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was a deacon at Court Street wedding anniversary. The event Aroostook Development and the parade went on with
Baptist Church. When I saw was celebrated on August 5th Corporation and is very the community band in tow.
her this past summer, she said at the First Settlers Lodge in positive video in regard to our The 48-foot flatbed was full to
that she and Paul used to do Weston, Maine, an inn close community. capacity with community band
everything together. He died at to Grand Lake. There were members. Thank you Gerry.
their home on Bangor Street. many in attendance from the An additional item of
Sharon is most appreciative of Grand Lake area to offer their interest is the fact that our I still see Nancy Cyr Fitzpatrick
the hospice care he received. congratulations. state is encouraging school at least three times a week as
Sharon along with many others consolidation. This bodes she is in the same yoga class
attended our class 75th birthday Barbara Reed Cooper has been well for Houlton High School that I attend. Even though my
party where the hors d’oeuvres in the Falmouth area staying and its future. Our schools are summer makes my attendance
were so substantial we ate like with her sister Bonnie, for the the only schools in Aroostook to yoga sporadic, Nancy hardly
lumberjacks. Speaking of which, summer. Barbara’s daughter and county that have seen an misses a class. Nancy and
later in the summer Frank family also live in the area. She increase of enrollment these Frances were involved with her
and I visited the Lumberman’s will stay here for about three past few years. Two years ago, grandchild’s wedding this past
Museum in Patten. Bob Rogers, months before returning to we had an increase of around summer in Patten. She also just
whose grandfather was one of Florida. 24 students to the overall attended another grandchild’s
the founders, showed us around. enrollment, and this past year graduation from nursing school
Later we stopped in at Bob’s Dick Denton always comes a 40 student increase. This is from the University of Maine at
new house and he gave us a to Houlton in the spring of primarily due to new families Fort Kent.
copy of his book: An Economic the year to engage in one of moving into the area, including
History of the Steel Industry. It’s his favorite pastimes, picking Border Patrol families. An Dorene Ellis Humphrey and
available on Amazon. Another fiddleheads! He collects what additional factor are the her husband Tim celebrated
book of interest to us is Bob he wants for he and Sue varied class options that are their 51st wedding anniversary
Ellis Nature Photography, a and gives many bags full to offered in our schools. This this past September. Tim
posthumous volume put out by his friends. He then freezes serves to attract other students comments that his marriage to
his nephew Alex and ordered multiple bags to enjoy for the from outlying communities Dorene is the best thing that has
through www.blurb.com, search rest of the year. It was Dick, to our high school. The high ever happened to him! Dorene
Bob Ellis. To order prints, along with John Carson, who school has ample room for also told me that she and Nancy
contact Alex at alex.d.bennett@ initiated the idea of raising expansion and with a hospital, Fitzpatrick went to visit with
gmail.com. funds from our classmates to ambulance service , fire and Barbara Reed Kelly this past
collect for scholarships that police department all in close August at the Madigan Estates,
Class of 1962 would be offered to graduates proximity to our school, positive but Barbara was out “on the
Dave McGillicuddy of Houlton High School in aspects for future growth seem town” with her niece. They plan
8 Green Street, Apt. 2 honor of our class. We are off clear. another visit in due time.
Houlton, ME 04730 to a great start with many of You will also notice that one I would be remiss if I did not
you already contributing to
davemcgillicuddy@gmail.com this fund through the Alumni feature in this past newsletter mention my friend, Bob Ellis,
Association. Recently, John and was of a former Houlton High class of 1961, and his memorial
Mary Peabody Dick made another contribution School graduate, Mallory service held this summer at
3 Ridgeway Court to this fund that was matched Clayton, who chose to move the Orient, Maine Cemetery,
Houlton, ME 04730 by the Putnam Trust Fund. Any back to Houlton to join the located close to his camp. It was
mdp5@gmail.com additional donations would be police department. There are fitting that Bob’s remains would
appreciated, and I encourage others that are active residents be here as this area of Grand
Submitted by Dave you to contact the Alumni here who have made that Lake had so much meaning for
McGillicuddy: to contribute. There may be same choice of moving back him. It was a perfect day, with a
The deadline for this news some of you who would like to here. This is encouraging as to good many campers, friends and
caught me off guard as I contribute again or on a yearly Houlton’s future. relatives in attendance. During
wrongly assumed that I had basis to this worthwhile effort. his life, he was constantly on
more time to gather class And now, back to class news! the lake boating, water skiing,
information. Not so! The date At this point I am going to Gerry Miller came to McGill’s sailing, flying, exploring and
allowed me one month to put digress a bit from class news Community Band rescue enjoying life. I will forever
this together. I could ramble on to share a subject that gives this past summer. He was remember the great times we
about my life or my children to positive reference to our town instrumental in finding us a had together on this lake as well
take up space (which I might and its future outlook, as well as truck driver for our flatbed as the great trips that Put, Bob
still do) but I’ll give you what our schools. I would encourage truck for the July 4th parade. and I took snow skiing here in
I’ve got. I will mention that to explore the following The flatbed belongs to Tom Houlton, Quebec, Sugarloaf. He
I do send this article to my website: http://sadcaroostook. Fitzpatrick who has given us this is truly missed.
daughter, Peggy, class of 1989, org/houlton-is-the-it-location- platform to use and has done
to proofread and make sense of to-work-remotely-in new- so these past 33 years. This year I did mention in a previous
all this. Thanks Peg. I appreciate england/ . You can view a video Tom planned to vacation with newsletter of my reemergence
it. that emphasizes possibilities his family, thus no driver, but as a rock-n-roll drummer!
that exist with the use of he gave us the flatbed anyway. I Back in the seventies (that’s
John and Linda Carson were technologies for those who contacted Gerry knowing that right, the 70’s!), I played
here in Houlton this past month might be candidates to relocate he is in the potato transport drums in a band called “Rock
to celebrate Mary (John’s sister) to Houlton. The video was business in search of a driver. Renaissance” every weekend
and Peter Bickford’s 50th completed by the Southern Sure enough, he did both, from 1971 to 1976. Well, Rock

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