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Carolyn, Marilyn,
Susan, Lorraine, Barbara, Kathy & Donna
meet 8/26/10 to Plan 50th class reunion.
Reunion will be held International Week & will include a class float in the
parade.
| Senior Class Officers: President - Paul Pettit; Vice-President - Gregg Brooks Secretary - Beverly Rutherford; Treasurer - Hope Draper Class Colors: Blue and White |
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Linda Babb Cleveland: Linda is married to Ralph Cleveland. They live in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, where she works at a bank. Ralph works for a construction company. Their children are both married, and they have several grandchildren. Their daughter, Shelly has three boys ages 9-14. Linda's mother, Mrs. Melva Babb, is deceased. Carol Baker Ham: Carol lives in Greene ME. Her husband, Bud Ham, died in 2004. They have 4 children, 3 daughters (all married), 1 son, 5 grandsons. Their oldest daughter is an R.N. and lives on Cape Cod; next daughter is a Medical Assistant for a hospital in Augusta; third daughter is a 5th grade teacher with the local school system; their son is a truck driver for a food distributor and still lives at home. Carol works for the local school system in Adult Education and Alternative School. She also works part-time as a "bookkeeper." Carol and Ham live on a 50 acre, small farm in Greene. They only have two horses now, but raised beef animals for a number of years until Ham was injured at Bath Iron Works. He has been disabled since 1985. In her spare time [what spare time! keh] Carol works in her garden and mows over three acres of lawn every week during the summer. She would spend all her time outside if she could! Carol would love to hear from classmates; her e-mail is CHamsco@aol.com. Richard Bates: Richard lives in Calais at his homestead on Calais Avenue. Dana Brooker: Dana and his wife live in St. Stephen NB. He works for NB Telephone Co. Greg Brooks: Greg lives in Newington CT. Loru Brooks Beauchemin: Lori lives in Farmington CT with her husband Clement Beauchemin. Dennis Brown: Dennis and his wife live in Princeton ME. Geraldine Burns Wentworth: Geraldine lives in Calais. Her mother died July 2006. Shirley Campbell: Shirley and BerylAnn recently moved to Bangor. Jane Carlow: Jane teaches Junior High School in Scarborough ME. Nellie Cassidy Barnard: Nellie is married to David Barnard and lives in Woodland. She is a retired Registered Nurse. She and David enjoy camping and 4-wheeling. Their 3 children are grown and have given them 6 grandchildren. Nellie's e-mail is magathome@earthlink.net
Adrienne Christakos Hitchcock: Adrienne lives in Cambridgeport VT. She and her husband have a son and daughter and three grandsons to spoil rotten. Her e-mail is AdrieHitch@aol.com. Keith Christie, Jr.: Keith lives in
Portland, Connecticut, and is owner of Christie Enterprises, Inc. Gerald Cookson: Gerald lives in Calais and works for Jack Smith, Border Electric. His wife died Spring 2006. Carolyn Cox Furlong: Carolyn is married to Arthur Furlong. They live a Meddybemps Lake, and Carolyn retired from the High School as a secretary July 2006. E-mail arthurfurlong@hotmail.com Michael Darling: Michael lives in El Paso TX.
He has a terrific family and throws great reunions. At one time there were unpleasant rumors spread about his political leanings; however, those
rumors have been largely discounted. E-mail Michael at DarlingU@aol.com. Hope Draper Richards: Hope lives in Winterport ME. Jo Lee Eary Walker.
