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• 18:05, 27 March 2021 HistoryCommission2 talk contribs uploaded File:Bill Dunn posing in front of a Kaplon's window.jpg (Bill Dunn posing in front of a Kaplon's window in a negative that appears to be reversed. The door on the left was on the right side of Kaplon's across from the Shell Station on W. Potomac Street. Bill never worked on the railroad, but he could tell you the location of cabooses and railroad cars in the yard. According to Rick Bowers: "I heard the story about his ability to find "missing" train cars. Railroaders would ask him the location and he could lead them right to it." That's why we hav...)
• 18:03, 27 March 2021 HistoryCommission2 talk contribs uploaded File:Emerson Barlow..jpg (Emerson Barlow. Who can share memories of him? (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Railroaders)
• 18:02, 27 March 2021 HistoryCommission2 talk contribs uploaded File:Mayor Harry R. Mace makes a long distance call from his office 1938.jpg (Two-term Mayor Harry R. Mace makes a long distance call from his office at the old City Hall. The convergence of telephone service in Brunswick from operator to direct-dial happened during his final term in May, 1938. Mayor Mace served from 1932 to 1938. A 1977 Brunswick Distinguished Citizen, Harry Mace came to Brunswick in 1908 to work in his cousin's furniture store on W. Potomac Street and later managed the business until his induction into the U.S. Army to serve in World War I. Following...)
• 18:00, 27 March 2021 HistoryCommission2 talk contribs uploaded File:People's National Bank in Brunswick board president Harry George Sr circa 1950s.jpg (People's National Bank in Brunswick board president Harry George Sr. with board member and Lovettsville businessman, Lytle Baker at a dinner in the 1950s. Looks a bit like the board room of the old bank, but could've been elsewhere. Can anyone identify? Francis Scott Key Hotel? Mr. George expanded a successful family hardware and coal business in Brunswick during his lifetime. Mr. Baker was a real estate broker and former sheriff of Loudoun County. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection a...)
• 17:59, 27 March 2021 HistoryCommission2 talk contribs uploaded File:Galen Harsh circa 1958.jpg (This photo, which we believe was taken in 1958 in front of the old Brunswick fire hall, shows a politician (possibly then MD comptroller Millard J. Tawes, who was running for his first term as governor) holding an upset, but well-dressed baby Galen Harsh. Then Baltimore Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. is to the immediate left of Galen (with cigarette). Maybe then State Senator Louis L. Goldstein, who was running for his first term as comptroller, looking over between Galen and the gentleman hol...)
• 17:56, 27 March 2021 HistoryCommission2 talk contribs uploaded File:Basketball 1970 P.L. Orrison.jpg (Good action shot, as P.L. Orrison gets ready to take an inside shot. Teammate Tim McLane is on the left getting ready to battle for a rebound, if necessary (Photo from the 1971 Railroader Yearbook) Category:Smoketown Sports)
• 17:54, 27 March 2021 HistoryCommission2 talk contribs uploaded File:Basketball 1970 - 71 Team Girls Staff.jpg (Staff of the 1970-71 BHS girl's basketball team. From left: Mrs. June Weedy (Coach), Sally Wenner (Manager), Linda Holland (Scorer), Margaret O'Hara (Timer) Sally and Linda were rocking the style of the time. Not pictured: Linda Enfield (Statistician) (Photo from the 1971 Railroader Yearbook) Category:Smoketown Sports)
• 17:45, 27 March 2021 HistoryCommission2 talk contribs uploaded File:American Legion 2021 Easter Bunny Drive Thru April 27, 2021 with Chloe Gregory at the Easter Bunny.jpg (Courtesy of the American Legion Category:Organizations)
