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• 16:48, 11 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:614 Chessie Safety Express Eastbound.jpg (The 614 Chessie Safety Express at the old Brunswick Eastbound Station, circa 1980. As previously noted in our last post, between 1979 and 1980, restoration work on the locomotive to operating condition took place and it was used for extensive mainline excursion service from the early 1980s until the late 1990s. Note the old B&O style dwarf signal on the right of the engine. They were used as another means of signaling a train what to do in low-speed or restricted clearance areas.  (From...)
• 16:43, 11 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:614 Chessie Safety Express Gross Store.jpg (The 614 Chessie Steam Special from Baltimore to Martinsburg passes the old Gross Store in the late 1970s. Here is a little history from Wikipedia: Chesapeake and Ohio 614 is a class "J-3-A" 4-8-4 "Greenbrier" (Northern) type steam locomotive built in June 1948 by the Lima Locomotive Works in Lima, Ohio for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) as a member of the J-3-A class. As one of the last commercially built steam locomotives in the United States, the locomotive was built with the prima...)
• 16:35, 11 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:River Camp photo.jpg (Here's a photo of a family gathering at a river camp from what appears to have been the 1940s. The Potomac River offered an easy and cost-effective Summer getaway for local families during the Great Depression/World War II era. Looks like a volleyball or badminton net on the right. Jacquelyn Ebersole Robert Rickard would be Sonny Rickards son. Sonny married into the Smith family. I will have Pat Smith look at this picture. I believe that is her father-in-law reclining in the front of the p...)
• 16:30, 11 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Wenner's Hill Gang 1950s.JPG (Wenner's Hill Gang of East E Street--late '50s. From left to right: Dickie Harsh, Donna Dawson (Poffinberger), Denny Dawson, Peggy Jean Lewis, Terry Dawson, Norma Dawson and Denny Harsh. (Photo courtesy of Peggy Jean Lewis) Category:Smoketown Kids)
• 16:28, 11 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Charlotte and Pink Nalley.JPG (William "Pink" Nalley posed with his daughter Charlotte (Hammond) in front of his grocery store at 707 N. Maple. The photo was taken in 1939. After having managed the Wenner's store at G Street & N. Maple Avenue, Pink Nalley opened a store in the basement of his nearby home. His granddaughter Jo Jamison remembers a meat room off the main storeroom. Debbie Brawner I grow up on 709 North Maple Avenue ( in between Pink and Margaret Nalley's house and their daughter Charlotte and Uncle John Ham...)
• 16:24, 11 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Brunswick People in front of S&N Katz.JPG (A group of men pose on Brunswick's square corner in July, 1946, according to a notation on the back of the photo. On the far left was Jack Cunningham, Arlington "Peg" Ayres was in back 3rd from the left. Allen "Red" Phillips was 2nd from the right. Others are unidentified. S.&.N. Katz was a new business in Brunswick as it began operations in 1946. (Photo from the Teeny Phillips collection courtesy of Marsha Sutfin) Category:Smoketown People)
• 16:20, 11 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Grams Wedding.JPG (Wedding party photo after the marriage of Shirley Kneisley and Leroy Grams on June 20, 1953 at the First Methodist Church in Brunswick. According to daughter Shari and others, we have identified (from top left): Pat Keyser Smith, ?, ? (Bridesmaids), Nancy Shank Smith (Maid of Honor), Shirley and Leroy Grams, Will Funk (best man), Wayne Walker and Jim Holder (Groomsmen) Middle row: Cecelia Ann Garvin (Junior Bridesmaid), Donald Grams (Ringbearer) Front row: Flower girls were Judy Jennings an...)
• 19:39, 10 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:HC Summers.JPG (H. C. Summers Feed & Supply in Jefferson as it looked in the 1960s. The business dates back to the early 1900s, when L.E. Summers established it to serve the local agricultural community. It operates today well beyond the Jefferson area with deliveries around the tri-state region (MD, WV, and VA). (Photo courtesy of Remember When: Maryland and Virginia; information from the company website) Category:Smoketown In and Around)
• 19:35, 10 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Littens 1958 Chevy.JPG (Russ Litten poses in front of his west end Chevrolet-Oldsmobile dealership with a brand new 1958 Chevy Bel Air. See the Chevy truck in the showroom and a poster in the window promoting a Jimmy Dean show at the old fire hall. As you'll see from pumps, Litten's sold two brands of gas at the time--Crown and American (later known as Amoco.) Mark Stewart Back then the next model year would come out in September and it was a big deal. The style changed every year. Now all cars look a like and the...)
