I grew up on the Magothy River in Royal Beach in the 50's and 60's and remember Corwell's well. One thing you didn't mention was the liquor store across the street. Back then it was a hardware store which we called Everett's. You could buy nails by the pound. I don't know if the business was actually Everett's or he just worked there. The property was owned by Crowell I believe. Corwell's had a butcher in the back and you could get your meat cut to order. In the front of the store he had a slot machine right across from the cash register. Wilson Corwell used to deliver groceries to people who couldn't get out when it snowed (and we had some doozies back then). Up the road towards Severna Park was a farm owned by the Wise family who were black and had a roadside stand during the summer. We met them because we were getting each other's mail. I remember Martha Wise taking out in the corn field and showing me how to decide which ear of corn cob to pick. Thanks for the memories. I was wondering what happened to Corwell's.
Always loved the vintage look of this place and thrilled to hear this news! Oh how I wish the area of Dawson’s corner would get a vintage makeover to complement the train station
Charles- I live in Farmington Village in Pasadena and frequently drive past this wonderful piece of property. I’m always telling my husband and two kids how I envision opening up a store there. The old store sign and red truck made me fall in love with it. I would dream of purchasing it and opening up a ‘country’ theme store… wow!
I remember Henicke's down in Arnold further east was a lumber mill. Henicke's was a confectionary where you could buy the essentials, milk, bread, potatoes and penny candy what was unusual about Henicke was the number of times he'd been shot. Past the lumber mill was called Mill Bottom. They had a well with a hand pump where you could get water. Few of those small stores still remain, if any. Another was down in Mago Vista known as "The Beach Store". While Corwells has been around the block it was never known as a general store in my time. Most of the activity was further down the road in Severna Park where there was a drug store "Lee's" a supermarket "Meatland", "6 Barber's No Waiting" across the street "The Tajma Hall". There was also a 5 and dime in the storefront where Gino's Steaks is now. I do remember a small building where you could visit Santa at Christmas where Rita's now sits. Winklemeyer's was also very popular where seed and feed was delivered via a train that passed through the Park. Nothing else quite compares to the Hendler property before it was burnt to the ground, that was a true relic of the past before even Severn School was built.
@@charlesgermain9024 Sorry Charley but kid's didn't use cameras in those days. Wish I had photos of when I was a child, even before elementary school, its all stored upstairs, above the pearly whites. I remember attempting an escape from the old Anne Arundel Hospital just before having my tonsils removed. I recall the nurse apprehension in my pj's with built-in escape booties.
It would really be nice if they did the same with Lake Waterford Park. I remember the whole area from the 1960s and I wouldn't trade them memories for anything. I was known as little Billy Saltzmann.
Go by it all the time and hope you get it done. I think as an everyday convivence store it should do well at that location. Retro Mod the store (old nostalgic feel with new products) and it should do even better. Good luck.
Great content. Really appreciate the emphasis on postive race relations. Hopefully something can be integrated into the new structure which continues that tradition.
