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Helene Wright Wheeler

What I Have Done Since 1957:
After graduating from U Of MD in 1961, I started teaching in Montgomery County. I taught in several elementary schools from Wheaton to Damascus over the next 32 years. I did take 5 years off when I gave birth to our only child, John, in 1974. Mostly I taught Kindergarten, but did teach third grade for five years. I loved my years teaching and made many friends with whom I still get together on a regular basis.
David, BCC'54, and I met at U of Md and married the fall of '61. We lived in Wheaton, MD and then for 23 years in Derwood, MD. In '77 we bought lake property at Deep Creek Lake in Western MD. At that time it was MD's "best kept secret", now it is growing like crazy. We retired to DCL in '93 and have loved living here in the mountains. We did sell our lake house and moved closer to town and the golf course 2 years ago. Our new location and house is everything we could ever want.

What Keeps Me Busy Now:
We live in the woods, are close to town and many good friends, next to the golf couse and half a mile from our local performing arts theatre, where we act in many plays, do tech work and I am on the board of directors. I love it!!
Besides my work with Our Town Theatre,I lead a water aerobics class, am on the Board for Garrett County Arts Council, active in the garden club, in a book group. I play bridge and help with read-a-loud programs at the library. I have worked at the hospital, taught for a while at the community college, and supervised student teachers for Frostburg.
We travel as much as we can and have visited places not only in the U.S. but Europe,Russia, China, Mexico and South America.
As others have said, life is good!
P.S. Some of you know me as Helene, others who knew me in elementary school, know me as Marcia but I think most of you know me as Tiddle.

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