• 19:32, 10 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Brunswick Dairy Post Souder & Chick.JPG (The old dairy on W. Brunswick Street after the Souder & Chick partnership dissolved in 1959. Note that the name was removed. It continued on as the Brunswick Dairy, Inc. until 1966. After 1966, residents filled their dairy needs at grocery stores and supermarkets. The building later served as Brunswick Police Headquarters. Anthony Smothers Yes it’s where my police career started!!! Brunswick Police Department and very first police Cadet… JH Smith I was a policeman there. Chief Miller ran t...)
• 19:25, 10 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Ralph Fry 326 W. Potomac.jpeg (Ralph Fry sits on the front bumper of his delivery wagon outside his West End store at 326 W. Potomac Street. Maybe 1920s or earlier? According to the 1990 history book "Brunswick: 100 Years of Memories", Fry operated a store there that carried railroad bolt material as well as groceries. The Hickmans later ran the West End Grocery Store from this location for many years. (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick MD History Commission; info from Images of America Brunswick by Mary H. Rubin)...)
• 19:23, 10 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Unknown couple with baby.jpg (As Donna Poffinberger wrote: Don’t know who they are but that’s a happy baby. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Kids)
• 19:16, 10 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Faith-reformed-church-petersville orig.jpeg (Per information from the South Mountain Heritage Society website. "This stone building in the center of Petersville was built by Governor Francis Thomas (served as the state's governor from 1842 until 1845 and buried at St. Mark's Cemetery) to serve as a town hall, despite Petersville never being a formally incorporated town. The structure soon became a church, first used by a Methodist Episcopal congregation. In 1903, a Reformed congregation, founded under the auspices of Burkittsville's...)
• 19:13, 10 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Derailment crew and equipment (Big Liz) w-info.jpg (Derailment crew and equipment (Big Liz) in Brunswick tending to an engine that ran into the turntable pit beside the roundhouse because it was not aligned correctly. Terry Himes Robinson Being totally honest. This might have been me with Neil Wilhelm. He parked the engine in the roundhouse, closed the doors and I moved the turntable to pick him up and the engine came crashing through the doors. He started to run to the engine but new he couldnt make it and in Neil Wilhelm style threw his han...)
• 16:50, 10 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Bethel-ame-church-petersville.jpg (Information on this church, according to the South Mountain Heritage Society: "Besides St. Mary's Church, another African American congregation existed in Petersville. Union Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church was founded in 1868 by free Blacks living in the community. The frame building, clad in board and batten siding, was constructed in 1868 and was nearly identical to Ceres Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, built two years later on South Mountain above Burkittsville. Unio...)
• 16:45, 10 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Charlestown Races Out of the Gate.jpg (They're off! Photographed from the grandstand, horses leave the starting gates at the Charlestown Races. It's tough to date the photo since backs are turned, but guesses are welcome based on what style of dress can be seen. According to Luther Mumaw, this is: "Charlestown, probably before Shenandoah Downs. Shenandoah Downs didn’t open until 1959. Plus apron at Shenandoah went almost to far turn. CT stopped so horses could get to the track to go to the paddock to be saddled." Sandy Myers I...)
• 16:40, 10 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Charlestown Races Molasses Betts.jpg (Richard C. "Stoney" Kline, Sr. of Brunswick trained race horses at the Charlestown Racetrack for a D. Foster who may also have been from Smoketown. Mr. Kline kept this horse, "Molasses Betts", in a shed on his property at 801 East D Street in Brunswick. Stoney Kline is second from the left in the lower photo taken on June 15, 1945. He worked for the B&O Railroad from around 1920 until his death in 1960. (Courtesy of Carolyn Kline Cogle) Category:Smoketown In and Around)
• 16:34, 10 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Blair Harrington, Karl Shewbridge, Bob Grams, Bill Wenner. Ken Jones Circa 1940s.jpg (Brunswick Boys during World War II - (l-r in back) Blair Harrington, Karl Shewbridge, Bob Grams, Bill Wenner. Ken Jones is the little boy in front of Bob, who was considered like a big brother to his next door neighbor. The photo was taken behind the Shewbridge residence on N. Virginia Avenue. Before the bridge was built in 1955, this hill ran contiguously eastward to Maryland Avenue and featured open green space on which local kids played baseball and basketball. See the slope of W. B Stre...)
