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• 17:37, 6 October 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Grace Church Formally Opened from The Blade-Times June 7, 1923.tif.jpg (June 1923 Blade-Times announcement of the formal opening of Grace Episcopal Church at 114 E. A Street. The church building is a modified English Gothic style with exceptionally beautiful stained glass windows. Similar church buildings made from local fieldstones are common in Anglican congregations in both the United States and Great Britain. Note the message in the upper right about the weekly cost of the newspaper. (News clipping courtesy of the City of Brunswick Maryland History Commiss...)
• 17:35, 6 October 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Phil Childs Gail Ravenscroft Walker.jpg (Brunswick business leader Phil Childs speaks with Gail Ravenscroft Walker at an event, circa late 1960s. We're not sure of the event or location. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations)
• 17:35, 6 October 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Phil Childs Gail Ravenscroft Walker.jpg (Brunswick business leader Phil Childs speaks with Gail Ravenscroft Walker at an event, circa late 1960s. We're not sure of the event or location. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations)
• 17:33, 6 October 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Kaplon's Father-Child.jpg (An unidentified father and child posing at Kaplon's, circa 1960. The photo provides a nice perspective on how the store looked inside. Doris Kelley Barker Could that be Bobby Burgee from New York Hill but then our neighbor across the street on N. Delaware Avenue? I know he lived outside Baltimore when married but he could have been home and Myer Kaplon took everyone’s picture. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) [[C...)
• 17:33, 6 October 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Kaplon's Father-Child.jpg (An unidentified father and child posing at Kaplon's, circa 1960. The photo provides a nice perspective on how the store looked inside. Doris Kelley Barker Could that be Bobby Burgee from New York Hill but then our neighbor across the street on N. Delaware Avenue? I know he lived outside Baltimore when married but he could have been home and Myer Kaplon took everyone’s picture. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries) [[C...)
• 17:20, 6 October 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Potomac River Bridge dedication parade Lovettsville float going down Potomac Street on July 30, 1955 (2).jpg (The Lovettsville float in the July 30, 1955 parade celebrating the then new Potomac River Bridge passes Kaplon's Department Store on West Potomac Street. The archway sign above the queen reads "The Gateway". We believe the princess second from left was Donna Cummings. (Photo courtesy of Ray Dinterman) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations)
• 17:20, 6 October 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Potomac River Bridge dedication parade Lovettsville float going down Potomac Street on July 30, 1955 (2).jpg (The Lovettsville float in the July 30, 1955 parade celebrating the then new Potomac River Bridge passes Kaplon's Department Store on West Potomac Street. The archway sign above the queen reads "The Gateway". We believe the princess second from left was Donna Cummings. (Photo courtesy of Ray Dinterman) Category:Smoketown Parades and Celebrations)
• 17:16, 6 October 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Boy-Honeymoon Express Kaplon's.jpg (All aboard the Honeymoon Express! This photo may have been taken in the 1940s. Notice the saddle shoes on the boy. The photo must have been taken around Eastertime, as those appear to be Easter bonnets in the Kaplon's display window above the boy. Toy company Louis Marx made about 40 variations of the Honeymoon Express wind-up toy over several decades. It outsold Lionel for much of the 1950s. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public...)
• 17:16, 6 October 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Boy-Honeymoon Express Kaplon's.jpg (All aboard the Honeymoon Express! This photo may have been taken in the 1940s. Notice the saddle shoes on the boy. The photo must have been taken around Eastertime, as those appear to be Easter bonnets in the Kaplon's display window above the boy. Toy company Louis Marx made about 40 variations of the Honeymoon Express wind-up toy over several decades. It outsold Lionel for much of the 1950s. (From the Myer Kaplon photo collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public...)
