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Service, ACAP, Combined address for anyone who would place. An update on our
Insurance and truck driving. Sylvia Grant has joined the like to be in touch with her. scholarship fund reports that
John spent much time making multiple joint replacement we have $13,882!!! Fantastic
Shaker boxes which were group with her hip replacement Karen and Pee Wee-what can for this class. Please keep those
absolutely lovely. He married and will be a great grandma in we say...Pee Wee says he almost memorials dedicated to our
Paula Coville and they lived in October. She has ben traveling has the new house complete. friends and relatives coming for
New Mexico and Texas and he to Tennessee this past year to Karen continues to make quilts the Class of ‘64.
continued his woodworking. visit her son. with her quilting group as well
John will forever be remembered as making mittens with her From Ted and Sheila Leavitt
as a fun and happy person who Sharon Gartley Lowry will be sisters. Those are the warmest Someday has finally arrived. Ted
gave a lot of laughter to many going to Florida for the winter mittens ever made for sure. Syn- and Sheila have lived in their
of us. again this year. Cyr-Ly Sisters mittens. Check it RV since retiring in October
out. She did say that the 55th- of 2007. We volunteered in
August 6, 2016 Clarice, known to us as yes, the 55th reunion would be Florida State Parks for the first 7
Today was the celebration of Cookie, Folsom Scotton lives at the Gallop homestead again. winters. After we sold the house
the 70th birthday of 1964 in Cape Elizabeth with her We will keep you posted. in Wiscasset, Maine in 2011, we
classmates. 18 classmates met husband and has a 3 year old began traveling westward in the
at the Elm Tree diner for coffee grandchild living in Portland, Jim Porter has finally retired summer/fall of 2012 with goals
and chat. Attending: Sharon Oregon. She spends time at the after working for the Weyth of visiting every state and seeing
Gartley Lowry, Peter Blood, camp at Grand Lake. family on the Cushing as many National Parks and
George Niles, Gary Barton, compound for 25 years. He has Monuments as possible.
Mary Carson Bickford, Byrna Lynn Hannigan Miller had so many interesting jobs
David Henderson, Gary retired from many years as a like Hurrican Island, Rogue After a taste of the northwest in
Tingley, Marie McMennon Surgical Nurse in Portland Island and of course with the 2012, we set out for Montana in
Williams, Sylvia Grant, Gloria and volunteers at the primary Weyths. He moved to his camp May of 2014 and continued up
Garnett, Pee Wee and Karen school in Windham, She lives at Grand Lake and decided into the Canadian Rockies, back
Gallop, John Plourde, Mike with her husband Dick near the that retirement agrees with him to Montana, on to Wyoming
McLaughlin, Roanne Seeley grandchildren in Windham. 100%. He spent time in Florida for Yellowstone National Park
Stories were shared of the times last winter visiting his grand and then Grand Tetons. We
in the lives of the class-tales Gary Barton is traveling to niece, Rebecca York with his visited the icefields between
from St. Mary’s school and Mrs. Colorado Springs to visit niece Sue and Dick York. Lake Louise and Jasper, Alberta
Greaves or Mrs. Porter’s English his granddaughter who Canada.
class. It was suggested that we is a sophomore at the Air Roanne Seeley attended
think about having a birthday Force Academy. He also, the 50th reunion of Maine To continue our travels to the
party each year as so many of at times provides the care Medical Center School of west, it made mileage sense to
our classmates have died over to his daughter’s alpacas in Nursing in May. Just so hard to stay in Mesa, AZ for the winter
the past year or two. Keep Cherryfield. Gary alpaca sitting understand where the 50 years with a plan to continue our
watching for information. - think about it!! Sounds like went. She spends much time western travels up the Pacific
fun. with the grandkids on trips Coast Highway through CA
August 2017 to DC, taking them to their and OR during the summer of
The 1964 classmates met at the Marie McManemon Williams sport events, ballet practices, 2015.
Country Co-op in Houlton says she shuffles her grandkids etc. In September, it will be
August 5th for the annual around to their many activities. ok to Loudon for the last The summer of 2016, we joined
birthday celebration. Tiddbits She and her husband, who is fall NASCAR race with the kayaking friends at Apostle
from those who attended: a long distance trucker driver, grandkids and Jim p. Islands National Lakeshore
John and Ruthie Plourde have have visited all but 2 of the and this year we are currently
been busy with their many states in the US. She is one of Sandra Britton Jenks was at the in Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia
travels. They have a home in the remaining 5 classmates who 50th anniversary of graduating working our way eastward
Florida and spend October to meet monthly in Houlton to from Eastern Maine General along the south shore before
May there between visiting their chat and keep in touch. Marcia, Hospital School of Nursing at a swing around Cape Breton
children scattered throughout Sharon, Sylvie, Karen and Bar Harbor this past weekend. where we hope to paddle with
the US. John has been retired 14 Marie. the whales again. Sheila wrote
years and 4 days and spends a Peter Blood paddled the about our travels in her journal
lot of time riding his motorcylce David Henderson is still Meduxnekeag Canoe Race in and I would make a photo
throughout Maine. driving bus for SAD 29. And May. Where was George Niles? album from selected photos.
continues to provide pain We emailed that combination
Ruthie suggested a question to relief and stress relief to many August 2018 will be the annual out to family and a few friends
our classmates...Do any of you through his massage therapy celebration for the class of 1964. which was a cumbersome
have children, grandchildren or practice. The time and place will be process. In 2014 we tried using
(gasp) great-grandchildren who announced. I am hoping that Blogger and in 2016 switched
are attending Houlton High Marcia Robinson Homchuck we will have a place listed before to Wordpress. This year’s blog
School? Please email and let has decided to take the plunge the spring newsletter goes to is at leavittadventures207.
me know. At this time we have and move to Virginia to be print. If not, please call Karen wordpress.com
identified several: closer to her children and Gallop or Sharon Lowry.
grandchildren. Marcia will be Maybe we can find a better The following are some photos
David Henderson 3 grandsons moving in September and we way to alert all the classmates from our travels:
Sylvia Grant 1 Grandson will be sure to keep her email so folks don’t go to the wrong

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