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• 19:56, 15 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:1280px-Brunswick High School (new) being built circa 1960 (5) 5.jpg (BHS under construction in 1964. (From the Lee B. Smith Collection courtesy of the City of Brunswick MD History Commission) Category:Smoketown Schools)
• 19:56, 15 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:1280px-Brunswick High School (new) being built circa 1960 (5) 5.jpg (BHS under construction in 1964. (From the Lee B. Smith Collection courtesy of the City of Brunswick MD History Commission) Category:Smoketown Schools)
• 19:55, 15 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:1280px-Brunswick High School (new) being built circa 1960 (4).jpg (BHS under construction. April 1965. The school opened for classes in the Fall of that year. (From the Lee B. Smith Collection courtesy of the City of Brunswick MD History Commission) Category:Smoketown Schools)
• 19:55, 15 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:1280px-Brunswick High School (new) being built circa 1960 (4).jpg (BHS under construction. April 1965. The school opened for classes in the Fall of that year. (From the Lee B. Smith Collection courtesy of the City of Brunswick MD History Commission) Category:Smoketown Schools)
• 19:51, 15 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:1280px-Brunswick High School (new) being built circa 1960 (3) 3.jpg (BHS under construction in 1964. The boy is unidentified. (From the Lee B. Smith Collection courtesy of the City of Brunswick MD History Commission) Category:Smoketown Schools)
• 19:51, 15 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:1280px-Brunswick High School (new) being built circa 1960 (3) 3.jpg (BHS under construction in 1964. The boy is unidentified. (From the Lee B. Smith Collection courtesy of the City of Brunswick MD History Commission) Category:Smoketown Schools)
• 19:36, 15 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:1024px-Brunswick High School (new) being built circa 1960 (2).jpg (BHS under construction. View of the frame and foundation, looking toward Jefferson. (From the Lee B. Smith Collection courtesy of the City of Brunswick MD History Commission) Category:Smoketown Schools)
• 19:36, 15 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:1024px-Brunswick High School (new) being built circa 1960 (2).jpg (BHS under construction. View of the frame and foundation, looking toward Jefferson. (From the Lee B. Smith Collection courtesy of the City of Brunswick MD History Commission) Category:Smoketown Schools)
• 19:35, 15 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Brunswick High School (new) being built circa 1960.jpg (During early construction of Brunswick High School in the early 1960, this snowy view looks towards the location of the baseball field. (From the Lee B. Smith Collection courtesy of the City of Brunswick MD History Commission) Category:Smoketown Schools)
• 19:35, 15 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Brunswick High School (new) being built circa 1960.jpg (During early construction of Brunswick High School in the early 1960, this snowy view looks towards the location of the baseball field. (From the Lee B. Smith Collection courtesy of the City of Brunswick MD History Commission) Category:Smoketown Schools)
• 13:51, 15 August 2024 Wallgaier talk contribs created page File:Football Brunswick High School Players Get Ready for 2024-2025 Season, The Frederick News-Post, August 15, 2024.pdf (Brunswick's quarterback Ethan Houck getting ready for the season. Category:Recreation-Sports)
• 13:51, 15 August 2024 Wallgaier talk contribs uploaded File:Football Brunswick High School Players Get Ready for 2024-2025 Season, The Frederick News-Post, August 15, 2024.pdf (Brunswick's quarterback Ethan Houck getting ready for the season. Category:Recreation-Sports)
• 22:55, 11 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Litten's Ad 1952.jpg (Litten's Chevrolet sales ad, April 1952. This was before the dealership started selling Oldsmobiles. Ads in this style were typically made by national auto manufacturers for local franchisees to run. (Courtesy of Sherry Bowers Stull) Category:Advertising)
• 22:55, 11 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Litten's Ad 1952.jpg (Litten's Chevrolet sales ad, April 1952. This was before the dealership started selling Oldsmobiles. Ads in this style were typically made by national auto manufacturers for local franchisees to run. (Courtesy of Sherry Bowers Stull) Category:Advertising)
• 22:51, 11 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Factory 1947.jpeg (The Polan, Katz & Co. umbrella factory at the corner of Fifth Avenue & D Street in 1947. Currently Puerto Rico Distillery, the old factory was built sometime before 1936. According to the Brunswick News-Journal, it pre-dated residential development in that area as a 1936 Maryland National Guard aerial photo "shows the building with just a scattering of houses around it." Over the years, the building has been home to Brown's Hosiery (Ladies' stockings 1938-1939), Polan, Katz & Co. (Umbrellas...)
