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• 23:47, 17 March 2025 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:WWII Brunswick Boys going off.jpeg (Young men from Brunswick, dressed in civilian clothes, are seen here waiting to board the train at the Eastbound station to Baltimore. They were traveling to take their physicals after being drafted into the U.S. Army during World War II. Note the roundhouse. smokestacks from the shops, and water tower in the background. If you recognize anyone in the photo, please let us know. (Photo taken from the home movies of Marvin Younkins, courtesy of the Younkins family and the Brunswick Heritage...)
• 23:47, 17 March 2025 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:WWII Brunswick Boys going off.jpeg (Young men from Brunswick, dressed in civilian clothes, are seen here waiting to board the train at the Eastbound station to Baltimore. They were traveling to take their physicals after being drafted into the U.S. Army during World War II. Note the roundhouse. smokestacks from the shops, and water tower in the background. If you recognize anyone in the photo, please let us know. (Photo taken from the home movies of Marvin Younkins, courtesy of the Younkins family and the Brunswick Heritage...)
• 23:43, 17 March 2025 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:E. Potomac Street Before Demolition.jpeg (This photo of an empty building on E. Potomac Street that once housed the Yardley and Potomac Hotels in the 1910s and '20s, and later the Brunswick Post Office (left) and Foster's Restaurant (right), appeared in an April, 1961 Washington Star article titled "Brunswick on the Rebound". The theme was Brunswick's turn-around strategy following the move of key B&O Railroad operations to Cumberland and a furlough of 400 workers. At the time, downtown business was holding steady as new residents fr...)
• 23:43, 17 March 2025 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:E. Potomac Street Before Demolition.jpeg (This photo of an empty building on E. Potomac Street that once housed the Yardley and Potomac Hotels in the 1910s and '20s, and later the Brunswick Post Office (left) and Foster's Restaurant (right), appeared in an April, 1961 Washington Star article titled "Brunswick on the Rebound". The theme was Brunswick's turn-around strategy following the move of key B&O Railroad operations to Cumberland and a furlough of 400 workers. At the time, downtown business was holding steady as new residents fr...)
• 17:53, 16 March 2025 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Events It's Academic 1975.JPG (This is one of the BHS It's Academic teams from the Class of 1975. The game show aired on WBAL TV 11 and was hosted by Mac McGarry for many years. Pictured from left to right are David Hamilton, Terry Heffner, and Cynthia Grams. That year, there was another team that included David, Donald Delauter, and Tim Schuster. (Photo courtesy of Molly Heffner) Category:Smoketown Schools)
• 17:53, 16 March 2025 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Events It's Academic 1975.JPG (This is one of the BHS It's Academic teams from the Class of 1975. The game show aired on WBAL TV 11 and was hosted by Mac McGarry for many years. Pictured from left to right are David Hamilton, Terry Heffner, and Cynthia Grams. That year, there was another team that included David, Donald Delauter, and Tim Schuster. (Photo courtesy of Molly Heffner) Category:Smoketown Schools)
• 17:51, 16 March 2025 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Hester Hardy.jpeg (Mrs. Hester Hardy posed for this photo on March 14, 1987 when members of the Wainwright Baptist Church Missionary Circle, Charles Town, came to visit her at the Brunswick Senior Center. The group led devotions with joyful music and enjoyed a meal with Mrs. Hardy, who was beloved by the Brunswick community. (Clipping from the Brunswick Citizen) Category:Smoketown African American Heritage)
• 17:51, 16 March 2025 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Hester Hardy.jpeg (Mrs. Hester Hardy posed for this photo on March 14, 1987 when members of the Wainwright Baptist Church Missionary Circle, Charles Town, came to visit her at the Brunswick Senior Center. The group led devotions with joyful music and enjoyed a meal with Mrs. Hardy, who was beloved by the Brunswick community. (Clipping from the Brunswick Citizen) Category:Smoketown African American Heritage)
• 17:41, 16 March 2025 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Summer Parade Hawaiian float.jpg (Flashing back to a Summer parade float in the late 1940s with the Mace Building in the background with residents looking out the window. Looks like a hula theme. The building was home to Mace's Furniture business on the ground floor and apartments upstairs. It's been home to King's Pizza for over a generation. Can anyone read the sign? Note also the man sitting on his car on the old Knights of Pythias miniature golf course. This parade may have been to promote a Carnival, local adult baseb...)
