Also in this issue:

Barrett Allen ’08 - Portrait of an Artist page 9

Senior Point Projects Across the Globe page 10

Gould’s Artist-in-Residence page 12

Furniture Designer Eric Ritter ’95is a Futurist Obsessed

with the Past page 4

An artist’s edition

What will your legacy be?

Thanks to the James D. and Consuelo Z. Alger Scholarship Fund, no one is missing at graduation.

To learn more about Planned Giving at Gould, contact the Development Office at 207-824-7707.

Be a part ofthe fun...The Gould Admissions Office has manyvolunteer opportunities. In the past, parentsand alumni have hosted prospective studentreceptions, attended school fairs, made callson behalf of the school, and identifiedpotential students.

...and help ustell Gould’s story!

If you’d like to volunteer, please contact Gould Admissions

at 207-824-7777.

GOULD ACADEMY ALUMNI MAGAZINE | WINTER 2008

HEAD OF SCHOOLDan Kunkle

EDITORTucker Kimball

CLASS NOTES COORDINATORBecky Cummings

PHOTOGRAPHYM. Dirk MacKnight

BOARD OF TRUSTEESDeborah F. Hammond ’61, PresidentJohn F. Kelley ’61, Vice PresidentPhilip H. Grantham, TreasurerWendy E. Penley, SecretaryJohn J. Riley III, Member at LargeRichard H. Packard ’66, President ElectSven-Olof S. BödenforsTheodore W. Brown II ’85 Lee F. Carroll ’55 Dr. Donald M. Christie, Jr. ’60 Régis A. de Ramel ’93C. Conway Felton IIIBetsey B. FitzgeraldDr. Ralph H. JanickiWilliam H. Kieffer IIISuzanne W. LaniganPaul F. Mickey, Jr.Stephanie W. MontgomeryLeslie B. OttenMarsha G. PlantingRichard H. Ramage ’61 Margaret M. SchubertKimberly A. Siebert ’73Jan L. Skelton ’84 Christine S. Teague ’66 S. Quincy O. Van Winkle ’86 Stephen M. WilkinsElizabeth W. WinderEdward J. Yasko III

The Gazette is published twice a year by theCommunications Office at Gould Academy. We welcome your letters, story ideas and photos.

TO CONTACT THE EDITOR:Tucker Kimball | Director of Communications 39 Church Street | P.O. Box 860 | Bethel, ME 04217kimballt@gouldacademy.org | (207) 824-7778

ON THE COVER: Eric Ritter ’95 relaxes in theMorphology occasional chair, one piece in a series of furniture he has been refining over the past nine years.

© 2008 Gould Academy | www.gouldacademy.org

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Furniture Designer EricRitter ’95 is a FuturistObsessed with the PastEric Ritter ’95 blends practicality,artistry and environmental awarenessin his new furniture line, Morphology.

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The Language of ColorGould’s Artist-in-Residence, LouiseBourne, is teaching her students a newway to talk about the Maine landscape.

Letters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2The Annual Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Alumni Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Class Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-24In Memoriam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Senior Point Projects Across the Globe . . 10Alumni Weekend ’08 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

your legacy be?

Ed Swain ’48 Congratulations on your outstanding issue of theGAzette. It was a great issue and I enjoyed it. Therecertainly are a lot of good things happening at Gould. I remember watching them build Farnsworth. Theywould toss red hot rivets up to a man at the top of thestructure and he would catch them in a bucket, thendrive them home to hold the girders together.

John Todd ’60I picked up a copy of the latest GAzette in theadmissions office today and took it home to digestproperly. Finally, the school has put out a first classMAGAZINE. The photography coupled with thefine writing that each piece contained really carriesthe day. The alumni pages are a true step-up inquality that alumni will surely pay attention to, andthe overall message of positive growth that the schoolimbues each page. Well done!As to the old floor in the cage, it was in fact an old

floor salvaged out of Boston Garden in the early ’50s.It was laid down east to west as opposed to north tosouth as it is now. Former Gould English teacher C.Gary Hill ’62 who died in 1991 had some of the floorin his new house in Hollis (before he came to Gould toteach in 1981) and had all the colored lines sanded out.He was one of my best friends, and I saw the floor inhis home during construction. Now, did I see the bill ofsale from Boston Garden? No, but if I couldn’t take theword of then Director of Physical Education JoeRoderick, whose could I rely on?!

Paul Pierce ’66Whether the story about the floor being from theBoston Garden is truth or rumor, I would like to addto the urban legend. I picked up the story somewherewhen I attended during the 60’s – even passed on thestory to my children when we visited this January. I canrecall the dirt floor being prepped and hundreds ofpieces of wood 4 x 4s and larger, being lined up andleveled. Then the sections of the floor would bebrought in and screwed to this lattice work on the dirt.As you can imagine, the floor was very bouncy alongthe edges of the panels over the supports, and a littledead in the middle. Took quite a lot of getting used to.Since we had gym every day, we got the chance to seethe floor being built and torn down every season.I have a copy of the Gould information brochure and

admissions application from around this time, probably’64 – lists the newest building Bingham Hall with Mr.Vachon presiding over an assembly. In that publicationit lists the floor as being a “portable hardwood floor forbasketball” and shows a very good picture of it fromthe balcony at one end. Can’t see the individualsections, but shows how everything was set up withnets on the side.

We Love Getting Mail!Send your letters to: Gould Communications, Gould Academy 39 Church Street, PO Box 860, Bethel, ME 04217 or email: gazette@gouldacademy.org.

Letters should be a maximum of 250 words. Gouldreserves the right to edit letters for length and clarity.Please include an address and daytime phone number.

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LETTERS

Photo of the old basketball court courtesy of Mr. Pierce’s Gould brochure circa 1964.

In the GAzette last winter, we asked whether or not Gould’s wooden basketball courtfrom the 1950s originally belonged to the Boston Celtics. Below are the answers andsome other thoughts on our magazine. Thank you for your letters and feedback.

The Annual Fund2008-2009

The student-advisor relationship. Finding the right college fit.Two ways Gould helps students become the best versions of themselves everyday.

Joe Johnson & Elyse Barnard

“Mr. McLaughlin and I had a good relationship from band last year. I asked him to be my advisor this year becausehe’s into music like me. He’s going to help me find summermusic programs and colleges and universities with goodmusic programs. He’s very talented, fun loving and easy going. We had an

advisory meeting at his house instead of formal dinner a fewweeks ago. It’s like a big log cabin. We had hamburgers andcorn. It was really fun. When I leave Gould I think I’ll remember having lots of

fun with Mr. McLaughlin, but I know I’ll also remember thathe helped me find new opportunities and grow as a person.”

“I’ve always wanted to be my own boss and have had aknack for entrepreneurship. I was the kid in elementary schoolthat sold gum on the bus.I’m looking at a number of schools where I can pursue business

management and play lacrosse. My top choice is Western NewEngland College. I visited there over Parents’ Weekend and itjust felt like a great fit. They have an excellent lacrosse programand a top business program. If not WNEC, I’d love to go toGuilford College, Endicott, or the College of Wooster. I did arecruiting combine at Endicott. They’ve got strong academicsand a good business program too. The College Counseling Office has helped me find the

schools that are the right fit for me. They also let me knowwhat I need to do in the classroom or for the NCAAClearinghouse. Everytime I walk into their office I’m eitheron the phone with my mom or a college lacrosse coach, andeveryone there is ready to help. They are all resources.”

Help Gould become the best version of itself. Make your Annual Fund gift today online at give.gouldacademy.org, or call Marie Aron in the Gould Advancement Office at 207-824-7707.

Your Gift. Your Impact. One Student at a Time

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Written by Joshua Bodwell – Photography by Irvin SerranoReprinted with permission of Maine Home+Design Magazine

We are all floating down life’s river, but each of us must choosewhich shores to explore and how far upstream we dare venture. Someof us, however, might as well put the maps and compasses away—ourjourney has already been plotted. Take furniture artisan Eric Ritter, ayoung designer and craftsman who is every bit as old-fashioned as heis modern. Ritter’s paternal grandfather was, not only a woodworker, but the

kind of man who used a tool chest that had been handed downthrough his family since the 1870s. Ritter’s maternal grandfather was,not only an engineer, but the kind of man who, in retirement, hand-crafted a full-sized and fully functional replica of a World War II-eraGerman Stuka fighter plane from raw materials.