• 17:44, 27 March 2021 HistoryCommission2 talk contribs uploaded File:American Legion 2021 at the Easter Bunny Drive Thru April 27, 2021 with Andrea Anderson.jpg (Courtesy of the American Legion Category:Organizations)
• 17:44, 27 March 2021 HistoryCommission2 talk contribs uploaded File:American Legion 2021 Easter Bunny Drive Thru April 27, 2021.jpg (Courtesy of the American Legion Category:Organizations)
• 09:43, 27 March 2021 HistoryCommission2 talk contribs uploaded File:Honor Rolls 2021 Second Term from The Frederick News-Post, March 6, 2021.jpg (Category:High School)
• 06:20, 27 March 2021 HistoryCommission2 talk contribs uploaded File:Football 2021 Josh Pratt from the Frederick News-Post, March 27, 2021.jpg (Category:High School)
• 06:20, 27 March 2021 HistoryCommission2 talk contribs uploaded File:Football 2021 Brunswick quarterback Wylan Harich (3) slips past Catoctin defender Joseph McCallion (25) from the Frederick News-Post, March 27, 2021.jpg (Mighty motivated Roaders roll: Anxious to prove something, Railroaders trounce rival Cougars By John Cannon for the Frederick News-Post, March 27, 2021 Photo: Brunswick quarterback Wylan Harich (3) slips past Catoctin defender Joseph McCallion (25) while carrying the ball in the third quarter on Friday night at Middletown High School. Photo by Sam Yu, for the News-Post. MIDDLETOWN — On the first play from scrimmage, Brunswick defensive tackle Terrance Jackson burst into the backfield and t...)
• 15:05, 26 March 2021 HistoryCommission2 talk contribs uploaded File:Officer Andrew Juday with Chief Milt Frech, March 26, 2021.jpg (Category:Police)
• 15:04, 26 March 2021 HistoryCommission2 talk contribs uploaded File:Officer Andrew Juday March 26, 2021.jpg (From the City of Brunswick: On March 26, 2021, Brunswick Police Recruit Andrew Juday graduated from the Frederick City Police Academy. The academy consisted of over 1400 hours of police training. Juday will begin his Brunswick Police Field Training program on March 29, 2021. Please welcome our newest Brunswick Police Officer. Category:Police)
• 06:31, 26 March 2021 HistoryCommission2 talk contribs uploaded File:Soccer 2021 Roaders top Lions in boys soccer.jpg (Malone scores first hat trick as Roaders top Lions in boys soccer By Bill Cauley for The Frederick News-Post, March 26, 2021 WALKERSVILLE — When Logan Malone had the opportunities to score short-range goals against Walkersville on Thursday, the Brunswick sophomore striker didn’t waste them. Malone had his first career hat trick against a stubborn Lions defense, and those were the only goals of the game in the Railroaders’ 3-0 boys soccer shutout of Walkersville. Malone wasn’t sure how to re...)
• 13:41, 25 March 2021 HistoryCommission2 talk contribs uploaded File:Luther (Lute) Brunswick Darr.jpg (per James Robert Castle I would hate to misidentify a veteran but I think this is Luther "Lute" Brunswick Darr. ID not certain on this photo. Category:Military)
• 13:36, 25 March 2021 HistoryCommission2 talk contribs uploaded File:Peggy Jean and Donald (Louie) Lewis with Grandson Mason Bauer March 19, 2021.jpg (Courtesy of Peggy Jean Lewis Category:People)
• 15:42, 19 March 2021 HistoryCommission2 talk contribs uploaded File:Larry William Jones Jr Obituary from the Frederick News-Post, March 16, 2021.jpg (Larry William Jones Jr Obituary from the Frederick News-Post, March 16, 2021 Larry William Jones Jr., 59, of Brunswick , MD passed from this life and into the arms of Jesus on Saturday, March 13, 2021 at Frederick Health Hospital in Frederick, MD. He was the beloved husband of Jennifer (Jenny) Lynn Jones for 34 years. Born on December 7, 1961 in Charles Town, WV, he was the son of Sarah Elizabeth Jones of Jefferson, MD and the late Larry William Jones, Sr. Larry was a 1979 graduate of Brun...)
