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Jean Greenfield (Baker) 1/10/2006 I am not
sure how it will work but if you include a photo with your article I
will try to provide a thumbnail with the article that will hyper link to
the enlarged photo. I find that a photo can not be attached to the
form on the website it would have to be emailed as an attachment to me
separately. Each article would be limited to one photo. Curt -- If nothing happens between now and Jan 23, I'll be on the
road until the 1st part of April. If my lap top computer gets
repaired, I'll take it along and try to get you some sports stories
concerning my 4 years of varsity baseball and playing for Brunswick of
the Maryland State League from 52 - 56 when I got drafted. But,
then, maybe some stories of my military career might be interesting.
-- I'll work on it. Take care. Slick  Richard Bowers 
1/14,2006Class year: 1936 Article_for_websote: Drop your paddles - the partys' over". And so began a new era at Brunswick High School on that first day of school in September, 1932. Having just completed seven years of elementary education in a three-room school at Point of Rocks and moving to Brunswick that summer, my twin brother and I were not prepared for what was in store for us that morning. We hadn't had the opportunity to make many friends and to learn of our new school traditions. As we approached the high school at the crest of the hill, much to our surprise was a welcoming party to greet us. Armed with paddles, a line of seniors were urging us to submit to the "Initiation" for new students Time was of the essence - should we submit or run back for our safety and find another route to get inside that building. AND THEN IT HAPPENED! Someone yelled "here comes the new principal" and all eyes were on a clean-cut, young man descending the steps from the south entrance door. As he approached the line of seniors with that famous stern expression, he brought the party to an end forever. A sigh of relief followed - from that moment on, Wilbur Devilbiss was a man to make an indelible impression on all of his students (and faculty) thereafter. To my memory, there haven't been many like him since. Curt Webber 1/116/2006 Class 1941 Obituaries I recently received obituaries from a 1974 alumni for members of her class and
other classes, that are deceased and were not shown on the alumni site.
It would be helpful if others that read this would send a copy of the
obituary for deceased alumni (that normally can be obtained from
the archives of newspapers) or date of death known to them that is not
on the website. Class secretaries can use this information and
likewise should be able to provide this information to me at
curwebber@aol.com . Our alumni are scattered throughout the
world they are interested to know what happens to their former class
mates. Mr. Ray
Lucas Sr.
Class 1938
Ray Ervin Lucas Sr., 86, of Brunswick, Md., died peacefully Wednesday,
January 18, 2006, at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Mrs.
Thelma E.Hovermale Devol
Class 1929
Thelma Elmeda Hovermale DeVol, 94, of Cary, NC died on Sunday, January
15, 2006 at Wakemed Cary hospital. A native of Brunswick, MD, she was
born on September 12, 1911 to the late Howard Burman and Victoria Wilson
Hovermale. In addition to her parents, her husband, Morris B. DeVol,
brother, Howard W. Hovermale Thanks to Tim who grew up in Lovettsville and spent a lot of time in Brunswick we have 31 additional Where Did They Get Those Nickname? Here is what Tim had to say
"Hey
there. I used to hang out in Brunswick, Md most of my life and I grew up
across the river near Lovettsville, VA many, many years ago"
Mr.
Charles
McLane
III
Class 1996
Mr. Charles David "Charlie" McLane III, 27, of
Waynesboro, Pa., formerly of Brunswick died on Friday, February 3, 2006
at Waynesboro Memorial Hospital. He was the fiance of Heather Jacobson
of Waynesboro. Hi Curt; With the 70th Anniversary of the Class
of 1936 approaching thought it might be worthwhile to reminisce about
events during the gloomy 1930's. The nation was in a deep economic
depression and particularly affecting a railroad town. You would think
it was enough to dampen the spirits of even the kids in school. However
there were exceptions, one of them being a songfest held at noon hour in
Classroom 10B. That happened to be my home room during my Junior year
and was one of my most memorable and enjoyable school activities. Back
then we were able to buy song books at the local five and dime store
with the words of the most popular songs of the day. Having been
introduced to singing in the music classes of Ruth Coblentz Swank in the
8th and 9th grades we were determined to carry on our group singing. So
every lunch hour with permission of Miss Howard, our home room teacher,
we would sing our hearts out to our favorite songs - what a blast! The Class of 1941 will be observing its 65th anniversary this year and as with Richard Bowers I have been reflecting back to the early 40’s period in my life. Times were tough back then. I worked at Swank Hardware store on Saturday’s for .25 cents a hour for half a day. This was good for a single young person as there were married men with children not making that much, if they had work at all. I was fortunate in getting a job as a Messenger in Washington, DC and started to work the day after I graduated for $3.65 a day. Now that was moving along. Many refer to this time in life as the good old days. Reflecting back these were some very tough times, but because of our youth we thought things were great.