FurnitureDesigner EricRitter ’95is a Futurist Obsessed with the Past

A furniture maker focused on recycling and the cycleof life PROFILE – ERIC RITTER ’95

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It seems that the 31-year-old Ritter was predestinedfrom youth to weld together the passions of these twomonumental figures in his life. That he has used theirexamples of craftsmanship and design to createMorphology, a line of outdoor furniture that gracefullyjoins stainless steel and wood, is a testament to Ritter’sown gifts as artist. And while some of his talents maybe innate, he has worked hard to refine them. A child of South Freeport, Ritter attended Gould

Academy and took full advantage of the school’s well-equipped woodshop. Before he graduated in 1995,he had not only turned out metal and wood sculpturebut had also built tables and cabinets. Ritter went on to study in the furniture department at the RhodeIsland School of Design. “I’d always been interested in architecture and art, and how they work together in a physical space,” explains Ritter, “so furniture felt like a perfect blend between architecture and fine art.”At RISD, Ritter’s courses often explored the purely

sculptural aspects of furniture. His artistic urges,however, never wholly overwhelmed his practicalmind, and he focused on designing chairs that were asutilitarian and they were gorgeous to behold. “I lovechairs because they are really something you engagewith, something your body forms to,” says Ritter.Ritter graduated from design school in 2000 and

settled in a decrepit circa-1790 New Gloucester farmhouse with his wife, Johanna Flath, a painter andart instructor. By this time, Ritter was already building

prototypes for his Morphology line. With a patience helikely gleaned from his grandfathers, Ritter settled intohis home, made major repairs, created a workshop inthe attached barn, and made his living crafting customcabinetry and furniture. For nine years, Ritter continuedto distill his own designs and gently tweak them beforefinally launching Morphology last October.The Morphology series feels at once modern and

organic; it is an elegant and well-considered balance ofstainless-steel frames coupled to wooden seats andbacks. There are now four types of chairs, four tables,and three sizes of gently swirling plant stands.

At the heart of Ritter’s work is his belief in ecologicaldesign. During the evolution of the Morphology series,Ritter read Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We MakeThings by William McDonough and Michael Braungart.The book—which explores, among other things, waste-free production techniques—validated Ritter’sproduction ideals.“I chose the stainless steel for several reasons,”

explains Ritter. “First, it doesn’t require a toxic finishthat would one day flake and damage the environment.Second, it is a 60 to 80 percent recycled material.” ButRitter has gone one step farther. While most materials,such as plastic or paper, decrease in quality as they arerecycled, Ritter believes in the practice of upcycling—

“I’d always been interested in architecture and art, and how theywork together in a physical space,”

explains Ritter, “so furniture felt like a perfect blend between

architecture and fine art.”

Ritter admires the fruits of his compost heap: a bountiful gardenthat is lovingly tended by his wife, the painter Johanna Flath.

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transforming a disposable or recycled material intosomething that is more valuable, useful, and longlasting. For the slats and seats of his chairs, Ritter slices hardwoods and laminates them back togetherinto sumptuous curves using a process that requires no milling and creates very little waste. The finishedwood is coated with only natural oils or stains. Ritter’s shop—where he hand-bends each

stainless-steel component and handles all the weldinghimself—is run by locally derived, emission-free elec-tricity purchased through Maine Renewable Energy. Some of Ritter’s new work is taking a more traditional

approach to recycling by mixing stainless steel withreclaimed pine and fir. His newest dining table istopped with 200-year-old pine from a barn that wasbeing torn down. “Look at this tight grain,” enthusesRitter as he runs his hand along the top. “This is abeautiful relic from the past.”When guests visit his shop and home, Ritter often

leads them out the back door, saying mysteriously, “I’dlike to show you my latest project…I’m really proud ofit.” He wanders through the lush gardens, past half adozen varieties of garlic and twice as many lettuces,but not all the way to his stacks of beehives, where heextracts beeswax to rub on stainless steel and wood.When he reaches a ramshackle construction of oldpallets, he stops.“This is my compost bin,” says Ritter proudly. “This

pretty much says it all about what I’m trying to do.” It’s

easy to see that if he weren’t weaving steel and woodtogether into stylish, comfortable furniture, Ritter couldbe a farmer happily following the seasonal cycle of life.“My work is always referring to circles, loops, andcontinuous lines. I love that philosophy,” he says witha smile. He is a futurist obsessed with the past.Ritter’s New Gloucester home is fertile land for furni-

ture makers. Thomas Moser got started in this neck ofthe woods, and C. H. Becksvoort, the master of Shakerfurniture, still works just down the road. But Ritter hasthrown away the maps and is charting his own course.And if he needs inspiration, he has plenty of it close tohome: there is his paternal grandfather’s tool chest at oneend of the shop, and a tassel from a World War I Germanofficer’s uniform, which once belonged to his maternalgrandfather, hangs on a nail at the other end.

SEE THE MORPHOLOGY SERIES:Addo Novo, 490 Congress Street, Portland, addonovo.comEli Phant, 253 Congress Street, Portland, eli-phant.com

ERIC RITTER:rfurn.com

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Ritter walks the line.

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ALUMNI PROFILE

Barrett Allen ’08 talks about Gould’s visual arts program and how it preparedher for the Rhode Island School of Design.

Q: Did you know you’d focus on art when you cameto Gould?

A: Yes. Both my parents are full-time artists. I grew up in studios; I grew up in that world. Because I alwayswanted to go to RISD, I didn’t want to go to schoolaround Providence. But Gould’s art department wasn’tthe deciding factor to go there. A lot of the schools Ilooked at were focused mainly on what college you’d getinto and not about what you’d be doing while there.There were a lot of opportunities at Gould which I liked.

Q:What art classes did you take and what were someof your favorites?

A:The design class was exceptional. While you are init, it is hard work and you may not like it but it is soimportant. I’m more of a 3-D person so I loved sculpture which got me into wire. I also took silversmithing which was great because I took asummer silversmithing course at RISD after my sophomore year. I never took pottery but all myfriends did and loved it.

Q:What are you doing in your first year at RISD?

A: As a freshman, I’m in the foundation program. Thisconsists of two liberal arts classes and three studio classes,3D, 2D, and drawing. Each studio class meets once aweek for eight hours straight. This intensive program willhelp me decide my major. Currently, I am interested inindustrial design.

Q:How did Gould prepare you?

A: Gould’s art department is not high school level. It’sbeyond that and I really tried to take advantage of itand all the options it offered. Again, the design class –it teaches you perspective, color, line quality, placementon paper, everything you’ll use in another class. I don’t

think I would have been as successful in my otherclasses without it. I even considered taking it again thespring of my senior year so it would be fresh going intocollege. The faculty too; teachers in the art departmentreally embrace the individual and want you to succeed.They work with you on a collaborative level.

Portrait of an Artist An interview

“Gould’s art department isnot high school level. It’s

beyond that and I really triedto take advantage of it andall the options it offered.”

Barrett Allen ’08

For their final Four Point project, some seniors stay near while others travel the globe.In the end their journey is one of self-discovery, knowledge, and risk which knows noboundaries. Here are just a few adventures of recent seniors...

The Languageof ColorLouise Bourne speaks in color, and for a landscapeartist where better to immerse yourself in thatlanguage than Bethel, ME in the fall. >

Twice a week she and her students explore the smallNew England village, the Gould campus, andsurrounding mountains and valleys quilted with vibrantreds, burnt oranges and lemony yellows. Their task? – To take in the scenery and write their reactions in thickoils. “I want the students to experience looking at theworld and painting a compelling response,” says Bournewith an easy smile. “It’s one thing to make somethingrecognizable but it is a different thing to get across the joy of looking at the world.”Bourne is Gould’s Artist-in-Residence. She has moved

from her coastal home of Sedgwick, ME to Gould for thefall semester, where she teaches a class in oil paintingwhile creating her own body of work in response to thearea. This January she will present her collection inGould’s Owen Art Gallery. Her students will exhibit their work in February.“In the past we’ve had one-day workshops where artists

come in but these were always just a snapshot,” says JanBaker, head of the school’s visual arts department.“Louise’s class is one we wouldn’t normally be able tooffer. It’s also another, different teaching style. This issomething our students need to get used to because it’swhat they’ll find in college.” For Baker, Bourne is a perfect fit for Gould. Not only

does she have a wealth of teaching experience rangingfrom primary school to post-secondary, but she knowsGould, having worked on campus with sophomore FourPoint projects over the last five years.

