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Class of 1974               logbook. John enjoys living   the place that dogs ask for by   to enjoy retirement and the
        Rev. Terrence P. McGillicuddy  on the waterfront in Maine,   name for grooming.    golden years. Send me photos
        40 Dogwood Lane             wintering in Florida. Anyone   Classmate Steve Clark   and stories you have to share
        Medway, MA 02053            else in the class of 1975 audi-  dropped into the office last   with our class!
        (781) 801-4813              ence planning to do the same   week and was helping his par-  As always, please send my
        icxc_nika3@comcast.net      routine? Retired or planning   ents reposition to easier living   way or reach out to Dee But-
                                    to soon at 65 or hanging in   options. Steve told me he   ler Henderson to share what
        Class of 1975               there a tad longer?        runs into David Daniels who   is happening in your corner
        Andrew Mooers               A few years back, classmate   lives just a few miles away   of the world. Your classmates
        69 North Street             Rob Brown made the big     from his home in Falmouth.   care and want to know what
        Houlton, ME 04730           move from Maine to Florida.   David and Sherry Daniels   is happening in your life after
        (207) 532-7005              Rob, you got ears on, do you   Good just lost their Dad Bert   leaving corridor A and B,
        mooersrealty@mooersrealty.  copy? Send us a shout out   Daniels and please reach out   room 32, the shop area, gym
        com                         on what is shaking, what is   to them to let them know you   and cafeteria at 7 Bird Street,
                                    new and different in your life   are so sorry.         Houlton Maine.
        Deana Butler Henderson      walking the beach sand of
        23 Charles Street           sunny Florida? Everyone in   The newsletter is written   Your classmates grew up
        Houlton, ME 04730           our class would love to know   like the class cub reporter is   together. Some were on the
        (207) 532-2934              what each member is up to,   far away out in space and it   same Little League team...
        deehend@pioneercable.net    and hope all are healthy and   seems to take light years for   Harry Bass, Houlton Water
                                    happy. Each classmate has   the transmission signal to   Company, George S Gentle,
        Greetings Houlton High      tidbits of that kind of news   come back to Earth. Because   O’Donnell’s Express, First
        School class of 1975! How   and please relay anything that   of lead time for insertion in   National, Rotary, Elks. Others
        is your life going wherever   should be in the next alumni   the HHS Alumni news latest   worked together at Parkview
        you are reading this online   newsletter edition.      addition, there is a lag from   Terrace, York’s or Drake’s Dairy
        or opening the latest printed                          when written and the final   Bar, The Elm Tree, Canusa or
        publication? Would you like   I saw Rose Kelley Ivey this   edition of the newsletter hits   The Silver Fox, Caleb’s Barn.
        to be part of a ZOOM meet   week and learned she has two   the press. This blurb being   Or you picked field sections
        up as a class? Working now   grandchildren. Rose works   put together in September,   next to other classmates, their
        on when and where so stay   at the Band of Maliseet and   hoping you see the finished   brothers or sisters on farms
        tuned. Please make sure to   says she is glad she lives in   newsletter with all the class   owned by Johnny Gardiner,
        sign up and subscribe to the   Houlton Maine. How many   school news by mid-Novem-  Al Jewell, Harry Bass, John or
        HHS Alumni site to not miss   grandchildren are you up to   ber. (Fingers crossed and   Fred Mooers, Don Hagan, or
        out to beam in and say hello   classmates? Put me down for   hoping).              one of many with a last name
        to your classmates.         three and counting. They are   Often the season written   of Fitzpatrick on the potato
                                    a hoot and do so enrich your
        Who did we see since the last   life huh?              about is long gone and if no   barrels or bulk body spud
        newsletter from our class?                             mention of a classmate death,   trucks.
        Ann Johnston Parker made    When you are in Houlton    etc. is made, please know it   Share the stories. Bring back
        the trip uphill on I-95 to see   Maine you run into Peter Led-  is because of this production   the memories from the work
        her mom receive a Rotary Paul   ger who services the lawn-  delay element. News came in   ethic learned out in the po-
        Harris award recently. Ann   mower or snow sled. Greg   after the submission deadline   tato fields where each ticket
        describes her mom as the “En-  Lizotte mixes up your favorite   for the next installment is   meant 25 cents a barrel. Now
        ergizer Bunny” that just keeps   paint tint up at Walmart. I   usually what happened and   they must wave $14 dollars
        on going and going. Rae     bumped into Nicole Dionne   will try to catch it on the next   an hour in front of some kids
        Johnson’s years of community   Tapley when I got my COVID   1975 class news installment.  to get them to work at Mickey
        service is something remark-  pair of shots. Frank McPart-  We did not forget or not care,   D’s. 
        able and she shows no signs   land fixes any plumbing issue.   but when the latest submis-
        of letting up in her pitching   Smokin’ Joe Silliboy’s pres-  sion was sent in, months can   Did any of you work at
        in and making a difference in   ence is big each demolition   go by before what is written   Wilson’s Market, The C&G
        the local community.        derby around the 4th of July.   is released to the alumni   Foodliner, Sampson’s or do
                                                                                           dishes, wait tables at a local
        I run into John Pringle from   In the Aroostook County seat,   readership.         restaurant? Or helped run the
        time to time too. He and his   you run into Russell Fitz,   We lost Barb Schools,   rec center or summer Just for
        wife Lori summer at their lake   Mary Beth Callnan Fitzpat-  Debbie Chapman, and Tim   Kid’s program? Many attend-
        cottage on Brackett Lake in   rick at Sadie’s Bakery picking   McGillicuddy recently. Please   ed the same church, trick or
        Weston. John was a truck    up a bag of donuts. Or see   keep them in your thoughts   treated together, skated in the
        driver for Walmart for many   Lorraine Jellison raising   and prayers. We are getting   outdoor or indoor Houlton
        years but is now retired. Hung   money with a bake sale out in   older class of 1975. Covid add-  Maine ice rink. 
        up the chain drive wallet and   front of Hollywood Pet Salon,   ed a new wrinkle to surviving

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