On February 4, the Cumberland County Lincoln Club will hold its 121st Lincoln dinner in honor of President Abraham Lincoln. Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, as well as the candidates for the Republican nomination for governor have been invited.
Professor Joseph Reisert will be the featured speaker. Educated at Princeton and Harvard, Reisert is the chair of the government department at Colby College where he teaches courses in political theory and constitutional law.
The dinner will be held at the Italian Heritage Center located on outer Congress Street behind the Westgate Shopping Center. There will be a cocktail hour beginning at 6:00 p.m. with piano music supplied by Charles Brown. Dinner starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $25 per person and can be purchased by contacting any of the members of the executive committee, President Halsey Frank 712-5336, Second Vice President Art Pickard 386-5683, Secretaries Lori Glynn 799-6319, Phyllis Bailey 854-2469, and Gloria Brewster 773-6587, Treasurer Jim Nicholas 767-3030, and Parliamentarian Cora Brown 772-2554.
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