Maine's Oldest Licensed Pharmacist Keeps Helping Customers
November 11, 2009 17:44 PM
STANDISH (NEWS CENTER) -- Imagine working on your feet 10 hours a day for 55 years? It may sound unbelievable but that's been the case for Roy St. Clair. The 77-year-old Naples man is the oldest licensed pharmacist in Maine. He says it's never been just a 'job' but a passion for helping people.
Searching for the right medication is second nature for St. Clair. He has counted tens of thousands of pills and probably twisted on the same number of caps and lids. Being the pharmacist is a way of life for St. Clair. That's because at age of 77, he is the oldest licensed pharmacist in Maine. A job that requires him to spend long shifts on his feet -- he is not even close to complaining.
'I love it, I love it, I really do. I don't work for the money now, I work for the satisfaction. people come in and they need a shoulder to cry on and someone who is interested in their well being,' said St. Clair.
And his career has come full circle. In 1954 St. Clair began working at a pharmacy in Woodford's Corner in Portland. He was only 22 which made him the *youngest* licensed pharmacist in Maine.
'They used to come and ask to speak to the pharmacist when i was on duty, they thought i was too young to be any good, said St. Clair.
Then in the early 1960's, St. Clair opened his own pharmacy. He sold it twenty years later. The eventual and present owner is the national pharmacy chain CVS. St. Clair stayed on as a supervisor and retired in his mid 60's but he was lured back two years later by a Hannford Supermarkets.
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