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24 October 2021

21 October 2021

13 October 2021

  • 21:4921:49, 13 October 2021 diff hist +1,585‎ N File:Mr. & Mrs. C.M. Wenner.jpeg ‎ Portraits of the young couple Charles Malcolm (C.M.) and Edna Garrott Wenner, circa 1880s. The Wenners raised 8 children, including Brunswick Distinguished Citizens E. Virginia (Educator) and William B. Wenner (Farmer & Merchant), as well as grandson William W. Wenner (MD Appellate Judge). Like his distant cousin, W.W. Wenner in the west end of early Brunswick, C.M. Wenner had visions of prospering his growing family by selling lots on the 500 acre family farm that bordered both sides of N....

10 October 2021

  • 17:0517:05, 10 October 2021 diff hist +193‎ N File:BHS Football Fireworks.JPG ‎ Great shot of the fireworks after the BHS Railroaders' Homecoming Game on 10/8/21. They won 29-27 over Liberty to improve their record to 5-1. (Photo by Courtney Twayne Allison)
  • 17:0017:00, 10 October 2021 diff hist +726‎ N File:Under the Bridge.jpg ‎ Great "under the bridge" photo of Brunswick by Jeff Pearl in September, 2020. This one is looking up S. Virginia Avenue towards W. Potomac Street. There are 4 historical landmarks, in addition to the bridge: 1) D.C. Weinbrenner Wholesale Warehouse: Red building to right of bridge at the foot of the hill. 2) The old Beall-McMurry house on the corner of Virginia Avenue and Potomac Street, which is possibly the oldest house in Brunswick. It is being restored after the terrible fire in June, 2...
  • 16:4316:43, 10 October 2021 diff hist +256‎ N File:Sam Huffer & Carol Smith.JPG ‎ '70s flashback in real time to 2 beloved teachers at the recent 2021 Sizzling '70s Reunion. Sam Huffer and Carol Smith taught us how to let loose expressing ourselves in BHS plays, music and sports. (Photo courtesy of Joanna Feaster Henson)
  • 16:4216:42, 10 October 2021 diff hist +168‎ N File:1956 Chevy Pumper Rolls Out.jpg ‎ The 1956 Chevy Pumper rolls out. (Photo taken from the home movies of Marvin Younkins, courtesy of the Younkins family and the Brunswick Heritage Museum)
  • 16:4016:40, 10 October 2021 diff hist +417‎ N File:Delivery of 1956 Chevy Pumper.jpg ‎ Delivery of a then new 1956 Chevy Pumper to the old Fire Hall (now Smoketown Brewery).Like almost all service vehicles in those days, Litten's Chevrolet-Olds dealership supplied them. The business operated on the western edge of Brunswick, which used to be a main entrance to town. (Photo taken from the home movies of Marvin Younkins, courtesy of the Younkins family and the Brunswick Heritage Museum)
  • 16:3116:31, 10 October 2021 diff hist +343‎ N File:Jimmy Dean's Engine.jpg ‎ According to Jason Russell, this is the famous pumper that was dubbed "Jimmy Dean's Engine". The 1957 Chevrolet fire engine was so named because Jimmy Dean and the Texas Wildcats appeared so often at the Brunswick Fire Hall in the 1950s, the Brunswick Volunteer Fire Dept was able to buy it. (Photo courtesy of Jason A. Russell)
  • 16:2816:28, 10 October 2021 diff hist +453‎ N File:IMG 5861.JPG ‎ A promotional item from the Werntz Store on East Potomac Street that used to stand where the community garden is today. Introduced to Brunswick by the Kaplons, H.N. Werntz sold discount general merchandise to railroaders and their families (shoes, hats, work clothes, etc) , as well as groceries, which were available in the back of the building on 1st Avenue. (Photos courtesy of James R. Castle from the "History In Our Attics" series)
  • 16:2716:27, 10 October 2021 diff hist +454‎ N File:IMG 5860.JPG ‎ A promotional item from the Werntz Store on East Potomac Street that used to stand where the community garden is today. Introduced to Brunswick by the Kaplons, H.N. Werntz sold discount general merchandise to railroaders and their families (shoes, hats, work clothes, etc) , as well as groceries, which were available in the back of the building on 1st Avenue. (Photos courtesy of James R. Castle from the "History In Our Attics" series) current
  • 16:2416:24, 10 October 2021 diff hist +539‎ N File:15578271 10154262276795208 1518142801246346412 o.jpg ‎ This safe deposit bag was used by W.B. Wenner and family members to deposit daily earnings from The City Meat Market on W. Potomac Street into the bank. According to Judge Bill Wenner, only family members were allowed to staff the cash register and drop off the daily proceeds. The store stood where the Ambulance Company resides today. The People's National Bank building still stands proudly across from Beans in the Belfry. In recent years, it was the home office of a printing company? (Pho...
  • 16:1016:10, 10 October 2021 diff hist +414‎ N File:IMG 3357.JPG ‎ This photo was shot with an Olympus Pen F half frame camera on Agfachrome in the B&O railroad yard at Brunswick in 1976. According to Robert Foster, the engine looks like the engine was coming out of the roundhouse, just east of turntable. "Probably at fueling station that big Water Tank was on other side beside Roundhouse directly across from the Waste Treatment plant." (Photo by Ray Soderberg)
  • 16:0716:07, 10 October 2021 diff hist +1,352‎ N File:Camp Greentop Cabin.jpeg ‎ The cabins where we slept at Camp Greentop looked a lot like this, but the beds weren't as nice in the late Sixties. Some memories include: Angela Berry Selby I stayed there in 92 and my cabin had metal cots. My cabin also had a fireplace. Not that we used it, but a baby ring-necked snake fell down the chimney and into the fireplace. 😳 Peter Wenner In the Fall of 1968, Marty Cusack kept us up laughing most of one night reciting the Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-in line “look that up in your Fun...
  • 15:4115:41, 10 October 2021 diff hist +2,055‎ N File:Camp Greentop Dining Hall.jpeg ‎ Here's a photo of the Camp Greentop dining room and recreation hall, just as many will remember it in the Fall of whatever was your 6th grade year in elementary school all around Frederick County. There were some ghost stories and it was cold in the mountains. Here are some memories from Smoketown followers: Kelly Leigh I went to Valley Elementary. In 1977, I remember our camp counselor Tim Fogle died in a jeep accident the week after we went. We did a fundraiser for him. He was from Middle...

19 September 2021

  • 15:2515:25, 19 September 2021 diff hist +976‎ N File:1971 BHS JV Football.jpeg ‎ The BHS Junior Varsity football team in the Fall of 1971. After losing it's first two games to Boonsboro and Smithburg, the Railroaders finsihed the season by reeling off 6 straight victories to finish 6-2. Here's who was on the team: First row: Mike Barker (Manager), David Deavers, Kevin Barker, Chris Hoffman, Tim Schuster, Mike Stack, Steve Barnhart, David Hamilton, Todd Cummings, Tommy Ayers, Drew Hawes (Manager) Second Row: Steve Smith (Manager), Randy Carey, Steve Utterback, David Hou... current
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