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Golf Scramble



                                                         2021















        The Annual Houlton Alumni Golf Scramble was held on July 3rd  at the Houlton
        Community Golf Course.  A full roster of teams was entered this year with some
        last-minute entries having to be turned away. It has been a few years  since the
        number of teams have been maxed out.                                       Ian Gervais continues his summer 2021
                                                                                   wining streak as winner of the County
        At the end of the nine- hole tournament the results were:                  Open Tournament on August 7th.
        Gross Champions: Lexi Emerson, Ian Gervais, Wally Peabody, and Tyler Wheaton.
        Net Champions:  Greg Palmer, Greg Palmer Jr., Scott Flannery, and Damon Stone.
        Congratulations to all the winners and we thank everyone for coming out to support the Houlton Alumni Association.

        A big thank you to all our sponsors for this event:
        Birdie Sponsor:  WHOU/Northern Maine Media.
        Fairway Sponsors:  Dead River; Machias Savings Bank; Severson Hand & Nelson and York’s of Houlton.
        Hole Sponsors:  Andy’s IGA; Aroostook Auto Tech; Bell Chiropractic, DC; Bower’s Funeral Home; Buildings Etc.; County
        Yankee; Currier, Trask, and Jordan; F. A.  Peabody Company; Harbison Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning; Houlton
        Power Sports; Houlton Water Company; J. H. McPartland and Sons;   J. McLaughlin Construction; Katahdin Trust Company;
        Louisiana Pacific ; Priority Auto Sales;  SAGE Financial; SADC;  S. W.  Collins Company;  Shiretown Stove & Outdoor
        Living;  and The County Federal Credit Union.



           The Webster-Ashburton Treaty signed by President John Tyler

                                         in August of 1842 creating

                                        Maine/Aroostook County’s

                                             border as we know it










                                                Left: Copy of the original 1842 treaty.
                                            Right:  Finalized boundaries. Blue is what the U.S.
                                        wanted and Red is what Canada wanted. Compromised
                                        boundary is in Yellow. The boundary as we know it today.

                                          Photos courtesy of the Aroostook Historical and Arts
                                                           Museum

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