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From the Headmaster
I would like to take this opportunity to look back on recent years here at Washington Academy and invite you to look forward with me to the future of our school.
In 1997 the Washington Academy Board of Trustees established the Academy’s Development and Alumni Relations Of fice. In its first year this of fice launched its first annual campaign and the first edition of this Alumni Newsletter "Washington Academy Today."
The increased communication with alumni and friends has given us a great sense of moral support as we strive to continually improve our school. The generous charitable gifts generated from annual campaigns have allowed us to provide equipment and programs, greatly increasing opportunities for students that tuition alone would not have been able to provide.
Following the report of the Commission on Independent Schools of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges in Summer 2001 and the Trustees Strategic Planning meeting in Fall 2001, the tr ustees established the host home program. In the fall of 2002 we acquired the Larson Dormitory for boys. In 2003 we established the girls’ dormitor y in the former headmaster’s house.
These efforts have created a much more diverse student body at the Academy and the revenue generated from this increased student population has allowed us to continue to make improvements. This diversity and these improvements have attracted more Washington County students, bringing our enrollment to 344, the highest in almost ten years.
Since the first newsletter in 1997, I have shared with you the dedicated work of the Academy’s faculty in aligning curriculum with the Maine Learning Results and their tireless efforts to help students improve their Maine Educational Assessment Test scores. I have enjoyed reporting successes along the way and, thankfully, this year is another success stor y. This year’s seniors were the top scoring secondar y school students in Washington County, and fifteenth out of 132 secondary schools statewide. These MEA scores are becoming increasingly important as the Class of 2007 will have to be certified as meeting the standards of the Maine Learning Results before being awarded a high school diploma.
All members of the Washington Academy family have helped to contribute to these successes that have put the Academy on a firm footing and have established the Academy as the school of choice in our area. This spring the trustees and faculty will begin the strategic planning process once again, and you will be invited to provide input into the future growth and improvement of Washington Academy.
Thank you for your continued support.
Judson McBrine, Headmaster
MThe Joyce Goodine Scholarship
any people say that the day of their high school graduation is one of their most memorable experiences, but for me, it was the day before. On that day, I was notified by Mr. McBrine, Headmaster of Washington Academy that I would be receiving a full-tuition scholarship to the college I had already chosen to attend, Husson College.
Husson College offers scholarships to the Valedictorian or Salutatorian of all high schools in Maine. The school offers various businessrelated courses, as well as nursing, physical therapy, criminal justice, elementary education and many others. I knew that I would not be eligible for the scholarship to the Valedictorian or Salutatorian because I did not hold either of those ranks. One thing that I didn’t know was that Husson College offers full scholarships to its employees children and also to employees that do not have children. For every ten years of service to Husson College, all childless employees are given the opportunity to send someone to their school tuition-free. Little did I know how Husson’s generosity and one special employee would af fect my life.
Joyce Goodine, a dedicated employee of Husson and a 1964 graduate of Washington Academy, decided that after thirty years of ser vice to the college, she wanted to award a full-tuition, five-year scholarship to a student from her high school alma mater. I feel so fortunate that she selected me! Not only did she hand me an allexpense-paid education, but she also of fered me a job. I gladly accepted. She serves as the Director of the Continuing Education Division at Husson. Joyce also graduated from Husson College with her ABS, BS, and MSB. She lives in Glenburn, Maine with her husband Tommy, as well as her two “children,” a golden retriever named Abby and a westie named McDuff. She is originally from Jacksonville, Maine and still frequently returns Down East to stay at her vacation home on Gardner’s Lake.
I didn’t know Joyce prior to receiving the scholarship; however, I feel honored that she chose me. I still can’t believe it. After getting to know her personally, I couldn’t be happier to have received this
by Andrea Govoni
award from anyone else. She is a wonderful person and has helped me feel right at home at Husson.
As for me, I am happy to say that things are going well and I am busy working towards my goal of becoming a physical therapist. Of course, the first two weeks seemed awkward and unfamiliar, and I fought an urge to be home with my family and my own bed. Eventually, after switching roommates, figuring out where all my classes were, and making some new friends, I began to feel like I was meant to be here. It is even starting to sink in that I won’t have to pay off any loans when I get out of school!
I could never thank Joyce enough for her kindness, as a sponsor, a boss, and a friend. So in closing, I would just like to say thank you, Joyce. I really appreciate everything you have done for me.
