Hebron Academy Semester | Fall 2009

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The Bellringing out for victoryby David W. Stonebraker

Roadtrip!from Hebron to Hebron, via Hebron

Driving Miss Ruthiea Jewish spitfire from Maine ends up in Malaysiaby Jennifer F. Adams

SemesterH E B R O N A C A D E M Y

www.hebronacademy.org� Fall�2009�•�Winter�2010

The boys’ varsity soccer team prepares for practice on Allen Field. Photograph by Dennis Griggs, Tannery Hill Studios, Inc.

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The Academynews, events, arts, athletics, and more

Alumni et Alumnaenotes, unions, new arrivals, obituaries

Hebronianawhen we were giants

oN ThE covERThe Class of 1984 in front of their senior class gift, made 25 years ago. Photo by Dennis Griggs, Tannery Hill Studios.

The Semester is published twice each year by Hebron Academy, PO Box 309, Hebron ME 04238. 207-966-2100.

Issue No. 204

mIssIoNThe Semester magazine’s mission is to continue the Hebron family’s intellectual and emotional engagement with the Academy by conveying news, preserving the heritage and memories of the school and chronicling the accomplishments of its alumni, faculty and students.

EdIToRJennifer F. Adams

EdIToRIAL AssIsTANcEHebron E. AdamsJeffrey C. OrwigDavid W. Stonebraker

coNTRIbuTINg WRITERsSusan R. GeismarLeslie A. GuentherChristine HemmingsDavid InglehartDavid W. Stonebraker

pRoducTIoN AssIsTANcEEllen L. Augusta ’75Leslie A. GuentherBeverly J. Roy

phoTogRAphyJennifer F. AdamsWilliam B. ChaseDennis and Diana Griggs, Tannery Hill Studios, Inc.

and friends

Hebron Academy reaffirms its long-standing policy of nondiscriminatory admission of students on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, age, ancestry, national origin, physi-cal or mental disability, or sexual orientation. We do not discriminate in the administra-tion of our educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship programs and athletic or other school-administered programs. Hebron Academy is an equal opportunity employer.

© 2010 by Hebron Academy.

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Editor’s Note

The child is father of the man

That handsome young man at right is Richard “Dick” Bonser, president of the Class of 1939. This fall we inducted him into our Athletic Hall of Fame (see page 12). At lunch following

the ceremony, archivist David Stonebraker and athletic director Leslie Guenther showed Dick a football commemorating the Exeter game, 71 years after he and his teammates played it (see page 44).

It may be difficult to see in this photo, but there is determination in young Dick’s eyes—determination tempered by a sense of humor. The sight of the football prompted a stream of memories, some of which were not printable in this magazine! The boy Dick was is in the man today.

In December, I had the pleasure of making anew the acquaintance of Ruth Scarpino ’04, known as “Miss Ruthie” to her students. I remember Ruth in her Hebron days, which were not long ago. She was a challenge for many of her teachers; not afraid to address perceived injustice and to stand up for what she felt was right. Placed as an English Teaching Assistant in a religiously-conservative part of Malaysia by the Fulbright Program, she was forced to hide part of her sense of self for safety’s sake. Frightened, she nonetheless persevered in her work, making a real difference in the lives of the students in her small village.

Thinking of Dick and looking at Ruthie, I can only imagine where determination and a sense of humor will take her. I’d like to be around in 65 years to find out!

Jennifer F. Adams, [email protected]

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February 2010

12� �Cohen�Concert,�7:30�p.m.

26 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, 7:30�p.m.

27� �A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum , 7:30�p.m.

April 2010

11� �Hebron�Day�at�the�Portland�Pirates�hockey�game,�featur-ing�the�Hebeegeebees,�4:00

14� �Hebron�reception�in�New�York City, hosted by Arlene and�Mitchel�A.�Maidman�’82

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may 2010

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2� �Hebron�Day�at�the�Sea�Dogs�baseball game, featuring the Hebeegeebees,�12:00�p.m.

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28� Baccalaureate

29 Commencement

october 2010

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2 • Hebron Academy Semester • Fall 2009

From the Head of School

It’s not the bell, it’s the ropeAlthough Hebron has come a long way in recent years,

we haven’t strayed far from what we were as a school in

1804,�in�terms�of�values�and�what’s�truly�important:�the�

teaching of humanity and achievement for living a good life.

This year was a crossroads year for

independent schools and

education everywhere. To face

those challenges the Board and

leadership at Hebron asked two

fundamentally important

questions:�1)�What�is�the�“upside�

of the downside:” How can Hebron

gain an advantage in these

challenging�times?�and�2)�What�are�

the absolute core values and

programs that must be sustained

and retained no matter what

financial constraints may be

necessary in the coming few years?

The upside for Hebron is what

you will see and feel on campus

today: the largest boarding

enrollment and the largest tuition

paying census in many years—a

position of strength: strength in

our faculty, strength, talent, and

diversity in our students, strength

in our board, strength in finances,

and strength in physical plant.

That strength has taken

investment—most significantly in

the extended financial aid

necessary to achieve that healthy

census and the investment in our

remarkable faculty who return that

investment by their dedication and

hard work for our kids, just as they

were doing in your day.

Strategic�new�investments—in�

the�athletic�center,�the�Lepage�

Center�for�Arts�in�Sargent,�and�the�

additional student spaces in

Sturtevant—are�paying�dividends�

in new opportunities for our

students and faculty, in attracting

prospective students and families,

and in the satisfaction our students

experience here and in their

colleges and universities.

But the true upside to those

investments and the financial

challenges they represent is in the

answer to that second important

question—the core values of your

Hebron education.

To get some guidance we

asked the people who pay the

bills—the parents of our current

students—what they felt were the

most important reasons why they

chose Hebron for their children.

Their answers?:

•��The�individual�attention�

given to their children.

•��Quality�of�the�faculty.

•��The�academic�program.

•��Education�of�the�

whole student.

•��College�preparation�

and placement.

•��Family�atmosphere.

How do those qualities match

with your views on the important

core values of Hebron’s education

for you? Current and graduating

parents’ overall satisfaction in

Hebron was exceedingly

encouraging:�98%�satisfied�to�

extremely satisfied!

That’s today. But the challenge

is tomorrow. For that I want to

turn to the image of the Victory

Bell. If you were here last May you

would have seen the entire Class

of 2009 ring the bell at the end of

their graduation ceremony and

their Hebron education. The other

day I was on the hill when one of

our soccer teams ran to the bell

after�defeating�Proctor�Academy�

in an exciting game.

The team leaders waited until

every teammate, even the one

limping from an injury, got to the

bell. Everyone put a hand on the

rope with explicit instructions:

“Everyone�pull�on�three�and�then�

let go! Don’t hang on!”

That’s what they did. Every

hand pulled at once and when they

let go the bell rocked back and

forth and pealed across campus.

At hebron, it’s not the bell.

It’s the rope. It’s not the ring. It’s

the pull.

That’s what tomorrow is about,

for our students and our school.

It’s all hands on the rope!

Sustaining�Hebron’s�rich�

heritage and uncompromising

promise requires continuing new

investments in Hebron’s extraordi-

nary people, programs, and

opportunities.

By�2014�we�envision�a�growing,�

yet still small school of no more

than�300�students.

The completion of classroom,

studio and performance spaces in

Lepage;�new�science�lab�spaces�in�

Treat and expanded dining and

student�life�spaces�in�Sturtevant�will�

not only advance experiences in

arts, music, mathematics and

sciences, but will also advance the

magnetism of Hebron for prospec-

tive students and talented faculty.

While�renovations�and�

construction improve the

appearance and curb appeal of a

school, it is really the continual

investment in the life of the school,

in our Annual Fund and Hebron’s

endowment that will enable

Hebron to support our faculty

professionally, allow bright,

deserving students to attend, and

enable us to continue to be good

stewards to our campus environ-

ment and facilities.

We need you all to pull the

rope for hebron.

Support�those�students�and�

their�teachers;�more�than�the�

campus and buildings, they are

this school. They are your living

memories and they last forever.

John King

Head of School

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harvard recognizes hebroniansTwo Hebron seniors accompanied Head of School John King and English teacher David Stonebraker on a trip to Harvard College in October to take part in the annual Prize Book Award Breakfast. The Harvard Book Prize is awarded to outstand-ing high-school juniors who “combine excellence

in scholarship and high character with achievement in other fields,” and was awarded last spring to Emma Leavitt ’10 (above right) and Sang-Il Min ’10.

In addition to recognizing the Hebron scholars, the Harvard Club awarded Mr. Stonebraker the 2009 Excellence in Teaching Award, given to “outstanding secondary teachers who inspire

curiosity and excellence in students.” Mr. Stone-braker was one of only four high school teachers in New England selected this year. He has taught at Hebron for over 33 years and has served as English Department chair, Director of Admissions and Director of Studies.

hebron students win Ap honorsThe College Board’s Advanced Placement Program (AP) recently announced that 12 Hebron students earned AP Scholar Awards in recognition of their exceptional achievement on AP exams in 2008–2009.

Ashley Waldron ’09 qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams.

Lydia Drown ’09 qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams.

Ten students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP Exams with grades of 3 or higher: Kai Chen ’09, Claire Cummings ’09, Sarah Fensore ’09, Nien-Chia Hsu ’09, Elijah Hughes ’09, Cory O’Brien ’10, Mary Randall ’09, Leah Schultz ’09, John Speranza ’09 and Michael Zielski ’09.

Through more than 30 different college-level courses and exams, the AP Program provides motivated and academically prepared students with the opportunity to earn college credit or advanced placement and stand out in the college admissions process. Each exam is developed by a committee of college and university faculty and AP teachers, ensuring that AP exams are aligned with the same high standards expected by college faculty at some of the nation’s leading liberal arts and research insti-tutions. Over 90 percent of four-year colleges in the United States provide credit and/or placement for qualifying exam grades.

calvin moisan selected for All-state chorusHebron senior and bass singer Calvin Moisan was

selected�to�join�Maine’s�All-State�Chorus,�spon-

sored by the Maine Music Educators Association.

Calvin auditioned in November and will attend a

three-day rehearsal at the University of Maine at

Orono in May, culminating in a concert perfor-

mance with over 200 select voices under the

direction of a nationally known choral conductor.

Calvin is the son of Mary Anne Moisan of Raymond. He is a

member of the Hebron Academy Chorus and the Hebeegeebees. He

is also an experienced actor, appearing at Hebron as Motel in Fiddler

on the Roof and Horton in Seussical, and at regional theaters around

southern Maine.

Dave Inglehart

J. Reeve Bright ’66, chair of Hebron Academy’s Board of Trustees, recently welcomed alumnus Thomas N. Hull ’64 to the board.

Mr. Hull joins a group of 20 alumni and parents who are responsi-ble for the governance of the school and oversee programs, personnel and financial operations.

Mr. Hull received a bachelor’s degree in history from Dickin-son College, and continued his graduate education at Columbia University, where he pursued his masters degree in education, M.I.A. in international affairs, and Certificate of the Institute of African Studies, and was a candidate (ABD) for his doctorate in education.

Mr. Hull’s career began as a Peace Corps Volunteer teacher in Sierra Leone from 1968 to 1970. He joined the Foreign Service, and served as Director of African Affairs at the U.S. Information Agency (1995–1997). He returned to the Republic of Sierra Leone as Ambassador in 2004, where he assisted the country’s evolu-tion from peacekeeping to peace building. His 31-year diplomatic career also included assign-ments in Ethiopia, South Africa, Nigeria, Czechoslovakia, Somalia, Burkina Faso and Congo, where

he was involved in issues of conflict and peace, revolution and transformation, and democracy and development.

Ambassador Hull’s contribu-tions during and following the collapse of communism in Prague earned him a Presidential Meritori-ous Service Award from President Clinton. He founded the Fulbright Commissions for Educational Exchange with the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Before joining the Foreign Service, he assisted former Senator J. William Fulbright at the Institute of International Edu-cation in New York.

Currently, Mr. Hull is War-burg Professor of International Relations at Simmons College in Boston, and teaches in the politi-cal science department. He met his wife, Jill, in 1969 when they were both Peace Corps Volun-teers in Sierra Leone. They have one daughter, Kirsten.

Susan R. Geismar

Tom hull ’64 joins hebron board

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A�number�of�people�have�asked�me,�“How�can�you�stand�to�run�in�

circles?”�and�“How�do�you�keep�track�of�how�your�laps�on�the�indoor�

track?” Here is the answer: it is simple and fun!

To run a mile, I do four laps in one direction, switch and run

three, switch again and run two. Bingo! Nine laps equals

one mile. It is easy to count to four (I keep track on

my�fingers)�and�all�even�laps�are�in�the�same�

direction so I don’t get confused.

For other distances,

try:

4�3�2�=�1�mile

5�4�3�2�=�1.5�miles

6�5�4�3�=�2�miles

7�6�5�4�3�2�=�3�miles

8�7�6�5�4�3�2�1�=�4�miles

9�8�7�6�5�4�3�2�1�=�5�miles

10�9�8�7�6�5�4�3�2�=�6�miles

Have fun and see you around the track!

ms. Reedy runs in circlest h e a c a d e m y


snapshot: the class of 2013

First row: Haley Grimmer, A’Nyce Munroe, Brad Spurr, Sam Kinasewich, Roz Moisan, Haley Bisson, Laurent Yomantas, Noelle Giguere.

Second row: Ian Stanley, Emily Wyman, Molly Witten, Sam Futch, Sydney Randall, Josh Hews, Dexter Tarbox.

Third row: Brad Geismar, Robbie Berube, Henry Dun, Pat Shelley, Adria Hughes, Leah Orsini.

Fourth row: Quinn Fogarty, Davis Hart, Nick Mosher, Matthew Bouchard, Zach Langham, Gerrad Kang, Raymond Rawls, Bryant Colon, Max Motew, Martin Kepner.

Not pictured: Ryan Ratsep.

What do Hebron students look like in the early part of the Academy’s third century? Let’s take a look at

this year’s ninth grade class as school opened. Hebron’s classes form an inverted pyramid, with the senior class generally the largest and the freshman class the smallest. This class, with 32 members, follows that trend (the class of 2010 is 71 strong).

The gender breakdown—20 boys and 12 girls—reflects the 64% to 36% ratio in the Upper School. Unlike the overall Upper School (70% boarding), however, the ninth

graders are evenly divided between day and boarding students. Thirteen boarders hail from Florida, Georgia, Illinois (2), Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts (4), New Hampshire and New York (2); the remaining three call the Bahamas, Canada and Korea home. Nine members of the class attended Hebron’s Middle School for one, two or three years. Two have younger siblings currently at Hebron, nine have one or more older siblings either at Hebron or recently graduated, and one is the son of an alumnus.

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veterans day observedOn�November�11�the�Upper�School�gathered�for�a��special�community�

meeting to recognize and honor Veterans Day. The program began

with�a�fine�performance�of�“The�Star-Spangled�Banner”�by�the�

Hebeegeebees, followed by individual student presentations.

The Hebeegeebees, Hebron’s a cappella group, performed the national anthem under the direction of Fine Arts Department chair Beth Barefoot.

Andy�Churchill�’10�spoke�of�

the history of Veterans Day,

initiated in commemoration of

those who fought in the Great

War,�World�War�I.�Kyle�Black�’10�

noted that the license plates in

his�home�province,�Quebec,�are�

inscribed:�“Je�me�souviens.”�Kyle�

said,�“It�means,�‘I�remember’...�I�

remember those who served and

made personal sacrifices for my

country, my homeland, my home.

I do not take their selfless actions

for granted. I remember.” Colin

Taylor�’10,�also�from�Quebec,�

recited�the�famous�poem,�“In�

Flanders Field,” written by

Lieutenant�Colonel�John�

McCrae, MD, of the Canadian

Army, and explained the history

of how it came to be written.

Other students focused on

men and women they considered

truly�heroic.�Seniors�Chris�Gacsy�

and�Dillon�Lyons�spoke�of�Master�

Sergeant�Roy�Benavidez,�

mentioned in John McCain’s Why

Courage Matters.�Alex�Mills�’12�

and�Emma�Leavitt�’10�highlighted�

Edith Cavell, a British war hero of

WWI.�Jeremy�Klevens�‘10�talked�

about his personal hero, Benito

Juarez, a Zapotec Indian who

became president of Mexico and

is�“regarded�as�[its]�greatest�and�

most�beloved�leader.”�Senior�Je�

Yeon�Ko�told�the�story�of�a�

sixteenth�century�Korean�heroine,�

Nongae.�Erika�Thomas�’11�

described the Medal of Honor,

and�told�the�story�of�Lieutenant�

Commander Joseph O’Callahan,

the first chaplain to receive this

honor.�“He�was�a�man�of�peace,�a�

hero�in�war.”�Jeremy�Laing�’12�

played guitar during two

meditative pauses.

The program was organized

by�Language�Department�chair�

Cynthia Reedy. Beth Barefoot,

chair of the Fine Arts Depart-

ment, directs the Hebeegeebees.

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Dave Inglehart, historian and Hebron teacher, is pleased to make his comprehensive Civil War resource available on Hebron

Academy’s web site. In Fateful Lightning, Mr. Inglehart has gath-ered text, images, maps and music together to provide a comprehen-sive source for Civil War research. Visit Hebron’s library resources page to take a look for yourself:

http://www.hebronacademy.org/academy/library/resources.asp

hebron web site hosts civil War resourceAmong the extensive text offerings are the speeches of Abraham Lincoln, left.

The map collection includes a survey of election results from the Civil War period, below.

A gallery of images, left, helps students see the places where important Civil War events took place.