Teaching the LanguageBourne will tell you that making a picture is not a static

endeavor. There is no formula; there are no rules, howeverthere are preparation and discipline. Like with any language, Bourne begins with the

building blocks but instead of letters and words, herstudents learn oil – her favorite medium. “I love howversatile it is,” she says. “You can use it thin, you can useit thick. You can scrape it. I love that aspect of oil. I givethe students exercises in mixing paint. They get used toit physically, experience its qualities and see how thecolors interact with each other.” After the foundation, students learn how to find a

subject in which they can see colors interacting and howthey might transcribe that interaction onto canvas. Thisgets complicated in Bethel. If color is language, then thehardwood and evergreen landscapes of fall in western

Maine can be a dizzying array of words. Where to begin?It’s easy to be overwhelmed. To simplify things Bournechooses specific subjects where her students can easilyfocus and dissect what is in front of them. The view atnearby Davis Park provides a nice lesson. Mountainsmaintain the background; a layer of trees hold themiddle while the Androscoggin River reflects both inthe foreground. Each of these three clearly perceptiblelayers of geography can be represented through twoshades of color, she says and students learn to mix thosecolors. They can then represent a breathtaking landscapeby pulling a simple sentence out of the complexity infront of them. Next, they work on technique – physically getting

the paint from the palette and onto canvas, where andhow they want it – in order to convey what it is theysee. The practice helps their paintings grow morecomplex as the students become more comfortablewith the language. They describe their landscapethrough bright participles, deeply hued clauses, andearthy prepositions. Lastly, they work on expression – the voice in their

piece. For Bourne, expression cannot be dictated butcomes with the process. It’s a very Gould notion. “If youare paying attention to your honest response to thisprocess, your individual expression will come through.”

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The Languageof Color

As with any language, Bourne begins with thebuilding blocks but instead of letters and words, herstudents learn oil – her favorite medium.

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Always the StudentBourne’s connection with Maine and its scenic land-

scapes began as a young girl. Growing up in Connecticutand Washington, D.C., she looked forward to summersand the two weeks she’d spend at her grandmother’shouse in Castine. It was there she was first inspired by thebeauty and clarity of the Maine coast and Penobscot Baywhere she makes her home today.For Bourne, the process that her students go through is

no different from her own. Each day as she works on herown collection she surveys the landscape, finding thoseareas that inspire her and then describing them in herlanguage. It’s a process she knows quite well and iscomfortable with, especially in the Penobscot Bay area. But, new landscapes pose new challenges. “I sympathize

with my students,” she muses. “I’m going through thesame process that I’m teaching because it’s a new land-scape for me. If I’m struggling with some colors, I knowthe students are as well.”Since arriving she’s driven down logging roads,

hiked up mountain trails, wandered town fairs, andstrolled campus and Bethel, constantly searching forthe spot where colors tell a story. “I love geography –the valleys, the rivers and the mountains and hills.

I want to see everything first. I’ve been getting a layof the land.”What she is finding is a bounty – a treasure of

inspiration. At home, surrounded by her own familiarlandscape, she typically produces pieces in the 30” x 40”range. But here, she finds herself working quickly onmany small pieces, turning out six 12” x 12” pieces atone spot, moving to the next and producing six more.“There’s so much to see here. The little pieces show

what it’s like to be in a new place. I didn’t want to closemy doors,” she says. The Artist-in-Residence concept this year will hope-

fully become a framework for future programs, saysBaker. The fresh eyes, advice and information arehealthy for the program but finding the right persontakes careful consideration. “Louise is terrific because she knows Gould. There’s a

level of trust which gives her real freedom to teach. Who’sthe next artist in residence? I don’t know, but we’d love todo it again!”

WHERE TO SEE LOUISE’S WORK: www.louisebourne.com

Anne Irwin Fine ArtAtlanta, Georgia

www.anneirwinfineart.com

Court House Gallery Fine ArtEllsworth, Maine

www.courthousegallery.com

gWatson GalleryStonington, Maine

www.gwatsongallery.com

The Leighton GalleryBlue Hill, Maine

www.leightongallery.com

Smith Killian Fine ArtCharleston, South Carolinawww.smithkillian.com

Since arriving she’s driven down logging roads, hiked up mountaintrails, wandered town fairs, and strolled campus and Bethel, constantlysearching for the spot where colors tell a story.

This January in the Owen Art Gallery, Bourne will present her own body of work in response to the area.

alumni weekend ’08

The damp weather was no match for the warm spirit at Alumni Weekend, September 26-28, 2008. Over 400 people from around the world came to reconnect with teachers and old friends and to reminisce on their days at Gould.

(above) Members of the Class of 1973

(below) From left to right: Ian Siekman ’07 and Kian Merchant-Borna ’03

(left) From left to right: Ashley Oliver ’03 and Robin Chace ’03

(above, clockwise) Christine

McCarthy ’88, Cleveland Gardner

’75, Leigh Woodbury ’98 and

Charles Hurd

(right) Jay Davis ’86 and

Matt Bevin ’85

(left) From left to right: Meredith

Otten ’93, Mary Joe “MJ” Reed ’95

and Lauren Head

(above) From left to right: Paul Louis ’83 and Bob Fiske ’83

(below) Steve and Suzanne Lazure Washburn ’41

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1944Class Agent: Carol LeClair gilcarlec@cox.netHi Class of 1944 from sunny Arizona. Iwant you all to keep late September 2009in mind for our 65th class reunion. Canyou believe that number?? We lookforward to a fantastic turn-out like wehave always had in the past.

We learned in an article from TheSaratogian paper in New York dated08/20/2008 that Tom Jacobs wasinducted in the National Ski Hall ofFame in September. Betty Burton Reidphones occasionally from Bend, Oregon.She and Duncan love their area and theviews from their home sound spectacular.Hi and Mary Lou Berry ’45 are enjoyingtheir summer house and it’s beautifulsetting. I call it the “Berry Compound”with all of their children and grandchildren living around them.

Mava Jones Miller is living in Huntsville,Alabama now. Sadly, John died lastOctober, but I am happy to report thatMava is doing great. Jeanne MarshallSawyer lives in Jacksonville, Florida nearher family and she reports enjoying hergrandkids. Roger Gould recently moveddown the road to Palm Desert, California.He is very active in his new area but alsodoes a great deal of traveling visiting manyfriends as well as his children and theirfamilies. Sadly I report that his sweet wifeMae died in October 2006. Mae alwaysattended our class reunions with Rog andwe all enjoyed her friendliness.

I had great phone visits with BarbaraCoolidge Crocker, Debbie FarwellEldredge, Arlene Davis Lowell,Margaret Chaffee and Joanne LibbyHayes-Glover. Joannne belongs toseveral active groups and swims twice aweek, she also works at the DeertreesTheater in Harrison, Maine.

Gil and I are fine. Gil was a “householdengineer” for several months during myknee replacement surgery that kept uspretty confined to Green Valley. Hemanaged this without missing out onhis golf schedule. We will travel againin 2009.

Stay well, Stay positive, Stay busy.

1947Class Agent NeededBetty Wilcox writes in to say: “What agreat reunion in 2007! We missedeveryone who couldn’t come, but all of usthere had a great time. Gould haschanged considerably but somehow it isstill the same (at least in our memory). Itwas fun to walk around town and see thenew stores and the restored houses.Bethel has come into its own...it’s alovely, interesting town and Gould is alarge part. A good time was had by all!!Our sad news is that Betsy Norton Dowpassed away December 20, 2007. Westopped with Betsy and Walter inNovember on our way to Florida andhad a nice visit. Though we knew Betsywasn’t well, this was very unexpected.Our condolences and prayers to Walterand the family. I am correcting the classlist. Please - any move, address change,phone, e-mail - let me or the AlumniOffice know immediately. We can’t loseanyone now - keep in touch with eachother and Gould.”

1948Class Agent NeededClass Correspondent: Lyn Vinton Beliveaulvinton@aol.comLyn Vinton Beliveau writes in: “Reunionwas attended by a small but cheerfulgroup. We mourned the loss during thepast year of two members – ErlandScribner and Dick Aldrich. We met at

the parade and lunch, and in the eveningat Mike Brown’s. He has moved to a newplace near the Sudbury Inn. Interestingly,a part of this house was moved there inthe 1930’s to make room for the Gouldfield house.

Ed and Ruth Judkins Bailey came fromtheir Florida home. Dick and Peg Baylescame from Old Orchard Beach, ME.Dick Melville has been on the localschool board for twelve years, and isthinking of retiring. Ed Swain, whosesummer camp is an hour and a halfnorth of Bethel, had gone back to SouthCarolina, but came north for this event.

