HAPPY 76th BIRTHDAY HAROLD TOWNE GERRISH

You made it!! What an amazing man you are. From Augusta, Maine to Dover-Foxcroft, Maine. Not so far in miles, but what a lot you've accomplished in between. Coney High School, University of Maine for Engineering then Tufts Dental School. You've got great stories as a cab driver in Boston while studying there. Playing for Arthur Fiedler with the Boston Pops is truly an excellent accomplishment. What then? I really don't know. How did you end up in Dover? I must ask. I don't know how you met your 1st wife & I'll leave THAT alone, lol. But thank you for doing so because I now have 2 more awesome brothers & 2 awesome sisters! You hosted 2 foreign exchange students from Sweden, I think it was & Switzerland. The weirdest thing is taking in the Footman kids. I remember them from Brewer when I was in K/1st grade. I think Julie babysat me. Then we moved to Hampden & I never gave them a 2nd thought. Then they re-entered my life, kinda sorta, when we entered your life. Who EVER would have guessed that their parents were friends of yours & when they died in an accident, you'd take them in?
18 or so years later, Mimi leaves abruptly but just abruptly, my mom, brother & myself move in. Hmmmm. See life change in an instant. We move from a tiny home to the biggest one in town. I lost a lot of friends but eventually made some REAL friends. Turns out some of the people who decided I was a 'rich bitch' because I lived at the farm, regret that behavior & we're frinds again. It's a weird world. You provided me with sooooo, soooo many opportunities that I would never otherwise have had it's unbelievable. Sorry, I just am NOT into skiing. But I appreciate your immense support with the horses. The greatest being the horse trials that we had to leave by 3am for. you said if I was ready to go, you'd drive me. Surprise, surprise!! I got ready!! OMG, what else....
Kiwanis...you are a legend in the New England District & probably beyond.

to be continued....