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• 18:26, 14 May 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Kaplon House Rosemont.png (The Kaplon "Steel House" on Petersville Road in Rosemont where Myer Kaplon lived with his wife Oshyie and children Mortimer and Bernice. Mr. Kaplon had the aluminum-based house built in 1933 after seeing an archetype at the World's Fair in Chicago that year. It looks very different today. Judging from the 1968 Chevy Caprice parked out front, this photo was taken sometime in the late 1960s or early 1970s. John Younkins "I rode this by house many times As a kid on my bike. I thought it was th...)
• 18:26, 14 May 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Kaplon House Rosemont.png (The Kaplon "Steel House" on Petersville Road in Rosemont where Myer Kaplon lived with his wife Oshyie and children Mortimer and Bernice. Mr. Kaplon had the aluminum-based house built in 1933 after seeing an archetype at the World's Fair in Chicago that year. It looks very different today. Judging from the 1968 Chevy Caprice parked out front, this photo was taken sometime in the late 1960s or early 1970s. John Younkins "I rode this by house many times As a kid on my bike. I thought it was th...)
• 18:23, 14 May 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Class of 1915 (2).jpg (For this photo of the BHS graduating class of 1915, we have an alphabetized list of names, but they're not matched to the students. There are 17 names listed, but only 16 present for the photo. We would appreciate it if you can help us match the names to the faces--the boys may be easier since there were only 2 in the class: Josephine Evans Helen Hammond Georgia Hood Lavenia Hood Mary Kaetzel Oscar Karn Eva Lloyd Carroll Maurer Ottie McDonald (later Miller who taught 4th grade) Nellie Mehrl...)
• 18:23, 14 May 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Class of 1915 (2).jpg (For this photo of the BHS graduating class of 1915, we have an alphabetized list of names, but they're not matched to the students. There are 17 names listed, but only 16 present for the photo. We would appreciate it if you can help us match the names to the faces--the boys may be easier since there were only 2 in the class: Josephine Evans Helen Hammond Georgia Hood Lavenia Hood Mary Kaetzel Oscar Karn Eva Lloyd Carroll Maurer Ottie McDonald (later Miller who taught 4th grade) Nellie Mehrl...)
• 18:20, 14 May 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Kaplon's Window (2).png (One of Miss Fanny Kaplon's beautfiully-designed department store windows at Kaplon's. Can anyone guess the date? According to Bill Mohler in the 2012 Smithsonian "Journey Stories" movie, Myer Kaplon often claimed to have been in charge of the store windows, but the moving force was his sister Fanny, who often traveled to New York to study the famous department stores on 5th Avenue. She brought that style back to Brunswick. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Li...)
• 18:20, 14 May 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Kaplon's Window (2).png (One of Miss Fanny Kaplon's beautfiully-designed department store windows at Kaplon's. Can anyone guess the date? According to Bill Mohler in the 2012 Smithsonian "Journey Stories" movie, Myer Kaplon often claimed to have been in charge of the store windows, but the moving force was his sister Fanny, who often traveled to New York to study the famous department stores on 5th Avenue. She brought that style back to Brunswick. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Li...)
• 18:19, 14 May 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Charlie Keller's Gas.JPG (Who remembers former Yankee and Frederick County native Charlie "King Kong" Keller's Sinclair filling station in downtown Middletown? Not sure of dates when the station was open, but this photo appears to have been in the 1930s or '40s. Here's a link to Charlie Keller's career stats--he was a valuable player on some great Yankee teams: https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kellech01.shtml Doris Kelley Barker remembered: My Dad V. Franklin Kelley loved the Yankees and especially Charl...)
• 18:19, 14 May 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Charlie Keller's Gas.JPG (Who remembers former Yankee and Frederick County native Charlie "King Kong" Keller's Sinclair filling station in downtown Middletown? Not sure of dates when the station was open, but this photo appears to have been in the 1930s or '40s. Here's a link to Charlie Keller's career stats--he was a valuable player on some great Yankee teams: https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kellech01.shtml Doris Kelley Barker remembered: My Dad V. Franklin Kelley loved the Yankees and especially Charl...)
