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From: "John Ashbury" <>
Subject: [MDFR] History Moment - 2-7
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 09:37:36 -0500

February 7, 1786, is the date on the plat by Joseph
Wood laying out the town he called Woodsberry,
now Woodsboro.

On February 7, 1850, the first lamp lighting from
Isabella Gas Works was conducted.

On February 7, 1921, Sgt., Lewis F. Carter, of
The Frederick City Police Department, died of
heart failure in the Frederick County Courthouse
while performing his regular duties. He was 64
and had lived at 111 Third Street. He was buried
at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.

On February 7, 1963, Lee McCardell, a Frederick
native, and reporter, editor, foreign correspondent
and feature writer for The Sun of Baltimore, died.
He was born in Frederick on June 8, 1901. He
also wrote a biography of British General Edward
Braddock. He was a first cousin of fashion
designer Claire McCardell.

On February 7, 1975, in an interview published in the
Frederick News-Post, Frederick Mayor Ronald N.
Young said he was "not considering running for a
second term." He left office in January 1990, at the
end of his fourth term.

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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