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mill property, which consisted of nine city lots.11 The Brunswick Cooperative began in 1926, taking over the original mill building along the canal. This business moved to Souder Road in 1962, and the old mill building was destroyed by fire in April 1972. 1

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MUDDY PAWS PET GROOMING Muddy Paws Pet Grooming first opened its doorforbusinessonApril 10, 1989. The owner and groomer, Debbie Collins, felt that the people of Brunswick and surrounding communities needed a convenient, reasonably priced place where they could take their pets to receive quality grooming and personal attention, so she went to grooming school, found a suitable location on Potomac Street, and set up shop. In the beginning, Debbie did it all - grooming, receptionist, deaning, and the rest. She insisted on special attention for each client and learned the individual needs of each pet entering her shop. While Muddy Paws has grown, now staffed by two full time groomers and offering a complete line of pet foods and supplies, this philosophy still continues in everything they do. S - Debbie Collins W -BLC

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NEIGHBORHOOD STORES MILLINERS

An important item of female attire in the early years of this century was the hat. To provide ladies' headgear, several milliners were open for business. Carlett L. May, Gosnell and Clay, and Mrs. P. L. Miller were listed as milliners in the 1895 directory. Mrs. Lottie Harbaugh operated a millinery shop at various locations, and Ella Cannon also had a hat shop. The directory of 1896 contains the following entry: "Mrs. T. L. Potterfield, Cor. Railroad and Bridge Streets, Leading dealer in Millinery and Notions, Dressmaking A Specialty." The state gazetteer of 1909-10-11 lists Birdie Boteler, Louis (sic) Perlman. There was a milliner located above Roelke's Market and a similar business in the Meadows building. Later, ladies' hats were among the items offered for sale by general merchandise establishments Gross Brothers, Smith and Carlisle, H. N . Werntz, and Victor Kaplan Company, among others. S - Directories W-WHH

For years the center of a neighborhood was its small general grocery stores. The earliest ones supplied a variety of needs from mousetraps to horse collars, from country calico to filmy, feathery hats, and from wholP. fresh nutmegs to Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The more recent stores, of the thirties and forties, restricted their wares more to grocery and home needs. These stores also served as a place for neighbors to meet. The post-War II world saw a shift to chain stores that enticed the buying public with incredible choices and lower prices; the small grocery store was choked out of competition and out of its very existence. Brunswick had its share of neighborhood grocers over the years. During the Depression they "carried" muny customers on credit. Their service included coming to the house for an order, then delivering it later. They reached from New York Hill almost to Li ttens, at the edge of town, and from the railroad tracks to far Wenner's Hill. The geography of Brunswkk helps explain the location of two groups of its neighborhood stores, those on New York Hill and on Wenner's Hill. Equally significant, the growth in both directions beyond the town center necessitated stores in two more areas, West End and East End, all on Potomac Street. They have all closed now, even Moler's Market,

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