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• 11:25, 26 March 2023 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:City begins Recreation Economy for Rural Communities program, The Frederick News-Post, February 25, 2023.pdf ("Town begins EPA program for boosting economy and recreation," by Clara Niel, The Frederick News-Post, February 25, 2023. Category:Revitalization)
• 11:24, 26 March 2023 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Brunswick pushes for a new BHS building, The Frederick News-Post, March 18, 2023.pdf ("City's wait for a new high school continues," by Jillian Atelsek, The Frederick News-Post, March 18, 2023. Category:High School)
• 11:22, 26 March 2023 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Brunswick Middle School Second Term Honor Roll 2022-2023, The Frederick News-Post, February 25, 2023.pdf (Category:Middle School)
• 11:22, 26 March 2023 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Basketball Ethan Genos recognized as Athlete of the Week, The Frederick News-Post, March 2, 2023.pdf (Category:Recreation-Sports)
• 11:21, 26 March 2023 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Basketball Cassidy Rhodes recognized as Athlete of the Week, The Frederick News-Post, February 9, 2023.pdf (Category:Recreation-Sports)
• 11:21, 26 March 2023 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Basketball Cassidy Rhodes breaks BHS career 3-pointer record, The Frederick News-Post, February 7, 2023.pdf ("Roaders' Rhodes sets school mark," The Frederick News-Post, February 7, 2023. Category:Recreation-Sports)
• 11:19, 26 March 2023 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Basketball Brunswick girls lose to Catoctin 37-56 in semifinal, The Frederick News-Post, February 28, 2023.pdf ("Galloping into final: Cougars race past rival Railroaders, move one win from state tournament," by John Cannon, The Frederick News-Post, February 28, 2023. Category:Recreation-Sports)
• 11:18, 26 March 2023 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Basketball Brunswick girls beat St. James 61-7, The Frederick News-Post, February 17, 2023.pdf ("Railroaders rout St. James," The Frederick News-Post, February 17, 2023. Category:Recreation-Sports)
• 11:17, 26 March 2023 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Basketball Brunswick boys beat New Life 53-42, The Frederick News-Post, February 10, 2023.pdf ("Dudley helps send Railroaders past Rams," by John Cannon, The Frederick News-Post, February 10, 2023. Category:Recreation-Sports)
• 11:16, 26 March 2023 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Basketball Brunswick boys beat Clear Spring 49-44 in semifinal, The Frederick News-Post, March 1, 2023.pdf (Category:Recreation-Sports)
• 11:15, 26 March 2023 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Basketball Brunswick boys beat Catoctin 51-36, The Frederick News-Post, February 25, 2023.pdf ("Roaders find just enough to pull away from Cougars," by Alexander Dacy, The Frederick News-Post, February 25, 2023. Category:Recreation-Sports)
• 11:13, 26 March 2023 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:A conversion and baptism in the Potomac at Brunswick, The Frederick News-Post historical reprint, March 20, 1923.pdf (Category:Rivers Category:Churches)
• 21:33, 12 March 2023 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:A plan to reopen the canal in 1923, The Frederick News-Post historical reprint, March 8, 1923.pdf (Category:Canal)
• 21:32, 12 March 2023 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:B&O yardmaster Sprigg Hedges injured on the railway in 1923, The Frederick News-Post historical reprint, February 10, 1923.pdf (Category:Railroad)
• 21:07, 12 March 2023 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Robert Moler obituary, The Frederick News-Post, March 7, 2023.pdf (Category:Obituary)
• 00:49, 6 March 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Grace Chapel Procession.jpeg (A procession of acolytes and the choir from Grace Chapel, the precursor to Grace Episcopal Church at 114 E. A Street in Brunswick, circa 1915. The crucifer was Richmond "Dick" Wenner carrying the same cross used in services today at Grace Episcopal Church. His future brother-in-law Mark Van Pelt is noted with a check mark over his head. Reverend Edward E. Burgess is visible at the back of the procession. This photo appears to have been taken on the north side of A Street across from the old...)
• 00:43, 6 March 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Mrs. Brooks Portrait.png (A portrait of Mary Pauline Brooks, the daughter of slaves, who lived to age 106 and was for a time Maryland's oldest citizen. This photo may have dated back to the 1950s. Trivia question. Has any Brunswick Citizen lived longer than Mrs. Brooks? (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown African American Heritage)
• 00:41, 6 March 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Rotary Club at Shenandoah Downs.jpg (The Blade-Times photo caption read: "Approximately 40 members and guests of the Brunswick Rotary Club were entertained last Thursday night on the Starlight Terrace of Shenandoah Downs. Pictured above are a part of the group that dined and then had fun trying to pick winners of the 9-race program. Another Brunswick group, The Silver Bit Riding Club were guests of the track this past Monday night." We can identify the following Rotarians and their family members: Front table - Gene Bowers, Di...)
