1820-2017ALUMNI NEWS

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FRANKLIN ALUMNI NEWSALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL • BOX 100 • REISTERSTOWN, MARYLAND 21136

Web Site: franklinalumni.com • OCTOBER 2017 • NUMBER 21

Reter’s “Dine Out” Fundraiser� ursday, November 16th

12:00 noon - closing

Reduced Mailing of Newsletter

Last year’s newsletter cost about $10,000 for printing and postage. Even considering the greater number of people who contributed toward this year’s newsletter, including the $1,000 by Mark Chaney, we would have only one half of the funds needed to print & mail the number we did last year. We will be mailing through the class of 1979 plus to those who have contributed to the organization or have made contact with us. Th e newslet-ter will be emailed to those alums from ’80 on for whom we have email addresses and will be available on our website later in 2018. Alums can contact us and request they be on our mailing list.

A Registered Non-Profi t Association

Class of 2016 Alumni Association Scholarship Recipients Left to Right: Bill Yurick, Mackensie Horn, Max Herman, Henry Fleishman,

Michael Hofmeister, Madison Goodman, Dyland Baird, Elizabeth “Annie” Banks, Th omas Kiley, Dylan Orr, Ryan Ganslaw, Peyton Freudigman, Veronica August and

David Wasserman. Not pictured Olivia Adelman.

13 Graduates Awarded $38,000 in Scholarships...

Th e President’s letter to the alumni each year is to give a basic status of the association over the past year. 2016 - 2017 has been a mirror image of the past.

Managing and funding scholarships is the primary goal of the Alumni Association. Other projects include the newsletter, an alumni directory, data base management for class reunions and our web page. We also preserve a collection of yearbooks. Please visit our web site often as this allows you to see what the Alumni are doing throughout the year between newsletters.

We re-started our quarterly bulletin via email January 2017. However, we always look forward to hearing from you on anything that would be of interest to all alumni. If you own a business and would like it noted in the bulletin, please send the information. If you are planning a reunion of your

class or even a small gathering, that is information that makes sense to include. Send all information to alumnifhs@gmail.com

Our meetings started again September 20th, 2017. We now meet every other month. Enter the high school from the doors at the lower parking lot (at the traffi c light). Th ere is a business meeting and usually only takes about an hour. We need new and “younger” alumni to become active members and Executive Offi cers.

If you enjoy this newsletter, please make sure that you pay your annual dues and make whatever donation you can aff ord.

Michael B. Hofmeister, President Th e Alumni Association of Franklin High

School, Inc.

Th e Janet & Henry Lewis ScholarshipDylan T. Baird - $2,000

Elizabeth A. Banks - $2,000Th e Gene and Betty Bond Memorial Scholarship

Mackensie E. Horn - $2,000Th e Betty Jenkins Memorial Scholarship

Henry Fleishman - $2,000Th e Schad Family Memorial Scholarship

Th omas E. Kiley - $2,000Madison F. Goodman - $2,000

Th e Alumni Association - C. Robert Beach Sr Scholarship

Max A. Herman - $4,000Th e Alumni Association

Dylan J. Orr - $4,000Ryan P. Ganslaw - $4,000

Peyton T. Freudigman - $4,000Veronica H. August - $4,000Olivia A. Adelman - $4,000

Th e Alumni Association - Community CollegeDavid I. Wasserman - $2,000

21st Year of Publication 1996-2017

Chip, Mark and Jeff Chaney, who graduated in 1971, 1973 and 1975, have gone diff erent directions in their careers and where they decided to live. How-ever, they all look back on their years at FHS as ones where they gained a good education, had a chance to play on various of the school’s teams, and made lifelong friendships. Chip has a dental practice in Tallahassee, Florida. Mark resides in Cockeysville, is the CFO at CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield and a Board Director for United Way of Central MD. Jeff lives in Hawaii and is the Director of Marine Corps Community Ser-vices on the island of Oahu.

Th e brothers believe that having the opportunity to participate in athletics, while preparing for their

education after FHS, taught them valuable lessons that can’t be learned in a classroom. Th erefore, they have requested that Th e Chaney Family Scholarship be awarded each year to a student that has demonstrated the ability to be successful in their educational goals, while being able to contribute to the school’s athletic programs.

Chip Mark Jeff

Frank Simmonds ’40 - I enjoy my memories of Franklin while living at Springwell Senior Living in Baltimore.

J. Streett Broadbent ’60 - Second happiest day for a boater (me) when I sold my last boat in June 2016. Now enjoying more family activities!