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The Hebron Academy Players present

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Book by Burt Shevelove and Larry GelbartMusic and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

Based on the plays of Plautus

Friday, February 26 and Saturday, February 27, 2010

Androscoggin Theater • Lepage Center for the ArtsHebron Academy

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behind the scenes at Forum rehearsal

Cast members rehearse the opening number, “Comedy Tonight,.” with music director Beth Barefoot (at piano) and director Julie Middleton (far right).

Clockwise from bottom left: Nick Stuer ’10 (Miles Gloriosus) and cast members learn “Funeral”; Calvin Moisan ’10 plays Pseudolus, the slave who orches-trates most of the action; Scott Higgins ’10 and Max Middleton ’12 are the old men Erronius and Senex, while Sydney Randall ’13 plays a goddess; working on the opening number choreography.

“Tragedy�tomorrow,�comedy�tonight!”�Broadway’s�greatest�farce�is�

light, fast-paced, witty, irreverent and one of the funniest musicals ever

written—the perfect escape from life’s troubles. A Funny Thing

Happened On The Way To The Forum takes comedy back to its roots,

combining situations from time-tested, 2000-year-old comedies of

Roman�playwright�Plautus�with�the�infectious�energy�of�classic�

vaudeville. The result is a non-stop laugh-fest in which a crafty slave

(Pseudolus)�struggles�to�win�the�hand�of�a�beautiful�but�slow-witted�

courtesan�(Philia)�for�his�young�master�(Hero),�in�exchange�for�freedom.

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pink in the rink

At first glance, a New England

prep school—Hebron

Academy—and a tiny Caribbean

nation—Haiti—would appear to

have little in common. But as so

often happens, Hebron’s people

are directly connected to the

terrible events that continue to

unfold even as this issue of the

Semester goes to press. Two

students have immediate family

members either in Haiti, and

English teacher Donna Inglehart

heard from a former Northfield

Mount Hermon student who was

working with the United Nations

in�Port�au�Prince.�The�morning�

after the earthquake, he wrote,

“Last�night�we�treated�200�

people with basic first aid kits

and lost many.... The city was

flattened, every third house just

a pancake or collapsing. Have

been holding children in my

Inspired�by�a�similar�fundraiser�done�by�her�brother,�assistant�girls’�hockey�coach�Katie�Coyne�first�proposed�a�Pink�Socks�game�to�her�team�last�year.�“The�girls�were�all�over�it,�she�said.�“An�excuse�to�

wear pink! They were in.” Now an annual event, this year many parents and faculty donated baked goods

and�helped�to�run�the�table.�Players�Mariah�Mosher�’12�and�Ally�Strachan�’12�made�a�fleece�blanket�for�a�

raffle�and�school�receptionist�Pat�Hutter�donated�a�Longaberger�basket.�“We�raised�just�over�$700,”�Ms.�

Coyne�said.�“It�will�go�to�a�local�chapter�of�the�Maine�Breast�Cancer�Coalition�which�helps�women�going�

through treatment who need financial help.”

community responds to earthquake disasterarms, distributing water, and

begging for food. The UN

headquarters has collapsed and

is no longer functioning. There is

just no infrastructure.”

At Community Meeting the

next�morning,�Head�of�School�

John�King�spoke�of�the�difficulty�

of comprehending the implica-

tions of an event this devastat-

ing.�“Even�in�rural�Maine,”�he�

said,�“We�are�personally�

connected to this disaster.”

Assistant Head Brian Jurek asked

students and faculty to think of

ways to keep the events present

in their minds. Teachers Cynthia

Marsden and Gino Valeriani

compiled lists of web sites for

donations.

Moved by the plight of the

Haitian people and by the clear

need to help, Mrs. Inglehart’s

advisees decided to start raising

money with an impromptu bake

sale in the dorms. Hebron baker

Gail Trundy shared her Rice

Krispies�treats�recipe�and�pans,�

Mrs.�Inglehart�and�Mrs.�King�

turned out the treats, and

advisees and other students

pitched in to sell the goodies.

Many students made additional

donations. By the end of the

night, the treats sale had raised

over�$200,�and�Thursday�Night�

Treats was inaugurated.

The following week, Mr. Jurek

upped the ante with a pizza sale

and more community bakers

have stepped forward for the

weeks�to�come.�Rob�MacLellan�

‘11�is�working�on�projects�that�

include dress-down days

(students may wear jeans during

the class day in exchange for a

small�donation),�and�Jean�

Baptiste�‘10�is�putting�together�

benefit basketball games. Art

teacher Mary Anderson is selling

beautiful sun catchers, donating

all proceeds to Hebron’s relief

effort. Many adults in the

community have made personal

contributions to the fund.

After consideration of many

of the various charities working

in Haiti, the school chose

Doctors�Without�Borders—an�

international, politically indepen-

dent group of doctors and

nurses who donate their

skills—as the beneficiary of the

funds raised. Although the

amount raised so far may seem

small, Hebron students under-

stand that in such a dire

situation, even a dollar can make

a difference, and their response

thus far has been generous and

heartfelt.

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Annual hockey game draws record crowd

Front: Cam Laurie ’08, Buildings and Grounds supervisor and parent Mike Hughes, George Dycio ’78, Andrew Cetola ’09, John Slattery ’04, Craig Clark ’70 and Kevin Osborne ’01.

Back: Derek Gilbreth ’09, Keith MacDonald ’08, Chris Dyer ’02, parent Michael Blais, Chris Roy ’07, Josh Mosher ’09, parent Ed Taylor, Joe Fountain ’09, Erik Wisutskie ’09, Jason Goodman ’08, Adam Smith ’09, Chad Goodwin ’09, Craig Ryan ’09, Nick Costanzo ’08, Matt Siracusa ’09, James LeBlanc ’02, Ricky Draleau ’02, Dan Carpentier ’03, Pat Taylor ’00, Adam Asselin ’01, coach Matt Plante.

A record crowd laced up skates for this year’s alumni/parent

hockey�game.�About�30�players�showed�up�for�the�annual�

game,�including�alumni�spanning�39�years�(1970�to�2009),�

parents and employees. The teams matched each other goal for goal

until the middle of the third period when one edged out the other for

a�final�score�of�15–11.

Players�and�friends�enjoyed�lunch�in�the�athletic�center�afterwards�

and many stayed to watch a full slate of Hebron games, both hockey

and basketball.

Top left: game officials and varsity captains Bryan Felice ’10 and Chris Gacsy ’10.

Top right: perennial attendee George Dycio ’78 in his vintage goalie gear.

Bottom left and right: the action at Robinson Arena.

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Why does charitable giving survive economic downdrafts? Because people continue to care about the causes they have long supported and donate generously even when they have less to give. They also tend to be more astute in their charitable gifts. For example, one of the more popular forms of giving these days is a device known as the charitable gift annuity. These are particularly well-liked because they provide such a high degree of stability.

The words “charitable gift” suggests that this giving tool is recognized by the IRS as an acceptable way to make a tax-deductible gift. Because such gifts are irrevocable, they entail several attractive benefits.

The term “annuity” means that the donor (or someone designated by the donor) will receive annual fixed payments for life. This amount is established at the outset and

will remain stable no matter what happens to the economy.

A charitable gift annuity is a combination gift: part donation and part annuity. A portion of what you give eventually goes to Hebron to fund perhaps a permanently endowed fund, and the other portion is returned to you in the form of regular, dependable annuity payments.

The amount a gift annuity produces over one’s lifespan,

as well as the charitable gift amount, is determined when the charitable gift annuity is established. It depends on several factors, including the age of the person(s) receiving the payments and the amount of the gift.

Consider this example: Mr. and Mrs. Smith are both 70 years of age. They wrote a check to Hebron Academy for $25,000 to in exchange for a charitable gift annuity. Because of their life expectancy, the current rates

provided by Hebron Academy, and a calculation factor provided by the government, they sign a contract with Hebron Academy to receive $1,300 every year for the rest of their lives. They are also able to claim a charitable income tax deduction for $7,084.

Charitable gift annuities make sense in these uncertain times because they provide regular, fixed, and partially tax-free payments. The Smiths have also provided an estimated gift of $25,000 to Hebron Academy.

Charitable Gift Annuities

A gift for uncertain Times

John slattery ’04 joins Advancement staffHead of School John King

is pleased to announce that John Slattery ’04 has joined Hebron Academy’s Advance-ment Office as gifts officer.

A four-year day student from Minot, John was president of the senior class and received the Hebron Cup at Commence-ment. He went to St. Lawrence University, where he majored in economics and government and

worked as a student caller for the Advancement department. After graduating John moved to Brooklyn, New York, to work at Portland House Advisors, a hedge fund. Although he loved living and working in New York, the economy intervened and his company eliminated his position.

“I decided to really enjoy the summer and then look around to see what kind of work I could do,” he said. He returned to Hebron as an intern this fall, helping out in the dormitories, on the football field, and in the Admission, Business and Advancement offices.

“I was looking for a way to give back to Hebron,” he said. “When I heard about the gifts officer position I felt that it was the best fit for my skill set.”

John Slattery ’04 helped coach the football team this fall before joining the Advancement staff as gifts officer.

If you would like to learn more about establishing a charitable gift annuity at Hebron Academy, please contact

Tom Fogarty, Assistant Head of School for Advancement and External Relations at 207-966-5285 or by e-mail at [email protected] for a no-obligation personal illustration as well as information about how charitable gift annuities work.

In the next few weeks John will begin visiting alumni, parents and friends and is relishing the challenge of moving from student life to his new role. “I’m looking forward to traveling and meeting interesting and successful people,” he said. “Taking this

job has changed my perspective on the importance of giving. I hope to have an impact on Hebron students through my contributions on campus and financially through my efforts to help secure support for both the Hebron Annual Fund and the Campus Master Plan.”

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Three inducted into hebron Athletic hall of FameThe three athletes honored this year span more than

forty-five years of Hebron athletic tradition and captained teams which set standards for dedication and outstanding performance. In their lives, these honorees have modeled the finest spirit of athletic competition and highest standards of citizenship and integrity.

Richard c. bonser ’39In�the�years�before�the��Second�

World�War,�Hebron’s�student�body�

was composed predominantly of

upper class boys, and its teams

traveled throughout New Eng-

land to compete with schools and

colleges.�In�the�fall�of�1938,�Dick�

Bonser was captain of the Hebron

football team, a team which de-

feated all of its school opponents,

losing only to the Brown University

reserves.�With�an�undefeated�

record for school play, the team

was�declared�“Maine�Champions.”�

The team also defeated the Exeter

Academy football squad by a final

score�of�25–0�in�a�game�that�the�

school publication, the Hebronian,

called�“one�of�Hebron’s�greatest�

victories ever.” To honor that game

Dick Bonser and his teammates

signed a commemorative football

that is still displayed in the school’s

Bell-Lipman�Archives.�An�interior�

lineman on offense and defense

who played in every game, Dick

Bonser led his team by example in

the same way that he led Hebron

Academy as president of the

Athletic Council and president of

the�Class�of�1939.�As�tribute�to�

another era of Hebron sports, it

is an honor to welcome Dick to

Hebron’s Athletic Hall of Fame.

James c. harberson, Jr. ’59Jim Harberson came to Hebron in

the�fall�of�1955�and�immediately�

began to make his mark athletically,

playing football, ice hockey and

baseball in his freshman year. He

would continue with hockey and

baseball throughout his Hebron

years, earning letters in these

sports in his junior and senior years,

but Jim made a greater impact as

a member of Hebron’s first soccer

teams.�Starting�right�fullback�

and letter winner for three years

and captain of the team for his

junior�and�senior�years,�“Harbo”�

helped to set the work ethic, spirit

and character of his teams and

to establish a proud tradition of

Hebron soccer that continues

today. He returned to campus in

the�’70s�to�participate�in�alumni�

soccer and has helped to recruit

students to Hebron from western

New York. He has continued his

interests in youth and amateur

sport�at�home�in�Watertown,�New�

York, where he was president of

the�Watertown�Red�and�Black�

Football�Club�through�the�80’s�and�

helped lead the club to an Empire

League�football�championship�in�

1980.�With�a�big�right�foot�trained�

on the soccer pitch at Hebron,

he�scored�314�points�as�a�place�

kicker�for�the�Red�and�Black.�We�

are pleased to welcome Judge

James Harberson to Hebron

Academy’s Athletic Hall of Fame.

charles h. Lownes ’84At�Hebron,�Charlie�Lownes�was�

“Mr.�Swimming.”�He�played�water�

polo and swam for all four of his

years at Hebron. He was captain

of both teams, achieved Most

Valuable�Swimmer�recognition,�

became�a�State�of�Maine�and�

New England champion and was

named a high school All-American

in swimming. He was also the

president�of�the�Class�of�1984,�a�

proctor and winner of the Athletic

Prize.�He�continued�to�excel�as�

a swimmer at Denison where he

was captain and Most Valuable

Swimmer�in�both�his�junior�and�

senior years and earned All-

American�standing�an�incredible�16�

times�in�various�events.�While�in�the�

Peace�Corps�from�1988–1991�he�

became coach of the Guatemalan

National�Swim�Team.�Since�1991,�

he has made his home in Cincinnati,

Ohio, coaching several school and

club teams. Now with the University

School�Swim�Club,�he�coaches�

swimmers�from�28�different�high�

schools. He has helped many

young swimmers to achieve the

technique and self-discipline to

compete, as he did, at the college

level, and several of his swimmers

have reached the national team

and Olympic trials. For his success

at the highest levels of his sport,

for his dedication and passion for

swimming, and for giving back

to the sport he loves, Charlie

Lownes�is�our�final�inductee�to�the�

Athletic Hall of Fame for 2009.

Dick Bonser, Jim Harberson

and�Charlie�Lownes�are�men�

who have exemplified most

wonderfully the finest spirit of

athletic competition, leader-

ship, and fair play and who, in

their lives, have demonstrated

devotion to people and com-

munity, high ideals, friendliness,

endeavor and responsibility—all

qualities which are at the heart

of the Hebron experience.

Leslie A. Guenther

Athletic Director

Hebron Academy’s Athletic

Hall of Fame was established in

2008�to�honor�Hebron�athletes,�

coaches and supporters for

their contributions to sport at

Hebron�and�beyond.�See�page�

14�for�information�on�mak-

ing�a�nomination�for�2010.

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Fall sports roundup

Hebron’s scores are listed first

Football9/26 Proctor 12 1410/3 Portsmouth Abbey 20 1610/10 Pingree 20 6210/17 Tilton 13 2610/24 Hyde CT 38 1310/31 Holderness 6 3011/7 Hyde ME 12 2811/14 Kents Hill 26 28

girls’ varsity soccer9/19 Brewster Jamboree9/30 Brewster 0 310/6 Kents Hill 7 010/10 Gould 3 010/14 New Hampton 0 1

10/16 Waynflete (OT) 1 110/17 Holderness 0 610/21 Kents Hill 5 010/28 Tilton (OT) 1 110/31 KUA 0 311/2 Gould 1 011/4 Proctor (OT) 2 311/6 maisad semi vs.

Kents Hill (OT PK) 1(4) 1(2)11/11 maisad final

vs. Hyde 0 1

girls’ Jv soccer9/23 Hyde 1 09/26 Holderness 0 59/30 Hyde 1 410/3 Kents Hill cancelled10/7 Kents Hill 0 210/14 Waynflete 0 410/17 Gould 3 310/21 Holderness 0 610/24 Gould cancelled

Despite soggy Saturdays on Homecoming and Parents Weekend, the Lumberjack athletic teams enjoyed another successful fall season of favorable weather and fine play.

Over 170 students (82% of our upper school) participated on 10 different athletic teams at the varsity and JV levels, while nearly all of our 42 middle school students participated on our middle school soccer teams.

The girls’ JV soccer team culminated a season filled with progress by winning an exciting maisad tournament semifinal game in overtime at Hyde. With the win, the girls earned a trip to the championship game where they came up just short against a talented Kents Hill squad.

Overtime continued to be a theme at tournament time. The girls’ varsity soccer team advanced to the maisad championship game after an exciting overtime win against the visiting Kents Hill Huskies. The two teams had met twice during the regular season and each of those two games had ended in a tie, and this contest proved to be no different. Tied again after regulation play and two overtime periods, the Lumberjacks eventually topped Kents Hill in dramatic fashion on penalty kicks. The team then advanced to the championship game with Hyde, falling just short by a final score of 0–1.

The boys’ varsity team had an easier road to the maisad championship game, winning comfortably over the visiting Hyde Phoenix in semifinal action. The Lumberjacks then advanced to the championship game to face off against Kents Hill. Regulation play ended in a tie and the score remained tied after 20 minutes of overtime play. The tie-breaker then moved to PKs where the Lumberjacks, after 5 kicks, fell just one goal short (2–3).

The boys’ JV soccer team and the girls’ varsity field hockey team also advanced to their respective maisad championship games. Congratulations to the boys’ JV team on their sixth consecutive maisad championship title and to the field hockey team for earning their fifth consecutive title. The golf team had their share of the success as well, finishing as co-champions in the maisad stroke play event.

The field hockey team earned their fifth consecutive maisad title this fall.

Seniors Jean Baptiste (25), Brian McDonald (20) and Nick Stuer (72) line up for the snap.

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hebron Academy Athletic hall of FameEstablished�in�2008�to�honor�student-athletes,�coaches,�administrators and supporters who have brought distinction to themselves and Hebron Academy through their exemplary achievement, contribution, sportsmanship or leadership.

EligibilityAlumni—participant�in�Hebron�athletics�and�graduated�at�least�10�

years prior to the year of election

Coaches and athletic administrators—must�have�had�at�least�a�10-year�

career at Hebron

Faculty and supporters—must have made a significant contribution

for�at�least�10�years�of�Hebron�athletics

NominationsSubmit�your�nominations�in�writing�or�electronically�by�May�31,�2010,�

to�Danielle�Plante,�Hebron�Academy,�PO�Box�309,�Hebron�ME�04238�

([email protected]).�Please�include�a�brief�but�thorough�

summary of the nominee’s accomplishment and why he/she/they

should�be�inducted.�Self-nominations�will�not�be�accepted.�New�

members�will�be�inducted�during�Homecoming�Weekend.

