Houlton High School Alumni Association events slated July 6-7

13 years ago

HOULTON, Maine — The Houlton High School Alumni Association will be holding events during the fair and other July 4th activities. The annual Alumni Social and Golf Scramble sponsored by Elm Tree Diner will be held during the fair weekend.
The social will be held Friday, July 6 from 4:30-7 p.m. at the Houlton Country Club on Nickerson Lake.  Hors d’oeuvres will be provided and a cash bar will be available. This is a great opportunity for alums to visit with one another during the local celebrations and the fair activities. Hors d’oeuvres sponsors are Dead River Company, Severson, Hand & Nelson and York’s of Houlton. There is no cost to attend the social. All graduates, former students, current and former faculty and their guest are welcome to attend.
    The 9-hole Golf Scramble is on Saturday, July 7, and starts at 9 a.m. at the Houlton Community Golf Course on Nickerson Lake. This is a 9-hole Texas Scramble. Registration is $25 per person and advance registration is required. Four person teams may sign up or individuals can sign up and have a team set up for them. The field is limited to 15 foursomes. Tee off is at 9 a.m. with registration at 8:30 a.m. There will be prizes for the top three teams. Non-alums are also welcome. Tee times will be posted on houltonalumni.com.
Registration for the event can be made by contacting Country Club at 532-2662.  Hole Sponsors for the event are Aroostook Auto Tech, First Choice Real Estate, F. A. Peabody Company, Houlton Farms Dairy, Katahdin Trust Company, McPartland & Sons, Smith & Wesson and Southern Aroostook Development Corporation.
Back for the second year is the “Monster Ball Drop” 50/50 Raffle.  The event will take place on Saturday, July 7, immediately following the golf scramble. Numbered golf balls will be dropped from a bucket truck onto the 18th Green. The owner of the ball that lands in the hole or closest to it will win 50 percent of the total. The cost is $10 for one golf ball or $25 for three. Tickets are currently on sale. They can be purchased at York’s of Houlton or from alumni committee members. You do not need to be present to win.  The proceeds of the raffle will benefit the Alumni Association.
Further information is available on the alumni web site at www.houltonalumni.com.