Anita B. Armacost ’48 - Good Job! Keep up the good work!

Marsha Stoffa ’62 - Anyone remember the SOC-HOCKEY games?

Henry K. Cooper ’65 - Retirement’s great! Not rich, but not going hungry ei-ther. Sorry to learn of the passing of Harry Kellner, class of ’65. Great fellow.

Joanne Hall Barr ’80 - Director, City of Laurel Parks and Recreation. Still enjoy times with lifelong Franklin friends.

Ronald (Ron) Merryman ’57 - I love the newsletter! Proud to be FHS alumni.

C. Milton Peacock ’42 - Glad to still be kicking & still in airplanes. Life is good – health great but joints hurt. A little bourbon helps.

Mary Jo Tullis Kobosko ’49 - Still getting together with old classmates three times a year for a long weekend. Fun!

Leonard L. Sprinkle ’45 - Still in advanced life. Still travel to Florida one or two times a year to visit daughter who teaches in college.

Charles (Chuck) Wilson ’66 - Thanks to Ed Molesworth and team for 50 yr reunion – it was great to reconnect! Empty nester in Palo Alto, CA with no plans to retire – I still enjoy developing software, running mountain trails, adventure travel, and volunteering.

Charles Kefover ’55 - Fully retired. 3 of 7 children live nearby. They are doing well. Love reading the FANTASTIC newsletter.

Ron Robinson ’63 - Retired 6 years from banking - Enjoying life in southern Delaware – Loved the “Looking Back” photos in last year’s newsletter.

James E. (Jack) Myers ’41 - Retired from Verizon telephone company. En-joyed traveling the world.

Margaret M. Hann ’56 - Class of ’56 now living in Sebring Florida.

Doris Storm Smith ’45 - I really enjoy reading the comments of other alumni each year. I still live in the house my dad built 107 years ago. FHS was the best.

Betty R. Miles ’55 - Memories – dear friends and teachers over the 12 years and we definitely grew up in those years at a wonderful time.

Jerry Leitner ’67 - Looking to hear about 50th reunion. Made and have lots of friends from Franklin. We are doing OK. Retired, could use a little more energy.

Wilma L. Cook ’60 - My sister, Sibyl Larkins Stevens, class of ’54 passed away on July 27, 2015.

Conny Jones Stehl ’49 - I love getting the newsletter. I am one of “the ’49’ers”, as we call ourselves: Mary Jo Tullis Kobosko, Nancy Botten Bowser, Peggy Fischer Reter, Barbara Leiby Conway and I.

Herb Wirts ’46 - Have pleasant memories of happenings in school. Send best wishes to ’46 classmates and schoolmates from other years.

Jim & Kathy Warner ’69 - After 12 years in NC we are moving to Georgia to be near our daughter Sarah and her husband.

Jean Coop Keller ’57 - Gary Keller, 55, passed away Oct. 2015. Wife, Jean Coop Keller, ’57 still living in Spring Hill Florida. Married for 56 years! 3 children, eight grands and 2 great-grandchildren. I enjoy reading updates from our classmates.

Dottie J. Harden ’55 - Love reading newsletter. Would like to go back in time.

Grafton Mosner ’61 - I hope somehow you can do a tribute to the FHS veterans that lost their lives keeping all of us safe! Thank you all for a wonderful job!

Daniel (Pete) Robinson ’66 - Semi-retired. Still working with the Mahoney brothers band. A big thank you to Eddie Molesworth for providing us with a great 50th reunion.

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Students who live in Baltimore County but outside the Franklin High zone can apply for special permission to attend FHS if they meet certain criteria. The first day that parents could submit applications for special transfer for the 2017-2018 school year was April 3, and when I arrived that morning at 5:00am there were already four families waiting in the parking lot to submit their paperwork. Many more arrived over the next few hours. The fact that families are choosing to send their children to FHS lets me know that we have a positive image in the community, and my staff and I work hard every day to live up to their expectations.

In April, Franklin High was recognized again by US News & World Report as one of the na-tion’s most challenging high schools in terms of the level of academic rigor. While we celebrate student accomplishments in so many extracur-ricular areas, academic success remains our pri-mary goal.

Thank you to all of the alumni who support the school by attending various events and/or contributing to the scholarship fund. If you would like to visit the school or find out what is going on, feel free to call me at (410) 887-1119 or email me at pmccusker@bcps.org. The school’s web site is franklinhs.bcps.org. We hope to involve alumni in the school’s bicentennial celebration in 2020. Please contact me if you would like to help plan events specifically for alumni.