10/28 Proctor 0 710/31 Kents Hill cancelled11/4 maisad semi

vs. Hyde (OT) 5 411/9 maisad final

vs. Kents Hill 0 3

boys’ varsity soccer9/19 Holderness Jamboree9/24 Richmond 1 09/26 Proctor 2 19/30 Hyde 3 210/3 Kents Hill 1 210/5 Rangeley HS 6 010/7 Bowdoin JV 1 210/10 Brewster 4 310/14 Holderness 2 310/17 Gould 6 010/21 Tilton 3 710/22 Richmond 2 110/28 CVA 1 010/31 Kents Hill cancelled11/4 Bridgton 0 411/5 Gould cancelled11/6 Kents Hill cancelled11/7 Hyde 6 111/11 maisad semi

vs. Hyde 3 111/14 maisad final

vs. Kents Hill (OT) 0 1

boys’ Jv soccer9/23 Holderness 1 69/26 Proctor 6 19/30 Hyde 4 010/3 CVA cancelled10/10 Hyde 7 010/12 Kents Hill 4 010/14 Waynflete 5 110/17 Gould 2 110/21 Tilton 1 510/24 Gould cancelled10/31 Kents Hill cancelled11/4 maisad semi

vs. Hyde 3 111/6 maisad final

vs. Gould 3 0

boys’ Thirds soccer9/23 Berwick cancelled9/26 Holderness 1 69/30 Proctor 1 310/3 CVA cancelled10/9 Kents Hill 0 410/10 Gould 0 110/17 Gould 2 310/21 Kents Hill 0 810/24 Holderness cancelled10/28 Gould 0 1

Field hockey9/19 Brewster Jamboree9/30 Brewster 0 310/6 Kents Hill 7 010/10 Gould 3 010/14 New Hampton 0 110/16 Waynflete (OT) 1 110/17 Holderness 0 610/21 Kents Hill 5 010/28 Tilton (OT) 1 110/31 KUA 0 311/2 Gould 1 011/4 Proctor (OT) 2 311/6 maisad semi bye11/11 maisad final

vs. Gould 2 0

golf9/23 Kents Hill 5 19/30 Gould 21⁄2 31⁄210/2 Kents Hill 41⁄2 11⁄210/7 Bridgton cancelled10/14 Bridgton 2 0

10/16 Gould 51⁄2 1⁄210/21 maisad stroke play10/28 maisad scramble

cross country9/26 Hyde Invitational10/3 Hebron Invitational10/10 Gould Invitational10/14 Elan Relays @UMA10/17 Kents Hill Invitational10/24 Hebron Inv. cancelled10/28 maisads @UMA11/14 New Englands @Berwick

mountain biking9/19 Camden Invitational9/26 Gould Invitational10/3 Gould Inv. cancelled10/10 CVA Invitational10/17 Kents Hill Invitational10/24 Hebron Inv. cancelled10/31 maisad championship

Congratulations to the boys’ Jv soccer team on their sixth consecutive MAISAD title!

The cross country team on a beautiful fall day.

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Winter athletic schedulegirls’ varsity basketballHyde/Roman Tournament12/4 Kents Hill 6:00 A12/5 Hyde 12:00 A12/10 OOB 5:00 H12/12 Pine Tree Acad. 5:30 A12/16 Kents Hill 4:30 H12/18 Buckfield 3:15 A1/6 Pine Tree Acad. 5:30 H1/8 Hyde 4:30 H1/9 Traip Academy 3:30 A1/11 Richmond 5:30 H1/13 Grtr Prtlnd Chrstn 3:00 A1/16 NYA 2:00 H1/19 Buckfield 4:00 H1/20 Waynflete 3:00 A1/23 Seacoast 5:00 A1/26 Seacoast 4:30 H1/27 Sacopee 5:30 A1/30 NYA 3:00 A2/1 Grtr Prtlnd Chrstn 4:00 H2/4 Kents Hill 4:30 A

boys’ varsity basketball11/30 NYA (scrimmage) 4:30 H12/2 Tilton 4:00 HHyde/Roman Tournament12/4 Kents Hill 7:30 A12/5 Hyde 1:30 A12/10 Putnam Sci. Acad. 7:00 H12/12 St. Andrews 2:00 H12/16 Kents Hill 3:00 HLawrence/Groton Tournament12/18 Cushing 6:00 A12/19 Lawrence 10:30 A1/11 Hyde 4:45 A

1/13 New Hampton “B” 4:00 H1/15 St. Andrews 7:00 A1/16 Marianapolis 12:00 A1/20 Brewster “B” 4:00 H1/22 Tilton 4:00 A1/30 Brimmer and May 3:00 A2/3 Brewster “B” 4:00 A2/10 Berwick 4:30 H2/12 Vermont Acad. 7:00 A2/13 Kimball Union 1:30 A2/17 Kents Hill 3:00 A2/24 Holderness 3:45 H

boys’ Jv basketball12/7 Richmond 4:30 A12/12 Gould 2:30 A1/8 Buckfield 3:00 H1/11 Richmond 4:00 H1/13 Hyde 3:30 A1/16 Kents Hill 4:30 H1/22 Gould 3:00 H1/25 Buckfield 4:00 H1/29 Berwick 4:00 A2/1 Buckfield 3:00 A2/11 Hyde 5:00 H2/13 Kents Hill 3:00 A

girls’ varsity hockey12/2 Tilton 4:00 H12/4 NEWHL 6:00 H12/5 Governor’s Acad. 5:15 A12/9 St. Dom’s 3:30 H12/12 Gunnery 4:00 H12/13 Gunnery 11:30 HSt. George’s Tournament12/18 Greenwich 3:30 A

12/18 St. George’s 8:30 A12/19 Thayer 9:15 A1/8 BB&N 5:00 A1/9 Pingree 2:00 H1/13 Kents Hill 2:45 H1/16 Stanstead 2:00 H1/20 NYA 4:00 A1/23 Proctor 7:00 H1/27 New Hampton 4:45 H1/29 Exeter 5:00 A1/30 Brewster 3:45 A2/3 Holderness 4:00 H2/5 Middlesex 4:30 A2/6 Rivers TBA A2/10 Berwick 4:00 A2/13 Canterbury 7:00 A2/14 Winchendon 1:00 A2/17 Proctor 5:00 A2/19 Kents Hill 5:00 A2/20 New Hampton 3:00 A2/27 NYA 12:00 H

boys’ varsity hockey11/24 Exeter 2:30 A11/30 Lawrence (scrm) 11:00 A12/2 Holderness 4:30 A12/4 Bridgton 4:00 H12/11 Acad. St. Louis 7:00 H12/12 Pingree 2:00 HExeter Showcase12/18 South Kent 3:30 A12/19 Stanstead 12:30 A12/19 Wyoming Sem. 6:00 ABelmont Hill Tournament12/28 Belmont Hill 9:00 A12/28 KUA 8:00 A12/29 Ridley College 1:00 A12/30 C’ship rounds TBA A1/4 Boston Bulldogs 7:00 H1/6 New Hampton 4:30 A1/9 South Kent TBA A1/10 South Kent TBA A1/13 Berwick 5:00 A1/15 Stanstead 8:00 H1/16 Kents Hill 7:00 H1/20 Bridgton 4:00 A1/23 Holderness 5:00 H1/27 Vermont @Exeter 4:00 A1/29 Hoosac 7:00 H1/30 Brewster 5:30 A2/3 NYA 4:00 A2/10 Berwick 4:30 H2/13 Governor’s Acad. 6:00 A2/17 New Hampton 4:00 H2/19 Cushing 6:00 A2/20 Tilton 5:00 A2/24 NYA 4:00 H2/27 Kents Hill 12:00 A

boys’ Jv hockey12/3 St. Dom’s 4:00 H12/5 NYA 2:00 H12/9 Berwick 4:00 A12/11 Acad. St. Louis 5:00 H12/12 Acad. St. Louis 10:00 HJV Prep School Tournament @NYA12/18 Berwick 2:00 A12/18 Kents Hill 6:00 A12/19 NYA 9:00 A12/19 C’ship game 12:00 A1/6 St. Dom’s 3:30 H1/8 Casco Bay 7:00 H1/9 Tilton 5:00 A1/13 New Hampton 4:45 H1/16 Kents Hill 4:00 H1/20 Brewster 4:00 H1/22 Acad. St. Louis 5:00 H1/23 Acad. St. Louis 10:00 H1/27 Kents Hill 3:00 A1/29 NYA 4:00 A1/30 Maine Pre-Preps 12:00 H2/3 Brewster 4:00 A2/12 Holderness 4:15 A2/17 Kents Hill 3:00 A2/19 NYA 4:00 H2/20 New Hampton 1:00 A

Alpine skiing1/13 GS @Shawnee 2:30 H1/20 GS @Sunday Riv. 2:00 A1/22 SL @Kents Hill 2:30 A1/27 SL @Sunday Riv. 2:00 A2/3 GS @Shawnee 2:30 H2/5 SL @Kents Hill 2:30 A2/10 New Englands 9:00 A2/12 maisad C’ship

@Shawnee 1:00 H

snowboarding1/13 SS @Sunday Riv. 2:00 A1/20 BA @Kents Hill 2:30 A1/22 SS @Sunday Riv. 2:00 A1/27 BA @Kents Hill 2:30 A1/29 SS @Sunday Riv. 2:00 A2/3 HP @Sunday Riv. 2:00 A2/10 maisad Boarder

Cross @Sun. Riv. 2:30 A

Robinson Arena public skating

Every sundayNovember 8, 2009–march 7, 2010

2:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.Adults: $3.00

Children 12 and under: $2.00Skating sessions are free for children participating

in the Maine WinterKids Passport program.

Children must be accompanied by an adult.Absolutely no hockey sticks,

pucks or other objects are allowed on the ice during this time.

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The BellRinging out for victoryby David W. Stonebraker

Gould Academy had one—in the courtyard of the Bingham Building. Kents Hill had one—in the tower of Bearce Hall. Hebron had had one—at the top of

the hill adjacent to the path down to the Dwyer Fields—but ice damage in recent years had led to its removal. Now the officers of the Class of 1984—Charlie Lownes, Sue Radd, John Dill and Arthur Rotch—set about to make a difference, to renew the tradition of ringing out the news of victories to the campus on a victory bell. They determined to locate a suitable replacement bell as their class gift.

And what a wonderful bell they found. If memory serves, John Dill got wind of it first, a church bell that had been removed from its steeple and was presently resting in weeds in Hallowell, on the banks of the Kennebec. The officers took a field trip. Yes, it was a bell. Yes, it was available, and with the deal consummated, the real challenges began: to transport the bell to Hebron and find a way to mount it.

A photograph published in the Hebronian shows the bell resting on timbers in front of Sargent Gymnasium on Commencement morning. It was cast by Henry Hooper & Company of Boston in 1867 and weighs 1487 pounds. The diameter of the bottom is thirty-five inches.

Maintenance supervisor Lew Williams designed and constructed a support platform

of massive raw hemlock beams that were blind mortised and pinned in a configura-tion that required no external hardware. The platform was readied, a crane hired, and the bell was swung onto its supporting platform overlooking the west end of Dwyer Fields in April of 1985 where it has rung out Hebron victories for twenty-five years.

Over time the wheel—the wooden track which holds the bell rope—disintegrated, and it became increasingly difficult to set the bell’s 3⁄4 ton mass into motion. For the occasion of the Class of 1984’s 15th Reunion, I salvaged bits of wood from the old wheel and used them for patterns to construct a new six foot wheel. With the wheel restored came a new problem. Ener-getic teams pulling together on the rope were now capable of completely spinning

Lew Williams and vern Record install the new bell and frame in April 1985.


Hebron’s victory bell was cast by Boston’s Henry Hooper & Company in 1867. It weighs 1487 pounds and is 35 inches across.


the massive bell on its bearings, a poten-tially catastrophic situation for both bell and bodies!

Enter Jim Bryant, towerclockman and mechanic to Hebron’s tower clock, who fabricated a solution of flexible leaf spring retards that allow the bell to swing freely on its pivot but not rotate through a full circle.

Hebron’s teams could now pull as vigorously and joyously as they wished.

With the completion of the Athletic Center, Michael Hughes, current Director of Buildings and Grounds, supervised the move of both the bell and its platform—in-tact—from the west end of Dwyer Fields to its present location adjacent to the Athletic

Center and above the Allen and Dwyer fields. And at Commencement for the Class of 2009, a new Hebron tradition began. Led by their class officers, Elijah Hughes, Claire Cummings and Yu Zhang, the Class of 2009 announced their graduation, together, with a pealing of the great bell.

Building and Grounds Director Michael Hughes (atop frame, left) and his crew relocated the bell to the hillside near the new athletic center in 2008.

Intrepid photographer Dennis Griggs climbed the bell frame in 1997 to shoot the field hockey team ringing in victory from a different angle.

The Class of 2009 inaugurated a new tradition: ringing the bell together after the formal Commencement ceremony is over.

The bell’s new location puts it in the middle of the field complex, rather than at one end.


Just as many alumni return annually to the place of special meaning that is Hebron, I, too, had made plans to

attend the 2009 Homecoming. This year’s Homecoming was special to me because it was my 25th reunion. However, I came away from this weekend in awe of who is writing my script. Reflecting back on the past 25 years I have come to realize how much of an impact Hebron has had on my life, but what happened on campus during the weekend of October 2–3, 2009, was amazing. Before sharing this story, though, I must step back in time some 25 years ago.

My father passed away when I was six. As you would suspect, I had grown up missing some of the usual father-son moments. In 1983, hoping for a bet-ter path, I chose to go to Hebron for a postgraduate year. I had no idea how someday things might come full circle. My first few months at Hebron were not without difficulty. Dur-ing the first week of double football practices, I blew out my knee and required surgery, putting me in a hip-to-ankle cast for the first few months. Suffice it to say that my love for Hebron had not yet been contemplated.

During my one year tenure at Hebron there were a few brief moments, however, that are etched into my mind. Only later would I become aware of them and the impact they would have on who I would become. At commencement I was like most graduates, thinking that I was glad to have Hebron in my rearview mirror and looking forward to college and the rest of my life. That life would most assuredly not involve much, if anything, of Hebron. How wrong I was! Since graduation I have found a love for the Academy that has grown steadily over the years as has my involvement and

commitment. Most recently I even became the chair of the Hebron Academy Advisory Council. Not bad for a wayward boy from Arlington, Massachusetts.

Now, fast forwarding to more recent history: This past spring my oldest son was accepted to Hebron as a sophomore and is now living in Atwood. To my delight he went out for football. Ironically enough in his first week at Hebron he broke his arm and ended up in a cast, just like his old man. But wait...there is more.

While on campus for my 25th reunion I learned to my surprise that our class gift

to the school was a bell. Apparently this innocent gift of some 25 years ago is known as Hebron’s victory bell. Every team that wins a home game runs to the bell to ring out the victory. Many of my returning classmates were equally surprised. So much time had passed that we had all forgotten what our class gift was. As my classmates and I

gathered on Saturday it was suggested that we all meet at the bell for a reunion class photo. Shortly after the class picture was taken the Hebron football team entered the field to take on Portsmouth Abbey. As luck would have it on this day Hebron would win the football game in the last minutes. As I watched the team run up to the bell to ring in the first victory of the 2009 season I was consumed by the moment. What I was witnessing, to my amazement, was my son for his first time pull-ing on the rope of the bell that his father had been part of donating 25 years earlier.

In talking to my son after the game and telling him this story he said, “That’s pretty cool, Dad, but did you know that before the game instead of saying ‘go Lumberjacks’ this time they said ‘RING THE BELL!’?”

John Donahue ’84

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Roadtrip!From Hebron to Hebron, via Hebron

Have you ever wondered how many other towns named Hebron are

out there? Where they are? What their stories are? We decided to do

some looking and thanks to the internet, with its vast array of maps and

databases, we were able to pull together the information that follows. In fact, there

was so much information that we had to edit to make it manageable. We looked

only at Hebrons in the United States, although we know there are some in Canada.

We also eliminated Mount Hebron, New Hebron, Hebronville and the like. We

ended up with more than forty “populated places” or “civil divisions” of which about

a third were simply country crossroads. We chose to look at the actual towns and

threw in a couple of quirky or interesting “places in the road” as well.

Like “our” Hebron, many of these towns appear to be named for the biblical

town. Many sprang up around transportation hubs—mostly railroads—but one,

Ohio, near a canal. The northeastern towns are mostly spread out on country roads

that follow the ridges and valleys of the mountains. The midwestern towns are

usually neatly patterned grids of streets, sometimes sliced through by a railroad or

river. We had great fun dropping into the streets of these towns to take a look (thank

you, Google street view!) and imagining what life might be like there. Someday

we’ll hit the road and find out for ourselves.

Notes

The population figures came from the 2000 Census, available online at the American Fact Finder: factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/

Elevations are from the USGS database at geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/


MaiNe

Est. 1792 Pop. 1053 Elev. 571

Our Hebron was founded by Revolution-ary War veterans, who were given land in exchange for their service. The first inhabitants settled the town, built a church and established a school. Their request to name the town Columbia was denied by the Massachusetts General Court and they were assigned the name Hebron instead.

New HaMpsHiRe

Est. 1792 Pop. 459 Elev. 620

Our nearest Hebron neighbor, the New Hampshire town is also very small. Two or three roads intersect at the village green, just steps from Newfound Lake. The town

grew throughout the early 1800s, with farming and associated manufacturing (grist mills, coopers, tanneries, creameries) being the primary industries. Many children’s summer camps sprang up in the early 20th century and tourism still thrives today.