Remembering the Remarkable Mollie Beam
by Ruth Leubecker
Spontaneous and spunky, yet disciplined and exacting, Mollie Beam was in many ways a contradiction as a teacher. Decades afterher retirement and move to a Westbrook nursing facility, she remains revered among multiple classes of students.
“The class of 1955 always voted Mollie our favorite teacher. At that time our classes were small, and she always had that extra time tohelp us individually,” says Dick Young, presidentof the Academy’s alumni association. “I think we became her favorite class long after we graduated because so many of us kept in touch with her regularly. She continued to care about our welfare long afterwe left WA. We all loved her.”
Interestingly, many classes claim to have been Beam’s favorite. There was never any doubt about who was in charge of the classroom, yet her rapport with students made them feel special and individually important in her eyes.
“I loved Mollie Beam,” says Everett Farnsworth of the Class of 1952. “My favorite stor y of her picking on me was the spelling of ‘their.’ I never knew if it was ‘ei’ or ‘ie,’ so I always made a ‘u’ and put a dot in the middle of it. When I went in the Navy, she let me come back in uniform - you know, to show off a little.Then she asked me if I’d ever learned how to spell ‘their.’ I didn’t, and I still haven’t.”
“She was happy all the time,” remembers Laura (Daum) Geel, “and a very good teacher. She cared a lot about her students. I was in the Class of 1952, but she also taught my son and daughter.”
“She was a very nice lady. Always a lot of fun and very neat,” recalls Marie (Strout) Beal.
“Ever ybody thought they were special to her. She was the chaperone of our class trip and she was par t of everything,”recalls Dolores (Scoville)Hanson of the Class of 1955. “When I was out of school sick, I went to her home nights so I could keep caught up. Her husband, Buzz, was a first cousin to my father, Irving. You could always go up to Mollie’s. For anything, anytime.”
Although this loved teacher and champion of students was born with ties to Cutler, life for Mollie Goodwin actually began in Lowell, Massachusetts, on May 23, 1911. It was a blissful time of growth and prosperity Downeast, with war not yet on the horizon. William Howard Taft was president of the United States, a ribbon of dirt road connected Machias to East Machias, andtrains chugged into the Machias railroad station four or five times a day, dropping off passengers who were shuttled by horse and buggy to one of several hotels in town.
Mollie was primarily raised by her grandmother, a native of Cutler. When Mollie was 12, her grandmother deeded her Cutler home to her young granddaughter. Although Mollie would spend most of her adult life at the Cutler homestead, those years in between tell of a young woman who valued life and lived it to the fullest.
After attending high school at Rogers Hall in Lowell, Massachusetts, she graduated from Smith College with a degree in French. She spent her junior year at the Sorbonne in Paris, France, and later received a master’s degree in education at the University of Maine.
However, she also graduated from the Clara Belle Smith Business College in 1934 (Columbus, Georgia) with certification in “Touch Typewriting and Rapid Calculation.”
She worked at the Seminole Hotel in Winter Park, Florida, in 1937, and photographs show a lively young woman in a maid’s uniform on the lawn of the hotel and having a rollicking good time engaged in outdoor activities with friends and co-workers.
In 1938, she began her teaching career in Island Falls, and the next year she married Buzz Beam. “Buzz worked in the woods, fished, clammed, took care of his blueberr y land,” says son Charles Beam, the first of the couple’s four children. “He was a good complement to Mollie. She was ver y volatile, and Buzz wasn’t that way at all.”
Daughters Trixie, Linda and Susan followed. Because they were born during their mother’s tenure as a teacher in Bar Harbor, their ties remain more to that area of Maine. Their mother, now 92, lives in Westbrook so as to be closer to her daughters.
One of Charles’ favorite stories about his mother involves him and his wife and his parents on a trip to Paris. “We were in a hotel room, and we were having a wonderful time ... and I don’t know why, but Mollie would never speak French in France. She cer tainly could, but she never did,” he recalls. “Well, I guess we were a little loud because the people in the next room started pounding on the wall. Mollie went to the phone and made this call, and she starts yelling in French...and you could tell she is really letting someone have it. Well, after that there were no more phone calls, no more pounding on the walls, but we didn’t quiet down either.”
Mollie Beam’s unique presence at Washington Academy was always noticed. “She wore those little dresses, and she’d trot around that school. And she controlled her classes,” recalls Hanson. “She always tried to make us understand the importance of understanding what we read. It doesn’t sound like much, but you’d be surprised how impor tant that was to me selling insurance and how far that’s taken me. Her classes were not easy, but they were fun and interesting. You learned.”
