Hebron Academy Semester | Summer 2002

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Hebron Chronicles • Time Passages • Fishing for Maine Lobster

Semester H E B R O N

A C A D E M Y

Hebron, Maine 04238

Summer 2002

features

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Hebron Chronicles excerpts from a student’s 1952 diary

Time Passages honoring six dedicated staff members

Fishing for Maine Lobster from ocean floor to table top

departments

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The H Club dialogue, philanthropy, upcoming events, fall athletic schedule and more

Class Notes notes, new arrivals, weddings, obituaries, small world department, campus speakers

Hebroniana stern sentinel

www.hebronacademy.org Lilies of the field. On hands and knees, in all kinds of weather, Sharron Gunn coaxes beauty out of our rocky soil, enriching our lives with flowering glory every spring and summer.

dialogue Editor’s Note

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’ve been dreaming about lobster. Not about sitting down to a freshly steamed lobster with melted butter or a perfectly toasted lobster roll. Just about lobster.

Lobster traps, lobster buoys, lobster boats, lobster licenses…you name it. When I first decided to write a story about lobster I had no idea how complex the industry was or how passionate lobstermen are about what they do. I enjoy an occasional lobster roll or steamed lobster, and my mother’s lobster stew is a Christmas Eve tradition at our house, but I never gave much thought to how that lobster got from the ocean floor to my plate.

I started preliminary research. Suddenly lobster was everywhere. National Public Radio aired a piece explaining why lobster shells turn red when they are cooked.

Yankee magazine featured Rockland’s lobster festival. Linda Greenlaw’s book, The Lobster Chronicles: Life on a Very Small Island, hit bookstore shelves. USA Today touted lobster in an article about touring the coast of Maine. The April issue of Atlantic Monthly devoted almost 10,000 words to lobster. Then Bruce White ’78 sent a note telling us his daughter Valerie was lobster fishing this summer. And in the pages of Linda Greenlaw’s book I discovered Lincoln Tully ’93.

After reading Linda’s book (it’s every bit as good as you hear) and talking with Bert, Bill, Bruce, Valerie and Linc, I learned more about lobster, lobstermen and the lobstering industry than would ever fit in the pages of this magazine. I hope you enjoy the article and, like me, dream about lobster. And I hope to see you at Homecoming, October 4–6, when we can sit down together and sample Bill Atwood’s famous lobster roll.

WE WELCOME YOUR LETTERS

Letters must be signed and may be edited for clarity and length. Please include your address and day telephone or e-mail. Send letters to: The Semester Magazine, Hebron Academy, PO Box 309, Hebron ME 04238 or jadams@hebronacademy.org

ON THE COVER

Lobster fishing on Vinalhaven. Photo by Dennis and Diana Griggs/Tannery Hill Studios, Inc. The Semester is published twice each year by Hebron Academy, PO Box 309, Hebron ME 04238.

Issue No. 190 MISSION

To continue the Hebron family’s intellectual and emotional engagement with the Academy by conveying news, preserving the heritage and memories of the school and chronicling the accomplishments of its alumni/ae, faculty and students.

EDITOR

Jennifer F. Adams E D I T O R I A L A S S I S TA N C E

Jennifer F. Adams jadams@hebronacademy.org

Hebron E. Adams Margaret A. O’Donnell Beverly J. Roy PHOTOGRAPHY

Events Calendar SEPTEMBER 20–22 Board of Trustees meeting and retreat.

DECEMBER 7 Alumni/ae Hockey Game.

M AY 2 4 Commencement.

SEPTEMBER 23 Hebron gathering in Berlin, Germany Other gatherings are planned for Köln, Düsseldorf and Frankfurt.

DECEMBER 26 Young Alumni/ae Potluck.

JUNE 6–7 Board of Trustees meeting.

APRIL 11–12 Board of Trustees meeting.

R E G I O N A L G AT H E R I N G S Washington, DC—November

OCTOBER 4–6 Homecoming 2002; Reunions for classes ending in 2 and 7.

A P R I L 2 8 – M AY 2 Festival of the Arts.

OCTOBER 25–27 Parents’ Weekend.

M AY 2 Cum Laude Induction.

J A N U A RY 2 4 – 2 5 Board of Trustees meeting.

M AY 2 3 Baccalaureate.

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New York—April Boston—May Portland—May For more information, please call or email Beverly Roy. 207-966-2100 ext.

266. broy@hebronacademy.org.

Jennifer F. Adams Ellen L. Augusta ’75 William B. Chase Dennis and Diana Griggs/Tannery Hill Shirley Savage Hebron Academy Archives and friends Hebron Academy reaffirms its longstanding policy of nondiscriminatory admission of students on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, age, ancestry, national origin, physical or mental disability, or sexual orientation. We do not discriminate in the administration of our educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship programs and athletic or other school-administered programs. Hebron Academy is an equal opportunity employer. © 2002 by Hebron Academy.

homecoming 2002 SATURDAY October 5 SU October N D A6 Y Registration

Breakfast

Check in at registration to receive your nametag, event schedule and souvenir • Sign up for the Fun Run • See who else is here from your class

Cooked to order at the Leyden Student Center. Last chance to stock up on Hebron gear.

Hebron Community Baptist Church

Breakfast, Morning Programs and Events

F October R I D A4 Y Registration Check in at registration to receive your nametag, event schedule and souvenir • Sign up for the Fun Run • See who else is here from your class

Homecoming Concert and Cabaret Tap your toes to tunes by Hebron musicians • Enjoy finger rolls, soft drinks, cider and cookies.

Pep Rally and Bonfire

Church Service

Franklin Society Meeting • Fun Run, Family Soccer and Games • Archives Program • Art Exhibit • Student/Faculty Panel

Outdoor Activities

Homecoming Luncheon, Reunion Class Photos

Golf Tournament

Enjoy a fall feast featuring Bill Atwood’s famous lobster rolls (see page 20) • Join classmates for a photo

Afternoon Athletic Events

Join Hebron’s outdoor education experts for a paddle on Marshall Pond or a hike up Mt. Marie

We will organize a golf tournament provided there is interest.

For more information about fees or to sign up to play, please call Beverly Roy at 207-966-2100 ext.

266 or e-mail her at broy@hebronacademy.org.

Please bring a lawn chair for seating at Dwyer Fields

Wet your whistle after the Bonfire • Visit with faculty and friends at Allen House

Meals All meals noted on the schedule are included in the Weekend Package. If between-meal munchies should strike, feel free to visit the Student Center.

School Store The John T. Leyden Student Center (ground floor, Halford Dormitory) features a full snack bar, seating area, and a wide array of Hebron merchandise. Please pay them a visit!

Friday: 8:00 a.m.–11:00 p.m.

Saturday: 9:00 a.m.–11:00 p.m.

Sunday: 8:30 a.m.–10:30 a.m.

Cross Country—Hebron Invitational Field Hockey v. Gould Football v. Proctor

Lodgings We have reserved blocks of rooms at the area motels listed below. These rooms will be held until September 1. Please call or e-mail the Alumni/ae Office for a list of additional lodgings.

Boys’ Varsity Soccer v. Gould Boys’ JV Soccer v. Gould Girls’ Varsity Soccer v. Buckfield Girls’ JV Soccer v. Buckfield

Cheer on Hebron’s teams!

Welcome Back Reception

Registration In the Lepage Room, Sturtevant Home (on the left as you come in the front door), from 1:00–6:00 on Friday and from 8:00–12:00 on Saturday.

Post-Game Receptions Reunion class gatherings at faculty homes

Reunion Dinner All classes sit down together for a special dinner in Sargent Gymnasium

Questions?

If you have any questions or special needs, please call or e-mail: Beverly Roy: 207-966-2100 ext. 266, broy@hebronacademy.org

A detailed schedule will be sent to you when you register.

Please register by September 20, 2002.

Auburn Inn 207-777-1777 Auburn

Ramada Inn 207-784-2331 Lewiston

Goodwin’s 800-424-8803 South Paris

Inn Town 207-743-7706 South Paris

Alcohol Consumption Maine State Law prohibits the consumption of alcohol in public or by anyone under the age of 21. Please keep this in mind and help us make Homecoming safe and enjoyable for everyone.

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philanthropy Giving Year Successful • Annual Fund Tops $650,000 • Campaign Enters Home Stretch • Campus Improvements Continue

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he 2002 fiscal year marked one of Hebron Academy’s most successful fundraising years ever, with gifts and new pledges totalling over $1.5 million. The Annual Fund reached $650,000, an ambitious goal achieved with the help of many alumni/ae and friends. HEBRON AT 200 topped $15 million, with less than $1 million to raise before the campaign’s official end in 2004. And the campus is looking better than ever thanks to a comprehensive repair and replacement plan.

Inspired by the initiatives of new trustee and development committee chair Clem Dwyer ’66, 100 per cent of the board made annual fund gifts and pledged to the campaign.

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Annual Giving Fund Reaches $650,000 Goal

Hebron supporters responded to the Academy’s renewed momentum and progress this year. The fund’s theme, “Ten Great Reasons” enumerated the Academy’s need for support by featuring nine Hebron students and one alumnus/faculty member.

HEBRON AT 200 We are most grateful to Goal: $16,000,000 over 1000 donors who con95.5 per cent tributed to this year’s fund. $15,287,132 Your support continues to Raised in Cash be vital to Hebron and Pledges Academy’s growth.

Campaign Enters Final Leg Hebron Academy’s comprehensive fundraising campaign, HEBRON AT 200, is the most ambitious in the school’s history. The campaign’s goal is to raise $10 million in endowment funds, $1.2 million for capital projects and another $4.8 million in annual fund support by the Academy’s bicentennial in 2004. This year the campaign topped the $15 million mark, on track to reach its final goal ahead of schedule.

Although the greatest part of the campaign is geared toward endowment, Hebron students and

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Black tie. Work continued on Sargent Gym throughout the year. The large crane used to install new concrete steps at the main entrance was a sight to behold.

New steel railings which resemble wrought iron were enhanced by a facing pair of school logos.

faculty are already benefitting from the campaign’s success. The Cohen Chamber Music Concert Series, featuring an international roster of professional-level musicians, was a highlight of the school year.

Sargent: New Look for Gym and Arts Physical plant improvements are always appreciated, and the ongoing work on Sargent Gymnasium has already made a difference to both our athletes and our artists.

Filled with students working out whenever it is open, the Lepage Wellness Center is one of the most popular places on campus.

Upstairs, renovations to what will soon be called the Androscoggin Theater have created a wonderful performance space for thespians and musicians alike. The second chamber concert and two plays followed each other in quick succession during the winter trimester, taking advantage of the new lighting system and updated

facilities. In the spring, the music department presented its first concert in the new space. The musicians reveled in the surprisingly warm acoustics of such a large, imposing space.

Also in the spring new steps were installed at the gym’s main entrance and new brickwork was done, replicating the original design of the front facade. Work continues on replacing the heating plant for the building, a decidedly unglamorous but important part of the overall plan. The renovations to Sargent Gym this year total more than $1 million.

Elbow Room Over the summer we have been able to ease our “classroom crunch” by creating new academic spaces. Enlighten, the international program office and the Middle School art studio will move into Atwood Hall. Former studio space in the basement of the School Building will become two large classrooms.

philanthropy Paul Domingue to Lead Arizona School Longtime advancement officer Paul Domingue left Hebron Academy at the end of June to take the position of Headmaster at Verde Valley School in Sedona, Arizona. Paul concluded his eighth year of successful fundraising for Hebron this year. During that time he planned the hebron at 200 comprehensive campaign, with the goal of raising $16 million for endowment, capital projects and support of ongoing operational expenses. As the campaign enters its final leg, we thank Paul for his hard work on Hebron’s behalf and wish him well in his new position.

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will look back upon my career at some point and reflect upon the many influences which have helped to mold my beliefs, passions and understandings. My many Hebron connections will certainly be among the most prominent. I have been privileged to know and to work with some of the finest education professionals and dedicated volunteers to be found anywhere. Thanks to each of you for making my work at Hebron so rewarding.

In particular I would like to express my sincere personal and professional gratitude to the Trustees and Trustees Emeriti with whom I worked to craft the hebron at 200 campaign.

When I first arrived on campus in 1994, charged with developing a plan to raise $10 million in endowment by 2004, I knew that we would be successful.

One only had to speak for a few moments with people like Dean Ridlon, Payson Perkins, Ted Noyes, Michael Malm, Eric Morse, Mary Rea, Jack Powell, Len Mintz, Bob McCormack, Albert Lepage and Dick Forté to know the passion which drives these individuals’ support for Hebron. As the campaign took shape, new Trustees stepped forward into leadership roles, folks like Judy Ryan, Reeve Bright, Keith Clark, Michael Silverman and Bob Bird. My hat is off to all of these people and the many more who have together made the hebron at 200 campaign success.

This year’s closing faculty party was a Casco Bay cruise. We imagine that on those hot Arizona days he thinks back to the cool Atlantic ocean.

And what a success it is! We originally planned to raise $16 million in total before the school’s bicentennial in 2004.

With a full year to go on the campaign calendar, the total now exceeds $15 million.

And that is why this is a good time for me to move on. While I truly enjoyed my fundraising work for Hebron, my fifteen months as Interim Headmaster whetted my appetite for leadership. I felt that with the campaign well in hand the opportunity to lead Verde Valley School simply could not be passed up.

Verde Valley is a unique boarding school where the arts play a major role in the curriculum and life of the school. As you may know, my teaching background is in the fine arts.

I want again to express my gratitude to the many volunteers who have made the campaign such a success. I would like to thank the Hebron advancement staff members who have been instrumental in our fundraising and without whom we would not be on the verge of declaring victory. Many thanks to Dick Davidson, Shanna Bruno, Bill Becker, Patricia Valeriani, Jenny Adams, Dave Stonebraker, Helen Davidson, Nancy Moore, Kelly Millett, Patty Baril, Judy Bessey, Sarah Hulbert, Beverly Roy, Julie Anderson, Pat Hutter, Ellen Augusta, and most recently, Head of School John King. Each one has contributed to the campaign’s success. I am in their debt.

Good luck and happy trails!

Paul Domingue Headmaster Verde Valley School

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aul Domingue leaves Hebron Academy a better place than he found it. During his time at Hebron Paul wore many hats—assistant headmaster for advancement, chief financial officer, interim head of school and then back to advancement. Some of these positions, I might add, he held simultaneously. It is either the case that Paul just can’t say no or that he is a true servant leader, a person who does what is needed and what is right for the community. I believe that in Paul’s case it was the latter.

As Paul departs to take on a new set of challenges and opportunities at Verde Valley School, he leaves the advancement operation in wonderful shape. He leaves caring very deeply for Hebron and our collective success. I know, he told me so. The mark of a good leader is the way in which he or she passes the mantle to the next leader.

Paul deserves our congratulations, he has been an outstanding steward of both the advancement effort and of the Academy. I know Paul’s new school community will quickly experience and begin to appreciate his thoughtful, measured and creative approach to leadership.

On behalf of the Board of Trustees of Hebron Academy, I wish Paul every success. I do know that while he will be quickly drawn into the work of Verde Valley, he will always, as he used to say to me, bleed a little bit of Green.

Judith S. Ryan Chair, Board of Trustees

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fall sports schedule Cross Country 9/21 9/28 10/5 10/19 10/26 11/9

Elan @ UMA Hyde Inv. Hebron Inv. Gould / Hyde MAISADs New Englands

Girls’ Varsity Soccer TBA 1:00 1:00 2:15 TBA TBA

A A H A A A

2:15 4:00 2:45 2:00 3:30 2:30 2:30 3:00 3:00 3:00 2:00 2:00 2:00

A A A H A H A H A A H TBA TBA

2:00 TBA 2:30 2:30 2:00 2:30 2:00 4:00 TBA

A A A H A A H H TBA

Field Hockey 9/14 9/20 9/25 9/28 10/2 10/5 10/9 10/16 10/19 10/23 10/26 11/1 11/6

Brewster Jamb.

Brewster Gould New Hampton NYA Gould Kents Hill Tilton Holderness Tilton Kents Hill MAISAD semis MAISAD finals

Football 9/14 9/21 9/28 10/5 10/12 10/19 10/26 11/2 11/9

Hyde Scrim.

Wilbraham Vermont Proctor Tilton Holderness Hyde Kents Hill League Playoff

9/14 9/18 9/21 9/25 10/2 10/4 10/5 10/9 10/16 10/19 10/22 10/23 10/26 10/30 11/6 11/9

Tilton Jamb.

