 2006
RGM fore SPF Golf Classic raises $18,000 for Research
Award
Queenstown, Maryland; November 4, 2006
The RGM fore SPF Golf Classic
honors Richard G. Milbourne and raises funds for
Research Awards to find the cures for SPF disorders. Mr.
Milbourne was a leading businessman in the Washington DC
area. His wife, children and other family members
were affected by Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia. Please
read about him
below.
The 4th annual Richard G. Milbourne Memorial Golf
Classic was held on November 4, 2006 at the Queenstown
Harbor Golf Course. Despite the chilly weather, 144
golfers enjoyed a continental breakfast, lunch at many
food and beverage stations throughout the course, and
three contest holes. Following eighteen holes of golf,
the participants were treated to a full course dinner
and live entertainment by Billy Finch. Both a live and
silent auction of sports memorabilia, sporting event
tickets, vacations, airline tickets and various other
items brought a close to the day and provided $18,000.00
to the Spastic Paraplegia Foundation for use in their
research grants to find a cure for neurological
diseases.
Each year the names of the tournament winners are added
to the nameplate on the RGM Classic Trophy. The trophy
was created from a cup received by Richard G. Milbourne
in 1961 after he won a tournament for the Suburban Trust
Company (which is now Bank of America). It sits atop a
wooden base with the name plates for the winners on all
four sides of the base.
The proceeds of the day generated a total of $18,000.00
bringing the RGM fore SPF Golf Classic total monies
donated to the Spastic Paraplegia Foundation to
$75,000.00. Our thanks to the many sponsors, golfers and
donors for making the 4th Annual RGM Golf Classic a
success.
Committee Members: Joan and Jack Heinicke, Rick
and Gail Easterling, Ruth Easterling, Randy and Wendy
Easterling, John and Lee Heinicke, Joe and Sandie
Heinicke, Lisa Lewald, Annette Lockwood, Cindy and Kevin
Compher, LuAnn and John Webb
Sponsors: ExxonMobil Corporation, Ledo’s Pizza
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50-50 Raffle |
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Putting Contest |
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Registration Table |
Mr. Milbourne overcame an impoverished boyhood to become
one of the District of Columbia's leading businessmen as
founder and President of Acme Iron Works, Inc. He
took up golf as a teen, and it quickly became his life long
passion. An accomplished golfer, he later became a member
of the Seniors International Golf Association and played
the sport all over the country and abroad. He played golf
within months of his passing just before turning 93.
Mr. Milbourne was personally touched by HSP when his first wife Anna Harper
began to have trouble walking. Mrs. Milbourne's brothers
and sisters also had a similar difficulty with their legs.
Not knowing what it was, they called it the "Harper
Shuffle".
Doctors later told the family that the Harper Shuffle was
an upper motor neuron disorder called Hereditary Spastic
Paraplegia. The condition unfortunately passed down to
each of their three children Ruth Milbourne Easterling,
Joan Milbourne Heinicke and Richard P. Milbourne. It also
appears to be now be affecting some of their children as
well.
The inaugural Richard G. Milbourne Memorial Golf Classic
was organized as a family event in tribute to a beloved
father and grandfather who cared deeply for his family. |
