On December 17, 1861, Frederick County political parties met to decide the county's position on slavery and secession. The Union was supported three to one. On December 17, 1890, the Mt. Zion United Brethren Church in Myersville was destroyed during a storm. A new church was dedicated in May 1892. On December 17, 1893, the Presbyterian Church of Brunswick was dedicated in a ceremony conducted by Masonic Lodge No. 191. The church was disbanded in 1917. On December 17, 1935, Alfred Brown was convicted of the first degree murder of Manuel Silva Varela, the common law husband of his mother, after a one-day trial. He was later sentenced to life in prison. On December 17, 1965, Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey made a surprise two-hour visit to Camp Catoctin, the nation's first Job Corps Center, near Thurmont. On December 17, 1977, G. Richard Boyer, 44, of Walkersville, was electrocuted when an antenna he was helping to install at a home on Walter Martz Road touched a power line. Injured in the same mishap were Samuel D. Boyer, Donald R. Cecil, Frances M. Cecil, and Bradley W. Cecil. On December 17, 2004, The Randall Family LLC, owners and publishers of The Frederick News-Post, announced plans to build a new $36 million facility on a 44-acre tract off Ballenger Creek Pike in Frederick City. If anyone can add information to these History Moments, or would like to suggest an item for another calendar day, please contact me privately. John W. Ashbury [email protected]

Frederick Co, MD - Equity Court Abstracts - ES-3 304-311 - BURGEE, MARTIN, LEWIS, WALKER, TODD - Mar 1855 Nathan BURGEE & Shadrach BURGEE vs Isaac BURGEE & Others Abraham BURGEE d/ Aug 1854 intestate bro/ Nathan BURGEE bro/ Shadrach BURGEE bro/ Isaac BURGEE sis/ Maria (Burgee) w/o William MARTIN sis/ Hester (Burgee) w/o Thomas LEWIS Isaac had filed for insolvency and his trustee was George T. DILL. Land - Lot #12 of "Resurvey on Mackeys Luck", 16 acres, to Abraham BURGEE from Shadrach BURGEE of Washington County in 1842; exception is 1 acre that was sold to Isaac BURGEE. Trustee was Samuel D. WALKER with sureties as Daniel BURRIER and D. C. JOHNSON; sale was made to William TODD at $354. Distribution: court costs, $87.81 - state tax, $6.66 - each 1/5 share, $51.90 Closed 10 Oct 1855. =================== www.MidMdRoots.com

will whoever was looking for the Eaches family please contact me, I have found burials of them. Gordon Crooks

On December 16, 1765, The Maryland Gazette carried an article recounting the death and burial of "The Stamp Act" at the hands of the citizens of Frederick. On December 16, 1861, Frederick citizens were forbidden to sell or give liquor to soldiers under a rule signed by the Union Army provost marshal. On December 16, 1866, present day Trinity United Methodist Church was founded by 14 people. It was organized by the Rev. Samuel Register. On December 16, 1963, Floyd and Marie Smith, of Old Annapolis Road, filed a $100,000 damage suit in Frederick County Circuit Court on behalf of their son Donald K. Smith, who was attacked on November 5 and critically injured by three dogs belonging to Gilmore "Jake" Hamilton. On December 16, 1968, the demolition of the old Fredericktown Bank and Trust Company building in the first block of North Market Street in Frederick was begun. On December 16, 1981, a deed was recorded giving ownership of a 134.4 acre farm near MD Rt. 355, along the Monocacy River, to the National Park Service for inclusion in the Monocacy National Battlefield. The U. S. government paid the former owners, Dr. and Mrs. A. Earl Vivino, $360,000 for the property. On December 16, 1985, Lee J. Betts, president of Muscatine Community College in Muscatine, Iowa, was named president of Frederick Community College. He announced his retirement on November 20, 1996, effective December 31, 1997. If anyone can add information to these History Moments, or would like to suggest an item for another calendar day, please contact me privately. John W. Ashbury [email protected]

