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The location on West Potomac Street currently

occupied by King Pizza was the site of the Albaugh Agency that sold Chevroletsand Oldsmobiles. Stull and Longbrake, in what became the Schnaffer garage, sold Hudsons in the 1920's. In the next decade, Litten Brothers bought the Albaugh Agency, moving to the west end of Potomac Street. For a short while they had a branch at the present Moose Club. Subsequent owners of the Litten Agency were Haley, and later Amatucci and Sawaski, who moved the business location to North Maple A venue. Bill Willard owned a Chrysler agency which was later bought by Garland Grams, who changed over to a Buick agency, which is now Nininger's AutoCenter. AdjacenttoNininger'sAutoCenteris Ken's Auto Center, which is the building that originally was occupied by Nininger. Bradley T. "Dutch" Halley operated a motorcyle agency in a building on Petersville Road which is today occupied by NAPA Auto Parts. The first filling station mentioned in the minutes of the town council occurred on June 2, 1914, when A. I. Kaplan was granted permission to open a filling station on West Potomac Street, just west of the Kaplan building. There have been many filling/service stations through the years, most of which have disappeared from the scene; however, we came up with these: Grayson Koogle'son the site west of the Ambulance Building; Schnauffer's, Mulkey's, Cities Service, Shell, Cage's, Weil Brothers, Lee Keller, Bill Care, and at the present - Fast Eddie's, Gas and Go, and the Exxon Station on Souder Road. There have been various businesses related to automobile service in town such as Bud Harrison Towing, Brunswick Mobil Service, and Brunswick Auto Parts.

Gregory's Bakery was located behind Hugh Cage's service station on East Potomac Street. The ovens were coal-fired and built into the walls of the building. It has also been stated by some of Brunswick's elders that a family that lived in the Wellen property in the 400 block of West Potomac Street baked bread in the basement. It has also been reported that Mr. Hudson had a bakery operation at 127West Potomac Street. It is said that ovens were in the basement. During the 1920's and early 1930's there was a commercial bakery in Brunswick. This facility was Freeman's Bakery and the retail storeroom was located in the area where the Potomac Foundation Sidetrack Gift Shop is now located. The bakery ovens were downstairs in the room that are occupied by The Brunswick Citizen newspaper. In later years, some of the "locals" who baked for friends and special customers were Mrs. Lennie Barger. who delivered her orders on Friday, and Willie Crum, who also baked breads and sold them at Ivan's Beauty Shop. The Nalley family of East "H" Street on Wenner' s Hill was also a neighborhood baker who took personal orders and delivered on a certain day. But Brunswick's most colorful baker was BAKER (PIE) SMITH! His small bakery facility was located in a shed at the rear of his home in the first block of Petersville Road, and in that little shed he turned out the most succulent baked goodies that one could imagine. Baker Smith delivered his baked goods in a small contraption of a truck that had been created from a Model A Ford automobile. He rambled all over the hills of Brunswick making deliveries and whistling all the while. One of his most remembered specialities was small individual lemon or chocolate pies delivered every day to the Brunswick High School cafeteria for lunch. The above Brunswick BAKERY MEMORIES reach back to the turn of the century and span a period of approximately forty years - until the outbreak of the Second World War.

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BAKERIES Years ago, before commercial bakeries were so prevalent in and near small communities and hamlets, there were "locals" who baked breads, rolls, and other goodies for their friends and customers. Jim Schamel's father, Walt, had a bakery on Walnut Street between Virginia and Delaware Avenue. He sold buns, cinnamon rolls and pastii.es door to door, using a horse and buggy.

BARBERS OF BRUNSWICK The barbers of Brunswick (oldtimers, especially) were a colorful lot! One of the first we have record of was Elias Flynn. He had a shop between the railroad tracks, but later built a small building on the lower corner of property across from the westbound station. According to legend, when one of

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