Patrick S. McCusker, ’81

Message from the Principal

Comments are picked at random. If your comment was not printed we apologize. Unfortunately our space is limited.

Thank you for your support!

Classmates who donated $200 or more for printing and mailing the 2017 Newsletter.

Jean (Reese) Worthley ’40Mary Jane (Cockey) Reed ’45

Ellen M. Cronhardt ’45Doris Storm Smith ’45Janet (High) Lewis ’48

James E. Reter ’48B. Fred Linker ’54David A. Stone ’55Charlie Hickey ’62

Nancy (Hickmon) Posner ’63Robert S. (Rob) Maslin ’63

Stewart K. (Stu) Meekins ’63William C. Rohde ’65

Dwight L. (Skip) Wiles ’65Charles A. Wilson ’66David P. Lareau ’69Scott M. Jenkins ’72

Mark Chaney ’73Frederick Y. Hartley ’74

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Arlene (Armacost) Klemushin ’63 - Moved from Kansas City Mo. to Cincinnati Ohio in 2013. We have two grandsons now and enjoy being close to them. Enjoyed my years at Franklin especially Choir with Mr. Strauss and Art class with Mr. Rose.

Karen & Doug Gipprich (Reilly) ’76 - Married 35 years. 2 daughters, 4 and 1 on the way grandchildren. Doug retired April 2016. Recent travels: Aruba, Puerto Rico, Yellowstone, Niagara Falls.

Barbara Mercier ’51 - Still living here in Reisterstown but go to O.C. as often as possible. Enjoy lunches with classmates each month.

Bob & Irene Jackson ’61 - Irene Cole Jackson retired Dec. 2016 after 48 years at St. Joseph Medical Center doing medical transcription.

Dave Stone ’55 - Great teachers: Jim Sweeney, Joe Colley. Beating Towson in soccer 1 to 0, Sock Hop. 3 children, 6 grandchildren, 1 great - still in the real estate business - playing a lot of golf. One day I may get better!

Cindy Sherman Perlow ’83 - I’m so excited my son just started at Franklin and will be in the class of 2020, the 200th anniversary of FHS.

Jean Nicodemus Huss ’51 - We did it! The class of ’51 celebrated our 65th reunion – September 17, 2016 at the Bluestone Restaurant (for the 3rd time) - 20 grads and seven spouses / friends.

Betty A. (Smith) Carroll ’62 - Franklin High School has meant long lasting friendships with many classmates. Love seeing and catching up with any I haven’t seen lately.

Alice Seohnlein ’49 - Proud to be a “Franklinite.”

Ruth Finch Mitchell ’43 - I am living the good life that matters most: being thankful for God’s blessings & having peace of mind.

Anne E. Tayloe Hauswald ’77 - Retired and living the dream in Pennsylvania! When did I have time to work???

William J. D. Somerville ’50 - Always enjoy reading about my old schoolmates.

Allen G. Kemp ’62 - We keep on rolling. Have a nice day and a “Great Tomor-row”. Thanks for all you do.

Janet Puckett Wade ’76 - Transitioning to yet another career after Law and Teaching. Not sure what it will be. I’ve lived in Charlotte for 33 years with H. Landis Wade, Jr., husband, lawyer, and author. We have two adult children and two rescue dogs.

Ray Zeller ’75 - Finally, 1st grandchild, 10-10-16 - Camden Michael Zeller. He will be spoiled. Miss you guys, Joann, Cindy, Otto.

Sara Beach ’76 - Beautiful newsletter!

Denis Leppert ’67 - Retired BGE 41 1/2 yrs.

Steve Sroka ’66 - Retired after 42+ years with Fed. Gov’t. Living near DE seashore. 3 children and 2 grandchildren. Lovin’ life. Come on down!

James Reter ’48 - Glad to hear from all the Glyndon folks (Ann, Mary Jo, Betty, Bertha, Mary E. and Peggy).

Virginia L. Ostheimer ’62 - We are going to Israel again in November 2016.

Mary Jane Cockey Reed ’45 - Retired from the C.&P. Telephone Co., mar-ried to Stewart for 69 years, blessed with 3 beautiful children, all a part of Cockey’s Ent., Inc. 7 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren. Proud to be an alum of Franklin.

Scott M. Jenkins ’72 - Attended the class of ’71 reunion with some great friends. Looking forward to the class of ’72 reunion in 2017.