We spent a fair amount of time playingthe “Whatever happened to ...?” game,and finally decided to try to keep intouch on a more formal basis. For thatreason, I am asking class members tokeep in touch. I’ll send out remindernotes later, after I recover from getting anew knee the end of this month.”

1955Class Agent NeededMr. David B. Biggins writes “We stillseem to have some missing in actionclassmates. Anybody have any clues as toLarry Spinney or Ruth Mordecai, forexample? My family and I are still inRiner, VA. All is well here. The address,e-mail and phone number are the same.Some day, I really would like to get backto Gould to see all of you!”

1956Class Agent: Ann Hastings Mortondamorton@megalink.netNorman E. Hill writes in to say“having reflected on the last five yearsof travel, adventure, and precious timewith my family and friends, I havemade the decision to take at least a yearoff, attend to some important things,

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and be ready to hit the road again witha new 5 year plan…During my travels I have met many wonderful people,traveled 43 states and put 38,000 mileson my house. I have been able to live inand enjoy three of the most beautifuland diverse parts of the country and beup close to those I love. Many people Ihave met have envied my lifestyle andmade me realize how lucky I am to beable to live my dream. It would nothave been possible to live this dreamwithout the loving support and helpfrom many of you when I needed it.Each trip included at least one unantic-ipated challenge and your help was soappreciate. I have noticed some newgoals on my list, which I have added asI achieved others. I am looking to dothings which I have never done before!I will let you know about that when Ihave a new adventure set up. I’m sure thatyou know by now to expect anything. Mygoal is still to live life “full out” until Iassume room temperature… Have agreat fall and come on down when theweather gets cold!!”

Sandra Myers Paap is now retired. Shehas two daughters and four grandchildrenall of whom live in New York-onedaughter in New York City and one inthe Utica area. Sandy is having a greattime playing grandmother!

1959Class Agent: DJ Bigos LaVoiebobndj@comcast.netAt Alumni Weekend Kirk Newson, RuthStevens Chase, John Vinton, Eric Wight,Judy Ingram and I gathered to enjoy theAlumni Luncheon on Saturaday.

After catching up on the past five yearsand news of other classmates, we werejoined by Tim Carter, LeeAnnPippenger and Ellie Jodrey to start plansfor our own 50th Reunion. It was fastpaced and very productive. We will becontacting everyone very soon with ourvery exciting plans. Remember to savethe date for next year.

1961Class Agent NeededNotes from the field. Hilda Nafarratereports that Debby Hammand wasmarried to Owen Garfield this pastSeptember. Debby said that she looksforward to our meeting him at our 50th reunion, if not before. Please join me in congratulating Debby on her awesome news.

1962Class Agent NeededIra Hubbard reports “I’m OK, doingfine so far as a professional vagabondafter having left the banana business in1988 because of the heavy guerilla pressure at the time. What a difference agood president (the current one), makes!Below is a picture of me and my wifeFlor taken on my last cruise to a jewelthat Nicaragua is claiming as theirs: it’scalled the Serrana Bank-just gorgeous.”

1963Class Agent: Stephen Dockdocks@ecu.eduThe class of 1963 meeting at the JordanBowl on Saturday evening duringAlumni Weekend was attended by about20 people. We had a wonderful timetalking, catching up and eating some ofthe best home-made food of the reunion.

Jane Allen Smith has been in theclothing retail business for nearly 40years, managing a women’s clothing store

in Kennebunkport and traveling to NYCto buy. Her son Andrew ’95 is managingthe Habitat for Humanity Store inPortland, Maine and son Chris is livingin Northern California building houses.Her husband David is still working forthe Baker Company in Sanford, Maine.They are both thinking about retirementin 2 1⁄2 years.

Julia Brown Bennett has retired frombanking for nearly 30 years, and herhusband Jim ’61, retired after 41 years ofteaching at Norwich University. Theyhave moved to 122 High Street in WestParis to be nearer to family and theircamp on South Pond. They spend timewith their children and grandchildren inFort Kent, Maine and in Olney,Maryland. Judi and Bud Carver reportthat Bud retired a year ago, had a hipreplacement, and is “back to 100%.” Judiis still working in the EmergencyDepartment at Mid Coast Hospital.They have three grandchildren, one inGeorgetown, ME and the other two inFlorida. They are looking forward toseeing everyone at the 45th.

Tom Chadbourne has three grown children and one grandchild. He lives in downtown Portland and has his ownland development business. The down-turn in the economy is helping Tom to“practice retirement” and enjoy life in the meantime. Like most of us, Tom iswondering what’s next! Freda Davis isstill taking courses at the University ofMaine at Augusta and working as HeadTeacher at West Bethel Children’sCenter. They celebrated their 39thwedding anniversary in June. Steve Dockand Dr. Carolyn Wilson have had along-distance relationship since the fallof 2004 when Carolyn closed her privatepractice in internal medicine inGreenville, NC and started working forthe VA clinic in Bangor, Maine. Stevehas been at East Carolina U for 21-22years now, and he plans to retire fromthere in 2011. He has been studyingcabinetmaking with Paul Gianino inGreenville for many years now, and hehopes to have a small business fixing

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antiques and building new furnitureworking out of their home in Port Clyde.Carolyn works long hours at the VA andhopes to find a part-time position in thenear future.

Frank Emery, his wife, three adoptedchildren, one grandchild and 92-year-oldfather have moved from Buxton toRaymond, a good location for skiing,where they have been for 6 years. Thechildren participate in lessons at MaineHandicapped Skiing and Frank will bein his 26th year as a team captain at theSki-A-Thon next March. CharlesHaines, Sr. has worked in constructionin the northeastern US for the last 20years and is now semi-retired fromEthan Allen operations as a maintenanceperson. He has more time now for hishobby of wildlife photography (seehomepages.roadrunner.com/chas63/) andoutdoor activities. He and his wife MaryLee do not plan to attend the reunion,but we wish they would. Clifton Jackson,Jr. and wife Kathleen have been back inMaine for several years. They currentlyreside in West Paris, where they raisePercheron draft horses and where theyhave a (lovely!) barn and orchard onAbbott Hill Road.

Charlene Rice Kimball remembers thedays when she and I lived on IntervaleRoad and says “What we wouldn’t giveto go back and start all over again.” Steve“Mac” McLain displays his usual wit:“Nothing’s changed!” Brian and BetsyMcCrodden are closing on a new housein Bedford, VA, near the Blue RidgeParkway, halfway between Roanoke andLynchburg. They are escaping Raleigh,NC to pursue hiking, cycling, gardening,dogs and bonsai. At this point, he issemi-retired, returning to Raleigh towork for Hydrologics, a water resourcesconsulting firm. Linda Nickerson-MacDormand has been enjoying theleisure time of 3 years’ retirement, but is working to have her nursing licensere-instated for part-time employment.The “loves of her life” are her threegrandchildren, Tyler 8, and Colby 4, her son’s boys, and her daughter’s girl

Madalynn 18 months. She is active inthe Portsmouth Garden Club. Delmaand Marcia McMillin report fromLeesburg, Fl where he moved three yearsago and where handy “shopping mallsand restaurants abound.” As an Air Forceretiree, Delma has lived everywhere. Werecall that he even returned to Betheland worked at Gould and did police andsecurity work in Bethel, Oxford County& Brunswick Naval Air Station. He hasreturned to college with a major ineconomics and business management.He & Marcia married in June 2007, andhe will be at Gould for the 50th.

Norma Kimball Salway enjoyed seeingeveryone at the 40th and will be therefor the 45th. Like many of us, sheremembers DeeDee Kellogg’s wonderfulspirit. She is still adjusting to new dutieswhich came her way after David’s death.During his illness, she started writingpoetry and hopes to continue that uponretiring from teaching at the end of thecurrent school year. She has also takenup kayaking. She is seeing an old friend,Terry, from childhood days on the farm.In April, they visited Terry’s son on theisland of Kauai, in Hawaii. “Thissummer, after a year of planning, FredaBennett Davis, her niece Gabriella, and Ivisited Nancy Brown Vargiu in Italy.Nancy and her husband Quinto wereexceptionally gracious hosts. Nancy metus in Rome and accompanied us toVenice, Florence, Pisa, and then to herlovely inn on the island of Sardinia.”Bruce A. Moulton has moved out of themetropolis of Austin, TX to DrippingSprings where he has “roughly two acres”and where their greatest challenge iskeeping Bambi out of the flower beds.They enjoy social settings with theHarley Owners Group and taking grouprides and attending Rallies. He was ableto “return-to-work” as a Policy Advisorfor the commission on environmentalmatters related to the state’s waterresources and the overall health of theGulf of Mexico. In the words of DennyCrain, Bruce will fully retire “When theMad Cow disease finally takes over!”

