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10 October 2023

• 17:4717:47, 10 October 2023 diff hist +708‎ N File:Post Office Brunswick Street 1958.jpg ‎ When the U.S. Postal Service dedicated a new, then modern facility on Brunswick Street on October 11, 1958, the location of the post office had changed several times. The previous incarnations were located across from the YMCA, on the left side of the building that was the Potomac Shop & Hotel. We believe the first post office when the town the town was known as Barry, was established in 1832. (Photo courtesy of David Maloney and Heritage Frederick, Maryland via Frederick Maryland Old Phot... current
• 17:4017:40, 10 October 2023 diff hist +795‎ N File:BHS Football Coaches Foltz, Daugherty, Gaither.jpg ‎ BHS varsity football coaches in the Fall of 1970. Assistant coaches Gene Foltz and Butch Gaither flank head coach Herb Daugherty. The first head coach of football at Brunswick High, Coach Daugherty was starting his 3rd season. All were remembered as tough, but fair coaches. With the help of others, Herb Daugherty brought Football to BHS starting with the 1968-69 school year. According to Norm Cornelius: "When the BOE would not fund the lighting for night games, Herb & others did fundraising... current
• 17:2217:22, 10 October 2023 diff hist +214‎ N File:Civil Air Patrol Nick Burns.png ‎ CAP member Nicky Burns poses in front of an Army vehicle. The Edsel in the background dates the photo to at least the late 1950s. (Photo courtesy of Richard Care) Category:Smoketown Our Soldiers
• 17:1917:19, 10 October 2023 diff hist +855‎ File:Civil Air Patrol Boys.jpeg ‎ →‎Summary
• 17:1617:16, 10 October 2023 diff hist −260‎ File:CAP Civilian Air Patrol..jpg ‎ →‎Summary current
• 17:1417:14, 10 October 2023 diff hist +221‎ N File:Civil Air Patrol Hedges.jpeg ‎ Civilian Air Patrol member John Hedges poses sometime in the 1950s with the dirt landing strip of the old Brunswick airport behind him. (Photo courtesy of Richard Care) Category: Smoketown Our Soldiers
• 17:1117:11, 10 October 2023 diff hist +333‎ N File:Civil Air Patrol Boys.jpeg ‎ The men and boys were identified on the photo as top (L-R): Will Beacht, John Hedges and Larry Webber. A kneeling Rhett Webber salutes on the right. See the 1951 or '52 Chevy in the background beside the old airplane hangars. (Photo courtesy of Richard Care via Norm Cornelius) Category: Smoketown Our Soldiers
• 16:5916:59, 10 October 2023 diff hist +723‎ N File:Parade Clowns.png ‎ Here is a parade photo taken in front of Kaplons with the sign for what was then Fisher's Shell Station across W. Potomac Street. It's hard to tell if the parade celebrated the dedication of the Potomac River Bridge in August 1955, or the Diamond Jubilee in September, 1965. There was also an unseasonably warm Veteran's Day Parade in November, 1961. Some clues to date the photo are the 1950s era vehicles and the spectators' clothing styles. The spectators appear to have enjoyed the clowns in... current
• 16:5416:54, 10 October 2023 diff hist +1,223‎ N File:Blade-Times.jpeg ‎ Many of us remember the Blade-Times newspaper in a form factor similar to The Brunswick Citizen, which ceased publication in 2020. At one time it was a broad sheet. Since Editor & Publisher Henry (Cap) Rinker was underaged when he started the Brunswick Blade, he always retained his father's name--K.I. Rinker & Son--as publishers on the masthead. Here is an example from November 22, 1945, almost three months after the end of World War II and 18 years to the day before President Kennedy was a... current
• 16:5116:51, 10 October 2023 diff hist +500‎ N File:Gary Carter Signs with Senators.JPG ‎ 1967 news clipping of Gary Carter's professional signing with the old Washington Senators organization. Hard to tell whether this was from the Frederick News-Post or Blade-Times. A child prodigy Brunswick youth pitcher, he once threw a no-hitter in a Little League Game in 1961. Gary went on to pitch for 4 years in the old Washington Senators' system from 1967-70. He advanced as high as AAA in 1969. (News clipping courtesy of the Brunswick Orioles) Category:Smoketown Baseball current
• 16:3716:37, 10 October 2023 diff hist +978‎ N File:Brunswick Herald.jpg ‎ In honor of the recent first edition of the Brunswick News-Journal, here's a photo of the first page of its most distant predecessor: Vol. 1, No. 1 of The Brunswick Herald, dated March 6, 1891. Newspapers had a different approach back then: most of Page 1 is taken up by a section of a novel, plus a curiosity piece about desert animals, an excerpt from the memoirs of a famous French diplomat who knew Napoleon, some reprinted advice from the Boston Herald newspaper on politeness, and -- at the... current
• 16:3416:34, 10 October 2023 diff hist +30‎ File:Aircraft Warning ID (1).jpg ‎ →‎Summary current
• 16:3316:33, 10 October 2023 diff hist +280‎ N File:Aircraft Warning ID (1).jpg ‎ This Aircraft Warning Service ID for Zoe Kline was found in an old desk by her daughter. The service utilized private citizens who looked for and reported on enemy aircraft during World War II. (Courtesy of Carolyn Kline Cogle) Category:Smoketown Our Soldiers
• 00:3200:32, 10 October 2023 diff hist +638‎ N File:Mrs. Manuel Class 1967-68.jpeg ‎ Mrs. Frances Manuel's blended 4th & 5th grade class at BES in the 1967-68 school year. BHS Classes of 1975 and '76 represented here. First row - Todd Grams, Chris Weitzel, Frank Strakonsky, Michael Moulton, John Wheeler, Rob Kolker, Keith Webber. Second row - Robin McCutcheon, Kelly Schwinn, Robin Smith, ?, Darla Sigler, Shelby Scott, ?. Third row - Kathy Carter, Anita Morris, Vicki Huffer, Billy Roelke, Cathy Heffner, Tommy Ayres, Dennis Stockton, Mrs. Manuel. Fourth row: Keith Wilhelm,... current
• 00:2200:22, 10 October 2023 diff hist +736‎ N File:Meadows Building 1940s Saloon.jpeg ‎ According to a notation on the back of the photo, this was purportedly taken at Darr's Tavern in Brunswick on September 28, 1943. Jesse "Elg" Carter was the bartender on the right side. Several commenters on Smoketown History believe the location was whatever establishment preceded My Sister’s Place in the Meadows Building on S. Maple Avenue, however. According to Jim Dixon regarding this establishment in 1943, "I know about that time my mom worked there for a guy who's name was 'Jimmy the G... current
• 00:1700:17, 10 October 2023 diff hist +350‎ N File:Gary Carter Award.JPG ‎ Two Brunswick baseball legends. Former Washington Senators farmhand and Brunswick pitching legend Gary Carter with longtime manager Roger Dawson. This was Gary's induction into the 2017 Brunswick NSPBA Hall of Fame. Gary Carter passed away in May, 2023. (News clipping courtesy of the Brunswick Orioles) Category:Smoketown Sports current
• 00:0900:09, 10 October 2023 diff hist +568‎ N File:1959 BHS Girls Sports.JPG ‎ BHS Railroader girls were victorious in field hockey and field ball in 1959 at the old high school atop the 4th Avenue hill. According to Sean Staub, "Field ball was a game played on a soccer field with a soccer ball or basketball by two teams of 11 members each and combining many of the techniques of basketball and soccer." Mrs. Ruth Nicholson coached field hockey and may have also coached field ball. You may need to download the photo and enlarge to see all the names. (BHS Yearbook photo... current