In March 1955, Beam had signed a contract with WA, giving her an annual salary of $3,000. Her “principal assignment” was described as English, French and Latin.
“But she taught me Algebra I - and I got A+’s all year and won a $5 prize,” laughs Jackie (Holmes) Look today. “She started with us as freshmen, so we inducted her into the Class of 1951. For a long time we had reunions at her house every year. Orville used to drive her when the weather was bad. She liked him. Warren Horton, the Popes and Tommy Higgins came to the reunions at her house. She was always jumping up and down, seeing that everyone was happy.”
“Mollie Beam is a very special individual. She is unique. When I was nominated for Teacher of the Year she called me up and asked me down to visit,” recalls Betty (Durling) Holmes. “She loved her French and her Latin. She was interested in us individually, and she was interested in us after we graduated. She made everything interesting ...and we worked.”
“Mary Lou Fitzhenry and I used to baby-sit for her,” remembers Betty (Beam) Hawkins, who is related by marriage. (Buzz Beam’s father, Chick, was a brother to Betty Hawkins’ grandfather, William Beam.) “But sometimes I baby-sat there alone, and when you were alone and just a kid, you were a little scared. The house is of f by itself, and we’d always heard it was haunted.”
From 1955 until 1966, Mollie Beam and family lived in Bar Harbor while she taught at Bar Harbor High School. When asked
what ended their temporary sojourn, son Charles quickly answers, all these years later, in a word, “Buzz.”
The Cutler boy missed home, and Mollie returned to WA in 1966 where she remained until her retirement in 1973. While teaching in Bar Harbor, however, she had started a tradition of taking her French Club students to Quebec each year to experience conversing with French-speaking people. She now continued this annual trip with her WA students, helping them hold fundraisers each year to finance this event, talent shows being the highlight of this class effort.
In August 1998, Mollie Beam was given WA’s first Distinguished Educator Award. She was recognized as a teacher who had left a living legacy through her students and the meaningful impact she had made on so many young lives.
“She was always more than a teacher...just taking care of four kids. She sewed, she knit, she loved to wallpaper. There’s so many layers of wallpaper on some of those walls, you wouldn’t believe it,” reflects son Charles, who primarily lives in Florida, coming to Maine for special occasions such as hunting season. “She covered chairs and lampshades, and she had a garden and canned vegetables. She really did a lot.”
Mollie and Buzz Beam were married for 61 years until his death in 2000. They shared 4 children, 12 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren. Just as enduring, albeit scattered, are all those other children-now-grown whose lives were touched, nurtured and molded by the teaching presence of Mollie Beam.
“We all knew she cared, and each of us knew she was there for us. At times we were mischievous or flirtatious, but every last one of us respected her authority and professionalism,” said Young. “We all loved her, and her effervescence ... there will always be a place in our hearts for Mollie.”
2002 - 2003 Annual Campaign Donors
Mr. Clarence Randall ‘29
Mr. Gardner C. Pope ‘30
Mrs. Frances Esty ‘33
Mr. Stanley Berry ‘35
Mrs. Mara Rebhan ‘35
Mrs. Lois Boone ‘36
Mrs. Hazel Huckins Corbett ‘36
Mrs. Linnie Crane ‘37
Mrs. Louise Farrington ‘37
Mrs. Ruth Foss ‘37
Mr. Arthur Hoar ‘37
Dr. and Mrs. Eugene & Annie Mawhinney ‘37
Mr. Frank Foster, Jr. ‘38
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur & Alice Gardner ‘38, ‘38
Mrs. June Dinsmore ‘39
Mr. Vincent Dowling ‘39
Mrs. Marie D. Ashley ‘40
Mr. Gerald Cates ‘41
Mr. and Mrs. Jasper & Isabel Cates ‘42, ‘42
Mr. Wayne R. Dennison ‘42
Miss Frances Proctor ‘42
Mrs. Jane E. Cullen ‘43