Hyde CVA Gould Kents Hill Brewster Buckfield CVA New Hampton Gould Waynflete Hyde Kents Hill Brewster MAISAD semis MAISAD finals

2:15 2:30 1:30 2:30 2:30 4:15 1:00 3:00 3:30 1:30 3:30 2:30 2:00 3:00 2:00 2:00

A A A H A H H H A A A H H A TBA TBA

4:00 3:00 3:30 4:00 3:30 4:30 3:00 1:30 3:00 3:30 3:30 2:00 2:00

H A H A H H A A A H H TBA TBA

4:00 4:00 2:00 4:00 2:30 3:00 5:00 TBA 3:30 2:00 2:00

A H H A H A A A H TBA TBA

Boys’ JV Soccer 9/18 9/21 9/25 10/2 10/5 10/9 10/16 10/19 10/19 10/22 10/26 10/30 11/1

Hyde CVA Buckfield Kents Hill Gould CVA Hyde Gould Gould Thirds Waynflete Kents Hill MAISAD semis MAISAD finals

Girls’ JV Soccer Boys’ Varsity Soccer 9/14 9/18 9/21 9/27 10/2 10/5 10/9 10/12 10/16 10/19 10/21 10/26 10/30 11/6 11/9

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Hyde CVA Buckfield Kents Hill Gould CVA New Hampton Tilton Gould Bridgton Kents Hill Hyde MAISAD semis MAISAD finals

1:30 2:30 1:30 4:00 2:30 2:00 3:00 1:30 3:00 1:30 4:00 2:00 2:30 2:00 2:00

A H A H A H H A H A H H A TBA TBA

9/18 9/25 9/28 10/2 10/5 10/19 10/22 10/23 10/26 10/30 11/1

Hyde Gould Hyde Kents Hill Buckfield Gould Waynflete Holderness Kents Hill MAISAD semis MAISAD finals

Games marked in green are Homecoming (October 5) and Parents’ Weekend (October 26).

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Middle School Girls’ Soccer 9/12 9/16 9/19 9/23 9/26 9/30 10/3 10/7 10/10 10/15 10/17 10/21 10/24 10/28

Buckfield Mechanic Falls Minot Monmouth Pownal Raymond Richmond Sabattus St. Joe’s St. John’s St. Peter’s Wales Litchfield Durham

Middle School Boys’ Soccer 4:00 4:00 4:00 4:00 4:00 4:00 4:00 5:15 5:15 5:15 5:15 5:15 5:15 5:15

H A H A H A A A H A H A H H

9/12 9/16 9/19 9/23 9/26 9/30 10/3 10/7 10/10 10/15 10/17 10/21 10/24 10/28

Buckfield Mechanic Falls Minot Monmouth Pownal Raymond Richmond Sabattus St. Joe’s St. John’s St. Peter’s Wales Litchfield Durham

5:15 5:15 5:15 5:15 5:15 5:15 5:15 4:00 4:00 4:00 4:00 4:00 4:00 4:00

Please remember that schedule changes occur for a variety of reasons. Please call ahead or check the school’s web site for updates before making travel plans.

Show Your Hebron Pride!

From t-shirts to sweatshirts to jackets to mugs to teddy bears, our school store has all kinds of Hebron gear. Call Bobbi Bumps in the Leyden Student Center for more information about your Hebron outfitting opportunities!

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Hebron Chronicles This winter Ken Boyle ’52 sent us excerpts from a diary he kept during his postgraduate year at Hebron. We thought it was charming and provided a window into the activities of this year’s 50th reunion class during their senior year.

September 22,1951 Have had a heck of a good day today. When I got up this morning at 7:25 you could hardly see ten feet in front of you. Boy! Was it foggy. (This is a study period and I am not supposed to be writing.) I have all my studying done and I’ll be darned if I’ll sit here and pretend to study. Mr. Helwig came in my room last night and I was writing and he was rather angry.

From quarter of three until half past four I played tennis and then I swam seventy-five yards to pass a swim test.

At mealtime I sit at table number one. Miss Tambo is Mr. Allen’s secretary and she sits at this table. A teacher sits at each table. Miss Tambo is a very heavy woman. She hates spaghetti and hates catsup. So naturally all the kids pour catsup on their potatoes, beans, anything as long as it bothers her. One kid got to telling jokes at the table and we got laughing so hard that Miss Tambo was throwing fits. The kid who was telling them didn’t get spoken to, but I, who was laughing got heck.

The room we have is pretty sharp. It’s a corner room. My roommate is from Minnesota and his father runs a grain business. He really is a hot rock. His name is Bill Darymple. Mr. Allen came in to inspect our

rooms last night and we had quite a talk with him.

From 7:30 to 9:30 we have study in our rooms. Last night Mr. Helwig, our corridor master, came in and Bill was on his bed reading a book. Mr. Helwig told him that “we don’t study like that here.” Bill told him the only reason he did it was because he has a low IQ. He kind of got heck.

September 23, 1951 Here I am back into the old grind again. Here is my schedule: 7:25 Breakfast 8:15–9:05 Chemistry 9:10–10:00 Algebra II 10:05–10:55 Study 11:00–11:50 English IV 12:05 Lunch 1:00–1:50 Study 1:55–2:45 French III From three o’clock until five we have sports. At six o’clock we have supper. From 7:30 until 9:30 we have study in our room.

At 10:15 we have lights out!

[Editor’s note: the schedule our students follow today is quite similar to the one Ken lists here.]

This is really a heck of a beautiful place, but boy am I going to study. I have two chemistry books, four French

books, four English books and one algebra book. This place is all right.

September 28, 1951 I played some tennis today and believe it or not I am improving. It has been cloudy up here all day and quite cold. I imagine it is around forty-five degrees.

Yesterday I had a lot of studying to do so I yelled in to the kid in the next room and asked him if they kicked your teeth in if you didn’t show up at a sport. Mr. Williams, my English teacher leaned in the room and said, “Yes!” After I got up off the floor I went out to play some more tennis.

Last night Mr. Allen called about fifteen kids into his office.

There are a lot of apple trees up here and a farmer called him up.

He said he didn’t mind the kids taking a few apples, but he didn’t like them to fill pillowcases full.

September 30, 1951 Well another day is almost over.

It is now seven o’clock and I have to go to Vesper Service.

Got thirty Hebron stickers for ten cents. I bought a Hebron sign to put in the back of my car yesterday. Today Bill Brightman and I went for a walk. We climbed a small mountain and we are now done in.

October 19, 1951 Forty kids are missing from school today because this is a long weekend. We played Bowdoin freshman today in football and we lost 26 to 0.

Considering that a lot of the kids shouldn’t be in college we did all right. Boy do we study up here. Last night I went to bed at eleven o’clock and this morning I got up at quarter past four. Right now it is 8:30 and I am dead. We had a 750word vocabulary test in French and it was rough. Mr. Freiday is

Favorite spot. Before e-mail and instant messenger, the post office was the place to be.

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a good teacher but he’s a lot harder than any other teacher I ever had in Melrose High. Don’t let me hurt any one’s feelings but compared to this place that is a dump. [Ken’s note: Years later I was asked to do a funeral for a Mr. Freiday. It was Mr. Freiday’s brother. It brought back a lot of memories.]

Tonight at our meeting we sang, and listened to singing. One teacher played jazz, etc. We really had a good time. Tomorrow night we are going to see the “Mudlark.”

Charge! Charge!

I’ve already seen it and heard it on the radio twice.

The class of Nineteen-fiftyone left enough money so we could put a tar surface on the hockey rink.

We have done all the work, and will do all the tarring.

Bill Barrett and I always go out for a walk at night.

We stop studying at 9:30 and then we have until

10:15 to go for a walk and then to be in bed. Long walk!

November 13, 1951 We had a big storm up here Wednesday so the football field was flooded. They held the game at Colby instead of here.

We lost 19 to 6. Tomorrow night we are going to see the movie “Two Strangers on A Train.” And next week “ The Thing.”

November 27, 1951 Tuesday I’ve got a lot of news tonight. I bought some new paper and twenty-five three-cent stamps.

There is a lot of snow on the ground and it is cold. It didn’t go above 32 degrees all day today. Right now it is about ten degrees, too darn cold for me.

I got my application from Tufts today. It will be the happiest day of my life if I am accepted there next March.

December 2,1951 Sunday Here it is Sunday night thank heavens. I do like it up here but miss home.

There was a big snowball fight today, a million guys got hurt. Sometimes I am discouraged but when I think of my future the work seems easier.

Only fourteen days until Christmas vacation. I have an awful lot planned for my Christmas vacation.

January 24, 1952 Thursday I just finished my homework.

Mr. Allen just gave us a big lecture on having radios in our rooms. He caught a boy last night with a radio. Well Bill

Brrr. The Blizzard of 1952.

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Brightman found a cardboard box, some black paper, a piece of plastic and a picture of H.S. Truman and has made a TV set.

It really looks real. Rabbit ears and all. What a riot that kid is.

Our JV hockey team won two to nothing today and the swim team won last night 42 to 23. What a bunch of sports players!

February 11,1952 Monday Tonight a Mr. Hupper, a Trustee, talked to us about the wreck of the Titanic and other ships. He is an admiralty lawyer and I guess he’s worth millions.

It is lonely up here sometimes.

We had another eight inches of snow today so we must have about two feet now.

February 15, 1952 Friday Am writing after lights are supposed to be out. Tonight they started a Hebron First, that is something that is new. We had no study hall tonight and then no homework for Monday. So we have a free weekend. I went swimming and went to the store. Here comes the Master.

Goodnight.

We did not get mail today for the first time in nineteen years. What fun!

February 18, 1952 Monday We have had a slight snowstorm, three and a half feet. I woke up in the morning and all you could see of the car out front of the school was the roof.

We didn’t have any school.

Mr. Williams called and said he couldn’t get out of his house.

The drifts are about fourteen feet high. The snowplow isn’t here yet. All the boys helped dig paths from one building to

the next. They were jumping off the roof, three stories up, into the snow and going in over their heads. I have never seen anything like this before.

[Ken’s note: When ordered to shovel out the schoolhouse there was a rebellion and shovels were thrown down. I never did know who shoveled it out.]

February 19, 1952 Tuesday I am writing from la salle de cigarette. Boy! What a storm.

The side of the roads are about twelve feet high. I never saw anything like it before. Gee it would be good to be isolated (with the right girl) somewhere up here in Maine February 21, 1952 Thursday Today I had a free day. We had all day off from school. Some kids went out doors on hikes.

The kitchen gave them hot dogs and hamburgers to cook. Me, I just stayed in my room and studied. Ha! It is snowing again tonight. My mother sent me a sweater she made for me. It is really terrific.

February 22, 1952 Friday Seeing as I have time to write here is all the news.

Now hear this. Members of the Record Club assume comfortable listening positions in this photo taken for the catalog.

Monday morning when I woke up and looked out of my window all I could see was the hood of a car. We had about three feet of snow. We couldn’t even get to the school building, which is only about five hundred feet from the dormitory.

All I did was study.

Tuesday I went to school.

We had to dig a path Monday to the building. All the plows broke so the roads weren’t cleared until Wednesday. We only go to school until one o’clock and then the rest of the day we have free.

Wednesday night Mr. Allen announced that there would be a free day Thursday. That is we

had no school. Two days in one week. Today we had classes and I had a test in Chemistry, Algebra, and English.

Sunday (not sure of date) Well there has been quite a bit of excitement up here. The hockey rink caved in. Too much snow on the roof. No one was hurt.

Narrow escape. Mr. Allen was walking with the hockey coach, Mr. Macmillan to Sturtevant to go to lunch. They heard someone hitting a hockey puck around inside the building. Mr. Allen suggested to the hockey coach that he check into it. As Mr. Macmillan walked to the door, the door met him. We had tremendous snowstorms in 1952 and then we had three days of a light rain. The weight was too much for the roof and Stanley Arena collapsed. Lunchtime was the one time that no one was in the Stanley Arena. Family members of the faculty often skated there when classes were in session.

Ken Boyle

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April 9, 1952 It is about quarter of nine and I have most of my homework finished. There is still a lot of snow up here so we cannot play baseball etc. out of doors. I got the job of being Varsity Track manager so I get to go to all the games, get a letter, and also do a lot of work. The plans have been drawn for a new arena and boy is it going to be beautiful.

April 7, 1952 When we went into French Class today he told us he would not speak another English word in the class this year. Fine! Boy do you have to think hard.

April 9, 1952 I must admit that today has been another beautiful day at Hebron. It has been about the first day of Spring. The snow is most gone on the front lawn and it will be green soon. From last term I never thought this place would see spring again.

Tonight is just right and the air is cool and crisp. The moon is great big and there are millions of stars. Tonight is the kind of night when you would like to be with a girl on the top of a high hill looking into a valley and seeing all the lights and just being in love.

Line up. Graduation day, 1952.

April 10, 1952 It was another beautiful day up here and a lot of the snow melted. I sure will be glad to see it all gone. The field is almost all clear and the kids are playing baseball on the front lawn. The track team is coming fine but it sure is hard work, digging pits, carrying shot puts, disci etc.

April 11, 1952 It is another beautiful night here. I went to church tonight for a communion service. It was very nice and Mr. Lawson was really good tonight. You would hardly have known today was Good Friday but at least I went to church for a half an hour.

April 1952 Easter Sunday We had a nice service today.

April 29, 1952 Today we started our new days.

We have classes until 12:30 and a study hall from 3:30 to 4:30 that’s all. It seems as though it would be wonderful but you have too much time.

May 10, 1952 Tonight our corridor played the faculty in a softball game. We lost to them 11 to 9 but it was a lot of fun. Right now it is so

beautiful. It is nice and warm and I can hear the Glee Club singing over in the school building. They sound real good tonight. Even though it has been hard to be away from home and my family I’m going to remember an awful lot. I go to New Hampton for a track meet from eight a.m. Saturday until 8 p.m.

May 13, 1952 Have a picture of the new hockey arena. I mean what it will look like. There will be four indoor tennis courts in it. It rained all day up here and the field is flooded all to heck. Another few days before it will be dry again.

This Saturday nine of us go to Portland to take the exam. I sure hope I am accepted at Tufts. This is just a darn dull day, no news.

Rain and study. Gosh!

May 14, 1952 A master up here just bought a new car and he is just like a kid.

Last night a bunch of kids rolled it in back of the building and he was running through the corridors telling the teachers that his car had been stolen.

May 29, 1952 Tuesday Today was a terrific day. It really was beautiful. I will be home in Beautiful music. Hebron Academy and Waynflete put together a joint Glee Club performance in May 1952.

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ten days. Time for exams so cannot write too much. There is really no news but I have a Chem test tomorrow.

Wednesday May 29, 1952 I’m at record Club listening to an overture by Beethoven. It really is great. Ha! I put away all the track equipment today so that ends the season. It wasn’t bad but I’m glad it is over May 31, 1952 It is now 9:00 and I am writing instead of studying for exams. I have been studying too much anyway. Tonight I received my Hebron “H”. I worked kind of hard so I think I deserved it June 4, 1952 Boy if you think exams were hard in Melrose! I have never seen such a test as they are passing out. They are really rough.

All I can do is hope and pray and study. I have Chem tomorrow and French and Algebra on Thursday. Friday Graduation and Saturday—home. It has been a nice day today but it has gone slowly. Well only 2 more days of exams.

June 5, 1952 Last entry. Tomorrow night we have a movie. Tomorrow I have French and Algebra. The exams up here have really been rough.

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For at least twenty-five years, the people shown here have given all of us the gift of their time. Their caring and commitment is at the heart of what makes Hebron Academy special. Students relax at “The Union” under Bobbi’s watchful eye; Carol’s nurturing presence speeds the invalid’s recovery; David spends hour after patient hour illuminating poetic mysteries; legions of alumni/ae and international students count Bev among their friends; Carole dots every “i” and crosses every “t” in her role as registrar; and Shirley begins her housekeeping day at 4:00 a.m. Many thanks to these friends and colleagues for enhancing our Hebron experiences.

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Bobbi Bumps

David Stonebraker

When: 1977 Then: Housekeeping department member.

Now: Manager of the John T. Leyden Student Center. Bobbi misses the oldness of the store’s previous location next to the post office, but the new spot (daylight basement level of Halford) is better for the kids, she says.

Biggest change at Hebron: The kids are much more outgoing and self-confident. They expect more, but they also do more. They know what they want and where they are going.

Summer Fun: Spending time at camp!

Best aspect of working at Hebron: The students and the people. I have met a lot of interesting people from all walks of life. I like the friendliness and the closeness.

When: 1976 Then: English teacher, soccer, ski and lacrosse coach, dormitory faculty.

Now: English department chair; Director of Studies; Archivist; Winder of the Tower Clock.

