Ruth Chaplin, 97, Encouraged Generations of Readers in Steep Falls
Portland Press Herald › May 26, 2006
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For 45 years, Ruth Martha Clark Chaplin could be found in the Steep Falls Memorial Library, introducing generations of children to the treasures found only in books.
And for two more decades after she retired in 1981, Mrs. Chaplin was still in the old library almost every day it was open, watering the plants, tending to the magazines and helping people research their genealogies.See the full content of this document
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Ruth Chaplin, 97, Encouraged Generations of Readers in Steep Falls
"This is my home," she explained to a Maine Sunday Telegram reporter in 1993. "This is where I like to be."
Mrs. Cla...See the full content of this document
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