Mr. John S. Farris ‘43
Mrs. Flora Hanscom ‘43
Mrs. Barbara Sutherland ‘43
Mr. and Mrs. Carlton & Marjorie Dowling ‘44, ‘46
Mr. and Mrs. Harland & Mattie Flynn ‘45, ‘45
Mrs. Viva Houston ‘45
Mrs. Ruth Marie St. Aubin ‘45
Mr. and Mrs. Dexter & Dorothy Ashley ‘46, ‘53
Mrs. Wanda Hartman ‘46
Mrs. Ellen Cates ‘47
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin & Patricia Hall ’47
Mr. Adien Look ‘47
Mrs. Valerie Stimpson ‘47
Mrs. Gwen L. Tupper ‘47
Mrs. Betty White ‘47
Mrs. Barbara Curtis ‘48
Mr. John E. Grif fin, Sr. ‘48
Mrs. Betty D. Huntley ‘48
Mr. Frederick Vose, Jr. ‘48
Mr. and Mrs. Clinton & Mary Gardner ‘49
Mr. Charles Look ‘49
Mrs. Lois Sprague ‘49
Mrs. Dawn Woodbrey ‘49
Mrs. Clara Campbell ‘50
Mrs. Pamela Dowling ‘50
Mr. William Gardner ‘50
Mrs. Joan Gatcomb ‘50
Mr. Edwin Berry ‘51
Mrs. Alice Cousins ‘51
Mrs. Eleanor Fochesato ‘51
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne & Lettie Kinghorn ‘51, ‘49
Mrs. Adair Bagley ‘52
Ms. Audrey Buchanan-Swan ‘52
Mrs. Sandra Davis ‘53
Mr. John S. Johnson ‘53
Mr. and Mrs. Verlan & Maxine Porter ‘53, ‘58
Mr. Leslie Ackley, Jr. ‘54
Mr. Theodore Ackley ‘54
Mrs. Nancy Albee ‘54
Mrs. Patricia Gibson ’54
Mr. Albert Small ‘54
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Williamson ‘54
Mr. and Mrs. Peter & Dolores Hanson ‘55
Mr. Richard H. Young ‘55
Mr. Clarence E. Dennison ‘56
Mr. Robert Huntley ‘56
Mr. Lester E. Young ‘57
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Stanhope ‘58
Mrs. Pauline Tyson ‘59
Ms. Bettina Davis ‘60
Mr. Douglas Holmes ‘60
Mrs. Ann Radtke ‘61
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Henderson ‘62
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Ackley ‘63
Mr. and Mrs. William Beverly, Sr. ‘63
Mr. Larry Bryant ‘63
Mr. Ivan L. Gilpatrick ‘63
Mrs. Nancy Bean ‘64
Mr. Robert Bergeron ‘65
Mrs. Valarie Day ‘65
Dr. John F. Gaddis ‘65
Mrs. Anne Haseltine ‘65
Mr. Victor Berry ‘67
Mrs. Celia Lemieux ‘67
Mr. and Mrs. Robert & Jane Bell ‘68
Mr. Sterling Fitzhenry ‘68
Mr. and Mrs. Barry & Jolene Wood ‘69, ‘70
Mrs. Pamela Mugnai ‘70
Mrs. Nikki Richardson ‘71
Mr. Donald Smith ‘71
Mr. and Mrs. Brian & Wanda Cates ‘72
Mr. and Mrs. Robert & Laurie Curtis ‘74
Mr. Thomas Morgan ‘74
Mrs. Marcia Segura ‘74
Mr. and Mrs. Dean & Susan Crosman ‘75, ‘75
Mr. Abraham Knight ‘75
Mr. David McMahon ‘75
Mrs. Gretel Varney ‘78
Mr. and Mrs. Allan & Linda Huntley ‘79, ‘81
Mr. Dennis Mahar ‘79
Mrs. Lisa Holmes ‘81
Ms. Traci Sanborn ‘81
Mrs. Allison Tibbetts ‘81
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin & Kim Gardner ‘82, ‘83
Mrs. Ann Leighton ‘83
Mr. Shawn W. Seeley ‘83
Mr. and Mrs. Tom & Bobbie Foss ‘84, ‘87
Mr. Alan C. Lounder ‘84
Mr. Robert E. Wood ‘85
Mr. and Mrs. Chuck & Heather Vose ‘86, ‘89
Mrs. Catherine Rasco-Robinson ‘87
Mrs. Tara Bartko ‘88
Mrs. Sherri Collins ‘88
Mr. Leigh D. Norton ‘88
Mr. Steve G. Padilla ‘88
Ms. Laurie Chamberlain ‘91
Mr. and Mrs. Nick & Belinda Lemieux ‘93, ‘88
Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy & Charlene Cates ‘94, ‘90
Mr. Hugh Farrington –Hannaford Brothers
Ms. Dyan Guerrero ‘94
Mr. Clinton Gardner –Archibald’s One Stop
Mr. David Hitchings
From the Alumni Association President
New Alumni Members
The new school year is in session and I want to take this opportunity to address the students who will graduate this year and those of you who are now pursuing your budding careers. Two years ago at our biennial business meeting everyone stressed the importance of getting our younger Alumni involved earlier rather than waiting until the 10th anniversary. We are now honoring the immediate two classes graduating between the biennial reunion and have added the 5-year anniversary. We encourage you to maintain the bond with your classmates and use our biennial event to get your group together. You all return to Washington County during the summer so plan to attend your reunion. We welcome your ideas to adapt our activities to a generation of young and old Alumni members.