• 21:33, 5 March 2023 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Joyce Utterback obituary, The Frederick News-Post, March 1, 2023.pdf (Category:Obituary)
• 15:09, 26 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Hawaiian Dance.JPG (Looks like a fun Saturday night sometime in the 1950s at the old Hawaiian Nightclub on Rt. 180 in Knoxville. The nightclub was a popular spot when it was located on the "main drag" between Frederick and the Charlestown Races. Woody Free's Memory Trio was a fixture on stage here for years. Nelly and Tete Roby swing on the dance floor at about one o'clock in the photo. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Litton are dancing at eleven o'clock. We believe Fran New is dancing in profile behind the man in the low...)
• 19:40, 25 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Nellie Roby dancing.jpg (According to her grandson John Roby Morsberger, Nelly Roby loved to dance. Here she is dancing with an unknown gentleman at their home on Third Avenue in Brunswick. When she was elected to the Brunswick City Council, Nelly Roby was first elected woman official in Frederick County. (Photo courtesy of John Roby Morsberger) Category:Smoketown Music)
• 19:36, 25 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:SCOB Park Ladder.jpg (SCOB Park outside the Eagles Club in October 2022, just as it's looked for generations. The acronym stands for Social Club of Brunswick. It was so named in the early 1960s when the Eagles lodge was built on the land across from Brunswick Elementary School. The story is complicated. Peter Wenner The reason for the name Social Club of Brunswick or S.C.O.B. Is this. It was one of my dad Bill Wenner's first cases as an attorney in Brunswick and he was advised to stay away from it because it c...)
• 19:34, 25 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Catlett Plow Winter.jpg (Photo of Harry Catlett's plow near the tow path covered in snow. For those who have seen this rusted old apparatus, the Brunswick History Commission has attributed it to Harry Catlett, who in the 1930s and ‘40s farmed riverbottom land that we believe was originally one of C.F. Wenner's farms. According to Jackie Ebersole, Mr. Catlett was also janitor at the old East End elementary school on A Street in the 1940s. He had a room in the basement. (Photo courtesy of Wayne & Vicki Allgaier)...)
• 19:33, 25 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Catlet Plow Summer.jpg (Photo of Harry Catlett's plow near the tow path in the Summertime. For those who have seen this rusted old apparatus, the Brunswick History Commission has attributed it to Harry Catlett, who in the 1930s and ‘40s farmed riverbottom land that we believe was originally one of C.F. Wenner's farms. According to Jackie Ebersole, Mr. Catlett was also janitor at the old East End elementary school on A Street in the 1940s. He had a room in the basement. (Photo courtesy of Wayne & Vicki Allgaier)...)
• 19:32, 25 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Catlett Plow Fall.jpg (Photo of Harry Catlett's plow near the tow path. For those who have seen this rusted old apparatus, the Brunswick History Commission has attributed it to Harry Catlett, who in the 1930s and ‘40s farmed riverbottom land that we believe was originally one of C.F. Wenner's farms. According to Jackie Ebersole, Mr. Catlett was also janitor at the old East End elementary school on A Street in the 1940s. He had a room in the basement. (Photo courtesy of Wayne & Vicki Allgaier) [[Category:Smoke...)
• 19:31, 25 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:McCormick Cultivators.jpg (Two rusted old horse-drawn McCormick cultivators rest side-by-side in front of a home on Central Avenue. Some of the houses in Brunswick Crossing are visible behind the white fence. They were left by the previous homeowner. (Photo courtesy of Wayne and Vicki Allgaier) Category:Smoketown Farm Community)
• 19:29, 25 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Brunswick Public Library 1963.jpeg (Collection of books on the shelf at the original Brunswick Public Library in the old West End Elementary School on 317 Brunswick Street? The Brunswick Library Association was formed on March 1, 1962. With 3,500 books, the library opened its doors on April 23, 1963. Chris Weitzel I was there with my mom the day the library opened and was the first person to take out a book. I don’t remember what it was. Shari Therit I was there all the time. I remember the librarian tried to get me to read...)
• 19:26, 25 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Officer Ambrose Gas pump.jpeg (Officer George Ambrose poses for a 1930 photo on his motorcycle near a gas pump in front of the old City Hall on A Street across the street from Bethany Lutheran Church. Note the sidecar for which he was famous for around town. He later became police chief in 1937 and served in that role until his death in 1941. The motorcycle was an Indian Chief purchased in Brunswick from Dutch Halley's dealership on Petersville Road. (Photo courtesy City of Brunswick Maryland History Commission) [[Cate...)
