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Friday, December 13, 2019
Volume 15 • Issue No. 49
Wells Chamber to Host 34th Annual Christmas Parade WELLS The Wells Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the 34th Annual Christmas Parade scheduled for Sunday, December 15. The parade steps off at 2 p.m. from the Wells Plaza and proceeds north on Route 1 to the Wells Junior High School. The theme is “Christmas Vacation”. The Grand Marshal this year is Bob Subilia of the Car-
riage House Motel & Cottages. Bob is the winner of our “Above and Beyond” Award, an award created to recognize members of the Wells Chamber of Commerce that truly go “above and beyond” their normal membership – based on their dedication, commitment, sense of community and support to the chamber throughout the year. Bob regularly and unselfishly offers his time and resources to
help make the chamber events and programs successful. York Hospital in Wells will be serving hot cocoa and cookies in front of the Junior High School gymnasium at the conclusion of the parade. There is no charge to participate. For more information, call the Wells Chamber of Commerce at 207-646-2451 or visit www.wellschristmasparade.com.
Local Boy/Cub Scouts Scouting for Food/Coats for Kids BERWICK Scouting for Food/Coats for Kids is hosted by Boy Scout Troop 313, and assisted by Cub Scout Pack 313. These Scouts will be covering neighborhoods in Berwick on Saturday, Dec. 14 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. During this time, scouts will be going doorto-door to collect donations of non-perishable food items such as canned and dry goods for the Community Food Pantry, which is in dire need of assistance at this time of year. The Scouts would like to thank the Berwick community for the 3,322 pounds of food (that’s over 1.5 tons) collected in 2018 and would like to match or exceed that for 2019. Even though
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that sounds like a lot, what we collect lasts only a couple of months. So the pantry is counting on us for our help again this year and we appreciate all you can do! For those who will not be home, the Scouts ask to please leave a bag on the doorstep for pickup. Based on the amount of volunteers, not all the roads may be covered. So if your food donation is not picked up by 1:30 p.m., you can call 603-767-6045 to have someone pick it up or you can drop it off at the Noble Middle
School cafeteria entrance, 46 Cranberry Meadow Road, until 3 p.m. on Saturday. Scouts will also be collecting coats, boots, mittens, scarves, hats and other winter clothing items for Coats for Kids and the Community Closet. Donations of winter attire can also be dropped off at Noble Middle School on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, call Boy Scout Troop 313 Committee Member Cliff Schweiger at 603767-6045.
Community Grieves the Passing of Doctor
Ruth Endicott Freeman, 103
OGUNQUIT Ruth Edith Endicott Freeman, professionally known as Dr. Ruth Endicott, MD and longtime physician in Ogunquit, died Sunday, December 1, 2019 at her Grasshopper Lane home, following a period of failing health, with her daughter by her side. Ruth was born August 26, 1916 in Ft. Duchesne, UT, the eldest child of William Evert and Rosa (Rhoda) May Wright Endicott. Moving to Belgrade, ME, with her family at the age of two, she grew up at the beloved family farm, graduating from Belgrade High School, class of ‘33. After working in Waterville
at department stores and in secretary positions, she left home in the early 1940s to work at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, also taking a position as a nanny for the family she boarded with in Portsmouth, NH.
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Achieving her pilot’s license, her flights were shut down by the onset of World War II. Enlisting in the Woman’s Army Corps she was stationed in England and Paris, where she was a court stenographer. Upon her return to the US after the war, she graduated from Colby College in 1949, attending Temple University and Philadelphia Women’s Medical College where in 1953, she earned her Medical Degree. She then did her residency at Maine Medical Center in Portland where she met Miles Freeman, a lab technician at the hospital. They married in 1956, settling in Ogunquit to raise two daughters. Dr. Endicott served her community from 1955 to 2005 as a family physician from her home office and at
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York Hospital. She enjoyed playing the violin, was an avid photographer, loved poetry and letter writing, and making sure the cookie jar was filled with homemade treats for her grandchildren. Reading her bible was a daily devotion; living out the gospel was her life’s work. She was known for her kindness, patience and care for the whole person, spending time to get to know each one. Ruth was predeceased by her husband Miles Freeman, daughter Nella Hudon, sonin-law Dennis Hudon, brother Ralph Endicott, and sister Mabel Endicott. She is survived by her daughter Lynne Freeman of See ENDICOTT page 24...
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