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If someone has become a rep and we have missed them, please let us know and we will
        acknowledge you in the Spring/Summer ’26 issue.  If your class does not have a rep, please   CLASS NEWS
        consider becoming one.  We need you!                                                   DEADLINE

                                                                                             For Spring/Summer '26
        Class of 1934               oldest veterans in the United   We’ve done our best - gave it
                                    States.                    a try
                                                               At this age - still alive!!   4/1/26
                                    Class of 1947              Thanks God I do say
                                    Need Class Rep             For sending Class of ‘53 my   Send or e-mail your news
                                                               way!                             to your class rep.
                                    Class of 1948              Lots of great memories…. this
                                    Need Class Rep             time of year, potato pick-   Class reps, please forward
                                                               ing…..Blanche was a great        all information to:
                                    Class of 1949              picker being short as she was.
                                    Need Class Rep             I was only good for a day or      Jon McLaughlin
                                                                                                   PO Box 990
                                                               two.  Thank goodness we
                                    Class of 1950              didn’t have this tech stuff….    Houlton, ME 04730
                                    Need Class Rep             I never would have made it.    jon@hhsalumassoc.net
                                                               Now, I just let my daughter
                                    Class of 1951              correct my mistakes.        Class of 1956
                                    Gertrude Ervin Reichert                                Sandra Bell Wotton
        Philip B. Thomas, MD        2323 Edinboro Rd, Ste. 323C  My secretary classes at HHS   1613 US Highway # 1
        March 5, 1916 - July 23, 2025  Erie, PA 16509          got me many great jobs.  Lots   Littleton, ME 04730
                                                               of family around me here in
        Bangor, Maine - Philip B.   (814) 864-1681             Raleigh so I am well taken   207-538-9042
        Thomas, MD, age 109, passed   trudy59000@gmail.com     care of.  Still driving in the   rawotton@gmail.com
        away peacefully at his home                            neighborhood and try to
        in Bangor, Maine, on July 23,   Class of 1952          keep walking, too.  Everyone,   Hi Jon.
        2025. Born in Monson, Maine,   Need Class Rep          especially the widowed men,   So great to hear from
        on March 5, 1916, Philip was                           love my brownies.  Francis in   classmates I haven’t heard
        the son of Roy and Lucile   Class of 1953              the Great Beyond keeps an   from for a while.  I always
        (Bray) Thomas.              Carl Beaulieu              eye on me.                  enjoy talking to them.
        He began first grade at the   201 Brooksby Village Dr. #623  Carl Beaulieu         I spoke with Shirley
        age of four in a one-room   Peabody, MA 01960          Class of 1953 Rep           Carpenter Kelly and Donna
        schoolhouse in Monson and   978-817-2770                                           Merritt Hurley.  Shirley is still
        went on to attend several   carlbeaulieu@msn.com       Class of 1954               going to Clemson Football
        schools across the state, as                           Richard Cowperthwaite       games and enjoys going
        his father worked for the   Eleanor Ingraham Gooch     19 Station Road             to Daytona, Donna is still
        Maine Extension Service.    reports:                   Monticello, ME  04760       quilting and this summer
        He graduated from Houlton   Greetings Jon and crew…    (207) 538-9725              visited Ireland, London, Paris
        High School and later earned                                                       and Scotland with her sister
        degrees from Bowdoin        Dear Class of 1953,        Class of 1955               and family.  Sounds as if she
        College and Boston University   Those of us who do remain  Need Class Rep          had a great trip.
        School of Medicine. At the   Life can be a lot of pain
        time of his death, he held the   Those of us who are still here                    I went to Ireland a few years
        distinction of being the oldest   Be your life be filled with                      back with my sister.  We had
        living graduate of all three   cheer!!                                             a very good time and Donna
        institutions, and one of the                                                       agreed with me that the food


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