Frederick Co, MD - Equity Court Abstracts - ES-3 275-304 - BEAM, GASAWAY, ROSS, KAHLER, SAPPINGTON, DELASHMUTT, HOSSELBACH - Oct 1853 Noah A. GASAWAY & John W. ROSS, partners t/a Noah A. GASAWAY & Co vs Jacob BEAM and Adam KAHLER The complaintants of Baltimore city extended credit in 1853 to Jacob BEAM, also of Baltimore city, who had been operating a mill (Brookland Mill) or mills near there. His drafts now amount to $4,000 and they do not wish to extend any further credit to him and requested a mortgage of his Frederick County property for the liabilities, to be null and void upon payment of the debt. However, since this mortgage, Beam has conveyed the same property by mortgage to an Adam KAHLER, also of Baltimore city. At that time, $2,582.56 with interest was due, but Beam has refused to pay it. Land - Lots #1 & 2 of "Adams Bones" and "Resurvey on Right and Good Reason", 69 acres, to Beam by Jacob LEWIS and w/Adelia LEWIS in Jan 1853 (previously to Lewis by William B. NORRIS, exec/of George HOSSELBACH in Dec 1852); on west side of Bennetts Creek. The stone mill, two stories high with strong stream of water, then in the occupancy of Joseph BEAM, was situated between the Fleecy Dale Factory and the Greenfields Mills, within four miles of the B&O Railroad and five miles from the C&O Canal. There were two pair of burs and a pair of country stones, was repaired two years ago, has a saw mill with a two-story log house for the miller and other necessary buildings. Testimony was heard from Samuel GASSAWAY, a brother of Noah, and Jacob BEAM. Trustees for the sale were Worthington ROSS and William C. SAPPINGTON with William J. ROSS and Greenberry R. SAPPINGTON as sureties. Sale was held 15 July 1854; high bidder was Joseph BEAM, as agent of William BEAM of Baltimore city, at $3,000; however, William BEAM failed to comply with the terms. Since then, William C. SAPPINGTON, co-trustee, died and a request was made to vacate the sale. On 2 Sep 1854, the property was resold to Arthur DELASHMUTT at $2,165. The sale was protested for several reasons, one being the auctioneer was the buyer, but the objection was later withdrawn. By Feb 1855, the surviving trustee, Worthington ROSS, died and a new trustee, William J. ROSS, was appointed. Distribution of $2,165; court costs, $280.51 - N. GASSAWAY & Co, in part, $1,884.90 Closed 14 Sep 1855. =================== www.MidMdRoots.com

On December 15, 1796, Brigadier General James Wilkinson, who would be court-martialed in Frederick in 1811, became commanding general of all U. S. Army forces upon the death of General Anthony Wayne, who died on this date. On December 15, 1858, Major Samuel Barnes, founder of The Examiner newspaper, died. He was born February 20, 1788, in Kent County MD. On December 15, 1953, the last steam engine train left Brunswick, ending the Boomtown era for the southern Frederick County town. If anyone can add information to these History Moments, or would like to suggest an item for another calendar day, please contact me privately. John W. Ashbury [email protected]

On December 14, 1910, M. E. Getzendanner, a grocer and dealer in liquor on West Patrick Street in Frederick, and among the founders of the Frederick Seamless Hosiery Company, died. He was known as Eugene and was born on January 23, 1845 On December 14, 1919, Clarence S. Wallace, who shot and killed Thurmont merchant Leo M. Creager on October 18, 1919, during a manhunt in the area surrounding Thurmont, was himself shot and killed by police in Santa Barbara, CA. On December 14, 1924, St. Timothy's Episcopal Church on Franklin Street in Frederick was consecrated. When the church opened for services, it was debt free. On December 14, 1952, Dr. Thomas S. Eader, who, when he retired as a practicing dentist on August 3, 1952, was the oldest active dentist in America, died following a fall at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Helen Eader Johnson, on Clarke Place in Frederick. On December 14, 1973, Red Men's Hall was purchased for the Brunswick Museum. If anyone can add information to these History Moments, or would like to suggest an item for another calendar day, please contact me privately. John W. Ashbury [email protected]

On December 13, 1749, John Murphy was sentenced to be hanged for "felony and burglary," becoming the first person executed in Frederick County. He was hanged the day he was sentenced, which was the day after his arrest. On December 13, 1830, Henry Clay Naill, who would become the long-serving secretary of the Board of Visitors of The Maryland Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb, was born in Frederick. On December 13, 1888, Dr. John J. Moran, who was employed as examining surgeon for the U.S. Army in Frederick during the Civil War, and who attended Edgar Allan Poe during his last illness, died in Baltimore. He was born in 1820. On December 13, 1901, Dr. William H. Johnson, who was born July 1, 1827, and who practiced medicine in Adamstown, died. On December 13, 1939, Challedon was named "Horse of The Year" after winning $184,353 for Glade Valley Farms near Walkersville during the year. If anyone can add information to these History Moments, or would like to suggest an item for another calendar day, please contact me privately. John W. Ashbury [email protected]