• 17:41, 16 March 2025 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Summer Parade Hawaiian float.jpg (Flashing back to a Summer parade float in the late 1940s with the Mace Building in the background with residents looking out the window. Looks like a hula theme. The building was home to Mace's Furniture business on the ground floor and apartments upstairs. It's been home to King's Pizza for over a generation. Can anyone read the sign? Note also the man sitting on his car on the old Knights of Pythias miniature golf course. This parade may have been to promote a Carnival, local adult baseb...)
• 17:40, 16 March 2025 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Burns Liquors Lottery Claim Center.jpg (Mayor Jess Orndorff helped Dorothy and Marion Burns announce the opening of a lottery claim center at Burns Liquors on W. Potomac St. in Brunswick sometime in the 1970s. Claim centers were established as a convenience to smaller Maryland State Lottery winners, so they could be paid without delay. Did anybody here ever claim winnings at this liquor store? How long has it been since they were in business? (Brunswick Citizen News Clipping courtesy of the City of Brunswick Maryland History Comm...)
• 17:40, 16 March 2025 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Burns Liquors Lottery Claim Center.jpg (Mayor Jess Orndorff helped Dorothy and Marion Burns announce the opening of a lottery claim center at Burns Liquors on W. Potomac St. in Brunswick sometime in the 1970s. Claim centers were established as a convenience to smaller Maryland State Lottery winners, so they could be paid without delay. Did anybody here ever claim winnings at this liquor store? How long has it been since they were in business? (Brunswick Citizen News Clipping courtesy of the City of Brunswick Maryland History Comm...)
• 17:38, 16 March 2025 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Bob-moler.pharmacist.early-years Frederick.jpg (For many of us who fondly remember him, it may be a surprise to see Bob Moler behind the counter at The Professional Arts Pharmacy, 228 N. Market St., in Frederick. Here's the backstory. After beginning his pharmacy career at People's Drugstore in downtown Frederick during the 1950s, Bob partnered with Jack Batdorf in 1959 to establish this business and the Medical Arts Pharmacy near Frederick Memorial Hospital. In 1962, the partners launched Prescription Arts Pharmacy in Bob's hometown of...)
• 17:38, 16 March 2025 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Bob-moler.pharmacist.early-years Frederick.jpg (For many of us who fondly remember him, it may be a surprise to see Bob Moler behind the counter at The Professional Arts Pharmacy, 228 N. Market St., in Frederick. Here's the backstory. After beginning his pharmacy career at People's Drugstore in downtown Frederick during the 1950s, Bob partnered with Jack Batdorf in 1959 to establish this business and the Medical Arts Pharmacy near Frederick Memorial Hospital. In 1962, the partners launched Prescription Arts Pharmacy in Bob's hometown of...)
• 17:37, 16 March 2025 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:1936 Flood Two Train Stations under water.jpg (A view of two railroad stations submerged during the 1936 Saint Patrick's Day flood from the third-floor apartment balcony of Mary and Joe Payne at 12 S. Maple Ave. In the foreground, onlookers can be seen standing at the foot of Maple Avenue. The 1936 flood is considered the worst in Brunswick's history. The Potomac River bridge sustained significant damage and was closed for a month for repairs, during which a ferry service was reinstated for the first time since the 1890s. Both the bridg...)
• 17:37, 16 March 2025 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:1936 Flood Two Train Stations under water.jpg (A view of two railroad stations submerged during the 1936 Saint Patrick's Day flood from the third-floor apartment balcony of Mary and Joe Payne at 12 S. Maple Ave. In the foreground, onlookers can be seen standing at the foot of Maple Avenue. The 1936 flood is considered the worst in Brunswick's history. The Potomac River bridge sustained significant damage and was closed for a month for repairs, during which a ferry service was reinstated for the first time since the 1890s. Both the bridg...)
• 17:34, 16 March 2025 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Summer Parade Independent Hose Co.jpg (In this photo of a Summer parade in the post-World War II era, we see a group of ladies in high heels riding the floorboards of what's believed to be an Independent Hose Company No. 1 fire truck in the 200 block of W. Potomac Street. Imagine trying that today? Perhaps the ladies were members of the American Red Cross? Note the old Knights of Pythias miniature golf house behind the truck. It was much smaller than it is today and wasn't yet connected to the house at 1 N. Virginia Avenue. (Ph...)