Bob Carter ’58 - From Dataw Island, SC - we made it through hurricane Mat-thew with little damage. Back to enjoying golf & the south.

Barbara A. Hayman ’56 - Donation of $250 from the Class of 1956 to the Alumni of Franklin High scholarships. Thanks for the memories.

Ann L. Smith ’64 – Dick (Malaise) and I celebrated our 40th anniversary in October. Still working. Squeeze in as much travel as we can.

Marty Fabel Shriver ’73 - This summer visited the old haunts in Reisterstown with my sister Colleen Fabel Epstein. Awesome.

Donald C. (Don) Beach ’49 - Back to Paris and south of France again. Great visit. Traveling sucks!

Bob Sclater ’57 - Life is good! I look forward to each and every day.

Beatrice F. Thomas ’66 - Tom and I want to thank everyone (especially Ed Molesworth) for a wonderful 50th class reunion September 2016 at Martin’s Westminster.

Ruthie G. Peeling ’59 - Enjoying life here at Cross Keys Retirement Village - Good to see my classmates at the 75th birthday party in July 2016.

Ivan R. Armacost ’46 - Really enjoy the Newsletter. Good work!

Suzann H. Carson ’64 - This is a momentous year for most of the class of 1964 – we all turned 70 in 2016 and we’re better than ever.

Scott Bowers ’84 - Still in business, going 27 years now! Still on Main Street the whole time! Time flies, when you’re having fun.

William M. (Duke) Vondersmith ’51 - Attended Franklin EL-HI for 12 years, then lived my dream as an AF pilot for 21 years. For the past 39 years involved in startups, mostly Medical Devices. Thank you FHS for the send-off. I had a fine start.

Shirley Jones Cupoli ’45 - Good memories of F.H.S.

James L. (Jim) Cook ’58 - Retired Vice President of Urban Engineers, Inc.

Peggy List DuVall ’59 - Thank you for your effort to keep up our connection!

Elaine E. Heineman ’60 - Still living in Scottsdale AZ and enjoying the good weather. Also working part time at Sam’s Club as an Event Specialist.

Frederick H. (Fred) Frey ’70 - Happy to be working with AAFHS.

Tracey Crowl Santoro ’96 - I’m looking forward to our 20 yr reunion in November.

Sue Lawson Glover ’64 - Retired Assistant teacher from Carroll County Board of Ed, enjoy monthly outings with 15 of my girlfriends from school (some have known since 1st grade).

Dick Roberts ’61 - Retired Engineer, Orbital Sciences Corp., 2005. So fortunate to have attended FHS for a truly great education. Great memories of the soccer, basketball and baseball teams and coaches Joseph Colley and William Pfeifer.

Ruth Neighoff Classon ’64 - One step closer to retirement. Employed three days per week, working my way to no days per week.

Claire Dice Lott ’44 - We still have our LOTTS’ ARTS & THINGS shop (in the front room of our house) with the help of Megan, our daughter. Give us a call when you’re in town!

Terry Fagan Glendinning ’61 - Still trail riding and hunter-pacing my TB/QH and trying to improve dressage!

John W. Tillman ’54 - Still fishing, shooting billiards, and enjoying retirement.

Tammy (Arnold) Green ’85 - We enjoy the Newsletter – looking at the old pictures and reading the comments. Great job!!

Anne Noel Bellows ’49 - Settling into a lovely condominium complex in Miami after downsizing from my previous home of 42 years. My compliments to FHS for their many accomplishments.

Craig R. Piette ’69 - Special Needs teacher - 2 grandkids - still visit FHS regularly. Life is good.

Bob Kirk ’70 - I really enjoyed our 45 year “class of 1970” reunion. God has richly blessed me with my wonderful wife of 34 years, 2 daughters, and 10 grandchildren!

Maureen Higgins Robey ’73 - Fondly remembering Mrs. Marudas, Mrs. Stopak, Miss Myers and Mr. Bachman. I recall that they made learning fun. Great FHS faculty!

Lawrence J. Fanshaw ’45 - F.H.S. always a winner - vintage WWII having the French teacher as a track coach using his own antique car w/bud vases to haul track team across county to meets in PA - DC.

Janet Stansbury Lips ’46 - As always, really enjoy the newsletter.

Don Stanton ’49 - After serving as a minister and as an administrator at several colleges, I spent 22 years as President of Adrian College in Michigan, Oglethorpe U in Georgia and Haywood Comm. College in NC.

Cathy Lookingbill Welsh ’72 - Starting my 25th year working for Carroll County Public Library.