• 18:14, 14 May 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Pontoon Bridge LoC.JPG (A view of the Pontoon Bridge looking across the Potomac River from Virginia into what was then Berlin in 1862. See the piles on the right of the covered bridge that was destroyed by the Confederate Army in 1861. In November of the same year, during the Civil War, the pontoons were removed and transported to Fredericksburg, VA for use in crossing the Rappahannock River. (Photo from the Library of Congress) Category:Smoketown Beginnings)
• 18:14, 14 May 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Pontoon Bridge LoC.JPG (A view of the Pontoon Bridge looking across the Potomac River from Virginia into what was then Berlin in 1862. See the piles on the right of the covered bridge that was destroyed by the Confederate Army in 1861. In November of the same year, during the Civil War, the pontoons were removed and transported to Fredericksburg, VA for use in crossing the Rappahannock River. (Photo from the Library of Congress) Category:Smoketown Beginnings)
• 18:12, 14 May 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Old locomotive postcard.JPG (An old postcard, likely from the early 20th Century, features what was then a "new type of B&O engine at Brunswick, MD". (Postcard courtesy of the City of Brunswick, Maryland History Commission) Category:Smoketown Railroad)
• 18:12, 14 May 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Old locomotive postcard.JPG (An old postcard, likely from the early 20th Century, features what was then a "new type of B&O engine at Brunswick, MD". (Postcard courtesy of the City of Brunswick, Maryland History Commission) Category:Smoketown Railroad)
• 18:10, 14 May 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Rt. 17 Curve.jpeg (Overcast Spring sky over the farm fields on Burkittsville Road--Route 17. This is where the road makes an "S-turn" near the Pry farms. Damazo Pond is visible to right of mailboxes. (Photo by Peter Wenner--April, 2022) Category:Smoketown In and Around)
• 18:10, 14 May 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Rt. 17 Curve.jpeg (Overcast Spring sky over the farm fields on Burkittsville Road--Route 17. This is where the road makes an "S-turn" near the Pry farms. Damazo Pond is visible to right of mailboxes. (Photo by Peter Wenner--April, 2022) Category:Smoketown In and Around)
• 18:07, 14 May 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:BRLL Memorial Wall.JPG (The Brunswick Little League Legends Wall at Marvin L. Younkins Memorial Field. The sign says a lot for these players who left us too young. Daphne Carey Maught, whose son Andy Maught is memorialized here: "Thank you Steve and Amy Dinges for being instrumental acknowledging our Boys. Lots of great memories and friendships made through Brunswick Little League." (Photo by Peter Wenner) Category:Smoketown Baseball)
• 18:07, 14 May 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:BRLL Memorial Wall.JPG (The Brunswick Little League Legends Wall at Marvin L. Younkins Memorial Field. The sign says a lot for these players who left us too young. Daphne Carey Maught, whose son Andy Maught is memorialized here: "Thank you Steve and Amy Dinges for being instrumental acknowledging our Boys. Lots of great memories and friendships made through Brunswick Little League." (Photo by Peter Wenner) Category:Smoketown Baseball)
• 18:05, 14 May 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Gwyneth Holder & Grandchild.jpg (This was Gwyneth Holder posing with her grandaughter Shelli Lewis in one of the old storefronts just west of the Kaplon building on Potomac Street. From the looks of the cars parked on the street, this photo dates to the late 1960s or early 1970s. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown People)
• 18:05, 14 May 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Gwyneth Holder & Grandchild.jpg (This was Gwyneth Holder posing with her grandaughter Shelli Lewis in one of the old storefronts just west of the Kaplon building on Potomac Street. From the looks of the cars parked on the street, this photo dates to the late 1960s or early 1970s. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown People)
• 18:02, 14 May 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:E. Potomac - Railroad panorama.JPG (Panoramic view from the railroad in what appears to have been the late 1920s or 1930s, judging from the cars in the foreground. From the left are the WB Tower, the rear entrance of the YMCA after the 4th floor had been added in the mid-'20s, the caller's office, the B&O Emergency Hospital Annex, Grace Church sitting high above on A Street, East Potomac Street businesses Cage's Garage, the Whistle Stop restaurant and Ridgeway's Market (later Moler's) and the old High School up on 4th Avenue....)
• 18:02, 14 May 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:E. Potomac - Railroad panorama.JPG (Panoramic view from the railroad in what appears to have been the late 1920s or 1930s, judging from the cars in the foreground. From the left are the WB Tower, the rear entrance of the YMCA after the 4th floor had been added in the mid-'20s, the caller's office, the B&O Emergency Hospital Annex, Grace Church sitting high above on A Street, East Potomac Street businesses Cage's Garage, the Whistle Stop restaurant and Ridgeway's Market (later Moler's) and the old High School up on 4th Avenue....)
