On May 7, 1790, fire destroyed Amelung's New Bremen Glass factory near present day Park Mills. Some of the finest glass produced during colonial times in America came from this plant. On May 7, 1803, a deed was recorded for the land on which St. John's Church was built in Woodsboro. The deed names Adam Creager as the grantor and Jacob Wolf, John Shank, Bernard Gilbert, Charles Clantz and John Baltzell as trustees for the Presbyterian and Lutheran congregations. On May 7, 1810, Roger Nelson, a hero of the Revolutionary War and father of John Nelson, who became U.S. Attorney General in the Tyler Administration, was appointed a judge of the Frederick County Court. On May 7, 1819, the Rev. John Smaltz, who succeeded the Rev. Jonathan Helfenstein as pastor of the Evangelical (German) Reformed Church on West Church Street in Frederick in 1828, was licensed to preach the Gospel. On May 7, 1913, the name of The Women's College of Frederick was legally changed to Hood College in an order signed by Frederick County Circuit Court Judge Glenn H. Worthington. On May 7, 1921, George Herman "Babe" Ruth visited Mount Saint Mary's College in Emmitsburg and demonstrated his prowess at the plate. At the time, Ruth was the American League's reigning home run king, having hit 54 in 1920 and had a batting average of .376. His 1920 slugging percentage of .847 remained in the record books for more than 80 years. On May 7, 1941, Virginia Markell Baker, widow of "Frederick's First Citizen" Joseph Dill Baker, died in Catonsville. She was the daughter of Charles and Charlotte Trail Markell and was Baker's second wife. On May 7, 1942, Mrs. Bertha Virts killed an intruder in her Brunswick home. On May 7, 1959, the Union Manufacturing Company, which produced the first nylon hosiery in the world, and The Everedy Company, which had been founded on the strength of a bottle-capper at the beginning of Prohibition, merged into the Union-Everedy Company, with William Stultz as general manager. On May 7, 1961, a new Walkersville High School was dedicated. It was built by the construction firm of L. J. Keller and Sons, of Jefferson, at a cost of $1.7 million. The school opened on September 7, 1960. The facility now houses Walkersville Middle School. On May 7, 2008, the City of Frederick rededicated the suspension bridge over Carroll Creek, in the Carroll Creek Linear Park between Market and Carroll streets, in memory of William Osborn Lee, Jr., a retired educator and former city alderman, who died January 11, 2004 of lung cancer. This date would have been Lee's 80th birthday. The bridge had originally been dedicated on October 20, 2006 in Lee's memory. 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 <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net> Wasps1965@comcast.net