On December 12, 1752, Francis Key, grandfather of Francis Scott Key, the author of The Star-Spangled Banner, married Miss Arnold Ross of Annapolis. At the time Francis Key was clerk of Cecil County MD. On December 12, 1860, the citizens of Frederick voted 314 to 117 to remain loyal to the Union. The vote was taken by having the citizens in favor of The Union passing through the east gate to Court House Square, and those favoring the South passing through the south gate. On December 12, 1902, the Masonic Lodge on West Church Street in Frederick was dedicated. On December 12, 1922, a contract was awarded to Hahn & Betson to build the colored high school, which was later named Lincoln, for a price of $23,000. The building is now part of Lincoln Elementary School and was formerly part of South Frederick Elementary School. The latest name chance became effective at the beginning of the 2006-2007 school year. On December 12, 1924, Newton M. Zentz, longtime owner of The Zentz Mill on North Bentz Street, south of the National Guard Armory (now The William Talley Recreation Center), died. He was born July 16, 1852, in Carroll County MD. On December 12, 1930, "Diamond Tooth" Claude Countee and two accomplices escaped from the Frederick County Jail on West South Street in Frederick. On December 12, 1952, Citizens National Bank and Farmers & Mechanics National Bank announced plans to consolidate. If anyone can add information to these History Moments, or would like to suggest an item for another calendar day, please contact me privately. John W. Ashbury [email protected]

Frederick Co, MD - Equity Court Abstracts - ES-3 260-275 - KELLER, SHAEFFER, DERR, CONRAD, BAER, SMELTZER, REMSBURG, BOWLUS, CRIST - Dec 1851 Daniel KELLER et al vs Martin A. KELLER et al Rosanna KELLER d/ 28 Jun 1851 - widow of Jacob KELLER s/ Daniel KELLER s/ Joel KELLER and w/ Nancy (SHAEFFER) s/ Ezra KELLER (d/ 1848) ....Martin A. KELLER, a minor - Springfield, Clarke Co, Ohio ....Sarah KELLER, a minor - Springfield, Clarke Co, Ohio d/ Elizabeth (d/ 1838), dec'd w/o John DERR ....Sarah DERR, a minor Land - Lot in "Resurvey on Watsons Welfare", lying in "Kellers Addition to Middletown" and adjoining "Smithfield", to Rosanna from Jacob THOMAS of John and Sophia BOWLUS, both executors of David BOWLUS' estate in 1844. House was 2-story log and weatherboard with attached kitchen, a log stable, spring house, never-failing pump in yard and garden. Guardian for Martin and Sarah KELLER was Frederick W. CONRAD of Clarke Co, Ohio. Guardian for Sarah DERR was Jacob BAER. (Dec 1851) Testimony was heard from Henry R. SMELTZER. Trustee was Daniel KELLER with George BOWLUS as surety. Sale was held on 13 Mar 1852, high bidder was Josephus REMSBURG at $800. Two creditors had not been paid: - Sophia CRIST (her agt Joseph CRIST), $316 - Mary CRIST (her agt Joseph CRIST), $84 Distribution (amended): - each 1/4 share, $69.41. Closed 3 May 1853. =================== www.MidMdRoots.com

On December 11, 1746, Maryland Governor Thomas Bladen appointed the Rev. Samuel Hunter as rector of All Saints Parish in Frederick. On December 11, 1770, Dorcas Sedgewick Johnson, mother of Thomas Johnson, Maryland's first governor, died. She was born November 2, 1705. On December 11, 1797, Jacob Engelbrecht, who recorded local and world events in diaries from 1819 to 1878, was born in Frederick. On December 11, 1831, the first United Brethren Church was dedicated in Mechanicstown (Thurmont). On December 11, 1839, Edward Yerbury Goldsborough, an attorney, Confederate Civil War veteran, county State's Attorney, SPCA advocate, and U.S. Marshall for Maryland, was born in Frederick. On December 11, 1880, John H. Bruner, president of the Frederick City Board of Aldermen, died of typhoid pneumonia at his North Market Street home. He was born November 20, 1847. On December 11, 1929, Thomas J. C. Williams, who with Folger McKinsey wrote History of Frederick County published in 1910, died in Baltimore. On December 11, 1993, The Board of Directors of The National Museum of Civil War Medicine voted to establish the museum at 48 East Patrick Street in downtown Frederick. The building formerly housed the Carty Furniture Store. If anyone can add information to these History Moments, or would like to suggest an item for another calendar day, please contact me privately. John W. Ashbury [email protected]