In between: Coaching skiing, girls’ and boys’ soccer, lacrosse, cycling and whitewater kayaking; directed Admissions, Studies and External Affairs; been chair of the English department on and off since 1979; taught English I–IV, AP English, Honors English III, ESL, Literature & Composition; lived in Sturtevant, Cushman House, Long Cottage and the Red Lion.

Biggest change at Hebron: Becoming a multidivisional school.

Favorite campus spot: The east goal of the soccer field looking up on the flanks of Little Singepole.

Carole Smith When: 1977 Then: Accounts payable clerk.

Now: Registrar and secretary to the College Counselor and Director of Studies.

Biggest change at Hebron: Without a doubt, the computerization of offices and the campus.

Greatest challenge: Attracting and retaining quality students; maintaining the physical plant.

Best aspect of working at Hebron: The spirit of community and the people I work with.

Summer Fun: Hanging out in my pool, playing catch with my dog, attending flyins all over.

Something most people would be surprised to know: I helped build my house and an airplane and I have a private pilot’s license.

More Milestones Thirty: Bill Chase Twenty: Forest Perkins ’55 Fifteen: Sheila Kyllonen and Cynthia Reedy Ten: Shirli Allen and Mer Gillies

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Five: Jennifer Angelone, Ron Brooks, Julie Bryant, Alex Godomsky, Pat Hutter, Dick Keough, Colleen Magur, Matt McDonough ’88, Gail Taylor

Shirley Savage When: 1976 Then: Housekeeping department member.

Now: Housekeeping coordinator.

Biggest change at Hebron: The students are much neater than they used to be, especially when they leave at the end of the year. It used to take a month to clean up after them, now we can do it in two or three weeks.

Summer Fun: A week camping at West Grand Lake with family and friends.

Favorite campus spot: The break room!

Greatest Challenge: To do more with less.

Best aspect of working at Hebron: The people.

I enjoy everyone, they make me happy.

Carol Henrickson

Bev Leyden When: 1977 Then: Hebron’s “First Lady,” wife of Headmaster John Leyden.

Now: Retired this year as director of the international students’ program.

Offices inhabited: 1) The School Building, first floor, north side; 2) Stanley Building, second floor; 3) Under the School Building stairs; 4) Back to the Stanley Building; 5) Atwood Hall, second floor; 6) Back under

the School Building stairs; 7) School Building basement; 8) School Building, second floor, south side. Phew!

Biggest change at Hebron: More equal acceptance of and opportunities for girls; bringing back younger students (Nellie Pottle Hankins ’21 told Bev that her mother taught the equivalent of Middle School at Hebron when Nellie was a student).

Best aspect of working at Hebron: The people—everyone from the students to the maintenance crew and housekeeping.

When: 1976 Then: School nurse.

Now: Director of Health Services; health topics teacher.

Biggest change at Hebron: The number of visits to the health center. For many reasons, visits have increased from a dozen a day to an average of 80. We have worked to make the Health Center a comfortable and welcoming place so students will come to us with any concerns they may have. We are also more aware of general wellness issues. Another change is that health care in general requires much more paperwork than ever before.

Best aspect of working at Hebron: Watching the students progress and grow not only physically and chronologically but also in their ability to deal with life in a positive way. The team effort amongst faculty and staff is also helpful and supportive.

Summer Fun: Visiting my son in West Virginia for some river rafting and camping; spending time at our camp in Rangeley. [Note: At press time, Carol’s “fun” also included managing her family’s rake-your-own blueberry business at their Oxford farm.]

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From Ocean Floor to Table Top:

Stacks of traps on the wharf at Witham’s Lobster, Inc. in Tenants Harbor.

Fishing for Maine Lobster

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undreds of years ago lobster was so abundant that Indians used it for fertilizer and fish bait. To the colonists, lobster was “poverty food,”

suitable only for children, prisoners and indentured servants. One old story goes that you hid your pot of lobster stew when the minister came to call, not because you didn’t want to share it but because you were ashamed to be caught eating it. How times have changed. Ò Summertime Maine is filled with folks “from away” seeking the ultimate Down East food: lobster.

Hundreds of inland and waterside restaurants offer shore dinners and many will ship live lobster off to your Aunt Louise in Milwaukee. In Maine, even McDonald’s adds a lobster roll to its summer menu. Ò Gift shops along the length of Route 1 hawk anything and everything with a lobster theme to tourists gone lobster-crazy. Rockland’s annual festival—a celebration of all things lobster—this year served over 22,000 pounds of lobster. A popular pair of calendars are devoted, in a lighthearted but respectful way, to the bachelor lobstermen and lobsterwomen of Maine. Ò With a product that is best served simply—steamed with butter—lobster fishing is a surprisingly complex and fascinating business like no other.

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By the truckload. Bert Witham ’60 (left) chats with his bait deliveryman. At the height of the season he will have two truckloads (150–200 bushels) of bait delivered each day for the seventeen boats that fish for him. The bait, usually herring, is transferred from the truck into the bait shed bins using a small conveyer belt, then salted so it won’t spoil.

Like any good fisherman looking to move up, her goal for next year is a bigger boat and a hauler.

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obstering is not the sort of occupation that one chooses like he might accounting, designing or selling shoes. By necessity, harvesters are independent and self-reliant. They are committed to long hours of hard physical work in an unforgiving environment. Yet they are drawn to it. A typical lobster harvester is out on the water before dawn when a cool land breeze will help him out to sea. Aboard his boat he may have a load of traps ready to set, or he may be planning to “haul and dump”—pull his traps, rebait them and set them right back where they were. Each day, most full-time fishermen will spend six to twelve hours on the water checking 250 to 350 traps.

Starting small This summer 13-year-old Valerie White, daughter of Bruce White ’78, is lobster fishing in the waters off Southport Island. Valerie has a student license and fishes twenty-eight traps, hauling them by hand from her 14' outboard boat. She and her father go out in the evenings to check the traps, but because Bruce holds only a non-commercial license, by law he cannot touch any of the gear.

Valerie crates her catch during the week and on Saturdays sells her lobsters to Robinson’s Wharf, a local restaurant and lobster shipper. Her father’s license limits him to five traps, and when the family dines on lobster, it’s Bruce’s catch that goes into the pot.

Like many fishermen, Valerie hates painting buoys and repairing traps. She would much rather be out on the water hauling.

Because new lobster traps can cost as much as $80, she looks for used traps advertised in Uncle Henry’s, a weekly swap and sell magazine. Used lobster traps generally run five to ten dollars apiece.

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Every day is different Lincoln Tully ’93 loves lobstering. He likes working for himself; being the boss. “I get out of it what I put into it,” he says. And every day is different. “You don’t know what you’ll make each day. I would hate knowing ahead of time what my paycheck would be. It wouldn’t be much incentive to go to work.”

Linc belongs to a lobstermen’s cooperative on Isle au Haut. Rather than sell their catch individually, the lobstermen formed an association to pool their resources. They buy fuel and bait as a group and sell their lobsters as a group. As the season winds down, they “pound” their lobsters, waiting for the prices to go up during the winter.

The first lobster pound was on Vinalhaven, in 1875. Pounds hold lobster in seawater tanks, in crates tethered to harbor docks, or sometimes in coves that can be secured from shoreside predators like raccoons. The lobster tank in your local grocery store is a miniature pound. By pounding lobster, dealers can wait for new shells to harden or for prices to go up.

Bigger fish Bert Witham ’60 has seventeen boats fishing out of his Tenants Harbor wharf, including his own. Each day he provides fuel, bait, gloves and bands for the fishermen. When they return at the end of the day their catch is weighed, sorted and crated, and they are paid for it. In turn Bert sells the catch to the William Atwood Lobster Company, a distributor in Spruce Head.

Bert’s house overlooks his wharf. It’s a modest home, trim and tidy, much like Bert himself. Through his living room’s picture windows he keeps an eye on the boats coming in to unload their catch. Still an active lobsterman, Bert said it wasn’t profitable for him to stay on shore, and besides, he likes lobstering.

“I can’t think of a better way to make a living,” he said. “I’m my own boss, I can come and go as I please, I’m outdoors all the time and it’s always interesting.” Just a few weeks ago he and his crew pulled up a giant sea turtle that was snagged in their gear.

Turtles are awkward but powerful when they are out of the water, so the men kept their distance as they cautiously untangled it and returned it to the ocean. In his fifty years of fishing Bert has also caught a couple of whales, an amazing experience he says. “It’s like

they know you’re helping them. They watch you with that big eye while you untangle them.”

Bert is the fifth generation of his family in the business—his son makes six. And lobster fishing is certainly a business. Buying stations like Witham’s Lobster must keep a constant eye on supply and demand, adjusting their prices to maintain enough profit margin to cover expenses and maintain their way of life. Managing fuel, bait and other deliveries; paying the fishermen; and negotiating prices with distributors is a big job, handled for Witham’s by Bert’s wife, Donni.

Want to harvest lobster? Here’s what you’ll need. Ò A birthright. Maine lobstermen—and women—are usually descendents of lobstermen, working the banks and ledges fished by their fathers, grandfathers and great-grandfathers before them.

Youngsters start with a few traps hauled by hand from a rowboat and then often become sternmen—filling bait bags, carrying gear, and so forth—on a larger boat. Eventually they earn the right to fish their community’s traditional areas—grounds that are often fiercely protected from outsiders.

Lobstermen keep an eye on harvesters who may try to move in; discouraging such fishermen often begins with cutting their pot warps and can escalate into physical violence. In her wry memoir, The Lobster Chronicles, fisherman Linda Greenlaw describes the “gear war” she and her fellow islanders considered when outsiders began laying traps around Isle au Haut. Replacing lost gear can be expensive, and ultimately Linda and her colleagues decided that they would rather be fishing. Ò A competitive spirit. Bert Witham says that the best lobstermen are competitive. And they face competition on all sides.

Because each harvester is limited by law to no more than 800 traps, they must fish more efficiently, competing with their neighbors for the supply of lobster in their fishing grounds.

Maine lobstermen also compete with their Canadian counterparts. The Canadian fishery is regulated differently from Maine’s. Canadian fishermen frown on Maine’s year-round industry, yet they have no maximum size limits on their legal lobsters.

Canada has come to the rescue of Maine lobstermen in recent years however. The current boom in lobster landings resulted in a market glut and a surplus of product. Canadian processors started buying lobster from Maine vendors, processing the meat and shipping it back to the United States and overseas.

Lobster Lore Ò Homarus americanus, the American lobster, hides in crevices and under rocks at depths up to 180 feet. They feed on clams, crabs, snails, and small fish in addition to algae and eelgrass. They will also eat each other, which is why their claws are banded when they are caught. Ò American lobsters have two front claws. The large thicktoothed claw is a crusher; lobsters tear food apart with the smaller, sharper pincher claw.

Lobsters can drop a claw at will and grow a new one. Ò The female’s 3,000 to 100,000 eggs develop inside her body until she extrudes them up to a year after mating with a male lobster. She then carries them under her tail for another nine months or so.

two or three weeks before sinking to the ocean bottom to grow to maturity. Ò Lobsters must molt as they grow, periodically shedding their outgrown shells. The new shells are soft and provide little protection from predators until they have hardened.

Baby lobsters generally molt four times before they settle to the ocean floor. Ò Maine’s lobstermen account for the largest piece of the national catch. In 1999, U.S. harvesters landed a record 87,420,414 pounds of lobster valued at $322,754,058. At 53,494,058 pounds, Maine’s catch accounted for 61 per cent of that total. Ò Lobster was classified as a delicacy during World War II and was not rationed.

Ò Newborn lobsters are less than 1⁄2 inch long. Easy prey for birds and fish, they drift for

Crate expectations. At Witham’s, the lobsters are weighed and sorted into crates by type: hard or softshell. Each crate is marked with the fisherman’s name so he can be paid for his catch when it is sold to the dealer.

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Ò A license. If you are a full-time student under the age of 23, you’re in luck. Find a licensed lobsterman as a sponsor and you qualify for a $46 student license allowing you to fish up to 150 traps. If your goal is a commercial license and you are over 23, you still need a sponsor and must serve at least a two-year apprenticeship during which you must log 200 five-hour days of fishing under your sponsor’s guidance. Your apprentice license will run $93 for the right to fish up to 150 traps. After a successful apprenticeship you may apply for a commercial license.

Commercial licenses fall into three categories; fees range from $93 to $279, with a lobster promotion surcharge of $25–75 tacked on, and all are restricted to a maximum of 800 traps. A Class I license covers a single fisherman. A Class II license holder can have one unlicensed person working with him. Fishermen with larger boats often need two sternmen and must carry a Class III license. Additional licenses are required for dealers (wholesale and retail), for transporting lobsters out of state and for processing and selling lobster meat.

There are over 5,000 licensed commercial harvesters in Maine and almost 2,000 non-commercial fishermen. Of the commercial harvesters, about 3,500 are employed full-time in the fishery and 2,000 part time. Another 1100 or so hold student or apprentice licenses. Ò A boat. Powered by oars, outboards, or inboard gasoline or diesel engines, lobster boats range in size from small dories right up to 45' trawlers. Bigger, more powerful boats can fish further out; the smaller ones stay close to shore. While Valerie White can fish successfully with a chart and compass, boats like Bert Witham’s sport all kinds of electronic gear, including Bert’s favorite, a video GPS plotter. The plotter allows the lobsterman to track his course and mark his strings of traps. A push of a button will bring him back to the traps on a later day or allow him to lay a third string between two he has previously dropped. Ò Traps, bait bags, pot warps and buoys. In the last twenty years rectangular wire traps have replaced the wooden half-circle style, but the basic design and function remains the same.

Traps are between three and four feet long and each one is divided into sections. Funnel-shaped netting allows the lobster to enter the “kitchen” section where a bag full of bait—usually herring—is placed. Once the lobster has dined, another funnel net guides it into the “parlor,” where, theoretically, it stays until the trap is hauled. Escape vents allow undersized lobsters to exit easily, but are too small for the larger lobsters to pass through. Modern traps must also have biodegradable ghost vents, which will break down if the trap is lost on the bottom, freeing all lobsters.

Up to three bricks are used to weight the traps to keep them from shifting underwater. Runners on the bottom of the trap Fries with that? In Maine, even the Golden Arches goes lobster-crazy in the summertime. Within five miles of the South Paris McDonald’s (right), there are at least six places to buy live lobster (The Lake Store, The Country Way, Amato’s, Hannaford’s, the Fresh Fish Market and Crystal Spring Farm), and many more restaurants that serve lobster rolls or lobster subs.

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prevent lobster claws, legs and antennae from being crushed as the traps are lifted onto the boat’s gunwhales.

Buoys not only mark the traps’ locations, but are a way to identify whose traps are whose. Each fisherman’s buoy colors are unique, at least within his zone. Pot warps, the lines that connect buoy to trap, are adjusted for the depth of the area fished. Harvesters often connect a series of traps together, forming a string. Ò Trap tags. Every trap must carry a trap tag, which looks like a cross between a beefy hospital bracelet and a tie wrap. The tags are marked with the fisherman’s license number, a tag number, fishing zone and year. The tags aid identification in the case of lost traps, and provide a method for the Marine Patrol to enforce trap limits. They cost $.20 each and are issued by the Maine Department of Marine Resources. Ò Fish totes or boxes. You will need a way to carry your bait to your traps and to bring your lobsters home again. Fish totes come in all shapes and sizes; the floating ones can store lobsters for a few days until they are sold to a dealer. Ò Fuel and bait. These are the “consumables.” Fuel is probably the largest on-going expense for a season of lobstering. Bait can also be costly and most fisherman will use 20 to 25 bushels of bait for 300 traps. Valerie White buys her bait by the bushel; Bert Witham by the truckload.

Next generation. Thirteen-year-old Valerie White (left, with a stack of her traps) has the perfect summer job. “I don’t have to work every day!” she says. The white “bracelet” on Valerie’s wrist is actually one of her trap tags, high fashion at her school. She recently spent a day fishing with her sponsor, commercial harvester Jennifer Wickline. During a full working day on the water, Valerie acted as sternman—she filled bait bags, banded lobster and took a turn driving the boat.

fishing zones have limited entry—waiting lists—for new fishing licenses, but there is no outright moratorium.

Although there are more traps in Maine waters now—nearly three million today, compared to 100,000 a century ago—the catch is steadily rising. After hovering around 20 million pounds for forty years, the catch doubled from the 1990 total of 28 million pounds to 57 million pounds in 2000. (The national catch increased to 84 million pounds from 62 million over the same period.)

Ò A lobster measure, banding tool and v-notcher. A small brass ruler about six inches long, the measure is the smallest, simplest and most important lobsterman’s tool. Each lobster in a trap is measured from the back of its eye socket to the end of its body shell. Lobsters with carapaces measuring less than 3 1⁄4 inches and more than 5 inches are illegal in Maine and must be thrown back.

