The Class of 1953 celebrates 60 years since its Founders Day exercises with dinner at The Wine Market in South Baltimore.
Bruce Grove continues to take life easy now that he has returned to his old homestead in York and seems to enjoy being single again. I am disappointed not to have received any significant feedback from classmates and since I was unable to attend the class luncheon, I have little gossip. I do want to thank the many members of our class that support the School’s annual giving campaign. Our participation percentage is one of the highest of any class and I believe we can all be proud of our high level of caring. I have just been advised that Dixon Hills made the trip north to see his Princeton Tigers rally for a 29-point fourth quarter to beat the previously unbeaten Harvard Crimson 39-34. Bill Jarrett and Sam Lumpkin are about to celebrate their 55th reunion from the Johns Hopkins Medical School and Jack Bergland and Tommy Powell their 50th. John Schmick ’67 was guest of honor at our class luncheon at the Hopkins Club and advised that he just purchased a home in my neighborhood. Kirk Rogers, Walter Brewster and Charley Cromwell also attended the luncheon, and although Kirk did promise Bill Jarrett he would e-mail me some intervening news for the artists, as of today I have not received anything. Here’s hoping no news is good news especially from our many classmates living throughout the country. Yours truly continues enjoying life serving as Chairman Emeritus for both his sons’ firm The Franklin Financial Group, LLC and the Maryland State Wrestling Association. In closing I can only encourage you to let me know what is happening in your wonderful world.
1951 Robert Swindell bbncc@verizon.net Not sure we have ever disseminated information concerning our Class of 1951 Memorial Scholarship – Robert Russell Fund, but you will be happy to know that your generosity is currently helping two young men continue their education at Gilman. Rich Diffenderffer writes that he has visited his grandkids in Vermont and friends on the island of Nevis, where the sun stayed out and the rum never ran out. Tough life! Tom Offutt still enjoys his horse farm and the young ladies who use the facilities. Recently, he ran into a lady whom he had saved on a snorkeling trip many years ago. She commented about his riding stable and indicated her granddaughter wanted to ride there. Tom quoted Uncle Ed, “Tempus fugit.” After several years of traveling to Europe with their grandchildren, Sandy and Grif Morrel took their four children to the Super Bowl in New Orleans. Because of their support the Ravens produced a favorable outcome. Lucy and Rollin Otto reported on the favorable progress of their grandchildren — graduating and attending colleges and high school. They still summer “down the ocean.” Jenepher and Tom Parr wrote about his recovering from a bout with pneumonia. He bragged about the successes of their children. One is working at a halfway house outside of Pittsburgh, another is an airline
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