• 19:24, 25 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Negro School Barrys.jpg (The old segregated school on West J Street when Charles and Henrietta Barry lived there in the 1970s. According to Liz Campbell Wilson: The Berry's were my Great Uncle and Aunt and she Pastored the church on J street after my Aunt Mary, who was the Pastor died. Fond memories on J Street with my cousins. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown African American Heritage)
• 19:16, 25 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:First Methodist Steeple.png (This was the old steeple of the First United Methodist Church on S. Maryland Avenue before the new one was installed in 1961. Almost looks like it was about to have been taken down. See the brackets on the belfry. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Houses of Worship)
• 19:15, 25 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Gross Digs Out.jpeg (Mr. Charles Gross digs out his driveway near the corner of Petersville Road and Rosemont drive after a big snowstorm. Hard to tell what year. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Big Snows)
• 18:57, 25 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:City Meat Market Ad.jpeg (Nice deal from the City Meat Market in 1941. This long gone store on W. Potomac Street where the ambulance company is now was destroyed by fire in September, 1959. Reportedly, in addition to fresh butchering, there was a slaughterhouse for freshly killed chickens in the basement. According to Norm Cornelius, who worked at the store in the late-1950s: Teddy Phillips had taken the business over in 1958 or close to that year. He had worked there for years as a Meat Cutter and other duties. He...)
• 18:50, 25 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Red Men's Building 1915.jpeg (Red Men's Building, circa 1915. Note that there was a Piggly Wiggly supermarket on the bottom floor, which is now the lobby of the Brunswick Heritage Museum and Brunswick Visitor Center. The double doors on the far left were the entrance to the stairs and basement which were all used by the Improved Order of Red Men (I.O.R.R.). The post office at the time was also reported to have been located on the first floor. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) [[Category:Smoketown Busi...)
• 18:46, 25 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:1936 Flood Flynn's Barber Shop.jpeg (Another flood photo at the foot of S. Maple Avenue, presumably in 1936. The small building on the left was reported to have been Flynn's barber shop. Rowboats were the only way to get around that part of town at this time. (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick Maryland History Commission; information from "Images of America: Brunswick by Mary Rubin) Category:Smoketown Great Floods)
• 18:43, 25 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Brunswick Boys Club 1909.jpeg (This 1909 image, taken at the home of Judge John L. Jordan on Maryland Avenue at the corner of W. Potomac Street, shows the Brunswick Boys Club posing with what appear to have been muskets. Founded by Reverend Luther Martin (seated lower left) of the Brunswick Presbyterian Church on A Street, this "secret group's" cry was O.G.F. Boom!, and each member had an insignia pin and scribe with the initials standing for Old Glory Forever. Today's Brunswick Boy Scout troop can trace its beginnings b...)
• 18:38, 25 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Boy Scout Troop 5 1915.jpeg (In parallel with a secret club for older boys called Old Glory Forever or OGF, scouting began in Brunswick around 1915 with the establishment of Boy Scout Troop 5. This 1920 photograph shows some of well-dressed scouts on a hike to Virginia Springs, a source of Brunswick's water supply. Pictured here, from left to right are Bill Deener, Raymond, Funk, scoutmaster George A. Hood, and Louis Rice. The Brunswick Girl Scouts were introduced in 1921 by schoolteachers Lavinia and Georgia Hood. Bru...)
• 18:36, 25 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:BHS Handwork Club 1940.jpeg (This 1940 photo from the “Garnet and Gold” yearbook shows the Handwork Club at old Brunswick High School atop 4th Avenue. According to the author, “Sitting on those stacks of books to pose for the picture had to have been pretty uncomfortable for those unfortunate enough not to be seated at one of the desks.” The only person identified was Mary Plunkert Noland, who was sitting in the back row, far left by the wall. (Photo courtesy of the city of Brunswick, Maryland History Commission; inf...)
