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Class News, continued...

Please contact me and let in these moments with family Elaine (Salisbury) Hayden thanked us profusely after it
me know your thoughts and and taking time to appreciate Mary Donald Peabody news: was over, saying it was one of
preferences. the simple pleasures in life. the nicest things anyone had
October is here, and the ever done for him.
The good news is we have 50 Regards, beautiful fall foliage is
living members out of 101. Roger Hughes amazing!! Today’s mail Well, I want to give that same
Class of ‘62 brought a reminder that our compliment to Lauren P
Class of 1962 class news is due. Thank you Fitzpatrick and Janel P. Nelson.
Dave McGillicuddy Elaine Salisbury Hayden to those classmates that I It certainly was a wonderful
8 Green Street, Apt. 2 sent in this bit of news: reached out to who wrote night with so many of my
Houlton, ME 04730 Hello Alumni Folks: back, giving me something to friends attending, and certainly
davemcgillicuddy@gmail.com write about! one of the nicest things ever
Just want to say ‘hello’ to done for this old gal.
Mary Donald Peabody you all. I do enjoy seeing the Dick Denton recently sent My girls thought of every-
3 Ridgeway Court Alumni Magazine. me this! thing and gave me such a
Houlton, ME 04730 There isn’t a lot of new with HHS Class of 2024 graduating beautiful party. It was held
mdpeabody5@gmail.com us. However, we did make Senior, Emma McCarthy at the Hidden Spring Winery
a trip east this summer and received our scholarship on a beautiful warm sunny
Roger Hughes updated us: managed to get to Maine. this year in the amount of night in June. My daughters
Hi Jon, We were so happy to have $3500. Our fund contributed did much of the work (food/
lunch in Houlton with a $1600 combined with $1900 decorations) themselves and
I wanted to share some special friend. We enjoyed from the Alumni Giberson
updates with you all. My wife driving around our special Fund. Emma is attending the it was just perfect, and so
Joan and I have been married town. Dad’s old drycleaning University of Maine at Presque appreciated!
for 57 years and are currently business/building is gone. We Isle with studies in education. It was a lifetime highlight for
visiting our son in Arapahoe, also drove by my old house me, and I don’t think I’ve really
NC, enjoying the beautiful on Franklin Ave. Congratulations Emma and acknowledged that sentiment
Carolina coast. thanks to the Class of 1962. WELL to them. The effort they
So many memories of our both put into making it so
We don’t travel as much wonderful town. We also Love you guys!
as we used to, but we’re went to Bar Harbor for a short Thank you, Dick! I am very memorable will put a lump in
blessed to still see our visit. Its beauty is much the proud of our class. my throat forever.
son and grandsons a few same, but so many people Well, because of lack of any In November I will meet my
times a year. Our oldest everywhere! Hard to think third great granddaughter,
grandson graduated from about how it used to be. We other news, I’ll contribute Emma Johnston, soon to be
the USAF Academy with an managed to have a wonderful some of my own born to my granddaughter,
Aeronautical Engineering meal of fried clams, but not In May my daughters asked Kelsey, and her husband, Alec
degree and is now a C-130J enough time for lobster. A if they could give me, MARY Johnston. I’m SO looking
pilot, while our youngest lobster dinner will be on my PEABODY, an 80th birthday forward to that, and seeing
is studying Computer list for next time. party. The idea that I was my two Fitzpatrick great
Information Systems at going to turn 80 felt a bit granddaughters meet their
Appalachian State. So happy to finally make surreal, but of course I said little Johnston first cousin,
even a short visit to Maine. yes, and was very pleased. perhaps at Christmas.
We feel incredibly proud of Just wish we had had more
their achievements and love time. I did love seeing the In 1980 Jimmy and I gave my More from Dick Denton: “An
to hear about their progress sign “Welcome to Maine, the father, Fred Donald, his 80th American Family Christmas”
and experiences. way life should be.” It is a birthday here at the house. is an annual presentation
We hope you all are enjoying wonderful reminder of our It was a big gathering with by Windham High School’s
all his good friends. Dad still
your golden years as much as special hometown. seemed young to me, and he renowned chamber chorus.
we are! We’ve found such joy Rick Nickerson (HHS), nephew

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