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7 August 2025

4 August 2025

  • 23:1023:10, 4 August 2025 diff hist +1,087‎ File:Groundbreaking Ceremonies Ambulance Company, May 1961 - Ambulance Company President Clair Ebersole.jpg ‎ →‎Summary current
  • 16:2916:29, 4 August 2025 diff hist +333‎ N File:Kaplon's Window man&baby.png ‎ This unidentified man and child on her Taylor Tot posed in front of Kaplon's window was likely taken in the late 1950s judging from the window display we've seen in another photo. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Kids current
  • 16:2716:27, 4 August 2025 diff hist +412‎ N File:Kenneth Dixon.jpeg ‎ According to library records, the man on the left is unknown. The man on the right is Kenneth Dixon. Doug Heffner Mr Dixon was my next door neighbor growing up on Petersville rd. Ed Daugherty I fired passenger with Mr. Dixon into Washington 1973-76. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Railroaders current
  • 16:1916:19, 4 August 2025 diff hist +1,054‎ N File:B&O Scrap Yard.jpeg ‎ Two railroaders pose while working in the scrap yard, which was located just beyond the car yard's west end. The man on the right is believed to have been Jay Main. Photo possibly from the late 1960s. Mike Campbell In my time there , the dismantling of cars was done on the east end of the receiving yard. The area was located just beyond the car yard's west end. Not sure of the men. Brenton Barger Mike Campbell they called that the "scrap yard". John Roby Morsberger My Dad, John Henry Morsb... current
  • 16:1416:14, 4 August 2025 diff hist +401‎ N File:Rosemont sanitation.jpeg ‎ This was Maurice Arnold and Harry Wood, who collected the trash for the village of Rosemont. Mr. Wood owned the truck and Mr. Arnold was his helper. Judging from the truck, the photo was taken in the late 1950s or early-'60s. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Politics and Public Works current
  • 16:0516:05, 4 August 2025 diff hist +396‎ N File:Kaplon Bldg Pop-up Shop.png ‎ Looks like a special sale or swap meet in the old Kaplon Building. The photo likely dates to the mid-1970s. Does anyone remember this pop-up and recognize the folks? The former main floor of Kaplon's would've made a nice antique store. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Businesses current
  • 16:0216:02, 4 August 2025 diff hist +680‎ N File:Cooper wedding night.JPG ‎ Mr. and Mrs. John Cooper on their wedding night at the Blue Ridge Grill in Coatsville on their wedding night, May 14, 1955. This was the reception following their wedding at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Petersville. V Ann Cooper My parents. She was 19 and he 29. Me and my 4 siblings were born from this union. Sue Mentzer-Blair Wonder what happened to photos that Mary Johnson had? She and her husband were the owners of the establishment. Jody Brumage How wonderful to have a photograph take... current
  • 15:4815:48, 4 August 2025 diff hist +1,230‎ N File:Miss Carter's Class 1967-68.jpeg ‎ This was Miss Peggy Carter’s blended class of 5th and 6th graders during the 1967-68 school year. Twelve of these kids graduated 50 years ago this week in the BHS Class of 1975. Seated on the floor – Marty Cusack, Galen Harsh, Drew Hawes, Keith Hill 2nd row (seated) – Daphne Harrington (Sigler) Kenny Wenner, Terry Himes (Robinson), Cheryl Himes (Hawes), Michael Main, Steve Barnhart, Kristi Runkles (Payne), Christy Ayres (Houck) 3rd row – James Roop, George Lowery Jr., Linda Lewis, Terry Co... current
  • 15:4115:41, 4 August 2025 diff hist +356‎ File:Regional All Star game 1955, Railroaders win 8-3 over Frederick National.jpg ‎ →‎Summary current
  • 15:3915:39, 4 August 2025 diff hist +192‎ N File:BHS baseball Kenny Pearl.jpeg ‎ Then a BHS junior, Kenny Pearl takes some warmup tosses for the Railroaders during the 1972 season. (Photo from the 1972 BHS Railroader yearbook) [[Category:Smoketown Baseball) current
  • 15:3515:35, 4 August 2025 diff hist +965‎ N File:People's National Bank.JPG ‎ This is a rare photo, or maybe illustration, of the original People's National Bank building that stood at 115 W. Potomac Street. In 1906, a group of businessmen, including W.B. Washington and J.D. Brown from Lovettsville, Frank L. Spitzer and J.P. Karn from Brunswick, and J. Lee Simmons from Adamstown, established Peoples National Bank. Initially, they rented space in the Red Men’s Hall before relocating to the former Savings Bank building on East Potomac Street in 1900. By 1909, the bank h... current
  • 15:3215:32, 4 August 2025 diff hist +553‎ N File:Turney Wedding.jpeg ‎ Cheryl and Bill Turney cut the cake at their 1966 wedding. The Turneys, who were institutions at Brunswick High School for 2 generations, were married for 58 blissful years. Ruth A Furr Graduated Loudoun County High School in Leesburg Va in 1963 with Bill. Bill attended our breakfast group until he passed. He and Cheryl were a wonderful couple. Chris Ayres Houck Great couple. Two of the nicest people ever. Andy Williams I was their ring boy. (Photo courtesy of Suzanne Turney Gaver) [[Cat... current

