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  • 17:0517:05, 22 July 2023 diff hist +815‎ N File:Turneys.jpg ‎ Bill and Cheryl Turney taught a couple generations of Brunswick High School students. This photo of them in their home was printed in the Brunswick Citizen following their retirements in 2013. Kevin Wayne Barker Just love both of them, great examples of Christ followers! Bill was a great English teacher, coach, and Sunday school teacher. Nothing but fine memories of them both. Doris Kelley Barker Loved working in Church with Billy Turney, the family Turney and Cheryl Anderson Turney & all t... current

14 May 2023

  • 18:4018:40, 14 May 2023 diff hist +367‎ N File:It's Academic BHS Team 1972.jpg ‎ The Brunswick High School "It's Academic" team of 1972 lost to Garrison Forest School, a private girls' preparatory school in Owings Mills, MD. This was the first time BHS participated on the long-running TV game show. (June 8, 1972 Blade-Times news clipping courtesy of the City of Brunswick Maryland History Commission) Category:Smoketown Sports current
  • 18:3918:39, 14 May 2023 diff hist +974‎ N File:St. Paul's Episcopal.jpg ‎ On May 11, 1980, a renewal program began at the historic St. Paul's Episcopal Church on the outskirts of Point of Rocks. It was the first time in over 10 years a Sunday worship service had been conducted. According to a Brunswick Citizen article, in which this news story and photo was included, the church was consecrated in 1842. During the Civil War, Union troops used the church as a hospital during the Antietem and Gettysburg campaigns. To help with the services, Grace Episcopal Church in... current
  • 18:3818:38, 14 May 2023 diff hist +559‎ N File:Brunswick Ladies 1930s.jpg ‎ A group of Brunswick ladies at some kind of retreat in the 1930s. Look at those saddle shoes! Those we're sure of are 2nd to 4th from left: --Mrs. Ann Jenkins (wife of then Grace Church rector) --Miss Katherine Manor (who taught many of us at Brunswick Elementary School) --Mrs. Eleanor Wenner, (wife of Brunswick merchant and farmer W.B. Wenner, she was joint operator of the family stores; owner/operator of Pic'a Wenner Rooms & Apartments in Ocean City) (Photo courtesy of Ann Wenner Osteen)... current
  • 18:3318:33, 14 May 2023 diff hist +1,326‎ N File:Wenner-Van Pelt.jpeg ‎ A Wenner-Van Pelt family photo on Easter Sunday, 1945, taken in the garden of the Wenner home on 1320 Petersville Road. Seated were Ann Wenner (Osteen), Edna Garrott Wenner, E. Virginia (Patty) Wenner. Standing in back were Edith Wenner Van Pelt, Edith's children Ginny and Mac Van Pelt, who was home from his service in World War II, Mrs. Van Pelt. Edna Wenner was the mother of Patty and Edith, grandmother of Ann. Doris Kelley Barker It is the Wenner's backyard on (the Brunswick) side of Sou... current
  • 18:2918:29, 14 May 2023 diff hist +1,353‎ N File:Bill & Eleanor Wenner 1938.jpeg ‎ Bill and Eleanor Wenner pose for a photo at a family picnic in 1938. With the help of his stylishly-dressed wife, Bill Wenner operated two grocery stores in Brunswick--City Meat Market on W. Potomac Street and Wenner's Hill Market on N. Maple Avenue just down the hill from the family farm. Speaking of the Wenners, Doris Kelley Barker remembered: "Love the picture of Bill Wenner and Eleanor, his lovely wife. He was a great businessman & treated the people of Brunswick wonderfully. I can st... current
  • 18:2618:26, 14 May 2023 diff hist +968‎ N 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... current
  • 18:2318:23, 14 May 2023 diff hist +718‎ N 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... current
  • 18:2018:20, 14 May 2023 diff hist +587‎ N 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... current
  • 18:1918:19, 14 May 2023 diff hist +807‎ N 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... current
  • 18:1418:14, 14 May 2023 diff hist +459‎ N 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 current
  • 18:1218:12, 14 May 2023 diff hist +242‎ N 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 current
  • 18:1018:10, 14 May 2023 diff hist +270‎ N 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 current
  • 18:0718:07, 14 May 2023 diff hist +436‎ N 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 current
  • 18:0518:05, 14 May 2023 diff hist +404‎ N 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 current
  • 18:0218:02, 14 May 2023 diff hist +615‎ N 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.... current
  • 18:0118:01, 14 May 2023 diff hist +209‎ N 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 current
  • 17:5517:55, 14 May 2023 diff hist +629‎ N 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... current
  • 17:5217:52, 14 May 2023 diff hist +666‎ N 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... current
  • 17:5017:50, 14 May 2023 diff hist +787‎ N 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... current
  • 17:4817:48, 14 May 2023 diff hist +833‎ N 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... current
  • 17:4117:41, 14 May 2023 diff hist +367‎ N 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 current
  • 17:3517:35, 14 May 2023 diff hist +459‎ N 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 current