• 16:31, 10 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Bob Grams and Friend.jpg (Future sports cartoonist Bob Grams on the right with an unidentified boy sometime in the World War II era. The boys posed in the Grams' yard on N. Virginia Avenue. See the black dog to the right of Bob. (Photo courtesy of Cynthia Grams Peltzman) Category:Smoketown Kids)
• 16:28, 10 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Campaigning for JFK.jpg (This photo shows Mayor Jim Cummings and two members of the Brunswick City Council, Nellie Roby and W.F. "Bud" Albert campaigning for Senator John F. Kennedy in 1960. Note the big JFK button on Councilwoman Roby. She was serving her first term on the council and was the first woman elected to office in Frederick County. Congressman John R. Foley has his hand on the mayor's shoulder. Gladys Merriman is standing in back at her front door on 3rd Avenue. Foley ran for re-election to a 2nd term in...)
• 16:24, 10 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Councilwoman Nellie Roby-Goodloe Byron.jpg (Maryland 6th District Congressman Goodloe E. Byron greets Brunswick City Council member Nellie G. Roby. The photo might have been taken at a campaign event. Byron ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 1968 before election in 1970 to the first of four terms. He died suddenly while jogging on the C&O Towpath in October, 1978. He was only 49 years old. His wife Beverly succeeded him and served 6 terms until her defeat in the primary by Tom Hattery in 1992. Karen Cornelius: Byron also was involved...)
• 16:22, 10 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Brunswick City Council Ocean City Boardwalk.jpg (Members of the Brunswick City Council and spouses on the boardwalk in Ocean City, MD in the late 1960s. The photo is believed to have been taken at the time of a Maryland Municipal League meeting. From left in back: Shelley Dawson, Mildred Dawson, Mayor Jess D. Orndorff, Frank Strakonsky, Bill Haller Middle: Nellie Roby (2nd from left), Ed Mullen, Willard "Pickett" Barger. Front row: Bessie Orndorff, Mrs. Strakonsky, Mrs. Barger. (Photo courtesy of John Roby Morsberger) [[Category:Smoket...)
• 16:20, 10 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Brown Wedding Photo.jpg (Doris M. Forrest and Allan W. Brown in a wedding day photo taken in the bride's front yard on East A Street in 1949. Doris was from Brunswick and Allan was from Lovettsville. (Photo courtesy of Rae O. Sunshine) Category:Smoketown Kids)
• 16:19, 10 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Shraders-Arlene Painter.jpg (Great grandfather Ephraim and grandmother Sadie Shrader pose with little Arlene Painter at their home at 14 W. G Street sometime in the 1930s. (Photo courtesy of Terry Himes Robinson) Category:Smoketown Kids)
• 16:13, 10 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Baptist Children Vacation Bible School 1962.jpg (This is a fantastic photo of a group of Brunswick kids in the Summer of 1962. It's believed to have been taken at the First Baptist Church's Vacation Bible School. The ball bat may be a giveaway, as Roby Morsberger remembers playing on a sandlot baseball team they called "Legion All Stars". The children are from left, but not necessarily in order are John Roby Morsberger, Jimmy Morsberger, Diane Wigington, Debbie Payne (in sunsuit), Daniel Kao, Alan Jones, Jim Phillips and Donald Kao. (...)
• 16:06, 10 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Potomac River Bridge at Brunswick old & new.jpg (A unique view of the old Potomac River bridge from the then-new one as it was under construction. The new bridge opened in 1955. See the old mill to the left of the bridge. It closed in 1962 when the new Co-op opened on Souder Road. (From the Lee B. Smith Collection courtesy of the City of Brunswick MD History Commission) Category:Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal)
• 16:03, 10 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Fire - Fire at JP Karn's 1963.jpg (Another photo of the fire at J.P. Karn's on S. Maryland Avenue in July 1963. Although the fire company did an excellent job of extinguishing this fire, Clayton Dalton wrote: "I wasn't born yet but my mom had an antique shop in the building, late 70's. Most of the building was still accessible although much of it probably wasn't really safe for us as young teenagers to be running around in. Even then, you could still smell burnt wood." See the 1953 700 series American LaFrance apparatus when...)