• 18:01, 14 May 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Train at the Knoxville curve.JPG (Drone's eye view from Weverton Cliffs of a train making its way past the Rt. 180 turn at Knoxville in 2022. (From Vaughn Ripley and the Original Brunswick Group) Category:Smoketown Railroad)
• 18:01, 14 May 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Train at the Knoxville curve.JPG (Drone's eye view from Weverton Cliffs of a train making its way past the Rt. 180 turn at Knoxville in 2022. (From Vaughn Ripley and the Original Brunswick Group) Category:Smoketown Railroad)
• 17:55, 14 May 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Mayor Cummings at his desk.jpg (Mayor Jim Cummings at his desk at City Hall sometime during his 3 terms from 1954-66. Doris Kelley Barker shared her memory of our colorful former mayor: Jim Cummings and his wife were the best looking couple you would ever find anywhere. She was stunning as Jim also was—both of them dressed gorgeously at all times. His personality just radiated everywhere he stepped his feet & you could only love him & her & the family. He was good for our town. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at t...)
• 17:55, 14 May 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Mayor Cummings at his desk.jpg (Mayor Jim Cummings at his desk at City Hall sometime during his 3 terms from 1954-66. Doris Kelley Barker shared her memory of our colorful former mayor: Jim Cummings and his wife were the best looking couple you would ever find anywhere. She was stunning as Jim also was—both of them dressed gorgeously at all times. His personality just radiated everywhere he stepped his feet & you could only love him & her & the family. He was good for our town. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at t...)
• 17:52, 14 May 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Fashion Show Two Girls.jpg (Two girls show off their Easter Sunday best in the 1961 Kaplon's sponsored fashion show at the old fire hall. Lori Price was facing the camera. Mrs. Flossie Hill can be seen with her arms folded in the audience. Jacquelyn Ebersole remembered: "That is Mrs. Flossie Hill, with arms folded, grandmother of Brenda Hill who is also in this show with her mother Helen Mater Hill. Jocelyn Hill, another grandaughter is also in the show. Kaplon's store put on this show. Helen Hill worked there." (Fr...)
• 17:52, 14 May 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Fashion Show Two Girls.jpg (Two girls show off their Easter Sunday best in the 1961 Kaplon's sponsored fashion show at the old fire hall. Lori Price was facing the camera. Mrs. Flossie Hill can be seen with her arms folded in the audience. Jacquelyn Ebersole remembered: "That is Mrs. Flossie Hill, with arms folded, grandmother of Brenda Hill who is also in this show with her mother Helen Mater Hill. Jocelyn Hill, another grandaughter is also in the show. Kaplon's store put on this show. Helen Hill worked there." (Fr...)
• 17:50, 14 May 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Mayor Orndorrf presents check to Shelley Dawson.jpg (Mayor Jess D. Orndorff presents Brunswick Little League President Shelley Dawson with a check to the 1970 Little League Fund right before opening day on Saturday May 2 with its traditional parade to Marvin Younkins Memorial Field. Some memories: Peter Wenner - I used to enjoy Shelley Dawson in the booth above the concession stand announcing the lineups (“Kendall Gordon will be twirling for the Tigers”) before our little league games. They’d also pipe in country music from WTRI while we were...)
• 17:50, 14 May 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Mayor Orndorrf presents check to Shelley Dawson.jpg (Mayor Jess D. Orndorff presents Brunswick Little League President Shelley Dawson with a check to the 1970 Little League Fund right before opening day on Saturday May 2 with its traditional parade to Marvin Younkins Memorial Field. Some memories: Peter Wenner - I used to enjoy Shelley Dawson in the booth above the concession stand announcing the lineups (“Kendall Gordon will be twirling for the Tigers”) before our little league games. They’d also pipe in country music from WTRI while we were...)
• 17:48, 14 May 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:WFMD's Happy Johnny & Family.jpg (An autographed circa 1954 promo photo of longtime WFMD Radio personality "Happy Johnny" Zufall with his wife Vonnie and three children. As a fiddler and band leader, he was probably best known at WFMD in Frederick, Maryland and as a deejay at WSIG in Mt Jackson, Virginia and WBAL in Baltimore. Baby Boomers in the tri-state area grew up listening to “Happy Johnny” in the morning. It appears that his show aired between the 1950s until the 1970s. He was succeeded by Tommy Grumwell on morning b...)
• 17:48, 14 May 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:WFMD's Happy Johnny & Family.jpg (An autographed circa 1954 promo photo of longtime WFMD Radio personality "Happy Johnny" Zufall with his wife Vonnie and three children. As a fiddler and band leader, he was probably best known at WFMD in Frederick, Maryland and as a deejay at WSIG in Mt Jackson, Virginia and WBAL in Baltimore. Baby Boomers in the tri-state area grew up listening to “Happy Johnny” in the morning. It appears that his show aired between the 1950s until the 1970s. He was succeeded by Tommy Grumwell on morning b...)