• 15:37, 19 March 2021 HistoryCommission2 talk contribs uploaded File:Baptist Church Fund Raiser Letter, April 26, 1907.jpg (Courtesy of Beth Mickelinc Category:First Baptist Church)
• 17:41, 18 March 2021 HistoryCommission2 talk contribs uploaded File:Marion (Jo) Watson nee Grubb obituary from The Brunswick Herald, March 18, 2021.jpg (Marion “Jo” Watson nee Grubb, 85 of Lansdowne, Virginia peacefully and graciously left this earth for heaven with her children, one on each side, Monday, February 22, 2021, at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, DC. Born Friday, July 12, 1935 in Brunswick, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Clifford Grubb and the late Naomi Bowers Grubb. She was the wife of the late and loving Judson “Fred” Watson Jr. She was predeceased by loving husbands Daniel Walters and John Dix...)
• 15:13, 18 March 2021 HistoryCommission2 talk contribs uploaded File:Mayor Karin B. Tome received The Paul Harris Fellow Award, March 18, 2021.jpg (Karin B. Tome received The Paul Harris Fellow Award, March 18, 2021 PAUL HARRIS FELLOW AWARD PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, Karin B. Tome is a Charter Member of the Rotary Club of Smoketown, Brunswick, Maryland, and was a driving force in the chartering of the Rotary Club, re-establishing a Rotary presence in Brunswick after a twenty-five year hiatus, and WHEREAS, Karin B. Tome has served with honor as Club Treasurer, since the club’s inception, tirelessly advocating for Rotary in the community, and...)
• 11:13, 15 March 2021 HistoryCommission2 talk contribs uploaded File:Baseball 1967, Gary Carter Signs with Senators Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 21st round of the 1967.jpg (Category:Recreation-Sports)
• 06:15, 11 March 2021 HistoryCommission2 talk contribs uploaded File:Football 2021 Team Previews from The Frederick News-Post, March 11, 2021.jpg (Category:High School)
• 14:09, 10 March 2021 HistoryCommission2 talk contribs uploaded File:Coach's Drive-In from the 1970 Year Book.jpg (Ad in the 1970 High School Year Book Category:Business)
• 14:06, 10 March 2021 HistoryCommission2 talk contribs uploaded File:Seniors 1970 Wigington to Yarnick.jpg (From the 1970 Year Book Category:High School)
• 14:03, 10 March 2021 HistoryCommission2 talk contribs uploaded File:Seniors 1970 Welty to White.jpg (From the 1970 Year Book Category:High School)
• 14:00, 10 March 2021 HistoryCommission2 talk contribs uploaded File:Seniors 1970 Thornton to Weitzel.jpg (From the 1970 Year Book Category:High School)
• 13:57, 10 March 2021 HistoryCommission2 talk contribs uploaded File:Seniors 1970 Stream to Taylor.jpg (From the 1970 Year Book Category:High School)
• 13:53, 10 March 2021 HistoryCommission2 talk contribs uploaded File:Seniors 1970 Smith to Stonesifer.jpg (From the 1970 Year Book Category:High School)
• 13:50, 10 March 2021 HistoryCommission2 talk contribs uploaded File:Seniors 1970 Sigler to Smith.jpg (From the 1970 Year Book Category:High School)
• 13:41, 10 March 2021 HistoryCommission2 talk contribs uploaded File:Accident on the Potomac River Bridge Circa 1940s.jpg (This is the aftermath of an accident in which a driver flipped his car off the side of the old Potomac River Bridge on the turn coming into Brunswick. Judging from the vehicles, this was likely in the late 1940s. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal)
• 13:39, 10 March 2021 HistoryCommission2 talk contribs uploaded File:Railroad operation in Brunswick in 1975.jpg (View of what was left of the railroad operation in Brunswick in 1975. Sadly, the roundhouse was demolished 20 years later. The westbound station, the old American Legion post and the B&O YMCA are visible on the left. The eastbound station is on the right. In the lower right of the photo is the railroad siding to the old mill, which was destroyed by fire in Spring, 1972. (Photo courtesy of Ray Soderberg Category:Smoketown Railroad)
• 13:36, 10 March 2021 HistoryCommission2 talk contribs uploaded File:Columbian domes in the yard at Brunswick, MD.jpg (This is one of the former Columbian domes in the yard at Brunswick, MD. Looks like it was waiting to be scrapped. Can anyone guess the year? According to John Suscheck in the comments under the photo: "This is ex-B&O High Dome and it was sold from the Lake Shore Chapter NRHS to MARC Rail near Baltimore to be turned into an executive train which never happened. It was then sold to Kasten Railcar near St Louis and then to National Museum of Transport in St. Louis. From the the car was finally...)