• 14:43, 2 July 2024 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Brunswick Post Office.pdf (Brunswick_Post_Office.pdf Category:City of Brunswick)
• 14:34, 2 July 2024 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:City Hall on A st.pdf (City_Hall_on_A_st.pdf Category:City of Brunswick)
• 14:19, 2 July 2024 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Noah Fowler for Mayor-.pdf (Noah_Fowler_for_Mayor-.pdf Category:Elections)
• 13:51, 2 July 2024 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Brunswick Police Officers who died in line of duty-Gazette May 15, 1997.pdf (Catagory:Police Brunswick_Police_Officers_who_died_in_line_of_duty-Gazette_May_15,_1997.pdf)
• 12:55, 2 July 2024 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:George D. Catlett retirement in Baltimore and Ohio Magazine September 1931.pdf (George_D._Catlett_retirement_in_Baltimore_and_Ohio_Magazine_September_1931.pdf)
• 12:37, 1 July 2024 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Homecoming Luncheon 1991 Recognition of Honorees.pdf (Category:Brunswick Distinguished Citizen Brunswick Distinguished Citizens 1991 luncheon program)
• 12:14, 1 July 2024 Jcaves talk contribs uploaded File:Roundhouse - Heart of the B&O Railroad in Brunswick During the Age of Steam by Peter Maynard, 1992.pdf (Category:Railroad Peter Maynard, "Roundhouse - heart of the B&O Railroad in Brunswick during the Age of Steam," The Brunswick Press, 1992. A short booklet about the Brunswick roundhouse by former Brunswick Citizen editor and publisher Peter Maynard.)
• 20:58, 11 May 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Diamond Jubilee Faces in crowd.jpeg (Judging from the old-time bowtie on the man to the far left, this photo was taken following the Diamond Jubilee parade in September, 1965. Kevin Gordon can be seen carrying the flag in his Cub Scout uniform. On the far left were Lory and Mildred See. Standing in the striped short sleeved shirt and hat was Leslie Harrison. Behind him in the coat, tie and hat was Henry Holder. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) [[Cat...)
• 18:25, 11 May 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Girl's State 1969.jpeg (970 BHS Girl's State representatives: Front row: Sandy Sutcliffe, Vicki Hawes, Lori Price, Virginia Phillips Second row: Mr. Wayne Carter (faculty sponsor), Joyce Hortman, Brenda Murphy, Melinda Harwood, Mr. James T. Hess (Principal) The caption on the yearbook page read: “Junior girls and boys who have achieved above average grades and participated in extracurricular activities have the chance to attend Girls and Boys State following their junior year. Various community groups chose one or...)
• 18:22, 11 May 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:East End School Protest.jpg (Here's a mysterious early 20th Century photo of students outside the old East End School, which was built in the 1890s. What could the students have been protesting? The need for a new or larger school? We think the photo dates to 1920 because how could the children have known the number of 1920 voters in 1901--see the 3rd sign? (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick Maryland History Commission) Category:Smoketown Schools)
• 18:10, 11 May 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Hood Sisters.jpg (Sisters Georgia and Lavinia Hood in a beautiful 1898 portrait. The Hood sisters grew up to become beloved grade school teachers at the old West End and Brunswick Elementary Schools for at least 2 generations. Chris Weitzel In Brunswick everybody treated the Hood sisters like family and also sort of like royalty. (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick Maryland History Commission) Category:Smoketown Kids)
• 18:04, 11 May 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Patsy Cline Bill Peer and the Melody Boys Apple Blossom Festival.jpg (April 29, 1955: Patsy Cline makes her first appearance along with Bill Peer and His Melody Boys in the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival Parade in Winchester. Doris Kelley Barker I loved her singing. When I was a child, they ran a B&O train from Brunswick to Winchester so that all of us (my family) would ride it to the Apple Blossom parade. Mae Long and Phyllis, mother and I would do some shopping in the downtown stores and then see that magnificent parade. The last time we saw it, Bing Cros...)
• 17:54, 11 May 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Boys State 1968.jpg (Boys Staters from the 1967-68 school year. Boys and Girls State are summer leadership and citizenship programs for high school juniors. They focus on exploring the mechanics of American government and politics, and still exist today. Pictured here with faculty sponsor Mr. Wayne Carter (bottom left) are: First row - Brent Virts, Doug Campbell, Joe Gideon, Kent Anders, Ken Gilbert, Dan Shewbridge Second row - Jim Phillips, Pat Webber The group were partially sponsored by Steadman-Keenan Ame...)
