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Class of 1962 Spring 2025 Class Note

Hello, everyone! I hope your holidays were wonderful and you enjoyed them with family and friends. Some exciting news from Pat Smith Ranzoni ’76G: On September 2nd and 3rd the Bucksport Paper Mill Museum opened its doors to the public for the first time. As a co-founder of the museum, this has been a dream…

Class of 1962 Summer 2024 Class Note

Hello, summer! I am writing this column at the end of another winter of erratic weather that caused so much destruction from coast to coast. I am hoping that neither you nor your families were negatively impacted by any of the storms, and summer is bringing you sunshine and clear skies. On the first Monday…

Class of 1962 Winter 2024 Class Note

Hello, all. I hope that your autumn was lovely and your holidays joyful! I am writing at the end of another summer on Mount Desert Island, thankful to be able to spend five months each year at “home.” Classmate news over the past few months mostly involves travels and get-togethers. For Don Ouellette the summer…

Class of 1962 Summer 2023 Class Note

Hello, everyone. I hope that your summer is going well and that you have news to share with your classmates: adventures, travels, family reunions, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, etc. I do have some special news from our 60th. As you know, we exceeded our scholarship goal. Our account principal is now over $100,000. What we did…

Class of 1962 Winter 2022 Class Note

On September 7th, 40 of our classmates and friends gathered at the Schoodic Institute for our fabulous 60th pre-Reunion. This quiet campus in the more remote part of Acadia is home to many conferences, workshops, school field trips, and retreats. If you haven’t visited the Schoodic Peninsula on a trip to Acadia, plan to the…

Class of 1962 Summer 2022 Class Note

Summer greetings, everyone! I hope that you are packed and ready to join us for our 60th Reunion in September. It is mid-March as I write this column, and I am happy to report that even at this early date, over 20 classmates have made reservations at Schoodic for our pre-Reunion event. As part of…

Class of 1962 Winter 2022 Class Note

Hello, everyone! As I write this column, we are at the end of another summer still wondering when we will finally be rid of COVID. I do hope that by the time you read this you will have been able to celebrate the holidays with your family, and that all of you are well. I…

Class of 1962 Summer 2021 Class Note

Diane Ingalls Zito 24 South Hills Drive Bedford, NH 03110 bluewatersailors@comcast.net facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass1962/ I write this column in March, exactly one year after we were all told to quarantine. What a year it has been! My biggest hope is that you are all well, have been vaccinated, and are managing our “new normal.” Can you believe…

Class of 1962 Winter 2021 Class Note

Hello, friends. I am at home on Mount Desert Island, writing this column at the end of the strangest summer most of us can ever remember: safely distanced outdoor dinners with family and friends, and masked walks through Acadia. As you read this, my hope is that you and yours are healthy and safe and…

Class of 1962 Summer 2020 Class Note

Diane Ingalls Zito Hello all! First and most importantly, I hope that all of you are safe and healthy. As you know we have had to postpone our 80th summer Birthday Party until August of 2021 due to COVID-19. While this is disappointing, the health and wellbeing of classmates is the most important consideration of…

Class of 1962 Winter 2020 Class Note

Diane Ingalls Zito Hello to all of you! I hope that your summer and fall were as pleasant as mine and this column finds you all doing well. New addresses and contact information seem to be the theme of most of the emails I have received recently. Friends, we are a class on the move.…

Class of 1962 Summer 2019 Class Notes

Diane Ingalls Zito I am writing this column as snow covers the ground here in New Hampshire, but you’ll be reading it in the warm weather. Let me take this opportunity to wish each of you a very happy and healthy summer. I do hope that most of you had the pleasure of reading “A…

Class of 1962 Fall 2018 Class Notes

Diane Ingalls Zito 24 South Hills Drive Bedford, NH 03110 bluewatersailors@comcast.net www.facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass1962/ A warm hello to all of you from Mount Desert Island, where we are fortunate to have escaped the heat that is covering most of the country this summer. It is mid-July as I write this, and fingers crossed, the weather will…

Class of 1962 Spring 2018 Class Note

Diane Ingalls Zito 24 South Hills Drive Bedford, NH 03110 bluewatersailors@comcast.net www.facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass1962/ Beautiful sunny, warm days greeted more than 50 classmates and their guests to our 55th Reunion. Spectacular weather left us with wonderful memories of oceanside lunches, scenic rides through Acadia National Park, and a sunset cruise on Frenchman Bay at the pre-Reunion activities…

Class of ’62 Fall 2017 Class Notes

Diane Ingalls Zito 24 South Hills Drive Bedford, NH 03110 bluewatersailors@comcast.net www.facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass1962/ Hello to all of you. As I write this we are in the last stages of preparation for our 55th Reunion. It promises to be a great event. I will fill you in with all the details in the spring issue. A…

Maine Passages By David S. Holt

I am an alumnus of the class of 1962, have had my career outside the Pine Tree State, and am now retired. Recently, The Goose River Press of Waldoboro published my book of memoir stories of growing up in Maine and under my Maine heritage and influences. These stories span from age five to my…

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