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Professionals
MEDICAL DOCTORS
(From directories and yearbooks, 1890 to 1990)
| Arlington G. Horine |
(1890 Directory) |
| Levin K. West |
(1891 " ) |
| J. W. Hilleary |
(1895 " ) |
| C. S. Rather |
(1895 " ) |
| C. S. Rather |
(1895 " ) |
| C. L. Harbaugh |
(1896 " ) |
| G. Moody Brubaker |
(1896 " ) |
| W. H. Gannon |
(1896 " ) |
| Harry S. Hedges |
(1896 " ) |
| Charles W. R. Crum |
(1909-11 Md. Gazetteer) |
| J. G. F. Smith |
(1915 Directory) |
| J. M. Baxter |
(1927 " ) |
| G. Thomas Strother |
(1929 Yearbook) |
| William Schnauffer |
(1937 " ) |
| William Carpenter |
(1937 " ) |
| ? Thompson |
( ? ) |
| C Charles Eugene Pruitt |
(1947) |
| William Werner Orrison |
(1950-53) |
| C. T. Byron Kao |
(1957) |
| Wayne Allgaier |
(1974) |
| Leonard Kinland |
(1978) |
| Allan Mann (Podiatry) |
(1981) |
| Kathleen Stern |
(1985) |
| Judith Pasierb |
(1987) |
| Christopher Fleming |
(1990) |
CHIROPRACTORS
| Francis Edmonds |
(1940 Yearbook) |
| Kenneth N. Beale |
(c1980) |
| Dr. Ward, of Winchester, came to Brunswick regularly. |
(1909-11 Yearbook) |
DOCTORS
FROM BRUNSWICK WHO PRACTICED ELSEWHERE DENTISTS
Eugene Elgin
Richard Jones
Kenneth Jones
William Schnauffer
Werner Orrison
John Harley
Dentists
| John S. Billot |
(1895 Directory) |
| C. L. Harbaugh |
(Also a physician) |
| T. A. Ramey |
(1896 directory) |
| Clarence E. Foster |
(1909-11 Directory) |
| Wade B. Watson |
(1909-11 Directory) |
| J. G. Kearfott |
(1927 Directory) |
| Dr. Gorrell |
(1929 - visited schools) |
| Dr. Kefauver |
(1930's - visited schools) |
| William L. Lloyd |
(1933) |
| Stanley Meadows |
(1930 Yearbook) |
| Paul Shaffer |
(1965) |
| Michael J. Clair |
(Medical Center) |
| Richard G. Smith |
(Medical Center) |
| Steven P. Afsahi |
(Medical Center) |
| Richard H. Garden |
(Medical Center) |
| Benjamin Weiser |
(Shopping Center) |
PHARMACISTS
| Arlington Horine |
(1895 Directory) |
| W. H. Gannon |
(1896 Directory) |
| Hagar Barnett |
(1909-11 Directory) |
| Howard B. Hovermale |
(1913) |
| Dr. Roddick |
(1930) |
| Fred Ravenscroft |
(1938) |
| Sidney Fribush |
(1952) |
| Robert Moler |
(1962) |
| Harry Payne |
(1963) |
VETERINARIANS
| Henry Rojewski |
(1973) |
| Kristine Wilson |
(1982) |
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NOTE OF INTEREST PERTAINING TO BRUNSWICK'S PHYSICIANS
In the early years, Brunswick had no doctor shortages, but later, beginning
in the 1950's until the 1980's, the community had such a shortage of doctors
that an article appeared in The Baltimore Sun on Tuesday, September 16,
1969, about Brunswick searching for a "second physician" by selling stock
to lure physician to the community. The town was willing to sell the stock
to raise money to buy equipment and furnish an office. The article apparently
brought no new doctor to the little community of 4,000.
The article also stated in the "early years" the bustling railroad
town had no shortage of physicians but that today the residents had only
one full time physician.
In 1990, the community has five medical doctors and five dentists.