She is semi-retired, having just sold her grooming business. She spends most of her time with her grandchildren, whom she loves dearly. Martha Elliott Whitehouse: Martha lives in Hampden ME. mewhitehouse@yahoo.com Nancy Fox Carson: Nancy lives in Saco ME. Judith Frost Howell: Judith lives in Rocky Point NY. John Gibson: All is well in SE Georgia. Retired, enjoying life and watching the tides come in and go out. calaisboy1961@yahoo.com 062809 Katherine A. Glidden Berry: Kathy married Richard Berry, and they now live in Robbinston by the Sea and are winter residents of The Villages, Florida. They have three daughters; two are married. They are living in Memphis TN, Portland ME, and Chesterville ME. Richard worked at GP for almost 40 years and recently retired and now works with Kathy for Pine Tree Real Estate. Kathy has been a real estate broker for the past 20 years. They enjoy the good life of the St. Croix Valley, and its beautiful surroundings. Kathy is a Grannie now!! Baby Michael was born in Oct. of 2001. He is the most precious baby boy ever! Second grandchild, Katie Selma Cilley born Aug 14, 2005 in Farmington ME to Denise & Stan. And she's the cutest little baby girl born ever!! Another grandchild was born to on September 14, 2009 to Danita & Brad Nickle named Chloe MacKenzie Nickle (also sweetest baby ever born). E-mail CATHANCELK@aol.com. Royce "Jack" Gray:
I married a girl from Addison Me (Doreen) and have two boys, Ronald
John -10/12/67, and David Kay -11/10/72. Ron had 2 children by first wife, Douglas John and Rebecca Lynn, 2 step-children by 2nd wife Dawn Johnson, Samantha and
McKenzie, and 1 son, Trevor John, for a total of 5! (loads of fun) (and a lot of Johns!!) David married Jennifer Gott from Bar
Harbor on Aug 9, 2003. Their daughter Olivia Beth Gray was born 7-20-05 looks just like Dave
(AND acts like him), her sister Molly was born 6/28/06. I have worked at the paper mill in Bucksport for 11 yrs, after a wide variety of jobs (textile mill,
skidder operator, truck driver, peat bog, lobster pound, and diving for scallops, etc.) Address is 34 Holt
Drive, Ellsworth, Me.04605 I would love to hear from classmates and CMHS grads. (I DO love to write!!) March
2005 photo one, two, three courtesy of Linda
Tokarz. E-mail is jackoamerica@myfairpoint.net
01/31/09 email update.
Albert W. Hartford: Albert lives in Calais.
awhartford@verizon.net 122106 Clinton Hayward:
Clinton lives in Winslow ME, is married to Patricia (Sitnik) who is employed in
the Endoscopy Department at Maine General Hospital in Waterville, has 3 children of his own & 2 step children. All are out on their
own. One works in Financial Aid at UNE, another works for Homeland Security in Port Huron, MI., one owns and operates a Sears Store in
Machias, while another is a General Manager of a Construction Company in San Francisco, and the last works for Applicators, a construction company
wholesaler in Augusta. Clinton works for the Sisters of Charity Health System (St. Mary's Regional Medical Center) in Lewiston and has
been there for 21 years as Director of Security with a staff of about 21 employees. His primary love is landscaping and
flower gardening and is a Master Gardener. He has 3 acres of highly landscaped grounds in Winslow with about 15 flower gardens & a lot of statuary and two
ponds. He has a cottage on Boyden Lake in Perry so gets home about once a month. His mother still live on Pleasant St. in Calais. Life
has never been better for him, and he is content as a clam at high tide. His e-mail address is
wildwings@adelphia.net or
chayward@sochs.com An early 2007 retirement is hoped for. Patricia A. Higgins: Patricia lives in Phoenix
AZ. Harriet Hill Hachey.
My husband Paul and I live in Vassalboro Maine. Paul works for Irving, and I work for Goodwill of New
England in a group home for the mentally and physically handicapped. Would love to hear from fellow class-mates.
harriethachey451@msn.com Linda Hill Fossa: Linda
died October 22, 2001 of an apparent heart attack. Virginia Hilyard Doran: Virginia is married to Frank Doran and lives in Kingfield ME; during the winter months she lives in Florida on a boat. Ella Hunnewell Howell: Ella lives in Baileyville. Eleanor M. Irish Matheson: Eleanor lives in St. Stephen NB. Sandra Jensen: Sandra lives in Kittery ME. John Kershules: John lives in White House Station NJ. Lillian Lane: Lillian lives in Elizabethtown, KY with her husband Glenn Johnston who retired from the Army several years ago. They have two children living in
Michigan. They lived in Germany for ten years and while there adopted two children who now live in Arizona. Lillian's sister Marion and husband, Norm Carlow, live in Presque Isle.
Elizabethtown is about 30 minutes from Louisville. John LaPointe: John lives in Machias;
his mother lives in Calais. Gary A. LeSuer: Gary lives in Derry NH. He is married to Marge Foley with one son Mark LeSuer. B.S. Bus. Ed. from Husson College, Bangor ME, M. Ed.
