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Distinguished Citizen 1982

Henry “Cap” Rinker (1896 – 1946) Distinguished Citizen 1982 Spouse: Luella May Miller Father: Kirby Israel Rinker Mother: Frances (Fanny) Wenner James Birth: 19 Apr 1896 Brunswick, Frederick, Maryland, USA Death: 28 Oct 1961 Brunswick, Frederick, Maryland, USA Residence: 1930 Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, USA

Photo Caption : Henry ("Cap") Rinker on his printing press in the building behind his home on A Street in the alley between 2nd and 3rd Avenues. The building is still there.

Mr. Rinker took over the Brunswick Herald newspaper from Edward C. Shafer in 1913 at the age of 17 and renamed it the Blade Times. Because of his youth, his father had to assume responsibility of ownership, but Cap never removed his father's name from the masthead. He published the paper for 45 years until 1958 when, due to failing health, he sold it to James Bryan.

(From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries.) Thanks to Smoketown History. From Facebook: Smoketown History (Brunswick, Md.) We think the picture was likely taken in the mid-'50s. May 13, 2014

Brunswick: 100 Years of Memories (1990) Rinker, Henry “Cap” (1896-1961) Honored 1982 Brunswick: 100 Years of Memories (1990) At the age of seventeen, Mr. Rinker took over the Brunswick newspaper published by Edward C. Shafer, renaming it The Blade Times. He published this journal for the next forty years. Because of Mr. Rinker’s youth at the beginning, his father had to assume the responsibility of ownership, and Henry never removed his father’s name from the masthead. Cap Rinker did job printing and other small operations in the building behind his home on A Street, expanding the facility as needed. Although his was a one-man operation, he rarely missed an issue. Poor health caused him to sell his business to James Bryan in 1958.

Find A Grave: Birth 19 Apr 1896 Brunswick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA Death 28 Oct 1961 (aged 65) Brunswick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA Burial Locust Valley Bible Church Cemetery Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland, USA JAMES HENRY RINKER, 65, a life-long resident of Brunswick and for many years the editor of the Brunswick Blade-Times, died suddenly Sunday at his home, 270 "A" St., Brunswick. He was the son of the late Kirby and Fannie Wenner Rinker and was the husband of Luella Ausherman Miller Rinker.

He was a member of the Burkittsville Reformed Church, Brunswick Lodge A.F.&A.M., Knights of Pythias, and was an honorary member of the Rotary Club. He was a veteran of World War I.

Surviving are his wife, three step-daughters, Mrs. Jean Wolf, Hagerstown, Mrs. Betty Saunders, Brunswick, and Mrs. June Bagley, Frederick, and one sister, Mrs. Mildred Hiller, Frederick.

Source: The Frederick Post (Frederick, MD) Oct. 30, 1961