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Class News, continued...

to take a Tuk-tuk to a town with family and friends along Magazine. We had a great
th
to have more choice. Not the way. turnout last Summer and it 50 Reunion
necessary though, the freshly Wishing you well wherever was wonderful to renew old
squeezed fruit juices were de- you are, memories! As Jon knows, Class of 1973
licious and there were a great we honored Gwen Rush Nancy Fitzpatrick Williams
variety of international break- Bill & Renate Dow with the ceremonial 6 Chandler Court
fast choices that were brilliant Quirky fact about India jacket for her sincere effort to Houlton, ME 04730
for us. I loved the Gazpacho Only the driver in a car needs organize last year’s reunion (207) 532-6424
at Home (one of the beach to wear a seat belt and only as well as she has been
restaurants). Food prices were the driver on the scooter or very instrumental with our Tara McPhee Austin
very reasonable. Renate en- reunions over the years! PO Box 68
joyed an Egg Biryani for $4.00 motorbike needs to wear a On a personal note, Ruth, my New Limerick, ME 04761
and or a small mackerel curry helmet by law; the rest of wife, and I celebrated our (207) 532-7356
family on the back of the bike
which was only $2.00. You can need nothing – not that many 45th Wedding Anniversary tara.austin55@icloud.com
live very frugally there going car drivers or bike riders com- on December 31st of 2022.
to the authentic eateries by ply anyway! We truly love living in Jon A. McLaughlin
the roadside or choose cheap- Winterport, Maine. We have 311 Bangor Street
er items on the tourist menu. Paula Woodworth, ’70 Class four grandchildren. Two are Houlton, ME 04730
It will add up however, when Rep in Gloucester, MA and two (207) 532-6676
you do 2 meals a day over 2 jon@hhsalumassoc.net
months. Class of 1971 live in Portola Valley, CA. We
Leigh Cummings, Jr. have been retired for over ten
After heading back to the UK, 83 Hillview Avenue years but are very active in Jack Rackliff wrote to say:
we spent a few weeks circling Houlton, ME 04730 subbing at local schools. We Still enjoying full retirement.
London at different campsites (207) 532-6984 have been blessed to do a fair Playing more golf with my
with our motorhome. We amount of traveling to places retired friends from the Rich-
had medical appointments leighandsandra@gmail.com like Ireland, England and even mond County Sheriff’s Office
in London and visited with Laurine Thompson Wilson to Dubai in the UAE! She and and The Augusta National
Renate’s daughter, son-in-law, 19 Hogan Street I wish all our friends the very Golf Club. My wife, Leianna,
and grandson in East Ham. We Houlton, ME 04730 best for a wonderful Summer! graduated from the Florida
even went back to Torquay (207) 532-3590 College of Integrative Medi-
and placed another offer on ltwilson71@gmail.com Thank you, cine on December 18, 2022.
a house, but with the chain Mark Fitzpatrick (Class It was a 3-year course where
purchasing system you never Blessings Jon and Alumni of President) and Ruth Lyons she learned Acupuncture and
know if the sale will complete. Houlton High School, Fitzpatrick Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Frustrating!! Leigh Cummings, Jr., ’71
Thank you for this She is now in the process of
While we were in London, I opportunity for me to Class Rep studying for her four exams
received word that my mother send you a little bit of my Laurine Thompson Wilson, with NCCAOM which is a na-
had fallen and broken her appreciation with regards to ’71 Class Rep tional certification board that
wrist. So, as I conclude this what you all do! will certify her nationally so
sharing, we are in Houlton Class of 1972 that she can obtain her state
and now about ready to head To begin with, on behalf Janice Cowperthwaite Kelley certification for the state of
back to the UK on the next of All my dear classmates 104 Court Street Georgia. Once she passes and
Monday. Life continues to from the Class of ‘71, we Houlton, ME 04730 becomes certified, she can
have many challenges and im- truly appreciate being so (207) 532-1446 then open her own business.
possible-to-imagine circum- wonderfully recognized Thekelleys73@hotmail.com
stances, but we try to enjoy by being on the cover of Also back on December 21,
the moments we can share the Alumni’s Newsletter/ 2022, my wife and I traveled
to Dedham, Maine and spent

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