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Class Notes
Down the Iron Curtain” and the book is
available at www.3swanspublishers.com.

and chief financial officer of Saco & Biddeford Savings Institution.

1965
David Hickey retired from Delta Airlines in 2005 with 32 years of service.
Now he is employed as an avaition safety
inspector for the Federal Aviation Administration.
Irene Halasz retired to Maine in
January after living in Pennsylvania and
Maryland for the last 10 years.
Norman Dubois retired this June after
38 years of teaching high school math.
His son, Chris, is lawyer in San Francisco,
and daughter Renee teaches on Peaks
Island.
Dennis Petit had a stroke in September
of 2006 and he is rehabing at the River
Ridge Neurorehabilitation Center in
Kennebunk. If any classmates would like
to email him, his address is petitd65@
gmail.com.

1978
Roland Emerson is working on his acting career and making progress. To learn
more, go to www.breakaleg.tv.
Joseph Gregoire has a beautiful granddaughter named Sophia Maya Ann Dove
who was born in June.

1966
Irene Morin Martell spends six months
in Florida and another six in New Hampshire. She loves making memories with
family and friends.
Louise Whitten Doughty has retired
after working 30 years for the U.S. Postal
Service. She plans to spend time with her
family and to remain an active member
of Lions Clubs International. Over the
years she has traveled to Europe, Asia
and the Caribbean and now just wants to
spend a little more time traveling here in
the states.
Richard Bailey is building a house and
workshop on Siltcoos Lake in Oregon. He
says there are beautiful lake views, no
blackflies or bugs!
William Searle just completed a year’s
sabbatical writing books on teaching for
college faculty.
1967
Wayne Grenier has been working at
Province Lake Golf Course for six years.
This year he’s tournament director, pro
shop manager and helps with accounting.
David Massie was in the Army 12 years
and Bath Iron Works for 21 years. He
golfs, travels and goes fishing.
Richard Wood had his first greatgrandchild in May, Ethan Thomas Galaffi
who was born in Whitefish, Montana.
Janice Boutet Martell has a web site up
and running at www.jana-banana.net.
1969
Elizabeth Menard Brumback and her
husband Dan left corporate America and
bought a business in Boca Raton, Florida.
1970
William Donald and wife Jean Winston Donald ’69 own a couple of Planet
Fitness gyms in Florida and see Alan
Polackwich frequently.
Susan Martel Branyen and her husband
Gary visited their daughter, Becky, at the
Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs
where she is a Class 3 or sophomore.
Susan’s son, Tim, is a senior at Rochester
Institute of Technology in New York and
Sarah turned 18 this summer.
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