Viveca Michaels ’67 - Bob Kreunan, best math teacher ever, inspired me to teach math 42 years. Now a nanny to my newest grandchild.

Pat Schwesinger Clark ’63 - Leading a very busy retirement life. Still Presi-dent of Historic Fieldstone Community, playing golf and traveling. Had great time at FHS.

Harry E. Wilhelm ’44 - Always read the comments section and look forward to meeting Franklin students from previous or present classes.

Eleanor R. Neeb ’53 - The nostalgic memories of my high school years at Franklin H. S., graduating in 1953, still live on even now at 81 years old.

Patrick Connor ’72 - Congrats to recent retirees. Not everyone is blessed to live that long! I’m still with Vanderbilt University Med. Ctr. 39 years!

Lee Kellar 80’ - Still living at the beach and raising my two young sons. Got married at 47 & started having kids at 50! Still in the hotel business.

Carol O’Donnell Eyre ’67 - For the past few years a group of 1967 alumni have been meeting at Maggie’s Restaurant in Westminster, MD. It is a lot of fun to connect with everyone. I can’t believe it is almost 50 years since graduating. I love reading all the comments. Thanks again for keeping up the newsletter.

Betty A. Bond ’48 - Keep up the good work on the Newsletter. Really enjoy it.

Janet High Lewis ’48 - I am living at Fairhaven in Sykesville. Have 4 chil-dren, 9 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren.

Trudy Cook Welsh ’62 - Traveled to France and Germany last year. Looking forward to visiting Holland, Norway and Germany this year. Mozel Tov to Sue Mazer (’62) on her marriage.

Christian (Bud) Heintzman ’46 - Big hello to class of “46” grads.

Douglas Simmons ’55 - Class of ’55 and FHS set my course for outcome for life. Thank you! Retired Colonel USN and retired SC Employment Security.

Two years ago, the Reisterstown Branch of Baltimore County Public Library partnered with Digital Maryland, a collaborative, statewide digitization program that is based at Baltimore’s Enoch Pratt Free Library/State Library Resource Center. As per the program’s website, their mission is, “to facilitate the digitization and digital exhibition of the historical and cultural document, images, audio and video held by Maryland institutions.”

Of BCPL’s 19 branches, Reisterstown is only one of three that supports a local history collection. Housed in the Reisterstown Room on the second fl oor of the library, the largest number of items there relate to the history of Franklin Academy and its eventual transformation into Reisterstown High School and then Franklin High School.

After a year-and-a-half in the making, Digital Maryland now features digitally 118 items that are part of “Th e Franklin Collection: Th e Evolu-tion of a School.” Ann O’Neill, Franklin High’s former librarian from 1987-2008 now works with the local history collection and she identi-fi ed, interpreted, labeled, and meta-tagged the items in preparation for digitization and upload to the Internet. More items will eventually be added as will, hopefully, some very unique items that are currently held in Franklin High’s own archives.

Th e Collection can currently be viewed at http://www.digitalmaryland.org under its title. Featured are photographs, commencement programs, postcards, a few early yearbooks, diplomas, artifacts, and more. Th e site is searchable by subject, key word, individual names, and dates. For example, searching here for a Berryman ancestor, one would be linked to Berrymans in an 1897 high school certifi cate of scholarship; an 1897 Medairy Medal awarded for spelling and etymology; three group photos from 1892, 1898, and 1903; seven commencement programs for 1888,

1890, 1894, 1897, 1899, 1900, and 1911; Class Day/Night programs for 1903 and 1912; the 1908, 1909, and 1910 yearbooks, and an 1899 diploma.

Franklin truly has a long and rich heritage and a glimpse of some of that is now available for the world to see!

The Franklin Academy Collection: The Evolution of a School

Part of the first commencement program for the newly-named Franklin High School, 1897

Franklin truly has a long and rich heritage and a glimpse of some of that is now available for

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Alumni News is published annually by the Alumni Association of Franklin High School. The Association is independent of Franklin High School. Editor: Glenn Goff ’62

O� cers of the Alumni Association of Franklin High School 2016-18

President: Mike Hofmeister ’62Vice President: Glenn Goff ’62

Recording Secretary: Fred Frey ’70 Corresponding Secretary: Jan (Whitlock)

Messenger ’75Treasurer: Susan (Troyer) Wright ’62

Assistant Treasurer: Malcolm Carrick ’46Scholarship Chairman: Bill Yurcik ’79

Board Members:Pat McCusker ’81

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