during 40's and 50's
Map showing Brunswick business downtown in 40's and 50's

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Where did they all go?
Please let me know of any business not shown below that was open during this period or spelling errors of  names
Any photos of business to display would be welcome
Ask an old geezer about these business, I did, they will tell you about them.
Click here to read some history of many of the business by Fred Brown
Click here to read some clarification to history of business in Brunswick by Judge Bill Wenner
 

Coal/ Oil * Gross Bros S & W George & Co Haze Halley Weil Bros Brunswick Co-op Boots Barger   Grocery Stores ** Acme American Store Bill Wenner store on the hill Roelky & Dixon Roelkys Triangle Food Market Molers Nuse Hoffmaster Pink Nalley OK Market Westend/Harrison Burgee Hilda Barker Calhoun Harrington Claude Porter Dewey Hickman Beattys Meat Market Wenner's City Meat Mkt Conway Grocery Harry Schamel   Hardware Stores Swank & Son Harry George Peoples Home and Auto   Bakery **** Smittys   Clothing Kaplon Clothing Werntz Clothing J J Newberry Lace Store MarBax Fashions   Denist Dr Watson Dr Stanley Meadows Dr Lloyd   Doctors Dr Levin West Dr William Schnauffer Dr Thomas G Strother Dr Charles Pruitt Dr Talbert Brice Dr J G Fowble Smith Dr Arlington Grove Horine Dr Thomas Carpenter Dr Werner Orrison Dr Cowl J B Mc Clean Dr Edmonds   Hospital Schnauffer's Hosp   Plumbers Newton Cooper Need names   Contractors/Carpenters Lee Keller Lee Cooper W.P. and W.W. Demory   Bulk Milk Haulers B & B Milk Transportation Boyers Milk   Meat & Sea Foods Eagle's Meats and Seafoods City Meat Market (Wenners)   Nursery and Shrubs Brunswick Nursery   Auto Body Work Littens Chevolet   Pawn Shop       * Coal was carried from truck to cellar window in coal carrying bags and dumped in window to coal bins in cellar or bins outside Ration stamps during ww2		Taxi Cabs Fosters Peg Ayers Metropolitian Buck Merriman   Drug Stores Watson Cut-Rate Barnett later Fribush Pharmacy Horine Mills   Banks Bank of Brunswick old Bank of Brunswick new Peoples National Bank   Jewelry Stores S & N Katz Hardings watch repair Ed Moores watch repair   Florist Donald Darr Brunswick Florist Shop   Garages Litten Eastend Litten Chevrolet Sales Westend West Schnauffer Cage Bros Bill Care Grams Chaney   Dry Cleaner Bill Utterback Shelly's Dawson's Dry Cleaning Ideal Cleaners Stines   Night Clubs Hawaiian photo after 40's Coates Corner Potomac View Compher Swing Inn Salty Dog   Dance Halls Picnic Woods Rod & Gun Club Moose Brunswick Fire Hall City Park Pavilion SCOB Park   Bus Service L & L Motor Lines Summers   Ice Cream Tates Ice Cream Nicodemus Ice Cream Hershey's Mains Ice Cream Middletown Humpty Dumpty Ice Cream Truck Variety of ice cream, fudge and popsicles (Curbside delivery)   Appliance Dealer S. W. George Harry Y George Litten Eastend during WW2 Gross Bros Potomac Edison Ralph Mulkey's Peoples Home and Auto   Radio Repair Mulkey's Radio Repair Weller's Radio Service   Shoe shining/bicycle repair Marion (Shake) Swope Billy Merriman   Orchards Smiths Orchards   Soda Bottling Co Gateway Soda Works           ** Groceries were delivered to homes by larger stores		Bowling/Pool Kaplon's   Pool/Billards Parson Eddie Payne's   Bowling YMCA Mason's Bowling Alley   Furniture Store Potomac Furniture Peoples Home & Furniture   Movies Imperial Theater   Football Field City Park High School / old Sheers Stadium   Baseball Field New Addition Scheers Stadium High School   Ice Company *** George Taylor & Son later Phleger Brunswick Ice   Lumber Company J P Karns Lumber Heffner Lumber   Shoe Repair Shop Bill Harrington   Milk Delivery  *** Souders later Souders & Chick Richard Summers   Dance Studio  Betty Lou Darr   Schools Westend Elementary Eastend Elementary Catholic High School High School hill BHS corner stone   Gas Stations Litten Shell Cage Bros Bill Care West Schnauffer Wenner Hoffmaster Len Follin's Esso Service Center   Carpets/Flooring Mace   Funeral Homes Feete Funeral Home Daily Funeral Home   News Paper Blade Times Nicodemus News Agency   Electricians George R Albert John D Wetnight Need names   Manufacturing Umbrella Factory   Insurance Agency's Phillips Insurance Kennedy Insurance House Shafer and Bowers Koogle Insuance Jo Greenwood Lutman Insurance Agency   News Paper Stand/Delivery Claude Porter   Skating/Amusement Bradock Heights   Fire Hall   *** Milk and Ice were delivered daily to homes and put on porches or in doorways. Ice put in icebox Milk bottle		Potomac Edison   C&P Telephone Co   Restaurants Maryland (Himes) YMCA Sanbowers Whistle Stop Mike & Joe's Foster's Hot Dogs Potomac Restaurant (Shaff)   Bar/Liquor Restaurant Nelsons Darrs Roma Inn later Metropolitan Kehne Burns Ephriams Crummitt Harry Hahn Sis's John's Diner Foster's Lunch and Cab Han's Cafe Bob Coate great seafood   Barber/Hair Stylist Snoots Wenners (YMCA Geo Merriman/Runkles) Norman Runkles Frans Kitty Shaff Bucky's Cinderella (Mildred Dean) Richard Magalis Bob LaRue Herb Price Porters Walt Ambrose   Churches First Baptist Lutheran St Francis Catholic First Methodist later First United Methodist Church of God NY Hill Methodist Evangelical & Reform later United Brethren Church called United Church of Christ Grace Episcopal Church Pentecostal Christian Missionary Alliance   Lodges/Clubs Eagles Moose Lions Elks American Legion Rotary Masons Boys & Girl Scouts   Swimming Pool   TV Repair Trudy Dawson TV Repair Gross Bros Weller Peoples Home & Auto   Auto Dealers Littens Chevolet Grams Buick Willard Motors   Rides/Entertainment McLane Enterprise   Realtors Tony Cincotta   Bread Delivery Schmidt Blue Ribbon Bread Bonnie Bread   Curbside Vender Humpty Dumpty Ice Cream       ****Smitty's  made home deliveries

