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Class of 1953 Spring 2025 Class Note

It’s fall in Maine as I write, and you’ll be reading this in February — keep warm! Our class held its 71st Reunion on September 9 for lunch in Kennebunkport at the Arundel Wharf Restaurant, overlooking the Kennebunk River with its boats. It was a beautiful sunny day with five classmates, some family members,…

Class of 1953 Summer 2024 Class Note

1953 Well, here we are, April 6, with news of our classmates. Snow is here, generator humming (no power, third day), a broken arm, age 92, but all is well, it really is. Hope this finds you well, too. There are some 137 of you out there and I plan to call a…

Class of 1953 Winter 2024 Class Note

The leaves and acorns are falling as I write, always late and every six months. Then I forgot how to do it. Computer-illiterate, that’s for sure, but I’m 92. Four classmates were at our 70th class Reunion in Orono in September: Helen Strong Hamilton, Exeter, NH; Jean Dolloff Kreizinger, Newtown, CT; Warren Noyes, Madison; and…

Class of 1953 Summer 2023 Class Note

Hi everyone. Time does march on, doesn’t it. I wish it would retreat. (I’ll just pretend I’m back on campus in Orono with all of you.) I wasn’t a good student, never getting even close to that 3-point mark. But I can talk, write, and type. So, here goes with what I heard by way…

Class of 1953 Winter 2022 Class Note

We are the Class of ’53. Yes, we certainly are and some of you were at our 69th Reunion September 8-10 on the Orono campus. Present were: Helen Strong Hamilton, class president; Woody Carville; Peggy Given White with her son Tom ’80 and his wife, Joanne ’83; Jean Dolloff Kreizinger with her brother Dana ’63,…

Class of 1953 Summer 2022 Class Note

May I quote 1980 physics laureate James Cronin, Nobel Prize: “When I ask myself, ‘Who are the happiest people on the planet?’ my answer is, ‘Those who can’t wait to wake up in the morning to get back to what they were doing the day before.’” Sometimes I’m one of those happy people, especially when…

Class of 1953 Winter 2022 Class Note

Here we are, Class of 1953! It’s October 2021 as I write. I have no real problems. Leaves are falling, but I have lawn guys. Winter’s coming, I have a new generator. Food’s no problem, I have seven offspring. So relax (if you can), sit back, and enjoy reading what I, and others, have written.…

Class of 1953 Summer 2021 Class Note

Nancy Schott Plaisted 7 Ledgewater Drive Kennebunk, ME 04043 (207) 967-1380 207) 251-7655 cell nancyplaisted53@gmail.com The pandemic (Covid-19, and other variants) is still with us, as I write in late March, but with more people being vaccinated, life is becoming more normal. It’s been a year like none other for everyone. TV, with Hallmark, Netflix,…

Class of 1953 Winter 2021 Class Note

Here we are, with no 67th Class Reunion held this past summer, but hopefully one in 2021, when/if scientists have created a lifesaving vaccine. However, with this column, I felt, in a way, as though I was at Reunion, talking to classmates on the phone. So nice to hear their voices from one coast to…

Class of 1953 Summer 2020 Class Note

Nancy Schott Plaisted You know, it pays to go through your closets once in a while. Thanks to classmate Peggy Given White I have quite the collection of alumni magazines. In the fall 1991’s 125th anniversary issue — 125 Alumni Who Have Made a Difference — three of our classmates are listed. I do want…

Class of 1953 Winter 2020 Class Note

Nancy Schott Plaisted Embedded in my cluttered office, with the September sun and 70 degrees outside, I’m writing to you people who are reading this in the throes of winter, bundled by the fire with snowflakes in the air. (Or to the lucky ones in the tropics or farther south!) Our 66th Reunion was…

Class of 1953 Summer 2019 Class Notes

Nancy Schott Plaisted Happy summer, everyone! As a holiday gift from one of my grandsons and his wife, I received tickets to the University of Maine vs. Yale University men’s hockey game in Portland in January. It was a first for me, watching my alma mater play. And, of course, seats were in Row 1,…

Class of 1953 Fall 2018 Class Note

Nancy Schott Plaisted 7 Ledgewater Drive Kennebunk, ME 04043 (207) 967-1380 nancyplaisted53@gmail.com Our 65th Reunion is set for September. (I will write all about it in my next column in six months.) I’m writing this in advance, and have talked to a few classmates who plan to go; it should be fun, celebrating our…

Class of 1953 Spring 2018 Class Note

Nancy Schott Plaisted 7 Ledgewater Drive Kennebunk, ME 04043 (207) 967-1380 nancyplaisted53@gmail.com 65th REUNION September 13-15, 2018 It’s January as I write, with my 17.5-foot tree still up (perhaps make ornaments from the trunk?) and decorations like I have my own Christmas Tree Shop. (My son said all I need is Santa Claus toilet…

Class of 1953 Fall 2017 Class Note

Nancy Schott Plaisted 7 Ledgewater Drive Kennebunk, ME 04043 (207) 967-1380 nan53@gwi.net Our 64th Reunion was held August 29 in Freeport at the Harraseeket Inn. I can’t tell you how it went, as this column was due in July. However, I think it’s safe to say we all had a great time and congratulated Helen…

Class of 1953 Spring 2017 Class Note

Nancy Schott Plaisted 7 Ledgewater Drive Kennebunk, ME 04043 (207) 967-1380 nan53@gwi.net Our 64th Reunion is all set for late August in Freeport at the Harraseeket Inn (will let you know the specific date as soon as one is set). Hopefully you’ll be there, along with many other classmates. An informal reception is planned…

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