On December 10, 1748, Frederick County was officially separated from Prince George's County. It extended from Georgetown to what is today Garrett County. On December 10, 1820, Samuel Tyler, who became the first surgeon to adopt anesthetics in surgery, was born in Frederick. He died there on July 25, 1856. On December 10, 1887, James H. Gambrill, Jr., shot and killed Nelson Stanton, 42, whom he caught stealing coal from the rear of his father's Frederick Flouring Mill on South Carroll Street. Gambrill later testified that it was an accident. On December 10, 1892, Eleanor M. Johnson, who founded The Weekly Reader for America's school children, was born in Washington County. After her retirement she lived on Record Street at the corner of Second Street, where Judge Glenn H. Worthington lived for many years. She died October 8, 1987. On December 10, 1907, the People's Fire Insurance Company of Frederick Maryland was incorporated. On December 10, 1910, The Evening Post began publication in Frederick. It later changed to a morning edition and was, in 1916, purchased by The Great Southern Printing and Manufacturing Company, the publishers of The News. On December 10, 1940, the first formal steps were taken to beatify Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton. On December 10, 1941, Lt. Col. Elmer F. Munshower, later commander of the Maryland State Police and an alderman and mayor of Frederick, was named commander of A. P. Hill Military Reservation near Bowling Green, VA. On December 10, 2006, Robert R. Davila, of New Market, was selected by the board of trustees at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., as the interim president for 24 months. He took office on January 2, 2007. If anyone can add information to these History Moments, or would like to suggest an item for another calendar day, please contact me privately. John W. Ashbury [email protected]

On December 9, 1920, Jacob Rosenstock, a prominent Frederick merchant and president of The Frederick City Packing Company, died at his residence near the Monocacy River, east of town. On December 9, 1974, Pope Paul VI completed the formal process for naming Mother Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton as the United States' first native-born saint of The Roman Catholic Church. Mother Seton started the parochial school system in the United States in Emmitsburg. On December 9, 2005, the students and faculty of the Mother Seton School in Emmitsburg celebrated the 195th anniversary of the founding of the school by Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton. If anyone can add information to these History Moments, or would like to suggest an item for another calendar day, please contact me privately. John W. Ashbury [email protected]

On December 8, 1855, the present twin-towered Evangelical Lutheran Church in the first block of East Church Street in Frederick was dedicated. On December 8, 1855, Thomas H. Haller, son of the publisher of The Examiner, and a prominent local businessman and among the founders of the Union Manufacturing Company, was born. He died October 21, 1935. On December 8, 1992, Cindy Gibson, a 17-year-old junior at Brunswick High School, revealed that she had AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome). She died June 4, 1994, just three days before she would have graduated. She contracted the disease through a blood transfusion. If anyone can add information to these History Moments, or would like to suggest an item for another calendar day, please contact me privately. John W. Ashbury [email protected]

Frederick Co, MD - Equity Court Abstracts - ES-3 247-260 - BRENNER, FINCH, McCAFFRY, RICHARDS, ENGLAND, ACQUILLA - Mar 1855 BRENNERS vs BRENNERS Anthony BRENNER d/ abt 1848 intestate widow - (unnamed) d/ abt 1855 s/ Peter BRENNER s/ John BRENNER d/ Elizabeth (Brenner) FINCH, a widow d/ Ann (Brenner) w/o Michael McCAFFRY s/ William BRENNER, dec'd (d/ abt 1842) ....Sarah C. w/o John H. D. RICHARDS ....William F. T. BRENNER, a minor ....Henrietta BRENNER, a minor Land - Lot #124 in Frederick; from Henry GETZENDANNER (w/ Hannah) in 1803 and John GEBHART (w/ Elizabeth) in 1810 Guardian was Mary Ann ENGLAND of Frederick city who also testified that she had known the family for 30 years. Trustee was E. Louis LOWE; on 26 May 1855, sale was made to Michael McCAFFRY at $432. McCAFFRY resold the property to Alfred ACQUILLA (a free colored man) and asked the deed be conveyed to him. Distribution of $432; court costs, $91.60 - each 1/5 children's share, $68.08 Closed 3 Aug 1855. =================== www.MidMdRoots.com