I bought
my first car in January 1947, which was a new 1946 Super Deluxe Ford for
$1750.00. I had signed up to purchase the car in June 1946.
These were the first cars built after World War 2 and it was premium to
be able to obtain one. When I was notified by the dealer in
Frederick in December 1946 that the car had arrived, I was in Newton D
Baker Veteran’s hospital in Martinsburg. I did not have a penny in
the bank nor a check coming in from my work as I had been off work sick
for over two weeks. I borrowed $500.00.from my brother-in-law for the
down payment and $38.00 from a cousin to pay for the title and tags. Now
the rest of the story, I did not know how to drive and had no drivers
licenses. I put a crease in the left front fender backing out of
the garage. Sold the car to a dealer in Washington, DC for
$1950.00 in June 1947 to get married and buy some furniture
Hey,
This is Katie McLane Rymer. I am class president of 1996. We
are planning a reunion for the weekend of July 22. More
details will be posted as plans specify.
Yet, we want everyone to hold this weekend and to give us any
suggestions.
You can contact Katie at
k1mac247@aol.com
On February 11, 2006, Donald J. Rohrback, of Forest Hill, died at his home. He was 83. Mr. Rohrback was born in Knoxville, Md., on September 11, 1922. He was the son of the late Jesse P. and Daisy Rohrback (nee Cooper).
He was a graduate
of Brunswick High School and a US Navy Air Corp veteran of World War
II.
I am trying to maintain a current list of
all living veterans from WW2 (The Greatest Generation) as Tom
Brokraw referred to them. I have a list on the site of all
known who served from the Brunswick area during WW2. To see
the list click on the link
Still living from Greatest Generation
found about the middle of the first page on the alumni site
on the right side. Those that have been reported to me as
deceased are highlighted with an (*) following their name.
Please email me at
curwebber@aol.com the names of
those you no to be deceased and not so identified on the list.
Irishemerald12 [1:29 A.M.]:
Genie Bowers
telephoned my dad Stuffy Rooney to ask him some questions about the
Hahn brothers the other day.
I have received good response from Richard Bowers, Gene Bowers and
Jean Baker identifying deceased veterans of WW2. Just today I
received in the mail from Gene Bowers the names of 191 names of
known WW2 veterans that are deceased. So far we have identified 387
deceased of the total 780 veterans we have on the list, and there
are many more that we still need to identify. Gene
stated in his letter I contacted "Red" Phillips, Ed & Margaret
Spurrier, Stuffy Rooney, Lawrence Heffner, Wendell Stewart, Pauline
Gosnell and Doris Toms and with their help I was able to verify the
191 deceased, that he had on his list. Gene went on to say It
really gave me an opportunity to get reacquainted with a lot of
people. I might add that it was Gene and myself along with a
lot of others Gene contacted such as listed above, that compiled the
list of WW2 veterans from the Brunswick area. a couple years ago. If
you check the list on the memorial plaque on "A" Street it does not
list but a small portions of those from the Brunswick area that
served during WW2.The list we have compiled can be seen at
Still
living from Greatest Generation
Mr. Leonard
Lucas Class 1936
Leonard Sylvester
Lucas, 88, of Brunswick, Md., died Thursday, March 9, 2006, at
Frederick Memorial Hospital, Frederick, Md. Born August 31, 1917 in
Custer County, Okla., he was a son of the late Lee Lucas and Ruth
Alger Lucas.
If any of the readers have relatives buried there they may want to
call any of the 3 of us and see if you have spaces available
Jim Cox 834-8802, Floyd Goetz 834-9578 or Jackie Ebersole
834-7444
We will be glad to share the information we are gathering. Mrs. Virginia Chew (Cramer) Class 1932 As originally published on Monday, March 13, 2006.