• 17:51, 11 May 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:BHS Band Elkton.jpg (Here's an old BHS band photo from a long time ago. Thanks to the research of Guy Fletcher and Anna Berry Selby, this photo was taken in front of the World War I monument outside of the old courthouse in Elkton, MD. The statue was moved in 1941 when a new courthouse was built. Judging from the suits on the adults, we believe the photo dates to the 1930s. (Clipping courtesy of the City of Brunswick Maryland History Commission) Category:Smoketown Music)
• 17:42, 11 May 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Thumbnail-6.jpg
• 17:40, 11 May 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Howard Marvin Jones Family.jpg (This is a family photo of the 50th wedding anniversary celebration of Brunswick businessman and trial magistrate Howard Marvin Jones, and his wife Mabel, at their home in Petersville in 1947. The couple's Colonial Revival Style home, constructed in an American Foursquare plan between 1914 and 1920, stands majestically behind them. All those gathered in the photo were the first and second generations of the Jones' marriage. Their daughter Marjorie Jones Smith was standing behind the children...)
• 17:35, 11 May 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Funk Family 1915.jpg (This extended Funk family photo was taken on July 4, 1910, in front of the home of family patriarch Veniah Benjamin Funk at 118 First Avenue. V.B. Funk played Uncle Sam in the Brunswick Fourth of July parade. Front row (L-R): Harry Macabee, John Benjamin Funk, Eva Viola Irene Funk on the lap of her father Harry Benjamin Funk, Raymond Demory Funk, James Arthur Funk, Veniah Benjamin Funk, Helen Gutkais, Esther Gutkais, Georgeann Sophia Funk, Edna Funk, Mary Funk, May Funk, Edward Dixon Funk, R...)
• 17:26, 11 May 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:East End School B&O Magazine.jpg (An old news clipping showing students in a classroom at the old East Brunswick School. Based on the ages of some, the photo likely dates to circa 1925. The "Our Little Railroaders" and "Whistling Post" pages were written by students at East and West Brunswick schools, and published in Baltimore and Ohio's monthly magazines. The Little Railroaders were active in writing poems and short stories for the magazine. (Clipping courtesy of the City of Brunswick Maryland History Commission) [[Categ...)
• 17:13, 11 May 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:East End School Tom Thumb Wedding.jpg (A photo of what could either have been a "Tom Thumb Wedding", which was popular at the time, or a first communion group photo on the steps of the old East End School. Here's some history on Tom Thumb weddings: https://www.npr.org/.../the-wondrous-world-of-tom-thumb... (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick Maryland History Commission) Category:Smoketown Kids)
• 17:07, 11 May 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Summers Wedding.png (Bernice and Gene Summers on their wedding day in 1970. Mr. Summers was a bus driver, who died tragically in 1972 when a bus he was repairing fell on him. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations)
• 16:54, 11 May 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Brunswick Seminary Student Photo.jpg (Class photo taken from a Kaplon's window display. This appears to have been the Brunswick Seminary headed by Professor Shenk. Maybe the Kaplon children attended this school? Doris Kelley Barker Would this have been the large house that the Greenfields’ reared their large family in and I think Pat still lives in that lovely old house & it had been a seminary at one time? Nancy Merchant Langley Patsy actually built a couple of rancher's on the property with the big house. Patsy moved into the...)
• 16:38, 11 May 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Segregated School 37 W. I Street.png (Like many other cities and towns in the United States, Brunswick had a segregated school for black elementary school students before the Supreme Court ordered the integration of public schools in 1954. In the late 19th century, classes were reportedly held in a corn crib on the Wenner farm. Later, this house at 37 West I St. was rented to accommodate 41 students. A record from May 7th, 1901, described the house as a "frame house in tolerable condition". (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunsw...)
• 16:30, 11 May 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Jefferson Elementary School.png (The old Jefferson Elementary School sat boarded up for several years after it closed in the late 1960s following the opening of the Valley Elementary School, which also led to the closure of the Burkittsville school. The old schoolhouse was razed in 1980 to make way for a branch of the Bank of Brunswick, which opened in 1982. It it is now the site of Dunkin' Donuts on the corner of Lander Road and the Jefferson Pike. Shirley Moser Barker There's the Christmas tree. Pam Green Went there grad...)