Frederick Co, MD - Equity Court Abstracts - ES-3 247-260 - BRENNER, FINCH, McCAFFRY, RICHARDS, ENGLAND, ACQUILLA - Mar 1855 BRENNERS vs BRENNERS Anthony BRENNER d/ abt 1848 intestate widow - (unnamed) d/ abt 1855 s/ Peter BRENNER s/ John BRENNER d/ Elizabeth (Brenner) FINCH, a widow d/ Ann (Brenner) w/o Michael McCAFFRY s/ William BRENNER, dec'd (d/ abt 1842) ....Sarah C. w/o John H. D. RICHARDS ....William F. T. BRENNER, a minor ....Henrietta BRENNER, a minor Land - Lot #124 in Frederick; from Henry GETZENDANNER (w/ Hannah) in 1803 and John GEBHART (w/ Elizabeth) in 1810 Guardian was Mary Ann ENGLAND of Frederick city who also testified that she had known the family for 30 years. Trustee was E. Louis LOWE; on 26 May 1855, sale was made to Michael McCAFFRY at $432. McCAFFRY resold the property to Alfred ACQUILLA (a free colored man) and asked the deed be conveyed to him. Distribution of $432; court costs, $91.60 - each 1/5 children's share, $68.08 Closed 3 Aug 1855. =================== www.MidMdRoots.com

On December 7, 1909, The Frederick and Middletown Railroad Company, the Braddock Heights and Jefferson Railroad Company, and the Washington, Frederick and Gettysburg (steam) Railroad Company were merged into the Frederick Railroad Company, with Emory L. Coblentz as president. On December 7, 1941, Frederick's 29th National Guard Division reported for duty following the bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese. On December 7, 1971, the signing of a contract between The Frederick Jaycees and The United States Olympic Committee to hold the women's track and field trials in Frederick in July 1972 was announced. If anyone can add information to these History Moments, or would like to suggest an item for another calendar day, please contact me privately. John W. Ashbury [email protected]

On December 6, 1792, Richard Potts, a Frederick lawyer, judge, patriot, aide to John Hanson and Thomas Johnson, and the judge who admitted both Roger Brooke Taney and Francis Scott Key to the practice of law in Frederick, was selected to replace Charles Carroll of Carrollton as a U. S. Senator for Maryland. On December 6, 1802, The Republican Advocate, "an ultra democratic paper of considerable ability" began publication. It was a strong proponent of a constitutional change eliminating property ownership as a necessity for voting rights in the United States. On December 6, 1874, the Thurmont Moravian Church on Water Street was dedicated. The cornerstone had been laid on July 19. The church was closed after services on September 1, 1918. The building later housed numerous businesses, including the Thurmont Public Library. It is now part of Thurmont's Main Street program. On December 6, 1892, a certificate of incorporation, signed by Frederick County Judge John A. Lynch, established The Savings Bank of Brunswick. The bank opened for business on December 15. On December 6, 1950, Army Cpl. Paul K. Carty, of Thurmont, was listed as missing in action near Hagaru-ri, Korea. The U.S. Army listed him as killed in action on December 31, 1953. On December 6, 1974, fire destroyed the YMCA building at the corner of West Church and North Court Streets in Frederick. If anyone can add information to these History Moments, or would like to suggest an item for another calendar day, please contact me privately. John W. Ashbury [email protected]