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THE RED CROSS BLOODMOBILE
During World War II the Red Cross Bloodmobile made periodic visits to the
Brunswick Volunteer Fire Company, where blood was donated especially for
military needs. During the late 1940's, 50's, and 60's the Bloodmobile
added the Methodist Church to its sites to visit.
From 1968 on, the American Legion was the site for the Bloodmobile
during February, March, July, and November. Brunswick High School was the
site for March or April, the latter of which visit was sponsored by the
senior class.
VOLUNTEERS
Classifications for volunteer services were registration, donor history,
temperature, bottle preparation, typists, technicians, canteen servers,
and the Red Cross representatives.
Nineteen Brunswick citizens served as volunteers during 1969, eleven
of whom were members of the Inner Wheel (Rotary Wives). Faithful through
the years were Mrs. Forrest (Fern) Moler, Mrs. Harwood (MaryJane) Watson,
Mrs. Ralph (Betty) Stauffer, Mrs. William (Lila) Wenner, Mrs. Philip (Elaine)
Childs, Mrs. Draper (Dottie) Sutcliffe, Mrs. William (Nellie) Lloyd, Mrs.
Douglas (Mary) Wetnight, Mrs. Emory (Elizabeth) Frye, Mrs. Harry (Ruth)
Nicholson, and Mrs. Eugene (Margaret) Bowers. A complement of 27 persons
serves at each
visit. Mrs. Emory Frye has served as Coordinator of Volunteers since
1969.
Chairman of the Red Cross Blood Program James Grove and three other
Red Cross Representatives came from Frederick. Donor nurses and technicians
came from the D.C. area at first, but in later years, the local chapter
was transferred to the Baltimore Area, and workers then came from there.
PUBLICITY
Although notices of the Bloodmobile visit always appeared in the Blade
Times and the Brunswick Citizen, a telephone committee operated from 1971
to 1977 to contact each person who had previously contributed blood. The
callers were George Bennett, Harry Bodie, Sr., Emory V. Frye, John Graham,
Pauline Gosnell, Richard Magalis, Robert Martin, Lawrence Nelson, Ralph
Stauffer, and Mrs. William (Hattie) Durkin. In addition to telephoning,
Inner Wheel members contacted the churches to notify them of Bloodmobile
visits.
BLOOD ASSURANCE GROUP
PLAN
Upon registration, each donor designates which organization will receive
credit in the Blood Assurance Program. If 20 percent of organization members
contributes, everyone in that organization is eligible for free blood when
needed. Groups with fewer than 25 members need five donors to qualify members
for free blood.
The bloodmobile started making visits to Brunswick in 1969 as local
organizations enrolled in the Frederick County Red Cross Blood Assurance
Program. A 1976 listing of participants included Bethany Lutheran Church,
Brunswick Elementary School, Farmers and Mechanics Bank, Lions Club, Masonic
Lodge 191, Megusta Mills, Rotary Club, American Legion Steadman-Keenan
Post 96, and Petersville Ruritan Club, with Grace Episcopal Church, Brunswick
High School, Amatucci Chevrolet-Oldsmobile, and Needwood Farm joining later. The Brunswick American Legion Auxiliary served meals to the volunteers
and Red Cross representatives. The American Legion's cooperation has been
exemplary over the years. Former county Bloodmobile chairman James Grove
stated that Brunswick has more rare blood types than any area in the county.
Brunswick's record number of pints of blood donated occurred in 1981 when
170 pints were taken.
Brunswick came through in an emergency in 1976 when many Red Cross
records were destroyed in a flash flood and personal contact for donations
was impossible. Brunswick rose to the emergency when 24 Kristine donors
raised the total registered to 148. The drastic layoffs of the CSX Corporation
have had a serious effect in decreasing blood donations in Brunswick.
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SCHNAUFFER HOSPITAL
June Shewbridge Jones, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence D. Shewbridge,
was the first registered nurse employed at the Schnauffer Hospital; she
remained there until its closing.
