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]