• 13:34, 10 March 2021 HistoryCommission2 talk contribs uploaded File:Whistle 1997 - 98 Members from the BHS Yearbook.jpg (This photo is from the 1997-98 BHS Yearbook and shows the members of the Whistle, the school newspaper. When I first started at Brunswick the Whistle was printed on newsprint so it looked and felt like a regular newspaper. Putting together a school newspaper was no easy task and the students who participated in its production were providing a service to their fellow students. As stated in the 1998 Yearbook, the school paper "… grew more active as a voice of student expression. The school pa...)
• 13:30, 10 March 2021 HistoryCommission2 talk contribs uploaded File:Sitta Hardy (left) chatting happily with Ann Wenner circa 1940s.jpg (This early 1940s photo of Sitta Hardy (left) chatting happily with Ann Wenner shows 2 Brunswick students as they waited for the bus to different schools during the Jim Crow era of segregation. Sitta was heading off to Lincoln High School in Frederick, where black secondary students were bussed until BHS was de-segregated in the late 1950s, while Ann was on her way across town to the old West End Elementary School on Brunswick Street. The photo was taken in the back yard of the Wenner residenc...)
• 13:28, 10 March 2021 HistoryCommission2 talk contribs uploaded File:Souder & Chick Dairy mid-1940s until 1966.jpg (This was the office at the old Souder & Chick Dairy on the corner of West Brunswick Street and Central Avenue. The dairy was owned and operated by partners Woody Souder and George Chick at this location from the mid-1940s until 1966. The building later served as Brunswick Police Headquarters before it was torn down for a house that was built on the lot. What are your memories of the old dairy? (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Publi...)
• 16:24, 9 March 2021 HistoryCommission2 talk contribs uploaded File:Seniors 1970 Roelke to Setters.jpg (From the 1970 Year Book Category:High School)
• 16:21, 9 March 2021 HistoryCommission2 talk contribs uploaded File:Seniors 1970 Remsurg to Roderick.jpg (From the 1970 Year Book Category:High School)
• 16:17, 9 March 2021 HistoryCommission2 talk contribs uploaded File:Seniors 1970 Polan to Redmon.jpg (From the 1970 Year Book Category:High School)
• 16:14, 9 March 2021 HistoryCommission2 talk contribs uploaded File:Seniors 1970 Payton to Phillips.jpg (From the 1970 Year Book Category:High School)
• 16:11, 9 March 2021 HistoryCommission2 talk contribs uploaded File:Seniors 1970 Nichols to Payne.jpg (From the 1970 Year Book Category:High School)
• 16:09, 9 March 2021 HistoryCommission2 talk contribs uploaded File:Seniors 1970 Morsburger to Myers.jpg (From The 1970 Year Boook Category:High School)
• 07:20, 9 March 2021 HistoryCommission2 talk contribs uploaded File:Geri Lee Reynolds, International Woman's Day from the Frederick County Sheriff's Office, March 8, 2021.jpg (Frederick County Sheriff's Office, MD, March 8, 2021 Today is International Women's Day and Frederick County Sheriff Chuck Jenkins would like to recognize and thank the more than 100 women who work at the Frederick County Sheriff's Office. These women, as law enforcement officers, correctional officers, and support staff, have helped break the barrier in what once considered a male dominant career field Courtesy of the Frederick County Sheriff's Office Facebookpage Category:People)
• 06:45, 9 March 2021 HistoryCommission2 talk contribs uploaded File:Soccer 2021 Hannah Estep from the Frederick News-Post, March 9, 2021.jpg (Eye-opening opener: Brunswick girls soccer surprises Middletown in 4-3 win By Joe Ferraro from The Frederick News-Post, March 9, 2021 In the Photo: Brunswick’s Hannah Estep, right, and Middletown’s Isabella Ewine vie for the ball during the first half of the Railroaders’ 4-3 win over the host Knights on Monday evening. Staff photo by Graham Cullen MIDDLETOWN — Seated next to his wife, Cindy, as he was operating the scoreboard clock for Monday’s girls soccer match between Brunswick and Mid...)
