I married William Cummings (SHS ’63). He asked me out for first date in senior year, when I was ordering food at HO JO’s on Route 1. Billy and I left Saugus after 65 years and moved to a small town, Hebron New Hampshire on Newfound Lake. The population is 610 and we have taken our place among the locals. We are still referred to as “flatlanders” but becoming very adjusted to the lifestyle.
Our son Mathew Cummings is a local architect (Cummings Architects) who has a passion for restoration. He has most recently completed the Alexander Knight House in Ipswich, a recreation of a 17th century English timber frame house. Melissa Byrne is a stay at home mom in Danvers, her twin sister Jodi Ruebel is a dental hygienist with Mass General. We have been blessed with 4 grandchildren Liam Cummings, Morgan Ruebel, Jamie and Riley Byrne, who make the trip to NH to stay with us frequently.
We have a great variety of pets who care for themselves; moose, deer, mink, coyote and the occasional bobcat frequents our back yard parading in front of the critter cam.
Do work with local church groups, most recently working the tents at the Hebron Fair. I am a member of the Cabin Fever Society (local Hebron women’s group that makes the winter luncheon circuit of the southern White Mountains when the weather permits). Proud contributor to Pot Luck functions with the neighbors, who live just far enough away for friendship and privacy needs.
I have spent time travelling and searching out my roots, from Scotland through to Nova Scotia and the colonies. Unfortunately, the ancestors were dropped off in Maine and not at the Iron Works, although they were on the same boat.
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