New YoRk

Est. 1796 Pop. 1773 Elev. 794

Nestled between the Upper Taconic and Green mountains to the east and the Adirondacks to the west, this Hebron is the birthplace of the “Beauty of Hebron” potato, which was devel-oped in the mid-1800s and among the varieties used to restock the British Isles after the Irish Potato Famine. The 1916 Burpee catalog describes it as follows: “Very rapid and vigorous grower, ripening as early as Early Rose, which it resembles but fre-quently exceeds in productiveness and excellence for table use, either baked or boiled.”

CoNNeCtiCut

Est. 1708 Pop. 8610 Elev. 551

Connecticut’s Hebron is the largest in population of the Hebrons we discovered.

It is a typical New England small town, with a central crossroads where most of the busi-nesses are located. RHAM High School (Regional

Hebron Andover Marlborough), home of the Sachems, is located within the town limits. The town is big enough to have national retailers such as Dunkin Donuts, but also hosts Ted’s IGA.

peNNsYlvaNia

Although there is a Hebron Township in Potter County, we were intrigued by the Google maps hit on a street in Lebanon. Further investigation

revealed the Hebron Hose Company, a fire station on East Walnut Street.

MaRYlaNd

Est. 1931 Pop. 807 Elev. 39

Located on the Delmarva Peninsula, Hebron, Maryland, began as a railroad shipping point west of Salisbury. As the surrounding farmers and lumbermen began using the rail to ship their products, the town grew in size and importance. In 1927, according to the state web site: “Hebron’s packing house shipped 420,000 cantaloupes in 40 refrigerated rail cars.” Industry waned throughout the late 20th century and today’s town is primarily residential.

GeoRGia

There are two Hebrons in Georgia, but this one caught our eye. It is in Washington County, “The Kaolin Capital of the World.” Kaolin is a white, alumina silicate clay used in paper, medicine and paint, among other applications. The county

currently has five processing companies and many mines. Some of the claypits

can be seen on satellite imagery of the place in the road labeled “Hebron.”

keNtuCkY

Unincorporated Elev. 879

If you have ever ordered something from amazon.com, it probably came through this Kentucky locale. Home to the Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky airport, Hebron is a major shipping hub for several large companies, including The Gap and Toyota’s North American parts center.

oHio

Est. 1835 Pop. 2034 Elev. 889

This Hebron calls itself “Historic Crossroads of Ohio” because of its location on the “Old National Trail”

and Ohio canal system. The town was a busy commerce center until a fire

devasted the downtown at the turn of the 20th century. Now, in the 21st, the Crossroads moniker is again proving apt. Many manufacturing busi-nesses have set up shop at industrial parks, drawn by easy access to Route 40 and Interstate 70. The town is also a recreation center, with boating and fishing on Buckeye Lake, originally a reservoir for the Ohio & Erie Canal.

MiCHiGaN

Est. n/a Pop. 303 Elev. 738

Like the Maryland Hebron, this township is peninsular, located near the northern tip of the lower part of Michigan where Route 75 makes a large curving sweep westward before Mackinaw City and the bridge to the Upper Peninsula. There is a Hebron rest stop on southbound 75 and a lookout tower located on Fire Tower Road.

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illiNois

Est. 1885 Pop. 1038 Elev. 928

Back in 1952, this town’s high school, Alden-Hebron, won the Illinois state boys’ basketball championship, at 98 students the smallest school ever to do so. To commemorate the

event, the town water tower was painted to resemble a basketball and

remains that way today. The town is laid out in a grid, so common in the midwest and is home to small manufacturing companies and an array of hometown businesses.

iNdiaNa

Est. 1890 Pop. 3596 Elev. 709

Settlers from the east came to this piece of prairie in the 1830s which was known as “Corners” until a successful petition to change the name. The town grew rapidly when the Pittsburgh, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (known as the Panhandle) came through town. Today the community is a quiet small town with plenty of local businesses and the new Hebron High School, which opened in 2005.

texas

Est. 1843 Pop. 874 Elev. 577

Squeezed between Plano and Carrollton, this small Hebron is getting smaller. Since

the 1960s, the town has de-annexed much of its property

to neighboring cities, a trend that some residents are now

trying to stop. Interestingly,

the local secondary school (in Carrollton) is called Hebron High School.

NoRtH dakota

Est. 1916 Pop. 803 Elev. 2165

The Brick City began in the 1880s in what was then the Dakota Territory. It is home to the Hebron Brick Company,

founded in 1904 and the oldest manufacturing operation in North Dakota. The railroad bisects the town, which is a grid of wide streets and hometown businesses.

NebRaska

Est. 1872 Pop. 1565 Elev. 1470

The county seat of Thayer County, this Hebron is located on the Oregon Trail and is home to the world’s longest porch swing which seats 16. Lincoln Avenue, the main thoroughfare, is paved with brick for a portion of its length, as is 4th Street, which crosses Lincoln and runs to the courthouse. The airport and country club—with a nine hole golf course—are to the south of the town.

ColoRado


Located in high ranch and mine country on a now-abandoned Union Pacific Railroad line, the town is about 15 miles east of the continental divide and Buffalo Gap.

utaH

Abandoned 1902 Elev. 5476

The first white explorers of this area were driving livestock owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. They settled in the Shoal Creek area, but adequate water proved to be an obstacle

to successful farming. In 1902 an earthquake destroyed vital aqueducts and irrigation systems and the settlers moved six miles east to Enterprise, which still exists today. A cemetery is all that remains of Hebron.

CalifoRNia


We finish our tour on the outskirts of Woodland. Although the town still

appeared on maps in 1916, now it is simply an intersection near a Target

distribution center.

HebRoN supeRlatives

ElevationHighest: ColoradoLowest: Maryland and CaliforniaPopulationLargest: ConnecticutSmallest: Michigan

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Many towns have their own web sites. For more information about some of these interesting places, please visit:New Hampshire www.hebronnh.orgNew York www.hebronny.comConnecticut www.hebronct.comMaryland www.mdmunicipal.orgOhio www.hebronvillage.comIllinois www.villageofhebron.orgIndiana www.visithebron.orgNorth Dakota www.hebronnd.orgNebraska www.hebronnebraska.us


Driving Miss RuthieThe first thing you need to know is that

Ruthie is going to hate this story. “I’m not

perfect. I was not the perfect student. I fought with

my teachers. I wasn’t on honor roll until my senior year when

I didn’t have to take a math class. I was tutored every week for

three years by Miss Ferrenbach and Ms. Shore and Ms. Leyden

so that I could graduate. I got a D every year in math and I had

to work so hard for that D. People learn differently in different

situations and to think that we only honor people who learn in

a standardized manner, who test well in a standardized manner,

really gets to me. I don’t want to be recognized. I don’t tell

people I’m a Fulbright. They say, ‘Where have you been for a

year?’ and I say, ‘Oh, I was doing research and teaching English

in Malaysia.’ Most people don’t ask after that.”

The second thing you need to know is that Ruthie is outspoken, intense, funny, tenacious, smart, opinionated, challenging, articulate, resourceful, hard-working, dramatic and courageous. Once you’ve met her, you don’t easily forget her.

Here’s a brief résumé. Ruth Scarpino graduated from Hebron Academy in 2004. Born and raised in Maine, she came to Hebron via Breakwater School and North Yarmouth Academy. While at Hebron she played field hockey, swam and ran track. She was a four-year mainstay of Hebron drama and played in-your-face Rizzo in Grease her senior year, a part that somehow seemed written for her.

The third thing: Ruthie is Jewish. She recently spent 10 months teaching English in Kijal, a small kampung (village) in Terengganu, the most religious state in the Muslim country of Malaysia. Last summer she asked Julie Middleton, her Hebron theater coach, to spread the word that she needed books to start an English language library at her school. Several of Ms. Middleton’s colleagues sent books and received a fat packet of thank you notes from Miss Ruthie’s students in return. Voluminous letters from Ruthie followed, and we began to wonder—as she herself put it—“How did a little Jewish spitfire from Portland end up in Malaysia?”

by Jennifer F. Adams Photos courtesy Ruth Scarpino


Co-operative education Let’s back up a little bit. After Hebron,

Ruthie went to Antioch College in Ohio. “I chose Antioch because it was focused on creating social change and also very focused on self education and the idea that if you want to learn, you will,” she said. “The joke is that you go to Antioch and they open an FBI file on you because it’s so incredibly liberal. My entire freshman class protested the Iraq war and half of us got arrested. There’s a jail underneath the Washington Monu-ment. I bet you didn’t know that! Every four months we left on co-op. Antioch was the first co-op program, I think, in the United States. You study for three or four months and then you go off for three or four or five months. You’re always leaving and you’re always coming back.”

Ruthie was based in Ireland for her first co-op experience, working for a non-profit organization in Galway that was unable to pay her. She ended up taking a door-to-door sales job to cover her bills. “It was completely commis-sion, so if you had a bad day you lost

money and if you had a good day you came home with 60 euro,” she said. “I had a lot more bad days than I did good days.”

Undaunted, she went to England for her second co-op stint. This time she was placed in an activity center in Cornwall for people with mental and physical disabilities of all kinds. The center had a working farm; a zip line, rock wall and rapelling; an arts center; a wood shop and a garden. “I was there for five months and absolutely loved it,” Ruthie said. “It was one of those experiences where you work so hard that when you fall asleep at night you don’t remember your dreams, but it was so much fun that you just don’t care. The patrons were amazing and gave me an entirely new outlook on life. We were working with adults with Down Syndrome, adults with multiple sclerosis, accident victims. Their take on life is to just live to the best of their abilities, every day they possibly can.”

In Germany on her third co-op, Ruthie and her best friend Gabriella Ruiz suddenly found themselves completely dependent on their own resources. They had done every-thing they were supposed to do. They were legally hired to work in a language agency in München, they had sponsorship, they registered with the police. When they got to München, the ex-patriate American who had hired them asked us what other work options they had. “We figured out that he wasn’t looking for two American girls to work for him, he was looking for two American girls who would be willing to do whatever he wanted to be taken care of, and that’s not who either one of us is.”

With about 300 euro between them, and expenses of about 80 euro a day, they went to the train station. “We found a warm little corner and made friends with a guy who gave us free gummy bears and we staked out the bathroom. Through connections and friends Gabriella and I were put in touch with the Jewish community in Köln.” In Köln they were offered German lessons, two meals a day and a bus pass in exchange for helping out in a fourth grade classroom. It was Ruthie’s first teaching experience. “My German was dismal. In my first class there

Miss Ruthie’s 4sc1 class. “They were the top of their grade and gave the boys a real run for their money. In short these girls are brilliant.”

Boys and girls at school (in fact at all Malay

academic�institutions)�have�a�mandatory�

uniform. Boys must wear a white collared

button-up with short sleeves, green trousers, a

belt and white sneakers. The girls’ uniform is not

nearly as light and breezy. All teachers and female

students wear a two-piece dress called baju

kurung. A baju is best explained as a ten-pound

potato sack with less ventilation that covers

women from the neck down. It has two parts: the

shirt and the skirt. The shirt begins at the neck,

above the collarbone and extends to below the

knee. The skirt sits just below your ribs and ends

when it hits the floor. Under a baju girls are

expected to wear sleeves on their arms and legs

that are literally tubes of fabric that cover their

skin. Bajus are not tight or form-fitting and are

made to hide the body rather than reveal it.

To top off the uniform, you have the head scarf

which must cover your breasts and usually ends

somewhere close to your belly button. The head

scarf is not required by Malay law, but it is socially

unacceptable for women in Terengganu to be

bareheaded. This change happened over the

length of my lifetime. I work with teachers who as

girls used to wear shorts and have uncovered hair.

In�discussions�I’ve�been�told�that�they�“used�to�be�

bad Muslims and were going to hell” but now they

see the error of their ways.


was a nine-year-old boy who was speak-ing in German and I said, ‘Nein, sprechen English,’ and he banged his fists on the table and said, ‘Nein, sprechen Deutsch!’ I said, ‘OK, sprechen Deutsch!’ Needless to say, I learned German really fast, although it’s what we call ‘strasse Deutsch’—street German. Why? Because we learned it on the street.”

Her final Antioch co-op was in Quito, Ecuador. The north of Quito is considered second world, but south of Quito is decid-edly third world and dangerous. “South of Quito kids die of influenza, they die of diarrhea, grown women die in the street and no one can do anything about it. It is so incredibly poor,” Ruthie said. “We lived in the most dangerous barrio, Cincos Esquinos. We lived next to the drug lord and behind the chop shop. No one walked out after sundown; lots of people got shot. I worked for a mission called CENIT that was started by a group of revolutionary nuns. When Ecuador’s economy plummeted in the 1980s, there was a lot of child prostitution, a lot of child drug running, a lot of issues with AIDS and sex and drugs that were not being addressed by the Catholic govern-ment. These nuns decided to address it, and the Vatican excommunicated them. They ended up being privately funded and opened up their own school for free. If you want to enlist your sons in this school, you have to enlist every daughter you have. Now they have a gynecologist who comes in twice a week and doctors who come in three times a week. They have floating health programs in the markets, taking kids to the dentist or doctor for free, and they have educational programs, also in the markets, for kids who never get the chance to go to school because their families are so poor. As soon as you can walk and talk you’re selling corn, you’re selling chicken, you’re selling whatever.

“When I first arrived I taught in the classroom, working with kids who were seven or eight and had never been in a school situation before and at that point it was the hardest thing I’d ever done. And then they put me in Mayorista market—the biggest market in the south—and on a slow day we had 50 kids. On big market days, Thursdays and Fridays, we had 100 kids, 110 kids.”

Ruthie and her colleagues put together lesson plans that included singing, dancing,

games and fun, and then went through the markets collecting children. “So you’d walk up to people’s parents—you’re a gringa in the middle of this market—with two kids in either hand, and you’d say ‘Hi, my name’s Ruthie and I’m working for CENIT,’ and they’ve heard of it but they are really wary. You’re a strange girl and you’re with their kids. But maybe their cousin goes and their mother is so happy that she doesn’t have to take care of them that next week you get two more kids and the numbers start build-ing. The next time you show up you have kids waiting for you.

“So I did that and I loved it. I also did jewelry programs with the women. The cen-ter provided the beads. We also did tapestry making and painting. The mothers could come in and learn how to create these items, then they could sell them at the market to provide supplementary income, which is really cool.

“Ecuador was the first situation where I found third world poverty—people living in their own fecal matter; so much poverty that it was inescapable. It controls every part of your life. You have ten kids because five of them will die. Kids die from para-sites and dysentery. No one knows what an iodine pill is. No one has seen an iodine pill. You sit back and you take a big gulp and say, ‘All right, this is where I’m living.’ You do everything you can to make a difference in someone’s life.”

The F-word Ruthie is an accidental Fulbright—she applied almost on a whim and nearly turned the grant

down, feeling that the judges must have made a mistake. “Antioch always had a high number of Fulbright Scholars and no one ever really hinted that it was prestigious or that it was really a big deal,” she said. “It was always “We have more Fulbrights than the Ivy Leagues,” and I thought, “Yeah, that’s kind of cool, I get to go to another foreign country and do some cool stuff!” It never occurred to me that it was anything big. My friend Gabriella was applying and I thought: why would I turn down this chance to go to another country and do some community outreach and make a difference somewhere else? So I applied, and really had no idea what I had actually applied for. And then I got it and my mother said, ‘Congratulations. I didn’t think you had a snowball’s chance

Malaysia�is�made�up�of�13�states;�

nine of them have sultans and

four of them have governors

(put�in�power�by�the�British).�Malaysia�

became�its�own�nation�in�1957�but�did�not�

become economically wealthy until they

discovered�oil�15–30�years�ago.

By�law,�to�be�“Malaysian”�is�to�be�

Muslim, however this law ignores the vast

Indian and Chinese communities that have

lived in Malaysia for centuries. Due to

“affirmative�action”�laws,�Chinese�and�

Indian Malaysian citizens can be

“overlooked”�for�jobs�and�acceptances�

into university. This practice is not only

accepted, but is explained by the Chinese

and Indian populations as a means of

giving�the�Malay�Malaysians�a�“fair�chance�

to�get�a�job�or�go�to�college.”�(When�I�

heard that I almost vomited—and had to

sit,�smile�and�swallow...yuck!).

There�are�a�handful�of�cities.�Kuala�

Lumpur�and�Melaka�(colonized�by�the�Dutch)�

are two hot spots for western tourists on

their way to the Islands. Very few tourists

travel to the east coast of Malaysia, instead

choosing to stay in the few cities where they

can sport tank tops and shorts and shop at

massive malls. My Malaysia—the Malaysia I

know and live in—is the exact opposite. The

biggest�city�in�Terengganu�is�Kuala�

Terengganu and is about the size of the town

of�Norway�[Maine]�minus�the�super��market�

and�the�fast�food�chains.�What’s�left?�A�bank,�

a few markets, a Chinatown that sprawls

three whole blocks (with one store that

“traffics”�booze�illegally)�and�a�post�office!�

Bright lights—big city...not.

This is what inland Malaysia looks like. It is very, very green, with a large number of rice fields. My kampung was a fishing village so it looked much different.


in hell.’ She didn’t mean it like ‘you’re an idiot,’ she meant it like ‘you have no idea what you are getting into, Ruthie!’ And then I ended up in Malaysia and I under-stood. Half the kids who were with us were Ivy League kids, they had been to Exeter or prestigious schools or came from families where their father was a Fulbright, his father was a Rhodes Scholar; families full of doctors and lawyers and heads of multi-national corporations. My dad is a mechanic and my mother ran a printing company and I’m from Maine. I went to a college that didn’t have grades.”

