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• 12:37, 1 July 2024 Jcaves talk contribs created page File:Homecoming Luncheon 1991 Recognition of Honorees.pdf (Category:Brunswick Distinguished Citizen Brunswick Distinguished Citizens 1991 luncheon program)
• 12:37, 1 July 2024 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Homecoming Luncheon 1991 Recognition of Honorees.pdf (Category:Brunswick Distinguished Citizen Brunswick Distinguished Citizens 1991 luncheon program)
• 12:14, 1 July 2024 Jcaves talk contribs created page File:Roundhouse - Heart of the B&O Railroad in Brunswick During the Age of Steam by Peter Maynard, 1992.pdf (Category:Railroad Peter Maynard, "Roundhouse - heart of the B&O Railroad in Brunswick during the Age of Steam," The Brunswick Press, 1992. A short booklet about the Brunswick roundhouse by former Brunswick Citizen editor and publisher Peter Maynard.)
• 12:14, 1 July 2024 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Roundhouse - Heart of the B&O Railroad in Brunswick During the Age of Steam by Peter Maynard, 1992.pdf (Category:Railroad Peter Maynard, "Roundhouse - heart of the B&O Railroad in Brunswick during the Age of Steam," The Brunswick Press, 1992. A short booklet about the Brunswick roundhouse by former Brunswick Citizen editor and publisher Peter Maynard.)
• 20:58, 11 May 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Diamond Jubilee Faces in crowd.jpeg (Judging from the old-time bowtie on the man to the far left, this photo was taken following the Diamond Jubilee parade in September, 1965. Kevin Gordon can be seen carrying the flag in his Cub Scout uniform. On the far left were Lory and Mildred See. Standing in the striped short sleeved shirt and hat was Leslie Harrison. Behind him in the coat, tie and hat was Henry Holder. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) [[Cat...)
• 20:58, 11 May 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Diamond Jubilee Faces in crowd.jpeg (Judging from the old-time bowtie on the man to the far left, this photo was taken following the Diamond Jubilee parade in September, 1965. Kevin Gordon can be seen carrying the flag in his Cub Scout uniform. On the far left were Lory and Mildred See. Standing in the striped short sleeved shirt and hat was Leslie Harrison. Behind him in the coat, tie and hat was Henry Holder. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) [[Cat...)
• 18:25, 11 May 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Girl's State 1969.jpeg (970 BHS Girl's State representatives: Front row: Sandy Sutcliffe, Vicki Hawes, Lori Price, Virginia Phillips Second row: Mr. Wayne Carter (faculty sponsor), Joyce Hortman, Brenda Murphy, Melinda Harwood, Mr. James T. Hess (Principal) The caption on the yearbook page read: “Junior girls and boys who have achieved above average grades and participated in extracurricular activities have the chance to attend Girls and Boys State following their junior year. Various community groups chose one or...)
• 18:25, 11 May 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Girl's State 1969.jpeg (970 BHS Girl's State representatives: Front row: Sandy Sutcliffe, Vicki Hawes, Lori Price, Virginia Phillips Second row: Mr. Wayne Carter (faculty sponsor), Joyce Hortman, Brenda Murphy, Melinda Harwood, Mr. James T. Hess (Principal) The caption on the yearbook page read: “Junior girls and boys who have achieved above average grades and participated in extracurricular activities have the chance to attend Girls and Boys State following their junior year. Various community groups chose one or...)
• 18:22, 11 May 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:East End School Protest.jpg (Here's a mysterious early 20th Century photo of students outside the old East End School, which was built in the 1890s. What could the students have been protesting? The need for a new or larger school? We think the photo dates to 1920 because how could the children have known the number of 1920 voters in 1901--see the 3rd sign? (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick Maryland History Commission) Category:Smoketown Schools)
• 18:22, 11 May 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:East End School Protest.jpg (Here's a mysterious early 20th Century photo of students outside the old East End School, which was built in the 1890s. What could the students have been protesting? The need for a new or larger school? We think the photo dates to 1920 because how could the children have known the number of 1920 voters in 1901--see the 3rd sign? (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick Maryland History Commission) Category:Smoketown Schools)
• 18:10, 11 May 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Hood Sisters.jpg (Sisters Georgia and Lavinia Hood in a beautiful 1898 portrait. The Hood sisters grew up to become beloved grade school teachers at the old West End and Brunswick Elementary Schools for at least 2 generations. Chris Weitzel In Brunswick everybody treated the Hood sisters like family and also sort of like royalty. (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick Maryland History Commission) Category:Smoketown Kids)
• 18:10, 11 May 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Hood Sisters.jpg (Sisters Georgia and Lavinia Hood in a beautiful 1898 portrait. The Hood sisters grew up to become beloved grade school teachers at the old West End and Brunswick Elementary Schools for at least 2 generations. Chris Weitzel In Brunswick everybody treated the Hood sisters like family and also sort of like royalty. (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick Maryland History Commission) Category:Smoketown Kids)
• 18:04, 11 May 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Patsy Cline Bill Peer and the Melody Boys Apple Blossom Festival.jpg (April 29, 1955: Patsy Cline makes her first appearance along with Bill Peer and His Melody Boys in the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival Parade in Winchester. Doris Kelley Barker I loved her singing. When I was a child, they ran a B&O train from Brunswick to Winchester so that all of us (my family) would ride it to the Apple Blossom parade. Mae Long and Phyllis, mother and I would do some shopping in the downtown stores and then see that magnificent parade. The last time we saw it, Bing Cros...)