• 22:51, 11 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Factory 1947.jpeg (The Polan, Katz & Co. umbrella factory at the corner of Fifth Avenue & D Street in 1947. Currently Puerto Rico Distillery, the old factory was built sometime before 1936. According to the Brunswick News-Journal, it pre-dated residential development in that area as a 1936 Maryland National Guard aerial photo "shows the building with just a scattering of houses around it." Over the years, the building has been home to Brown's Hosiery (Ladies' stockings 1938-1939), Polan, Katz & Co. (Umbrellas...)
• 22:43, 11 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Bessie Westall Strickler.jpeg (This was Bessie Westall Strickler using an adding machine. Judging from the ledgers under the desk, perhaps this was Brunswick's Clerk Office at City Hall? Lynn Biller Folk Town of Brunswick's Clerk Office?? John Roby Morsberger No occupation listed in 1950 census. She may have been photographed working at one of the many organizations that she involved with. Sandra Cavalier When we moved to Brunswick in September 1963, we moved into Mr. and Mrs. Strickler's upstairs apartment at One Sixth...)
• 22:43, 11 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Bessie Westall Strickler.jpeg (This was Bessie Westall Strickler using an adding machine. Judging from the ledgers under the desk, perhaps this was Brunswick's Clerk Office at City Hall? Lynn Biller Folk Town of Brunswick's Clerk Office?? John Roby Morsberger No occupation listed in 1950 census. She may have been photographed working at one of the many organizations that she involved with. Sandra Cavalier When we moved to Brunswick in September 1963, we moved into Mr. and Mrs. Strickler's upstairs apartment at One Sixth...)
• 22:21, 11 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Medora Brady Antiques.jpeg (Mrs. Medora Elgin Brady was an authority on antiques and a collector. She dealt in antiques, at one time operating this shop at the crossroads of Routes 79 and 180. She also dealt from her home at 521 West Potomac Street. Her home was filled with 19th century furniture. Her shop is believed to have been on the southwestern corner where Follin's service station stood. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries; information fro...)
• 22:21, 11 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Medora Brady Antiques.jpeg (Mrs. Medora Elgin Brady was an authority on antiques and a collector. She dealt in antiques, at one time operating this shop at the crossroads of Routes 79 and 180. She also dealt from her home at 521 West Potomac Street. Her home was filled with 19th century furniture. Her shop is believed to have been on the southwestern corner where Follin's service station stood. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries; information fro...)
• 22:14, 11 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Roscoe Rockwell.jpeg (Roscoe Rockwell (1895-1956) poses on a rail outside Kaplon's on the Maryland Avenue side. He was manager of Brunswick's Potomac Edison store at 25 W. Potomac Street. The longtime electric utility once operated stores like the one in downtown Brunswick that sold household appliances. Do these stores still operate anywhere today? (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown People)
• 22:14, 11 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Roscoe Rockwell.jpeg (Roscoe Rockwell (1895-1956) poses on a rail outside Kaplon's on the Maryland Avenue side. He was manager of Brunswick's Potomac Edison store at 25 W. Potomac Street. The longtime electric utility once operated stores like the one in downtown Brunswick that sold household appliances. Do these stores still operate anywhere today? (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown People)
• 20:02, 11 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Tri-County League Scoreboard.jpeg (1937 Brunswick Tri-County League baseball team in front of the scoreboard at Scheer Stadium. Here are the names of the players and men in suits: Back row (L-R): Ray Danner, John Hammond, Lee Hahn, Jonnie Stewart, Gene Bowers, John McQuillen, Red Hawes (manager) Front row (L-R): Elmer Bowers, Ellis Grams, Gene Hahn, Beanie Taylor, Carl McQuillen, Doug Howe, Roy Powell, Carroll Flora (Photo courtesy of Jo Jamison) Category:Smoketown Baseball (Photo courtesy of Jo Jamison))
• 20:02, 11 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Tri-County League Scoreboard.jpeg (1937 Brunswick Tri-County League baseball team in front of the scoreboard at Scheer Stadium. Here are the names of the players and men in suits: Back row (L-R): Ray Danner, John Hammond, Lee Hahn, Jonnie Stewart, Gene Bowers, John McQuillen, Red Hawes (manager) Front row (L-R): Elmer Bowers, Ellis Grams, Gene Hahn, Beanie Taylor, Carl McQuillen, Doug Howe, Roy Powell, Carroll Flora (Photo courtesy of Jo Jamison) Category:Smoketown Baseball (Photo courtesy of Jo Jamison))
• 19:48, 11 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Tommy Thompson Funeral.JPG (Local reporting on the funeral of Former Chief of Police Tommy Thompson. Since he had served faithfully during a time of declining health, he was accorded the honor of a traditional police funeral despite not having been killed in the line of duty. He was only 48. Doris Kelley Barker Always loved Tommy at First Baptist Church and as our policeman. He also had his license, I believe, to fly an airplane. (Brunswick Citizen clipping courtesy of the City of Brunswick MD History Commission) [[C...)
