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The media has been remiss in its coverage of the rich and famous. I have not seen Bob Morse on the cover of Time magazine even though I know he is rich. So rich that it's always been difficult to buy presents for him: Swiss cheese? socks? neckties? These are the presents we usually bought him when we were children. For a few years I bought him peanuts until I found out he didn't like peanuts. How about something high tech he rarely uses?This refers to the stereo and the VCR. He's kept his three children housed, and often fed and clothed as well. Not sarcasm, fact. He entertains guests regularly at his heavenly estate. Exotic foods (asparagus, rhubarbProduced in their garden) can be found on his table. He claims to have married into money.Marian was a Guidance counselor when they married, and as this is wirtten is still working at Real Estate. He was not used to a two-earner home. His philanthropy extends so far that he has been known to give the balance of his checking account to his church. The people at the church were kind enough to notify him of this error.
Did I miss hearing his name on McNeil-Lehrer? I know he's famous. People have recognized his face in downtown AnnapolisWe ran into a former YMCA board member at the City Dock . ; his name has been recognized in Baltimore. Strangers have claimed to know him when he was a boy. As I recall this story, Dad overheard a man in the Gore ski lodge telling his wife that the man in the realestate brochure was someone he went to gradeschool with. I believe he now owns a place down the road from Dad. People in New Zealand, Ecuador and England know his name. YMCA connections. And I'm sure the list of countries is longer. A musical group "The Bobs" were so impressed with his fame that they only dared to use his first name (well technically, it's his second name...). Children across the country sing "Heave Ho the jib halyard". I've done my bit to pass this song along when I teach school. Bill Cosby imitates his style. Charles Keralt and Captain Picard of the Star Ship Enterprise imitate his hairdo. Bald His exploits as political wheeler dealer, managed a winning local campaign rare vegetable miner, HIs funny looking carrots were featured in the North Creek News Enterprise and fund raiser The Nursing Home and annex - major accomplishements and the number one employer in the area. often grace the pages of his local newspaper. He's helped the Coulter Road Association become what it is today. a parody of suburban community associations - a social group that meets at least once a year and sends their minutes to the News Enterprise. One year they debated putting a divider in the road (it is a dirt road).
And his fame will not diminish. Years from now around some campfire, people will listen again to stories of Frank Young a fictitious person Dad supported as a candiate for statewide YMCA office, baked macaroni with the rich cheddar cheese Dad saw this on a restaurant sign and started a rythmic chant when ordering. "I'll have the BAKED macaROni with the RICH cheddar CHEESE." Which survived as a family mantra., liver in a jacket pocket and wet gloves to the formal dance Cathedral choir school stories. Whatever you imagine is probably right. . Some of the more obscure stories will be repeated just because his daughter Cathy loves him very much.