• 18:04, 11 May 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Patsy Cline Bill Peer and the Melody Boys Apple Blossom Festival.jpg (April 29, 1955: Patsy Cline makes her first appearance along with Bill Peer and His Melody Boys in the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival Parade in Winchester. Doris Kelley Barker I loved her singing. When I was a child, they ran a B&O train from Brunswick to Winchester so that all of us (my family) would ride it to the Apple Blossom parade. Mae Long and Phyllis, mother and I would do some shopping in the downtown stores and then see that magnificent parade. The last time we saw it, Bing Cros...)
• 17:54, 11 May 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Boys State 1968.jpg (Boys Staters from the 1967-68 school year. Boys and Girls State are summer leadership and citizenship programs for high school juniors. They focus on exploring the mechanics of American government and politics, and still exist today. Pictured here with faculty sponsor Mr. Wayne Carter (bottom left) are: First row - Brent Virts, Doug Campbell, Joe Gideon, Kent Anders, Ken Gilbert, Dan Shewbridge Second row - Jim Phillips, Pat Webber The group were partially sponsored by Steadman-Keenan Ame...)
• 17:54, 11 May 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Boys State 1968.jpg (Boys Staters from the 1967-68 school year. Boys and Girls State are summer leadership and citizenship programs for high school juniors. They focus on exploring the mechanics of American government and politics, and still exist today. Pictured here with faculty sponsor Mr. Wayne Carter (bottom left) are: First row - Brent Virts, Doug Campbell, Joe Gideon, Kent Anders, Ken Gilbert, Dan Shewbridge Second row - Jim Phillips, Pat Webber The group were partially sponsored by Steadman-Keenan Ame...)
• 17:51, 11 May 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:BHS Band Elkton.jpg (Here's an old BHS band photo from a long time ago. Thanks to the research of Guy Fletcher and Anna Berry Selby, this photo was taken in front of the World War I monument outside of the old courthouse in Elkton, MD. The statue was moved in 1941 when a new courthouse was built. Judging from the suits on the adults, we believe the photo dates to the 1930s. (Clipping courtesy of the City of Brunswick Maryland History Commission) Category:Smoketown Music)
• 17:51, 11 May 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:BHS Band Elkton.jpg (Here's an old BHS band photo from a long time ago. Thanks to the research of Guy Fletcher and Anna Berry Selby, this photo was taken in front of the World War I monument outside of the old courthouse in Elkton, MD. The statue was moved in 1941 when a new courthouse was built. Judging from the suits on the adults, we believe the photo dates to the 1930s. (Clipping courtesy of the City of Brunswick Maryland History Commission) Category:Smoketown Music)
• 17:42, 11 May 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Thumbnail-6.jpg
• 17:42, 11 May 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Thumbnail-6.jpg
• 17:40, 11 May 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Howard Marvin Jones Family.jpg (This is a family photo of the 50th wedding anniversary celebration of Brunswick businessman and trial magistrate Howard Marvin Jones, and his wife Mabel, at their home in Petersville in 1947. The couple's Colonial Revival Style home, constructed in an American Foursquare plan between 1914 and 1920, stands majestically behind them. All those gathered in the photo were the first and second generations of the Jones' marriage. Their daughter Marjorie Jones Smith was standing behind the children...)