Plans for the Reunion
We plan to include the events that were successful at the last reunion. The extended efforts put into our auction helped us raise the funds we needed to support our quality reunion and special programs. The auction will be scheduled again this year; however, it will be moved to 9 A.M. to allow more time.
The Social Hour will be scheduled again this year and by popular demand it will be coupled with the Trustees Tea and Awards. The day is full of events, but this function is a must in melding old friends and Alumni members.
Our entertainment this year is moving towards future students of Washington Academy. We have not sealed the arrangements yet, but I can assure you if we finalize the arrangements with this group it will mean a lot of positive publicity for both the Academy and the Alumni Association.
Alumni Dues Notice
During the month of January we will send a postcard to remind you all that the dues are due the beginning of the reunion year. The members voted to raise the dues to $10.00 every two years to defray the increased expenses and support our Special Programs. An exception to this rule change is a reduced rate of $5.00 for new members who have graduated or attended Washington Academy within the last five (5) years. We need your help in this area, so please remit your dues to assist us in our ef for ts to keep our standards high.
We will keep you informed through this Newsletter and if you have some free time this summer we desperately need volunteers to assist us in the many arrangements for a successful reunion.
Richard Young President, Alumni Association
1953-2003
How did we ar rive at this point so quickly!
The accompanying pictures were taken by classmate Christine Gardner Small on our senior safari to Old Orchard Beach. I believe ours was the first class to take a graduation "trip." Accommodations were made possible through the family of teacher Alton Cole. Girls were chaperoned by Mrs. Annie Kinsey and Mrs. Mollie Beam. Mr. Cole, Mr. Gibson and Mr. Kenoyer kept tabs on the boys and a fantastic time was had by all.
At graduation in 1953, as seniors we were full of ourselves with hopes and dreams for the future. Hopefully some, if not all, came true for each and every one. Some of us remained in the local area, others ventured further afield. In 2003 we are now scattered from the east coast to the west coast and points in between.
When our 50th anniversar y is celebrated in August of 2004, we're hoping all of us will be looking forward to renewing old friendships and ties. We'd love to have the best turnout ever! We'll be in touch for the big event.
Be watching for information in the spring newsletter regarding a combined 15-year class reunion scheduled for August 2004.
Chaperone, Mr. Gibson, Mrs. Beam, Mr. Kenoyer, Mrs. Kinsey, Mr. Cole, Chaperone
Front Row: Merrill Colbeth, Lloyd Lund, Richard Merritt. Back Row: Arthur Andrews, Roger Geel, John Johnson, Rober t Crocker, Verlan Porter, Robert Farris
Joyce Lindsey Clark, Mary Ann Cates Fleming, Dorothy Griffin Ashley, Barbara Gardner Myers, Eleanor Bryant Brown, Christine Gardner Small, Sandra Smith Davis, Marjorie Berry Sherwood, Patty Vose Finan
School NEWS
SOCCER
The Washington Academy Boys’ Soccer team enjoyed a successful 2003 season. The Raiders went 10-1, losing the opening game to the rival Bulldogs of Machias, then ending the season winning 10 straight. This season's winning streak culminated with an exciting 3-2 victory over the previously undefeated Bulldogs in the final game of the season held at the University of Maine at Machias in front of the largest crowd of the year.
The Raiders went into the playoff's ranked #2 in Eastern Maine Class C facing #7 Penquis of Milo in the quar ter finals. This game proved to be one for the ages as the Raiders fell behind early to the upset-minded Penquis squad. The Raiders found themselves down 5-1 in the second half, but battled back with 5 unanswered goals to complete one of the greatest comebacks in Maine high school playoff soccer history, beating Penquis 6-5 to advance to the semi-finals. The Raiders season came to a close in the semi-finals losing to the eventual Eastern Maine champion #3 Dexter Tigers. The evenly matched contest found Dexter coming away with two unanswered goals to beat the Raiders 2-0. Although the season ended a little sooner than hoped, the season and this team was a great one. The Raiders had 5 members of the squad elected as Down East Athletic Conference All-Stars.
