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Class of 1941 Class of 1949 “battle of Bangor” and I 04/1/24
Need Class Rep am his trophy wife! After
Class of 1942 marrying, we returned to Des
Dr. Donald Woods passed Moines where I completed Send or e-mail your news
Class of 1943 away on June 11, 2023 nurses training and later, we to your class rep.
both graduated from Drake
Class of 1944 Class of 1950 University. Class reps, please forward
all information to:
Need Class Rep Bob accepted a college
Class of 1945 teaching position in Jon McLaughlin
Life in Paradise Milwaukee, and we lived there PO Box 990
Class of 1946 Frances Russell Way for 25 years. In 1992, and our Houlton, ME 04730
three children now adults, jon@hhsalumassoc.net
Class of 1947 As I send greetings to my we retired from our jobs,
1950 classmates from our moved aboard our sailboat
Class of 1948 Florida “paradise”, hurricane “Maggie B”, headed South
Need Class Rep “Idalia” is making its way down Lake Michigan, through purchased property there in
up the Gulf coast and will the Chicago River, down 1995. and the “Maggie B” still
Hi, Janice Rand Webster make landfall north of us. It the Illinois, Mississippi and floats safely at our dock. Now
here. I graduated in 1948 and is creating a tropical storm Ohio rivers and Tennessee inland from salt water, but
am 92 years old. I would like inland where we live, and the waterway to the Gulf Coast less than 90 minutes (by auto)
to find out who from my class wind is howling and gusts From there we continued from family, we had found
is still with us. I am very active. of rain pelting our windows. down the Florida coast to affordable deep water canal
I retired in1991 after many But I am sitting safely at my Naples. property and felt “relatively”
years in education. My last computer, thinking fondly of safe from hurricanes.
was as principal of Ellsworth growing up in Houlton. For several years we sailed Over the years we have
High school. I live in our Two months after my 1950 the Florida Keys and docked periodically returned to
family cottage in Searsport graduation I left Houlton for in Naples near daughter Sue, Houlton to visit family and
and spent my winters in Bangor to start my nursing husband Joe and our only friends and attend class
Tucson, AZ I have nine great education. In 1952, while in grandchild, Maggie. Naples reunions. Sadly, my siblings,
grand babies, who all live Bangor, I met and married was once listed “richest” city Nancy Russell Hutchinson,
in the Portland area. It has Bob Way. A staff Sargent in the U.S., and we could not Carol Russell Lambert, and
not been possible for me to with the US Air Force 132nd afford waterfront property John Russell have passed
attend reunions because my Fighter Wing Headquarter there. Still wanting to remain away. My oldest sibling,
family has July 4th reunions Squadron, Bob’s Des Moines close to family, we sailed a few George, retired to Houlton.
every year at that time. Life is reserve unit was activated at miles north to Fort Myers and but at 96, he recently
rich and fulfilling. the beginning of the Korean up the Caloosahachee River. relocated to Oregon to be
Fifty miles upriver we found
Editor’s Note: Dr. Webster, we conflict and transferred to friends and fellow retired near his daughter. He tells
will see that you receive a list Dow Base. (The Dow base sailors from our Milwaukee me he dearly misses Houlton!
of your classmates that we unit was sent to Nebraska!) yacht club who had settled So, our Russell gang is now
have in our current database. Bob says he did not serve in a small canal community down to four, scattered from
Thank you so much for this bit overseas but fought the near the Ortona Lock. We the west coast, mid-west,
of news.

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