• 17:40, 11 May 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Howard Marvin Jones Family.jpg (This is a family photo of the 50th wedding anniversary celebration of Brunswick businessman and trial magistrate Howard Marvin Jones, and his wife Mabel, at their home in Petersville in 1947. The couple's Colonial Revival Style home, constructed in an American Foursquare plan between 1914 and 1920, stands majestically behind them. All those gathered in the photo were the first and second generations of the Jones' marriage. Their daughter Marjorie Jones Smith was standing behind the children...)
• 17:35, 11 May 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Funk Family 1915.jpg (This extended Funk family photo was taken on July 4, 1910, in front of the home of family patriarch Veniah Benjamin Funk at 118 First Avenue. V.B. Funk played Uncle Sam in the Brunswick Fourth of July parade. Front row (L-R): Harry Macabee, John Benjamin Funk, Eva Viola Irene Funk on the lap of her father Harry Benjamin Funk, Raymond Demory Funk, James Arthur Funk, Veniah Benjamin Funk, Helen Gutkais, Esther Gutkais, Georgeann Sophia Funk, Edna Funk, Mary Funk, May Funk, Edward Dixon Funk, R...)
• 17:35, 11 May 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Funk Family 1915.jpg (This extended Funk family photo was taken on July 4, 1910, in front of the home of family patriarch Veniah Benjamin Funk at 118 First Avenue. V.B. Funk played Uncle Sam in the Brunswick Fourth of July parade. Front row (L-R): Harry Macabee, John Benjamin Funk, Eva Viola Irene Funk on the lap of her father Harry Benjamin Funk, Raymond Demory Funk, James Arthur Funk, Veniah Benjamin Funk, Helen Gutkais, Esther Gutkais, Georgeann Sophia Funk, Edna Funk, Mary Funk, May Funk, Edward Dixon Funk, R...)
• 17:26, 11 May 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:East End School B&O Magazine.jpg (An old news clipping showing students in a classroom at the old East Brunswick School. Based on the ages of some, the photo likely dates to circa 1925. The "Our Little Railroaders" and "Whistling Post" pages were written by students at East and West Brunswick schools, and published in Baltimore and Ohio's monthly magazines. The Little Railroaders were active in writing poems and short stories for the magazine. (Clipping courtesy of the City of Brunswick Maryland History Commission) [[Categ...)
• 17:26, 11 May 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:East End School B&O Magazine.jpg (An old news clipping showing students in a classroom at the old East Brunswick School. Based on the ages of some, the photo likely dates to circa 1925. The "Our Little Railroaders" and "Whistling Post" pages were written by students at East and West Brunswick schools, and published in Baltimore and Ohio's monthly magazines. The Little Railroaders were active in writing poems and short stories for the magazine. (Clipping courtesy of the City of Brunswick Maryland History Commission) [[Categ...)
• 17:13, 11 May 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:East End School Tom Thumb Wedding.jpg (A photo of what could either have been a "Tom Thumb Wedding", which was popular at the time, or a first communion group photo on the steps of the old East End School. Here's some history on Tom Thumb weddings: https://www.npr.org/.../the-wondrous-world-of-tom-thumb... (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick Maryland History Commission) Category:Smoketown Kids)
• 17:13, 11 May 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:East End School Tom Thumb Wedding.jpg (A photo of what could either have been a "Tom Thumb Wedding", which was popular at the time, or a first communion group photo on the steps of the old East End School. Here's some history on Tom Thumb weddings: https://www.npr.org/.../the-wondrous-world-of-tom-thumb... (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick Maryland History Commission) Category:Smoketown Kids)
• 17:07, 11 May 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Summers Wedding.png (Bernice and Gene Summers on their wedding day in 1970. Mr. Summers was a bus driver, who died tragically in 1972 when a bus he was repairing fell on him. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations)
• 17:07, 11 May 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Summers Wedding.png (Bernice and Gene Summers on their wedding day in 1970. Mr. Summers was a bus driver, who died tragically in 1972 when a bus he was repairing fell on him. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations)
• 16:54, 11 May 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Brunswick Seminary Student Photo.jpg (Class photo taken from a Kaplon's window display. This appears to have been the Brunswick Seminary headed by Professor Shenk. Maybe the Kaplon children attended this school? Doris Kelley Barker Would this have been the large house that the Greenfields’ reared their large family in and I think Pat still lives in that lovely old house & it had been a seminary at one time? Nancy Merchant Langley Patsy actually built a couple of rancher's on the property with the big house. Patsy moved into the...)
