2021

Betti and John (who christened Gilman sports teams as “The Greyhounds” in 1961) get the prize because they will have celebrated 55 years of marriage by the time you read this. Being quarantined on Gibson Island, where they live full time, is not a bad gig, and their seven grandchildren will visit when COVID winds down, doubtless including the 5-year-old youngest. For company, they are joined in the summer months by Lyle and Joanne Schill.

reported by Van Wolf '62