• 20:09, 13 September 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Canal Boat Bugler.jpeg (A bugler on a canal boat somewhere near Lock 30 on the C&O Canal. The date is unknown. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal)
• 20:09, 13 September 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Canal Boat Bugler.jpeg (A bugler on a canal boat somewhere near Lock 30 on the C&O Canal. The date is unknown. (Photo courtesy of the Brunswick Heritage Museum) Category:Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal)
• 19:53, 13 September 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Grams Baptism Grace Church.jpg (Cynthia Grams in her mother Ruth's arms at Grace Episcopal Church on her baptism day in 1957. Flanking mother and daughter are Godparents Leigh Feete and Ken Jones. The officiant that day was Father James Fenhagen, who was a young rector at Grace Church. Leigh Feete Schwertfeger and Dr. Ken Jones were honored as Distinguished Citizens of Brunswick, as was Cynthia's father, sports cartoonist Bob Grams. (Photo courtesy of Cynthia Grams Peltzman) Category:Smoketown Houses of Worship)
• 19:53, 13 September 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Grams Baptism Grace Church.jpg (Cynthia Grams in her mother Ruth's arms at Grace Episcopal Church on her baptism day in 1957. Flanking mother and daughter are Godparents Leigh Feete and Ken Jones. The officiant that day was Father James Fenhagen, who was a young rector at Grace Church. Leigh Feete Schwertfeger and Dr. Ken Jones were honored as Distinguished Citizens of Brunswick, as was Cynthia's father, sports cartoonist Bob Grams. (Photo courtesy of Cynthia Grams Peltzman) Category:Smoketown Houses of Worship)
• 19:47, 13 September 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Arlene Painter Geraldine Shrader.jpg (Arlene Painter and her aunt Geraldine Shrader at their W. G Street home sometime in the early 1940s. Patricia Moore Snoots Had to be around 1942. Arlene and me were the same age. We were born in 1940 and went to school together. Brenton Barger I remember the Shrader family... lived about two doors down from my grandparents. (Photo courtesy of Terry Himes Robinson) Category:Smoketown Kids)
• 19:47, 13 September 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Arlene Painter Geraldine Shrader.jpg (Arlene Painter and her aunt Geraldine Shrader at their W. G Street home sometime in the early 1940s. Patricia Moore Snoots Had to be around 1942. Arlene and me were the same age. We were born in 1940 and went to school together. Brenton Barger I remember the Shrader family... lived about two doors down from my grandparents. (Photo courtesy of Terry Himes Robinson) Category:Smoketown Kids)
• 13:56, 3 September 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Phil Childs.jpeg (Category:People)
• 13:56, 3 September 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Phil Childs.jpeg (Category:People)
• 13:55, 3 September 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Bob Moler.png (Category:People)
• 13:55, 3 September 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Bob Moler.png (Category:People)
• 13:49, 3 September 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Vicki Dearing.jpeg (Category:People)
• 13:49, 3 September 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Vicki Dearing.jpeg (Category:People)
• 13:47, 3 September 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Roma Hebb.png (Category:People)
• 13:47, 3 September 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Roma Hebb.png (Category:People)
• 13:46, 3 September 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Richard Harrington.png (Category:People)
• 13:46, 3 September 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Richard Harrington.png (Category:People)
• 13:44, 3 September 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Nellie Roby.jpeg (Category:People)
• 13:44, 3 September 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Nellie Roby.jpeg (Category:People)
• 13:42, 3 September 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Julie Maynard.jpeg (Category:People)
• 13:42, 3 September 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Julie Maynard.jpeg (Category:People)
• 13:41, 3 September 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Ellis Burruss.jpeg (Category:People)
• 13:41, 3 September 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Ellis Burruss.jpeg (Category:People)
• 13:39, 3 September 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Charlie Harris.png (Category:People)
• 13:39, 3 September 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Charlie Harris.png (Category:People)
• 13:38, 3 September 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Abbie Ricketts.jpeg (Category:People)
• 13:38, 3 September 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Abbie Ricketts.jpeg (Category:People)
• 16:33, 2 September 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Wenner's Hill Gang (2).jpeg (Here's another group photo from the W. G Street side of Wenner's store in the late 1930s that was probably taken the same day as what we posted yesterday. John Hammond is standing on the left in his Brunswick uniform and glove. Skimmy Hahn sitting on the far right. George Heffner Jr. (Junior) front row between the 2 ladies This was an early Wenner's Hill gang. Keith Carter Wenners hill was a very popular area for us kids back in the 60’s. We ALWAYS had at least 25 or more kids from C stre...)