Dr. William Schnauffer, Jr., a native of Brunswick and son of Mr. and
Mrs. William Schnauffer, founded the hospital in 1932. June arrived in
1934, having worked two years previously at Frederick City (later Frederick
Memorial) Hospital. Before her coming, the doctor's sister-in-law, Clara
("Sis"), wife of Judge Patrick Schnauffer, ministered to the sick. The
only other staff was the founder's uncle, Dr. Levin West, who administered
anesthesia, ether being the only one used there. Later, Dr. William Carpenter
was also brought in for this service, and in addition also covered for
Dr. Schnauffer on occasion. Every year Dr. Schnauffer visited the Mayo
Clinic to keep abreast of new medical developments. On occasions such as
these, no doubt, Dr. Carpenter took over the reins.
The area served by the hospital included Lovettsville, Sandy Hook,
Weverton, Yarrowsburg, and Brownsville.
The hospital was first located over Schnauffer's Garage at Maple Avenue
and A Street which the doctor's brother, West, operated for many years.
Two apartments existed over the garage prior to the coming of the hospital
and were restored when the hospital changed location. Today Herb Daugherty
owns the building.
As the original facility increased to include ten beds, staff was added.
R.N.s having served here besides Mrs. Jones were Mary Jane Watson, Catherine
Coffman Smith, and Jane Poe. Mary Jane recalls serving for $40 a month,
12-hour days, with no fringe benefits. Vatus Nuse was cook. Almost every
kind of operation was performed, including hernias, gall bladder, tonsillectomies,
deliveries, appendectomies, etc. Dr. Leo Gafney came from Washington, D.C.
on consultation and assisted with surgery as needed. He would arrive on
the 2:00PM train, operate, then return the same evening. Tonsil removal
required an overnight
stay, but an appendectomy required a stay of ten days to two weeks,
and gall bladder operation, about three weeks. At this early date there
was no movement of patients for about a week. Mothers and babies were kept
about ten days, with a delivery charge of $25 and a nursery fee of 50 cents
per day. The room charge was about $7 private, $5 semi-private, and $3.50
in the ward.
By 1937 (date on B Street doorway), need for a larger facility developed.
At the corner of Virginia Avenue and B Street was a vacant lot with a string
of garages across the rear parallel to Virginia Avenue. Its neighbor to
the south was a one-and-a-half story house that was incorporated into the
hospital plant. The house had belonged to a Mr. Barger. Harvey "Sonny" Cannon dug the foundation with the ditchdigger, and John Funk built the
hospital, which included a small elevator large enough for a bed.
The staff at the new location included June Jones, who was director
of nursing services and superintendent of the hospital upstairs. Mary Jane
Watson had charge of the downstairs, including the doctor's office and
delivery room. She put medicine in bottles, took X-Rays and developed them— unprotected, and assisted with operations. She autoclaved linens, solutions
and instruments, and boiled and wrapped instruments. Mary Jane remembers
receiving $60 a month for these duties.
Other Registered Nurses were Catherine Coffman Smith, Emma Dinterman,
Geraldine Kerns Basore, of Harpers Ferry, who rented here; Becky Snyder
Blessing (who roomed with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brown across from the hospital);
Adelaide Olinger Kettering (from West Virginia, who also roomed with the
Browns); Aileen Michael Kelly, Kathleen Rickards Cage, Jane Poe, Gladys
Sharrar (Burkittsville —short term), and Miss Kathrine Morrison (of Martinsburg,
now deceased). Over the decade of the hospital, there was one nurse on
each of the three shifts: 7 - 3, 3 - 11, and 11 - 7.
In the new facility, Dr. Gafney continued to come from D.C. for special
cases along with another physician Dr. MacNamara. Dr. Carpenter served,
Dr. West continued to fill in, and Dr. Strother did his deliveries there.
