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suffering with the flu. All six survived, says "Dutch," although Dr. Hedges, a Brunswick physician, and the B&O doctors visiting from Baltimore during the emergency, did not expect them to survive. George Hardy remembers that when he was about six years old, his mother died October 18, 1918. "More people died than survived," he said. People couldn't always reach a doctor. Many soldiers died because there was no known cure. Even entire families died. Henry Levi Crummett remembers seeing nine funeral processions in one day. "Dutch," although about six years old at the time, remembers seeing James A. Roby, Alonzo Franklin "Tete" Roby, and Stanley Virts helping the sick and moving and hauling the dead. S - Dutch Bums
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WILL THE REAL DR. SMITH PLEASE STAND Dr. J. G. F. Smith and Winter "Concrete" Runkles had identical cars one year. Dr. Smith's office was at6SouthM apleAvenu enexttoCom muterLoun ge and he parked his car as near to the office as possible; he left his medical bag in the car for emergency calls. Winter Runkles used to park his car in the same block when he was downtown. One day Runkles went to his car to go home, started the motor and proceeded on his way. Somewhat later, Dr. Smith had a house call to make. He likewise went to his car, started up, and proceeded to his call. At his destination, he turned off the motor and reached for his bag. No bag! He reported to the police that someone had stolen his medical bag. Meanwhile, Winter Runkles arrived at his home. When he left the car, he noticed a strange bag in his car. Of course, he went immediatel y to the doctor's office and waited until Dr. Smith returned. W-MMM
LAWYERS IN BRUNSW ICK The Maryland State Gazetteer of 1909-10-11 lists John W. Kolb as a lawyer. There could have been more lawyers in this era, but the book staff found no more listed until the 1930's.
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Alfred R. Jones, son of Howard Marvin Jones, real estate and insurance salesman, became a lawyer and worked in his father's office on East Potomac Street. Then for a while he worked for the Frederick County Court. Later, he joined the Federal Bureau of Investigatio n, from which he ultimately retired. Frederick News-Post Yearbooks state that the Frederick County Bar Association was organized in 1923, and the later yearbooks show Alfred Jones as correspond ing secretary in 1937 and 1939. He is listed as treasurer of the Bar Association in 1942. The 1943 book again lists Jones as treasurer of the Bar, but indicates that he was in "governmen t service," at that time.Patrick Schnauffer received his law degree in 1932, passing both the Maryland and Virginia bar examination s the same week that year. He opened a small office in Brunswick and also worked in an established office in Frederick. In 1934, he opened his own office in Frederick, and was elected State's Attorney in 1938, Associate Judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit in 1942 (Frederick and Montgomer y Counties) and became Chief Judge of the Circuit Co11rt from 1956 until his retirment in 1969, having served longer than any other judge in his county, according to one observer. Sometime in the mid-forties, early fifties, Sheffield and Zimmerman , of Frederick, spent a day or more a week at an office that was for part of that time in the small room at street level at 127 West Potomac Street. Judge William Wenner began his legal practice in August 1959, and beginning April 1960, served four years as Deputy State's Attorney for Frederick County. He resigned to form a law firm partnership. In 1978 he was appointed Judge of the District Court of Maryland. In May 1980 he was appointed Associate Judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit. Since 1985 he has been on the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland with offices in Frederick and Annapolis. David Carmack works for the Departmen t of Justice and represents the U.S. Governmen t in tax litigation. His position could put him before any state appellate court and any Federal court, including the Supreme Court, for which he also writes briefs. After graduating from Brunswick High School, Gary Null graduated from Harvard Law School, magna cum laude, then settled in Dallas, Texas, where he is a partner in a prestigious law firm. Larry Heffner is a native of Brunswick and attended schools here. Since securing his law degree from the University ofBaltimore in 1980, he has been practicing in Frederick. In the mid eighties, Osborne and Winters, also