• 17:34, 16 March 2025 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Summer Parade Independent Hose Co.jpg (In this photo of a Summer parade in the post-World War II era, we see a group of ladies in high heels riding the floorboards of what's believed to be an Independent Hose Company No. 1 fire truck in the 200 block of W. Potomac Street. Imagine trying that today? Perhaps the ladies were members of the American Red Cross? Note the old Knights of Pythias miniature golf house behind the truck. It was much smaller than it is today and wasn't yet connected to the house at 1 N. Virginia Avenue. (Ph...)
• 17:27, 16 March 2025 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Mrs. Miller 5th grade 1959-60.jpg (Mrs. Ottie Miller's Fifth grade at Brunswick Elementary School, 1959-1960. These kids graduated from BHS in 1967. The students have been identified as: Top row: Betty Gaynor, Robby Dawson, Susan Foster, Leonard Webber, Sharon Hess, Ronald Miller, Reba Cooper 2nd row from top: Brenda Shafer, Kenny Giffin, Mary Jane Norris, Billy Minnick, Sherry Gordon, Jeff Myers, Sherry Bowers, Gary Carter, Sandra Hardy 3rd row: Jamie Bryant, Barbara Schaffer, Howard Holland, Francis Warnock, Tommy Stine, L...)
• 17:27, 16 March 2025 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Mrs. Miller 5th grade 1959-60.jpg (Mrs. Ottie Miller's Fifth grade at Brunswick Elementary School, 1959-1960. These kids graduated from BHS in 1967. The students have been identified as: Top row: Betty Gaynor, Robby Dawson, Susan Foster, Leonard Webber, Sharon Hess, Ronald Miller, Reba Cooper 2nd row from top: Brenda Shafer, Kenny Giffin, Mary Jane Norris, Billy Minnick, Sherry Gordon, Jeff Myers, Sherry Bowers, Gary Carter, Sandra Hardy 3rd row: Jamie Bryant, Barbara Schaffer, Howard Holland, Francis Warnock, Tommy Stine, L...)
• 17:25, 16 March 2025 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Summer Parade Black Marching Band.jpg (A black marching band makes its way up W. Potomac Street (200 block) in what might have been a parade marking the beginning of the annual Summer carnival, judging from how onlookers are dressed. The parade route is headed in the opposite direction from how Veterans Day parades used to go in those days. Hard to tell, but based on others from this collection, the photo might date to the late-1940s. Could the band have been from Lincoln High School in Frederick where black Brunswick students at...)
• 17:25, 16 March 2025 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Summer Parade Black Marching Band.jpg (A black marching band makes its way up W. Potomac Street (200 block) in what might have been a parade marking the beginning of the annual Summer carnival, judging from how onlookers are dressed. The parade route is headed in the opposite direction from how Veterans Day parades used to go in those days. Hard to tell, but based on others from this collection, the photo might date to the late-1940s. Could the band have been from Lincoln High School in Frederick where black Brunswick students at...)
• 07:37, 11 March 2025 Wallgaier talk contribs created page File:Property tax hike revenue will go toward Brunswick High replacement, FrederickNewsPost, 2025.03.11.pdf (County property tax increase for FY2025 will yeild approximately $47 million which is to be used for school construction projects, including site planning for the New Brunswick High School. Category:High School)
• 07:37, 11 March 2025 Wallgaier talk contribs uploaded File:Property tax hike revenue will go toward Brunswick High replacement, FrederickNewsPost, 2025.03.11.pdf (County property tax increase for FY2025 will yeild approximately $47 million which is to be used for school construction projects, including site planning for the New Brunswick High School. Category:High School)
• 09:50, 6 March 2025 Wallgaier talk contribs created page File:Mark Stephenson, FrederickNewsPost, 2025,03,06.pdf (Mark Stephenson obituary Category:Obituary)
• 09:50, 6 March 2025 Wallgaier talk contribs uploaded File:Mark Stephenson, FrederickNewsPost, 2025,03,06.pdf (Mark Stephenson obituary Category:Obituary)
• 07:01, 4 March 2025 Wallgaier talk contribs created page File:Vivan Clipp obituary, FrederickNewsPost, 2025.03.04.pdf (Obituary of Vivian Clipp, former wife of Brunswick physician Dr. Charles Pruitt Category:Obituary)
• 07:01, 4 March 2025 Wallgaier talk contribs uploaded File:Vivan Clipp obituary, FrederickNewsPost, 2025.03.04.pdf (Obituary of Vivian Clipp, former wife of Brunswick physician Dr. Charles Pruitt Category:Obituary)
• 20:45, 3 March 2025 Wallgaier talk contribs created page File:Brunswick biologist talks ancient fish traps, FrederickNewsPost, 2025.03.03.pdf (Don Peterson gives lecture on pre-colonization Native Americans in the Brunswick area, with emphasis on their living habits and fish traps. Category:MISCELLANEOUS)