The banding tool eases the task of placing large rubber bands around each claw, preventing lobsters from hurting each other or an unwary fisherman.

“Berried” (egg-bearing) females, no matter the size, must also be put back, but many fishermen will first cut a small v-shaped notch in one of their rear flippers to mark them as proven breeders. The next time that lobster is caught, even if she has released her eggs, the v-notch shows that she is a breeder and back into the ocean she goes. The notch will disappear after two or three molts but many harvesters will re-notch females to keep them in the breed stock. V-notching is a simple, effective method of fishery conservation that came into common practice in Maine in 1917.

“If people have money, they’ll buy lobster.” said Linc Tully.

“But we have to protect the resource to keep the industry going.”

Exactly how to conserve the resource is widely debated among lobstermen, scientists and bureaucrats. For many years, the annual catch stayed fairly constant. “Lobstering was something you did because that’s what your family did, not because there was money in it,” Bert Witham explained. On a cold January day in the late 1970s Bert hauled 200 traps and brought home five or six lobsters.

Now, he says, there are more lobsters than he’s seen in fifty years.

Fears of overfishing led to a variety of conservation measures.

During the summer months, lobstermen may not haul traps after 4:00 p.m. on Saturday and all day Sunday. They are limited to 800 traps each, down from 1200 a few years ago. Five of Maine’s seven

From fisherman to consumer Although some fishermen like Valerie White sell directly to restaurants, most go through a buying station like Witham’s Lobster or a cooperative like Isle au Haut’s, or they may sell to a trucker who will bring their product to a buying station.

Until smacks came into use in the early nineteenth century, it was impossible to ship fresh lobster any distance. Small sailing vessels with seawater wells in their holds, smacks could transport live lobster to far-off places like New York. As demand rose, canneries filled the need for an easy way to ship lobster long distances. Burnham & Morrill, now synonymous with baked beans, was one of the early Maine lobster canneries.

The air freight industry made it possible to ship lobster great distances in a matter of hours. The William Atwood Lobster Company in Spruce Head is now the largest shipper in Maine, handling Witham’s catch among many others. Bill Atwood (father of David ’87) buys the catch from buying stations in Maine and the Canadian Maritimes and ships daily to restaurants across the country, including the Grand Central Oyster Bar in New York and Red Lobster; to grocery store chains; and to wholesalers.

Atwood’s packs their lobster in waterproof packages which go into airline freight containers. Each container, or “can” holds about 2200 pounds of lobster. They also truck lobster all over the east coast. In a typical year, Atwood’s will ship over four million pounds of lobster, both live and processed, with the bulk of the business occurring between July and October.

Handle with care A highly perishable product that must be treated gently from the moment it is caught, lobster captures the imagination like few other foods. The lobster rolls at your favorite Maine dockside diner, the live lobster you ship to Aunt Louise in Milwaukee, the stuffed lobster tail on your plate at the local Red Lobster restaurant, all may have come from Bert Witham’s traps off Tenants Harbor, or Lincoln Tully’s off Isle au Haut, or Valerie White’s from Townsend Gut. Eat up! You are supporting Maine’s rich lobstering tradition.

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Lobster Recipes Bert Witham’s Favorite

Lobster Casserole

cooked lobster meat mayonnaise salt and lots of pepper two slices of homemade bread butter

1 lb. lobster meat 3 tbsp. butter 3 tbsp. flour 3/4 tsp. dry mustard salt and pepper 2 cups rich milk

Mix the lobster meat with just enough mayonnaise to hold it together. Season to taste, but the more pepper the better. Thickly butter the bread and toast it in a frying pan. Fill the bread with lobster and enjoy.

Bill Atwood’s Famous Lobster Roll 1 lb. cooked lobster meat, thawed if frozen 1 ⁄2 c. Miracle Whip pepper celery salt 4 hot dog rolls (in Maine, these rolls are split on the top) Cut cooked lobster meat into bite-sized pieces, about 3⁄4" in size, and place in a medium-sized mixing bowl. Add the Miracle Whip on the top of the lobster meat (you can add more later, depending on the consistency you desire). Add 2 shakes of pepper and 3 shakes of celery salt. Mix all ingredients well and divide evenly into hot dog rolls.

Boiled Lobster 2–3 tbsp. sherry 3 slices white bread, crusts removed, and torn into small pieces Ritz cracker crumbs

Sauté lobster in butter to start pink color; do not cook too fast or too long. Combine flour with seasonings and sprinkle over lobster; add milk slowly, stirring to blend. Cook, stirring gently, until thick.

Add sherry. Add bread. Pour into a greased casserole, top with crumbs. Bake at 350° for 30 minutes.

Lobster Stew serves 15 2 1 1

11 1⁄2 ounce cans frozen lobster meat, thawed 1 ⁄2 sticks butter gallon whole milk salt and pepper

Melt butter in a large stockpot. Add lobster meat and sauté for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and let stand for 7 minutes. Add 4 cups milk, heated, 1 ⁄4 cup at a time, stirring. Add remaining milk, heated, in a stream, stirring. Add salt and pepper to taste; let the stew cool to room temperature and chill it, covered, overnight. Reheat the stew over very low heat and serve it in heated bowls.

From www.atwoodlobster.com.

Allow 2 quarts of clean seawater for each lobster to be boiled, or use the same quantity of fresh tap water, adding 1⁄2 teaspoon salt per quart. The number of lobsters to be boiled determines the minimum kettle size. The water should fill the pot onehalf to not more than two-thirds full. Bring water to rolling boil over high heat. Place lobsters head first into the pot, completely submerging them.

Cover the pot tightly, return to a boil as quickly as possible, and begin timing. Prevent water from boiling over, but be sure to keep it boiling throughout the cooking time.

Boil a soft shell lobster 7 minutes for the first pound plus 3 minutes for each additional pound.

Boil a hard shell lobster 10 minutes for the first pound plus 3 minutes for each additional pound.

Because shells may turn red before the water returns to a boil, do not use color as an indication of doneness. When the antennae pull out easily, the lobster is done. Immediately transfer lobsters to individual plates. Garnish each with 1⁄2 lemon, quartered lengthwise. Pour melted butter into small bowls and serve separately.

Buying Tips Look for lobsters that are active. When picked up they should raise their claws and curl their tails under.

Based on a recipe from Gourmet magazine.

Lobster Newburg 4 tbsp. butter, divided 3 tbsp. flour 1 1⁄2 lbs. freshly cooked lobster meat, cut in large chunks 1 tbsp. paprika

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⁄2 c. dry sherry 1 c. light cream 1 c. heavy cream 1 dash salt 1 dash white pepper 1 tbsp. chopped chives

Melt butter in a saucepan then add the flour and cook on low stirring for 4–5 minutes. Let this (roux) cool in the pot. In a pan with 1 tablespoon butter add lobster meat. Sauté until meat is warmed through, now remove and keep warm.

Add paprika and sherry. Continue to cook for two minutes. Add fresh cream and cook until mixture is almost boiling. Whisk in the roux and cook slowly for 10 minutes stirring so the sauce doesn't scorch. Now add warm lobster and stir gently until thoroughly blended. Salt and pepper to taste. Serve over toast points, puff pastry shells or rice with a full-bodied French chardonnay.

Recipe courtesy David Chisolm, Sage food service manager at Hebron.

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Lobster Bibliography Books and Magazines Greenlaw, Linda. The Lobster Chronicles. Hyperion, New York, 2002.

Corson, Trevor. “Stalking the American Lobster.” The Atlantic Monthly, April 2002. http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2002/04/corson.htm Web Sites Atwood Lobster Company: www.atwoodlobster.com Gulf of Maine Aquarium: octopus.gma.org/lobsters/ The Lobster Conservancy: www.lobsters.org The Lobster Festival: www.mainelobsterfestival.com The Lobster Institute: www.lobsterinstitute.org The Lobster Promotion Board: www.mainelobsterpromo.com Maine Department of Marine Resources: www.state.me.us/dmr/ Maine Lobstermen’s Association: www.mainelobstermen.org National Marine Fisheries Service: www.nmfs.noaa.gov

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Lobster Risotto At Nick &Toni’s Restaurant, I have the availability of seafood from nearby Montauk, New York, fresh whole fish from the Mediterranean, Alaskan King Salmon, and nearly any other catch of the sea. But when it come to purchasing live lobsters, I always direct my purveyors to bring me live Maine lobsters. I have found the cold waters of the Maine coast create a sweeter meat and softer shell in comparison to lobsters from the waters of Nova Scotia or Long Island.

This recipe was developed as a luxurious alternative to simply warming lobster meat in a creamy sauce or flavored butters. It is a nice dish for a gourmet home cook to prepare for guests who want to enjoy the full flavor of lobster without the fuss of opening shells or wearing a plastic bib.

Prepare lobsters Equipment large stockpot mallet or heavy meat tenderizer lobster crackers small fork two large metal bowls Ingredients four 1 1⁄2 lb lobsters 1 cup kosher or sea salt 1 cup white vinegar 1 Tbl whole black peppercorns 2 bay leaves Procedure Fill stockpot half way with water and then add salt, vinegar, peppercorns and bay leaves. Bring this to a boil to blanch the lobsters.

Most folks do not like to butcher live lobsters the way we do in the restaurant, by simply separating the claws, bodies and tails while they are still twitching. One alternative method is to place live lobsters in the freezer for ten minutes to put them to “sleep”. Regardless of the method you choose, twist claws and knuckles from body and pull entire tail away from body.

Prepare a large bowl filled with ice cubes and water to make an ice bath to submerge lobsters after cooking. Put lobster claws and knuckles into stockpot and cook for four minutes, then immediately place the lobster pieces into the ice bath (this prevents overcooking the meat). When the stockpot returns to a boil, put the tails into the liquid for 1 1⁄2 minutes, also transferring the tails to the water bath. You may now discard the blanching liquid, or save it to blanch lobsters another day.

Using a mallet, lobsters crackers, and a small fork, remove the meat from the claws and knuckles and then chop the meat into large pieces. Cover lobster meat with a damp paper towel and plastic wrap and refrigerate until later use. Do not discard the shells. Using a large sharp chef’s knife split the lobster tails in half by flattening the tail on your cutting board and in one motion, cutting lengthwise through the shell and meat of the tail.

Put the tails in the refrigerator until later use.

Clean the lobster bodies by scraping the gills with either a spoon or a blunt knife.

Prepare lobster stock Equipment heavy bottomed 4 qt stock pot mallet or meat tenderizer wooden spoon fine sieve or chinois strainer Ingredients 2 onions, chopped 2 carrots, chopped 1 head fennel, chopped with fronds (leafy tops) 1 ⁄2 cup tomato paste 2 cups white wine 2 oz cognac 4 sprigs tarragon 4 sprigs fresh thyme 1 tsp whole black peppercorns Procedure Heat a heavy bottomed stock pot until it is almost smoking. Add the uncooked lobster bodies and the shells from the claws and knuckles to the pot.

Using a mallet or meat tenderizer, crush the shells into the bottom of the pot to release the juices and create a flavorful base for the stock.

After 6–8 minutes, when a thick residue has developed on the base of the pot, add the onions, carrots and fennel bulb; mix with a wooden spoon for two minutes over a medium-high heat. Add the tomato paste to coat the vegetables and lobster shells, and then add the white wine, deglazing the pot, while scraping the bottom of the pot to pick up the flavor and essence of the lobster. Quickly, add the cognac, allowing the alcohol to burn off (watch your eyebrows).

Next, add the black peppercorns, fennel fronds, tarragon, bay leaves, and thyme, along with 2 gallons of water and simmer for 2 hours.

Strain the stock through a fine sieve, chinois strainer, or coffee filters, and discard the vegetables, shells and herbs.

Return the strained liquid (you will have approximately 6–7 qts) to a clean pot and reduce the volume of the liquid until you have about 3–4 cups of a thickly textured, rust-colored broth that is richly flavored. Reducing the liquid is done by

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maintaining a constant simmer and skimming any foam that floats to the top with a ladle.

Strain again and cool broth in a bowl uncovered in the refrigerator.

Prepare risotto Equipment Heavy-bottomed sauté pan with 2" sides wooden spoon 6 oz ladle Ingredients 2 Tbl olive oil 1 large onion, minced 2 cups Arborio rice (short grained Italian rice for risotto) 2 sprigs fresh thyme 1 ⁄2 cup white wine 6 cups warm chicken stock 2 cups warm lobster broth (above recipe) reserved chopped lobster meat (above recipe) 2 Tbl butter 2 Tbl grated parmesan cheese (Grana Padana or Reggianno) 4 basil leaves, washed, dried, and cut in a chiffonade (fine ribbon strands) Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper Procedure Heat olive oil in the pan over med-low heat.

Sweat the onions, stirring with a wooden spoon until they are soft and opaque. Add the thyme and stir for one minute. Increase heat to medium.

Add white wine and stir until wine has completely evaporated. Begin adding the chicken stock Stir continuously while preparing the risotto. Add the chicken stock one ladle at a time, allowing the rice to completely absorb the stock each time.

Season the rice with a pinch of salt and pepper for each ladle added.

When all of the chicken stock has been absorbed, begin adding the lobster broth. As the final ladle of broth is incorporated into the risotto, add the following ingredients: lobster meat, parmesan, butter and a pinch of salt and pepper. Finally, add the basil. The risotto should be thick and creamy, the reward of stirring continuously while making the rice.

When the risotto is complete, a small sauté pan should be heated with 1⁄2 Tbl olive oil and 1 tsp butter to sear the split lobster tails. Top the creamy risotto with the caramelized lobster tail and garnish with a few fried basil leaves. Enjoy the risotto with your favorite wine and some crusty bread with which to clean the plate.

Serves four.

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1932

Homecoming 2002

F October R I D A4 Y

SEVENTIETH

1933

Registration Check in at registration to receive your nametag, event schedule and souvenir • Sign up for the Fun Run • See who else is here from your class

Homecoming Concert and Cabaret Tap your toes to tunes by Hebron musicians • Enjoy finger rolls, soft drinks, cider and cookies.

Pep Rally and Bonfire Cheer on Hebron’s teams!

Welcome Back Reception Wet your whistle after the Bonfire • Visit with faculty and friends at Allen House

SATURDAY October 5 Registration Check in at registration to receive your nametag, event schedule and souvenir • Sign up for the Fun Run • See who else is here from your class

Breakfast, Morning Programs and Events Franklin Society Meeting • Fun Run, Family Soccer and Games • Archives Program • Art Exhibit • Student/Faculty Panel

Homecoming Luncheon, Reunion Class Photos Enjoy a fall feast featuring Bill Atwood’s famous lobster rolls (see page 14) • Join classmates for a photo

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REUNION

Class Agent: Newell F. Varney HCR#64, Box 900, Brooklin ME 04616 207-359-2162 wynvarney@hypernet.com

1936 Class Agent: Robert R. Ward PO Box 77, Moody ME 04054 207-646-7464 rbward@cybertours.com Sid Alpert writes, “Much has happened in the last two years. I had been playing golf five days a week and I tore a rotator cuff. I was waiting to go into the garage for repairs, saw my cardiologist just to be sure it was OK and before I knew what happened I was in the garage—for a 4-way bypass. Since then it hasn’t been easy, but every morning I can put my feet on the floor it’s a good day. My wife and I just celebrated our 58th year together—not bad for a quick romance of two weeks. We are blessed with four marvelous grandchildren and five grandchildren. Life is good…now where is my putter?” ■ Oric O’Brien writes, “Still spending our winter in Florida and summers in Maine. Enjoy recreation activities in both places, but don’t do much other traveling.”

1937 S I X T Y- F I F T H

REUNION

Class Agent needed!

To volunteer, call Ellen Augusta, Director of Annual Giving, at 207-9662100, ext. 231, or e-mail her at eaugusta@hebronacademy.org As he has done in the past, Bob Piper is planning to fly his own plane to the 65th reunion this fall. He hopes to see many classmates back on campus.

1938 Class Agent: David Christison 7116 Cypress Creek Lane Charlotte NC 28210 704-556-7622 dciabsh@aol.com

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1939 Class Agent: Ed Simonds 4 Cammock Road Scarborough ME 04074 207-883-5834 David Anthony writes, “Betty and I are going to LRGH wellness center three mornings a week. The trained professional staff instructs us and the other patients in procedures to benefit our particular ailments. We enjoy sharing our experiences with the other patients. It makes the week and days go by much faster wtih joy in our hearts.” ■ Edgar Hultgren reports that he still works at Shrine Burn Hospital and sails a couple of weeks in the summer time.

