Browse the most recent and past 1959 Newsletters!

Listed below is the most recent version of the 1959 Class E-newsletter and past editions as well. Just click on the links to browse the newsletters. If you aren’t receiving these newsletters in your email, be sure to contact ashley.twombly@maine.edu at the Alumni Association and she will make sure you are added to the list!…

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Class of 1959 Summer 2024 Class Note

Hi, everyone, Thanks for the memories! That is one of the themes of our 65th Reunion, which will take place in September. It’s hard to believe we’ve had 65 years of University of Maine memories. Since the deadline for this column was due before the event, I can’t report on it firsthand, but I know…

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Class of 1959 Winter 2024 Class Note

Hello, ’59ers! Classmates Don Cookson, Evie Stevens Smith, and Helen “Duckie” Inman Boomer attended a recent Senior Alumni executive committee meeting. Evie and Helen are our class representatives. Classmate Ken Perrone ’60G has had a long career of athletic accomplishments. He was the inaugural class of the 2014 Brewer High School Athletic Hall of Fame…

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Class of 1959 Summer 2023 Class Note

Hello, everyone — I had a call and nice talk with William Bower, a member of our class, who unfortunately was calling to say his brother Charles Bower had recently passed away. Charles was our class salutatorian. William then related some of his family history. There were three brothers, the third one being Robert. All…

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Class of 1959 Winter 2022 Class Note

Hello, all! Several members of our class attended the Senior Alumni Reunion in September on campus. Helen”Duckie” Inman Boomer, Alola Giffin Morrison, Pete Hannah, Evie Stevens Smith, Judy Kittredge Carter, Don Cookson, and Susan Mullaney Cookson H enjoyed the activities. A major event was touring the new E. James and Eileen P Ferland Engineering Education…

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Class of 1959 Summer 2022 Class Note

Hello, ‘59ers! As I write this, spring was trying to come to southeastern Massachusetts. However, it was just kidding and now we are back to jacket weather. Oh well, we are in New England! I have happy news to start off with! Les Nadeau and Jeannie Pocius were married on December 29, 2021. Les may…

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Class of 1959 Winter 2022 Class Note

Winter greetings to you all! As I write this, I’m looking out my window and seeing glorious fall colors. It’s one of my favorite times of year, one of nature’s most lovely, though it goes by too quickly.  Forgive me for sending a short column this time. I had to have a previous hip surgery…

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Class of 1959 Summer 2021 Class Note

Nancy Roberts Munson The Village at Duxbury 290 Kingstown Way, Apt. 292 Duxbury, MA 02332 (781) 936-2460 Munsons@aol.com facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass1959/ Hello, ’59ers — I think at last we are starting to come out of the long, cold COVID winter. As I write this, crocuses are up and spring is here. I received a very long message…

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Class of 1959 Winter 2021 Class Note

Hello out there, ’59ers! How life changes! Little did we know less than a year ago the world would be in this horrible state of pandemic. As the Grateful Dead song says, “What a long, strange trip it’s been.” I sincerely hope you have all escaped the virus and are doing well, considering. Before the pandemic set…

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Class of 1959 Summer 2020 Class Note

Nancy Roberts Munson Hello ’59ers — I hope you are enjoying the summer. We had a “winter of no winter” in southeastern Massachusetts. I received a few bits of news from the reunion bio sheets. Mary “Ketch” Ketchum County and husband, Jim, have lived in Deerfield, MA, all their married life with children not too…

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Class of 1959 Winter 2020 Class Note

Nancy Roberts Munson Hi all — as you can see I have a new address. In September I moved to an independent senior residence. It is a wonderful place with lots of activities, friendly people, and it will make life easier for me. I wasn’t able to get to our 60th Reunion but it sounded like it…

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