   I would like to acknowledge receipt of contributions for this project, from numerous alumni, all Old Geezers
  Some are Fred Brown, Richard Bowers, Elaine Koogle (Bowers)  Adelaide Webber (Bower) Dot Webber (Proctor), Bill Kidwiler, Harold (Slick) Summers, Jackie McIntosh (Ebersole), John Spitzer

Comments from some Old Geezers  that sent in information.

Jean Baker.  Did you forget Walt Ambrose the barber - who use to put a crock on the boys head when he cut it?  Betty Lou Darr and Mary Margrabe had a clothing store in the early 50's.  Can't remember the name, but it was the two of them put together something like MarDarr, or the like

Dot Webber (Proctor).  Betty Lou Darr had a store around the corner from her Dad's place.  Bill Care garage, Ed Moore Jewelry Store, Tate and Jean Rosen had a store on Wenner's Hill, Mace had a store for floor covering, Grimes garage, Mrs.  Himes had a restaurant  across from the American Store.

The policeman that rode the motorcycle with a side car was Officer Ambrose. Legend has it that a desperado was on the loose in town and that Chief Joseph E. Chew sent his deputy to apprehend the culprit with the stern order -"Go get him Ammy - I'm Chief".

I just had a loss of memory attack when I referred to Mr. House's first name as "Peg". I mistakenly had someone else in mind - he was known as "Brick" House.
I can still picture him - red faced, short and plump. Oh - how the memories flow