• 17:41, 14 May 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:WFMD Groff Mansion.jpg (Many Brunswick natives remember waking up to the sounds of AM radio on WFMD. Broadcast from the old Groff Mansion on the corner of N. Market and 7th Street, this was the station's first home before the building was razed in March 1973 for a parking lot. (Photo courtesy of Myersville & Wolfsville Area Historical Society) Category:Smoketown Music)
• 17:41, 14 May 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:WFMD Groff Mansion.jpg (Many Brunswick natives remember waking up to the sounds of AM radio on WFMD. Broadcast from the old Groff Mansion on the corner of N. Market and 7th Street, this was the station's first home before the building was razed in March 1973 for a parking lot. (Photo courtesy of Myersville & Wolfsville Area Historical Society) Category:Smoketown Music)
• 17:35, 14 May 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Battle of Crampton's Gap.jpg (On September 14th, 1862, 12,800 U.S. soldiers under General William Franklin clashed with 2,100 Confederate soldiers under Brigadier General Howell Cobb at Crampton's Gap overlooking Burkittsville. By the end of the day, the union forces had captured the gap and 14 field hospitals had been established in Burkittsville for the over 1,100 wounded soldiers. (Courtesy of the South Mountain Heritage Society) Category:Smoketown In and Around)
• 17:35, 14 May 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Battle of Crampton's Gap.jpg (On September 14th, 1862, 12,800 U.S. soldiers under General William Franklin clashed with 2,100 Confederate soldiers under Brigadier General Howell Cobb at Crampton's Gap overlooking Burkittsville. By the end of the day, the union forces had captured the gap and 14 field hospitals had been established in Burkittsville for the over 1,100 wounded soldiers. (Courtesy of the South Mountain Heritage Society) Category:Smoketown In and Around)
• 21:16, 23 April 2023 Jcaves talk contribs created page File:Kenneth Carter obituary, The Frederick News-Post, April 22, 2023.pdf (Category:Obituary)
• 21:16, 23 April 2023 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Kenneth Carter obituary, The Frederick News-Post, April 22, 2023.pdf (Category:Obituary)
• 21:15, 23 April 2023 Jcaves talk contribs created page File:Roger Rose, Sr. obituary, The Frederick News-Post, April 17, 2023.pdf (Category:Obituary)
• 21:15, 23 April 2023 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Roger Rose, Sr. obituary, The Frederick News-Post, April 17, 2023.pdf (Category:Obituary)
• 21:19, 10 April 2023 Jcaves talk contribs created page File:James Thorne obituary, The Frederick News-Post, April 8, 2023.pdf (Category:Obituary)
• 21:19, 10 April 2023 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:James Thorne obituary, The Frederick News-Post, April 8, 2023.pdf (Category:Obituary)
• 21:17, 10 April 2023 Jcaves talk contribs created page File:Carl James obituary, The Frederick News-Post, April 4, 2023.pdf (Category:Obituary)
• 21:17, 10 April 2023 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Carl James obituary, The Frederick News-Post, April 4, 2023.pdf (Category:Obituary)
• 21:14, 10 April 2023 Jcaves talk contribs created page File:Mary Cashour obituary, The Frederick News-Post, April 4, 2023.pdf (Category:Obituary)
• 21:14, 10 April 2023 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Mary Cashour obituary, The Frederick News-Post, April 4, 2023.pdf (Category:Obituary)
• 20:48, 2 April 2023 Jcaves talk contribs created page File:Cheryl Kershner obituary, The Frederick News-Post, March 30, 2023.pdf (Category:Obituary)
• 20:48, 2 April 2023 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Cheryl Kershner obituary, The Frederick News-Post, March 30, 2023.pdf (Category:Obituary)
• 14:06, 2 April 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Fashion show at old fire hall ballerinas.jpg (Joan Axline and Vicki Holder were photographed dressed as ballerinas in the Easter 1961 Kaplon's fashion show at the old fire hall. In the audience were June Utterback in the black and tan outfit on the left holding a program. Possibly Mrs. Scarlet on the right in black. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations)
• 14:06, 2 April 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Fashion show at old fire hall ballerinas.jpg (Joan Axline and Vicki Holder were photographed dressed as ballerinas in the Easter 1961 Kaplon's fashion show at the old fire hall. In the audience were June Utterback in the black and tan outfit on the left holding a program. Possibly Mrs. Scarlet on the right in black. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations)
• 17:35, 1 April 2023 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:BES Farewell Celebration.jpg (A flyer promoting the Farewell Celebration of Brunswick Elementary School on May 12, 2023. Former students and teachers were given one last chance to walk the halls of the beloved school. Category:Smoketown Schools)
• 17:35, 1 April 2023 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:BES Farewell Celebration.jpg (A flyer promoting the Farewell Celebration of Brunswick Elementary School on May 12, 2023. Former students and teachers were given one last chance to walk the halls of the beloved school. Category:Smoketown Schools)