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Class of 1975               muck folks living at Falmouth   loaded pizza to unload in your   the Blackhawk was sold, taken
        Andrew Mooers               Foreside... not up on the cliff   lap.                 down this past weekend with
        69 North Street             where he is.               G&L Market was for years    an excavator and a very large
                                                                                           bonfire.
        Houlton, ME 04730           Stephen says he and Kathy   Currier's Market. That store
        (207) 532-7005              bought the house lot when the   made a lot of money when the   I would love to hear from other
        mooersrealty@mooersrealty.  real estate market values went   Interstate 95 was being built in   classmates … from outside
        com                         all to heck back in 1990. With   the 1960's. Very thirsty, hungry   Houlton especially. Share what
                                    the pick of the lot for land   road construction workers wore   you know readers/classmates so
        Deana Butler Henderson      during a depressed market,   out the door hinges. Lugging   everyone in the class of 1975
                                                                                           can know what is happening in
                                    they built a house slowly using
                                                               out the cold cases of barley pop
        23 Charles Street           their own sweat. In fact, when   and food to go take out vittles.  all of your lives! I will hunt you
        Houlton, ME 04730           I called him, he called me right                       down to get the news that’s fit to
        (207) 532-2934              back. Perched on a ladder with   Business was good and the   print in the meantime.
        deehend@pioneercable.net    a scraper in one hand and   Currier family purchased
                                    juggling the cell phone with   another store on the North   Class of 1976
                                    the other, Stephen updated   Road and also opened up   Karen Daniels Fitzpatrick
              45  REUNION           me on how his life has played   "Mum's" on Military Street.   PO Box 945
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                                    out. Figuring it was Falmouth,   Do you remember the old   Houlton, ME 04730
                                    I asked him what color he is   Miss Aroostook Diner? It was
        Submitted by Andy Mooers:   painting the house. Anywhere   purchased in it's Bangor Street   (207) 532-9065
                                    else, he says, it would be an easy   location, taken a part and parts   irishaye@hotmail.com
        Randomly, reaching out      answer of tan. But because it's   became the interior of "Mum's.
        today to 1975 classmate     Falmouth, the paint can color   Kathy's Dad George was also a   Class of 1977
        Stephen Clark. When you     says "sail cloth". The same color   bus driver and did not have to   Marie Fitzpatrick Carmichael
        live in Houlton ME, your    being applied, a shade like a sail   spend much on styling gel for   PO Box 673
        local classmates like Frank   boat canvas is what I figure.  his locks.            Houlton, ME 04730
        McPartland, Ashley Brewer,                                                         (207) 532-7522
        Russell Fitz, Lori (Palmer)   Stephen is now retired and   Stephen picked potatoes and,
        Weston, Mary Beth (Callnan   worked many years making   in combination with working   kmcar@ainop.com
        Fitzpatrick), Peter Ledger, Dee   computer chips at Fairchild   at his parent's taxi business, he
        (Butler) Henderson, others are   Corporation. Later, improving   is no stranger to work ethic.   Class of 1978
        run into often.             electric designs on naval   During his work in southern   Andrea Kingsbury Jenkins
                                    destroyer ships at Bath Iron   Maine, Stephen credits   634 Smyrna St., Apt. 1
        If a classmate relocates after high  Works. Kathy has a few more   Aroostook County small town   Houlton, ME  04730
        school, you see them less when   years to work and is now a   living as one of his major skills.   (207) 532-1544
        they live down country or out of  school nurse in the Buxton   Finding a better, more efficient   andreajenkins@msad70.org
        state. It is a hike to come home.   school system. Better hours   way to streamline anywhere
        The exception is the out of the   than when doing shift work   he worked was the goal. He   Bonnie Foster
        area classmate who has elderly   in the hospital in the neo-  says keeping taxi cabs running
        parents still in the Houlton   natal unit. Her sister, Pamela,   during below zero weather was   7 Alfred Street
        area. You do see them because   married Gordon Barton who   good training with everything   Houlton, ME 04730
        they check in. They do travel   lived up over Dr Virgie's office   life throws at you. You just deal   532-9422
        up Interstate 95 to take the   on Pleasant Street and moved   with it and make it work the
        parent to doctor appointments,   to Houston, Texas. See the   best you can. No whining, no   Class of 1979
        to enjoy the 4th of July or a   things you learn interviewing   crying.            Leslie Holmes Schools
        holiday celebration. The local   a classmate to create copy for   Replacing a car starter with a   971 Framingham Road
        classmates bump into their old   this newsletter? There is always   flashlight outdoors while it is   Littleton, ME 04730
        Houlton High School buddies   overlap. The circles are smaller   blowing snow around you builds
        in the local grocery store or in   and we do know most of the   character. Picking spuds starting   (207) 538-9642
        the aisle of Wally World or local   players in the stories.   at six years of age for Walter   schoolsf@pwless.net
        restaurant when they do come                           Davis out on the Foxcroft Road
        home.                       Stephen also told me why   helps your approach to life, too.   Patty Fitzpatrick Hersey
                                    Kathy's parents had such   Stephen also worked the harvest   95 White Settlement Road
        So today, the luck of the   success with pizzas at the G &   spud fields at Andy Boutlier's   Houlton, ME 04730
        draw pulls the name Stephen   L Store on the County Road /   farm along with classmates Eric   (207) 532-9551
        Clark out of the hat. Stephen   Smyrna Street. It was knowing   Tuttle and Andy Grant.
        married Houlton HIgh School   many who bought the pizzas                           phersey1@myfairpoint.net
        class of 1977 alumni Kathy   were eating those triangles   Stephen Clark tells me the guy
        (Levensailor) Clark. They have   while driving, or in their cars.   across the street in Falmouth   The Houlton High School
        one son, twenty six years old.   They had lots of Canadian   has his home listed for sale at   Class of 79 enjoyed their 40th
        Stephen and Kathy live at 2   pizza orders that were made on   $425,000. The prices are a little   reunion on July 5th at the
        Bentridge RD in Falmouth,   the way over and the dining   more nose-bleed high when you   Meduxnekeag Ramblers Snow
        ME. When I heard Falmouth,   happened out along the US   live that close to Boston and   Sled Club in Littleton. A great
        I remarked that is a pretty   RT 2 curb. So don't make the   Portland. Stephen's parents still   meal was provided by Reggie
        expensive zip code. He assured   loaded pizza so overweight   live in Ludlow, Maine. The old   and Emily Dow.
        me those are the high mucky   that with the first bite, you are   home on North Street next to
                                    wearing it. No one wants the                           Also earlier in the week a few of
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