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tion has also disint egrate d, but Mickey Dunca n still spons ors the Chrish nas Lighting Contest!

eviden ce that a drive was held in 1967, which may have been the last campa ign on a local basis, as partic ipatio n in the Frederick Count y Corn~ unity Chest becam e more advisable. The balanc e m the local chest fund was given to the Bruns wick Ministerial Association for its work with the needy .

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COM MUN ITY CHE ST Citize ns of Bruns wick have alway s shown interest in and conce rn for the welfare of each other. Fundi ng for these concerns came throug h cornrnuni ty appea ls. . Organ ized efforts in this dir~ction m rec~nt memo ry began with the Comm unity Chest, which was forme d to aid Associated Services (Military), Child rens' Aid, Emergency Fund, Scheer Stadiu m, Health Cente r, and Scouting progra ms. A 1940 yearbo ok public izes Brunswick's as the secon d Comm unity Chest in the count y and states it was in its secon d year. In order to consolidate the appea ls into one allout drive, the Lions Club, Rotary Club, and Brunswick Board of Trade decide d to adopt the idea of a local comm unity chest. Thus in 1946, the "Brunswick Comm unity Chest " was born. It becam e the policy of the Chest to select a "Citiz en of th~ ~ear:' at its organ izatio nal meeti ng each May. This md1vidua l would head the campa ign for that year. All of the officers, comm ittee memb ers and solicitors were volun teers. The success of the campa ign depen ded largel y on the pledg es made by the railroad emplo yees on a payro ll-ded uction plan. Local reside nts were contac ted by memb ers of the Communit y Chest, wives of the Lions and Rotary Clubs, and other intere sted persons. The record s of this organ ization , now defun ct, have been lost in the passag e of time. Howe ver, the EELTOW N LION, a bullet in of the Brunswick Lions Club and a person al file of Mr. W. Carlos Myers, a campa ign worke r, reveal some intere sting items. In 1950, Myer Kapla n heade d the campa ign that raised $3,016.25 which was$983.75 short of the goal. It was intere sting to note that during this campa ign, Herb Goldb erg, then the new manag er of the Imperial Theat er, gave the entire receip ts of two shows of the movie "Sierra" to the campa ign. This amou nted to $188.30. Lawrence Nelso n heade d the drive in 1951 and Stanle y Virts in 1952. . A large gap appea rs in the record until 1966 when it seems that Lawre nce Nelso n again heade d the drive which raised $4,262.51. There is also

FRATERNAL ORD ER OF EAGLES, AERIE 1136 Brunswick Aerie # 1136, F.O.E., was organ ized June 30, 1905, under superv isior of Mr. W. 0. Suter, a memb er of Hager stown Aerie # 694, and Mr. Jacob Clatterbuck, memb er of Curnb erland Aerie # 245. Bruns wick's first Aerie Horne was on the third floor of the Swan k Building (north side West Potomac Street just west of F&M Bank; razed for bridge abuhn ent). There were 78 charte r memb ers, all of whom are now deceased. The Aerie bough t the Red Men's Hall (now Brunswick Muse urn)o nJune 1, 1936 from Delaw are Tribe # 43. In the mid 1940's, a parcel of land in the Birch Wood s was purch ased from Howa rd Marvi n Jones and J. P. Karn, Inc. The Aerie called the land S.C.O.B. Park (Social Club of Brunswick) after a buildi ng had been erecte d. They held Sa_turday night dance s and installed playg round eq~1prnent in the park for the childr en of the comm unity. On Novem ber 25, 1964 the Aerie' s first Ladies Auxiliary was charte red, and as the memb ership in both Aerie and Auxiliary grew, the officers and memb ers decide d to move the club to S.C.O.B. Park in 1969. The original buildi ng that had been built in 1947 was not large enoug h to accom modat e both t~e Aerie and the Auxiliary, and plans were drawn m Febru ary 1970 to expan d the facilities at a cost of $92,000. The buildi ng that evolve d is a mode rn brick struct ure that house s a large dance floor, a bar, and a well-e quipp ed kitchen. The Aerie spons ors an Annua l Oyste r Feed for memb ers and auxiliary; also a family picnic for all memb ers. These affairs are free to the Bruns wick memb ership . They also spons or the Eagles Scholarship Fund which was started in 1987. Ernie Wineholt, Aerie secretary, was instru menta l in startin g the $750 schola rships that were given to two high school studen ts each year. The schola rships have now been increased to $1,000 each. The Grand Aerie has spons ored an art contes t since 1983, called "Wha t I Like About My Horne

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