9 October 2023

• 23:0623:06, 9 October 2023 diff hist +444‎ N File:Great Frederick Fair .JPG ‎ Here's a photo from the midway at the Great Frederick Fair in October, 1949. The caption tells the story. Students all over the county always got the Friday off from school to attend the Fair. Some memories: Doris Kelley Barker YES, WE HAD FRIDAY OFF AND WE WENT & HAD LOTS OF FUN. Anne Zumbach Looks like the hoochie girls on the left! (Photo courtesy of Frederick Maryland Old Photos) Smoketown Parades and Celebrations current
• 22:5922:59, 9 October 2023 diff hist +304‎ N File:Petersville School.jpg ‎ The old part of Compher's Crossroads Inn restaurant on the left side was originally the Petersville School. These are some of the students in what we believe to have been the early 1900s. Note the P's on the headbands. (Photo courtesy of Connie Silliman) Category: Smoketown Schools current
• 22:5422:54, 9 October 2023 diff hist +636‎ N File:BHS girls talk.jpeg ‎ mong some candid yearbook photos was this gem showing some girlfriends having happy chats with sweeping views of the mountains and sports fields. It was known as the "New High School" back then. We can identify Delores Jackson on the left foreground talking to Jocelyn Hill (both Class of ‘75). Deborah Jackson (Class of ‘74) is kneeling in the background chatting with Regina Peters (Class of ‘75). Cathy Dustin was sitting on the far left next to Mary Taulton facing the camera. The other girl... current