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Greece and Turkey- you must   lockdown and when. If they   Laurine Thompson Wilson  located at Drews Lake in
        throw the loo paper provided   would call it before we get on   19 Hogan Street    New limerick. A group of our
        in the bin not flush it down   the train, we will have to stay   Houlton, ME 04730  classmates have spent several
        the loo. Still better than in   on the continent, as we have   (207) 532-3590      weeks updating our class
        Asia with a hole in the floor   no home to lock down in; if   ltwilson71@gmail.com  data, creating social media
        and in Muslim countries a   they call after our arrival in                         contacts, securing a venue
        bottle of water instead of   the UK we are well and truly in                       and caterer, and putting the
        paper.                      a pickle.                     50th Reunion             wheels in motion to make this
        Back to the beauty of Spain.   We managed to pry the lid                           gathering a reality.
        Renate adored hiking in a   of the area of leakage in the   Class of 1972          In February, we lost another
        national park, called Cabo de   van and to our horror we   Janice Cowperthwaite Kelley  classmate, Milford Clark.
        Gata in the glorious sunshine   discovered it full to the hilt   104 Court Street  As many of you might
        and warmth of the Andalusian  with water slushing out when   Houlton, ME 04730     remember, Milford was voted
        December. I would walk with   we drive. Jorge and I worked   (207) 532-1446        "class clown" during our
        her for a while and then go   out that it may be a problem   Thekelleys73@hotmail.com  senior year. More importantly,
        back while she strode forth   with the freshwater system,                          Milford was a social organizer
        blissfully listening to her   which means we will have   Class of 1973             and good friend to many. His
        audiobooks.                 to take it to a motorhome   Nancy Fitzpatrick Williams  illness reunited a number of
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        So far, we have had only    garage to get it looked at.   Houlton, ME 04730        our classmates and before we
        minor problem with our      Now, our problem is, we do   (207) 532-6424            knew it, a decision to gather
        Beastie (otherwise called   not have a home to store all                           seemed like a no-brainer.
        moho or motorhome). The     our belongings, which live   Tara McPhee Austin        While there are a lot of folks
        strange fuel tank lid has   in the part of the van to get   PO Box 68              who are rolling up their
        finally broken and cannot be   worked on. Thus, either we   New Limerick, ME 04761  sleeves (and don't worry there
        replaced with a generic one,   rent some storage place, or   (207) 532-7356        is still plenty to do for anyone
        because Hymer had altered   we have a good friend around   scottaust@pwless.net    who wants to get involved),
        the Fiat lock. A rag stuffed   north of London who could                           we owe a special thanks to
        into the opening, seems to   store some boxes, suitcases   Jon A. McLaughlin       Dee Henderson who's done
        keep the fumes at bay. A    etc for us.                311 Bangor Street           much of the local leg work
        lamp needs replacing; we    Anyway, I hope you are     Houlton, ME 04730           and Maurice Martin who
        bought a new one but cannot   keeping healthy and safe   (207) 532-6676            has taken time away from
        fit it as it is in a tight spot. A   and that you will be able to   jon@sadcaroostook.org  retirement to provide superior
        bigger worry is the wet base   spend time over with friends                        IT tech and information
        of our garage (the storage   and family the way you want   Class of 1974           organization services.
        space inside the moho) and   to without any government   Rev. Terrence P. McGillicuddy  Hopefully, by the time this
        we need to have it looked at   interference or health issues.  40 Dogwood Lane     newsletter  reaches you, you
        when getting back to the UK.   Bill & Renate           Medway, MA 02053            will have received additional
        I have some ideas what the   22 March 2022             (781) 801-4813              communications with specific
        cause could be, but we do not                          icxc_nika3@comcast.net      registration details and event
        have the tools to check up   Ps Turns out the leak was                             timing, ways to help, etc.
        on it.                      because of worn seals around   Class of 1975           Please note that we have
                                    the storage doors. All repairs                         created a couple of ways
        We are on our way back      are complete and moho      Andrew Mooers
        up north with a visit to the   is back in storage. We just   69 North Street       to stay in touch. We have
        family we volunteered with in   started our next adventure   Houlton, ME 04730     set up a private group
        Tarragona. Increasing Covid   of volunteering in Germany   (207) 532-7005          on Facebook, Class 75
        restrictions in the UK are a   for 10 weeks, before heading   mooersrealty@mooersrealty.  Houlton Maine and have
        worry; here nothing seems   to the States to visit family. In   com                established an email account,
        to have changed and we do   June, we will be visiting my                           houltonmaineclassof1975@
        not watch Spanish news;     mom in Houlton.            Deana Butler Henderson      gmail.com. We will be posting
        apart from masks in indoor                             23 Charles Street           updates on the Facebook
        spaces you can almost forget                           Houlton, ME 04730           group, so please join that if you
        about it. After much research   Class of 1971          (207) 532-2934              are so inclined. Feel free to ask
        with google translations,   Leigh Cummings, Jr.        deehend@pioneercable.net    questions via the email address
        we managed to book a PCR    83 Hillview Avenue                                     as well. For those of you who
        test in Calais 2 days before   Houlton, ME 04730       Class of '75 - It's official. There   do not use email or are not on
        our train was due, but we   (207) 532-6984             will be an HHS '75 gathering   social media, we will also be
        are wondering what would    leighandsandra@gmail.com   on Saturday, August 27, 2022,   sending information via good
        happen if the UK calls another                         at the Tall Timber Lodge    old snail mail.
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