Milford chronicle., 1941-07-25
Sussex Sunday Schools
Receive Allowances
Annual $500 Appropriation Is Dol
ed Out By Levy Court

ne Levy OOufL commissioners
OF Sussex County, as provided by
an old law dating back in the sos
have passed the annual appropri-
alton of s500.OO to the Sunday
schools, based on the average
yearly attendance. When the stat
ute for such an appropriation was
passed is not definitely known, but
1t is known, however, that it is tc
be found in the REVISED Code oi
Delaware in 1852. No one seems tC
know why it was enacted unless
back in those days the Sunday
schools were weak financially oil
politicians wished to gain favor
with the church folk.
1t is, however, more than a cen
tury-old Sunday school support
law, ignored in New Castle an(
Kent counties. Possibly forty years
ago. Sunday school leaders in the
two upper counties seemed to spur
the law because of the fact that the
allowance was too small and thai
it was backed by politicians desir-
ing favor and by the liquor inter
,esta Forty-eight years ago, to
be exact in 1898, there was a reso-
luton passed by the Delaware
State Sunday School Association
asking that the law be abolished be-
cause they believed that there
should be a separation between the
church and state.
AS early as 1921, there was a
statute, it is said, which provided
that every school started within
the state for educating children on
Sunday should be entitled to re-
ceive a certain sum of money not
to exceed 20 cents for each white
scholar that was enrolled.
There is but little doubt in the
minds of the old residents of the
county, it is said, that the reason
for the passage of the act was in
stigated by the liquor interests in
order to curry favor with the
church folk. Hotel men in those
days were among the most heavily
taxed, both for licenses and on
their real estate. They could afford
in those days to try and satisfy
the church folk who most of the
time at each term of court were
fighting the granting of licenses be-
fore the resident judge.
Allowances were made to the 81
schools reporting, out of a poss-
ible 100 throughout the county.
Many of the schools, since the law
became effective, have failed to
file reports of their annual atten-
dance with the authorities in order
to receive the appropriation. The
reports have to be filed by the Sun
day school superintendents setting
forth the Sunday school enroll
ment and the average yearly at
tendance of such enrolment.
Blanks are furnished, upon re-
quest, by County Comptroller Hen
ry Roster or any other official
holding the office at the time of
such request.
Following are the allowances:
Calvary Methodist, Milford, 232
average attendance. $21.SS; Ep-
worth. Laurel r. d. 1, As, s4.24;
ALI Saints, Laurel, 10, $1.79; st.
Philips, Laurel, 40, $3.77; st. An
drews. Laurel, %, $2.O7; Woodland,
Seaford, r. D., 20, $3.50; Mt. olive,
Delmar, 1853, $14,90; Zoar, near
Millsboro, so, $4.72; Nazarene,
Laurel, so, $472; Slaughter Neck.
near Milford, 55, $5.19; Lincoln
City, "a, $7.92; Grace, Milton, 102,
1852; Beaver Dam, Harbeson, SS,
$3.50; Mt. Pleasant, Laurel, 80.
$8.49; Pilgrim Holiness, Milton, n,
1925; Asbury, Laurel, 80, 1858;
Glendale, 80. $3.6S; Bethel, Days
boro, 100, s9.43; First Presbyter-
ian, Georgetown, 40, $3.77; Gum
boro Methodist, IS, $7.36; First
Methodist, Delmar. 245. $23.1O; Mt
Olivet, Seaford. 125, $11.79; Beth
esda, near Georgetown, As. $4.24;
Greenwood Methodist, 81, $5.75;
Lewes Presbyterian, II. $3.50; Nc
Colley's, Redden, 30, $2.S3; Grace,
Millsboro. 1874. $15.47; Kings, near
Laurel, 81, $5.3S: Bethel Metho-
dist, 140, 1920; Carey's. near
Millsboro, 1O1, $9.52; Christian,
Ocean View, 112, $1O.56; Gethes-
name, near Seaford, 5S, $5.47;
Bethel Methodist, Bethel, 26. $2.45;
Gregg's, Blades, 95, $S.96; Mt. Her.
man, near Delmar, As, $4.24; Line,
near Gumboro, So, $4.90; Horsey's
Grove, near Laurel, 81, $2.55;
Groome Memorial, Lewes, AZ,
1896; Chaplain's Chapel, between
Georgetown and Bridgeville, 40,
$S.77; Christ, Laurel, 9S, 1924; Mt.
Zion, near Laurel, rs, $7.17; Beth
any, Frankford, S5, $3.50; st.
Georges, Frankford. r. D.. 166,
$15.65; Unity, Fairmount, 25,
$2.S6; Centenary, Laurel, 800,
sSO;1S; Wesley, Georgetown. 1853,
$14HS; Grace. Georgetown, las,
1920; Sound, near Williamsville,
ia, $10.75; Bethel, Ocean View, 30,
$S.49; st. Paul's. Georgetown, II,
$1.61; st. Johns, Seaford, 80.
$29.23; Grace. Greenwood, 43,
$4.O5; Cokesbury, between George
town and Bridgeville, 25, $2.36;
Roxana. 1876, $12.73; Cannon, be-
tween Bridgeville and Seaford, go,
1856; Frankford Presbyterian, 30,
$2.S3; Pilgrim Holiness, near Sea-
ford, rs, S7.07; Goshen, Milton, 90,
$S.49; Ocean View Presbyterian, "a,
1921; Union. Bridgeville, 100,
$12.26; Frankford, 122, s11.5O.
Centenary Methodist of Laurel
ranks first with a yearly average
attendance of 800; st. Johns Meth
odist, of Seaford, stands second
with 80; First Methodist of Del
mar, is third with 245, and Calvary
Methodist of Milford, fourth, with
232.
ILLEGAL ALIENS