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Class News, continued...

snow is melting away. We are Class of 1970 Renaissance Voices and I am
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55 Reunion thankful for a healthy winter Cindy Hagerman Milton on the board of our neighbor-
but feeling the loss of some of 6 Leonard St., Apt. B hood association. When it is
Class of 1968 our classmates and family. Houlton, ME 04730 feasible, we travel, sometimes
Gloria Doody Powers I lost my mom in February, at cindyh.milton@yahoo.com with family or friends, and
16 Watson Avenue 99. I am adjusting to a new just returned from a won-
Houlton, ME 04730 normal. For the last 6 years Paula Woodworth derful 10 days in Paris. Thank
(207) 532-8837 my day was centered around 7 Highland Court, Apt. 18 God for the fading of Covid!
gadpowers@hotmail.com a stop by Madigan to visit Houlton, ME 04730 I hope eventually to attend
or pick up items my mom 919-221-8115 a reunion in Houlton having
Class of 1969 needed or having her over spudzy52@gmail.com NEVER been back for one in
Karen Eleiott Donato for a meal. It takes a while the 53 years since I graduated.
11 Commonwealth Avenue to not feel so needed. Both Leonard Gravel wrote in to It would be great to see old
Houlton, ME 04730 Royce Ingraham and Dianne say: friends and classmates from
abcmaine@hotmail.com Cunliffe Lincoln lost their Leonard and Susan Thomp- those long-ago days.
mothers, too. We lost class son Gravel have moved back Congratulations to the superb
Gary Plourde and wife Patty members, Dean McCarty, to the area. We graduated team that have created and
Webb Plourde ‘70 continue to Cyndee Randall lost her in 1970. We have a home in helped the HHS Alumni effort
live in the Jacksonville, Florida sister, Marcia and Nancy Ludlow. to grow and thrive to the
area. Tozier Rang lost her husband, Dear Jon, benefit of the town, current
We are both retired and spend Denny. I know there are more This will be brief! After 10 students, and all of us alumni!
time enjoying new hobbies. I am forgetting. years in NYC and regionally As always,
Gary is using his carpentry I sent out a request for news, as an actor/singer I got a job Woody Howard, ‘70
skills to create one of a kind but the mail has been mostly teaching theatre and helping Fellow alumni,
live edge wooden tables. He quiet. Bev Nason and her do tech work at Horace Mann
recently created a table with husband, Terry travelled School in the Bronx. I did not At the end of October 2020,
a resin replica of East Grand to New Mexico in January intend to make teaching my following a 40-year career as a
Lake embedded in the wood. to attend their grandson’s career at first, but circum- software engineer at the Na-
Yes, East Grand Lake is still his graduation from the stances led to my staying tional Security Agency (NSA), I
favorite fishing spot! Homeland Security Division. there. Happily, I learned to be retired. During all those years
He is now in Texas on the of employment I lived in Lau-
Patty is now a Florida Master border. a good teacher, eventually, rel, Maryland, about 20 miles
Gardener. She spends time and wound up becoming the north of Washington, D.C.
at the University of Florida Hoping with better weather Chair of a growing Theatre, In the fall of 2021, I sold my
Agricultural Center in St and that Covid is behind us, Dance, Film Studies Depart- home in Laurel and moved to
Augustine, creating a Fairy that those around the area ment. a retirement community in Ell-
Garden for children and adults might gather for a meal like After 25 years I retired and my icott City, Maryland, about 12
who are young at heart. old times. husband and I, he is also from miles south of Baltimore.
In addition to hobbies, If you are in Houlton during Maine, moved back to Maine, As part of my duties during
we spend time with our 2 the Fourth of July week, let settling in Portland for the my tenure at NSA I worked in
grandchildren, ages 10 and me know. There may be a late fall/winter/early spring of corporate information tech-
13. They bring us great joy time when we can all meet. each year and spending sum- nology (IT) accommodation
and definitely keep us busy. Until next time, mers at camp in Turner. matters for employees with
Patty and Gary Karen Eleiott Donato, ‘69 I am getting settled well in disabilities. In retirement I am
Portland after 6 years. I sing in
Spring is on its way here Class Rep an a cappella chamber group still working on corporate IT
on the first of April and the of twenty-five singers called accessibility issues. Although
the disability technology

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