S.T.A.R.S.
This year is the second year of Students Teaching About Respect and the program is as strong as ever. The officers for 2003-2004 are Brice Bowman-Laberge as president, Molly Kurz as vice-president, Kim Ross as treasurer, and Tara Poole as secretary. This year the STARS program has taken charge in selling Raider clothing to the student body, with proceeds going to fund more STARS outreach programs. STARS has already traveled to Calais Elementary, Grand Lake Stream and Elm Street, where they have educated the students about identifying and stopping bullying. The STARS program has also organized sit-down dinners for the school on Halloween and Thanksgiving.
INTERNATIONAL
The Cates House, which has been remodeled into a girls’ dormitory for the boarding students, is complete. The girls have settled in and will be enjoying their new recreation room starting this weekend. The rec room will also be open to day students and students in the boys dorm. This will provide a structured and supervised environment for the international and day students to foster new friendships and learn more about other cultures in a relaxed setting.
MEA TES T RESULTS
Washington Academy's senior class were the top scoring seniors in Washington County on the most recently released Maine Educational Assessment test scores. They also had the distinction of placing 15th out of 132 secondar y schools in the State of Maine.
CROSS COUNTRY
MORE SCHOOL NEWS
This year’s cross-countr y team again enjoyed a ver y successful season. Our girls’ team, with only five members, won the DAC title and finished in 4th place in the Eastern Maine Class C division. The boys’ team had its largest number of runners ever – 18! They also won the DAC championship race and finished 3rd in Eastern Maine. Both teams advanced to the state race. Great Job!
For this fall, the WA Players are performing A Christmas Carol adapted by Ed Monk and based on the classic tale by Charles Dickens. Suppor ted by a tech crew led by Brice Bowman-Laberge, the major characters of Scrooge, narrator, Bob Cratchit, Fred, the ghosts of Christmas Past and Present, and Marley are played, respectively, by Shane Ausprey, Caitlin Sullivan, Chris Tarbell, Chris Look, Leila Alciere, Asher Reisman, and Molly Nichols. Other cast members include Jonathan Ramsdell, Alicia Hurley, Emily Lyons, Rianne Barker, Christian Lewis, Jessica Staggs, Jackie Staggs, Nick Tran, John Rothermel, Tess Mattraw, Nile McGhee, Ashley Caddigan, Matt Caston and more. The per formance dates of December 12th & 13th should usher in the Christmas season well. This adaptation is tr ue to the original stor y, played in a traditional fashion. The redemption of a miserly old codger should remind all of us as to the true intent and spirit of Christmas.
‘35
Clayton Vose and his wife Irma (1936) reside in East Machias and are the proud great-grandparents of four boys and one girl.
‘37
Arthur Mitchell presently lives in Gouldsboro. He has very fond memories of commuting from Machiasport to WA in a 1927 Model T Ford.
‘45
Emma Holmes lives in Machiasport and is the proud grandmother of two grandchildren who are attending college and a one-year-old grandchild.
‘47
Ellen Cates and her husband Ed live in Whiting on Gardner’s Lake. Ellen works part time at the Whiting Town Office.
‘59 Marilyn Ellsmore resides in Marshfield. She is the proud grandmother of two grandsons and one granddaughter. Sandra Ackley Beal was married three years ago to Donald Beal She is very happy and lives in Cutler. She is the proud grandmother of eight grandchildren and one great-granddaughter who lives in Vermont. Anna Geel has retired from Hilltop Auto Body after 28 years! She lives on Gardner’s Lake in East Machias.
‘63 Jerry Smith is currently living in Baileyville, Maine and working for Domtar Industries. He and his wife Janell have two children.
‘66
Donald Vose and his wife Linda have sold their home in East Machias and are building a new home in Whiting on Gardner’s Lake. The contractor for the building project is his classmate Alan Crosman. Alan and his wife Carol reside in Cutler
‘67
Deborah Cates resides in Cutler and has one grandchild, Dylan. Celia Farris Lemieux also resides in Cutler with her husband, Norber t and is the grandmother of one grandchild, Ryan.
‘74 Franklin Johnson, his wife Debbie and their four children live in Bucks Harbor. He is a teacher and coach at Washington Academy.
‘76
Barbie Cates and her husband Gerald Jr. (1974) live in Cutler Barbie is the K4 teacher at Bay Ridge Elementary and Gerald is a lobster fisherman.