■ Paul Kerr writes, “I am still in good health, playing plenty of golf and cruising.

Hope all classmates are the same.”

1940 Class Agent: Gerald M. Tabenken 77 Arrowhead Cir., Ashland MA 01721 508-881-0600

1941 Class Agent: John A. MacDonald, Jr. 121 Eben Hill Rd., Yarmouth ME 04096 207-846-3583 • judymacd@aol.com Dick Nickerson reports “We just moved back to the USA after 19 years in the eastern Caribbean—at first living on our boat and just sailing island to island—then we finally moved ashore on St. Thomas USVI. Now we are back in civilization with too much traffic and too many people. Enjoy the news from Hebron—my favorite school where I matured and got ready for the real world.”

1942 SIXTIETH

graduation. So many fond memories of that great (end of innocence) year. A year later, chucked pre-med and into Navy Air Corps ’til October ’47; back to Bowdoin and graduation 2 years later; then out into the wide world. Retiring this month (April 2002)—an interesting 52 years later, still trying to get it right. Hey classmates: who’s left out there?

(May God bless the rest.)”

1943 Class Agent: Gene Smith 7 Kingswood Drive Orangeburg NY 10962 914-359-7454 • zachplum@aol.com Lester Bradford is still living in the Pacific Northwest, working two days a week for Habitat for Humanity and taking occasional hikes in the North Cascades. ■ Bill Friberg joined the 10th Mountain Division in 1942 and then became a physical education teacher. ■ Joe Holman has retired from his law practice of over 50 years in Farmington.

In retirement he plans to continue his service to the community as an assessor of the Farmington Village Corporation & Water Co., as trustee of Farmington Public Library, and clerk and director of Farmington Cemetery Corporation. He and his wife Brenda plan to travel, enjoy their gardens at home, and vacation at their Rangeley Lake cottage. ■ John Lawry writes, “Still playing tennis with a group of men all over 70.

Oldest is 86! I’m also playing golf but I’m not improving! this year we’re planning a cruise to the Pacific to visit the islands that I visited during WWII. Looking forward to our 60th reunion next year.”

1947 F I F T Y- F I F T H

REUNION

Class Agent needed!

To volunteer, call Ellen Augusta, Director of Annual Giving, at 207-9662100, ext. 231, or e-mail her at eaugusta@hebronacademy.org

REUNION

Class Agent: Norman A. Cole PO Box 116, Sebago Lake ME 04075 207-787-3525 ncolseba@aol.com Attorney and Maine architecture critic Philip Isaacson recently presented a description and evaluation of the jury process for the 2001 Design Awards of the Maine and Vermont chapters of the American Institute of Architects. He was asked to observe the juries and deliver a presentation on the jury process at the Maine AIA chapter’s annual banquet. ■ Proc Jones writes, “Went down to Brunswick a month after our ’42

1948 Class Agent: Amory Houghton 34 Gables Drive, Yarmouth ME 04096 207-846-8942 amhoughton3@aol.com

class notes 1949 Class Agent: Herbert Black 102 Cornell Drive, PO Box 1432 Dennisport MA 02639 508-394-8321 hablack2@capecod.net

1952.” ■ Alan Booth is “semi-retired” from teaching at Ohio University. He works in the spring term at Ohio and in the fall at Bowling Green. ■ Robert Britton is planning to attend the 50th reunion at Homecoming. ■ Charles Longley was recently elected curator of the Norway Historical Society.

Edward Johnson says “Retirement will sharpen the dullest sword!”

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1950

Class Agent: Dean E. Ridlon 225 Nehoiden Street Needham MA 02494 781-444-5736

Class Agent: Richard H. Lancaster 68 Columbia Avenue Brunswick ME 04011 207-725-6075 Lincoln Blake has retired after teaching English at Earlham College for 35 years.

1951 Class Agent: Edward L. Ruegg PO Box 242, North Haven ME 04853 207-867-4472 rueggnh@midcoast.com October to May: PO Box 3111, Carefree AZ 85377 602-488-5004 rueggcarefree@worldnet.att.net Selden Staples writes, “In 1996, we left New Jersey for the southeastern coast of North Carolina. We now live on a golf course, 5 minutes from Holden Beach, NC. A good lifestyle, but we do go to Maine every summer, staying near Castine. We still enjoy New England. Any visitors to southeast North Carolina? Please give us a call.” ■ Fred Stavis writes, “I enjoyed visiting Hebron for my 50th (I don’t believe it!) and meeting the current administration and some of the faculty. I am really enjoying retirement and am busy with music, volunteering, traveling. We are taking a bicycle trip to Vietnam in February.”

1952 FIFTIETH

REUNION

Class Agent: Philip H. Montgomery 14 Ragged Mountain Road Camden ME 04843 207-236-8406 cabloggin@hotmail.com Charles Barrett writes, “I bumped into Gordon Edgar in Wolfboro, NH, last July.

He and I have summered there for many years without running into each other. He still looks fit enough to run a fast 800—he was one of our best track men in our class of

Henry Booth writes, “I retired from the U.S. Treasury Department in February 2001 after exactly 35 1⁄2 years of federal service as an attorney. Since that time, I have been traveling in both the U.S. and abroad, as well as working on my property here in Friendship. I finally have the time to tackle the million and one things that have needed to be done around the house and property which could not be properly addressed in the past during my lightning visits. It is a great pleasure. I recently had a chat with my classmate Bill Sepe who is the supervising architect on a house renovation project on our point. He seemed well and happy and is still playing hockey several times a week. He designed my Friendship house in the mid-80s too.”

1954 Class Agent: Bruce J. Spaulding 14215 Kellywood Lane Houston TX 77079 713-493-6663 bjay42635@aol.com Sherwood Aldrich writes “Been retired since July 2001. Son Eric and daughter Lucinda live nearby. Three granddaughters—one 13, two identical twins 15 months. Now ‘consult’ in son’s business.

Can fish 12 months a year. But I miss the beauty of Maine and New England. Florida scenery is boring—flat and green. A hill gives me a thrill! Citrus and cattle that’s Arcadia.” ■ Demas (Dick) Jasper writes, “I’m still writing, teaching and running our Wok Right Inn restaurant and Whole Sail Living health store in Lindon, UT. By the end of 2002 we will have 11 grandchildren.”

1955 Class Agent: Richard J. Parker 2 Vision Drive, Natick MA 01760 rparker@mtra.com

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Bath, ME, where he grew up. He reports that he is starting a Christmas tree farm “to keep my 11 grandkids busy.”

Afternoon Athletic Events Please bring a lawn chair for seating at Dwyer Fields

1956

Cross Country—Hebron

Class Agent: Paul F. Drouin Remax, 104 Pleasant Street Hyannis MA 02601 508-790-7900

Invitational Field Hockey v. Gould Football v. Proctor Boys’ Varsity Soccer v. Gould

Richard Cutter writes, “I am enjoying my work as investment officer at Cambridge Trust of New Hampshire and living in Exeter. My elder son Charlie was married in Florida in November. Middle son Peter is engaged and living in Thailand. Youngest son Brig is now a banker in Michigan.” ■ Former University of Hawai‘i president Kenneth Mortimer has been elected to the board of directors of Puget Energy, the parent company of Washington state’s largest electric and natural gas utility, Puget Sound Energy. ■ Our sympathies go to Christopher Righter who lost his wife to cancer recently. ■ Edward Sleeper was elected chairman of the Eastern Maine Development Corporation.

He will serve a tw-year term from 2002 to 2004.

1957 F O R T Y- F I F T H

Boys’ JV Soccer v. Gould Girls’ Varsity Soccer v. Buckfield Girls’ JV Soccer v. Buckfield

Post-Game Receptions Reunion class gatherings at faculty homes

Reunion Dinner All classes sit down together for a special dinner in Sargent Gymnasium

SU October N D A6 Y Breakfast

REUNION

Class Agent: S. Mason Pratt, Jr. 3 Storer Street, Portland ME 04102 207-774-0079 mpratt@PierceAtwood.com Hervey Connell writes, “Have retired to a small bayside village on Long Island with my wife Aagun. I am the editor in chief of our historical society newsletter and we are travelling a great deal. Last year has been a house restoration/renovation after a severe electrical fire nearly took out the house.”

Cooked to order at the Leyden Student Center. Last chance to stock up on Hebron gear.

Church Service Hebron Community Baptist Church

Outdoor Activities Join Hebron’s outdoor education experts for a paddle on Marshall Pond or a hike up Mt. Marie

Golf Tournament

1958 Class Agent: Leonard C. Lee 3450 Marigold Dr., Prescott AZ 86305 520-778-4631 leel@pr.erau.edu Chris Beardsley is retired on Cape Cod. ■ Paul Levi continues to teach periodontics at Harvard School of Dental Medicine and also practices in Burlington, VT.

We will organize a golf tournament provided there is interest. For more information about fees or to sign up to play, please call Beverly Roy at 207-966-2100 ext. 266 or e-mail her at broy@hebronacademy.org.

Jim Gillies has semi-retired from his lumber business and has returned to North

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1959

Marriages

Class Agent: Bernard L. Helm 1502 West Thomas Street Rocky Mount NC 27804 252-985-7601 Hebron59@aol.com

1978 Dana Shields and Robert Hubbell on May 18, 2002, in Sayulita, Mexico (above).

1981 Linda Zaagman and Rob Quarles on October 27, 2001.

1985 Lindsay Shepard and Nat Harris on October 20, 2001, in Hancock, Maine.

John Burnham and his wife have moved to Florida, and report the birth of their first grandchild in October. ■ Paul Dahlquist writes, “Retired in February 2001 as president and executive director of the Lyman Museum on Hilo, Hawai‘i. Spent three-plus weeks in Kenya and Tanzania in celebration and have since settled into a busy retired life of golf, tennis and directorships on various boards. Would love to hear from, or better yet see, Hebron friends. Aloha.” ■ Bruce MacDougal writes, “We have bought a retirement house in Harpswell and are in process of transitioning back to Maine—me fairly slowly as I still love my plastic and hand surgical practice and Margaret much faster. It’s now hard to get her back to Kentucky and it’s getting harder for me each time to leave the ocean.”

1960

1990 Tory Atherton and Justin Logsdon on July 14, 2001.

Harmony Cline and Mark Bisson on March 16, 2002 in Wiscasset.

Jennifer Walker and Gaurav Shah on October 8 (below).

1962 FORTIETH

REUNION

Class Agent: Gordon M. Gillies, Esq. Hebron Academy Hebron ME 04238 207-966-3131 After 10 years as a broadcast journalist, Ted Maynard decamped for London 29 years ago and has lived there ever since. He works as an actor and voice-over artist. The most recent of his 20-plus film credits are “Spy Game” and “XXX”. ■ John Rhodes is living in Alabama on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay. His new position covers Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi. ■ Bill Stocker sends his regards to Mrs. Allen and her family.

1963

Class Agent: John H. Halford, III 472 High Rock Street Needham MA 02494 781-444-1852 sfhalf@aol.com

Class Agent: Will Harding 41 Mitchell Hill Road, Lyme CT 06371 860-434-1418 Winter Residence: 4500 Clear Lake Dr., Gainesville, FL 32607 352-378-2540

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1964

Class Agent needed!

To volunteer, call Ellen Augusta, Director of Annual Giving, at 207-9662100, ext. 231, or e-mail her at eaugusta@hebronacademy.org

Class Agent: John R. Giger 152 Whiley Road, Groton MA 01450 978-448-9628 (before 9:00 p.m.) john@cybergiger.com

1989 Kelly Robinson and Seth Caswell, on February 2, 2002, in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico (above).

daughter Claudia ’92 loves her work at the Academy for Educational Development in Washington, DC, coordinating health programs in South America and Africa.

Tony Fitzherbert wishes everyone a most happy and blessed holiday season. ■ Zandy Gray and his wife Lila are enjoying life in Rhode Island: Zandy working with volunteers in Kent County and Lila teaching sixth grade immigrants in Providence as a bilingual teacher. Zandy reports that

1965 Class Agent: Greg Boardman 697 Union St., Duxbury MA 02332 781-837-1925 gpbboardman@cs.com Richard Bartoccini writes, “Back in the home building business after a 5-year detour into the dot com world.” ■ Allen Kennedy writes, “We’re in the book in Wellfleet—classmates and friends, give us a call if you’re on the Cape. We’ll go fishing with charter captain Mort Terry ’66 and Bob Dibble.”

These guys know how to have fun. 1962 classmates Dick Forté, Bob McCormack, Michael Jones and Shel Evans sailing in the Caribbean.

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Correction In the 2000–2001 Report of Giving, Mr. and Mrs. John R. Giger ’64 were indavertently omitted from the “Circle of Community” list of donors to the Hebron at 200 comprehensive fundraising campaign.

We regret the error.

1966 Class Agent: Harvey L. Lowd 3004 Redford Drive Greensboro NC 27408 336-545-3422 hlowd@ksallc.com Our sympathies go to Ken Cuneo on the death of his mother in November. ■ Philip Wysor practices law in Massachusetts and has three grown children.

1967 T H I R T Y- F I F T H

REUNION

Class Agent needed!

To volunteer, call Ellen Augusta, Director of Annual Giving, at 207-9662100, ext. 231, or e-mail her at eaugusta@hebronacademy.org John Baker retired from the Army on June 30 after 30 years. He will stay on, in a civilian capacity, as general counsel for the Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, MD. ■ Our sympathies go to Mark Cuneo on the death of his mother in November and to Rush Crane on the loss of his mother in March.

1968 Class Agent: Robert L. Lowenthal, Jr. 107 Knickerbocker Rd. Pittsford NY 14534 716-586-8528 klowent@rochester.rr.com James Fox writes, “Still consulting in warehousing and distribution for a software company. Son David married and off on his way. Daughter Jamie off on her way also.

Married for 30 years to the Hebron winter carnival queen. Check your yearbook—she was kissed by Claude!” ■ Our sympathies go to Peter Orbeton on the loss of his father in February. ■ Richard Orpik’s son Brooks has signed with the Pittsburgh Penguins.

class notes 1969 Class Agent: Jonathan G. Moll 536 Bair Road, Berwyn PA 19312 610-296-9749 caribjon@aol.com Our sympathies go to Mark Lumbard on the death of his father in August and to Taz Talley whose father died in November. ■ Peter Boody writes, “Became a flight instructor at the ripe old age of 51 last summer. Have always been good at delving deeply into things that don’t pay the bills…but have been having fun. Married since 1979, no kids. Was editor at the Southampton Press for many years. Left in 1998 at end of year to finish a novel, travel with my wife Barbara and freelance write.

All’s well. Making ends meet and still in one piece—but lost the hair years ago. Best to all former HA friends—Harris, Lyman, Lumbard especially. ■ William Burke has been headmaster of St. Sebastian’s School since 1990.

1970 Class Agent: J. Craig Clark, Jr. PO Box 209, Rindge NH 03461 603-899-6103 nx1g@top.monad.net Our sympathies go to Thomas Bolger and his family on the death of his father in Braddock writes, February. ■ Tim “Daughter Kristin is a senior and runs cross country. Following my footprints, son Paul (eighth grade) tried cross country and mowed down the field. We expect great things from him on JV cross country this year. Peggy and I continue to try to keep up!”

1971 Class Agent: Harvey A. Lipman PO Box 402, Manchester, ME 04351 207-622-6821 harveylipman@hotmail.com Charles Glovsky is the portfolio manager for Independence Investment LLC’s small cap strategy fund. ■ Harvey Lipman writes, “While it is understandable that the September 11th event curtailed everyone’s travel plans, our 30th reunion was a wonderful affair. As class agent, I accepted two fund raising awards on behalf of 1971!

‘Fairly won and well deserved’ I said.

Sunday after Homecoming I joined Kim Kenway ’70 for a hike on the Appalachian Trail through Mahoosic Notch.” ■ Byron Nickerson is a professional geologist and certified hazardous materials manager. He works for an environmental consulting

company in Reading, PA. He and his wife have two children: Drew, 19, and Paige, 16.

■ Our sympathies go to Jim Pelsor and his family on the death of his mother in January.

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REUNION

Class Agent: Stephen R. Gates 44 Cutler Road, Andover MA 01810 978-470-1547 StephenRGates@msn.com Our sympathies go to Paul Holliday on the death of his mother in November. ■ Regis Lepage reports that he and his wife Carolyn have had a busy year. “Both of us have consulting businesses, mine in business, hers in the geological sciences. That, combined with our drag racing schedule which takes us all over the east coast, has made for a very full year. Looking forward to seeing as many of my classmates as possible for our 30th this year.” ■ Jefferson Scott writes, “Stopped by the school on my way through the area and poked through some old yearbooks to show my wife what I looked like with larger hair and ’70s double knits! ’Twas great to be back for a ‘green moment.’ Still pastoring, camp directing, running a business and parenting in western Maine. Welcome any calls or notes from long lost classmates.”