Nurses Aides included Edna Frye (Baker), Thelma Frye (McMurry), Connie
Isaac (Jenkins), L.P.N., Louise Mireley Kimes, Ethel Wenner Trice, Jeanette
House Ephraim, Hilda Magaha, Betty Carter Roelke (deceased), Charlotte
Nalley Hammond, Idelle Thompson, Marie Cox Derflinger, Lillian Boger, of
Virginia, Lois Bowers Hawser, Mabel Harrison, Lucy Penwell, and Lucille
Beatty. The aides gave baths, rubbed backs, brought fresh water, gave A.M.
care, carried trays, fed patients, changed beds daily, and performed other
services incumbent to their positions. "We made $30 a month and saved money," stated one of these aides. They worked five eight-hour days a week. Only
at the second hospital location were there orderlies. Recalled were Henry
Giles, John Bush, Philip Smothers (Burkittsville), William Hardy and Willis
Gilbert. They cared for the male patients, shaved them, gave enemas, did
the cleaning and mopping. They were trained at the hospital. Mae Fink from
Charles Town served as technician.
Anna Thompson Sullivan, of Brownsville, was the cook at the newer hospital,
while Judge Schnauffeis wife, Elaine, prepared the diets. There were no
volunteers at this hospital. For its day, Schnauffer Hospital was well
equipped, having an eleccardiagram, oxygen tents, ultra-violet lights,
X-ray, diathermy, colonic irrigating machine (which some people required
weekly), and equipment to do I.V.'s. Even tooth extractions were done there
by dentists.
An annual state inspection was required. The revolving floor fans were
recalled as doing an adequate job of keeping the hospital comfortable.
Visiting hours were 2 - 4 and 7 - 8 PM. The dwelling adjacent was connected
to the main building and served as the waiting room. The nurses' residence
was in the same building with Miss Ella Minor serving as house mother;
for this there were three rooms and a bath upstairs.
Dr. Schnauffer is remembered as a good administrator, being very kind,
helpful, patient and with a nice bedside manner. (Our consultants for this
history did not recall any "trouble" among patients and nurses, or any
personnel problems.)
Everyone must have his or her favorite story about the hospital experience.
Louise Bireley Kimes cites the following as the happiest experience of
her life outside of family and home: Leroy Grams' son was five years old.
(He too was named Leroy and later married Shirley Kneisley.) He had run
a nail in his foot and tetanus developed. They couldn't part his teeth
to feed him. Everyone thought he was going to die. Louise was making the
rounds with Dr. Schnauffer, and as they stood beside the small child's
bed his jaws unlocked. Louise has never experienced such happiness as she
did that day. Leroy began to talk; he started calling Louise "Sugar." Louise
saw Leroy years later at the Seventh Street Shopping Center when it opened.
His wife said, "So this is Sugar?" "Yes, this is Sugar," he answered.
Dr. Schnauffer moved to Frederick when he bought the "Spite House" on Church Street and was
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commuting between home and hospital. This may have been one reason
that contributed to his closing the hospital in 1946. Also, the railroad
was raising its test standards for employees and more government requirements
were entering the picture, making the enterprise too costly to sustain.
It was a sad loss for Brunswick in July 1946 when the Schnauffer Hospital
closed its doors on its last patient.
S - Thelma Frye McMurry
- June Shewbridge
- Mary Jane Watson
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BRUNSWICK
HEALTH CENTER
Brunswick's first Health Clinic was located in the lower level of the Jewish
Synagogue, in 1947. Inucr Wheel members cleaned the quarters for a Baby
Clinic, for which Doctors Pruitt and Carpenter provided help. Nurses from
the Frederick County Health Department also staffed the clinic, in which
Inner Wheel members continued to volunteer. Mary Jane Watson was the nurse
volunteer.
A Pregnant Mothers clinic was added, requiring another room. Equipment
was augmented by the Frederick office. A move was made to the Moose building;
Inner Wheel continued help by providing transportation for regular clients.