University of Maine at Orono. Taught high school in Bucksport and Biddeford ME and
Wilton NH as Business Ed Teacher for thirteen years. Have been a Director of
Financial Aid at a college for twenty-five years. Home phone 603/425-7626; work
phone 781/306-6652. Gary's new e-mail address is garylesuer@yahoo.com Joan L. LeSeur: Joan is married to Paul Stanhope and lives GA. See Paul below for more information. David C. Lincoln
lives in Wasilla, Alaska. Ronald MacKechnie: Deceased. Carl "Bud" Mahar: Carl
& Natalie live in Calais. mahar11@verizon.net11/11/03 Darrell E. Mains: Darrell lives in Ann Arbor,
MI. Elizabeth Malloch Condes: Liz
lives in Las Cruces NM with her husband. Susan McCoubrey Dooley:
Susan lives in Alexandria VA. susandoole@aol.com Linda McLain: Linda was a teacher at Calais Elementary School and is now retired. She lives in Calais at her homestead. Barbara McLean Maenhout: Barbara is married to Robert Maenhout. They live in Calais; Barbara works at the Vo-Tech. Fred McLean: Fred lives in Calais and is employed by GP. Carole McLellan Boynton: Carole
and David live in Barnegat, NJ. Things are going fine for her. Her e-mail address is
CaroleB503@verizon.net
Marilyn Moore Cochran: Kissimmee, FL. I am an Allstate agent and have an office in St. Cloud FL. http://agent.allstate.com/MCochran2/Welcome/ My husband has retired from the Navy. My daughter Kelly is married to Pete McCoubrey and lives in Meddybemps; she is an RN . She has 2 children Bethany is a Freshman at the University of Nevada, Utah; and Adrienne is graduating from Woodland HS June 2005. My other daughter Jerri lives in Melbourne FL and works at Patrick Air Force Base. My son Jason works for me at the agency full time is married and has a little boy Ethan. My address is 1050 E. Lakeshore Blvd., Kissimmee FL 34744, e-mail majapa10@aol.com. David Morrison lives in Southbridge MA. Ronald Morrison: Ronald is married and lives in Perry. He works at GP Woodland. Myrtle Palmeter Ackley: Myrtle is married to Ted Ackley. They live in Meddybemps and run Palmeter's Store. Paul J. Pettit: Paul lives in Loveland OH. Lorraine Perkins Gilchrist: Lorraine is married and has two sons and one grandson. She live in Meddybemps. Her husband died July 2006. Cheryl PikeTuomala, would have been class of '61, Cheryl's brother, David, has retired. Wayne M. Pike: Wayne is married and lives in Calais. He works at GP Woodland. Mary Pomeroy Howe: Mary lives in Centerville MA. Mary is married and has one daughter. No grandchildren as of yet; her daughter is having too much fun in the city (Boston) to get married & have children! Raymond Poole: Raymond lives in Nassau NY. Sharon Preston Lewis: Sharon has been married to Larry Lewis for 40 years. Their daughter lives in Fort Drum NY and her husband will be retiring from the Army in 2 years. They have two kids, 15 and 11. Sharon and Larry's son lives in southern Maine and has a 15 year old. Larry is retired, and Sharon works at the health center in Princeton. They moved to Alexander 7 years ago where they operate the Home Sweet Home Bed & Breakfast. Clarke M. Reynolds: Retired in 2003. Residing in Robesonia, PA with my wife Marilyn of 42 plus years. Spend the winter months in Barefoot Bay, FL. Looking forward to getting together for the 50th reunion in 2011. New E-mail address cmrmlr@comcast.net new email 121908 Cora Richard Banks: Cora lives in Portland ME. She has four sons and two grandsons. Charles M. Russell: My home address has changed from 62 Boylston Street, Apt#719, Boston MA 02116 to 1 Emerson Place, Apt#4A, Boston MA 02114. My Home Telephone Number is still (617)-948-0978 and my Home E-Mail is still Charles.Russell@rcn.com. I am still presently working with the Massachusetts Highway Department as a Civil Engineer in Bridge Design. Business Address: 10 Park Plaza, Room 6500, Boston, MA 02116, Work Telephone: 617)-973-7565 and My Work E-mail is Charles.Russell@MHD.state.ma.us Beverly Rutherford Linnane: Beverly lives in Westboro MA. Terrence D. Sinclair, R.N., Class of '61. My family moved from Milltown in December of 1952, where I attended Milltown Grammar School, and finished my schooling in Caribou. Moxie1884@rcn.com Karen Smith Howell: I live in GA just south of Chattanooga TN with my husband, A. J. I retired October 2008; and we plan to travel back and forth between Chattanooga and our home in The Villages, FL. Our daughter, Renee, & her husband, Glen, live on Lookout Mt. TN; they have two children, Bronte & Brooke; our son, Jim, and his wife, Rachel, live in Longwood FL; they have two children, Scott and Laura. A. J. retired from the Navy and from teaching, and I retired from workforce development. We have lived in MD, VA, FL, Italy and Puerto Rico. When we finally settled in one place, I went back to school and have a BA in History from UT Chattanooga and MEd Human Resource Development from Vanderbilt Univ. I still get homesick for ME, but my life is truly blessed. E-mail Vandy88@aol.com . "Bud" Smith: Bud has retired to Tensed, Idaho, with his wife, Mary. Paul E.Stanhope: Paul and Joan live in GA. They would like to hear from former classmates. They have 3 children. Nathaniel and his wife, Laura, have a four year old child, Sydney, in pre-school. Nathaniel has his own maintenance business & lives about 4 miles from Paul & Joan. Joel & his