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on March 10. Michael Durstewitz, who was an exchange student from Germany in the spring of 1974, was in Washington, DC, for a conference on alternate sources of energy. We got together for breakfast at the National Diner and toured the monuments and Roosevelt Island. He, his wife and two girls are all well. He is working in energy economy for the University of Kassel.” ■ Toni Anne Tillotson writes, “It’s been a busy year. I started back to school at CMTC for a semester. My oldest son graduated and I moved from Maine to Virginia. I couldn’t find what I was looking for in Maine, so decided to move downstream and fish in another pond. I attended my nephew’s wedding on September 1 at Columbia University in New York City and got my last view of the twin towers. Sold my home in Auburn and am settling here nicely. My younger son Ezra has been performing in Godspell and my younger daughter is looking forward to basketball tryouts. Let us not forget September 11. Let us stay united.” ■ Our sympathies to Mark Wonsor on the death of his father in December 2001.

1975 Class Agent: Ellen L. Augusta Hebron Academy, Hebron ME 04238 207-966-2100 eaugusta@hebronacademy.org

Class Agent: G.M. Nicholas Carter 59 Wesskum Wood Road Riverside CT 06878 203-698-1420 nick521@aol.com

Our sympathies go to Mark Brooks on the death of his father in November. ■ Patrick Lyness is starting a new position with a division of Curtiss-Wright in Massachusetts, so he and his family will be relocating back east from Wisconsin. He reports that he keeps in touch with John Ronan ’78 and Tom Welch ’78 and that both are lousy golfers!

Our sympathies go to David Brooks on the death of his father in November and to Holly Green whose father died in December.

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1973

1974 Class Agent: Alan G. Norris 7515 Collins Meade Way Kingstowne VA 22315 703-922-0141 odcfp@aol.com William Hornberger writes, “I own and operate the NAPA auto parts store in Damariscotta, ME. In my spare time I fix up old cars, play golf and attend Winston Cup stock car races.” ■ Alan Norris recently passed a qualifying examination and is now a certified financial planner. He writes “Our class had a mini international reunion

1993 Faith Damon and Michael Sykes, Jr. on June 23, 2001, in South Bristol, Maine (see page 00).

Danagra Ikossi and Jonathan Le.

1995 Bethanne Robinson and Robert Graustein, on January 4, 2002, in North Conway, New Hampshire.

Elizabeth Todd and Andrew “Gremlin” Blackwood, on April 7, 2001.

Small World Department Ran into a Hebron alum recently in Honolulu. Lina [Andalkar ’85] is a practicing physician in New York City having completed her medical studies in India. A delightful young lady who was a classmate of my foster daughter Jacquie Vo ’89. Lesson learned: when there is a beautiful young lady sitting next to you on Waikiki Beach, never be afraid to say hello and ask her where she went to prep school!

Steve Lane ’62

Class Agent: C. Reed Chapman 83 Zion-Wertsville Rd. Skillman NJ 08558 609-333-0302 reed.chapman@bms.com Mike Arel reports, “Recently remarried after three year engagement to Donna Roberts. Hopefully the ‘third time’s a charm.’ My oldest boys just got their drivers licenses, so let me know if you catch Mark or Matt acting up. I own and operate ‘What’s Up Docks’ and do carpentry work in the off-season. Mark is my right arm but his younger brother Daniel (10) helps sometimes and hopes to start earning real money like Mark ‘next year’.” ■ Mel Nadeau writes, “Met with George Hillier last month. He does business in Calgary

Speaking on Campus I Kim Kenway ’70 was the guest speaker at the winter honor roll presentation after spring break. Mr. Kenway amazed the students by reciting a long passage from Geoffrey’s Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, an appropriate choice for April in Maine.

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H New Arrivals 1976 To Donna and Mike Arel, a son, Max Casey Arel, on March 3, 2002.

1980 To Donna Almy and Nathan Baty, a son, Thomas Almy Baty, on May 4, 2001.

To Tracy and Peter Bradshaw, a son, Owen Palmer Bradshaw, born November 15, 2001.

now. Looking forward to golf season and a fishing trip back to St. Paul’s River, Quebec, this summer. A big hello to my classmates.” ■ Doug Webb writes, “Had lots of fun with classmates at Red Rocks in Enfield, NH. Feel lucky to be in touch with mates from ’76 and ’77. We will be skiing at Mt. Sunapee. Call me and we can hook up.

763-6153. ■ Rebecca Webber writes, “I have two beautiful and entertaining children, Lucy and Harrison, ages seven and four. Balancing time with them and a trial practice (mostly employment law) is quite an exercise. I recently won a large jury verdict in a sex discrimination case against L.L. Bean while spending the day before closing argument at Range Pond being a mom.

The way life should be!”

1981 To Karen and Mark Stevens, a daughter, Kendall Lee Stevens, on May 24, 2002.

To Kate Perkins, a son, Nathaniel Schoeller Perkins, on October 14, 2001.

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Class Agent: Carolyn E. Adams 75 Baynard Cove Road Hilton Head Island SC 29928 803-363-6720 cadams@hargray.com

1984 To Kim and John Saunders, a son, Brendan, on November 13, 2001.

1985 To Su Lan and Eric Shediac, a son, Jack Thurston Shediac, born March 12, 2002.

1986

Our sympathies go to Roland Chalifoux who lost his father and grandfather in Loyd reports, September. ■ Susan “Twenty-five years after Hebron, I am still involved in boarding schools, as I am teaching Spanish at Westover School in Middlebury, CT. My daughter Carrie (14) will be joining me there in September.

Colin (10) is in the 4th grade at Rumsey Hall. Life is good for all of us. Greetings to fellow ’77ers!”

To Jim and Carrie McGeough Burns, a son, Mason Thomas Burns, born July 29, 2001.

To Heather and Anthony Cox, a daughter, Anna Walker Cox, on May 10, 2002.

1987 To Beth and Bill Becker, a son Patrick William Becker, born January 2, 2002.

To Amanda and Rick Thomas, a daughter, Olivia Lee Thomas, born February 28, 2002.

1988 To Kurt and Rebecca Whitney Kinney, a son, Caleb Stewart Kinney, born July 28, 2001.

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1978 Class Agent: Geoff Clark 79 Bramhall St. 2A, Portland ME 04102 207-772-8005 gjclark@email.msn.com Nancy Marshall Communications has opened a new headquarters on Western Avenue in Augusta. Nancy Briggs Marshall and her staff of eight continue to do PR for Maine’s Office of Tourism and Business Development. ■ Dana Shields eloped with Bob Hubbell in May! They were married—barefoot on the beach—in Sayulita, Mexico (see the photo on page 24). Dana says that Bob is a business development executive at Hewlett Packard and she is taking some time off from her design business to write a children’s book. ■ Bruce White writes, “I have owned and operated a construction company for the last 15 years or so, called Partridge Hill Builders, Inc. I am a captain on the Southport Volunteer Fire Department, and chairman of the Southport school board. My wife of 20

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years, Vicki, and my two children, Valerie (13) and Haley (12) enjoy skiing and boating up and down the Maine coast. Valerie is currently lobster fishing out of her own boat (see the article on page 14) and Haley is sailing in the Southport Yacht Club program. I see Ted Hunter ’77 on occasion.”

1981 Class Agent: Mark L. Stevens 215 Melrose Street Auburndale MA 02466 617-969-7431 mstevens@LocateUs.com Rob Quarles proposed to his wife in Prague on the Charles Bridge during a European tour by their choir. He reports that they took a Caribbean cruise for their honeymoon and had a great time.

1982 1979 Class Agent: B. Tucker Thompson 749 Princes Point Road Yarmouth ME 04096 207-846-4175 tuckerthompson@compuserve.com Jane Harris Ash writes, “OK, I'm going to bore you with a Studebaker picture! (see above) This is a picture of Gary and me in South Bend, IN. We're in the 1965 wagon we drove from Dartmouth to South Bend and back, in the parade of Studebakers (200–300 of them) driving from Notre Dame to downtown South Bend. We're about number 15 in line, and all the cars behind us as far as the eye can see are Studebakers. Gary wanted to get done with the parade, so he could see the rest of the parade. It's a great picture, but it doesn't do justice to the crowds of people who turned out to watch this parade. We were astounded at the number of people who welcomed Studebakers back to South Bend, where they are celebrating the 150th anniversary of Studebaker. I never thought I would have so much fun at a Studebaker show!”

1980 Class Agent: Judith Hill Whalen 443 MacKenzie Way, Franklin TN 37064 615-599-2644 jjwhalen@bellsouth.net Donna Almy reports that she and Nathan are thrilled with their baby boy, Thomas.

She’s just wondering when they’ll get to sleep through the night again… ■ Our sympathies go to Todd Danforth whose father, David ’53, died in June. ■ Eric Johnson writes, “My new business survived its first year. Go to www.tourmalinenetworks.com.”

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Class Agent: Joy Dubin Grossman c/o D&T Spinning, Inc. PO Box 467, Ludlow VT 05149 802-228-2925 jshalom@sover.net Bob Greaves and his wife are looking forward to seeing classmates at the 20th Reunion this fall. ■ Hilary Pierce Hatfield says she recently found a copy of the 1982 Hebron yearbook in an antique shop! ■ Jeanne Kannegieser writes, “Just started a new job at International Paper and just got my private pilot’s license. Happily living in Vassalboro, ME, but wishing that more of my Hebron friends would call me!” ■ Amy Tchao was the 2001 Womens Category 4 (bicycle) Road Race champion.

1983 Class Agent: Debra Beacham Bloomingdale 2 Haddow Road, Rockport MA 01966 978-546-9123 ad_bloom_2000@yahoo.com Our sympathies go to Lesli Hinman Brisson on the loss of her father in March.

■ We welcome Barbara Holler Smith and her husband Chris ’85 back to the Hebron faculty. Barbara is teaching English, Chris is teaching math and science. ■ Tom Johnson is working in the southeast regional office of Pfizer, Inc. He and his wife Malinda live in Duluth, GA.

1984 Class Agent: Deborah Schiavi Cote 18 Little Androscoggin Drive Auburn ME 04210 207-784-1590 debscote@yahoo.com Tyler Hinrichs writes, “Aloha Hebron folks!

I have been living in Hawai‘i for 11 years

class notes now. I recently completed my ratings and am now a commercial pilot for Hawaiian Trans Air.” ■ We’ve seen a lot of John Suitor in the local papers recently. Two years ago John and a friend entered the North American Wife Carrying Contest at Sunday River and took the title. The event is all in fun and includes all kinds of couples. John’s wife was pregnant and couldn’t compete, so her best friend Gail Guy agreed to participate. Last July, John and Gail went to the World Wife Carrying Championship in Finland where they finished 18th out of 26 couples. John and Gail finished second in last year’s contest at Sunday River.

1985 Class Agent: Eric T. Shediac 15 Century Street Medford MA 02155 781-391-1406 shediachouse@aol.com Peter Beacham writes, “Still living in Needham, MA, with wife Colleen, Thomas (4) and Caroline (2). Love to hear from anyone who’s living in the area.” ■ Martin Brown stopped by campus this summer with his wife, Becky, and their daughters, Florence and Poppy. Martin is back in Bermuda after 10 years in England and says hello to all. ■ Our sympathies go to Holly Hinman on the loss of her father in March. ■ Ingrid Wilbur Kachmar writes, “My husband John and I and our two children, Spencer, 3, and Sydney, 6 months, just moved back to Mount Desert Island. In October we purchased my parents’ boatbuilding company, Wilbur Yachts. We love being back on the island and the challenge of a new business. If anyone is in the area, please get in touch. My best to everyone from my era.” ■ Leanne Schmitz Badgley writes, “Hello to all. Trying to get back and recover from the horrific 9-11 tragedy. Lost some wonderful and dear friends. Just one day at a time. Hope to make it to one of the reunions.” ■ Karin Schott is attending Sackler Medical School in Tel Aviv, Israel. She reports that she is in her second year and hopes to be home at the end of July in time for Casco Day. ■ Eric Shediac recently joined the law firm Gargill, Sassoon & Rudolph LLP in Boston.

1986 Class Agent: Carl Engel 7 Gerring Road, Gloucester MA 01930 978-283-1201 drcarl@nschiro.com Tim “Doc” Murnane is a lawyer working for AT&T Broadband. He would love to hear from folks!

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Class Agent: Catherine Thoman Crowley 91 Central Park West #13F New York NY 10023 212-580-0465 rcrowley@nyc.rr.com Rick Thomas is a full-time firefighter in Salem, MA. He was recently speaking to high school students as part of the S.A.F.E. program (Student Awareness of Fire Education) which brought back all kinds of Hebron memories. He sends his regards to his ’87 classmates and says that if anyone is ever in Salem that he would love to see them. He works in the fire department headquarters in downtown Salem. ■ Polly Spadavecchia is working freelance as a stylist, mostly for Italian magazines. She and her husband Jacques Berlinerblau have a son, Cyrus, who is “absolutely the most adorable child.” ■ Hannah Turlish writes, “Still love my job as an upper school history teacher at Riverdale Country School. Living in New York was certainly interesting this year…”

1988 Class Agent: Matt McDonough Hebron Academy, Hebron ME 04238 207-966-2145 mcdonoughm@hebronacademy.org Devin Anderson has relocated to Brobeck Hale & Dorr in London, England. ■ Mark Andrews writes, “I have been in Green Bay for 3 1⁄2 years. I am working in a cardiac critical care unit and as a flight nurse for the EAGLE III program. I am a volunteer firefighter in my spare time. Looking forward to our fifteenth reunion next year!”

1989 Class Agent: M. Hayes McCarthy PO Box 1412 North Falmouth MA 02556 508-564-6877 hayesmvp@capecod.net Congratulations to Dory Hacker who recently earned her master’s in social work and is now living in Portland.

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Class Agent: Jim Hill 300 N. Ashland Avenue Park Ridge IL 60068 847-698-0560 James.Hill@hillmech.com Tory Atherton Logsdon keeps busy helping her husband renovate their 100-yearold home in DeKalb, IL. She continues to teach eighth grade American history and coach track. Tory is also president of the local United Way organization, a volunteer post she finds incredibly fulfilling. ■ Jen Walker and Gaurav Shah had an Indian and American wedding ceremony on Columbus Day before heading off for a Hawaiian honeymoon. Jen says that Amy Clark Honan ’89 attended the wedding and Jacquie Vo ’89 gave great advice on where to go on the Hawaiian islands.

To Helene and Rob Curtis, a daughter, Isabella Sarah Curtis, on September 19, 2001.

1997 To Rhiannon Bragdon and Mark Tufts, a son, Cameron Nathaniel Tufts, on November 11, 2001.

Faculty To Jennifer and Alex Godomsky, a son, Joseph Michael, born June 22, 2002.

Former Faculty To Beth and Bill Becker, a son, Patrick William Becker, born January 2, 2002.

To Elizabeth McCracken and Michael Seaton, a daughter, Allison Tyler Seaton, born February 22, 2002.

1991 Class Agent needed!

To volunteer, call Ellen Augusta, Director of Annual Giving, at 207-9662100, ext. 231, or e-mail her at eaugusta@hebronacademy.org

To Manon and Stephan Pratt, a daughter, Sylvie Pratt.

Jill Bagdasarian is working for the Denver Broncos. ■ Rob Curtis writes, “I am covering the Marines in Afghanistan. It is wild!

Life here at Kandahar International Airport is a bit spartan. Plywood toilet seats in outhouses, no showers, no heat, no windows, hot water one cup at a time from a propane heater and all our meals come in little brown pouches. But, man, is it great!”

■ Our sympathies to Marcus DeCosta who lost his father Donald in April. ■ Sean Murray is a database administrator at Kaiser Fluid Technologies. He lives in Charlotte, NC, with his wife Amy and daughter Ciara.

1992 TENTH

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Class Agent: Matthew A. Arsenault 1036B NW 25th Street Corvallis OR 97331 marsenau@oce.orst.edu Nate Bertland now owns Big Sky MBWKawasaki in Missoula, MT. ■ Tom Black lives in Bothel, WA, and works for ATT Wireless. He reports that he has adopted a kitty cat—Terra—from the humane society.

■ Claudia Gray is working for the Academy for Educational Development, one of the largest development organizations receiving USAID funds in the country.

She is program officer for the LINKAGES

Speaking on Campus II Cum Laude speaker Toby White ’90 gave a witty, self-deprecating and yet inspiring speech on, of all topics, mathematics education. As a former faculty member, Mr. White was well known to many of the students and teachers. With a B.A. from Bates and an M.S. from Virginia Tech to his credit, he is now working on a doctorate at Stanford.

