Sharon Clancy:  

I graduated from Spaulding High School in 1970....from Plymouth State College, class of 1974...BS in Elem. Ed......taught 1st and 2nd grade 2 yrs.....Nurses Aide in Nashua, NH 2 yrs.....worked in ofc as Sec./Rept. 9 yrs...have worked at FedEx for last 30 yrs as Courier/Driver out of Portland, ME...my current route is in Bath and Phippsburg, ME...I'll probably be there 'til I'm 95......My grandmother is still alive and if she makes it to June 3rd, she'll be 110 !!!!!! I remember we had 2 intersecting brooks in the woods behind our house and my brother, Larry and his friend Ronnie Cormier made a tarzan swing across the biggest brook(which we named the Big Brook)...We used to have a lot of fun swinging across that brook and jumping off the other side. (We occasionally found some quite large snapping turtles at that brook...wouldn't have felt good on the toes.) Ronnie used to make his own homemade spears and shoot them at our bare feet. What a renegade. I also remember my cousins coming from Florida one summer and going down to the brook to try the swing out. One of my cousins, Lorraine, wasn't sure how to do it so she took hold of the knot...the one we usually sat on.....and ran for it.....she went under the water....back up....back under....well, you get the picture. We laughed like hell and haven't stopped since. She hasn't forgiven us to this day. She still gets mad when we bring it up. I love her, but she'll still get mad if I mention it....Those were the years...... My first job was at Jerrys' Shop 'n Save, where I got paid ???????? to cashier. What I remember most about it is my best friend, Maryanne Comfort. I wish we had kept in touch over the years. I'd like to reconnect with her. I also remember climbing Mt. Washington with a group of co-workers, including Gary George... we had a great time. Pay was lousy 'though, but we were the bottom rung of the ladder. Gotta start somewhere.. I met Maryanne Comfort when I worked at Jerrys' Shop 'n Save 1969-70...we clicked because she was shy and easy to talk to...she was nonjudgemental and friendly...she was never out to prove anything to anyone and wasn't a gossiper....I felt comfortable sharing anything with her because I knew it would stay with her......I've since found that people like her are not the majority and I'm really sorry I didn't keep in touch with her. Most of my friends have been guys because I feel more comfortable talking to them. Maryanne was an exception to that rule. In 10 years, I hope to be retired. I'm going to get there by the year 2525. (Update...I'm retiring Nov. 30, 2017....I'll miss my full retirement date by 4 months, but I can't make it another Christmas peak with FedEx...it's a brutal time of year and I'd like to ❤️C...Expand for more