Locals honor Brown

Cora L. Brown, 97, Portland, was honored at the Lincoln Day Dinner last month in Portland, according to former state senator Carolyn Gilman of Gorham, who said Brown is the “first lady of the Republican party in Portland and Cumberland County.”

Brown is retiring from active participation in the Lincoln Club after 73 years. The Lincoln Club, at 123 years old, is most likely the oldest Lincoln Club in the United States.

A former Gorham resident, Phil Stanwood, now of Biddeford, presented Brown with a plaque, a portrait of Abraham Lincoln, and two elephants engraved on each side with the words ,”To Cora L. Brown, with great appreciation of the service rendered to the Lincoln Club for the past 73 years.”

Brown received many other tokens of appreciation for her many years of service.

Garden club sponsors scholarship

Applications are now being accepted for the Gorham Garden Club Merit Scholarship.

The scholarship will be at least $300.

Those eligible must have been a resident of Gorham for the past two years and either be a high school senior or a student, who is currently enrolled in a post-secondary school, planning to major in plant and soil science, environmental studies, botany, ecology, forestry, wildlife management or related fields.

Applicants are asked to submit an essay about themselves, their backgrounds and why they are interested in their chosen fields. The essay and no more than two pages.

Submissions should be sent by Sunday, June 1, to Scholarship Chairman, Gorham Garden Club, 20 Carll Lane, Gorham, 04038-2309.

Sportsmen plan forum, supper

The Windham-Gorham Rod and Gun Club will host the Maine Sportsman’s Forum at 7 p.m. ,on Wednesday at the club’s headquarters, 8 Tow Path Road, Gorham.

The forum includes representatives from Maine’s Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Department.

A ham dinner will be served at 6 p.m. Tickets, $6.50, will be available at the door.

Slater on honors list

Sarah Slater has been named to the dean’s honor list for the fall semester at Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Penn. Slater is a sophomore.

U.S. taxpayer debt

The Bureau of Public Debt reported on March 14 that the U.S. public debt was $9,408,252,008,288.54

Cutline (Cora Brown) – Carolyn M. Gilman of Gorham, president of the Lincoln Club, was among those honoring Cora Brown for her service to the club. From the left are Gilman; Cheryl Leeman, Portland, Sen. Snowe’s office; Brown, G. Philip Stanwood, Biddeford; and Jennifer Duddy, Cape Elizabeth, Sen. Collin’s office. Cutline (Miss Maine Teen USA)