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friends in the north, but the pull CLASS OF 59 workers how they’d learned to longest they’ve lived in one place.
of children and their children was 60TH CLASS REUNION repair teletype. e army, they Recuperating this year, Betty from
stronger so here we are. Plans have been made for our 60th said. In 1964, Tim joined up for a herniated disc and Ray from knee
class reunion this summer. a three year hitch and was sent to surgery, they love running into folks
Our new address is 45 Pennacook Date: Saturday, July 6, 2019 teletype school in Fort Gordon, they know when they make a foray
Circle, Wells, ME 04090. New Time: 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM Georgia. After a year in Korea he to Shaw’s Supermarket. Betty was
Phone is 207-360-0099. We are Place: Courtyard Cafe on Main was assigned to Ft. Sam Houston born in Presque Isle and lived in
off I-95 Exit 19, 2 minutes to our Street in Houlton in San Antonio, where he met his Easton before moving to Houlton
home. Left, right, left. e ocean Menu: Individually ordered off a future wife, Jolene, a civil servant when she was in seventh grade. Her
is 5 to 10 min. away and always light luncheon menu who worked with him in personnel. father, Keith ompson, was our
there for the taking. We have two We have also arranged to have the In 1967 he returned to Presque HHS principal; her mother, Marie,
Southern Aroostook Agricultural Isle for a technical job at Western was secretary to our guidance
Museum open at 11:30 for those Union. After that, came transfers counselor, Bob Poulin. Betty and
who wish to have a private tour. to San Antonio and then, due Ray met at Gordon College and a
We will have until 2:00 PM when to the union’s policy of seniority month after graduation got married
the museum opens for the public. and “bumping,” to positions all in Presque Isle where her parents
If you wish, you may join some over Texas and Arkansas. In their had moved so that her father could
classmates who plan to stop at Tim 52 years of marriage, Tim and start up Northern Maine Vocational
Horton's for a coff ee before heading Jolene have moved 26 times; until School. For most of his career and
up to the museum. Please respond high school their children didn’t until retirement, Ray has been a
to Peter Fitzpatrick at isi@pwless. attend any one school two years pastor, most recently of Abbot
net or call 207-299-3487 with in a row. When Tim was servicing Evangelical Free Church. He and
number attending by June 1. teletype machines for Walmart Betty have operated as a team, she,
extra beds. anks, Peter in Bentonville, Arkansas, Sam among other ministries, playing the
Walton called him into his offi ce piano at each of his three parishes.
We are still adjusting to the newness Class of 1960 and chatted with him for an hour She still plays at an assisted living
of this, a process which actually Rachel Sylvester Good and a half or so. He told Tim facility where she and Ray conduct
started three years ago, but feel we 70 Hare Rd. Monticello, ME that one day Walmart would be a service every month. e residents
did the right thing and because God 04760 the biggest store in the world and so love the old hymns. Betty
was in the mix from the start, it has (207) 538-9634 advised him to spend $1300 for remembers taking lessons at Mary
all worked out. Now I just have one hundred shares of stock. Tim Beatham’s house with a Miss White.
to fi gure out how to put my three Class of 1961 didn’t think he could aff ord to do At the recital, she played a duet
rooms of Christmas decorations Barbara McGillicuddy Bolton so, didn’t understand much about with her good friend and neighbor,
into one!!! 385A 5th St. stock, doubted that Walmart would Mary Donald Peabody ‘62. Betty
was so nervous she broke out in
become the biggest store in the
We wish you God’s blessings Brooklyn, NY 11215 world. In 1984 Tim discovered he hives, whereas; Mary giggled all
(718) 788-2282
during this lovely season of light. mcgillbolt@yahoo.com had a heart problem. One day soon the way through the performance.