wife, Jean, live in St. John NB. Joel is a plumber like his Dad and brother Nate. Jean works at a nursing home. They have 3 children Darma 15, Mike 13, and Chantel 9. Paula and her husband, Don, live down the street from Paul & Joan. They have three boys, Christian, 4, Jesse, 3, and Alex, 19 months. Patricia Stewart Willard: I retired on 2/20/09 and moved on 2/21/09. So far, retirement is all that I imagined it would be. New address: 63 Rainflower Land, West Windsor, NJ 08550 (609) 308-2321. Hard to believe that #50 is creeping up on us. patriciawi63@comcast.net Bonnie Swett Blanchette Mercier lives in Mt. Airy NC and has 2 children and 4 grandchildren. E-mail bobomer@aol.com. Milton Thornton: After graduation I spent 5 years in the U.S. Air Force as a Jet engine mechanic at Wright Patterson A.F.B. Dayton Ohio. After discharge I was meat manager at Shop and Save for 10 years. I have been with Georgia Pacific for the last 20 years, the first 5 in maintenance and the last 15 in management. I am still married to my high school sweetheart, Jill (McCann) Thornton, that's right,! 36 years. We have 3 Children, 2 boys, Keith and Troy, and a girl Alicia. Both boys are graduates of the University of Maine at Orono and my daughter is a dance instructor and is married to Rex Nicholson electrician at Georgia Pacific. Jill was in Public Relations for years and now is at home looking after me, at my age I need it. I have 2 beautiful grand children, a Boy Seth 25 months a girl Devain 6 years. E-mail mthorn@midmaine.com. Linda Tokarz: Linda lives in Greenbelt MD. Photo March 30, 2005, courtesy of Jack Gray - lrtokarz@verizon.net Donna Tracy: Donna lives in Murfreesboro TN and spends summers in Maine. Bernard F. Trott: Hi, thought it was about time to check in with our new e-mail address and say hi. I am retired now and am enjoying life, playing a little golf, fishing and hunting. Can't leave out the grandkids, have 8 now, 6-boys and 2-girls. They are pretty special as you probably know also. They take up a lot of time, which Grandma and Pappy look forward too. We are in good health, and are doing a lot of traveling around this great country. We have just 4 more states to visit and we will have been in all lower 48 states. We have 1 daughter living in Florida and another moving to Louisiana in a couple of weeks. Looks like we now have a place to winter. :) Our two sons live close by, and are doing well. Our youngest, Bernard Ira is at the Mass. State Police academy, and hopefully will graduate in Nov. as a Mass. State Trooper, we are pretty proud of him. The other one is working at a food distributorship, has 14 yrs with them, doing well. Well as you all can see, we are doing ok for a hick from Robbinston. lol Talk to Donna Tracy often, and she is doing well, also Gregg Brooks is retired now and he is doing well. He just lost his father in Robbinston, and I lost my mother last year in Aug. Hope this find everyone healthy and enjoying life. Hope to make the next reunion next year. Talk to you all later, berkat8@netzero.net new email 081905 Gerald L. Watt: Gerald lives in Bucksport ME and works at Champion. David Damon: Bangor Daily News: "Winterport: David Leroy Damon, 53, died 3/14/96 at a Bangor Hospital. He was born in Calais 5/29/42, the son of George and Elisabeth (Gower) Damon. He served in the US Navy during the Vietnam War. He was a member of the American Legion Post No. 3 of Calais. David especially enjoyed high school basketball and was an avid fan of the Calais Blue Devils. He was a hard worker and was employed at Sunrise Materials in Orono for the past 12 years." David was married to Juanita McKee and had 2 daughters, a stepson, & 3 grandchildren. Dianne Gibson Craft: CALAIS - Dianne Marie Craft, 62, of Calais, passed away Tuesday, Feb.01,2005, at a Bangor hospital after a lengthy illness. She was born Jan. 15, 1943, at St. Stephen, New Brunswick, the daughter of Guy Edward and Jean (Robb) Gibson. Dianne worked for several years at Irving convenience stores. She was well-known around town for her cooking, such as her delicious rolls, baked beans and macaroni and cheese, and the numerous treats she made around the holidays for her many friends and acquaintances. Dianne was predeceased by her parents and her brother, Philip. She is survived by her husband of 35 years, Roger; sons, Robert Edward and his wife, Amy, of Old Town, and Roger Jr.; mother-in-law, Joyce Craft Frost; brothers- and sisters-in-law and their families: Timmy, Joey, Lester, Geraldine, Terry, Melanie, Lisa, Kim and Brenda; nieces, Sherri Gibson of Bangor and Cindy Brochu and family of Colorado. She will be missed by many, many close friends. A celebration of Dianne's life will be held 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 5, 2005, at the Craft Residence, 38 Garfield St., Calais. Burial services will be held in the spring. [Bangor Daily News 020205] Richard M. Currier: Obituary [Provided by Carolyn Furlong. 020610] Winfield Harmon:
CALAIS - Winfield A. Harmon Jr., 62, died unexpectedly Friday, May 12, Jane Hunnewell Woodside: Jane died 6/27/1996 Calais, age 53. She was married to Ivan Woodside and lived in Calais. They had one son, Darin. Jane had worked for J.D. Thomas for many years. William Johnson: Deceased. Michael McClure: Deceased 9/16/1985 Calais, age 42.