3 August 2025

  • 22:3122:31, 3 August 2025 diff hist +3,089‎ N File:Veterans Day Parade 1963 300 W Potomac.jpg ‎ This is a 1963 Veterans Day photo of the parade making its way past some houses in the 300 block of W. Potomac Street. Please share any memories of this side of the street or of the folks in the covered wagon. The tall building was an apartment dwelling for many years after the businesses on the first floor ended. It's been replaced by a modern residence. Randy George Tall building is long gone. Doris Kelley Barker Agree with Randy but it was an old haven for small apartments and enabled... current
  • 22:2622:26, 3 August 2025 diff hist +1,268‎ N File:Point of Rocks Estates.jpg ‎ This is an aerial view of the Point of Rocks Estates in 1970 around the time it was new. This neighborhood of single-family homes was built between 1968-1993. See the historic train station in the foreground. Todd Steel plant is in upper middle, and other industrial buildings on the upper right of the photo. Here are some stories from the early days. Dolores Sylvain We lived on the top of the hill in the estates. I remember in 1973 when ha helicopter blared that we had to evacuate because... current
  • 22:2022:20, 3 August 2025 diff hist +29‎ File:Veterans Day Parade Patrolmen.jpg ‎ →‎Summary current
  • 22:1922:19, 3 August 2025 diff hist +958‎ N File:Veterans Day Parade Patrolmen.jpg ‎ Here is a 1950s era Veterans Day Parade photo of a group of badged elementary school "patrolmen" marching down W. Potomac Street. In the cart the kids are pulling are "Mr. and Mrs. Safety". We might be able to date the photo, according to Sharon Hebb Smith: I think the young lady in the very first picture is Janet Hall's who would have graduated in the class of 1962. In the Sixties, patrolmen were usually 6th graders. Brenda Peters They still have patrols, but not the white belts. Those...
  • 22:0822:08, 3 August 2025 diff hist +2,071‎ N File:Veterans Day Parade Harmon Bldg.jpg ‎ This photo taken under the awning on the top floor of the Harmon Building during a late 1940s Veterans Day parade shows a familiar part of town in a different time. Across the street, we see the American Store (later Acme and an expanded Roelke's Market), one of the first supermarket chains in town, JJ Newberry's 5&10, and Watson's Cut Rate. Marching in front appears to have been the Lincoln High marching band, based on other photos we've seen. Doris Kelley Barker The main street was paved... current

9 July 2025

  • 19:5319:53, 9 July 2025 diff hist +942‎ N File:Olive School for Black Students.jpeg ‎ The Olive Colored School is a one-story frame schoolhouse built around 1889 and later converted to residential use in the early 1930s. It retains its original German siding and 6/6 sash windows, although the interior has been significantly altered with the addition of a porch and an exterior chimney. Notably, the school is significant because it existed alongside the nearby Olive School for white students, which was built around the same time with a similar design. Unlike typical segregated... current
  • 19:4919:49, 9 July 2025 diff hist +870‎ N File:Olive School for White students.jpeg ‎ The Olive School is a one-story frame building erected about 1889 and converted to a residence in the 1930's. The original German siding is covered with brick-patterned composition siding, but the original two-room plan is generally intact, with doors on the north and south elevations. The standing seam roof shows a patch where the cupola once was located. The Olive School is significant in conjunction with the nearby Olive Colored School because the segregated rural schoolhouses were seldom... current
  • 19:4519:45, 9 July 2025 diff hist +532‎ N File:Old Timers Game Scheer Stadium.jpeg ‎ A batter attempts to lay down a bunt in the Brunswick Old Timers game held at old Scheer Stadium off Rt. 464 sometime in the 1940s. Note the spectators and cars up on the hill. You could just drive in, park and watch a ballgame, as the playing field seemed to sit down in a hole. The field was located on the present site of the BHS football and lacrosse fields. (Photo taken from the home movies of Marvin Younkins, courtesy of the Younkins family and the Brunswick Heritage Museum) [[Category... current
  • 19:3919:39, 9 July 2025 diff hist +738‎ N File:BBC Merriman.jpeg ‎ We have shared several photos of a youth baseball team from the 1940s, featuring players wearing uniforms with the initials "BBC." It appears that Brunswick baseball legend Lee Merriman, seen on the far right, was the coach of this team. The boy to his immediate right is Maurice "Hot Dog" Phillips. In the early 20th century, there was a Brunswick Boys Club founded by Reverend Luther Martin, which eventually led to the establishment of the Brunswick Boy Scouts. Could this BBC have been rel... current
  • 00:0200:02, 9 July 2025 diff hist +764‎ N File:Red Nininger.JPG ‎ Here is Brunswick's own Red Nininger working on his #25 Chevelle at the Hagerstown Raceway in 1972. He was rarely seen without his trademark pipe. Nininger was a great stock car racer and won Hagerstown Raceway track and Winchester "200" championships in 1974. Did he win any other championships? With his experience as an auto mechanic, Red opened Nininger's Tire & Auto Center at 302 Petersville Road in Brunswick in 1977. His son Glenn started working with his father in high school and still... current