The road to Terengganu Ruthie arrived in Malaysia for her

orientation just days after the cease fire between Palestine and Israel ended. The mainstream media there—television, news-papers, and so forth—carried interviews with Malaysians asking them what they would do if they met a Jew. The answer, “Kill them.” She had certainly run into ignorance and anti-Semitism before—at NYA someone taped a swastika to her backpack—but now she was afraid for her life. “I had a choice to make: accept the fact that I was scared and stay, or go home. Naturally I stayed. No one knew I was Jewish and I had to keep it that way.”

Ruthie found creative ways to keep her faith private. “In Malaysia, the first

question they ask you is how old you are. The second question is: ‘Are you married?’ because a woman’s status is based entirely on whether she’s married or unmarried. And the next question is: ‘And you are Christian?’ And I always said, ‘No, I’m not Christian.’ ‘Well, we know you’re not Mus-lim, you’re not Buddhist, you’re not Hindu,’ and there’s a pause, and they ask, ‘What are you?’ You just respond ‘I’m a free thinker.’ And they say “Oh, but you believe in God?’ and you say, ‘Yeah, OK, sure, sure.’ And that’s OK because as long as you believe in a god, you’re functional.

“Censorship was a huge thing. I’d talk on the phone and I couldn’t say ‘Jewish,’ I’d say ‘Jword.’ I couldn’t speak any Yiddish. But I don’t have to declare what I am to be who I am. In America everyone declares it: ‘I’m short, I’m tall, I’m fat, I’m thin, I’m Chris-tian, I’m Jewish, I’m straight, I’m gay.’ It’s part of our culture; uniqueness is something we covet. In Malaysia, uniqueness is not at all desirable. Sameness is the ideal. Everyone wants to be like everyone else. No one wants to stand out in a crowd. No one wants to raise their hand. And in some situations it’s actually paralyzing.”

Community in the kampung Ruthie was the first foreigner in Kijal and

she had a very hard time breaking into the community. “I was in every way, shape and form an alien,” she recalled. “Malaysia is not a country, culturally, that discusses issues. You’re in a society where everything is cen-sored, you don’t question authority, where children don’t have their own opinions because they simply agree with whatever the person older than them said, whether or not they think it’s right. Living in a country where no one has a formed opinion that is in fact their own was infuriating.

“I’m a very verbal person. I search for intellectual conversation. I search for chal-lenge, I search for interaction, and I was in a society where women were not supposed to be educated or have opinions. I was an anomaly, and because of that I was terrify-ing. People were scared of me. Men were horrified that I was there. Women were horrified that I was educating their chil-dren. They were scared that I was going to damage them, that I was going to spread my immoral, immodest, American ideas in their safe little bubble. There was never

Malaysian food consists of two staples: ikan�(fish)�

and nasi�(rice).�Ayam�(chicken)�and�daging�(beef)�

are also common, while pork is haraam and against

Islam. Malaysians traditionally eat six very big meals

a day and from what I can tell have the metabolisms

of Olympic runners. If I ate the amount of rice plus

veggies and fish they eat six times a day I would weigh

500�pounds.�They,�on�the�other�hand,�are�quite�petite�

people and constantly tell me that I am fat and should

diet,�even�though�I’ve�lost�30�pounds�since�my�arrival.�

My massive weight loss can be explained in two ways:

I’ve had worms three times and the Malay diet has no

dairy and is very lean. Despite the lack of fat in their

meals it is very clear that there is a deficit of proper

nutrients. Most Malaysians die at around 60 and have

extremely�high�diabetes�“stats.”�My�students�who�

appear�to�be�around�10�or�11�are�actually�14!�You�

can imagine my shock when I learned their age!

Malaysia is a tropical paradise.

Monsoon season is from Novem-

ber to January, and the remainder

of the year is hotter than hell. Truth: I’ve

never been hotter in my entire life than I

have the last eight months in this country.

Kijal�is�3–6�hours�away�from�Kuala�

Terengganu.�Without�stopping�the�ride�should�

take�2�1/2�hours�on�a�bus,�however�due�to�

constant breakdowns and multiple stops/

breaks for food, prayer and stuffing the

already-full bus with random people who

stand or sit on your lap it can take a while.

Kijal�is�a�very�small�kampung�(village)�a�

solid�30�minutes�from�anything.�There�is�

nothing to walk to and nowhere to go. The

kampung is lived in by fishermen and factory

workers. They live in traditional Malay houses

built from wood and propped up on stilts (to

keep the house from washing away when

monsoon�season�hits�hard).�Houses�and�

property are passed down through family, and

very�few�children�in�Kijal�ever�leave�the�

kampung.�Girls�traditionally�marry�between�19�

and�24;�if�you’re�unmarried�by�30�you�are�

written off as a spinster and care for your

parents until their deaths—usually never

leaving your parents’ home. Thus women can

spend their entire lives in the same town, in

the same house, never experiencing anything

new or different.

Authority is the prized possession of all

men. The father is the head of the house, and

anything of any consequence depends/begins

and ends with his word. Once the father dies

his power is given to his sons and they become

the�“man�of�the�house.”�If�an�unmarried�

daughter wishes to travel, buy a car or open a

bank account she may only do so with the

permission of her father or brothers. If the

woman is married she must ask her husband, as

she is his property and belongs to him.

This is Nasi Kerabu, my favor-ite Malay meal. It’s made with rice, fish and lots and lots of spicy chili! A spe-cial leaf is used to dye the rice blue, and it is only found in Malaysia. Yum!


ever a conversation between anyone that said ‘Hi, we are scared that...’ or ‘Hi, we are concerned that...’ or ‘Hi, we have issues with...’ because no one confronts anyone. In order to have a confrontation you have to have an opinion, which no one will admit they have.”

She persevered, however, and was accepted first by the students in the hostel where she lived. “For the first few months they were in my apartment 24/7, mak-ing crafts, listening to music and playing games. I taught additional hostel classes until May when ‘more important subjects’ (like math—boo!) took my time slot. The kids weren’t impressed either. They went from having scavenger hunts, ‘English direc-tions’ Twister and whatever else I pulled out of my sleeves, to an extra two-hour period of sitting at a desk and doing calculations.

“Like at Hebron, the girls and boys have separate dorms, however unlike Hebron they are divided by gender for everything. Male and female students sit on separate sides of the canteen, and they have separate washing stations, entrances and food lines. Boys lead prayer and go to mosque at the appropriate times. Girls, although allowed in the mosque but separated from the men, pray in their rooms in the dorm. Although both boys and girls are allowed to play sports (because SMK Kijal is not a religious school), boys are provided with a coach, uni-forms and ample and organized practices, while the girls must ask teachers to observe practice while they coach each other in the muddy part of the field that is unused by the boys. I’m sure you can imagine my hor-ror and disgust.

“Whenever I had the chance I coached the girls’ field hockey team, much to the disdain of the male coaches who told me ‘girls can’t play hockey.’ Just to piss them off I coached the girls as I was coached at Hebron. I made them practice stick and ball skills and forced them to run, since

they usually slowly walked to the ball. When the state competition rolled around and the girls invited me to attend the male coaches were not pleased, and the fact that the girls won four games in a row to win states almost blew them off their feet. While the girls were hugging, screaming and going crazy, I was given a ‘nod’ by the boys’ coaches and ignored for the remainder of the day. Truly one of my favorite moments since arriving.”

Ruthie grew close to her mentor, Saliza Othman, and was essentially adopted into her family of ten brothers and sisters. They invited her to their home to celebrate Hari Raya, the end of Ramadan. When Ruthie left at the end of her grant, Saliza’s family pooled their money together and presented her with a Malay songket. Songket is a traditional Malay textile—often made

Once a month (but usually more often due to living in the middle of nowhere) I organized programs for the hostel students who lived at school. I did tie dye, no-bake cookies, movie nights... you name it. One month exams were so stressful that I decided to have a water balloon fight! Naurally, the boys and girls had to have separate fights and I counted on having 30 or 40 kids and ended up with nearly 100... (there were more girls than boys). Here are the boys—before they got their balloon fight on!

Because all American woman are blonde-haired and blue-eyed, most Malaysians respond dif-

ferently�when�they�find�out�I�am�from�the�USA.�One�day over nasi ayam (chicken�rice),�another�ETA’s�mentor insisted that I must be of Arabic descent, because of my brown hair and brown eyes. Despite my explanation that I have Italian heritage she asked,�“Was�your�father�Arab?”�“No.”�“Was�your�grandmother�Arab?”�“No.”�Exasperated,�she�said,�“Well�it�must�be�that�your�great-grandmother�was�Arab and everyone forgot it.” I figured that it was probably not the best time to out myself as an Italian Jew, thus explaining my dark hair and olive-ish skin tone. This weekend once again I was asked if I had Arab lineage, and was informed that Arab women were the holiest and most beautiful women in the world and that as a member of this category it’s my duty�to�marry�and�have�13�babies.�And�once�again�I�thought�to�myself,�“If�only�you�knew�I’m�a�Jew!�Ha!”


with gold—worn for weddings and tradi-tional ceremonies. “It took the wind right out of me,” Ruthie said. “It changes your whole value system. It’s funny, because that’s how I was raised. You take care of your own. It’s a military thing, it’s a Jewish community thing. You can contact any Jewish commu-nity in the world and they will help you out any way they can. I grew up in those kinds of communities, but I’ve never lived in another society that functioned in that manner.

“Islam wants to claim that it’s indepen-dent of Judaism and Judaism wants to claim that it’s completely different from Islam, but they are so similar. They have the same ‘take care of your own’ philosophy. If someone is part of your family you bend over backwards for them, it doesn’t matter if they’re a com-plete stranger, you open your doors, you open your homes, you open your hearts. That’s amazing. It’s absolutely amazing.”

Replaceable Ruthie One thing Ruthie has learned with all her coming

and going is understanding when it’s time to leave, although sometimes it’s difficult. “I want to be replaceable,” she said. “If I can teach you a skill, I should be replaced by that skill. If I teach you to read, you don’t need me when you can read yourself.

“That was the thing with Malaysia. I walked into a school that had never had an adequate English program, where most of my students were illiterate in their own language. The school system is so standard-ized that it doesn’t matter if you fail all your tests, they still move you forward because there’s nothing to do with you. There’s no tutoring, no extra help, no checking in with teachers; it doesn’t exist. I started a literacy program, getting books and tutoring. I was up until 11:00 every night in my room or in

Coming from Maine I used to think

that I was prepared for all kinds

of weather. I can drive a stick shift

in�snow�and�ice;�I’ve�lived�through�ice�

storms;�blackouts�that�last�a�week�and�I’m�

used to random changes in cold fronts,

hot�fronts,�you�name�it.�When�my�students�

talked about monsoon season I would

listen�while�privately�thinking,�“You�want�

bad weather? Try a blizzard in February.”

I�was�so�wrong!�Last�week�I�experienced�

my first monsoon rain. The sky was literally

black and when the heavy clouds of doom

finally opened, getting rained on felt like I

was being clubbed like a baby seal. These

weren’t cute little raindrops—these things

could knock out a bear. In an hour my

school’s bottom floor was flooded. The

roads washed away and most day students

stayed home because there was no road

to walk to school on. All of this happened

in less than 60 minutes. I can’t imagine

what it’s like in November and December

when it rains like that for eight hours every

single day. I now understand why houses

that would be used for timber at home

are propped up on brand new stilts every

year, and why school is closed for the first

two official months of rainy season. Even if

they had school, no one could get there!

Classes in Malaysia are very limited.

Due to lack of funds, my students

have no art or music classes and

only the advanced students get the op-

portunity to work in the science labs or

audio-visual�room.�Half�(or�more)�of�Kijal’s�

student body cannot read or write in their

own language, let alone English, and it’s

accepted or ignored by teachers and

administrators alike. There are no grades in

the Malay school system. All students take

a series of standardized tests throughout

the year and the results from said exams

substitute�as�grades.�Students�who�test�

poorly, or have issues reading and writing,

fail by default and never have a fighting

chance. Many kids who would have test

modifications due to learning differences

and dyslexia in America are ignored and

never get the help they need to succeed.

As part of my grant here I am doing a

case study on dyslexia and learning differ-

ences and have been allowed by the govern-

ment and my school to use modified testing

for one student, who is dyslexic by American

definitions. If my work with her is successful I

will submit my case study to the government

and petition to expand the definition of

learning differences, and supply modifica-

tions to a larger population of students.

Currently�to�be�L.D.�in�Malaysia�equates�

to�having�Down�Syndrome.�If�I�can�actu-

ally motivate the government to look into

modifying their legal definition of dyslexia I

can die happy. Horace Mann, the founder of

Antioch�College,�once�stated,�“Be�ashamed�

to die until you have won some victory

for humanity,” and I think this qualifies.

Since�arriving�at�my�school�I’ve�started�

an English pen pal program, a slew of fun

hostel activities, tutoring sessions, a mil-

lion�English�competitions�and�the�Literacy�

Project.�It’s�amazing�to�see�the�growth�

and improvement in my students. Eight

months ago they couldn’t tell me how they

felt let alone answer a verbal ques-

tion in English. Now their mouths

run faster than mine, they are able to

hold a conversation and have gained

confidence ten-fold. I feel that very little

of their improvement has to do with

me;�it’s�their�hard�work�and�dedica-

tion that has brought them this far

and I am proud of them and all their

efforts. Anyone can talk, but it takes

a certain level of focus and a desire

to learn to improve—and they have.

Houses on a river during monsoon season. In the winter all the storms cause runoff which turns the water brown. In the spring and sum-mer it’s usually very blue or green.

My�first�five�weeks�in�Malaysia�were�split�between�Kuala�

Lumpur�and�Kuala�Terengganu.�In�both�locations�I�

searched for bajus and appropriate clothing for my school.

After learning that the cheapest way to get new clothing was

to make it, I bought fabric and went with three friends to see

a seamstress. All of us ordered three or more outfits and got

fit�and�measured�for�our�new�clothes.�When�we�went�to�pick�

up our orders the seamstress asked why we all were getting

bajus made. Thinking nothing we told her we were new

teachers and needed bajus�for�school.�Without�batting�an�eye�

she�asked,�“You’re�not�converting?”�She�thought�we�were�

new converting Muslims!


Miss Ruthie’s Class 1 Indah. “The students in this class threw me a going away party and made me cry! These are the girls who decided they were not going to miss class just because the boys locked us out and went to gym. They removed the glass from the windows and the girls and I, bajus and all, climbed through the classroom window! The boys came back and didn’t know what to think when they found us inside!”

the cafeteria working with students, doing the basic literacy work that in America you’re doing in the first and second grade. At the end, my students wrote me thank you notes. Ten months ago they couldn’t have. That’s what I wanted. I wanted to teach them a skill so they did not need me any more, and that happened, so I feel like I’ve done my job and I can leave and I’m proud of the work I did. But to put yourself in situations where you are not permanent is awkward. You need to be prepared to just pick up and go at any point where you are no longer needed, and you have to know when that is. And it’s hard, leaving people. You’ve made connections, relationships, you find family, and saying, ‘You don’t need me any more, I’m going now,’ hurts. And you do it to yourself!”

The road beyond Ruthie came back to Maine in November. In January, she and her family spent a

month on a kibbutz in Israel and then she moved to New York where she will explore

long-held interests in art and theater, and possibly make a dif-ference along the way. “I’m going to pursue art and theater and social activism. I’m interested in how art and theater can be used to create social change. I want to get involved in art collec-tives and community work and art pro-grams for underprivi-leged youth. If I don’t do this right now I’m going to regret it for the rest of my life.

“I’m going to be poor, I’m going to be broke, I’m going to be asking my mother to mail me food, but I’m going to be happy. I’m happy with the choices I’ve made, I’m happy with the roads I’ve taken. I don’t have $40 in my pocket right now. I don’t have a bed and I’m living in a sleeping bag, but

I don’t need 12 pairs of shoes to make me happy. I don’t need a Versace bag. What I need is to know that I’m proud of myself, to be pursuing things that will make me feel fulfilled. Making a difference makes me happy. And education makes me happy. Art and theater make me happy. So that’s what I’m going to do.”

This is my mentor Saliza Othman. She is not only one of the few English teachers I met who could speak English, but she also actually loved to teach. She has become one of my closest friends and is a true kindred spirit.

That was you, Dad? Jacob Freed and his father, Josh, look at the 1984 yearbook during Homecoming.

a l u m n i e t a l u m n a e


class Notes1933

Our thoughts are with bill macvane on the death�of�his�wife�Peggy�in�October.

1938Lester Forbes� reports,�“Marge�and� I� just�had� our� 67th� wedding� anniversary.� Cel-ebrated by moving into assisted living quarters at Highland Farms retirement community. Just passed 90 and still riding a�24”�bike.”

1939paul Kerr�writes,�“Always�happy�to�receive�the Hebron booklet on all the student ac-tivities and the campus changes. It sure has�changed�since�‘39.”

1941Class Agent: John MacDonald

[email protected]

1942Class Agent: Norm Cole

[email protected]

phil Isaacson�reports,�“I�continue�to�prac-tice law, write on and for the visual arts, downhill ski and remain active in historic preservation matters on both state and local levels.” n donald Lukens writes, “Recently� returned� to�Harvard� ‘B’� school�60th class reunion. After Hebron went to Bowdoin and Bates. Hebron great for learning how to study! I can still remember the mornings I walked from Cook Gym to wait on tables. I remember the excellent sports programs wherein I played foot-ball�and�baseball�under�“Deacon”�Danny�MacFayden (later at Bowdoin, also played for�the�Braves�and�Yankees).�Have�memo-ries�of�Miss�Stevens,�dietecian�and�good�friend of the waiters. Fellow waiters Don Merloni,� Al� Bass,� Marco� Rotelli,� Snookie�Lawson,� Mario� Dido,� went� to� Columpia�OCS� (midshipman),� later�PT�boat�12�and�39.� Squadron� leader� in� Philippines� was�Lenny� Thom,� Squad� Cmdr� Squadron� 39,�who�was�with�Kennedy�on�PT-109.�I’m�86�years�old�and�supposedly�have�Parkinsons�Disease.” n Wendell Wilson reports, “Getting�old�and�sickly.�Turned�86�at�end�of August. My daughter helps me out quite�a�bit�on�the�weekends.�She�works�as�

a school teacher all week. My wife passed away� in� 1988� from� ovarian� cancer.� No�more trips to Florida in winter. Too old to play golf any more.”

