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Paula and I remembered teachers we had, she was college
course and I was commercial course. We may have had study We checked out the “small gym” where I consumed many
halls together but no classes. So much time has passed that tuna sandwiches during my high school years. We visited the
it is hard to remember everything that happened during our Home Ec department where Mrs. Hutchison taught us all
years at Houlton High School but we did remember quite a about being homemakers. We checked out the cafeteria and
bit and enjoyed talking about it and seeing the building where reminisced about bubbling squeak [sic]. We stood in the gym
we spent 5 years of our lives. and recalled Phys Ed with Mrs. Oliver, attending basketball
games, the High School Fair and Queen’s Court, and our
I think the thing that struck me the most was the relaxed graduation. So many memories came fl ooding back.
atmosphere at the school. Mr. Scott, who seemed ten feet tall
to us, no longer monitors the hallways, arms crossed across ere were a few changes. ere was no Mr. Scott standing
his chest, and with just a look could remind students that in the hall with his arms crossed asking where we were going.
trouble awaited them if they did not obey the rules. ere are fewer students now than when we were there. We
had big classes back then. ings seem much less regimented.
Some of the teachers we met are the children of our former
classmates! And the girls were wearing pants which we could
only do on “dress down” day.

Cindy Milton and I recently returned to Houlton High
School to see what has changed since we graduated in 1970.
Amazingly, much about the school remains the same. We
wandered the halls and checked out our old classrooms and
remembered our teachers. We saw the same lockers that we
used in the late 1960’s.

If you get a chance, drop by one day and take
your own walk down memory lane. It was fun to
go back in time for an hour.

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