Ileen Powers Roberts says it seems as ifour graduation picnic and formal dancewere yesterday! She will retire when herhouse in Virginia sells. She and Edpurchased a retirement home in Clover,SC and go there to relax and, eventually,to have a garden. She knits and crochetsand does well selling at craft fairs. Shemay set up a business teaching those dyingskills. This fall she completes 27 years withthe Federal Aviation Administration as anadministrative officer. Her daughter andthree granddaughters live in Billings, MT,and the oldest will graduate from highschool in two years. She welcomesmessages at Ileen.M.Roberts@FAA.GOV.

In 2002, Dr. Mary Ann Chase Vintonand her husband Dr. John Vinton ’59,settled on the Maine coast in Phippsburgon the Kennebec River, one river west ofwhere she grew up. She and John justhad their 44th anniversary! She left workin 2004 with a bad leg fracture and neverwent back. Their boys Nate (30) andAndrew (27), after years overseas, areback in the east in NYC and Boston.Nate is a journalist and Andrew a lawstudent. Kathleen and Cliff Jackson,Steve Dock and Carolyn Wilson, andBud and Judi Carver are either retiringor retired nearby, and they visitfrequently. Diana Weatherby is upsetwith those in Congress who refused toreally increase vehicle fuel efficiency andwho voted to continue large subsidies tobig oil and gas rather than to renewableenergy. Warren Welch has posted manyof the 40th reunion pictures on his website at www.warrenwelch.us, and they’restill there! Last year, he finished a fouryear project of writing a book based onthe life of his great aunt who was born in1883 (see his web site).

Mary Eaton Brothers and her husband are semi-retired in Ft. Myers, FL in thewinter and at their home in Vermont inthe summers. She continues doing interiordesign in Vermont where she also workson HGTV for the local access station.They have five children and five fabulousgrandchildren from ages 8-18. DarleneMorrill Baker retired from Northeast

Bank in Bethel in April 2007. Shespent the last two summers working in Boothbay Harbor at Line Kin BayResort which has allowed her to spend the summer with her twowonderful grandkids.

1965Class Agent: James Cliftonelifton@weeg.comMartha J. Stowell ’65 and Edward “Ted”White ’60 were married on December22, 2007. After a friendship of over 40years they decided to tie the knot.Congratulations to Martha and Ted.While attending a Christmas service attheir church in Copeland Plantation,Maine, Ted and Martha bumped intoAnne Scribner Curren ’65. Anne was inMaine from Oregon visiting her familyfor the holidays. Anne and Martha had agreat time catching up on all that hashappened since they last saw each other.

1966Class Agent: Maryvonne Wolfe Wheelermwheeler@communityconcepts.orgRev. John C. Lombard wrote in thissummer: “These dreary August days havefound me trying out for the first time theGould Academy website, especially theAlumni Portal. 46 six years ago and forthe subsequent years at Gould, I alwaysdelighted in getting to August because,by then, summertime, while wonderful inits own ways along the Maine coast, wasbeginning to feel “long” and I waseagerly anticipating returning to Bethelfor fall, the beginning of a new schoolyear in an exquisitely beautiful setting,and the prospect of seeing dear friendswho would become the Class of ’66. Thisis the time of year when I would beginmy running in preparation for a new yearwith the cross-country team and startthinking about (occasionally dreadingand frequently delighting in) the coursesI would have and the faculty teachingthose classes. The educational mission ofGA incarnated in the faculty, administra-tion, staff, and friends was wonderful(even if all my grades were not!), and I

have discovered with the passing years adeepening of my appreciation of all thatGould offered, the priceless opportuni-ties and friendships it provided, and thememories which continue to add somuch to the meaning of a lifetime ofpurposeful living. I hope that any class-mates visiting this site will take from itmy very best wishes, hoping that you arewell and thriving and looking forward toour 45th reunion.

1968Class Agent NeededDr. Ned Robertson reports: “During thefirst week in December (2007), I spentthree days (and two nights) on maneuversin the Pacific aboard the U.S.S. Nevada, aTrident Missile submarine. This was thefirst time since 9-11 the Navy hadallowed civilians on board one of these“boomer” subs for more than a couple ofhours. What an experience!! I assumethey invited me because they found out Ihad graduated from Gould Academy.

1970Class Agent NeededClass Correspondent: Jamie Oggjamieogg@gmail.comTed St. Pierre lives in Bethel, still createsand records music and – he says – spendsa lot of time mowing. He’s happy to hearfrom Gould friends any time they wantto pay a visit when they’re in town.

1972Class Agent: Thomas Huntsales@huntgraphic.comDr. Steve Maclin is back in his hometownof Cleveland, OH after living around thecountry and also overseas, teaching publicadministration. He is currently theExecutive Director of USA Cell Search, acompany that created the Reverse LookupPhonebook blog that assists in conductingbackground checks. Steve is married toAsteria, a health care professional, who isoriginally from Panama. They are lovinglife in Cincinnati, bonding with his family,and back on Steve’s home turf. Beth

Gallie is an animal rights activist andlawyer for the Maine Center on Deafness.

Beth, husband Scott – an architect – andfaithful canine companion, Grace, willsoon be moving from Portland to a beachcommunity in South Portland. VictoriaLohnes Chong and husband Randallhave lived in the same place since 1999.They have always wanted to live in arural area and are now residing on a“small” 60 acre ranch. Vicky and LorraineLohman ’72 are still the best of friendsand hope to make it to their 40th in 2012.

1973Class Agent: Charles Aultchasault@adelphia.netDespite hurricane Kyle – and thanks toPattie and Jeff Parsons of Bethel OutdoorAdventure who accommodated usindoors (instead of under a tent on theircampground) – the reopening of Timbo’sBar and Grill and All 70’s Reunion Partyon Alumni Weekend was a huge successand filled to capacity. In attendance fromthe class of 1973 were: Brock Allen,Richard Bedell and fiancée Linda Myers,Michael Brennan and wife Sarah Speare,Debbie Butler, Keith Davis, JoanSamuels, Hayden Homes, Rick Jackman,Tim Jewett, John McArdle and wifeMeredith, Anne Moystad and husbandTore Bjoerland, Alex Pakulski, DeanPakulski, Chris Pratt, Kim Siebert, StephBailey Sluder and husband Kevin, AndyWhite, and Kristin Wiese-Adelman.Jamie Ogg ’70 was there, too, and youcan check out his photos of the weekendon his Gould reunion websitehttp://www.orgone.org/yy-reunion-gould/00-gould-reunion2008.html. Alsoin attendance were Wendy Ault ’72,Kim Wallingford Homes ’72, TomHunt ’72, Thayer Hutchinson ’74,Marek Pakulski ’74, Josh Friedman ’75,Cleve Gardner ’75, Martha Leffel Yules’75, Melissa Arnson ’76 and fiancéMichael Kelly, and members of the classof 1978 celebrating their 30th: GlennDwyer, Karen Eisenberg, Amy VogtDowning, and Gina Teator DeJoy.

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Faculty guests included Mac Davis andwife Nancy, Jim and Lucia (Baker)Owen, and Bonnie Pooley as well ascameo appearances from theAdvancement Office and members ofseveral 80’s classes.

Other 70’s alumni spotted during theweekend were Robert Casella ’75, SueHatch ’70, and Dan Vogt ’71. Robert andSue are both parents of students who arepresently attending Gould.

Various photo albums of the weekend canbe viewed on Kim Siebert’s Facebook page– you must join Facebook to be able to seethem – and by going to www.mygould.org.Once there click on “Flickr”, then choose“Alumni Weekend 2008.”

Charles Ewing ’73 lives in Crown Point,Indiana and works for Sekerez andAssociates, managing their surveyingoperations in Illinois. He has two finechildren: a son, David who was marriedin October 2007 and a daughter,Kamilah, who started college this fall.Charlie has exchanged emails over theyears with Wendy Ault, Sandra Thomas,and Brock Allen and would love to hearfrom Gould friends. He says it seems like35 minutes ago that we were all at Gould– not 35 years.

Bill Hawk ’73 was thinking aboutcoming to reunion but a sailing accidentresulted in the need for reconstructivehand surgery. He sends his best toeveryone and hopes for better luck to beable to attend the 40th.