1943Class Agent: Gene Smith

[email protected]

John Lawry says that he keeps busy play-ing tennis once a week indoors. He plays on�the�warm�days�but�can’t�break�100!

1947Class Agent: Ernest Rodrigues [email protected]

1948Class Agent Needed! Find out how

you can get involved with your class. Call or e-mail Pat Layman: 207-966-5236, [email protected]

Amory houghton�writes,�“Can’t�get�a�flu�shot of either kind so this may be my last message.”

1949Class Agent: Bob Rich

[email protected]

Art cooper, retired long-time head of the� N.C.� State� University� Department� of�Forestry, is currently an active member of

the NC Forestry Board. n ben Jeffries’ interest in the sea and sailing still serves him� well� as� he� lives� in� Stonington,� the�Downeast�heart�of�both.�Ben’s�son,�Steve�‘79,� is� vice� chair� of� the�Hebron�Board�of�Trustees. n bob mcTaggart retired from the Monsanto Company years ago, then running a successful import business. He and� wife,� Pat,� live� in� Longmeadow,�MA,�during the cold-weather months and in the Belgrade�Lakes�area�of�Maine�from�June�to�October. They recently returned from trips to�Spain�and�Argentina.� n James sawyer has retired from a career in university-level media education and lives in North Cum-berland, ME. n phil smith was recently named as a trustee emeritus of Hebron and�lives�in�Southport,�ME.

1950s ixt ieth reunion

Class Agent Needed! Find out how you can get involved with your class. Call or e-mail Pat Layman: 207-966-5236, [email protected]

Ralph Wells�writes,� “All� you�1950�grads:�2010� makes� 60.� Anyone� game� for� a�reunion?�Let’s�get�some�dialogue�going�on�this.�Who� in�Maine�or�NH�wants� to�head�this�up?� I’m� in�Kansas�City,�a�bit� far� from�the� action.� Contact� me� at� 7115� Stewart�Road�#43,�Liberty�MO�64068.”

1951Class Agent: Ted Ruegg [email protected]

saul cohen�writes,�“Bought�my�company,�Hammond Residential Real Estate, back from GMAC in March 2009. I had sold it to GMAC in March 2000. My activities in sup-port of the performing arts continue.”

1952Class Agent: Ken Boyle

[email protected]

capt. birchard Fossett� writes,� “I’m� now�living in a retirement home in Columbia, MD.� Retired� from� the� US� Navy� after� 32�years of active duty as a captain. I then was employed in the civil service for an additional 6 years. I remember my Hebron years�1948–1952�with�gratitude.”� n Rich-ard Robbins� reports,� “Mr.� Allen� and�many of my teachers at Hebron would be shocked�to�learn�that�my�‘retirement� job’�(second�one)� is�teaching.�My�wife,�Bever-ley, and I both taught high school English for�a�couple�of�years.�Now�we�work�4�days�a week as substitutes. It helps to keep us ‘young’.”

Class of 1949: Phil Smith, Jim Sawyer, Bob Rich and Bob McTaggart.

Reunions & homecoming 2010Friday, october 8 • saturday, october 9

Reunions for Fives & Aughts • Kids’ Activities • Road Race • Rainbow Reunion • Class Dinners • Much more!





1953Class Agent: Dean Ridlon

[email protected]



demas (dick) Jasper� reports,� “At� 101�years young, mother Viola Jasper (wife of�Rufus�’25)�is�well�and�busy�in�Eliot,�ME.�Manolie�and�I�are�well�and�busy�in�Lindon,�UT, running our health store (discounts for�any�Hebron�alumni)� and�also�working�for BlendTec—you’ve seen our blenders at ww.willitblend.com. Fifteen grandchil-dren visit, too.” n donald Knox works in property management, overseeing several properties that he has aquired over the years. He spends spring and fall in Florida and winters in Massachusetts so he can ski. n Llewellyn Ross writes,�“Continue�to�work� full� time�at�Merrill�Lynch,�managing�money for high net worth clients. Am will-ing to provide guidance to classmates in these turbulent times.”

1955f ifty-f ifth reunion

Class Agent: Richard Parker [email protected]

sam dibbins reports,� “I� am� still� working�full�time�as�a�teaching�pro�in�tennis.�Wife�Cindy works as trainer/teacher/competitor in� 3-day� equestrian� event�work.�We� love�Portland�(OR)�and�are�overwhelmed�by�the�growth of Hebron!”

1956Class Agent: Kenneth Mortimer

360-527-3584 [email protected]

John sherden is still hiking and reports that�he�did�100�miles�of�the�Appalachian�Trail� in� May.� “Vacationed� at� Little� Cran-berry Island, ME. Healthy, happy with wife and cats, dogs and horses.”



patrick Tracey writes,� “Have� 3� children�and�4�grandchildren.�Retired�in�2000�and�have� lived� in� Naples� since� 1974.� Go� to�Chile about every 2 years.”



corey hammond� writes,� “Enjoying� sum-mers�in�Nova�Scotia�and�winters�in�Maine.�I�belong to cycling clubs in both locations!”

1959Class Agent: Bernard Helm

[email protected]

Jim harberson�writes,� “I�enjoyed� return-ing� for� my� 50th� reunion� and� seeing� my�former classmates. I deeply appreciate being entered into Hebron’s Athletic Hall of Fame and meeting many of the current students and staff who made our reunion so memorable.”

1960f ift ieth reunion

Class Agent: Dave Williams david.j2.williams@

columbiamanagement.com



Zandy gray is retired and travels to Maine and Arizona. He recently attended the 40th�anniversary�of�his�Peace�Corps�group.�He�reports�that�daughter�Claudia�‘92�and�her�husband�Paul�Rudd�live�in�Washington�DC where both work in international de-velopment.

1962Class Agent: Dick Forté

[email protected]

1963Class Agent: Will Harding

[email protected]

Will harding� reports,�“Still� the�road�race�referee for AHRMA (American Historic Racing� Motorcycle� Association).� And� we�are�building�a�vintage�BMW�for�the�heavy-weight superbike class. This year the series will extend from Daytona to California and Oregon,�from�Wisconsin�to�Alabama.”

1964Class Agent: John Giger

[email protected]

Congratulations to Tom hull, who was recently� approved� for� a� Presidential�Meritorious� Service� Award� by� President�Obama for his service as ambassador to Sierra� Leone� (2004-2007).� Tom� received�the� same� award� from� President� Clinton�for� his� 1989-2003� contributions� toward�transforming communist Czechoslovakia in the democratic Czech Republic. Tom also joined Hebron’s Board of Trustees in October.

1965forty-f ifth reunion

Class Agent: Allen Kennedy [email protected]

James morrill� writes,� “We� had� a� new�grandson� born� this� year—Wendell� Solo-mon�Sweet.”

1966Class Agent: Harvey Lowd

[email protected]

Our condolences go to bill golden on the loss of his father in July.

Class of ’62 friends Dick Forté, Fred Friedman, Mike Jones and Shell Evans gathered in Fairhaven, MA. That evening there was a spirited discussion of the relative merits of Green Key vs. the butt room.



Clockwise from above: Head of

School John King congratulated

volunteer of the Year Bernard

Helm ’59; Lee and Bill Bearse

’59 at Allen House for the 50th

Reunion luncheon; Fred Perry

’59 and Sarah Smith sported

the weekend’s most beautiful

umbrellas; Len Mintz ’53 played

for Tina when the student pianist

took a break; Bruce ’59 and

Barbara Edge chatted with hockey

coach Matt Plante at the Friday

evening welcome gathering.

Reunion/homecoming 2009

damp day does not dampen spirits







1968Class Agent: Robert Lowenthal

[email protected]

Our thoughts are with don gordon on the loss of his mother in November. n James Locke� writes,� “I� support� conservative�values and principles and Hebron Academy!” n Robert Waite reports,� “I�retired�from�Canada�Post�on�December�31,�2009, and will be launching my own firm, Waite�&�Company,�in�2010,�specializing�in�CEO communications as well as corporate social responsibility strategies and practices.

1969Our thoughts are with mark Lebel on the loss�of�his�father�in�September.

1970fort ieth reunion

Class Agent: Craig Clark [email protected]

1971Class Agent: Harvey Lipman [email protected]

Our sympathies go to doug gordon on the loss of his mother in November. n The annual Cumberland County YMCA swim from�Peaks� Island� to�East�End�Beach�will�

now be known as the cyrus hagge YMCA Peaks� to� Portland� Swim� in� honor� of�Cy’s�longtime service to the Y. n Jim Nelson writes,� “The� new�Allen� field,� the� remod-eled� Sergeant� (art� center)� and� the� gor-geous Athletic Center are a delight! My son Winston ‘08 finished his first year at Marist and is doing well. My oldest son Arthur works for the Corporate Executive Board�in�Washington,�DC.�I�run�a�consult-ing practice specializing in wireless tech-nology and electronic medical record software�in�health�care.��We�are�currently�working on setting up what’s called a Health�Information�Exchange�(HIE)�for�a�7�hospital group and their attending physi-cians in New Jersey. If we do it right, the HIE will save money and improve the qual-ity of care for many. My wife Ana is region-al director of the Alzheimer’s Association in CT. Reflecting back, I see how Hebron gave me the structure and critical skills the I have used throughout my life. I am always glad to hear from old classmates.”

1972Class Agent: Steve Gates [email protected]

Our condolences go to peter suyama on the loss of his father in June.

1973Class Agent: Gregory Burns

[email protected]

Our thoughts are with Jon suyama on the loss of his father in June. n Rob Thomp-son� recently� completed� 10� years� with�Delta� Air� Lines� and� is� currently� flying� in-ternational routes, mostly to Europe. His oldest son is a third generation Navy pilot-in-training and his youngest son is working on a business degree at UCF. Rob and his wife,�Becky,�still�live�in�Melbourne,�FL.

1974Class Agent: Scott Fraser

[email protected]

Our thoughts are with mark Jorgenson on the�loss�of�his�mother�in�September�and�to�William hornberger on the death of his mother,�also�in�September.

1975th irty-f ifth reunion

Class Agent: Ellen Augusta [email protected]

Our sympathies go to david Allen on the death of his father in June and to Jona-than James on the loss of his father in August.

1976Class Agent: Reed Chapman

[email protected]

gary Appelbaum writes,� “My� younger�daughter started at Ithaca College in the fall and my older daughter Haley returned to Indiana University to continue pursuing� her� degree.� Work� at� Johnson�&� Johnson� Consumer� remains� terrific.�Hello to all from the soon-to-be empty-nesters.” n mel Nadeau reports,� “Heard�from stacey berney miles recently. It has

been�26�years.�She�looks�great�and�hasn’t�aged one bit. bill Kaneb ’75 and his lady friend may be coming our way to visit and ski in Banff. marjorie bobbitt comes by for� dinner� periodically.� Still� in� touch�with�baikie, hillier and Ledger.”

1977Class Agent: Bob Hernon

[email protected]

Congratulations to bryce Fequet who was recently elected mayor of his town. n Our sympathies go to Dana Hodges on the death of his mother in November. n Adam Lee was recently named to the Efficiency Maine Trust board. n Our sympathies go to scott miller on the death of his father in November.



george dycio was featured in MaineBiz recently,� as� part� of� a� feature� on� Lewis-ton/Auburn’s Foreign Trade Zone activa-tion. n Our thoughts are with Forbes macvane on the loss of his mother in October.

1979Class Agent: Brian Cloherty [email protected]

Our thoughts are with brian cloherty on the sudden death of his wife in August.

1980th irt ieth reunion

Class Agent: Betsy Siekman Graves [email protected]

Class of 1974: Rick Parker, Roger Clark, Mike Feldman, Mark Jorgenson and Scott Fraser.



volunteers for hebron

The Hebron Academy Advisory Council meets during Homecoming every fall. From left: Bob Gardner, Jane Harris Ash ’79, Carl Engel ’86, Daryel Dulhaime, Scott Downs ’86, Megan Brooks ’88, Rick Rigazio ’71, Peter Jeffries ’52, Ruthann Brooks Boyd ’81, John Donahue ’84 (chair), Craig Clark ’70, Bernard Helm ’59, Steve Lane ’62, Katie Curtis ’02, Martin Küchler ’79 and staff member Beth Garza.

board of TrusteesThe Board of Trustees bears fiduciary responsibility for Hebron. Board committees oversee all aspects of the school.

J. Reeve Bright, Esq. ‘66, chairMr. Stephen B. Jeffries ‘79, vice chairMr. Paul S. Goodof ‘67, treasurerMrs. Debra B. Bloomingdale ‘83, secretaryMrs. Susan Geismar Mrs. Susan A. Gendron Mr. William B. Golden ‘66Edward A. Gottlieb, Esq. ‘64Mr. Wallace E. Higgins Mr. James B. Hill, II ‘90Ambassador Thomas N. Hull, III ‘64Mr. Kimball L. Kenway Esq. ‘70Dr. Scott R. Nelson ‘91Mr. Robert P. Rich, Jr. ‘49Dr. Michael E. Silverman ‘85Mr. Judah C. Sommer Ms. Meredith N. Strang Burgess Mr. Scott E. Wilson ‘71

Advisory councilAdvisory Council members meet on campus twice each year to offer advice and expertise on aspects of school life. They also host events and spearhead other outreach efforts.

Ms. Devon M. Biondi ‘96Mrs. Ruthann Brooks Boyd ‘81Mr. Michael E. Britt, Jr. ‘81Mr. Craig Clark ‘70Miss Katherine E. Curtis ‘02Mr. John E. Donahue, Sr. ‘84Mr. T. Scott Downs ‘86

Mr. Daryel Dulhaime Dr. Norman O. Farrar ‘58Mr. Robert H. Gardner Mr. Henry A. Harding ‘70Ms. Jane Harris Ash ‘79Mr. Bernard L. Helm ‘59Mr. Robert M. Hernon ‘77Dr. Peter F. Jeffries ‘52Mr. Matthew W. Johnson ‘93Mr. Stephen W. Lane ‘62Mr. James C. Rea, III ‘62Mr. Richard J. Rigazio ‘71Mr. Alexander B. Warrick, III ‘04

class AgentsThe primary communicators to alumni, Class Agents write letters or emails to classmates at least twice a year.

Mr. John A. MacDonald, Jr. ‘41Mr. Norman A. Cole ‘42Mr. Eugene J. Smith ‘43Mr. Ernest W. Rodrigues ‘47Mr. Robert P. Rich, Jr. ‘49Mr. Edward L. Ruegg ‘51Rev. Kenneth A. Boyle ‘52Mr. Dean E. Ridlon ‘53Mr. Richard J. Parker ‘55Dr. Kenneth P. Mortimer ‘56Mr. Bernard L. Helm ‘59Mr. David J. Williams ‘60Mr. Richard S. Forte ‘62Mr. William C. Harding, Jr. ‘63Mr. John R. Giger ‘64Mr. Allen C. Kennedy ‘65Mr. Harvey L. Lowd ‘66Mr. Robert L. Lowenthal, Jr. ‘68Mr. Jonathan G. Moll ‘69Mr. Craig Clark ‘70

Mr. Harvey A. Lipman ‘71Mr. Stephen R. Gates ‘72Mr. Gregory M. Burns ‘73Mr. Scott Fraser ’74Miss Ellen L. Augusta ‘75Mr. C. Reed Chapman ‘76Mr. Robert M. Hernon ‘77Mr. Brian O. Cloherty ‘79Elizabeth Siekman Graves ‘80Mrs. Jane E. Fiore ‘81Mr. Tucker Cutler ‘82Mrs. Debra B. Bloomingdale ‘83Mrs. Deborah S. Cote ‘84Mr. Eric T. Shediac ‘85Mr. T. Scott Downs ‘86Mrs. Catherine T. Crowley ‘87Mrs. Ann S. Mooradian ‘88Mr. M. Hayes McCarthy ‘89Mr. Andrew M. Haskell ‘90Mr. Marcus A. De Costa ‘91Dr. Scott R. Nelson ‘91Dr. Marko I. Radosavljevic ‘93Ms. Erica J. Litchfield ‘94

Ms. Jessie D. Maher ‘95Ms. Devon M. Biondi ‘96Miss Kirsten L. Ness ‘98Mr. Joseph J. Patry ‘99Miss Corinna Hartman-Frey ‘00Miss Katherine E. Curtis ‘02Miss Sara D. Marquis ‘03Mr. John W. Slattery ‘04Miss Bettina T. Voigt ‘05Miss Allison M. Coombs ‘06Mr. Noah S. T. Love ‘07Miss Andrea J. Hart ‘08Mr. Jason B. Goodman ‘08Miss Jennifer A. Duguay ‘08Miss Claire E. Cummings ‘09Miss Ye Chen ‘09

parents Fund committeeThese parents of current students help the Advancement Office with fundraising and outreach.

Theresa and David Banash, co-chairsDebbie and Andy BloomingdaleSandy and Chip EvansSusan and John GeismarKristin and Marc KannegieserSusan and Randall SmithStacey and Lonnie Taylor

Listed below are some of the volunteers who help with governance, fundraising and outreach. The time and talent of these dedicated alumni, parents and friends are key to Hebron’s success. Thank you!

Board chair Reeve Bright ’66 thanks volunteers for their work at a special luncheon.