Eventually a Health Clinic building was built at 601 East Potomac Street;
it was dedicated November 4, 1978. This was one of three satellites associated
with the Frederick County Health Department. It contains two treatment
rooms, kitchen-lab area, office, and a small waiting room.
A medical equipment "loan chest," provided by the service organizations
and several businesses, was introduced during the 1950's. The "chest" was
located at Mrs. Lynch (Core) Gross' home. She was responsible for distribution
and record-keeping. The items included an adjustable hospital bed, commode,
crutches, and wheel chair. When the Ambulance Company organized, the loan
chest was transferred to them.
S - Leah MacMillan
- Elizabeth R. Frye
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THE BRUNSWICK
MEDICAL CENTER
The Brunswick Medical Center finally materialized in the Fall of 1980.
The medical center was a dream in the making since 1968. The seed that
grew into a $541,000 medical center was first planted in January 1968,
when Brunswick had only two doctors. The town was growing and the residents
realized that two doctors were not enough to meet the needs of the community.
A medical center corporation was formed and the search for doctors was
begun, but that was not successful.In the mid 1970's two new doctors and
a dentist moved into the Brunswick area and they tried to build their own
medical center, but they also ceased their efforts because the sewer service
to the property they had selected would have cost about $100,000.
The original medical center corporation was reactivated in 1979, and
after battling bureaucratic delays they finally got the Farmers Home Administration
to approve a $541,200 loan in Marchof 1980. The town donated a one-third
acre tract at Ninth Avenue and Cummings Drive with the stipulation that
the Medical Corporation retain its non-profit status. The loan would be
paid off through rental fees. The office space would rent for $6 to $8
per square foot.
The 6,500 square-foot structure was built by Stamper Construction Corporation
of Hagerstown, Md., for $433,900. The balance of the FmHA loan would pay
the interest and legal and architectural fees.
It was planned that there would be an ambulance entrance on the side
of the building and that a doctor would be on call for emergencies.
The only equipment that the Medical Center Corporation provided was
a defibralator, which was donated by the Brunswick Ambulance Company, and
the X-ray machine, which cost $15,000. The Medical Center Corporation had
only $9,000 for the device but hoped to raise the rest of the money by
the time the center was to be opened.
The 1990 officers and board members serving since the original organization
in 1980 are Joanne Runkles, President; Herb Daugherty, Vice President;
Nancy Mohler, Secretary; Norma Wigfield, Treasurer; William Sauser, Legal;
Mel Taylor, Dr. Henry Rojewski, Jim Cox, Gary Barkman, Arlene King, Pete
Maynard, C. Wayne Carter, Lee Smith, and Raymond Will.
Brunswick's twelve-year dream for a medical center was realized when
the center opened in 1980; it was finally a "Dream Come True."
S - Joanne Runkles W-BLC
FOLK MEDICINES
Some of the old-time home remedies recallea include the following:
· Spring tonic: sulphur and molasses.
· Sassafras tea: in the spring.
· Rusty bacon: keep bacon out of refrigerator until rancid,
then scrape from it and place under a bandage on a boil, pimple,
or rusty nail puncture or a cut.
· Lily petals steeped in whiskey for colds.
· Coal oil mixed with sugar for the croup.
· Rock candy cough syrup.
· Cresoline lamp for respiratory problems.
· Vinegar in molasses for a cough.
· Teaspoon of whiskey held in the mouth for toothache.
· Aspirin and cider for the flu.
· Wash-bluing mixed with water for whooping cough.
· Goose grease applied to the chest for chest colds.
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FLU EPIDEMIC
The Spanish influenza epidemic of 1918 struck Brunswick just as it did
many other towns and cities in the country. "Dutch" Burns remembers seeing
the bodies of 29 victims on the floor of the Feete Furniture Factory, which
was on the lot where Feete's apartment house now stands in the junction
of Petersville Road and Maryland Avenue. In addition, the undertaking establishment
was overfilled with the dead.