Nancy Wagner ’73 couldn’t make it toreunion this year because daughter ChloeCaras was married to Justin Constantinoon the very same weekend. Nancy is apainter, living in Portland, Me.

Cindy Bragg Joyce ’73 almost made it toreunion but the timing was off since shehad just returned from her family’sannual visit to New England. Cindy andBob’s two older children are in collegebut younger daughter Erin, in 9th grade,still keeps mom busy with many skatingpractices and competitions. Cindy livesoutside of Washington in Fairfax, VA.

Jang Jallow ’73 is a teacher, living inWisconsin, and married to Fatima, anurse. They have two beautiful daughters.Sally Peacock ’73, who has been in touchwith Jang through the years since graduation, sent photographs of Jang and his family, taken while they visitedSally’s family home last summer in Lubec,Maine. Sally now lives in Portland, MEand is an EKG technician at MaineMedical Center.

1974Class Agent NeededDeb Hewson Merrill ’74 writes that lifeis busy! “I’m working four part timejobs, including teaching a semester classat the University of Southern Maine inIntro to Digital Art, four classes atMaine College of Art, freelance designfor a summer camp history book, andmy regular home business doingNeuromuscular Therapy on muscleinjuries. There’s never enough time formy art and bicycling and family! Myson Parker is applying to colleges, andwe had a fun day recently looking atMIT and BU.”

1976Class Agent NeededTim Dolven passed along news of whathe has been doing since graduating fromGould. “Personally I have not been backto Bethel since I left in the spring of ’77.My goal was to ski my way west which Isuccessfully did. I made stops in Boulderfor four years and Utah for a year afterwhich I managed to find my way to theNapa Valley and into the wine business(imagine, a real career). I have been inNapa since the spring of ’85. I haveworked for a variety of wineries in avariety of positions over the years butsince the spring of ’04 I have been theWinemaker for Steltzner Vineyards inNapa making big red wines – CabernetSauvignon and Merlot mainly. Along theway Amy Westwater found me thru herremembrances of my dad and we havebecome best email friends. We stillhaven’t gotten together even though we

only live about an hour apart. I met mywife, Mandy, during a winter off that Ispent in Tahoe. We have been marriedfor 17 years and have an 11 year old son,Alex, who is entering the 5th grade. I cannever make it back to the fall reunions asthey happen during the peak of the annualgrape harvest which is flat out my busiestand most important time of the year. I dowant to get back and ski Sunday River –which I imagine has gone thru somechanges since ’77! We are all good, happy,healthy, employed (my wife does graphicdesign – specializing in wine label design).When I’m not working I still ski about 30days a year and do mountain biking andgolf in the summer when I get a chance.

1977Class Agent: tish carrjourneysendfarm@roadrunner.comSam Adams reports: “I am loving life anddoing well, except that I don’t get to seemy Gould friends as much as I wouldlike! My wife Kelly and I live in Weston,CT with our son Nicholas (who is nine)and a couple of happy-go-luckyLabradors. I commute to New York whereI run a hedge fund I started a few yearsago called the Cedar Lane EntertainmentFund. The business is doing quite well andthe work is interesting, but it requires alot of air travel, which loses its thrill aftera while. I am still getting in as muchskiing and fishing as I can and I spendweekends and a little vacation time atour summer house in Small Point, ME.I hope classmates and other Gouldbuddies will contact me at:Fireflyfarm@mac.com, Home: 203-341-0304, or by mail at Firefly Farm, 10Cedar Lane, Weston, CT 06883.

1978Class Agent: Glenn Dwyerglenn.dwyer96@gmail.comThe Class of 1978 was well representedby four members at Alumni Weekend onSeptember 26th, 27th, and 28th; KarenEisenberg, Teel Teator DeJoy, Amy VogtDownie and I. Teel’s daughter, Gigi iscurrently a sophomore, and was the focusduring the Girls Soccer game vs. Hyde.

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We cheered in full throat, whilstclutching the magical GA umbrellasthat kept the skies from opening up. Athalf-time, Amy felt compelled toparticipate in the Frank Vogt Fun Run,which allowed our old English teacherand king of the groaners, Mac Davis, toadmonish the assembled runners to noteAmy’s participation, and remember theNovember Elections by “making everyVogt count.”

Afterwards, we enjoyed schmoozing atthe get-together tent where we sawBonnie Pooley, Lucia and Jim Owen,and Tineke and Marv Owinga. Karen,who lives in North Conway, showed usher beautiful silver jewelry pieces, andTeel and husband Dwayne (our assistantclass agent) told of life in Blue Hill,running the local gallery. Teel is alsopainting pictures which will astound andamaze you. Amy traveled from Halifax,where she is a nurse working withAlzheimer patients.

The sad occurrence was that our classmateKaren Tai Morency, who was scheduledto join us, suffered a family bereavementSaturday and was unable to. We’ll lookforward to more participation at the 35thin 2013. To all whom I missed, I lookforward to hearing from you on thephone by the end of the year or email atglenn.dwyer96@gmail.com.

1983Class Agent: Thomas Coletomcole@colecoastalreality.comCindy Musk-Fontanez currently works at Fresenius Medical CareCardiovascular Resources Inc.(Damariscotta Dialysis), She and herhusband have three children: Sarah - 19in college, David - 15 and Matthew - 11.

1984Class Agent: Jan Skeltonjanskelton@deloitte.comSusan Davis Douglas writes in: “Hello everyone! Holy crow...It’s been a while! Is anyone thinking about the

2008 reunion, even remotely? I doinclude both classes of ’83 & ’84 in that question, not just the one. E-mailme directly at sonnig_tag@gmavt.net.Cheers!”

1985Class Agent: Theodore Brown IItwbii@aol.comTaking after his great grandfather, JohnJay Willard Sr. ’29, for whom he wasnamed is Jay Willard Feeney, age 2, ofSouth Lake Tahoe, CA. Grandmother isRuth Willard Feeney ’59 and parents areJim ’85 and Michelle Feeney. Jaywelcomed his sister Josephine WilkersonFeeney on October 15, 2007. Jim is nowfinance director at Tahoe RegionalPlanning Agency and enjoying life inSouth Lake Tahoe.

Ms. Larissa B. Fawkner and AllenMichael Gontz were married on a beachon Cape Cod June 10th, 2007. Hername is the same as “I waited so damnlong to get married that I can’t imaginebeing called anything else.”

1986Class Agent: Leslie Senior Martinmanicmom@comcast.netThe Class of ’86 has its own group on Facebook!

David Fishman writes he is doing well.“I live in Guanica, Puerto Rico. Twoyears ago I bought this house andconverted it to a guest house. We havebeen open for just one year and haveenjoyed success that came much quickerthan we anticipated. We meet peoplefrom all over the world. We live a dreamlife. However, life in paradise is as muchwork as it is anywhere. Our guest houseis called Mimi’s Guest House, after mymother. www.mimisguesthouse.com.”

Patty Giles has just moved from theBoston area to Syracuse, NY to begin aPhD program in Religious Studies atSyracuse University.

Sarah Fiske Williams and her husbandbought a new house in Madison and arespending all of their free time paintingthe inside. “Our girls (almost 3 andalmost 5) are doing great – one moreyear of preschool and lazing about athome for Alma. Eliza gets the top bunkof a new bed I just made (unanimousdecision by the girls) and has no qualmsabout climbing up – and down – theladder all by herself. Jack made tenurelast spring, so Madison is likely to behome for a good long time. Wewelcome visitors!”

Mike Pearson is flying the Boeing 767-300ER for Delta out of JFK, doing allinternational trips to Europe, SouthAmerica, Africa, the Middle East andAsia. Still living in Houston, Texas withhis wife of 17 years Tanya, and about-to-be 16 year old daughter Jessica. Jess wasa freshman at Gould last year, but had a

Jay Willard Feeney

John Jay Willard Sr. ’29

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rough time being so far away from homeand she made the difficult decision to goto school in Houston this year. Mike andTanya are sad not to see her return toGould, but love having her home!

Tom Canney moved back to Maine fouryears ago and is working as a photostylist for Howell Ltd, a commercialphotography studio in Portland.

Mark Sassi is living out west with awife, 2 babies and lots of big fish. Hestill thanks Leslie profusely for the 1986 yearbook.

Leslie Senior Martin is enjoying Gouldfrom another perspective. Her sonBenjamin just joined the Gould class of2012. She wonders when he will bedunked in freshman brook and isdelighted to have actually seen thesecond floor of Holden. (It’s much nicerthan she expected). Leslie and her familyanxiously await Thanksgiving break sothat Benjamin can come home and hookup the DVD player and fix the cable inthe family room.