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H Young Alumni/ae Potluck Dinner A crowd gathered at the Red Lion in December for the annual young alumni/ae potluck dinner.

Project which aims to improve maternal and infant health through promotion of breastfeeding, improved nutrition and family planning. She is responsible for three projects in the countries of Bolivia, Ghana and Madagascar and says it is the greatest job! Claudia reports that life in DC is great and that the cherry blossoms were beautiful. “Who would have thought that I would leave my little Maine, or New England, for that matter?” she says.

1993 Mike King ’99, Meghan Boyd ’99 and Meg Muller ’99.

Class Agent: Marko I. Radosavljevic 45 Hopper Street Pleasantville NY 10570 markor@us.ibm.com Jason Henske is chief photographer for the Brattleboro Reformer, a daily newspaper in southern Vermont. Jason graduated from the Hallmark Institute, a photography school in western Massachusetts.

Lydia Pottle ’96, Amanda Ring ’96, Doug Sanborn ’95, Kirsten Ness ’98, Kate Belanger ’98 and Karen Sanborn ’98.

This year’s Potluck is planned for Thursday, December 26, 2002. We hope you can join us!

1994 Class Agent: Daniel C. Rausch 20 Summer Street, 1202N Malden MA 02148 781-388-0715 drausc01@emerald.tufts.edu Anna Labykina has accepted a faculty technical director position in the Tufts University theater department. She received her master’s in theater technology from the University of Texas in Austin in May.

1995 Class Agent: Meredith L. Robinson 225 Allen Road, Hebron ME 04238 didigirl77@yahoo.com Wil Aybar is a diving coach at Clark University and reports that the season went well. The team’s freshman male diver won the conference meet one-meter competition and was third on the three-meter. ■ Andrew Blackwood and his wife are living on Maryland’s Eastern Shore within sight of Chesapeake Bay. Andrew is working as a paramedic for the Queen Anne’s County Emergency Services. His wife works at Queen Anne School in Upper Marlboro.

He says hello to all who remember “The Gremlin”! ■ Sara Keef recently completed officer candidate school in Pensacola and received her naval officer commission. ■ Jessie Maher writes, “Just returned from writing my thesis in Trento, Italy, in December. Graduated in May with a master’s in international service (focus on

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Russia and the FSU).” ■ Michael Murray has just begun a five-year medical degree at The Royal College of Surgeons Ireland.

■ A number of Hebronians attended Bethanne Robinson’s wedding to Robert Graustein, including Ellen St. Cyr May, Jessie Maher and Steve Williams. Steve’s mother Jane and Jessie’s parents also attended. ■ Doug Sanborn is working for the Mount Washington Observatory as the assistant producer for their nationally syndicated radio program, “The Weather Notebook.”

1996 Class Agent: Irakly Areshidze 1332 Fifteenth St. N.W. Washington DC 20005 202-462-0405 irakly@alumni.middlebury.edu Delia Lamore writes, “I’m working in the job of my dreams doing A/P and payroll for a small lawn and tree care company. I love the Chicago area—quite different from Iowa! I hope to go back to school to get my M.B.A. in accounting and eventually my C.P.A. We’ll see…” ■ Jason Vachon is the chief research technician at the General Clinical Research Center of Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. ■ Sherry Whittemore graduated magna cum laude from USM, receiving a B.A. in media studies.

1997 FIFTH

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Class Agent needed!

To volunteer, call Ellen Augusta, Director of Annual Giving, at 207-9662100, ext. 231, or e-mail her at eaugusta@hebronacademy.org Jeff Begin graduated from the University of Denver with a double major in marketing and international studies. He is now working for Black & Decker. ■ Brittany

D’Augustine is an assistant field hockey coach at American University. ■ Jenny Eisenmann studied economics for two years at the University of Bonn and then transferred to a three-year program in international management at another university. She spent the first year in Oxford, England, the second in Madrid, and will finish up her third year in Paris. ■ Bryan Gaudreau graduated from Babson College with a B.S. in business administration. ■ Harold King graduated from Maine Maritime with a degree in marine engineering technology. ■ Geo Maher graduated from St. Lawrence University with a major in economics and government. Geo was a member of the Omicron Delta Epsilon Honorary Society and a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Honorary Society. He received the Government Award, the Economics Scholarship Award, the Davis-Jackson Scholarship Award, the John W. Hannon Jr. Honors Award and the Carl W. Chilson Senior Government Award.

■ Alec Muller graduated with honors from CalTech last June with a B.S. in aeronautical engineering. Alec was one of two recipients of the Dean’s Cup for persistent efforts to improve the quality of undergraduate life, and the Donald Clark Award for service to the campus community and academic excellence. Alec is pursuing a master’s degree in mechanical engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. He spent a year working on his degree in France and plans to finish up in Atlanta. ■ Arica Powers was named to the spring semester dean’s list at the University of Southern Maine. ■ Melanie Rausch graduated from Middlebury College with a B.A. in political science and psychology. ■ After a two-year apprenticeship at a travel agency, Nina Schichterich is now studying business economics at a private economics college in Göttingen. After she finishes there she hopes to work for Touristic Union Sedgewick International. ■ Augustin graduated from William and Mary. ■ We hear that Mary Shaffer is in her final year at Indiana University and hopes to attend law school in the fall. ■ Biology major Ryan Vachon was awarded a B.A. from

A mini Hebron reunion at Faith Damon’s wedding! Dan Rausch ’94, Bobbi Bumps, Erica Litchfield ’94, Chase Damon ’89, Emily Rines ’94, Faith Damon ’93, Edie Damon, Mike Sykes, Shannon Connolly ’95, Gina Canning ’79, Cotton Damon and Sarah Katz ’93.

class notes Connecticut College. He is working at the Armed Forces DNA Identification Lab in Rockville, MD, using forensic science techniques (thanks, Mrs. Found!) to identify human remains from past wars. ■ Barbara Zewe was recently elected the first female president in 97 years of her nautical fraternity. She was able to spend time with Tracy Verrill ’01 during Tracy’s recent visit to Germany.

1998 Class Agent: Brian Toole Class of 2003 PO Box 11052 Annapolis MD 21412 Becky Bazinet graduated from Saint Michael’s College in May. ■ Elise Domingue graduated from Earlham in May with a major in psychology and a minor in education. She did a semester internship at Germantown Friends School in Philadelphia and plans to attend massage therapy school in the fall. ■ JoongHo Kwon was recently selected for the Korean national lacrosse team and named one of the captains. He reports that there are many skilled players including preppy kids from St. Paul’s, Milton, Berkshire, Suffield, Williston-Northampton, Salisbury, and so forth. He is happy to represent Hebron! ■ Nick Lordi writes, “Will be graduating from Mercyhurst College in May 2002 with a B.A. in business. Played hockey all 4 years. Participated in 2001 NCAA ice hockey tournament with MAAC champion varsity hockey team where we lost to the University of Michigan 4–3. ■ Congratulations to Kirsten Ness, who was inducted into the Colby College chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. Kirsten will be starting graduate school at Orono in January. In the meantime, she and her parents plan to take in the balloon festival in New Mexico.

■ Congratulations to Janna Rearick whose LSAT scores were among the highest at Williams. Janna is thinking about specializing in environmental law. ■ Regina Wakefield graduated from Ithaca College this spring and hopes to do some freelance video and film editing.

1999 Class Agent: Joe Patry 2201 Virginia Avenue Riverside Towers 904 Washington DC 20037 joepatry@gwu.edu Patty Begin was named to the spring semester dean’s list at St. Anselm’s College.

■ Meg Muller was named to the spring semester dean’s list at the University of Maine. ■ Ben Santos organized a classic

car “cruise-in” as part of the town of Minot’s bicentennial celebration this summer. ■ Plymouth State quarterback Matt Simpson was named to the ECAC All-Star second team. ■ Ed Van Bibber-Orr spent the fall of 2001 studying at the Harbin Institute of Technology in China as part of the Middlebury College Study Abroad Program. ■ Christy Webster won the junior varsity national title in the cross examination debate association for 2002. She was also voted “all-American” in debate. Christy is a junior at the University of Rochester.

2000 Class Agent: Cori Hartman-Frey 483 Plains Road, Hollis ME 207-727-5283 mooksbear@hotmail.com Craig Betts was named McGill-Adidas athlete of the week in September for helping the McGill Redbirds baseball team capture the Durham College Baseball Classic title.

■ Valerie Buteau was named to the dean’s list at Quinnipiac University. ■ Alima Bucciantini writes, “I am ending my second year at Mt. Holyoke and am planning to study abroad in England next year. I will be living in Washington, DC, for the summer and interning with the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural History. I’m hoping to have an exciting summer and use what I learn there and in England to help with my work as a critical social thought major. I am mostly centered on ideas of cultural identity and nationalism. I have no idea where that will lead me, but I’m having fun now!” ■ Noah Burns was named to the dean’s list at Columbia University. ■ Val Buteau was named to the spring semester dean’s list at Quinnipiac University. ■ Abby Koenig was a member of the Hartwick College lacrosse team last year. ■ Aubrey Pratte was named to the spring semester dean’s list at the University of Maine. ■ Lillian Steffens is attending university in Freiburg, where she plans to study medicine. ■ Shawn White is playing football at Fresno City College in Fresno, CA.

2001 Class Agent: Shy Laliberte PO Box 1034, Salem MA 01970 978-744-2443 shybhive@hotmail.com Class Agent: Nick Leyden PO Box 324, Hebron ME 04238 nick_leyden@hotmail.com David Lisnik says hello from Alaska. ■ Justin MacCurdy writes, “After a prolonged vacation at Dalhousie University

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classes have once again resumed. If it was not for the study skills that I developed at Hebron I don't think I would be doing as well as I am today. I am currently training for the Highland Games this summer and also for soccer this upcoming fall at Dalhousie. Looking forward to seeing old friends at graduation!” ■ Jen Orne was named to the fall dean’s list at Drew University. ■ Jess Takach was named to the fall dean’s list at Wheaton College.

Former Faculty Edson Chick is living in Plymouth VT, and has been retired from Williams College since 1997. ■ George Helwig writes, “Trust all goes well at Hebron under the new ‘management.’ We missed our campus visit last summer but will stop through when in Maine next summer—2002.” ■

Obituaries 1921 Elizabeth Kingsley Chapman died peacefully on July 23, 2001, in Cranston, Rhode Island. She was the widow of Rev. C. Barnard Chapman, who died in 1986. They had 56 happy years together, with Mrs. Chapman as devoted wife and homemaker throughout American Baptist pastorates in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. They raised three sons, Paul, Philip and Donald, who survive her, along with 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Mrs. Chapman was the daughter of Rev. Albert E. Kingsley, who served as pastor of the Hebron Community Baptist Church beginning in 1919, whereupon Mrs. Chapman entered Hebron Academy. She and her future husband graduated from Colby College in 1925, with Mrs. Chapman receiving Phi Beta Kappa.

1930 Peter Mills died September 22, 2001, in Farmington at the age of 90. Mr. Mills graduated from Colby College in 1934 and earned a law degree from Boston University in 1937. He was elected to five terms in the Maine Legislature, including three in the house, and served as House majority floor leader in 1947–1948. He was elected to the state Senate in 1966 and 1968. He twice served as U.S. attorney for Maine, first during the Eisenhower administration and then under Presidents Nixon and Ford. Mr. Mills left the Legislature in 1941 for active duty in the Navy, serving as a gunnery officer aboard a carrier escort. After the war Mr. Mills served in the reserves, becoming commander of the reserve unit in South Portland and retir-

Although he gave up teaching and administration over 50 years ago, Daniel Jennings reports that his son has been teaching at Choate for over 30 years and his grandson will be teaching at Kents Hill in September. ■ Scott Meiklejohn tells us that Peter Hamblin will be acting head at Waynflete this year. Scott is a member of Waynflete’s board of trustees. ■ Congratulations to Alan Switzer who was inducted into the University of Maine Sports Hall of Fame in October. ■ Charlie Tranfield writes, “Dividing our time between Keene, NH, and Shelter Island, NY. We take courses at Keene State, play lots of tennis and bridge, and take care of our grandchildren to get ourselves straightened out.” ■ Jess Truslow writes, “I am currently working as the assistant principal of Concord-Carlisle Regional High School in Concord, MA. I’m living in Cambridge and spending lots of my limited free time racing in local bicycle races.

ing with the rank of captain. Known as a maverick Republican, Mr. Mills championed legislation to ban ethnic and racial discrimination by state liquor and food licensees and to curb consumer credit abuses. As U.S. attorney in 1970, he brought a federal lawsuit that ended log drives on Maine’s major rivers. He is survived by three sons, Peter Mills III, David Mills, and Paul Mills; and two daughters, Janet Mills and Dora Anne Mills.

1931 Edson David “Chip” Gaw died March 26, 2002, in Scarborough. He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1910, a son of David and Blanche Bartlett Gaw. At Hebron he was captain of the football, hockey and baseball teams. Mr. Gaw went to the University of New Hampshire where he became an all-American football, hockey and baseball player. While attending UNH he met his future wife, Doris Putnam, with whom he shared 57 years of marriage.

Following college, he excelled in AA baseball while working in Boston. The Gaws lived in Cape Elizabeth for many years and enjoyd golfing as members of the Purpooduc Club and Southern Maine Seniors. Mr. Gaw became an “age shooter” at 73 and continued to shoot his age or better until his mid-eighties. He coached Little League when his children were young. For many years, Mr. Gaw served as executive director of the American Cancer Society’s Maine division, and worked with celebrity board members such as George Bass, Gregory Peck and Tony Randall. He was also a lifelong member of Rotary International.

Mr. Gaw is survived by a daughter, Janet Gaw Bailey; two sons, David Putnam Gaw and Stuart Edson Gaw; and four grandchildren. His wife predeceased him.

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H 1933 Frederick N. Allen died November 11, 2001, in Gorham, Maine. He was born in Portland, a son of Neal W. Allen and Margaret Stevens Allen of Portland. He attended Portland Junior College and Boston University. Mr. Allen worked in his family’s business, F. O. Bailey Co. Inc. of Portland. He served four terms in the Maine legislature, two in each chamber, beginning in 1945. In 1953 he was appointed to the Public Utilities Commission. He was PUC chairman from 1958 to 1967, and was elected president of the National Association of Utility Commissioners in 1967. From 1967 until his retirement in 1983, he was executive director of the National Association of Water Companies in Washington, DC. His first wife, Anna Myers Allen, died in 1953. His second wife, Flora Marie Phillips Allen, died in 1998. A daughter, Margaret Ann Allen, and a stepson, Lawrence E. Glidden, also died previously.

Surviving are three sons, Frederick H. Allen, Kenneth C. Allen and Donald S. Allen; two stepdaughters, Laraine Glidden and Patricia Clark; and two brothers, Charles W. Allen and Franklin B. Allen. His son Kenneth tells us that Hebron meant a great deal to his father and that he greatly enjoyed his friendships with other alumni/ae.

Edgar L. Jones died July 27, 2001. He was born in Hingham, Massachusetts and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1937. Mr. Jones worked for the Back Bay Leader in Boston and as a staff writer for Women’s Home Companion. Although a pacifist, he volunteered as an ambulance driver with the British Eighth Army in Africa. After his Army discharge he covered the war for Atlantic Monthly. He was an editorial writer for The Baltimore Sun and the The Evening Sun, the only person ever to hold both jobs simultaneously. Mr. Jones is survived by his wife, Gertrude “Trudi” Studley Jones; a daughter, Barbara; a son, Robert; a sister, Dorothy Williams; and a grandson. A son, Dana, died in 1973 and an infant son, Christopher, died in 1946. His classmate, Newell Varney, notes, “Professor Metcalfe, who exposed us to proper English and grammar at the time, would be humbly pleased and happy with the acknowledged success of one of his students.”

1934 Stephen P. Stafford died April 22, 2001, in Gloucester, Virginia. He graduated from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and began his career at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in 1939, retiring in 1980 as a design engineer consultant. He was an avid fox hunter, a 40-year member of the James River Hunt Club and Master of the Hounds, serving several terms as president. He also taught riding in Hampton, Virginia, for many years. Mr. Stafford is survived by his wife Clara Fisher

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Stafford; a daughter, Anne Stafford McCann; and two sons, Samuel Stafford and John Stafford.

Wilbur S. Viles died February 28, 2002, in South Paris. He was born in Anson in 1914, a son of George H. and Lucy Salisbury Viles.