Blessings, Jennifer and Torrey after, he fi nished a Philip Morris When Marie ompson died,
Sylvester. In mid-March I had lovely phone menthol and said to a companion, Larry Hall, Betty’s high school
boyfriend, read the obituary and
“You just saw me smoke my last
Class of 1955 conversations with both Tim cigarette.” In 1994 Tim had triple sent a condolence note. ey talked
Taylor and Betty ompson
Lorraine Davis Quint Beless. I was saddened to hear that bypass surgery. In 2004, he retired on the phone, and he sent her a
425 B Walker Road on March 28 Tim died suddenly from WorldCom after spending tape of his Ashland chorus. ey
Hodgdon, ME 04730 and unexpectedly of a heart attack. the previous 13 years traveling had looked forward to seeing each
th
(207) 532-3400 Our condolences go out to Jolene, the world to do auditing. He and other at our class 75 birthday
Melanie, and Daniel. Jolene have lived in Point Venture, party last summer at Floyd and
Class of 1956 Texas for 14 years, the longest Vicky Duplichen Munroe’s home,
Mary Saunders Callnan On Friday, August 18, 1961, Tim they’ve lived in one place. Tim and Betty was saddened, as we all
802A High Point Dr. was in his driveway washing Dick played 18 holes of golf three days were, by Larry’s sudden death. Betty
East Delray Beach, FL 33445 Lawlis’s 1953 maroon Chrysler a week and fi shed on a regular had attended only one reunion, so
(561) 455-2089 when his mother called him inside basis. Son, Daniel, lives in the we were delighted that she and Ray
macallnan@hotmail.com to take a phone call. A fellow at area and in addition to his job at came to the birthday party. ey
the Western Union offi ce up over Comcast is an avid professional visited a week with Whit and Clara
Class of 1957 Sadie’s Bakery needed to hire a fast fi sherman, competing in weekend Niles Whitney at their camp at
tournaments. Daughter, Melanie,
Drew’s Lake, took a nostalgic drive
Audrey McCready York typist and Mr. Garcelon at HHS and husband also live nearby and up to Presque Isle, and spent an
5 Pleasant Court had recommended Tim. (Gibby have a son and a daughter, the latter afternoon with Mary Peabody. Betty
Houlton, ME 04730 Chapman had off ered Tim a full of whom shares Tim’s August 21st and Ray’s two children, Michael
(207) 532-3066 athletic scholarship to Ricker, but birthday. Over the years, Tim has and Amy, and three grandchildren
audyork@gmail.com Tim’s mother said she couldn’t come to Houlton many summers all live near them. Although they
aff ord to let him board for free at to visit his mother. Madeline Bell may downsize from their big
Class of 1958 home.) When Tim took a test later Taylor, HHS ’35, died in her sleep house, Betty and Ray plan to stay
Dorothy Haley Fitzpatrick that day, he was instructed to type on February 25, 2019, at the age in Dover Foxcroft where they have
109 Jordan Rd as the interviewer spoke. When of 101. We had hoped Tim would forged so many connections and
Houlton, ME 04730 asked why he kept stopping, Tim continue to return summers for where, come the nice weather, they
(207) 532-6015 pointed out that he was typing reunions and Class of ’65 birthday will feel strong enough to venture
dhf@mfx.net faster than the spoken word. “How parties. Tim had two brothers, beyond Shaw’s into the beautiful
old are you?” the interviewer asked. David, HHS ’59, and Michael, countryside.
Class of 1959 “Seventeen.” “You have to be HHS ’69, and two sisters, Judy,
Peter Fitzpatrick eighteen. When’s your birthday?” HHS ’55, and Mary Lou, HHS ’57, Class of 1962
100 Pleasant St. “Monday.” “Do you mind starting his only surviving sibling. Tim had Dave McGillicuddy
Houlton, ME 04730 work on your birthday?” “Not at 8 Green Street, Apt. 2
(207) 532-9035 (home) all.” Especially not at the good pay said all in all he wouldn’t change
cell 207-299-3487 of $1.46 per hour. us began Tim’s a thing in his life and enjoyed the Houlton, ME 04730
isi@pwless.net long career at Western Union. e good times. davemcgillicuddy@gmail.com
Houlton offi ce closed after four or Mary Peabody
fi ve months and Tim transferred Betty ompson Beless and her 3 Ridgeway Court
60 REUNION to Presque Isle. He asked his fellow husband Ray have lived in Dover Houlton, ME 04730
60 REUNION
th th
Foxcroft for the last 32 years, the mdp5@gmail.com
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