Bruce Clendenning writes: “Elliot wasborn on Nov. 30 last year (to me andmy wife, Liza). We’re having a blast.I’m now the Interim Policy Director for the Northern Forest Alliance and I do a ton of work in/around Bethelcoordinating the Mahoosuc Initiative.The Initiative works with local communities, non-profits, and all levels of government to help bring land conservation and communitydevelopment funds and projects to the region from Bethel to Upton inMaine and Berlin to Errol in NewHampshire. In that work, I’ve givenseveral presentations in Bethel over the last few years and have occasionallyworked with Bonnie Pooley, KirkSiegel, and others that we all rememberfrom our GA days.”

Debbie Brown is living in the Chicagoarea working for Bosch as a designengineer for Dremel. Her job takes herall over the world – most recently toGermany. She has enough frequent flier miles to book a trip on the spaceshuttle. Debbie has been very generous

throughout the years donating tools toGould. She would love to have visitorsand has plenty of room – please call if you are in town!

1987Class Agent: Charles AdamssmadaLC@aol.comJohn Amadon lives in Portland Oregonwith his long time girlfriend. He is verybusy these days working on his PhD inneuropsychology, doing some clinicalwork, and bartending on weekendnights. No kids yet, but hopefully soon.He would love to make it back for areunion at some point but was able tovisit the campus last October.Unfortunately he has lost touch withnearly all his friends from Gould, thoughhe’d love to remedy that situation. Theonly Gouldies he’s in touch with areDarren Greene, who is the webmasterfor savethechildren.org, and does artinstallations for multimedia events, andKeith Swerling, who does computerwork in LA.

Alfred Au is now living in Hong Kongwith his wife and 3 kids. He went toMichigan State University instead ofAlfred U. He lived in Toronto, Canadafor several years after he graduated fromMSU and moved back to Hong Kongin 1997.

Charlie Adams is living in Ballston Lake,NY with his wife Lisa and 2 children. Hehas been working as a sales rep in themedical field for the past 10 years. Hehad a fantastic time at the 20th classreunion last fall, and it was great to catchup with old classmates and faculty!Charlie recently took on the task of classagent, and has had fun catching up with afew classmates already. Please feel free tosend him your (and anyone else you arein touch with) updated information as weare trying to stay in touch with everyone.His email address is smadalc@aol.com.

1988Class Agent: Nikolai Markovichnikolai@elle.comMarc K. Bee writes: “I just wanted to say

hello. I haven’t participated in manyAlumni activities over the years, but Ihope to in the future. I have beenmarried for eight years now to mywonderful wife Tracy and we have twogreat kids. (Kaitlyn 4 and Nick 2) Welive in the New Orleans area, which isstill recovering from the hurricane. Wewere lucky and didn’t sustain too muchdamage to our house. However, I havehad some health issues. I have hadcancer (melanoma), I have had twosurgeries and have gone through radiation treatments and interferon treatments to prevent any spreading orgrowths. I have been cleared for the timebeing. I am feeling better and working. Ihope everyone is doing well and I hopeto see a lot of classmates next fall.

Waynflete School earned first place atthe first official Maine State MiddleSchool Science Olympiad in many years.Several members of science teacher LisaTodd Libby’s team – representingGrades 6 through 8 – earned first,second, or third place in each of theevents and won individual honors duringthe March 15th tournament held onWaynflete School’s campus.

1989Class Agent: Laura Ordwaylaura@winonacamps.comGreeting to all 1989 classmates! Despite adearth of correspondence since the lastGould News I am still holding out hopeto hear from several of you before nextyear’s big 20th reunion (fall 2009). Sobreak your silence and email me a shortnote Laura@winonacamps.com. I’ll shareyour success in accomplishing this “get-in-touch-with-old-friends” goal with other‘89ers in the next issue of our class notes.Let’s encourage, coax and harass oneanother into meeting back at Gould forthe weekend to relive all the fun andembarrassment of those high school years.

I did hear from 1988er CameronLarkin, who is doing great in Dallas,where he lives with his wife and son, 4-year-old Sammy. They travel toLovell, Maine each summer for family

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vacation time and happened to run into Sara Whalen Shifrin one yearduring a walk around the Gouldcampus. Come to our 20th Cameron –the more the merrier!

Brett Bloomberg – “This changeseverything...talk about a peek behindthe veil...our son Eamonn (pronouncedAY-mun) was born on January 5th at1:11 am with 10 fingers and toes, beautiful wondrous blue eyes, andstrawberry blond hair like his papa...thebirth went well and mama is recoveringnicely...we are basking in the Light,pure presence of this newly formed littlebeing and we are scrambling to grabwipes for spit up and poop clean up aswell as keeping mama fed...isn’t thatjust like life, both sides now...we are inlove with all of it. Here’s one picture ofthe little man, for others you can log onto the picasa photo sharing website andpunch in bj&e in public albums. Let usknow if this doesn’t work for you.”

Adam Wales writes, “Nearly 20 yearsgone... almost hard to believe. I’m alive,well, and living in Mount Desert,Maine with my wife Jen and kids Eli(4) and Sasha (1). Worked winters asan alpine ski coach (some at Gould)and summers as a sea kayak guide forabout 12 years and am now managing alocally owned outdoor shop since thearrival of the kids and the decision tostop traveling so much. Built our housein Mount Desert and have happilysettled in enjoying cycling and sailingin and around Acadia National Park.

Looking forward to our 20th reunionafter some spurring on from MikeBaker’s e-mail’s. Hope to see you all there!”

1990Class Agent NeededAndrew Levi would love to hear fromanyone who is in his class or otherclasses. “I just realized we are only twoyears away from our 20th reunion. I can’tbelieve how time flies. A quick note tocatch everyone up. My wife Amy and Iare enjoying parenting as our son Spencerwho will turn two in June. I just enteredmy 5th year as the owner/appraiser of myown appraisal firm Green MountainValuations. We currently live in Jericho,Vermont and welcome anyone who is inthe Burlington, VT area to make sureand look us up.”

Jesse Berger and his wife Staceywelcomed Grant Berger into their liveson April 14, 2008. All are doing well.

In January of 2007, Paul Koubek led aexpedition that completed a successfulcrossing of the Campo de Hielo Norteor Northern Patagonian Icefield. InMay he left his position as HeadProgrom Supervisor with the Chileanbranch of the National OutdoorLeadership School (NOLS) and after ashort sailing vacation in the San JuanIslands began work guiding with AlpineAscents International on Denali (MountMcKinley) which he summitted withtwo clients on June 24 and on Mt.Rainier which he summitted with nineclients on July 14. While doing somepersonal climbing in the Bugaboos(British Columbia) Paul climbed (amongother routes) the Beckey-Chouinardroute on South Howser Tower (Grade V5.10+ 2,500’) and the NE Ridge ofBugaboo Spire (one of North America’s50 Classic Climbs). He recently led aNOLS course in the Garwhal Himalaya,and then pending final medical approvalanticipates deploying to McMurdoStation, Antarctica in late October towork as a Field Safety Instructor withthe Raytheon Polar Services Company.

1991Class Agent: Stephanie Morinsmorin@fryeburgacademy.orgNathanael James Drake was born onDecember 15, 2007 to Christopher andTiffany Drake. He weighed in at 7lbs14.5oz 21in. He is sitting up and hashis two really sharp bottom teeth. He’sbabbling nonstop and loves the tub.Christopher hopes that your familiesare well.

1995Class Agent NeededJason Fraser writes in: “My wife Melissaand I are expecting our first child in July.We are still living in Bremerton,Washington and have enjoyed the areaalthough it’s a long ways from home.Hope you all are well.”

Scott W. Vaughan completed a DOrotation at the Bethel Health Centerthis spring. On June 7, 2008 hereceived his DO degree from University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine. Scott grewup in Cumberland Foreside, Maine.While attending Gould he was inGould’s famous ski patrol program atSunday River, which may have been his first introduction to emergencymedical training. He obviously loved it. After Gould Academy he earned an EMT certificate at SMCC andvolunteered with the Cumberlandrescue department while he attendedUNE for his undergraduate degree. He completed his BS degree in 1999from UNE. He then attended MaineMedical Center’s School of SurgicalTechnology and graduated from therein 2000. Following this he worked atthe Brigham and Women’s Hospital inBoston, MA and spent 4 years there asa surgical assistant. He entered UNECollege of Osthopathic Medicine inSept 2004.