‘78
‘82
Alumni News and Notes
Virginia Dennison lives in Ellswor th and is an elementary teacher.
Susan Berry Nevells and her husband, Dale, are residing in Blue Hill where they just purchased a new home. Susan is busy with three children, Andrea, Dale and Jessica, while her husband works as a wood floor finisher.
‘83
Kevin Patrick Delaney is currently residing in Pasadena, Maryland with his wife, Gina and their two children. He is employed by the U.S. Postal Service.
‘85
Theresa Bryant Farnsworth is married to Tracy Farnsworth (1980). She teaches at the Machias Valley Christian School. Theresa’s oldest son Clint Gardner is now 12. He is also the son of Clinton “Jack” Gardner, Class of 1979. Theresa and Tracy also have two other children, Andrew, eight, and Cameryn who is 3.
‘88 Holly Drew married Corey Fitch in September of 2001 and shares a home in Naples, Maine with her husband and new baby daughter, Maura Grace who was born on Januar y 6, 2003. Heather Greaves Kallis has been happily married since ‘94 to Matt Kallis who was the drummer in the band at her prom. Radio Heart was the name. She met up with him again in Camden years later and the rest is history. They have three beautiful girls, Hannah 7, Olivia 5 and Isabelle 1. Heather has owned a daycare business for six years and is in the process of expanding to provide for for ty kids. Along with such a busy schedule, she is also taking classes at USM in American Sign Language.
‘89 Joey Cassista is in the U.S. Navy stationed in Virginia along with his wife Kimberly and one child. He is employed as a chief gunners mate.
‘90 Danny McGovern is currently finishing a year in Kuwait and Iraq after joining the Army one month after graduating from high school. He is married to Jenny Gardner, Class of 1991, and they have a daughter, Samantha who is in the 1st grade. He states that “although he didn’t graduate from W.A., the three years that he spent here were some of the best of his life.” He will always remember the friends that he made and wishes them all health and happiness.
‘93
Jennifer Hawkins Smith and her husband, Peter, live in Penobscot, Maine. They have two children. Their son Layne was born 2/2/98 and their daughter Madison was born 3/23/01.
‘94
Cheyenne Marie Stone Kimes is currently living in Kentucky with her husband Justin and 1 child. John and Beverly Pope of Whiting are proud to announce that their daughter, Allison Chase Pope, has received the degree of Doctor of Medicine from Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Allison was awarded her degreeina hooding ceremony on June 6, 2003 at the Kimmell Regional Performing Arts Center in Philadelphia. Attending the ceremony were her parents and her brothers, Ian of Las Cruces, New Mexico and Eric, a student at Worcester Polytechnical Institute. Allison is now doing her three-year residency in Family Practice at the Maine Medical Center in Por tland, Maine and is ver y happy to be back home in Maine. Allison was the 1994 Valedictorian of Washington Academy and graduated from Colgate University in 1998.
The Corbett Family
This photo of the Corbett family was taken in Virginia recently where they attended their granddaughter’s wedding. Neil and Allie remain busy with their daily routines, while Neil still lobster fishes and they both enjoy activities with their church. Their daughter Sue Ann ‘67 resides in Woodland and is very busy with her work at a dental of fice and helping out with her grandchildren. Bill ‘63 and his wife Judy of 31 years are still living in Virginia, but recently purchased a summer home in Cutler. They are in the process of renovating. Joan ’79 was busy working on the day the photo was taken. She also lives in Virginia and her youngest, Michael, just star ted high school. Her daughter, Katie, is a junior in high school.
Alumni News and Notes
‘95
Hilary Phelps Stevens is currently living in Florida where she owns and operates a daycare. She and her husband, Jarrod, have a baby girl, Sierra Cheyenne, born in August of 2002. Michael D. Allen and his wife, Wendy, live in Bentonville, Arizona and he works in marketing as a buyer for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
‘97
Allison Goodwin Chaffey and her husband, Michael, are currently residing in Dennysville in a new home. They have four children, Aaron, 5, Jason, 4, Tommy, 2, and Joseph, six months. HeatherLea Morgan is living in South Carolina where she is working hard as a full-time mom and part-time cashier. She shares with us that she is a happy mom and doing well for herself. Her daughter is three years old and they visit Maine often. Jonathan Mather and his wife, Lara, are celebrating the birth of their new son,
Philip Joseph Mather, who was born on October 2nd, and joins sister Grace.
