Since 1803, the Ricker family (Donald B.) has been growing apples on more on 850 acres of land in Hartford and now in Turner, ME. The Ricker Hill Orchards have been worked by members of 10 generations of Rickers. Owned by his son, Harry ’83, Don still helps out by driving the trucks and forklifts…
Class of 1958 Winter 2024 Class Note
February 15, 2024Hope those of you who were able to attend our 65th Reunion had a great time! Transportation back and forth from the inns to the meetings, tours, etc. was a nice touch. Unfortunately, some of the class had to cancel their plans to attend due to various medical problems, according to sources. You were missed.…
Class of 1958 Summer 2023 Class Note
September 5, 2023Hey, classmates, can you believe that it’s the 65th anniversary of our graduation from UMaine?! Doesn’t seem possible! I don’t know about you but I’m not that old! By now you have received a postcard from the university listing places to stay and a save-the-date letter showing the schedule of events. Dates for the Reunion…
Class of 1958 Winter 2022 Class Note
February 23, 2023Sorry to not have much news for the class — you will have to start doing things that put you in the newspapers. Rosemary Wright Fitzgerald sent me a note that Lawrence “Larry” Thurrell passed away on March 18, 2022 following knee surgery and suffering a massive stroke. Larry was a member of Delta Tau…
Class of 1958 Summer 2022 Class Note
August 8, 2022Here we go again — NO news is not good news. Your classmates want to know how retirement is treating you, how you survived the pandemic, and how and what you are doing. At the end of November 2021, I took a tumble in my apartment and managed to fracture my right hip. Fortunately, I…
Class of 1958 Winter 2022 Class Note
March 9, 2022The city council of Gardiner, ME, proclaimed August 19, 2021 as Bill Harvey Day. Harvey’s Hardware has been part of the community and the Harvey family for 97 years. Bill has been active with and supportive of the community since his UMaine graduation. Bill served as president of the Rotary Club, a director of the…
Class of 1958 Summer 2021 Class Note
August 17, 2021Mrs. Leo M. Lazo (Jane Ledyard) 2229 Taylor Park Drive # 515 Reynoldsburg, OH 43068 janeandleo65@gmail.com Finally, we are in 2021 — glad to see 2020 in the rear-view mirror — not a year I wish to revisit. As has been the problem the last few columns, news of the class is rather scarce, but…
Class of 1958 Winter 2021 Class Note
February 4, 2021Here we go again, classmates, NO NEWS from the Alumni Association clipping service. Are we getting too old to make the news? I do have a few notes from the back of cards — Daniel G. Rearick ’61 of Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, passed away on December 7, 2019. He leaves his wife, Nancy Woods…
Class of 1958 Summer 2020 Class Note
September 17, 2020Jane Ledyard Lazo (Mrs. Leo M.) Since no newspaper clippings were available about the class, I went through my correspondence to see what I could find. It looks like I am going to have to put a permanent sign of NO NEWS below my name on each column from now on. Sandra Daley Denman’s son-in-law,…
Class of 1958 Winter 2020 Class Note
February 4, 2020Jane Ledyard Lazo (Mrs. Leo M.) I went to California for the wedding of my granddaughter last September. She was married on the shores of Lake Tahoe. Cyn Rockwell Wright reported on the Ladies Who Lunch on the Fourth Friday in June. There were 18 in attendance at The Damariscotta River Grill, and from what…
Class of 1958 Summer 2019 Class Notes
July 31, 2019Jane Ledyard Lazo (Mrs. Leo M.) Hope that so far 2019 has been good to you. Our house in Boston is still hanging on — the gas company has come to an agreement with its unions so now we wait for warmer weather and the governor. Really enjoyed seeing many of you at our 60th…
Class of 1958 Fall 2018 Class Note
October 18, 2018Jane Ledyard Lazo (Mrs. Leo M.) 2229 Taylor Park Drive Apartment 515 Reynoldsburg, OH 43068 janeandleo65@gmail.com As you can see from the above address, there have been a few changes in my life since the last column. I am now living in Reynoldsburg near my oldest daughter and her family. I had always said…