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in their little gardens. The We will be sorry to leave here, UAE. Our daughters live in course it is all gone now. It
people make special noises to but we will bring lots of pic- Gloucester, MA and Portola was an incredible experience
attempt to shoo the monkeys tures and memories with us. Valley, CA. We have four - working with a lot of great
away and monkey presence We still live in Cape Elizabeth wonderful grandchildren! people and I was so glad I got
drives all the dogs crazy, but and bike and walk most days. And we hope to be going to be part of it.
we enjoyed watching them We both spend time helping “across the pond” again soon! My next adventure was to run
very much. several non-profits. I spend a Ruth, of course, knows a lot my own business. I purchased
We also had 2 proper Italian day each week with Habitat of my classmates, especially a convenience store in Bangor
ice cream parlours there for Humanity. Robin Currier - who lives located on the corner of
now with very tasty fare and Our two girls have little in San Francisco, and we try Broadway and Stillwater
Italian prices, too. Renate’s ones…. we love having time to visit with him whenever Avenue. This was a lot of work,
we go out! We send our
favourite is Pomegranate with all three of them. best wishes to all and pray open 365 days a year. I had
with green tea and Cinnamon everyone is well. some great employees and
cashew crunch. Mine was a I still love coming to “the customers - it was like having
Walnut and Pistachio combo. county” and seeing my sister This great article is from Dan a small community as a family.
Sometimes we take a tuk-tuk Lori Weston and her family, Kirlin: Hello Class of 71. It From Bangor I moved to Bar
to the next much larger and and running into the many has been a while. I have Harbor where I purchased the
noisier village for an excellent cousins I grew up with. not made it to many class Cadillac Motor Inn, located
pizza with real cheese, hand Martha Palmer reunions so thought I would on Main Street. It is no longer
stretched tasty dough and 776-8578 fill you in on what I have been there - the hospital purchased
almost just a third of UK pric- 7 Pilot Point Road up to in the last 50+ years! it for additional office space,
es. It’s a good life and we are Cape Elizabeth, Maine My first “good” job was nurses’ living quarters and
grateful for our good fortunes. with Great Northern Paper more parking space. Another

We were there till the end of Class of 1971 Company. I was the Head business with a lot of hours
Feb. In Late Feb, we decided Leigh Cummings, Jr. Operation Clerk for the but it was seasonal. It was
it was best to go home and 83 Hillview Avenue West Branch District. GNP nice having the winters off
get some more medical help. Houlton, ME 04730 has several logging camps to travel to Florida or the
Renate is improving and we (207) 532-6984 in the western part of the Caribbean.
are looking forward to our leighandsandra@gmail.com state off the Golden Road. I After selling the motel my
visits to Maine and Kentucky lived in Bangor at the time; wife took a position with the
in June. Laurine Thompson Wilson I would drive to Millinocket University of Southern Maine,
19 Hogan Street
Wishing you well, Houlton, ME 04730 Monday morning, get my so we moved to Scarborough.
assignment and head into
William Tardy ‘70 & Renate (207) 532-3590 one of the camps. The clerks I had my real estate license, so
ltwilson71@gmail.com I got involved in commercial
Martha Palmer reports: had their own working real estate while I looked for
and living quarters and the
My husband and I are in Mark Fitzpatrick wrote in to camps had great cook rooms another business to purchase.
London, wandering about say: Ruth and I very happily supplying all our meals. The Before I purchased another
looking at castles and all the retired from our Blessed time work consisted of training business, my wife accepted a
wonderful things to see. The as Educators that span over new clerks, payroll, cost position with the Department
food is great, and there are so 40 years for her and 33 plus accounting, and maintaining of Defense working with
many things to do… Tower of years for me. We love our the necessary supplies special needs children living
London, the Thames, finding cozy town of Winterport with needed to keep the operation on overseas bases. Her first
places to see and eat and great friends and a slow pace running smoothly. It was assignment was at Naval Air
enjoy. We have been walking of living. We have done a fair a 4-day week, so I would Station Sigonella, located
like crazy each day, finding amount of traveling - Ireland, return to Bangor Thursday in Sicily, Italy. I got a job at
lots of interesting things England, and Dubai in the night. I did this for 9 years. Of the base hospital working
around us.

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