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From: "John Ashbury" <>
Subject: [MDFR] History Moments - 2-1
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 06:49:58 -0500

On February 2, 1851, an addition to the Old Hill
Church on East All Saints Street, the forerunner of
Asbury United Methodist Church, was dedicated.

On February 2, 1876, a violent wind storm hit
Frederick, toppling the steeple of All Saints
Episcopal Church on West Church Street.

On February 2, 1978, William W. Wenner, of
Brunswick, a member of the Frederick law firm
of Rollins, Wenner and Price, was appointed to
the District Court bench by Acting Governor
Blair Lee III. He replaced Judge Byron Thompson,
who retired on February 1. Judge Wenner was
later appointed to the Circuit Court, won a bitter
contested election to remain there in 1982, and was
later elevated to the Court of Special Appeals. He
retired in September 2000, having reached the
mandatory retirement age of 70 for Maryland judges.

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
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Walkersville, MD 21793

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