• 18:33, 25 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Justice Douglass C&O Canal 5.jpeg (Justice William O. Douglas as he passed through Brunswick on his 8-day hike from Georgetown to Cumberland on the C&O towpath in March, 1954. Justice Douglas' demonstration prevented the towpath from becoming part of a national highway plan. (Photo courtesy of Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal)
• 18:32, 25 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Brunswick Centennial Mug.jpeg (A coffee mug commemorating Brunswick's Centennial Celebration in 1990. (Photo courtesy of Peter Wenner Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations)
• 18:30, 25 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Engine and E. Potomac Street.JPG (Great 1975 perspective of E. Potomac Street behind the engine as it prepares to enter the roundhouse. Cage's Garage is visible through the trees on the lower right. (Photo courtesy of Ray Soderberg) Category:Smoketown Railroad)
• 18:28, 25 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Potomac River Frozen 2018.jpeg (Frozen Potomac River in early 2018. This photo was taken from the bridge on the Virginia side by the trailer cabins behind the gas station. (Photo from The Brunswick Citizen) Category:Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal)
• 18:27, 25 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Gross House Central Avenue.jpeg (The Gross House on 304 Central Avenue in October, 2022. Longtime businessman and Judge William B. Gross with his wife Thelma, who taught 5th Grade up the hill at Brunswick Elementary School, raised their children here after moving from the family home next to the Gross store on S. Maryland Avenue. According to public records, the primary structure was built in 1956. It remained in the family until 2000 when it was sold by John L. Gross. (Photo by Peter Wenner) [[Category:Smoketown In and A...)
• 18:24, 25 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Mrs. Bennett 5th Grade Class 1970-71.JPG (Mrs. Bennett's 5th grade class during the 1970-71 school year. Here's who has been identified: Back row: Candy Free, David Kemp, Bernie Lipscomb, Steve Rowe, James Herbert, Sherri Sigler, Pat Campbell, Tammy Webber, Robin Hoopengardner, Nancy Childs, Sherry Mohler Middle row: Jeff Webber, Sandy Deener, Karen Roelkey, Peggy Ketterman, Roy Lipscomb, Jerry Thomas, Tammy Brawner, Cynthia Mann, Doug Bohrer, Kathy Robinson, Dennis Wenner Front row: Mitch McMurry, Eddie Weddle, Vicky Flook, Debbi...)
• 18:19, 25 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:BHS Class of 1938 Reunion.JPG (BHS Class of 1938 gathered at their 50th reunion in 1988. Mrs. Wheatley identified the members of her class, as follows: Front row - Dorothy Dixon, Frances Burch, Emma Copeland, Patricia O'Hara, Anna Betty Weedy, Ethel Wenner Middle row - Evelyn Grams, Pearl Ambrose, Margaret Roelke, Lorraine Kronk, Anna Ray Suter, Geraldine Sherrard, Katherine Ahalt, Clara Garrison, Eloise Michael, Jane Nelson, Theda Norris, Ina Mae Kline, Gloria Cornelius, Mary Louise Chambers, Ella Hissey Back row - War...)
• 18:17, 25 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:F&M Bank Women Staffers.jpg (A group photo of women staffers from the old Farmers & Mechanics Bank in 1973 before the new branch was built in the latter part of the decade. Posed here behind Hazel Bartlett are Jo Ann Thompson, Ethel Strailman, Diane Wiggington (Dawson), Mary Catherine Moore and Dorothy Moss. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Businesses)
• 18:11, 25 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Brooks Family 4 Generations.jpg (A 1970s era Brooks family photo representing 4 generations with Rosie Brooks Campbell, her father Frank, daughter Kimberly and Grandma Mary Pauline Brooks. Mrs. Brooks lived to the ripe age of 106 and was for a time Maryland's oldest citizen. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown African American Heritage)
• 18:08, 25 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Charles Compher.jpg (The gentleman on the left was Mr. Charles Compher, who at the time lived with his daughter Evelyn Compher Donovan on West B Street. The man on the right is unidentified. Mr. Compher had been a Lovettsville farmer and passed away in 1978 just shy of his 102nd birthday. The farm is now known as “Hiddencroft Vinyards”. The photo was likely taken in the mid-1970s. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown People)
• 18:07, 25 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Barger Dry Cleaning.jpeg (Charles A. Barger Jr. operated the first modern steam press in Brunswick at Barger Dry Cleaning, located in a small building on East Potomac Street. Here he is in an October 1918 photo showing off the press. Note the advertisement on the right for Piedmont Cigarettes. (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick Maryland History Commission; information from "Images of America: Brunswick" by Mary Rubin) Category:Smoketown Businesses)
• 18:05, 25 February 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Van Pelts Hilltop House.jpeg (Mr. and Mrs. Mark B. Van Pelt of Brunswick pose high above the Harper's Ferry Tunnel, bridge and river sometome in the 1920s. M.B. Van Pelt was later promoted from Terminal Train Master in Brunswick to Terminal Superintendent in Philadelphia in 1945. Mrs. Van Pelt was the former Edith Olivia Wenner, daughter of C.M. Wenner. The Van Pelts lived at 10 5th Avenue in Brunswick before the promotion. The building behind them. has been identified to have been the Hilltop House Annex. The Van Pel...)
• 21:32, 20 February 2023 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Frederick Brown Jr obituary, The Frederick News-Post, February 17, 2023.pdf (Category:Obituary)