• 16:33, 2 September 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Wenner's Hill Gang (2).jpeg (Here's another group photo from the W. G Street side of Wenner's store in the late 1930s that was probably taken the same day as what we posted yesterday. John Hammond is standing on the left in his Brunswick uniform and glove. Skimmy Hahn sitting on the far right. George Heffner Jr. (Junior) front row between the 2 ladies This was an early Wenner's Hill gang. Keith Carter Wenners hill was a very popular area for us kids back in the 60’s. We ALWAYS had at least 25 or more kids from C stre...)
• 16:29, 2 September 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Wenner's Hill Gang 1930s (1).jpg (A group of friends, including several of Brunswick's Tri-State League baseball players, pose outside of Wenner's Market on the corner of W. G Street and N. Maple Avenue in the late 1930s. Charlotte Nalley and John Hammond are standing 2nd and 3rd from the left. We believe it's Skimmy Hahn on the far right. The woman kneeling in front is believed to have been Annie or Doe Brooks. Judy Ware Is 5th from left Mutch (Frank)Hahn? Peter Wenner Lee and Gene Hahn were on that team. Maybe it was one...)
• 16:29, 2 September 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Wenner's Hill Gang 1930s (1).jpg (A group of friends, including several of Brunswick's Tri-State League baseball players, pose outside of Wenner's Market on the corner of W. G Street and N. Maple Avenue in the late 1930s. Charlotte Nalley and John Hammond are standing 2nd and 3rd from the left. We believe it's Skimmy Hahn on the far right. The woman kneeling in front is believed to have been Annie or Doe Brooks. Judy Ware Is 5th from left Mutch (Frank)Hahn? Peter Wenner Lee and Gene Hahn were on that team. Maybe it was one...)
• 16:18, 2 September 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:1965 BHS Railroader Yearbook Page Faculty.jpg (Here's a flashback to a 1965 BHS Railroader faculty yearbook page. This was the final year of the old high school that sat majestically atop 4th Avenue. Please feel free to share your memories of these highly-respected teachers. Debbie Crabb I had Mr. Seibert for band in elementary school, as I took up the drums. He was quite intimidating as he was known to throw chairs occasionally. Mrs. Shaff was one of my Home Economics teachers, a very gracious woman! Lois Skeen Mr Seibert used to driv...)
• 16:18, 2 September 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:1965 BHS Railroader Yearbook Page Faculty.jpg (Here's a flashback to a 1965 BHS Railroader faculty yearbook page. This was the final year of the old high school that sat majestically atop 4th Avenue. Please feel free to share your memories of these highly-respected teachers. Debbie Crabb I had Mr. Seibert for band in elementary school, as I took up the drums. He was quite intimidating as he was known to throw chairs occasionally. Mrs. Shaff was one of my Home Economics teachers, a very gracious woman! Lois Skeen Mr Seibert used to driv...)
• 16:14, 2 September 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Faith Baptist Church Steeple.jpeg (Longtime BHS teacher and coach Bill Turney, suspended from a crane, installing lightning protection on the Faith Baptist church steeple in 1980. Dustin Construction, Inc. was the general contractor. Tom Smith is in the dark clothing. Annette Butler Mr. Turney recently passed away. He was one of my teachers one school year, and I attribute my interest in reading and literature to him. Kathy Dinterman He was an amazing teacher Chris Owens What couldn’t that man do? This picture is amazing....)
