the
Alexandria Skeet Club. is said to have
a better seasons average. Steuart Is
Virginia State champion, no mean
honor.
A skeet course is a crude semicircle
with eight stations, and has trap
houses at each corner Of the semi
circle which send at clay pigeons at
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A CCORCING to an early account,
ST. Johns Protestant Episcopal
Church came into existence about
1896 through the efforts of Rev. WAL
ter D. Addison, with the assistance OF
Rev. Stephen Bloomer Balch Of the
Presbyterian Church. Mr.. Addison
early went TO Georgetown to visit and
to preach to some church families, and
an Episcopal congregation was or
eanized to which he occasionally min
istered during the years 1894 and
l795.
However, apparently there must
have been difficulties encountered in
collecting sufficient money to COM
plete the buildings, and the fund
collected in 1926 was only sufficient
to carry the building up to the first
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Members Bang Loudly at Plates Flying From
Traps in Maryland and Virginia
Club Quarters.

sticks while attempting mayhem OH
elusive templates zigging and tagging
from trap-houses AZ yards apart.
It's a great sport for those who like
It. and from statistics 1t appears that
more and more Washingtonians are
developing symptoms of liking 1t.
Five years ago skeeters around the
presidential tepee could only buzz.
Now they have put themselves over
with a bang and follow up one bang
with another.
It is variously estimated that the
District of Columbia today harbors
500 to 900 skeet shooters Some are
day-by-day devotees. Their fingers
itch to pull the trigger daily on mis-
creant flying platters. Others belong
to the Wednesday afternoon circles.
The same token that has designated
Friday fish day" and Monday
wash day" has set aside Wednesday
for "skeet day." 1t is a sort of prac-
tice session for the big doings over
Saturdays and Sundays.
"WEDNESDAY the boys tuck their
w fowling pieces under their biceps
and head for the suburbs to trim up
their eyes as they trim down few
clay targets, II lucky. Saturday and
Sunday the champions and the near
champions take over the courses and
the slaughter of defenseless disks is
appalling.
At the present writing. about four
years since the first "skeet" met sudden
death on Bradley boulevard, near
Bethesda, there are five "skeet" clubs
in Washington. Wait. we are wrong.
There isn't a skeet club in Washing
ton. All five clubs are beyond the
District line, four being in Maryland
and one in Virginia.
Oldest, most pretentious and most
sedate is the National Capital Skeet
Club, on Bradley boulevard west OF
Wisconsin avenue. Here the aristo-
Gratis skeeters do their best banging.
New Deal Senators fraternize with
economic royalists" in the mutual
pleasure Of drawing a bead on a
third party" The National Capitals
four courses are going full blast on
Wednesday afternoons and through
out Saturdays and Sundays. h
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Building Religious
Days Early (5rowthF Pastor Served Presbyteran
in Creatn Parishes

the designation Of church would
hardly apply to the modest little
structure; and. besides. under the
domination Of the established Church
Of Maryland, the name was reserved
for houses of worship belonging to
the Episcopalians. They had churches;
Catholics had chapels; Baptists and
Quakers had meeting houses.
THE church was begun before
1892" it is said, but 1t was not yet
completed. as appears from a letter
Of Father Neale to Mr.. Ignatious Fen
wick. prominent Catholic OF the
town. This letter is dated August
II, 1892. and empowers Mr.. Fenwick
to receive donations and contribu-
tions toward finishing the Roman
Catholic chapel in Georgetown. The
subscriptions must have come IN SLOW
ly. Money was scarce amongst the
scattered Catholic populations. Be-
sides, the people had not been ac-
customed to contribute to the support
of religion. Most of them were from
the lower counties of Maryland, where
Jesuits employed their private pos
sessions in the service OF religion,
neither asking nor, it might be add
ed. receiving any financial aid from
the people; their personal expenses
were betrayed from the products of
their own farms: their labors for the
people were gratuitous. Pew rents,
ordinary collections during the serv-
ices and other sources Of revenue for
church purposes, customary and neces-
sary at the present day, were not
known to them.
"TT WAS during the time whilst
the work on the church was
delayed through want Of funds that
the people of what is now Washing
ton used to wend their way through
the woods to the chapel of George
town College-and the people Of
Georgetown. until their church was
completed, were dependent on the
college.
The front of the old church re-
mains the same as it was more than a
century ago; the rest of the ediflce
was remodeled and enlarged to ac-
commodate the increasing congrega-
ton. After the church was built