‘98
Matt Longfellow is working at WLBZ News Center 2 as producer of the six o’clock news Monday through Friday. He has held this position since 2000. He works closely with anchors Donna Gormley, Ric Tyler, Steve McKay and Wayne Harvey to bring local news, weather and sports to Eastern, Central and Northern Maine.
‘99
MatthewCollins Gardner moved to Burlington, Vermont in April of 2003, after being offered the job of Production Director and Head Copy Writer for WXXX-FM. Jay Tarbell graduated cum laude from Daniel Webster College in Nashua, New Hampshire with a Bachelor of Science degree in Aviation Flight Operations in May 2003. He is employed as a
Jason Ackley Memorial Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis M. Huntley ‘42
Mrs. Ellen Cates ‘47
Mr. Everett Farnsworth ‘52
Mr. and Mrs. Richard & Lorraine ’58 Stanhope
Mr. Wendall B. Libby ‘64
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne M. Wood ‘64
Ms. Jacqueline Santos ‘65
Mr. and Mrs. Dale & Jean Richardson ‘66, ‘70
Mrs. Janis Clay ‘67
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle & Debbie Guptill ‘70
Mr. Michael Look ‘71
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil & Darlene Wood ‘71, ‘76
Mr. and Mrs. Rober t & Pam Cates ’72, ‘73
Mrs. Laurie Cur tis ‘74
Mrs. Patricia Snowdeal ‘73
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel & Angie Hall ’78,’80
Mr. Peter K. Hall ‘84
Mrs. Jennifer Wood ‘91
Ms. April Har mon ‘96
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bourdeau
Mr. and Mrs. S.V. Burch
Mrs. Norma Cammarata
Mr. and Mrs. Brian & Wanda Cates ‘72
Mr. and Mrs. Rober t Cleary
Mrs. Jean Crosman
Brenda and Amanda Emery
Mrs. Madeline Flood
Mrs. Dorothy Gaddis
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur & Alice Gardner ’38, ‘38
Mrs. and Mrs. Clinton & Mary Gardner ‘49
Mrs. Patricia Hall
Mr. Charles Jung
Mr. and Mrs. Judson & Paula McBrine
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Mahar
Ms. Heidi D. Nelson
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Peters
Mr. and Mrs. Verlan & Maxine Por ter ’53, ‘58
Mrs. Mar y Romaniello
Ms. Shelagh Talbot
American Federation of Government Employees 2635
Ashley & Harmon Logging, Inc.
R.H. Foster, Inc.
Twilla Willigar Flaherty Dutton ’39 02/22/2003
Horace Day ’40 04/2003
Elaine Bryant Maker ’30 04/07/2003
Effie Crane Bates ’28 04/18/2003
Constance Plourde Carlton ’76 05/26/2003
Helen A. Pettegrow Robertson ’68 06/13/2003
Tyler Breydon Demarest
flight instructor atDaniel Webster College.
‘01Adam Demarest is currently deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He will be away until Aprilof 2004. His wife Shannon (2000) is awaiting his return along with their new baby boy, Tyler Breydon, who was born on March 10, 2003. He was a healthy 8 lbs. 4 oz. and 21 inches long. Adam was fortunate to be home through the whole pregnancy and birth of their new son. Congratulations!! Christopher Cote was married in September 2002 just after finishing Army basic training. Chris and his wife, Sarah had a baby girl, Katrina Marie, on August 13. She was7 lbs. 6oz. and 19.5inches long. Chris has been deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom since March 2003. His new family is anxiously awaiting his safe return next spring.
‘02 Seaman Corin R.B. Dowling has earned distinction as a Distinguished Military Graduate upon completion of Gunner’s Mate Class “A” Course at Training Support Center, Great Lakes, Illinois. The distinction as Distinguished Military Graduate is reserved for those students who exhibit exemplar y militar y conduct, exceptional leadership qualities and academic achievement while at Ser vice School Command.
‘03
Victor Hawkins recently returned home after successfully completing his basic training. He graduated in the top 10% of his platoon. While he was in basic, he received medals for marksmanship with a 9mm pistol, sharpshooter with an M16 and expert grenade thrower. He is now a Military Police Officer for the United States Army
Margaret Dwelley Wright ’26 06/17/2003
Hollis E. Matthews ’42 06/23/2003
James A. Ackley ’40 07/26/2003
Anthony Look ’27 07/31/2003
Judith Frye Wiswell ’57 08/02/2003
Priscilla Walsh Maggiori Alley ’47 10/15/2003
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