December 31, 2025  

New Year Greetings from Lewis and Edgar Reed, 1950

As another year begins, it feels fitting to look back at a New Year greeting shared more than seven decades ago. In the December 29, 1949 edition of the Montgomery County Sentinel, Edgar and Lewis Reed offered a warm message to the community:

“May the year ahead be all you want it to be.”

Simple and sincere, those words still resonate today. They reflect not only the spirit of the season, but also the long-standing connection the Reed family had with Montgomery County and the people they served. In that same spirit, I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to all the visitors and followers of this blog. Your interest, comments, and support help keep this local history alive and meaningful.

Wishing you all a very Happy New Year, and every good wish for a safe, healthy, and prosperous 2026.

Cheers! 🥂
Jeanne Gartner
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About Reed Brothers

I am a co-owner of the former Reed Brothers Dodge in Rockville, Maryland. Lewis Reed, the founder of Reed Brothers Dodge was my grandfather. We were a family-owned and operated car dealership in Rockville for almost a century. I served in the United States Air Force for 30 years before retiring in the top enlisted grade of Chief Master Sergeant in July 2006. In 2016, I received the Arthur M. Wagman Award for Historic Preservation Communication from Peerless Rockville for documenting the history of Reed Brothers Dodge in both blog and book format. This distinguished honor recognizes outstanding achievement by writers, educators, and historians whose work has heightened public awareness of Rockville’s architectural and cultural heritage, growth and development.

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