• 20:45, 3 March 2025 Wallgaier talk contribs uploaded File:Brunswick biologist talks ancient fish traps, FrederickNewsPost, 2025.03.03.pdf (Don Peterson gives lecture on pre-colonization Native Americans in the Brunswick area, with emphasis on their living habits and fish traps. Category:MISCELLANEOUS)
• 11:04, 25 February 2025 Wallgaier talk contribs created page File:New Puerto Rican cultural center to open this year, FrederickNewsPost, 2025.02.25.pdf (Cultura Plenera, a nonprofit focused on spreading Puerto Rican culture, plans to relocate from Howard County to Frederick County and will open a new cultural center in Brunswick by the end of 2025. Category:Business)
• 11:04, 25 February 2025 Wallgaier talk contribs uploaded File:New Puerto Rican cultural center to open this year, FrederickNewsPost, 2025.02.25.pdf (Cultura Plenera, a nonprofit focused on spreading Puerto Rican culture, plans to relocate from Howard County to Frederick County and will open a new cultural center in Brunswick by the end of 2025. Category:Business)
• 12:03, 19 February 2025 Wallgaier talk contribs created page File:FCPS redistricts 132 students from Brunswick Elem., FrederickNewsPost, 2025.02.19.pdf (Board of Education approves plan to move 132 students from Brunswick Elementary School to the new Valley Elementary School to alleviate overcrowding. Category:Elementary School)
• 12:03, 19 February 2025 Wallgaier talk contribs uploaded File:FCPS redistricts 132 students from Brunswick Elem., FrederickNewsPost, 2025.02.19.pdf (Board of Education approves plan to move 132 students from Brunswick Elementary School to the new Valley Elementary School to alleviate overcrowding. Category:Elementary School)
• 13:17, 17 February 2025 Wallgaier talk contribs created page File:Board game tournament raises funds for organization to keep teen’s memory alive, FrederickNewsPost, 2025.02.17.pdf (Trinity's Children, an organization created by Vaughn and Kristine Ripley, parents of Trinity Ripley who died of complications of a drug overdose, held a community fund-raiser in the form of board games held at the Brunswick Community Center. The proceeds will be used to promote awareness of the insidious dangers of alcohol and drugs among young people. Category:People)
• 13:17, 17 February 2025 Wallgaier talk contribs uploaded File:Board game tournament raises funds for organization to keep teen’s memory alive, FrederickNewsPost, 2025.02.17.pdf (Trinity's Children, an organization created by Vaughn and Kristine Ripley, parents of Trinity Ripley who died of complications of a drug overdose, held a community fund-raiser in the form of board games held at the Brunswick Community Center. The proceeds will be used to promote awareness of the insidious dangers of alcohol and drugs among young people. Category:People)
• 13:14, 4 February 2025 Wallgaier talk contribs created page File:Replacement of Brunswick High School main topic at District 1 budget hearing, FrederickNewsPost, 2025.02.04.pdf (Parents and teachers rally for Brunswick High School replacement at county budget hearing. Category:High School)
• 13:14, 4 February 2025 Wallgaier talk contribs uploaded File:Replacement of Brunswick High School main topic at District 1 budget hearing, FrederickNewsPost, 2025.02.04.pdf (Parents and teachers rally for Brunswick High School replacement at county budget hearing. Category:High School)
• 07:12, 31 January 2025 Wallgaier talk contribs created page File:Rhodes hired to take over Railroaders, FrederickNewsPost, 2025.01.31.pdf (Nicholas Rhodes becomes Brunswick High School's new head football coach. Category:High School)
• 07:12, 31 January 2025 Wallgaier talk contribs uploaded File:Rhodes hired to take over Railroaders, FrederickNewsPost, 2025.01.31.pdf (Nicholas Rhodes becomes Brunswick High School's new head football coach. Category:High School)
• 07:03, 31 January 2025 Wallgaier talk contribs created page File:Halting heavyweight, FrederickNewsPost, 2025.01.31.pdf (Heavyweight Lane Riggleman leads Brunswick High School wrestling team in defeat of Oakdale. Recreation-Sports)
• 07:03, 31 January 2025 Wallgaier talk contribs uploaded File:Halting heavyweight, FrederickNewsPost, 2025.01.31.pdf (Heavyweight Lane Riggleman leads Brunswick High School wrestling team in defeat of Oakdale. Recreation-Sports)
• 20:23, 20 January 2025 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Distinguished Citizens 2024.jpg (2024 Brunswick Distinguished Citizen honorees and family members pose at the luncheon held at Brunswick Eagles Aerie 1136 on September 22. Congratulations to all! From left to right: Vicki Dearing, Abbie Ricketts, Nancy East and Cindy Boyless (daughters of Phil Childs), Amy Moler (daughter of Bob Moler), Michael and Jim Hebb (grandson and son of Roma Hebb), Debbie Stohr (daughter of Richard Harrington), Julie Maynard, Ellis Burruss, John Roby Morsberger (grandson of Nellie Roby), Scott Harri...)