8 July 2025

  • 19:0319:03, 8 July 2025 diff hist +1,855‎ N File:Miss Manor's 1965-66 class.JPG ‎ Nine of these kids graduated from BHS 50 years ago today. This was Miss Katherine Manor's blended class of 2nd and 3rd graders during the 1965-1966 school year. Seated on floor— Jimmy George, Todd Grams, Patrick Miglio, Max Hager(?) 2nd row (seated) — Kathy Merriman (Sears), Lauren Harris, Melanie Stewart, Rhonda Wenner (Renn), Chris Weitzel, Melissa Danner (Ross), Ruth Morris, Robin McCutchen (Johnson) 3rd row — Cathy Riley (Strite), Frank Strakonsky, Bill Shewbridge, David Kao, Donnie Si... current
  • 18:5218:52, 8 July 2025 diff hist +896‎ N File:Locust Valley Church of God.JPG ‎ In 1907, a disagreement within the Locust Valley Church of God led Samuel Mentzer and his faction to break away and establish Mount Hope Church of God, completed in 1909. The original congregation lasted about a decade, and the church was used by traveling ministers until its abandonment in the late 1940s, when this photograph was taken. The church was reconstructed between 1973 and 1974 and currently serves as the Locust Valley First Church of God. Jody Brumage When the church was rebuilt... current
  • 18:4618:46, 8 July 2025 diff hist +419‎ N File:Rosemont girls with pets.jpg ‎ Three unidentified girls posed for Mr. Kaplon with a dog sometime in the mid-1970s? The trees remind us a bit of Rosemont. Note the cat with its back to the camera. Cats don't always cooperate with photographers. Mike Baker Girl with the black hair Mary Ballyard? (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Kids current
  • 18:4418:44, 8 July 2025 diff hist +1,289‎ N File:Elizabeth Horine.jpg ‎ This was Miss Elizabeth Horine with one of her many piano students in the Parish Hall at St. Paul's Lutheran in Burkittsville sometime in the mid-1970s. Since the student is well-dressed, the photo was probably taken at one of Miss Horine's annual recitals at the church. Karen Hiltner Ms. Elizabeth taught piano in the community for many years. She hosted a piano recital every year in the Parish Hall. She was also the organist at St. Paul's. Jody Brumage Elizabeth Horine served as organist a... current

7 July 2025

  • 20:0320:03, 7 July 2025 diff hist +917‎ N File:Delaware Avenue 1990.jpg ‎ A view up Delaware Avenue from W. Potomac Street. See the old Fire Hall in the middle of the block on the left hand side. Recognize the houses? James S. Bennett Sr. The House way up was the Snoots' house, Fire hall, white House on the bottom was the Mr Sherman Lowrys house, across the street was the Hardware store S.W.George’s. Dale Baker The fire hall was used by the Masonic lodge then. JoEllen Morsberger Fisher On the right was my Great grandparents home. My great grandmother Barbara Ell... current
  • 19:5419:54, 7 July 2025 diff hist +1,076‎ N File:Grace Chapel Interior.jpg ‎ This is a pre-1920 photo of the interior of Grace Chapel at 114 E. A Street. The brick structure occupied approximately one-fourth the area of the present church. Bricks from the mother church, St. Mark's, were used in the construction. The chapel was demolished in 1922 to make way for a larger church, which is the present structure built on the same site. The crucifix visible in front of the pews on the left is still in use at Grace Church today. According to Jody Brumage" "This photograph... current
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