DIXFIELD — When Beverly Glover attended wrestling matches, boys from all over the state knew she was the person to go to if they needed scissors to cut their hair, a razor to remove whiskers or a nail clipper to clip their nails so they could compete.

A follower of wrestling matches when her son, Shad, was attending Dirigo High School, she always had a bag filled with those items for boys who had forgotten to make sure they were ready for the match.

For her dedication, she was honored by the Maine Wrestling Association as “Person of the Year” one season, as a parent and fan who went above and beyond for the students.

The high school year book has been dedicated to her, and when she turned 60 two years ago, a banner inscribed with “60 reasons Why We Love Beverly” signed by staff and students was hung in her honor. One of those reasons, from a student, was “She knows my name.”

It’s that dedication and caring attitude for teenagers that has been with her for 20 years in the former SAD 21, and subsequently, RSU 10, where she has been a volunteer, a high school or superintendent’s secretary and a receptionist.

She loves the kids.

“They are so much fun. If you give them respect and treat them all the same, they respond to you. In the 20 years I’ve been involved, I could probably count on the fingers of one hand those who gave me a hard time,” she said.

When mid-June arrives, Glover, 62, plans to retire.

She’ll miss the students, the staff and hundreds of people she has greeted over the years, but with her husband, Peter, now retired from NewPage Corp., and a cut-back in the hours for her job in the Central Office, she’s decided it’s time.

“The budget cuts left me with four hours a day. My skills are wasted. I love to have 10 different things going on at once,” she said. “I have never loved a job as I’ve loved this one. I couldn’t wait to get to work. I feel I was the luckiest person in the world to love my job so much.”

Glover graduated from Mexico High School in 1967, then soon after, married Peter Glover from Rumford. He was a career military man so they traveled all over this country and several others in Europe.

When he retired from the military, they chose Dixfield to call home because of all the good things they had read about the area and the school. While Peter was in the military, they subscribed to the Rumford Falls Times.

As spring and summer arrive, she’ll go fishing and travel with her husband. She may return to volunteering at the high school or find out what the town may need for volunteer work.

Glover will continue to be very active in the Dixfield Congregational Church, and make her famous whoopie pies as she’s done for many years.

During her time as a volunteer or employee in the Dixfield schools, she has seen many changes, particularly in technology, and the number of cell phones students carry with them.

“I hear people say kids aren’t as respectful, but not to me. They are more apt to say how they feel,” she said.

She and her husband have two adult children and eight grandchildren.