Sasha Rearick is presiding over his firstU.S. Alpine Championships as the men’salpine coach, and while a week spent atSugarloaf is as close as he has been to

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Gould and Sunday River in awhile, hecouldn’t avoid the influence his timespent in Western Maine has had on hiscoaching career if he tried. “What Ilearned there is what it takes to workhard and to enjoy the sport,” he said.“You’ve got to enjoy it, skiing in Maineevery day.”

Jarrod S. Crockett and Paige Pittmanwere wed on May 25, 2008 at the ProdigalInn in Bethel, ME under beautiful sunnyskies. In addition, Jarrod has received hisJuris Doctor degree from the AppalachianSchool of Law. He has also been sworn inas a member of the Maine Bar Associationand he is also a candidate for the MaineHouse of Representatives District 91.Congratulations!

1997Class Agent NeededMin-Koo Kang called to let us know thathe will be getting married at the end ofAugust. His future wife is a schoolteacher. He feels his life is starting tosettle down and would like to be incontact with his classmates. His cellphone number is 011-82-2-108287-5722.

Matthew M. Walker moved to Portland,OR after college, working as a QA for anagency that supports DD adults in thecommunity after a couple of years as acase manager, got married in Sept, have ahouse, a couple of dogs – livin’ the dream.If anyone is ever in the Northwest, drop aline. mwalker14@gmail.com.

1998Class Agent NeededRebecca Fraser Diaz wants to leteveryone know that their seconddaughter Brenna Gail was born onApril 15, 2008 at the Ballard House inPortland, Maine! She was 7 lbs 6 ozand 20 1/4 inches long. They arethrilled to have another beautiful littlegirl! Her big sister Estella loves her!Life is amazing!

1999Class Agent: Allison Stevensallisonstevens56@hotmail.comErik R. Flanagan writes “Hey there. Ihave been living in Thailand for the lasttwo years, running an English Program,and then Managing the finish work for alarge Villa project. I am currently in theprocess of moving back to New Englandand will be getting married in Septemberto Molly Mcgill (a Maine girl) who is awriter and editor of Asia Pacific TropicalHomes Magazine. I will be attendingGraduate School for HistoricPreservation next fall in Vermont, andwho knows what the future holds. Myemail is the same and I’m not sure whereI will be living, but next month I willupdate. Thanks and hope all is well.”

2000Class Agent NeededElizabeth K. Beebe is still in LA. Shereports that she has moved the heck out ofHollywood and down to downtown whichis much more like a city. She is doing adual career. During football season she is afull time assistant producing for TripleDouble (mostly recognized for theircommercials promoting the NFLnetwork) then after the super bowl shegets to pursue acting. Kind of a sweet deal– nice day job that pays the bills and stillpursue the creative dream.

Eric Cheney and Samantha Poland weremarried 11/10/2007 at the top of BarkerMountain at Sunday River.

2001Class Agent NeededStuart Klanfer is great and headed off to grad school this summer (2008) tobegin a Masters degree in Music Ed atThe University of Miami, Frost Schoolof Music.

Andrea Viens Mudgett writes in: “A lothas happened. I met the love of my life,Charles Mudgett, and less then fourmonths after our joining he was sent awayto Iraq. While he was gone, I graduatedfrom Champlain College with a bachelor

degree in Business Management with afocus in Public Relations. My search for ajob had officially started! In between job interviews, I was working at the OliveGarden in Burlington (withKristyNichols, a one year freshman) as well asrooming with Lee Warren ’02. Chuckcame home for two weeks of leave time inFebruary of 2006, and to no one’s surprisewe got engaged. He didn’t return fromIraq for good until June. My life was filledwith work, worry and planning a wedding.On June 2, 2007 we were married in asmall church in Colchester, Vermont. I’mofficially Mrs. Mudgett... weird last name,but I’m starting to get used to it. Wepurchased a house in Saint Albans,Vermont where we live with our dogJackson. I’m currently working as apersonal assistant/ life coordinator for asalesman at an international company thatbuys and sells firearms in Georgia,Vermont. That has been my life in anutshell for the past 4 years. I’d love tohear from people!

2003Class Agent NeededApproximately 25 members of thegraduating class of 2003 attendedAlumni Weekend at Gould to celebratetheir 5 year reunion. It was the largestshowing for a 5 year reunion that theAcademy can remember!

Idin Dalpour works for JP Morgan andis holding true to his dreams of greatfinancial success.

Lee Reeve is living and working in thejungle of Hawaii. Shula Bien is teachingin an underprivileged school system in thesouth side of Chicago. Hadley Plantingloves her job at Christy’s in NYC. CharlieMerritt has been through culinary schooland is working as a chef in Maine. JackReynolds is excited to graduate from CUBoulder in Dec 08 after 5 1/2 years ofcollege! Leo P. Menard III has graduatedand is working for ORA Clinical Researchand Development in North Andover, MA

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been the life of the reunion but he wasthere in spirit. Jesse has a Make A WishFoundation that can be accessed online.Thanks to Idin, Martha, Lee and Danfor their help with Jesse’s slideshow.

Kristen Murphy is having a great timedoing an internship with a winemaker inBordeaux, France. Things are goingwonderfully and she is learning a lot. Sheis sorry to miss reunion but sends herbest to everyone! Her big news is thatshe has mastered learning how to drive atractor! Now that is a feat!

Ryan D. Gilbert graduated fromMassachusetts Maritime Academy with a BS in Marine Safety andEnvironmental Protection.

2004Class Agent NeededConversation with Mike Bokor’s motherindicated he transferred from Renssalearto Penn State for his last year of school.He changed his major from engineering

to sociology with engineering as a minor.He’s still ski racing and won five medalslast season.

2005Class Agent NeededKim Tremblay spent the summerworking in the Advancement Office atGould as their intern. She did a great joband they hope to have her back nextyear. Kim is currently living in Bridgtonand working on her degree at theUniversity of Southern Maine.

2006Class Agent: Daniel Farondanielfaron@gmail.comCarley Rudd of Center Lovell, MEmade the Dean’s List at StetsonUniversity in Deland, Florida. She isstudying Communications, Art andFrench with plans to study in France thisfall. To be Dean’s listed you must have a

G.P.A. of 3.7 or higher. Carley’s parents,Lynda and Bill of Harvest Gold Galleryare very excited for her.

2007Class Agent Needed Tommy Storey got off wait list and intoAU Cairo for this past summer – he isdelighted. He had decided Beirut wasnot an option and he loved the programin Cairo and was not as interested inMorocco. He is enjoying college at St.Andrews in Scotland.

Let us know what youhave been up to!Alumni RelationsGould Academy 39 Church Street, PO Box 860Bethel ME 04217 email: alumni@gouldacademy.orgVisit the Gould alumni network onFacebook at www.mygould.org.

Faculty & Staff

Bonnell T. C. Gardner 7/29/08

Stephen C. Danforth 9/16/08

Alumni/ae

Virgil R. Adams ’42 4/30/08

Richard I. Aldrich ’48 1/08

Mary Coolidge Bean ’53 9/12/08

Richard J. Bennett ’61 6/10/08

Paula Blake Bouchard-Clark ’64 8/7/08

Wilbur I. Bull, Jr. ’41 6/4/08

Hollister K. Cotton ’58 8/17/08

Leah Spinney Deegan ’45 2/27/08

Robert J. Dodge ’49 4/12/08

Jesse R. Eisenberg ’03 5/4/08

Cynthia Ferris Fricks ’54 4/9/08

Joseph R. Frothingham ’60 3/23/08

Jack A. Greig ’59 7/4/08

John B. Head ’50 3/25/08

Vera Leighton Heckerd ’43 5/2/08

Sylvia Bird Hoey ’39 2/12/08

John E. Holt ’37 4/08

Arlene Bennett Lyon ’53 9/5/08

Ernestine Bean McDonald ’34 3/12/08

Elizabeth Smith Mullin ’40 12/29/07

David F. Reilly ’61 6/8/08

Barbara Brown Sayward ’53 5/26/08

Erland D. Scribner ’48 3/19/08

Lucia Smith ’50 1/08

Thomas W. South III ’90 6/22/08

Dexter M. Stowell ’46 1/14/08

Arthur H. Swift ’61 7/8/08

Nicole M. Tarnay ’85 4/13/08

Elinor L.Webster ’55 3/24/08

William S. Wight ’43 1/26/08

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