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Popcorn, Vintage Cars and Videos

at the Drive-In

By Karen Eleiott Donato ‘69

July brought lots of events to our hometown of another at the entrance. There were vintage cars,
Houlton, including our traditional all-class reunion loaned for the night by Raymond Carmichael ‘71, Gail
weekend. Sanders Marshall ‘74 and Doug Fitzpatrick ‘84. Boy,
did they look good! All shined up and ready to hit the
Many willing workers made the ever-famous paper Borderland Drive-In. Chadwick Florist filled our cute
flowers to decorate the Alumni car for the Fourth of red and white popcorn centerpieces with flowers to
July parade. The car was provided by York Ford and dress up our tables.
Rachel Fitzpatrick ‘93 piloted it through the parade
route.

4th of July Parade entry by the Association

The Alumni Golf Scramble executed by Jerry York
‘70, assisted by Misty Gallop Marino, started the day’s
activities on the 5th at the Houlton Country Club.
There were 68 participants, with first place honors Lainey Herring Tarr ‘09 seated & Amber Hyman Boire ‘09
going to the family team of Scott Spurling ‘80 with
Marty ‘87, Kolleen ‘18 and Kyle ‘15 Bouchard; second
place team was: Pat Howe ‘18, Dana Brown, Sean
Dolomont, David Tucker ‘20 and Barrett Good ‘00; third
place: Ryan Bushey ‘97, Daniel Peabody ‘93 with Caleb
‘95 and Chris ‘96 Bell; fourth place: Isaac Vega ‘20, Ben
Grant ‘19, Tyler MacDonald ‘19 and Jed Gilpatrick. See
page 11 for more details.
The Alumni committee worked hard to transform the
Millar Arena from a stark, bare metal building to a mix
of nostalgic dairy bar memories with a Borderland
movie theme. It became a true homecoming feel for
days gone by. The arena was decked out with our
traditional black and white swag along with a giant Cars by Raymond Carmichael ‘71, Gail Marshall ‘74 and Doug Fitzpatrick ‘84
balloon arch from one large popcorn container to

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