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Walter P. Aho was the youngest of the Aho children and was only 3 years old when they moved into the Marquette Harbor Lighthouse. Being the youngest, the Coast Guardsmen at the station all made friends with him which helped him out from some of the trouble he got into. There was a small shed behind the station where maintenance supplies were stored and some of those items included paint. One day he got into the shed, secured some paint and brushes and decided to paint the Officer-in-Charge's house right next to the station. He thought he was doing a wonderful job, until his adult Coast Guard buddies showed up. He recalled, "The guys came to my rescue, fixed things up, and probably saved me from a good whipping by my father!"
When he grew up, he tried to follow in his father's footsteps and joined the Coast Guard in 1963. However Coast Guard life was not for him and he left the Guard in 1967. During that four year period he saw lots of lighthouse duty as a relief keeper at a number of lighthouses along the Maine coast including Owls Head Light, Curtis Island, and remote Matinicus Rock Light. He was also one of the last two men to man Maine's Two Bush Island Lighthouse, assigned with the task of boarding up and closing the station, which had already been automated.
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