• 07:52, 6 March 2021 HistoryCommission2 talk contribs uploaded File:Irene Treffelsen Payne Obituary (2).jpg (Photo from 2018 Brunswick Citizen Irene T Payne October 5, 1922 ~ February 27, 2021 (age 98) Obituary Mrs. Irene T. Payne,98, of Hagerstown and formerly of Brunswick, MD, passed away on February 27, 2021. She was the wife of the late Harry Payne, owner of Payne’s Pharmacy in Brunswick, MD, who passed in 2015. Born October 5, 1922 in New Rochelle, NY, Irene was the daughter of the late Edward and Anita Treffeisen. After graduating from the College of New Rochelle, Irene met and ma...)
• 09:19, 4 March 2021 HistoryCommission2 talk contribs uploaded File:Club 108 in 1990.jpg (This photo is from the 1990 BHS Yearbook and shows the members of the Club 108. This group was started with the idea of providing students who had few opportunities otherwise to become in activities outside of the classroom. The club consisted of both mainstream students and Special Ed students who took care of the courtyard outside the cafeteria by planting and caring for flowers. In addition, they helped as ushers for school productions. Row (L to R) - Diane Hackley, Charlene Walters, Stac...)
• 06:28, 4 March 2021 HistoryCommission2 talk contribs uploaded File:Frank Duval Brunswick artist in 2007 from the Frederick News-Post, March 4, 2021.jpg (An homage to Frank DuVal: 'The artist in residence in all of our lives' By Graham Cullen from The Frederick News-Post, March 4, 2021 Frank DuVal was an artist enthralled by the human form. His paintings and sketches, wrought with expressive lines that embodied the true nature of his subjects, could convey more with a single stroke of his brush than most of us could ever hope to emulate. Frank, who lived in Brunswick, died Feb. 6 at the age of 75, had been a part of my life since before I...)
• 19:05, 3 March 2021 HistoryCommission2 talk contribs uploaded File:Wayne Steven Dougherty Obituary from the Brunswick Herald February 25, 2021.jpeg (In Memory of Wayne Steven Dougherty by Jim Castle Wayne Steven Dougherty, 65, of Atlanta and formerly of Brunswick, Maryland, died February 18, 2021 from complications of kidney failure. Born in Baltimore to Alma Lee & Wayne Ernest Dougherty, Jr., Wayne was an independent man, a devoted husband, and a loving father and grandfather. He was a man of incredible curiosity and a great sense of humor who nurtured lifelong interests in electronics and computer engineering; music; literature; animal...)
• 19:03, 3 March 2021 HistoryCommission2 talk contribs uploaded File:Senior 2021 Carson Bauer.jpg (Carson Bauer, 2021 BHS Senior, supporting Safe and Sane! There is still time! Drive Thru Roy Rogers until 7 pm, say BHS Safe and Sane! 25% of proceeds benefit Safe and Sane! There is still time! Courtesy of Debbie Backer Category:High School)