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PTA. She served on the Ways and Means Committee of the Brunswick High School PTA. She was den mother in scouting for five years when the cubs had no plac~ to meet and no one to lead them. FUNK, HARRY B. (1872-1930) Honored 1976 Harry B. Funk came to Brunswick from Martinsbur g when he was 17 years old. He and his wife, Annie B. Demory, had three children: John B. Funk, Raymond D. Funk, and Eva Viola Irene Magalis. Harry became a successful contractor and erected many of Brunswick' s finest structures including The Kaplan Building, Red Men's Hall, MethodistEpiscopal Church on Maryland Avenue, West End School, and many homes in the area of Brunswick, Rosemont and Lovettsville. FUNK, JOHN BENJAMIN (1905- ) Honored 1976 The son of Harry B. and Annie B. Funk, John Benjamin graduated from Brunswick High School in 1922. Earning a B.S. degree in engineering , he served as Brunswick' s City Engineer from 1929 until 1984. He served in the Maryland Assembly for twelve years and, in 1947, became Secretary of State for Maryland. He was also Chairman of the State Planning Commissio n and Director of the State Roads Commission . John was co-founder and active member of the Brunswick History Commission.

GOOD, MAURICE EDWARD (1927- ) Honored 1987 Maurice Edward Good had a 44-year rail transportation career with B&O / Chessie System. Working up from clerical jobs, he became Director of Freight Claims, later held General Manager positions at Detroit and Cincinnati, and was AVP-Line Operations at Cleveland. Retiring from Chessie in 1986 as AVP-Claims and Casualty Prevention Administration , he became a consultant to the Maryland Midland Railway.

GROSS, WILLIAM BOTELER (1902-1987) Honored 1981 Bill Boteler Gross received a BA degree from Johns Hopkins in 1925. His MA thesis at the University of Virginia was entitled "The History of Education in Frederick County Maryland." From 1925 to 1934 he was principal at Walkersvill e High School. In 1934 he published a book, "Rambling Through the West," based on a 13,000-mile cross-count ry journey he made with his brother Lynch in 1932. In 1934, he and his brother Charles opened an appliance store. In 1959 he was appointed by Governor Tawes as a magistrate for Brunswick, where he served for twelve years and then was appointed Court Commissio ner for Frederick County. He was long active as a community leader and historian. GROSS, WILLIAM LYNCH (1858-1930) Honored 1987 Corning to Brunswick in 1877 when the town was still Berlin, William Lynch Gross was a pioneer in Brunswick's early growth. He built the Gross building in 1893 as the final home of his general merchandis ing business. Concerned about community developmen t, he served on the Board of Education and other agencies. HAMILTON, RUTH ROSE (1916- )

Honored 1988 Ruth Rose Hamilton enlisted in the Army in 1944 - Brunswick's fir~t WAC. She became Commander of Steadman-K eenan Post 96, the first lady commander of an American Legion Post in Maryland. She presented hand-croch eted Centennial Flags to Governor Marvin Mandel, President Jimmy Carter, the State of New Jersey and Fort Monmouth, N.J. Mrs. Hamilton has managed an apartment complex in Frederick and docs volunteer work. HARLEY, DR. JOHN BARKER (1923- ) Honored 1989 A graduate of BHS, Dickinson College, and University of Maryland Medical School,Jack Barker Harley's medical career embraced service as a Captain in the Army Medical Corps at Walter Reed, private practice at Terra Alta, W.Va., Veterans Hospital atPittsburgh , teaching at Universities of West Virginia, South Carolina and North Dakota, and Chairman of Internal Medicine at Conemaugh Memorial Hospital at Johnstown, PA. He was involved in many research projects and is the au thor of numerous medical articles.

GORDON, NIELD Honored 1990 Nield Gordon has had a distinguishe d career as both athlete and athletic director and coach. As a junior college student he led the nation in basketball scoring at that level, and as a senior he averaged over 25 points per game. In coaching he led his college team to rank first in the Nation and was declared NAIA National Coach of the Year, and finally Chairman of NAIA, and earned numerous other honors.

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