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Friday, November 1, 2019
Volume 15 • Issue No. 43
Dan Donnell
Loving Volunteerism & Going Strong By Peter Valentino, Staff Writer YORK Dan Donnell, 101, has spent almost 4,500 hours volunteering at York Hospital since 2005. “Next to marrying my wife, that’s the best thing I ever did: volunteering,” he said. Donnell finds much joy in meeting new people, saying that aspect of volunteering is most pleasing to him. “I’ve met some wonderful people volunteering,” Donnell said. Before volunteering at York Hospital, he volunteered at the York Food Pantry, seeing it change hands in the family three times. Donnell has seen many changes to his birthplace of
York over the years. Donnell recalls when the Boston and Maine Railroad went underneath the overpass between Saint Christopher’s Catholic Church and Fosters, in York; when the train would get stuck due to snow; when Charles A. Lindburg, famous American aviator, stopped at the dock he lives at now on his honeymoon to get gas; when the area was full of college students and when he used to sail. Donnell is loved, as Kate Ford, York Hospital Director of Volunteer Services, related: “Dan started as a volunteer at the beginning of 2005 and for almost 15 years has been
coming in two days a week to help with Front Escort and Patient Supplies. As a Front Escort, Dan greets patients and visitors as they come through the front entrance of the hospital and escort[s] them to where they need to go. As a volunteer for Patient Supplies, Dan delivers supplies to various areas within the hospital. He just recently cut back to one day a week continuing with Front Escort. Dan is a volunteer who shows up every week. He is a volunteer you can count on. He is a volunteer who comes in on Christmas day to help serve See DONNELL page 23...
Carnival to Raise Funds & Fun SOUTH BERWICK The public is invited to a family fun day to raise funds to support the Muchemore family as they care for their son Maverick who was born with Spina Bifida. Maverick has already had two surgeries since he was born last October. To help Mav-
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erick and his parents Reggie and Kelsey through this difficult time, the friends of the Muchemores are putting on a fundraising carnival on Saturday, November 2 at the Central School, 197 Main Street, South Berwick, 2-4 p.m. This event will have a
bouncy house, obstacle course, photo booth, concessions, and games. A $10 per person donation allows access to all the activities and 100% of every dollar will go directly to the family. To learn more go to www.maverickscarnival.com or search Maverick’s Carnival on Facebook.
Votes for Women: A Celebration of Heroines YORK The public is invited to a 100th anniversary celebration of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution on Sunday, November 10 at the Old York Museum Center at 3 Lindsay Road in York. The York Diversity Forum is throwing a party from 4 to 6 p.m. that will include historic readings, special music by Joyce Andersen, tea sandwiches, cider and a scrumptious centennial cake. The 19th Amendment prohibits states from denying the right to vote based on sex. It was passed by the House of Representatives on May 21, 1919. The years 2019 and 2020 span the centennial year of the pas-
Members of the York Diversity Forum Women’s Suffrage program planning committee appeared outside York Town Hall recently promoting a celebration on November 10, for the 100th Anniversary of the Passage of the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing women the right to vote.
sage of the amendment, during which support of the required 36 states for ratification was taking place. It was ratified by the State of Maine on November 5, 1919. The 36th state to ratify was Tennessee on August 18, 1920, making it the law of the land.
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Despite the Amendment’s simple language, gaining the vote for women was anything but simple. The road to ratification was fraught with obstacles and dangers for the suffragettes. The struggle lasted for 72 years and threatened the lives of the
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suffragettes and their families and supporters. Opponents thought it endangered women, children, morals, family life, the race relations of the time, the economy and the nation as a whole. The November 10 event will be a tribute to the courage and determination of the women of the suffragette movement. The event will include selected readings of the actual words spoken by suffragette leaders in the course of the fight. Their voices will be recited by actors, York High School students and community members: Lydia Blume, Olivia Davis, Maggie Hamel, Sandra Kaddy, Melanie Kyer, Pastor Effie McAvoy, Sarah Palmer, See VOTES page 2...
Daylight Savings Ends Fall back, spring ahead! Daylight Savings Time ends Sunday, Nov. 3 at 2 a.m. At that time, clocks should be set back 1 hour.