Precautions were taken against the dread disease. One supposed preventive
was an asafetida bag worn around the neck. Asafetida was a fetid gum resin
of oriental plants used in folk medicine against disease; this is no longer
widely practiced. One person remembers hog manure being used— heated as
a poultice and applied to the chest. The mother on whom this was used survived
the flu attack. Hot onions were also used as a poultice, a mass of heated
material applied to an infected area. Every evening after school, Dutchremembersbeing
dosed with a drink of coal oil and sugar taken as he ate a raw onion. Before
retiring to bed, many people took a "hot pot," which consisted of a small
amount of whiskey, sugar and hot water. One couple "stayed drunk to avoid
the flu."
The sick were quarantined. The entire Snoots family—parents and four
children—were in the B&O Hospital, which was attached to the Y.M.C.A.,
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 "fete" Roby, and Stanley Virts helping the
sick and moving and hauling the dead.
S - Dutch Burns
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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 of fice was at6South Maple Avenue next to Commuter Lounge
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 immediately to the doctor's office and waited until
Dr. Smith returned.
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LAWYERS IN BRUNSWICK
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.
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 Investigation, 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 corresponding
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 "government service," at that time.Patrick Schnauffer received
his law degree in 1932, passing both the Maryland and Virginia bar examinations
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 Montgomery Counties)
and became Chief Judge of the Circuit Court 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 Department of Justice and represents the
U. S. Government 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 of Baltimore in 1980, he has
been practicing in Frederick.
In the mid eighties, Osborne and Winters, also of Fredenck, had an
office in the Horine building on the Square Corner.
More recently, William Sauser, who moved to Brunswick from the Washington
area in 1976, has been practicing law here since 1978. He is now at 310
West Potomac Street.
Julie Blair arrived in 1983, and worked from the second floor office
at 318 West Potomac Street. From 1984 until 1986, her home at 517 Brunswick
Street served as her office, then in November of the latter year she became
a parer of Bill Sauser's law firm.
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CHARLES
H. "CHARLIE" THORNTON, C.P.A.
Charlie Thornton studied two years at Freder ick Community College and
two years at the Uni versity of Maryland after completing his public schooling
in Brunswick. He has practiced his profession since 1979, first in Frederick,
then in Washington, D. C., before opening private practice in May of 1984
in the Horine building, Brunswick. Ir January of 1990 he moved to his present
location 326 West Potomac Street.
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Do You Know ....
That the Peoples National Bank ocquired land for their bank fronting 27
feet on West Potomac Street an 33 feet deep from Berlin Lot 23 in 1909.
In 1923 they expanded east with two 25-foot parcels from Lot 46 to their
original plot; they disposed of the easternmost to Sam Cincotta in 1925.
Today Kings Pizza occupies that land.
That Alfred T. "Bets" Mills, who operated a confectionery store and
whose wife, Annie Spillman Mills, of Martinsburg, taught at Brunswick High
School, bought 11 North Virginia Avenue in 1933.
That in 1914 four county high schools were to be abolished: Adamstown,
Jefferson, Myersville, and Walkersville. Brunswick was to remain with Thurmont
and Middletown, ail accredited high schools, according to the BRUNSWICK
TIMES of that year.
That in one day on Sunday, August 30, 1914, in less than seven hours
actual working time the huge turntable at the round house was repaired
and a new pivot put in place.
That the turntable is 80 feet long and weighs 50 tons. (1914 stats).
That the contract for the new high school was dated December 13, 1911.
That on March 9,1910, instructor Roger Harley was notified that the
Frederick County Teachers Association was granted permission to meet as
a county association.
That the front of the YMCA faced the railroad tracks, NOT Potomac Street;
the latter was the BACK of the "Y."
That the local freight yards were so large that they could run four
trains at one time.
That the trackmen's "gandy cat" was different from a "speeder" in that
the latter had a motor.
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