Reunion/homecoming 2009

Rain, rain, go away

Clockwise from above: Klaus Grieb

’84 traveled from Germany for his

25th reunion; Kathryn Gardner ’85,

Michael Newsom and Olivia; Reed

Claiborne ’89; 1989 classmates

Jennifer Eldridge Bourget and

Max Ramsey chat with Hayes

McCarthy’s wife Rebecca; Ryan

Boisvert’s little boy entertained

her 1999 classmates at the football

game; Green Key members gave

campus tours, rain and all.



milestones

unions1956Judy Thomson and chris Righter, on October�17,�2009.

1995Lyndsay� Santeusanio� and�doug san-born,�in�August�2004.

1996Tara Langelier and Ilir Ujkaj, on March 28,�2009,�in�Boston,�Massachusetts.

1997Catherine Marshall and Alec muller, on� September� 5,� 2009,� in� Concord,�New Hampshire.

2000 and 2001Elizabeth Rozeboom and Arden manning, in June 2009.

2007Jillianne�Wrin�and�peary valeriani, in Hebron, summer 2009.

Former Facultyshailer barron and Vikas Vatsa, sum-mer 2009.

New Arrivals1995To� Lyndsay� Santeusanio� and� doug sanborn,�a�daughter,�Ruby�Grace�San-born,�on�July�1,�2009.

1996To� Susan� and� Andy stephenson, a daughter,� Georgianna� Price� Steph-enson,�born�November�18,�2009.

1997To John and Arica powers monahan, a�daughter,�Alivia,�born�November�25,�2009.

FacultyTo Jen and Alex godomsky, a son, Ethan, born July 26, 2009.

To John and Arica powers monahan, a�daughter,�Alivia,�born�November�25,�2009.

Former FacultyTo susan and Andy stephenson, a daughter,� Georgianna� Price� Steph-enson,�born�November�18,�2009.

1981Class Agent: Jane Hepburn Fiore

[email protected]

Our thoughts are with Nancy galos saf-ford on the loss of her mother in Novem-ber. n Eileen gillespie says hi to Jane Fiore!

1982Class Agent: Tucker Cutler

[email protected]

Our sympathies go to James hornberger and Anne hornberger cannon on the death�of�their�mother�in�September.

1983Class Agent:

Debbie Beacham Bloomingdale [email protected]

1984Class Agent: Deb Schiavi Cote

[email protected]

Our thoughts are with mark galos on the loss of his mother in November.

1985twenty-f ifth reunion

Class Agent: Eric Shediac [email protected]

1986Class Agent: Scott Down

[email protected]

1987Class Agent: Kate Thoman Crowley

[email protected]

1988Class Agent: Ann Snyder Mooradian

[email protected]

1989Class Agent: Hayes McCarthy

[email protected]

Our condolences go to duke Lovetere on the death of his mother in August.

1990twent ieth reunion

Class Agent: Andy Haskell

If you’re passing through Union, Maine, be sure to stop at the Badger Café and Pub,�owned�and�operated�by�Christy�and�michael badger-greer. Michael was fea-tured� in� “Cooking�Tips� From�Five� Frugal�Maine Chefs” in the November issue of Down East.

1991Class Agents:

Marcus De Costa [email protected]

Scott Nelson [email protected]



1993Class Agent: Marko Radosavljevic

[email protected]

1994Class Agent: Erica Litchfield [email protected]

1995f ifteenth reunion

Class Agent: Jessie Maher [email protected]

Jessie maher�writes,�“I’m�working�at�Unisys�on a project for the FBI. I’m working closely with the software developers who are rede-signing� CODIS� (Combined� DNA� Indexing�System)--yup,�that’s�the�same�thing�you�hear�on�CSI!�I�have�started�volunteering�for�a�dog�rescue organization on my weekends too, and in case that wasn’t enough, we have re-cently added to our brood by adopting two local�rescues�ourselves.�Otto�is�a�St.�Bernard�mix�and�Patton� is� a�Mastiff�mix;�both�very�much puppies! Going to be big, but big and lazy hopefully! These guys were such a change to the size of our family I actually had�to�trade�in�my�car�for�a�JEEP!”� n sean morey is�one�of� three�current�NFL�players�who will donate their brains after death to a medical sports program that studies brain injuries. n doug sanborn is program and membership director of the Maine Interna-



A group of the class of 1986 fishing in the Kennebec River: Tony Cox, Rich Pschirrer, Peter Fallon, Rob Kinasewich and Alex Woodruff. Photo by Kelly Pschirrer.



Notable Alumnus: Allen Robinson ’001500 soldiers Ready for Afghanistan deployment

By Sandy Vondrasek

In�the�past�few�weeks,�the�resident�population�of�Vermont�dropped�by�about�1500,�as�that�many�Vermont�Army�National�Guard�soldiers�shipped�out�to�Fort�Polk,�La.,�for�training�in�advance of their deployment to Afghanistan later this year or early next. It is the largest deployment�of�the�Vermont�Guard�since�World�War�II.

The�soldiers,�part�of�the�3000-

strong�86th�Infantry�Brigade�

Combat Team and drawn from

units from across the state, are

charged with training and

mentoring Afghan national

security forces, police, and border

patrols.

The deployment comes at an

uneasy time: Violence in Afghani-

stan has markedly increased, and

the Obama administration is

debating whether to change the

U.S.�mission�there.

Vermont Guard soldiers have

been undergoing mission-specific

training�for�the�last�18�months,�

according�to�Sgt.�Allen�Robinson,�

28,�of�Braintree,�who�spoke�with�

The Herald a few days before

flying�out�for�his�Fort�Polk�training.

disabling bombsRobinson, an eight-year veteran of

the Guard, has been working with

a�“light�engineering”�unit�based�in�

Bradford for the past three years.

Light�engineering,�it�turns�out,�

means explosives. Robinson is a

sapper, trained to disable bombs.

Because of his skills, Robinson

knows what he’ll be doing in

Afghanistan, where the use—and

deadliness—of roadside bombs

has dramatically grown in the last

year.�Like�his�fellow�Guardsmen�

and women, he does not know

where in the mountainous country

he’ll be stationed.

“We’ll�do�road�clearance,�

looking for roadside bombs,

disarming them if we can, or

calling EOD—Explosive Ordnance

Disposal—if we can’t.”

Robinson and his team will be

riding�in�highly�armored�MRAPs-

pronounced�M-RAPs,�an�acronym�

for mine-resistant, ambush-pro-

tected vehicles.

Sgt.�Robinson,�who�is�leaving�

behind his wife, Alethea Robinson,

and�stepson�Jacobie�Larocque,�

admitted he is facing this

deployment with mixed feelings.

“I�am�excited�to�actually�do�

what I am trained to do with the

sappers, to do what I can to help

another country. The flip side is

being away from my family for a

year—that’s going to be tough,

not knowing what can happen on

the next day.”

He’s been taking extra time to

do things with his family, and is

pleased that Jacobie’s second-

grade�class�is�“adopting”�him�

during the deployment. He hopes

the various activities planned by

teacher Gus Howe will be a help to

Jacobie, and allow the other kids

to understand something about

the Mideast.

Robinson does have the

experience of a prior deployment

to�Kuwait,�but�it�was�much�

different from what he faces now.

“It�was�interesting,�but�it�was�

not a combat zone—it was a safety

zone,”�he�said.�“Our�relationship�

with the locals was nothing like

were going to do now,” he said.

“In�Kuwait,�we�went�out�in�

convoys, and would see people on

the side of the road. Now, we’ll

actually be living with them.”

In keeping with that changed

mission, and as a reflection of

what the military has learned from

the past, training for deploying

soldiers this time around has been

“a�lot�better�than�what�we�did�in�

the past,” Robinson said.

Relevant TrainingAll soldiers have undergone

simulation trainings in a mock

Afghan village, set up in Jericho,

said Robinson.

“I�just�got�back�from�Louisiana�

last Friday for a combat advisor

course in how to deal with Afghan

military commanders and police

commanders—how to negotiate

with them,” Robinson said.

During that training, Robinson

got to practice speaking with

someone through an interpreter.

Soldiers,�he�said,�also�learned�that�

context can be as important as

content in these exchanges. An

Afghan leader, Robinson said, is

likely�more�worried�about�“water�

and food for his kids, not video

games and such.”

The training the Robinson and

his fellow Vermonters are

undergoing�now�in�Louisiana,�he�

said,�was�designed�to�be�“as�close�

as you can get to being in

Afghanistan.”

Like�most�of�the�deploying�

soldiers, Robinson will be back in

Vermont for Thanksgiving and

Christmas, and will head out again

for a few weeks’ training in

Indiana, before shipping out

overseas.

Reprinted by kind permission of

The Herald of Randolph. This

article originally appeared in the

November�5,�2009,�edition.

tional Trade Center. n Leigh stevens re-ports,�“We�are�still�living�in�Livermore�Falls.�My oldest, Joshua, just turned six and the twins,�Abby�and�Luke,�are�almost�four.�I�am�currently�working�at� the�Wal-Mart�distribu-tion�center�in�Lewiston.�I’ve�been�there�for�two years now and actually like it. I fill the stores’ orders for meat and produce. It pays well, keeps me in a shape other than round, and I get four days off a week. That’s some-thing I could not say when I was working in agriculture. I sold my cows almost a year ago now. It was hard to see them go, but with the family and all it was time to make a choice. I took what I made from the sale of the cows and have gotten into rental real�estate.�We�currently�own�two�buildings�and are looking to add more in the future. We�own�a�three-unit�in�Livermore�Falls�that�we�live�in�and�recently�bought�a�“gem”�of�a foreclosed, frozen-up, trashed, four-unit in� Jay.�We�bought� the�building�dirt� cheap�and have been rehabbing it for the last five months. The town has been awestruck with how we have turned the building around. It has�a�long�history�of�trouble.�We�have�two�apartments finished and rented and are about three weeks from having the other two done and rented. Once those are done, we’re going to lick our wounds for a while and pay back the debt we racked up fixing this one. Once we’ve done that, we’re going to look at buying more.”

1996Class Agent: Devon Biondi

[email protected]

ben Rifkin writes,� “Living� in� Denver� still�and working for Ski and SKIING magazines and� Warren� Miller� as� director� of� digital�sales.�Son�Dylan�just�turned�2!”

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Lost your yearbook?

You may be in luck.

Yearbook advisor

Bill Chase has some

back issues available

for�$95.��E-mail�him�at�

wchase@hebronacad-

emy.org to see if he has

a copy of your year.



1998Class Agent: Kirsten Ness [email protected]

Karen sanborn cashman reports that she and Dan are doing well. Dan just started his own business, Cashman Communica-tions,� in� Brewer� (cascomm.net).� Karen�recently�celebrated�5�years�in�her�current�position and has earned her national Ac-creditation�in�Public�Relations�(APR)�by�the�Public�Relations�Society�of�America.

1999Class Agent: Joe Patry

[email protected]

2000tenth reunion

Class Agent: Cori Hartman-Frey [email protected]


you can get involved with your class.

Call or e-mail Pat Layman: 207-966-5236, [email protected]

2002Class Agent: Katie Curtis [email protected]

2003Class Agent: Sara Marquis [email protected]

sara marquis reports,� “I’ve� enrolled� in�grad�school�at�Strayer�University.�Utilizing�online courses, I’m pursuing a masters in business administration with a concentra-tion in marketing. I’m anticipating com-

pletion� in� the� spring� of� 2011.”� n mike myrick writes,� “Completed� criminal� jus-tice degree program at Husson College. Fell into a job as land surveyor’s assistant. Loved� it�so�much�that� I’m�now�attending�Central Maine Community College in pur-suit of certificate toward land surveyor’s apprenticeship.” n sarah shine is selling custom jewelry at www.shinecustomjewel-rydesign.com.

2004Class Agent: John Slattery

[email protected]

John slattery joined Hebron Academy’s advancement department as gifts officer in�December.�Welcome!

2005f ifth reunion

Class Agent: Tina Voigt [email protected]

Our sympathies to megan Irving on the loss of her father in October.

2006Class Agent: Allison Coombs

[email protected]

Congratulations to daniella Lyons on win-ing�third�place�in�the�Scitable�“Portrait�of�my DNA” global contest.

2007Class Agent: Noah Love

[email protected]

sara powers� was� named� a� Sarah� and�James�Bowdoin�Scholar�this�fall.�Bowdoin�Scholars�are�in�the�top�20�per�cent�of�their�class during the previous academic year.

peary valeriani recently returned from basic training and school in Missouri. He will be attending the University of Maine Farmington as well as continuing his ser-vice with the Army Reserve.

2008Class Agents:

Jen [email protected]

Annie Hart

2009Class Agents:

Claire Cummings [email protected]

Sophia Chen [email protected]

Former Faculty and�Staff

Our�sympathies�go�to�Susan�and�Whitney blair�on�the�loss�of�their�oldest�son,�Whit-ney�Pierpont�Blair,� in�September.� � n Kelly Fitzpatrick is on the board and transition team�(new�CEO�search)�at�Cottage�Hospital�in�Woodsville,�NH,�and�still�deacon�at�OLPH�in�Bradford,�VT,�and�St.�Joseph’s�in�Woods-ville. Barb is a volunteer at Cottage Hospi-tal’s ER and president of the auxiliary.

Class of 1999: Jake Leyden, Meg Muller, Heather Grindle, Leanne Bernier, Ryan Boisvert, Patty Begin, Megan Boyd, Dae Soon Acker, Christy Webster and Joe Patry.



obituaries1935★ Edward s. boulos Jr. died on January 3,�2010.�A�native�of�Portland,�Mr.�Boulos�attended�Portland�schools,�Hebron�Acad-emy and Colby College, and served as a dive�bomber�pilot�in�the�US�Marine�Corps�during�World�War�II.�He�was�president�of�E.S.�Boulos�Company�and�was�active�in�the�civic and business communities, serving on� the� boards� of� Mercy� Hospital,� South�Portland�Bank�and�Trust,�Depositor’s�Trust,�Key� Bank,� Nuclear� Waste� Authority,� and�the�Greater�Portland�Development�Com-mission. He was a lifetime member of the Portland� Country� Club� and� the� Cumber-land Club. Mr. Boulos served as a former president� of� the� E.S.� Boulos� Company,�Coastal Industries, Riverside Realty, Exit 3� Realty,� E/I� Corporation,� and� the� EFCC�Power�Group.�He� also� enjoyed� traveling,�and did so extensively. Mr. Boulos was predeceased� by� his� wife� of� 50� years,� E.�Margaret� (Harvey)� Boulos.�He� is� survived�by�their�six�children,�Edward�S.�Boulos�III,�Joseph Boulos, Margaret Boulos, Cath-erine Boulos, Dorothy Ricker and Gregory Boulos;� 10� grandchildren;� and� three� sib-lings,�Margaret�Cullinan,�Elizabeth�Wilson�and Dorothy Boulos.

1938★ Robert W. “bob” Tonner died Novem-ber�11,�2009.�He�was�husband�of�67�years�to� Margery� “Peggy”� (Hillier)� Tonner.� Mr.�Tonner�was�born�in�Quincy�and�graduated�from Colgate University. He enlisted in the�United�States�Air�Corps�in�1942,�earn-ing his Navy wings. He served gallantly in� WWII� in� both� the� Atlantic� and� Pacific�Theaters of war. He fought in a ten-hour battle in the Caribbean, sinking a German U-boat. He won the Distinguished Flying Cross� in� the�battle� to� liberate� the�Philip-pines.� He� won� six� Navy� Service� Medals�and�was�a�member�of�the�Patriot�Squadron�at�the�South�Weymouth�Air�Base�for�many�years. Mr. Tonner was vice president of the Prouvost�Lefebvre�&�Company�of�Charles-ton,� SC� for� 38� years.�He�was� involved� in�the wool and textile business all of his life. He was active in Braintree, where he lived most of his life. He was a 60-year member of Emmanuel Episcopal Church where he organized the church basketball team with the�South�Shore�YMCA.�He�was�the�leader�and�coach�for�over�15�years�and�served�on�the vestry of the church. Bob also was one of the organizers of Braintree Youth Hock-ey Association and directed and coached the teams, serving as president. Mr. Ton-ner� leaves� three� sons,� Robert�W.� Tonner�Jr., James H. Tonner ‘74 and Bradford M. Tonner ‘74;� a� daughter� Suzanne� (Tonner)�Okerfel;� two� granddaughters� and� many�nieces and nephews. He was also the brother of the late Richard C. Tonner.

1939★ Amo bessone, who�spent�28�years�as�the�head�coach�of� the�Michigan�State�hockey�and� guided� the� Spartans� to� the� 1966�NCAA title, died in New Mexico on Janu-ary� 11,� 2010.� Mr.� Bessone� coached� 814�games� behind� the�Michigan� State� bench.�He� was� Michigan� State’s� longest-tenured�hockey coach and instrumental in building the� Spartan� hockey� program.� He� tutored�12�All-Americans�and�three�Olympians.�He�retired�after�the�1978–1979�season�with�a�career� record� of� 367–427–20� at�Michigan�State.�One�hallmark�of�Mr.�Bessone’s� ten-ure was giving back to the community. He is�credited�with�helping�the�Greater�Lansing�Amateur�Hockey�Association�(GLAHA)�get�off the ground—donating used Michigan State�equipment�and�encouraging�his�varsi-ty players to help coach in the youth hockey circuit.�GLAHA�started�with�three�players�in�1953;�today,�GLAHA�has�23�teams�for�boys�and girls from mites to midgets. In tribute to his efforts over the years, several awards now�bear�his�name.�At�Michigan�State,�one�player is recognized each year for athletic and academic achievement as well as com-munity participation by earning the the Amo�Bessone�Award.�Each�year,�GLAHA’s�Coach of the Year receives the Amo Bes-sone Award as well. In his hometown of Springfield,�Massachusetts,� the� Amo� Bes-sone award is given to the top high school player�in�Western�Massachusetts.�Mr.�Bes-sone�was�born� in�1916�on�Cape�Cod�and�raised� in�West�Springfield,�Massachusetts.�He�attended�West�Springfield�High�School�then later played at Hebron Academy and the�Kent�Hills�School�in�Maine.�He�earned�his undergraduate degree University of Il-linois�in�1943,�where�he�lettered�in�baseball�in addition to hockey. He moved on to an AHL�career,�but�that�was�cut�short�due�to�his� service� in�World�War� II.� He� began� his�coaching� career� at�Westfield� (Mass.)�High�in�1946,�and�made�his�move� into� the�col-lege ranks at Michigan Tech two years later. He spent three seasons at the helm of the Husky program before signing on at Michi-gan�State�in�the�fall�of�1951.�In�1992,�he�was�inducted�into�the�US�Hockey�Hall�of�Fame�and�Michigan�State’s�Hall�of�Fame.