Virginia Lee Cramer,
91, of Knoxville, Md., died Saturday, March 11, 2006, at her
residence. Joseph A. Keefer Jr., 47 Class 1976 JULY 9, 1958-MARCH 10, 2006
KEEDYSVILLE - Joseph Alvin
Keefer Jr., 47, of 3528 Chestnut Grove Road, died Friday, March 10,
2006, at Washington County Hospital. Owen B Pearrell Class 1948
KNOXVILLE, Md. - Owen Baker Pearrell, 75, of Knoxville, died Monday,
March 13, 2006, in Frederick, Md.
Mrs. Alice Axline (McDade) Class 1933 Born October 15, 1916 in Petersville, she was a daughter of the late Harry D. and Alma Jane Henderson Axline. Curt Webber 3/28/2006 Class 1941 Recent deceased Kenneth W. Baker, 44 Class 1979 JUNE 9, 1961-MARCH 24, 2006 PAEONIAN SPRINGS, W.Va. - Kenneth Wayne Baker, 44, of Paeonian Springs, died Friday, March 24, 2006, at his home.Born June 9, 1961, in Ranson, W.Va., he was the son of William Howard Baker of Ranson and Joyce Bechtol Baker Myers of Brunswick, Md. Curt Webber 4/2/2006 Class 1941 Deceased classmates I have on several occasions had classmate furnish the names of members of their class that are deceased and the information is not shown on the alumni site. I believe others should do likewise so the status of all our alumni is known to visitors. Many visit the site to find out what ever happened to ??????? Curt Webber 4/25/2006 Class 1941 Recent reported deceased
William L Cornelius Sr. Class 1960
Ms. Nina Moss (Lawson) Class 1961 Mrs. Lawson was born on June 25, 1942, in Brunswick. She was a daughter of the late Paul M. Moss and Margaret "Pansy" Dunn Moss. Charles Lindbergh Hawes Class 1944 Charles Hawes passed away in Florida. on 4/25/2006 Reported by his grand daughter
Mrs. Catherine Bohrer (Harrington) Class 1941 She was born on May 5, 1923 in Brunswick and was the daughter of the late Ira Irvin and Edna Cannon Bohrer. She was the wife of B. Richard Harrington of Jefferson Leroy Dixon Class 1941 Just learned from
Leroy's nephew that he is deceased. Was not given any
particulars. Submitted by Cheryl (Johnston) Mitchell (daughter)
William (Bill) Johnston
class of 1943 and his wife, Shirley (nee Bell) will celebrate
their 60th wedding anniversary on May 15, 2006
Leroy (Bud) Logue Class 1946
Leroy E. "Bud" Logue, 77, of 17399 Oak
Ridge Drive in Hagerstown, Md., surrounded by family, friends
and Pastor, went home to be with his Lord on Thursday, May 11,
2006.
Mrs. JoeAnn Rickerds (Higdon) Class 1952
JoeAnn Higdon, 71,
of Knoxville, died on Tuesday, May 16 at her residence. Born on
Mrs.
Mildred Nalley (Walker) Class
of 1944
Mildred Blanche Walker, 79, of 15
East H. Street, Brunswick, died
Wednesday, May 24, 2006, at
Frederick Memorial Hospital in
Frederick.
Mrs. Mary Virginia Morsberger
(Cooper) Class 1930
Mary Virginia Morsberger Cooper,
age 93, of Brunswick, died
Wednesday, June 7, 2006 at
Washington County Hospital in
Hagerstown. N Diane Kelbaugh (Kern) Class 1972
Norma Diane Kellbaugh (Kern) age
72, died 6/3/2004
Rev. Preston Lucas Class of 1934 Rev. Preston E. Lucas, 91, of 1136 Central Ave., Columbia, Pa., died Wednesday morning in the Lancaster General Hospital after a brief illness. He was the husband of Emma Barton Haverstick Gerfin Lucas for 18 years and the late Anna Marie Faretty Lucas, his wife of 49 years who preceded him in death in 1988.
Born near Stanley, Virginia, he
was the son of the late Lee and
Ruth Alger Lucas.
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