Reunited and it feels so good

Sarah Soule, Contributor
The people in this photo all grew up together on Route 7 and were childhood neighbors! Harrison Corse, Brenda Corse, Carol Varney, Julie Corse, Eric Folsom, and Dorothy Varney Hill.

Charlotte Central School alumni celebrate decades passed

A group of Charlotte Central School graduates hosted a summer picnic to get together and reconnect. The 1970s class reunion was informally planned on Facebook. Forty students who had attended and/or graduated from CCS gathered at the town beach on Friday, July 7 for a pot luck picnic dinner. The primary organizers were Mary Jane Mack Gentes and Cheryl LaClair Martin. Friends gathered and enjoyed delicious food, conversation and laughter about memories of times spent at Charlotte Central. One attendee made homemade rolls as a tribute to Ethel Atkins, a mainstay at the school for years. Mrs. Atkins made fresh rolls each day and served them at lunch to the students!

Peter Ferdinand, Gary Therrien, Gisele LaClair Hathaway and Alan Bean.
Rolls to honor Ethel Atkins.
Cheryl LaClair Martin, Deb Patenaude, Sandy Paquette, Sarah Soule, Ellen Crane Lane, Mary Jane Mack Gentes, and Julie Jacques Mellish

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