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1 April 2023

  • 17:3517:35, 1 April 2023 diff hist +233‎ N 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 current
  • 17:3017:30, 1 April 2023 diff hist +331‎ N File:Dirty Shirt Train Crew.jpg ‎ In this touching story, a group of toy train enthusiasts from the B&O "Dirty Shirt" train share their hobby with a young conductor. (Photo taken December 1961 and appeared in the B&O magazine in February 1962; Collection of Dave Maloney; Courtesy of Heritage Frederick, Maryland) Category:Smoketown Railroaders current
  • 17:1917:19, 1 April 2023 diff hist +681‎ N File:Grace Chapel Procession--Rear of church.jpg ‎ The rector, acolytes and choir standing by what appears to have been the rear entrance of Grace Chapel that stood on the corner of A Street and 2nd Avenue. The chapel was the precursor to the present Grace Episcopal Church, which was completed in the same location in 1922. Richmond "Dick" Wenner was the crucifer holding the same cross used at the present Grace Church. Reverend Edward E. Burgess stands on the far left. Other folks we can guess at are Mrs. Nixon (mother of Frances Manuel) 4th... current
  • 17:1617:16, 1 April 2023 diff hist +623‎ N File:Grace Chapel Procession on A Street.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. 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 was taken on the north side of A Street across from the old chapel that was at the same location as the current church. See the 2nd Avenue slope on th... current
  • 17:0517:05, 1 April 2023 diff hist +548‎ N File:"Independence Limited" excursion between DC and Chicago 1973.png ‎ Brunswick railroaders and a policeman Bernard Burch with a steam locomotive under the water tower. According to Wade Watson: “Southern Railway 2-8-2 #4501. In the summer of 1973 it pulled the "Independence Limited" excursion between DC and Chicago. I'm sure this is a photo of the service and crew change from that trip.” Directly behind the tender was an auxillery-water only tender. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries)... current
  • 16:4716:47, 1 April 2023 diff hist +342‎ N File:Railroaders late 1960s.png ‎ In this late-60s photo is a group of Brunswick Railroaders. Several have been identified as from left, Engineer C.T. Tom” Keller, Emerson Barlow, Mr. Roelkey, unknown, Mr. Ifert. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Railroaders current
  • 16:4516:45, 1 April 2023 diff hist +258‎ N File:Cabling Spools.jpg ‎ Nice Kaplon landscape photo of railroad cabling spools with the old mill and the bridge behind them. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Railroad current
  • 16:3616:36, 1 April 2023 diff hist +525‎ m File:Mark .jpeg ‎No edit summary current
  • 16:3516:35, 1 April 2023 diff hist +37‎ File:Mark .jpeg ‎ Mark Van Pelt (center) rose to the position of Terminal Trainmaster with the B&O in Brunswick before he was promoted to Terminal Superintendent in Philadelphia in 1945. Before the move to Philadelphia, the Van Pelt family lived at 10 5th Avenue in Brunswick. The photo is believed to have been taken in the lower car yard sometime in the 1950s. Mr. Van Pelt looked happy to be home. The family lived in Seaford, DE at the time. (Photo from the collection of E. Virginia "Ginny" Van Pelt)
  • 16:3316:33, 1 April 2023 diff hist 0‎ N File:Mark .jpeg ‎No edit summary
  • 16:3216:32, 1 April 2023 diff hist +185‎ N File:Ann Wenner 1942-43.jpeg ‎ Ann Wenner (Osteen) in her 3rd grade year at West Brunswick Elementary School. (Photo from the collection of E. Virginia "Ginny" Van Pelt) Category:Smoketown Schools current
  • 16:2616:26, 1 April 2023 diff hist +336‎ N File:Ginny Van Pelt 1942-43.jpeg ‎ Ginny Van Pelt in her 9th grade year at Brunswick High School. The Van Pelt family moved to Philadelphia in 1945. According to Joanne Runkles,"these photos were issued by the school and the family bought what they could afford." (Photo from the collection of E. Virginia "Ginny" Van Pelt) Category:Smoketown Schools current
  • 15:5915:59, 1 April 2023 diff hist +575‎ N File:Doris Kelley 1st Grade 1935.jpg ‎ First grade photo of Doris Kelley (Barker) when she attended the St. Francis Parochial School at the top W. B Street. According to Mrs. Barker, "On the one with dutch-boy cut (no natural curl), I was almost 6 and attending the Catholic School for first grade because my birthday was the 18th of December and you needed to be “6” by December 1. I wanted to go to school like my friends. My parents were not wealthy but they had $7 per month for me to go to school a year." (Courtesy of Doris Kell... current
  • 15:5315:53, 1 April 2023 diff hist +468‎ N File:Doris Kelley 3rd grade 1937.jpg ‎ According to Doris Kelley Barker, who at the time was a student at West Brunswick Elementary School, "The picture with some curls is when I was 8 and had my first permanent so I could have curls like all my friends. It was with that horrible permanent machine that if a fire had started in Mildred Dean’s shop, they would have had to take me and the machine outside!" (Courtesy of Doris Kelley Barker via Debbie Barker) Category:Smoketown Schools current
  • 15:5015:50, 1 April 2023 diff hist +322‎ N File:BES 1st Grade House-Kao-Cage.JPG ‎ First day of school for first graders at Brunswick Elementary School in Mrs. Zelda Virts' class on September 4, 1963. David House, David Kao and Pete Cage were photographed here for The Blade-Times. The facial expressions were priceless. (Photo courtesy of A.F. "Pete" Cage) Category:Smoketown Schools current
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