• 20:23, 20 January 2025 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Distinguished Citizens 2024.jpg (2024 Brunswick Distinguished Citizen honorees and family members pose at the luncheon held at Brunswick Eagles Aerie 1136 on September 22. Congratulations to all! From left to right: Vicki Dearing, Abbie Ricketts, Nancy East and Cindy Boyless (daughters of Phil Childs), Amy Moler (daughter of Bob Moler), Michael and Jim Hebb (grandson and son of Roma Hebb), Debbie Stohr (daughter of Richard Harrington), Julie Maynard, Ellis Burruss, John Roby Morsberger (grandson of Nellie Roby), Scott Harri...)
• 20:16, 20 January 2025 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Schnauffer Hospital West B Street and North Virginia Avenue w-staff.jpg (Dr. William Schnauffer posed with his excellent nursing staff outside Schnauffer Hospital, located at the corner of W. B. and N. Virginia Avenue, in the 1940s. The following nurses have been identified: Ethel Wenner and Beckie Blessing, first and second from left. Louise Kimes and Geraldine "June" Jones to the right of Dr. Schnauffer. Maybe Ethel Wenner on the far left. After rising costs and other considerations led to the closure of the hospital in 1946, Dr. Schnauffer worked as a general...)
• 20:16, 20 January 2025 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Schnauffer Hospital West B Street and North Virginia Avenue w-staff.jpg (Dr. William Schnauffer posed with his excellent nursing staff outside Schnauffer Hospital, located at the corner of W. B. and N. Virginia Avenue, in the 1940s. The following nurses have been identified: Ethel Wenner and Beckie Blessing, first and second from left. Louise Kimes and Geraldine "June" Jones to the right of Dr. Schnauffer. Maybe Ethel Wenner on the far left. After rising costs and other considerations led to the closure of the hospital in 1946, Dr. Schnauffer worked as a general...)
• 20:11, 20 January 2025 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Railroad siding to old mill.png (This photo might be from the 1940s, considering the steam locomotives visible in the distance on the right. You can also see the coal tipple on the left. Wayne Allgaier This picture looks like it might have been taken with the photographer standing at the east end of the mill, facing east (with the mill behind him). If that is the case, the spur on the left side of the picture would be the spur running to the mill. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; F...)
• 20:11, 20 January 2025 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Railroad siding to old mill.png (This photo might be from the 1940s, considering the steam locomotives visible in the distance on the right. You can also see the coal tipple on the left. Wayne Allgaier This picture looks like it might have been taken with the photographer standing at the east end of the mill, facing east (with the mill behind him). If that is the case, the spur on the left side of the picture would be the spur running to the mill. (From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; F...)
• 20:07, 20 January 2025 Pwenner talk contribs created page File:Potomac River Bridge Construction W. B Street.jpg (Here's one more shot of workers building the right-of-way to the Potomac River Bridge in the early 1950s. This view of the houses on lower B Street hasn't changed much. (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick Maryland History Commission) Category:Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal)
• 20:07, 20 January 2025 Pwenner talk contribs uploaded File:Potomac River Bridge Construction W. B Street.jpg (Here's one more shot of workers building the right-of-way to the Potomac River Bridge in the early 1950s. This view of the houses on lower B Street hasn't changed much. (Photo courtesy of the City of Brunswick Maryland History Commission) Category:Smoketown Potomac River and C&O Canal)