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Brunswick Business: Hovermale's Pharmacy

Originally Hovermale's Pharmacy It became Mills Confectionery around 1930 when William B. Wenner bought the building where the ambulance company is for his meat market from Bets Mills. Bets moved his business to the location in the photo. He was a baseball umpire who got hit by a bat and had to retire. Then his sister Beese ran the confectionery until she sold it in the '60s. A guy named Mack Carter had a soda fountain there later and then it became Goodwill Industries. From Peter Wenner, July 2018

Peter Wenner added to Smoketown History Facebook page July 2018: Those of us who remember Mills Confectionary across from the old Fire Hall will have a nice flashback. The photo was taken around 1930 when the business was known as Hovermale's Drug Store on W. Potomac Street. Paul Harrison, who later ran the New York Hill Market is behind the counter as young man.

Following the death of proprietor, Howard Hovermale in 1930, the business was purchased by Bets Mills.

Mills Confectionary was the place to go for ice cream sodas and candy before and after movies at the Imperial Theater next door. In the 1950s and '60s, Bets' sister Beese was the friendly face behind the counter.

Donna Mattson My sister and brother and I used to take a little red wagon up and down the streets near our home and pick up pop bottles. We'd take them to the store and get two cents for each bottle. Then we'd go here and take a long time picking out our selection of penny candy (sometimes we'd get two for a penny!!)

Harold Snell Spent many days in the back playing the pinball machine when we visited my grandmother Wilma Streight who lived on W Potomac st.

JoEllen Morsberger Fisher Our neighbor Ann Hill sent me down to Mills' to get her a College Ice often during the summer. Ruth Carter was working behind the counter then.

Silvia Stange My friend Brenda Bowers Jordan and I, use to walk to the movie and after, go their to have a malt‼️ Special time