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From: "John W. Ashbury" <>
Subject: [MDFR] History Moment - 12-20
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 07:24:50 -0500
On December 20, 1842, Father John Dubois, founder of
Mount Saint Mary's College and Seminary in Emmitsburg,
died in New York City where he was a Roman Catholic
bishop. He was born in Paris on August 24, 1764.
On December 20, 1920, the last road tollgate in Maryland,
on the Frederick and Woodsboro Road between Frederick
and the Monocacy River, was closed. Miss Alice
Zimmerman, toll collector for nearly 18 years, collected
the last fee.
On December 20, 1946, The Frederick News-Post carried
an article revealing that bobble birds, those glass figures
that dipped their beaks into a container of water, were being
manufactured in Frederick.
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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