1941★ Robert bell petersen, formerly of Falmouth, died at the Houston County Nursing Home in Crockett, Texas, on November 20, 2009, after a period of failing health. A life-long Mainer, he moved to�Texas�in�2003.�Mr.�Peterson�was�born�in�Portland�to�Mary�Bell�Petersen�and�Robert�Jens�Petersen.�He�attended�the�University�of Maine and graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Maine Maritime Academy. He served�in�the�US�Navy�during�WWII,�mostly�in� the� Pacific� Theater,� aboard� the� fresh�water� tender� USS� Abatan. He attained the� rank� of� Lieutenant� JG.� Following�

his naval tour, he began his career with GMAC and later worked for Canal Bank and� The� Portland� Savings� Bank/People’s�Heritage Bank. In his spare time, he was an avid reader, maritime historian and sailing enthusiast, gardener, and crossword puzzle aficionado. He was a very intellectual man who loved learning and discussing ideas. He believed in fairness and opportunity for all people and the worth of all living things. He was active in several civic groups including local historical societies, the Yarmouth Chamber of Commerce, and the�Yarmouth�Lions’�Club.�He�was�married�to� the� late� Adéle� Noyes� Petersen.� He� is�survived�by�four�children,�Robert�“Sandy”�Petersen,�Mark�Petersen,�Karen�Stott�and�Suzanne�Petersen;�and�five�grandchildren.

1942★ daniel N. howes�died�on�December�3,�2009, in Boston, following a brief illness. He was�the�husband�of�the�late�Patricia�Conway�Howes,�with�whom�he�shared�59�years�of�marriage.�Born�in�Swampscott,�he�was�the�son�of� the� late�Paul� and�Florence� (Drake)�Howes.� Raised� and� educated� in� Swamp-scott,� he� was� a� graduate� of� Swampscott�High� School.� He� then� attended� Hebron�and the University of Maine before enter-ing�the�Navy�in�1942.�After�his�service�dur-ing�World�War�II�and�discharge�in�1945,�Mr.�Howes continued his education in business administration at the University of Maine. His career in the leather industry began in 1947,� first� for� A.C.� Lawrence� in� Peabody�doing various jobs in the tannery before being�promoted� to� sales.� In�1957,�he�be-came the New England sales manager for S.B.�Foot�Tanning�Company� in�Red�Wing,�Minnesota,� for� 40� years� and� remained� a�consultant until his illness. An accomplished sailor, he was a longtime member of the Corinthian Yacht Club in Marblehead, where�he�was�involved�in�US-1�Design�rac-ing. He enjoyed being involved with youth activities and was especially generous with his time transporting many local hockey groups of all ages to games throughout New England and Canada. Mr. Howes is survived by two sons, Timothy Howes and Christopher�Howes;�three�daughters,�Carol�Altshuler,�Nancy�Faul�and�Sheila�Chandler;�a�sister,�Pauline�McPheeters;�16�grandchil-dren;�nine�great-grandchildren;�and�several�nieces and nephews. He was the father of the�late�Deborah�Howes�Williams.

1948Robert Lindley Rice� died� September� 8,�2009,�after�a� long�battle�with�Lewy�Body�Dementia. He is survived by his brother, Cleaveland� Rice;� his� two� daughters,� Lisa�and�Sally,�and�his�five�grandchildren.

★ peter A. southwick, formerly of Enfield and� a� longtime� resident� of� Somers,� died�July�19,�2009�at�his�home.�Born�in�Yonkers,�NY�in�1929,�he�was�the�son�of�Lawrence�and�Francis�(Symonds)�Southwick.�He�earned�a�bachelor’s degree from Bowdoin College in 1952�and�attended�the�New�York�Institute�of Finance. He was formerly employed by Atlantic Refining Company in sales and en-joyed a long career as a stockbroker and

financial consultant, working for various firms,�retiring�20�years�ago�from�Smith�Bar-ney.�Mr.�Southwick�was�a�veteran�of�the�US�Army�during�the�Korean�War�and�served�as�an Honor Guard. He served as an assistant scout master for the boy scouts. He was a man of many talents and skills. He was very handy and could fix just about anything. He enjoyed woodworking and he loved nature and spending time outdoors. In his leisure time, he was an avid reader making frequent trips�to�the�Somers�Library.�Mr.�Southwick�is�survived�by�two�sons,�Peter�M.�Southwick�and� Scott� A.� Southwick;� a� brother,� David�Southwick;� two� sisters,� Nancy� Westland�and� Sara� “Muffie”� Southwick;� two� grand-children;�many�nieces�and�nephews;�and�his�companion�and�friend,�Jane�Legg.�He�was�predeceased by his beloved wife, Nanette (Simkins)�Southwick�in�1996.

1951★ henry c. “budge” Atterbury died July 24,� 2009.�Born� in�Norwich,�Connecticut� in�1932,�he�a�graduated� from�Yale�University�with a BA in history and economics. After Yale,� he� joined� the� U.S.� Air� Force� where�he became a pilot and navigator. He was a longtime�member�of�the�U.S.�Power�Squad-ron where he taught boating safety and navigation�courses�for�more�than�50�years,�was a past commander and a member of the� local� Saugatuck� Squadron� since� 1969.�He was an active and enthusiastic member of� the�Y’s�Men�of�Westport.�Mr.�Atterbury�is�survived�by�J.�Shirley,�his�wife�of�54�years;�four�sons,�Henry,�Bruce,�Douglas�and�Dana;�seven� grandchildren;� and� his� sailboat� Sun-top. He was loved by many for his quick wit and good natured spirit. He was passionate about many things, including sailing, pho-tography, jazz, Calvin and Hobbes comics, and anything chocolate. He readily shared his contagious smile, thoughtful commen-tary on current events, and refurbished bi-cycles and other treasures collected from castaway items. His family and friends will miss his loving support and sense of humor.

Richard “dick” Taylor hagan died July 3,�2009,�after�a�long�illness�at�his�home�in�Windsor�with�his�family�by�his�side.�He�was�born� in� 1933� to� Evelyn� Taylor�Hagan� and�Thomas Martin Hagan. He grew up in the Auburn/Hebron area and attended Maine Maritime Academy. He worked for the state�of�Maine,�Department�of�Labor,�and�supervisor� of� Migrant� Labor� Certification�and the Maine Job Bank computer system. He was also heavily involved in the com-munity.�He�was� a� 30-year�member� of� the�Whitefield� Lions� Club,� and� presented� the�Melvin Jones award. He coordinated the Annual Model Rail Road and Doll House Show�at�the�Augusta�Armory�for�20�years.�He�was�also�an�active�32nd�degree�Mason,�a� lifetime�member�of�the�Riverside�Lodge�135� of� Jefferson,�Ancient� Brothers� Lodge�178�of�Auburn,�Bradford�Chapter�9,�Dunlap�Chapter�8,�Pine�Cone�Council�31,�and�Val-ley�of�Portland�Consistory;�Past�Officers�As-sociation�1,�Lewiston�Commandary�6,�Euse-bius�Conclave�3,�Red�Cross�of�Constantine,�Maine�Lodge�of�Research,�Pine�Tree�Priory�65�York�Knight�Cross�of�Honor,�Valley�of�the�Androscoggin,� Dirigo� College� 103,� Lake�



View� Chapter� 179� Order� of� Eastern� Star;�High�Twelve�Mid�Coast�Masonic�Club�738,�Rockport,�and�life�member�of�the�Keystone�Royal�Arch�Lodge�24,�Rockport,�Past�Dis-trict�Deputy�for�Masonic�District�7,�member�of�Scottish�Rites� in�Auburn�and�Past�High�Priest�of�Scottish�Rites.�Mr.�Hagan�was�also�a�member�of� the�Windsor�Historical� Soci-ety and enjoyed talking with visitors at the museum�during�the�Windsor�Fair�each�year.�He�had�been�active� in� the� town�of�Wind-sor�politics,�and�had�served�on�the�Windsor�Budget� Committee,� Planning� Board� and�Board�of�Selectmen.�He� is�survived�by�his�wife� of� 35� years,� Barbara� Dodge� Hagan;�his�beloved�Siamese�cat�Koko;�and�many,�many fraternal friends.

1953martin d. singer, devoted husband of Sandra� (Zetlen)� Singer,� died� November�12,�2009,� in�Peabody,�Massachusetts,� from�complications of Alzheimer’s disease. Martin and�Sandra�shared�54�years�of�marriage.�He�attended Brown University, and graduated with�a�BS�in�chemistry�from�Lowell�Techno-logical� Institute,�now�Lowell�University.�Mr.�Singer�was�in�the�leather�industry�for�many�years,�including�sharing�30�years�with�his�fa-ther�at�Barney�Singer�and�Son�in�Peabody.�He leaves his beloved children, Andria Eisen, David�Singer,�and�Michael�Singer;�his�sister,�Marsha�Marshall;�and�five�grandchildren.

1967Richard mann Kelly died February 22, 2009, in Boulder, Colorado, after a brief ill-ness.�Born�in�the�mid-west,�Mr.�Kelly�spent�his� formative� years� in� Sudbury,� Massachu-setts,�and�graduated�from�Lincoln�Sudbury�Regional�High�School� in�1966�before�com-ing to Hebron. He went on to attend Boston University. He lived in Framingham, Massa-chusetts, for several decades. His work ca-reer included employment in the computer industry holding positions at Charles River Data�Systems,�Progress�Software,�Raytheon,�Samsung,�Lightbridge,�and�numerous�other�companies through temporary employment. After�moving�to�Colorado�in�1999,�Mr.�Kelly�became a member of the NRA. He leaves his parents�Joseph�V.�and�Eleanor�Kelly;�his�sis-ters�Ellen�Linn,�Catherine�Britt�and�Elizabeth�Kelly.�He�also�leaves�his�long-time�compan-ion Anna Bush. He will be remembered for his long involvement with the internet, love of animals, and unfulfilled dream of retiring to�Colorado’s�San�Luis�Valley.�

1974david L. pitt Jr. died unexpectedly at his home� in� Swanville� on� December� 5,� 2009.�He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in�1955,�the�son�of�David�and�Mary�(Geron)�Pitt.�Mr.� Pitt� attended� Beverly� Community�College and Bentley College. He worked for�Verizon�(now�FairPoint),�retiring�recently�

after�27�years�of�service.�He�enjoyed�many�adventures traveling throughout the United States�and�Canada.�In�Maine,�he�had�many�devoted friends, especially in the Belfast area. He loved to be outdoors and tend to his large garden and many fruit trees, as well as to spend time with his beloved black lab, Belle.�Mr.�Pitt�was�predeceased�earlier� this�year�by�his�father,�David�L.�Pitt,�Sr.�His�sur-vivors� include� his� son,� Stephen�David� Pitt;�his�mother,�Mary�Pitt;�his�three�sisters,�Leslie�Russo,�Ellen�Barry�and�Christine�Pitt;�several�nieces� and� nephews� and� their� families;� as�well as many other family and friends.

Former faculty and staffsylvia sivia Kuvaja heikkinen, 82,�died�qui-etly� July� 2,� 2009� at�Market� Square�Health�Care�Center�in�South�Paris,�Maine.�She�was�born in Richardson Hollow in Greenwood in 1926,�the�daughter�of�Peter�and�Esteri�Ku-vaja.� She� attended� school� in� Greenwood.�She�married�Matti�V.�Heikkinen�in�1954,�who�predeceased her in 2002. They moved to a small�farm�in�Hebron�in�1956�and�spent�the�rest�of�their�married�life�there.�She�worked�at Hebron Academy as a housekeeper for over�20�years�until�she�retired�in�1991.�Be-ing�involved�in�4H�as�a�youngster�instilled�in�her a love of sewing and she made her own dresses.�She�also�loved�to�read,�do�puzzles,�garden, raise flowers and make nisu for fam-ily�and�church�gatherings.�She�was�a� long-

time�member�of�Trinity�Lutheran�Church� in�South� Paris� and� a� charter� member� of� the�Finnish-American�Heritage�Society�in�Maine.�However, poor health and immobility pre-vented her from attending in the later years. Like�her�husband,�Matti,�she�was�extremely�proud of her Finnish heritage and traveled to Finland several times. Mrs. Heikkinen is survived by her two children, Thomas Heikki-nen ‘73 and Ann Heikkinen Fernald ‘76. Also surviving�is�her�older�sister�Fannie�Polvinen�and� many� nieces� and� nephews.� She� was�predeceased by an infant sister Helen, and brothers�Waino,�Alpo,�Vilho,�and�Eino.

★ Veteran

other deathsJames Talbot ‘37, in January 2009.

John hanley ‘43, on June 29, 2009.

michael smith ‘56,�in�2008.

Frank Waterman ‘57, in June 2009.

James h. connors, Jr. ‘70,�on�March�30,�2009.

Rebecca cohen schaffer ‘77, in 2009.

Robert drayer,�former�faculty,�in�2008.

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According to the Fall Semester, the prospects for the team were uncertain. Few lettermen returned from the previous year, and the roster listed new players—many from suburban Boston—young men who were investing a single year at Hebron in preparation for college. The team won its first two games easily, and then defeated New Hampton School 25–0 as “the boys clicked as one man and were unstoppable.” The names begin to be repeated: Jimmy Dolan of South Portland, Harold Everett of Everett, Massachusetts, Norm Gauvreau of Lewiston, John Noyes of Andover, Massachusetts. After the team’s 14–0 decision over Maine Central Institute, the Hebronian noted that “with Bonser’s excellent playing in the line, the enemy was completely unstoppable.” This fall, Dick would share the memory that he played every game, every down, on both offense and defense, a remarkable accomplishment.

The team continued, defeating Bowdoin, and the Hebronian staff writer noted that “[Harold] Everett seemed to be everywhere at once, tackling, blocking and intercept-ing passes.” The Exeter game followed, and “they emerged with a 25–0 victory, the worst defeat that Exeter has ever sustained at the hands of Hebron.” Dick’s eyes filled as he recounted the effort of his line mates, how each play had seemed a sort of private battle. They held Exeter down, allow-ing their backs to push through for critical yards and finally the winning scores. Dick allowed that he felt “pretty beat up afterward,” and he would be in the school infirmary for part of the follow-ing week. In thanks, he inscribed a copy of his senior photo, “To Nursie—I’ll never be able to thank you enough for those two days before the Kents Hill game. Sin-cerely, Dick.” At that time, Herb Cantello, the genial manager of the Hebron Trading Post, offered an

award for the outstanding player in the Exeter game. Jimmy Dolan, one of the team’s backs and its kicker, received the award, with “Bonser and Howie Johns (Everett, Massachusetts) receiving “serious consideration.”

The team defeated Kents Hill by a narrow margin for its seventh season victory in a game for which the Hebronian noted that “our boys were a little too much for our fast and powerful rivals. After a long and uphill grind, we emerged victorious 7–0. Ken Wright scored on a blocked punt which Jimmy Dolan accounted for the extra point.” While the season would ultimately end in a loss to the Brown University freshman team in Providence, Mr. Hunt would praise the team at a December school banquet for its drive and determination, its char-acter throughout the season. Sport, Hunt felt, was preparation for life, and the values of hard work, team play and camaraderie were

the foundation of future success. After playing every down of every game, Dick Bonser would shortly be elected president of the Class of 1939 as well as the leader of the Athletic Council, at that time, the governing body for Hebron sports and the arbiter of all varsity letters awarded.

This brief account can hardly do justice to events now but very distant memories to but a very few. And yet, if one tries to read between the lines of these long-ago experiences, one cannot help but feel something of the universal experience inspired by Hebron athletics—to risk oneself by trying something unknown; to share, in the company of friends, the challenges of preparation and the trials of competition; to know shortfalls and accomplishments both individual and collective; and finally, to capture in the moment something important of friendship and of life.

David W. Stonebraker



hebroniana when we were giants

There are fifteen names on the ball, a Spaulding “Official Intercollegiate” football which rests on a countertop in the Bell-Lipman Archives. It remembers a Hebron team which claimed a Maine Interscholastic Championship in 1938, a team which prided itself on beating Exeter Academy 25–0; but more poignantly, it remembers fifteen young

men from a time when Hebron “prepped” young men for college and for life. Richard “Dick” Bonser ’39, captain of that 1938 team and a lifelong resident of Biddeford, Maine, returned to campus at Homecoming to be inducted into Hebron’s Athletic Hall of Fame, and as he held again the ball from that season seventy years ago, tears and stories flowed of a special time, a special team, special friends.

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Members�of�the�Class�of�1959�celebrated�their�50th�reunion�at�Homecoming�in�October.�From�left:�Bernard�Helm,�Paul�Dahlquist,�Richard�Borofsky,�Bruce�Edge,�Thomas�Mann,�John�Redmond,�Bruce�MacDougal,�Ed�Caplan�and�Jim�Harberson.�See�Class�Notes�for�more�photos�from�Reunion/Homecoming�2009.

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