• 16:54, 11 May 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Brunswick Seminary Student Photo.jpg (Class photo taken from a Kaplon's window display. This appears to have been the Brunswick Seminary headed by Professor Shenk. Maybe the Kaplon children attended this school? Doris Kelley Barker Would this have been the large house that the Greenfields’ reared their large family in and I think Pat still lives in that lovely old house & it had been a seminary at one time? Nancy Merchant Langley Patsy actually built a couple of rancher's on the property with the big house. Patsy moved into the...)
• 16:38, 11 May 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Segregated School 37 W. I Street.png (Like many other cities and towns in the United States, Brunswick had a segregated school for black elementary school students before the Supreme Court ordered the integration of public schools in 1954. In the late 19th century, classes were reportedly held in a corn crib on the Wenner farm. Later, this house at 37 West I St. was rented to accommodate 41 students. A record from May 7th, 1901, described the house as a "frame house in tolerable condition". (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunsw...)
• 16:38, 11 May 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Segregated School 37 W. I Street.png (Like many other cities and towns in the United States, Brunswick had a segregated school for black elementary school students before the Supreme Court ordered the integration of public schools in 1954. In the late 19th century, classes were reportedly held in a corn crib on the Wenner farm. Later, this house at 37 West I St. was rented to accommodate 41 students. A record from May 7th, 1901, described the house as a "frame house in tolerable condition". (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunsw...)
• 16:30, 11 May 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Jefferson Elementary School.png (The old Jefferson Elementary School sat boarded up for several years after it closed in the late 1960s following the opening of the Valley Elementary School, which also led to the closure of the Burkittsville school. The old schoolhouse was razed in 1980 to make way for a branch of the Bank of Brunswick, which opened in 1982. It it is now the site of Dunkin' Donuts on the corner of Lander Road and the Jefferson Pike. Shirley Moser Barker There's the Christmas tree. Pam Green Went there grad...)
• 16:30, 11 May 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Jefferson Elementary School.png (The old Jefferson Elementary School sat boarded up for several years after it closed in the late 1960s following the opening of the Valley Elementary School, which also led to the closure of the Burkittsville school. The old schoolhouse was razed in 1980 to make way for a branch of the Bank of Brunswick, which opened in 1982. It it is now the site of Dunkin' Donuts on the corner of Lander Road and the Jefferson Pike. Shirley Moser Barker There's the Christmas tree. Pam Green Went there grad...)
• 16:14, 11 May 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Burkittsville-elementary-school-1918 orig.jpeg (Burkittsville Elementary School was rebuilt on the same location after a 1918 fire destroyed its short-lived predecessor. A flat roof was built over the school and decorative brick parapets added to the tops of the brick walls. After the school closed in 1968, the building was purchased by the Burkittsville Ruritan Club where meetings continue today. Annual Ruritan carnivals are held on the grounds. Debbie Zecher I went to school there.My teachers were Anna Betty Weedy first and second grade...)
• 16:14, 11 May 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Burkittsville-elementary-school-1918 orig.jpeg (Burkittsville Elementary School was rebuilt on the same location after a 1918 fire destroyed its short-lived predecessor. A flat roof was built over the school and decorative brick parapets added to the tops of the brick walls. After the school closed in 1968, the building was purchased by the Burkittsville Ruritan Club where meetings continue today. Annual Ruritan carnivals are held on the grounds. Debbie Zecher I went to school there.My teachers were Anna Betty Weedy first and second grade...)
• 16:09, 11 May 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Burkittsville-elementary-school-1914-1918 orig.jpg (In 1914, following a successful campaign by the residents of Burkittsville, a new school was built. The brick school was comprised of three classrooms and an auditorium on the main floor, which was later converted to a cafeteria. Two gymnasiums were built below, one for boys and the other for girls. This school only existed for a short time as it was destroyed by fire in 1918, leaving only the brick walls standing. A new school was built in its place and remained operational until 1968. (Ph...)
• 16:09, 11 May 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Burkittsville-elementary-school-1914-1918 orig.jpg (In 1914, following a successful campaign by the residents of Burkittsville, a new school was built. The brick school was comprised of three classrooms and an auditorium on the main floor, which was later converted to a cafeteria. Two gymnasiums were built below, one for boys and the other for girls. This school only existed for a short time as it was destroyed by fire in 1918, leaving only the brick walls standing. A new school was built in its place and remained operational until 1968. (Ph...)
