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Class Notes. WE LOVE SOCIAL MEDIA But there’s still only one place you’ll find Friends School Class Notes. In these pages, generations of alumni have caught up on significant milestones and shared in one another’s joys and sorrows. Be a part of the tradition. Send your news and photos* to alumni@friendsbalt.org. * Digital images should be 1 MB or larger.
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Marguerite Frost writes, “I don’t have much news except that I’m still alive and kicking. I will be 90 on my next birthday. I just thought someone from the Class of 1942 ought to say hello to everyone! My best news lately has been the arrival of a new greatgrandson, Luke, who joins his brother Noah. Almost at the same time my grandson, Michael Forward, published a book on Amazon called ‘Alex Quinn and the Gemstones of Dunkel,’ which I found quite exciting to read even though it’s meant for a much younger audience (fantasy fiction for young teenagers). Last time I wrote, I was reminiscing about my teachers from 1940 to 1942, in particular, my Latin teacher. He was a great favorite. His name was Kenneth Webb, and my best friend Katherine Heller Taylor and I referred to him as ‘Webbibus.’ Those who have studied Latin will recall that the ‘ibus’ is part of one of the noun declensions we had to learn. I wonder if anyone else remembers that Latin class as well?”
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1950. Mara Donovan Dudrow maradudrow@gmail.com
1951. Carol Lee Fordyce May carollee.may@gmail.com
1952. Susanne Davis Emory
1955. Pat Peake Tisdale Glent24@aol.com It was great fun doing a bit of sleuthing this spring, along with Page Singewald Williams, trying to locate the email address of Al Seivold. Al came to our 50th Reunion and, quiet man that he is, had not been heard from since then. He writes, “After retiring from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center after 32 years and time at Orbital Sciences Corporation, my wife Cathie and I are now living in the Adirondacks in our log home overlooking the fourth lake in the Fulton Chain. Our grandson was recently visiting and helped us split firewood that will be needed to keep us warm when the snow is falling and the temperature drops to 10 to 20 degrees below zero. Finishing and adding to the home have been my hobbies. I designed a garage and an office/family room addition and hired a builder to erect the primary structures. Cathie and I finished the interiors. We have also finished the basement recreation room, added a wine cellar (kept at 55 degrees), a sauna and also added stone on the outside basement wall. Cathie’s real hobbies are her flower gardens on both sides of the house, and they are glorious. Of course, we have to fence them in
to prevent devastation by our deer (friends) who like to visit at night. Our greatest pleasure is staying in touch with our family and grandchildren.” Robin Biddison Dodd can always be relied upon to help me with this column and is gracious with her contribution of family news. She writes, “Along with my husband Paul and my daughter Robin, we will be going to Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., in August to attend our granddaughter Sara’s family day and graduation from Military Police Boot Camp. Sara will then be going on to Fort Huachuca in Arizona for 20 weeks of intelligence training. She is currently a member of the Florida National Guard. Our grandson Frank is a sophomore at Mount St. Mary’s University, where he will be a resident assistant this year. He was a disc jockey on the school radio station last year and will probably do the same again this year.” Bob Millhauser says, “It’s fun watching my 6-year-old grandson play little league lacrosse. It brings back many happy memories at Friends! Until recently, I still had what was left of my lacrosse stick, but it did not make the cut during our recent move from Owings Mills to nearby Quarry Lake. Our family is now 18 strong with five children and their spouses and seven grandchildren ages 1 to 13 years old (six of them boys) spread out all over the country, from Raleigh, N.C., to Portland, Ore. All is well with me, having retired from my second career in commercial real estate with Cushman and Wakefield two years ago. I’m keeping busy volunteering at the Maryland Food Bank and SCORE, hiking with the Mountain Club of Maryland, playing bridge and
enjoying the occasional round of golf. I would welcome a get-together with whomever is around.”
1956. Lorinda Rugemer McColgan lrmccolgan@verizon.net Gretchen Seabold Johnson writes, “I recently enjoyed a flight on Delta Airlines from JFK to Orlando, piloted by my son, Cpt. John Keith Mitzelfelt. What a smooth flight and a very proud moment for me! I’m now living at The Villages in Florida and loving it here!” Patricia and Mike Tabor are continuing to enjoy their small farm near Middletown in Frederick County. Mike continues his interest in dairy farming, presently raising registered Jersey heifers. He previously raised Holsteins. Clarinda Harriss writes, “I just received the exciting news that BrickHouse Books, Inc., Md.’s oldest literary press, which I have directed for 40 years, has just been named ‘Best of Baltimore Presses’ by Baltimore Magazine this year! I have recently returned from Santa Barbara, Calif., which is where my ‘polo family’ lives during the ‘little season’ of polo. They live down in Florida during the rest of the year. As you might know, my son Andy Lott ’89 is an equine veterinarian, and my grandson Liam, 15, plays polo in the U.S. as well as several Latin American countries. I’m so glad that my daughter Lisa Lott MacGibeny ’84 and her family live much closer now — Ruxton, to be exact.” John David recently received the following information about Don Hale and
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Ever-loyal classmate Frank Windsor ’58 got off a plane from
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Turkey on Thursday and was in Baltimore by Friday evening for the first class Reunion event.
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