• 16:14, 2 September 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Faith Baptist Church Steeple.jpeg (Longtime BHS teacher and coach Bill Turney, suspended from a crane, installing lightning protection on the Faith Baptist church steeple in 1980. Dustin Construction, Inc. was the general contractor. Tom Smith is in the dark clothing. Annette Butler Mr. Turney recently passed away. He was one of my teachers one school year, and I attribute my interest in reading and literature to him. Kathy Dinterman He was an amazing teacher Chris Owens What couldn’t that man do? This picture is amazing....)
• 16:08, 2 September 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Moose Club Dance.jpg (Saturday night dance at the Brunswick Moose lodge on East Potomac Street. Since the photo is dated January 1960, it was likely taken in late 1959. Cheryl Beachley Varkalis My parents loved those dances at the Moose. (Photo courtesy of Larry Peer) Category:Smoketown Music)
• 16:08, 2 September 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Moose Club Dance.jpg (Saturday night dance at the Brunswick Moose lodge on East Potomac Street. Since the photo is dated January 1960, it was likely taken in late 1959. Cheryl Beachley Varkalis My parents loved those dances at the Moose. (Photo courtesy of Larry Peer) Category:Smoketown Music)
• 16:04, 2 September 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Grace Church Mrs. Watson's Sunday School Class 1943.jpg (Mrs. Mary Jane Watson's Sunday School class at Grace Episcopal Church in 1943. In the photo are: Front row: Bob Hawes, Bob Grams, Doug Ault Back row: Ken Taylor, Tommy Long, Karl Shewbridge (Photo courtesy of Christa Shewbridge) Category:Smoketown Houses of Worship)
• 16:04, 2 September 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Grace Church Mrs. Watson's Sunday School Class 1943.jpg (Mrs. Mary Jane Watson's Sunday School class at Grace Episcopal Church in 1943. In the photo are: Front row: Bob Hawes, Bob Grams, Doug Ault Back row: Ken Taylor, Tommy Long, Karl Shewbridge (Photo courtesy of Christa Shewbridge) Category:Smoketown Houses of Worship)
• 16:02, 2 September 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Miss Gaver's 4th grade class of 1976-77 at BES.jpg (Miss Gaver's 4th grade class of 1976-77 at Brunswick Elementary School. Recognize any of your former classmates? According to Jim Stewart, here are the names: Front row - Jeff Frye, Rick Heffner, George Frye, Paul Langston Second row - Teresa Howell, Melissa Ball, Barbara Darr, Ave Baker, Christine Goodrich, Dale Stocks, Michelle Kitts, Kevin Naylor Third row - Kathy Haley, David Sigler, Kim Webber, Mark Rife, Laine Alger, Danny Wolfe, Beth Andrews, Fourth row - Mary Hope, Pam Wood, Joey Be...)
• 16:02, 2 September 2024 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Miss Gaver's 4th grade class of 1976-77 at BES.jpg (Miss Gaver's 4th grade class of 1976-77 at Brunswick Elementary School. Recognize any of your former classmates? According to Jim Stewart, here are the names: Front row - Jeff Frye, Rick Heffner, George Frye, Paul Langston Second row - Teresa Howell, Melissa Ball, Barbara Darr, Ave Baker, Christine Goodrich, Dale Stocks, Michelle Kitts, Kevin Naylor Third row - Kathy Haley, David Sigler, Kim Webber, Mark Rife, Laine Alger, Danny Wolfe, Beth Andrews, Fourth row - Mary Hope, Pam Wood, Joey Be...)
• 15:57, 2 September 2024 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:1498px-Inner Wheel Celebrates Thirty Five Years from November 25, 1982 (2).jpg (In November 1982, Brunswick Inner Wheel celebrated its 35th years of service in Brunswick. The event was held at the Ambulance Company building on W. Potomac Street. An auxiallary of the Brunswick Rotary Club, the Inner Wheel met regularly at the YMCA before its destruction by fire in 1980. In the photo are, we think (from left): Merle & Joe Frank, ?, Phil Childs, Gene Bowers, Mary Jane Watson. (Photo from a Brunswick Citizen news clipping, November 25, 1982) [[Category:Smoketown Organizat...)