Millie McFarland, the respected clerk of the Maine House for 10 years and member of the Mason's Manual Commission, retired in February as a result of the Republican takeover of the chamber.

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Millie McFarland, the respected clerk of the Maine House for 10 years and member of the Mason's Manual Commission, retired in February as a result of the Republican takeover of the chamber. McFarland worked for the Legislature for 32 years, and honed her parliamentary skills under two clerks--Ed Pert, for whom she worked 14 years, and Joe Mayo, who stepped down in 2000 due to ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease. McFarland was honored by the organization, Emerge Maine, as Woman of...