Robert Merrill:
Robert H Merrill, died 2007 in Jacksonville
Florida (of cancer). He was survived by his wife Deidre (Mehan), sons John and his wife Rebecca, Christopher and his wife Allison and a daughter Peggy and her
husband Wesley Cole and 6 grand children. Interment in Topsfield Me at a later date.
[Provided by Thelma Eye Brooks]
Arthur E. Pomeroy: Art is deceased. He died while stationed in the U.S. Navy at Norfolk, VA. William R.Pomeroy: Billy died in a work-related accident 1/22/1969, age 25. Christian E. Richard : PRINCETON Christian E. Richard, 64 of 8 Main Street, died Saturday, April 16, 2005 in U Mass Memorial Medical Center, University Campus. He leaves his wife of 41 years, Marie E (Napoli) Richard; two daughters, Cheryl A. and her husband Michael A. Robillard of Leominster and Sheila M. and her husband Thomas F. Loan of Rutland; two grandchildren, Katie and Riley; 7 brothers, Clayton Richard of Alabama, Rev. Thomas Richard of Milwaukee, James Richard, Stuart Richard and Carvell Richard all of Nantucket, John Richard of San Francisco and Mark Richard of Tennessee; 13 sisters, Nina Rabbio of Harwich Port, Sara Crosby and Lora Kebbati of Nantucket, Sandra Russell of New Hampshire, Erna Dressler of Pennsylvania, Cora Banks of Maine, Eva Johnstone of Kentucky, Hilda Caruso of New Jersey, Rhonda Thurston of Colorado, Lisa Shank of Connecticut, Lorna Grant of Springfield, Lydia Richard and Lynda Richard of Maryland. A brother, Karl H. Richard and a sister, Rosa Chase predeceased him. He was born in Coventry, Conn., son of Rev. Clayton E. and Lois (Smith) Richard and had lived in Princeton for the past 25 years. He graduated from Calais High School in 1961. He was the owner and operator of Morningdale’s Restaurant in Shrewsbury. He also worked for Land Lord Ben’s and for the Worcester County Sheriff’s Dept. in West Boylston for 10 years before retiring in 2004. Christian was an avid outdoorsman. He enjoyed fishing, hunting and woodworking. The funeral service for Mr. Richard will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, April 20 at the First Church in Sterling. Burial will follow in Hillside Cemetery, Sterling. Calling hours are from 5 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 19 in the Miles-Sterling Funeral Home, 100 Worcester Road, Sterling. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 330 Congress Street, 5th Floor, Boston, MA 02110 [Worcester Telegram & Gazette April 18, 2005, Thanks John Gibson] Vernon E. Seelye: Deceased 1/23/1992 Baring. Carolyn Spurling Jenkins: Carolyn passed away on April 4, 2002. She was at home, and her husband Al was with her. Albert J. Tyler: PORT ORANGE, FLA. - Albert J. Tyler, 58, of Chickadee Drive, Port Orange, Fla., died Friday, June 15, 2001, at his home. Mr. Tyler moved to Port Orange, where he had been a resident since 1984, from his birthplace, Calais. Survivors include his wife, Patsy; three sons, James Tyler and Jason Atchison, both of Port Orange and Dean Lawrence of Calais; three daughters, Dawn Ann Clark and Shanna Lewey, both of Calais, and Stephanie Sawyer of Bangor, and five grandchildren. Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, East Volusia Unit, 146 Orange Ave., Daytona Beach, FL 32114. Arrangements by Cardwell & Maloney Funeral Home, Port Orange, Fla. [Bangor Daily News 6/19/01] Judith Wright: Deceased. |
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