• 14:20, 18 April 2024 Jcaves talk contribs created page File:History Commission outside City Hall, 2015.jpg (Category:Organizations Left to right: Bruce Funk, John Faith, Karin Tome, Ruth Staples, Walt Stall, Vicki Dearing, Mike Ward)
• 14:20, 18 April 2024 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:History Commission outside City Hall, 2015.jpg (Category:Organizations Left to right: Bruce Funk, John Faith, Karin Tome, Ruth Staples, Walt Stall, Vicki Dearing, Mike Ward)
• 19:16, 31 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:B&O Safety First.jpg ("Safety First" was a longtime motto of the B&O Railroad. Here's the cover of a B&O Employees Magazine from August 1913. (B&O Museum image courtesy of David McIntosh) Category: Smoketown Railroad)
• 19:16, 31 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:B&O Safety First.jpg ("Safety First" was a longtime motto of the B&O Railroad. Here's the cover of a B&O Employees Magazine from August 1913. (B&O Museum image courtesy of David McIntosh) Category: Smoketown Railroad)
• 19:13, 31 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:John B. Funk Family 1947.jpg (The John B. Funk family poses in front of the family home at 13 East A Street, circa 1947. The finely crafted Victorian house was built by Mr. Funk's father Harry in 1905. From left are 1st wife Doris, who passed away in 1953, John Funk, Anne, William and Demory. John B. Funk had a long career as a public servant, a term he asked his family to chisel on his tombstone. A 1922 graduate of Brunswick High School, he was Brunswick City Engineer for years overseeing historic building projects in...)
• 19:13, 31 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:John B. Funk Family 1947.jpg (The John B. Funk family poses in front of the family home at 13 East A Street, circa 1947. The finely crafted Victorian house was built by Mr. Funk's father Harry in 1905. From left are 1st wife Doris, who passed away in 1953, John Funk, Anne, William and Demory. John B. Funk had a long career as a public servant, a term he asked his family to chisel on his tombstone. A 1922 graduate of Brunswick High School, he was Brunswick City Engineer for years overseeing historic building projects in...)
• 19:11, 31 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Mammy Belle Crummel.jpg ("Mammy Belle" Crummel was a liberated former slave who worked in the home of Dr. and Mrs. Harry Slicer Hedges on 115 E. Potomac Street. As she was still listed as a servant in Eichelberger household in Martinsburg in 1910, she lived with the Hedges family for less than 5 years. Mrs. Hedges was formerly an Eichelberger, whose family operated a newspaper in Martinsburg. "Mammy Belle's" back story is fascinating, according to this research: Robert Daniel Jr. (or Daniels) 1784-1866 was a miller...)
• 19:11, 31 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Mammy Belle Crummel.jpg ("Mammy Belle" Crummel was a liberated former slave who worked in the home of Dr. and Mrs. Harry Slicer Hedges on 115 E. Potomac Street. As she was still listed as a servant in Eichelberger household in Martinsburg in 1910, she lived with the Hedges family for less than 5 years. Mrs. Hedges was formerly an Eichelberger, whose family operated a newspaper in Martinsburg. "Mammy Belle's" back story is fascinating, according to this research: Robert Daniel Jr. (or Daniels) 1784-1866 was a miller...)
• 19:08, 31 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Methodist Youth Fellowship c 1943-44.jpg (Noted on the back of this photo was "MYF Youth Hike c. 1943-44". The acronym of the group stood for Methodist Youth Fellowship. The children and adults were identified as: Front row (L-R): B. Langley, J. Burgee, M. Taylor, S. Jones, A. Funk, M. Leftwich Middle Row (L-R): D. Stewart, L. Trott, Leftwich, Funk, C. Leftwich, B. Kidwell, C. Frye, L. Griffith Standing (L-R): Rev. Trott, ?, Carlos Myers, Elwood Wineholt Guess at the location are: Jacquelyn Ebersole This could have been Manidok...)
• 19:08, 31 March 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Methodist Youth Fellowship c 1943-44.jpg (Noted on the back of this photo was "MYF Youth Hike c. 1943-44". The acronym of the group stood for Methodist Youth Fellowship. The children and adults were identified as: Front row (L-R): B. Langley, J. Burgee, M. Taylor, S. Jones, A. Funk, M. Leftwich Middle Row (L-R): D. Stewart, L. Trott, Leftwich, Funk, C. Leftwich, B. Kidwell, C. Frye, L. Griffith Standing (L-R): Rev. Trott, ?, Carlos Myers, Elwood Wineholt Guess at the location are: Jacquelyn Ebersole This could have been Manidok...)