He married Eleanor Rose in 1937. Mr. Viles lived in South Paris and on Paris Hill for over 60 years, but embraced much of Maine. As a youth, he spent summers at his mother’s family homestead in Hull’s Cove, Bar Harbor, where he enjoyed hand lining from a dory in Frenchman’s Bay. Throughout his life he spent time fishing, hunting and traveling throughout the regions of the upper Kennebec and western Maine. Mr. Viles was a member of the Buck’s School PTA, Kiwanis Club, Chamber of Commerce, Paris Hill Community Club and the Paris Public Library, among others. For 30 years he was a proud member of the Paris Fire Department and the department’s long-time secretarytreasurer. He also served as the treasurer of the Paris Hill Water Co. During World War II Mr. Viles was a member of the Maine State Guard and the Civilian Air Observation Corps, and a fundraiser for the Red Cross and the Finnish Relief effort. A member of the First Congregational Church of South Paris, he was active as a Sunday school teacher and in the Couples’ and Men’s Clubs. For over 47 years, Mr. Viles worked in the banking industry. He served as president of the South Paris Savings Bank and regional vice president of Maine Savings Bank after the merger. He also held leadership roles with the Savings Bank Association of Maine. His later career included devoted service as an artist’s assistant to his wife, Ellie. Mr. Viles is survived by his wife of South Paris; a daughter, Allice “Tally” Decato; a son, George Viles; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

1936 The Rev. Dr. Donald Watson Goodwin died on November 27, 2000, from complications of Parkinson’s Disease in Pleasant Hill, Tennessee. Dr. Goodwin was born in Passaic, New Jersey, in 1918, the son of Leslie Hall Goodwin and Beulah Bennett Goodwin. He was a resident of Alfred, Maine, from 1923 until 1955, and served as a mechanic in the Army Air Force during World War II. A graduate of the University of Maine and Bangor Theological Seminary, he received a Ph.D. Brown University in 1965. Dr. Goodwin was ordained a minister in the United Church of Christ in 1959. He served as the pastor of the United Church in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, from 1966 until his retirement in 1984. During his retirement he continued his Old Testament studies, learned to play the violin and maintained a lifelong interest in current events. He is survived by his wife, Roberta Lewis Goodwin, and two sons, Matthew Goodwin and Andrew Goodwin.

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1938 Michael (Miecislaw) S. Szoc died January 1, 2002, in Gardner, Massachusetts. Mr. Szoc attended Syracuse University where he obtained a bachelor’s degree in forestry. He was a World War II veteran, serving in Rhineland, Northern France and Central Europe. He received a Bronze Star. Mr. Szoc was a land surveyor for many years until his retirement in 1983. He enjoyed fly fishing and hunting. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Anne H. Laitinen Szoc; three sons, Brian M. Szoc, Neil J. Szoc and M. Peter Szoc; a daughter, Deborah A Desmarais; a brother, Rudolph R. Szoc; a sister, Virginia J. Bourgeois; three grandchildren, four stepgrandchildren and eight step-great-grandchildren. Two brothers, Ludwig Szoc and Zigmond Szoc, predeceased him.

1940 Richard Weeks Morse died December 21, 2001, in Lancaster, New Hampshire. Mr. Morse served as a lieutenant j.g. in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was vice president of the Frank W. Morse Co. in Boston and Saco. He was an avid wood carver in his spare time, and was a member of the Masons and the Saco-Biddeford Rotary Club. He attended Trinity Episcopal Church in Saco. Mr. Morse is survived by two daughters, Suzan Wharton and Carol Thompson; a son, Jonathan Morse; a brother, Carlton L. “Bep” Morse, Jr. ’39; a sister, Nancy Harris; and five grandchildren. His wife, Priscilla Wharton Morse, and a brother, Donald Burbank Morse ’48, predeceased him.

1942 Victor A. Lindquist, Jr. died September 15, 2001, in Lewiston. He was born in Orange, Massachusetts, the son of Victor and Pauline Pearson Lindquist. He attended Bates College until joining the Navy during World War II. Mr. Lindquist married Ida L. Burgess in 1947. He worked at Central Maine Power Co. for over 32 years, retiring as the western division meter and service supervisor in 1984. He was a member of Ancient Brothers Lodge No. 178 for over 50 years. He enjoyed skiing, skating, snowshoeing and spending time with his family.

Mr. Lindquist is survived by his wife of 53 years; a daughter, Paula Cutter; a son, Victor Lindquist III; six grandchildren and a cousin.

Willard N. Munroe, III died October 5, 2001, in Sandy River Plantation. He was born in Boston, raised in Auburn, and graduated in 1947 from West Point. His role as public relations officer at West Point brought him into the company of Dwight D. Eisenhower, Field Marshall Montgomery of El Alamein, General Douglas MacArthur, Eleanor Roosevelt and numerous dignitaries. Mr. Munroe served on the Rangeley Chamber of Commerce in the early 1950s and worked for the National Security Industrial

Association in Washington, D.C. He later moved to Cape Cod, where he owned and operated Green Harbor Village resort for many years. A Mason, Shriner, avid pilot, member of the AOPA and Quiet Birdman, he constructed two airplanes, one of which is now housed in the Pima Air Museum in Tucson, Arizona. Mr. Munroe is survived by a brother, Kenneth Munroe; two daughters, Susan Gruenberg and Buff Roberts; three sons, Chip Munroe, David Munroe and Bruce Munroe; nine grandchildren; niece Melissa Munroe Hatch ’76 and nephew Kenneth Munroe, Jr. ’74.

1943 Norman G. Morin, Sr. died March 14, 2002, in Biddeford after a long illness. He was born in 1923, a son of Jerome A. and Corinne St. Michel Morin. He enlisted in the Air Force during World War II at the age of 18, and was stationed in England. After the war he attended the University of Maine at Gorham and also the Wentworth Institute in Boston. In 1948 he married Jeanne Benoit.

Mr. Morin ran the family drug store in Biddeford and was then employed with Prudential Life Insurance Co. for over 10 years. He also worked for Allied Medical Services and was the manager of St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Mr. Morin was a member of St. Joseph’s Church and the American Legion. He was past president of the Biddeford and Saco Jaycees, served on the board of directors and was past treasurer of St. Joseph’s Federal Credit Union.

Mr. Morin enjoyed fishing, reading and spending time with his grandchildren. He is survived by his wife of Biddeford; a son, Norman Morin, Jr.; a daughter, Diane Cantara; six grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren.

Samuel Simonds died February 10, 2002, in Auburn after a long illness. He was born in 1925, the son of Max W. and Cecelia E. Wernick Simonds. In 1948 he marreid Marilyn Lois Isaacson. He graduated from Maine Maritime Academy in 1945 and the University of Maine at Orono in 1949. From 1945 to 1949 Mr. Simonds served in the Merchant Marine, sailing for the American Export Line. He was also a lieutenant, j.g., in the U.S. Naval Reserve. His early career included positions in sales and management. In 1957, he established Specialty Paper Co., a wholesale paper supplier in Lewiston, which he owned and operated until his retirement in 1985. He was a devoted husband, father and grandfather, who was happiest when he was with his family. Mr. Simonds belonged to Temple Shalom Synagogue-Center in Auburn and was selected as Temple Shalom’s person of the year in 1990. He belonged to Rabboni Lodge, No. 150, A.F. & A.M., Auburn, where he was a 32nd degree Mason and served as lodge master for two years. Mr. Simonds is survived by his wife; a son, David Simonds;

class notes two daughters, Ellen J. Epstein and Gail L. Simonds; a sister, Mildred Holoff; a brother, Edmund W. Simonds ’39; a brother-in-law, Philip M. Isaacson ’42; five grandchildren; one niece; seven nephews and several grandnieces and nephews.

Charles C. Stanwood, Jr. died September 10, 2001, in Chesapeake, Virginia. He was born in Needham, Massachusetts, the son of Charles Carson Stanwood and Mildred H. McCormack. After graduating from Hebron, Mr. Stanwood enlisted in the Army. He was assigned to the 91st Chemical Mortar Division, whose mission was to lay smoke screens to disguise the Army’s moves from the enemy. The division landed on Omaha Beach. Assigned to the Third Army, he fought in the Battle of the Bulge and the Battle of the Siegfield Line, and crossed the Rhone as part of General George Patton’s sneak maneuver to capture Frankfurt. After the war he attended Bowdoin College, graduating in 1950. Mr. Stanwood started his retail career with the department store Jordan Marsh. He was often quoted in Time magazine as their retail expert. In 1974 he moved to Florida as the executive vice president of the Jordan Marsh stores. In 1978 he accepted a new position as the president of Miller and Rhoads in Richmond. Mr. Stanwood is survived by his wife, Marjorie; three daughters, Judith Barden, Cynthia Harney and Laurie Stettinus; seven grandchildren; a brother Richard Stanwood; and a sister, Cynthia Stanwood.

1944 John Bolinger died September 6, 2001, in West Roxbury, Massachusetts. He was born in Newton, Massachusetts, the son of John and Stella Schuey Bolinger Sr. Mr. Bolinger early career included positions with the Employers Liability Insurance Co. of Boston, the Continental Insurance Co. of Hartford, Connecticut, the Zurich American Insurance Co. of Braintree, and the Providence Washington Insurance Company of Providence.

He then opened his own insurance agency.

Mr. Bolinger was a member of several professional insurance organizations and had worked as a volunteer with Hospice of Attleboro. He had also been a member of the Hillside Country Club of Rehoboth. He was an Army veteran of World War II. Mr. Bolinger is survived by his wife, Eunice MacIsaac Bolinger; two daughters, Katherine Kiewlicz and Jane Bolinger; two sons, Stephen Bolinger and Eugene Bolinger; two sisters, Elizabeth Pearson and Arleen Gillis; and 11 grandchildren. A son, John Bolinger, III, and a daughter, Rhoda Rudnick, predeceased him.

Drake Sedgeley. He graduated from Lewiston High School and the University of Maine at Orono. In 1953 he married Theresa M. Bosse. Mr. Sedgeley was self-employed for most of his life, having been co-owner of Eastern, Inc. and Cocheco Bottling Co. of New Hampshire until his retirement in 1981.

In 1981 he opened and operated Sedgeley and Associates (antiques dealers), specializing in antique tools, until his final retirement this year. Mr. Sedgeley was a member of the Board of Directors of R.A.F.T.S. in Lewiston and enjoyed photography. He was known for his keen sense of humor and will be greatly missed by his family. Mr. Sedgeley is survived by his wife; a daughter, Ann Caron; three sons, Skip D. Sedgeley, Mark R. Sedgeley and Brian R. Sedgeley; a sister, Ruth Avis Driscoll; and one granddaughter.

1949 Charles W. “Jerry” Eha died July 10, 2001, of complications from Alzheimer’s disease.

After serving in the Army, he attended Dartmouth College Graduate School of Business and took a position as a sales trainee with Littleford Brothers, Inc. He eventually became that company’s vice president of sales. Mr. Eha continued an active interest in camps from his youth into adulthood; he attended Michigan’s Camp Fairwood and Minnesota’s Camp Kooch-IChing. He served as president of Cincinnati’s Gyro Club, vice president of the Society of the Plastics Industry, on the board of trustees of the Camping and Education Foundation and the board of governors of the University Club. Mr. Eha is survived by his wife, Stephanie; sons Steven and William; and daughter Cynthia Flynn.

William M. Fletcher died January 3, 2002, in Cohasset, Massachusetts, after a long battle with throat cancer. Mr. Fletcher attended Williams College and the Arts Students’ League in New York City. He started North Light Publishing, which became the largest publisher of how-to art books. He was founder and publisher of Artist’s Magazine and director of the North Light Book Club, which had more than 65,000 members. He was an instructor for five years at the Famous Artists Painting School in Westport, Connecticut, before starting his publishing firm. Mr. Fletcher is survived by his wife of more than 49 years, Verdella Goddard Fletcher; two sons, William S. Fletcher and James G. Fletcher; two daughters, Patricia Fletcher Murphy and Sheryl Fletcher; two sisters and five grandchildren.

1955 1947 Richard D. Sedgeley died on December 4, 2001, in Lewiston. Mr. Sedgeley was born in Lewiston, the son of Arthur D. and Methel

John M. Colburn, Jr. died June 2, 2001, after a valiant fight with cancer. His wife Hedy says Jack lived six months longer than predicted and was out and about every day.

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1966 Bruce Mackenzie of Cohasset, Massachusetts, died March 6, 2002, while vacationing in Florida. He attended Derby Academy, Hebron Academy, the University of Pittsburgh and Belknap College, from which he graduated. Mr. Mackenzie enjoyed fishing, especially in Alaska and Russia, and on the Miramichi River in Canada. He also enjoyed fishing for tuna and swordfish from the family sport fishing boat. Mr. Mackenzie is survived by two daughters, Heather Mackenzie and Amy Mackenzie; his fiancée, Jan O’Donnell and her children; a brother, John Mackenzie; and a sister, Heather Eck.

1992 Stephanie Sawyer Collins died July 14, 2002, of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. After graduating from Hebron, Mrs. Collins enlisted in the U.S. Army and was honorably discharged after her tour of duty. She was employed in the accounting office at Elan and enjoyed crafts and gardening. Mrs. Collins is survived by her husband, Peter; her parents, John and Catherine Sawyer; her maternal grandmother and paternal grandparents; her two young children; aunts; uncles and many cousins.

Friends Marion S. Crist died November 25, 2001, of injuries suffered in a car accident in East Hanover Township, Pennsylvania. A graduate of Hershey High School and the former Hershey Junior College, Mrs. Crist was a volunteer at the American Cancer Society’s Hope Lodge in Hershey and a member of the Derry Twp. Historical Society. She and her husband, the Rev. Robert P. Crist, served Baptist churches in Worcester and Southbridge, Massachusetts, before coming to the Hebron Community Baptist Church where they served for 33 years prior to Rev. Crist’s retirement to Hershey in 1993.

The Crists attended the First Methodist Church in Hershey. Mrs. Crist is survived by her husband; two daughters, Deborah J. Bowersox and Susan J. Mowatt ’76; a brother, William F. Speicher; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

Other Deaths Full obituaries may appear in a future issue of the Semester.

Irving M. Bangs ’31, on January 1, 2002.

Sydney Borofsky ’32, on May 14, 2002.

Raymond A. Gurney ’32, on May 2, 2001.

Carl F. Davis ’35, on May 13, 2002.

John F. Hall ’36, in August 2001.

Kermit B. Wilson ’39, on June 15, 2000.

William O. Poor ’40, on December 11, 1999.

James K. Horne ’41, on January 19, 2001.

Herbert Sawyer ’41, on April 8, 2002.

Carl V. Shaw ’42, on June 24, 2002.

David B. Danforth ’53, on June 25, 2002 Tony Bok ’56, on June 11, 2002.

Robert P. Alexander ’69, on November 24, 2001.

Shaun Devine ’77, on July 19, 2002.

George H. Jenkins, former faculty.

Benjamin Thompson ’39 alumnus and trustee Benjamin Thompson died January 17, 2002, in Yarmouth. He was born in Portland, a son of Nathan W. and Marion E. Thompson. After graduating from Bowdoin College in 1943, Mr. Thompson went to Notre Dame Midshipmen School and then was assigned to subchaser duty in Rhode Island. His naval service took him to Corpus Christi, Texas, where he became involved in aviation rescue and salvage. Subsequently he became salvage officer for the entire Gulf of Mexico. Following his military service, Mr. Thompson earned his law degree from Boston University and joined his father’s practice. During his career he specialized in admiralty law and handled liability issues for many international maritime insurance companies.

He handled legal affairs for waterfront businesses along the entire Maine coast, represented some of Maine’s most prominent boat builders and was actively involved with the sardine and fish processing industry. As a youth, Mr. Thompson sailed and raced Lancaster dories in Portland Harbor.

He later competed twice in the Lightning Nationals held in Long Island Sound. His racing interests continued on to the Raven and Ensign Class sailboats. He was a long time member of the Portland Yacht Club, Portland Country Club and the Cumberland Club. He was elected to the Yarmouth Town Council in 1984.

He had previously served many years on the Yarmouth Planning and Zoning Boards. Mr. Thompson also served as a member of Hebron Academy’s Board of Trustees and received Hebron’s Distinguished Service Award in 1989.

He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Arlene Tucker Thompson; daughters Suzanne Arnold and Cindy Washbourne; sons B. Tucker Thompson ’79 and Nathan W. Thompson; ten grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

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Stern Sentinel

Mount Washington is a familiar sight to the boys on the west side of Sturtevant Home. Part of the “Presidentials”—a range in the White Mountains that includes Madison, Adams and Jefferson—the mountain gives us perspective. No matter how cold or windy it may be in wintry Hebron, it’s bound to be colder and windier high atop “George.”

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