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Paul
Beaver to be guest speaker at
Elkhart dinner lecture
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[January 15, 2015]
ELKHART - The
Elkhart Historical Society announces
the first of its Dinner Lecture
Series for 2015, featuring popular
speaker and historian Paul Beaver,
Professor Emeritus from Lincoln
College.
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 Professor
Beaver will present “From War’s
Ashes to the Birth of Lincoln
College,” which gives insights on
the founding of Lincoln University
(now Lincoln College), which was the
first and only institution named for
Abraham Lincoln during his lifetime.
The event will be on Saturday,
January 31, at 5:30 p.m. at
Horsefeather’s Wild Hare Café, 104
Governor Oglesby Street in Elkhart.
(A postponement date of Tuesday,
February 3 at 5:30 p.m. has been
added in the event of inclement
weather.)
The dinner menu includes two meat
choices Roast Pork Tenderloin or
Beef Bourguignon and will be served
with mashed potatoes, gravy,
vegetables, salad, rolls, dessert
choice of Fruit Crisp with Dollop of
Cream or Ice Cream with Chocolate
Sauce, coffee, tea, or iced tea.
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Ticket price includes dinner and
the lecture. Reservations are
required and can be made by calling
217- 947-2238. Forms can be obtained
online at
www.elkharthistoricalsociety.org,
or in Elkhart at either The Country
Bumpkin (103 Governor Oglesby
Street) or Horsefeathers.
Space is limited for this tribute
to Abraham Lincoln and for his
namesake school, Lincoln College, so
make your reservation now.
[J. Rob Wilson]
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