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SIGAFOOSE, JOHN SCOLL

Honored 1976 (1853-1948) Young Scoll Sigafoose was a mule driver on the C&O Canal for Jordan & Wenner, who shipped grain to Washington. Along with John Ball, he also operated a ferry from Berlin to Virginia. Scoll also tended bar in a saloon in Knoxville when bars and saloons were prohibited in Berlin-Brunswick because of the railroad. In the early 1900's he was made a policeman in Brunswick. He was locktender for the C&O from 1910 to 1924, when the canal closed after being devastated by a flood. SMITH, CHRISTIAN Honored 1990 Christian Smith was involved with the Brunswick mill from 1876 to 1897. Next he became successful in one of Brunswick's leading merchandising establishments, Smith and Carlisle, which was located at 1 South Maple Avenue. He also had banking and real estate interests. SMITH, LEE BURGESS, JR. Honored 1985 (1939- ) Lee B. Smith, Jr. the son of Lee Burgess, Sr. and Etelka Knadler Smith, was born in Brunswick and after graduation from BHS was employed as agentoperator on the B&O. In 1962 he began his banking career with Peoples National Bank, now Farmers&. Mechanics, where he is presently vice-president, manager, and director. Lee has been active in community organizations, holding offices with Brunswick Planning and Zoning Commission, YMCA, Rotary, Brunswick Revitalization Committee, and the Frederick County United Way, among others. He has held several offices in the Brunswick Potomac Foundation, including the presidency, and has managed the model railroad almost since its beginning. SMITH, LEE L., Ph.D. (1930- ) Honored 1983 Lee L. Smith received a bachelor degree from Towson State College in preparation for teaching. He became principal, in tum, at Brunswick, Burkittsville, and South Frederick Elementary Schools. At the same time, he began instructing in teaching methods and procedures at George Washington University and D. C. Teachers' College. The author of two books on non-graded elementary education and one on the open classroom, Lee is now supervisor of the Howard County Staff Development Center.

SMITH, LEONARD Honored 1981 (1734-1794) Leonard Smith, one of the earlier settlers in Frederick County, became a surveyor and platted the town of Jefferson in 1774. After purchasing "Merry Peep-O-Day" in 1780, he laid out a town which he called "Berlin" (now Brunswick) in 1787. He hosted General George Washington for breakfast at his farm near Berlin. SOUDER, JOHN NEVIN, SR. (1868-1936) Honored 1976 In 1908 John Souder, Sr., bought Springdale Farm located on the northeast side of Souder Road, which was later named in his honor. He was a pioneer in pasteurization in Brunswick and his was the second dairy to sell milk in glass bottles in this area. In 1909 he was involved in planning and building the First Reformed Church on West Potomac Street in Brunswick and in 1918 helped organize the Petersville Farmers Club. He was instrumental in organizing the Brunswick Cooperative Association in 1922, serving as its first president and remaining until his death in 1936. Mr. Souder helped organize the first Parent-Teachers Association at East Brunswick School and was a director of Peoples National Bank for many years. SOUDER, THOMAS WOODROW (1912-1981) Honored 1984 "Woody" Souder managed the family dairy, which later became Souder and Chick Dairy, until 1962 when he returned fulltime to his farm in Petersville. When the present Brunswick elementary schools consolidated, Mr. Souder was instrumental in forming a joint PTA and served as first president. He also headed Brunswick High School PTA and was a member of the School Desegregation Committee, leading Brunswick to form the successful "prototype" for the desegregated school system in Frederick County. As member and officer of the Brunswick Lions Club, Petersville Farmers Club, and a member and director of Jefferson Fire Company, Woody worked unstintingly for the betterment of his community. STAUB,JOHN THOMAS Honored 1988 (1932- ) John Thomas Staub was educated in Brunswick Schools where his resonant, deliberate speech might have presaged his life work. He and two partners introduced a new radio station at Braddock Heights, WMHI, in the 1950's. He later bought radio stations WJEJ-AM and WWMD-FM in Hagerstown.

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