On May 7, 1790, fire destroyed Amelung's New Bremen Glass factory near present day Park Mills. 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, 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. 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 (wasps65@earthlink.net)