Frederick Co, MD - Equity Court Abstracts - ES-3 241-247 - HARBAUGH, LIVERS, BARKDOLL, HAUVER, WELTY, JOHNSON, SHRIVER, COON, CRAWFORD, GALL, BROWN - Jun 1854 George HARBAUGH Jr. vs David HARBAUGH & Others George HARBAUGH d/ 5 Feb 1854 intestate s/ David HARBAUGH - Kentucky s/ Leonard HARBAUGH - Ohio s/ John HARBAUGH - Illinois d/ Elizabeth HARBAUGH w/o David LIVERS - Illinois s/ Henry HARBAUGH - Pennsylvania d/ Margaret BARKDOLL - Pennsylvania d/ Nancy HARBAUGH w/o Jacob HAUVER - Pennsylvania d/ Catharine HARBAUGH w/o Abraham WELTY - Pennsylvania d/ Susan HARBAUGH w/o William JOHNSON - Pennsylvania s/ George HARBAUGH - Pennsylvania Land - (previously to George from his brother, Henry HARBAUGH) ~~~~~~~~ Henry HARBAUGH of Harbaugh's Valley, Frederick Co, MD (Will written 1 Sep 1843) bro/ Elias HARBAUGH (exec) ......Jacob HARBAUGH (exec) ......Leonard HARBAUGH (exec) bro/ Yost HARBAUGH ......Daniel HARBAUGH and his sisters bro/ Jacob HARBAUGH - to his children bro/ John HARBAUGH - to his children nephew - Henry SHRIVER and his sisters Land to brother Elias HARBAUGH - "Sugar Tree Valley", timberland of 125 acres (Willed to Henry by his father) - 417 acres, in Adams Co, PA; from Peter KELLENBERGER & wife in 1824. - "Fox Range", 51 acres of mountain land, adjoining land of his brother in Frederick County, MD. - "Peace is Best", mansion farm (Willed to him by his father) - "Jacobs Last Chance", mountain lot of 217 acres (Willed to him by his father) - "No More", mountain lot of 30 acres (Willed to him by his father) - "Fox Range", mountain lot of 75 acres, from ELLICOTTS and Samuel GODFREY Witnesses: Jacob WILLIARD, Joseph WISE and G. M. EICHELBERGER ~~~~~~~~ Trustees for sale of George HARBAUGH Sr was George HARBAUGH Jr and John W. COON. Sale was held on 19 Mar 1855 near Yost HARBAUGH's on South Mountain; sales went to: - Yost HARBAUGH for Lot #1, 7 acres, at $338.98 - Lewis CRAWFORD for Lot #2, 17 acres, at $754.72 - John GALL for Lot #3, 15 acres, at $701.01 - Joseph B. BROWN for Lot #4, 11 acres, at $416.20 Total sales, $2,210.91. Distribution: court costs, $174.81 - 1/10 or $203.61 each to George HARBAUGH's children ...David HARBAUGH ...Leonard HARBAUGH ...John HARBAUGH ...Elizabeth LIVERS ...Henry HARBAUGH ...Margaret BARKDOLL ...Nancy HAUVER ...Catharine WELTY ...Susan JOHNSON ...George HARBAUGH Closed 17 Jul 1855. =================== www.MidMdRoots.com

On December 5, 1753, Daniel Dulany, credited with founding Frederick Towne, died in Annapolis. On December 5, 1797, Edward Yerbury Goldsborough, who practiced medicine in Frederick, was born. He died November 14, 1850 at Richfields just north of the city. On December 5, 1831, Francis Thomas, who would become governor of Maryland, began his nearly 10-year service as a congressman from Frederick County, after serving 10 years in the state's legislature. On December 5, 1862, G. Herbert Beckley, who would practice medicine in Middletown, was born in Woodsboro. On December 5, 1938, Edward Schley Delaplaine, a Frederick native and son of the founder of The News (Frederick's first daily newspaper), and a lawyer and historian, was sworn in as Chief Judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit and as an associate judge of The Maryland Court of Appeals. He was appointed by Maryland Governor Harry W. Nice. On December 5, 1950, an announcement was made of the gift to the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland of the 290-acre property on which The Buckingham School operated from 1898 to 1944 south of Buckeystown. The Baker family controlled the school from its inception and made the gift to the church. It then became the Clagett Diocesan Center. Part of the property has now been developed as Buckingham's Choice, a retirement community. On December 5, 1972, former Eisenhower Administration Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson dedicated the new Mormon Church on Yellow Springs Pike near Frederick. On December 5, 1975, Frederick City's first parking deck, on East Church Street where the old Calvary Methodist Church stood until 1930, was opened to the public. The cost was $1.3 million. On December 5, 1993, Edna Bowie Dykes, a longtime Frederick County teacher and one of the founders of The Esther Grinage Kindergarten for Negro children in 1937, died at age 90. If anyone can add information to these History Moments, or would like to suggest an item for another calendar day, please contact me privately. John W. Ashbury [email protected]