• 19:48, 11 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Tommy Thompson Funeral.JPG (Local reporting on the funeral of Former Chief of Police Tommy Thompson. Since he had served faithfully during a time of declining health, he was accorded the honor of a traditional police funeral despite not having been killed in the line of duty. He was only 48. Doris Kelley Barker Always loved Tommy at First Baptist Church and as our policeman. He also had his license, I believe, to fly an airplane. (Brunswick Citizen clipping courtesy of the City of Brunswick MD History Commission) [[C...)
• 19:41, 11 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Fabulous 40s Reunion .jpeg (A BHS Fabulous '40s reunion, early 1970s. The following people have been identified: Kneeling: Ernie Weinholt, Charles Weddle, ?, ?, ?, ?, the Coopers. Standing: Bill Harrington,?,?, Paul Orrison, June Orrisson, Red Phillips, tTeeny Phillips, ?, Noni and Tommy Sigler, ?, Mary Margrabe, ?, the Utterbacks Bill Wenner, Clair and Betty Ebersole, Carl Margrabe (Photo courtesy of Peter Wenner from the collection of Judge William W. Wenner) Category:Smoketown Schools)
• 19:41, 11 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Fabulous 40s Reunion .jpeg (A BHS Fabulous '40s reunion, early 1970s. The following people have been identified: Kneeling: Ernie Weinholt, Charles Weddle, ?, ?, ?, ?, the Coopers. Standing: Bill Harrington,?,?, Paul Orrison, June Orrisson, Red Phillips, tTeeny Phillips, ?, Noni and Tommy Sigler, ?, Mary Margrabe, ?, the Utterbacks Bill Wenner, Clair and Betty Ebersole, Carl Margrabe (Photo courtesy of Peter Wenner from the collection of Judge William W. Wenner) Category:Smoketown Schools)
• 19:34, 11 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Knights of Pythias A.M. Thomas.jpeg (This is a framed Knights of Pythias membership certificate for A.M. Thomas, who was inducted into Brunswick's Loyalty Lodge 122 on July 18, 1911. The lodge was organized on October 24, 1892. The brotherhood owned several properties in town, including lots acquired in 1919 at 1 N. Virginia Avenue and the former fire hall on Delaware Avenue. They once operated a lodge on I Street, which may have been the location in 1911. Does anyone know? The organization has been dormant in Brunswick since...)
• 19:34, 11 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Knights of Pythias A.M. Thomas.jpeg (This is a framed Knights of Pythias membership certificate for A.M. Thomas, who was inducted into Brunswick's Loyalty Lodge 122 on July 18, 1911. The lodge was organized on October 24, 1892. The brotherhood owned several properties in town, including lots acquired in 1919 at 1 N. Virginia Avenue and the former fire hall on Delaware Avenue. They once operated a lodge on I Street, which may have been the location in 1911. Does anyone know? The organization has been dormant in Brunswick since...)
• 17:48, 11 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page 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...)
• 17:48, 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...)
• 17:43, 11 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page 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...)
• 17:43, 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...)
• 17:35, 11 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page 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...)
• 17:35, 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...)
• 17:30, 11 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page 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)
• 17:30, 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)
• 17:28, 11 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page 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...)
• 17:28, 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...)
• 17:24, 11 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page 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)
• 17:24, 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)
• 17:20, 11 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page 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...)
• 17:20, 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...)
• 20:39, 10 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page 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)
• 20:39, 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)
• 20:35, 10 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page 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...)
• 20:35, 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...)
• 20:32, 10 August 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page 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...)
• 20:32, 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...)