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“Beaver Island School” lettering added to school building (1960)“Christmas On Beaver Island” Sipes letter (1974 publication)“Home for Christmas Year” planning begins (1960)1961 Beaver Beacon prints an unverified claim that General Custer stopped at Beaver Island 2024 Emerald Isle Irish Féile 20th annual St. Patrick’s Party for Holy Cross Church (1974)39th wedding anniversary of Paul and Marge Banfell (1974)75th birthday of Milton Bennett (1973)91st birthday of Elizabeth Green Gallagher (1973)A 1962 clipping recounts a contested 1896 township dispute A Beaver Island wild turkey is reported dead from blackhead disease (1962)A three-day Beaver Island coyote hunt takes five coyotes (1961)A. J. and Mabel Roy return for the summer (1960)A. J. Angus Christmas gift to the Beaver Island Medical Center (1959)Ace Tree Trimming Service work for the rural electric company (1960)Aerial salt-block placement on Garden and Beaver Islands (1973)Aerial salt-block placement on Garden and Hog Islands (1974)Alberta Gronke and Joseph LaFreniere marry in Chicago (1961)Alex Nicholas Walgus and Beverly Therese O'Donnell marry (1960)Alleged Capture and Burning of the Eclipse Alvin LaFreniere plans a Beaver Island touring service (1960)Andrew J. Gallagher earns First Class Quartermaster rating on Owasco (1961)Ann Gatliff undergoes skin-graft treatment at Little Traverse Hospital (1961)Anna McCann dies in Charlevoix (1961)Anne Gatliff returns to school part-time (1960)Announced Beaver Island Chest Clinic in 1927 Announced National Conservation Award for Beaver Island in 1951 Announced Special Conference at Holy Island Annual pancake supper at the Patterson home (1961)Anonymous family’s first Christmas on Beaver Island (1960 reminiscence)Appointment of Bill Welke as year-round deputy sheriff (1973)Approval and opposition to Beaver Island emergency aircraft (1974)April 1960 Beaver Island fires April 1961 notices report island residents’ hospital care Armistice Day storm at Beaver Island (1940)Army Plane Medical Flight to Beaver Island Arrival, Maiden Voyage, and Christening of the Emerald Isle (1955)Arson Trial and Acquittal of John R. Martin in 1947 Arthur P. Gallagher’s wife is pictured with Jackie Kennedy (1961)Arthur Souter leaves for Navy assignment on USS Galveston (1961)Arundel Coast Guard icebreaking and supply visit (1960)Assassination of James Strang Assignment of John Michael Gallagher to St. Bernadette Church (1973)Auction notice for abandoned 1938 Plymouth on Beaver Island (1974)August Homecoming supper and parade arrangements announced after Parish Hall fire (1961)August Sendenburgh retires from Army Corps civilian service (1961)Automobile accident near Petoskey injures the John Gallagher family (1961)Automobile injury and reported hospitalization of Peggy Malloy (1974)Barbara Pierson’s summer work on Beaver Island (1971–1973)Battle of Pine River Beacon reports two Beaver Island-connected wedding anniversaries (1961)Beaver Gems summer operation (1973)Beaver Head Lighthouse leased as a hunting lodge (1960)Beaver Island 1960 deer season harvest report Beaver Island adult-education classes (1971–1972)Beaver Island agricultural conservation cost-share notice (1974)Beaver Island airport abandoned-vehicle notice (1973)Beaver Island Airport Improvements Reported in 1951 Beaver Island and Garden Island report excellent bass fishing (1960)Beaver Island armed-forces enlistment and training notices (1960)Beaver Island Association of Michigan circulates its first Beaver Island Beam newsletter (1961)Beaver Island Association of Michigan holds organizational dinner (1961)Beaver Island Beachcombers baseball doubleheader (1972)Beaver Island Beachcombers baseball results (1973)Beaver Island beef-cattle raising begins (1960)Beaver Island begins a Main Street face-lifting project (1961)Beaver Island Boat Company announces bids for a proposed new ferry (1962)Beaver Island Boat Company holds annual meeting and elects a director (1960)Beaver Island Boat Company meeting and 1960 schedule planning Beaver Island Boat Company shares classified notice (1974)Beaver Island bucks-only deer season announced for 1961 Beaver Island Bull Clubs and Dairy Improvement Visit in 1937 Beaver Island Business Men’s Association restaurant-promotion plan (1974)Beaver Island business seminar (1974)Beaver Island cancer benefit at the Shamrock raises $130.75 (1961)Beaver Island Cancer Drive (1972)Beaver Island Cancer Drive collection (1974)Beaver Island Caper benefit in Wyoming (1972)Beaver Island children receive Whalen Cones in Bill Whalen’s memory (1961)Beaver Island children’s Christmas program (1974)Beaver Island Christian Church tenth-anniversary Easter program (1973)Beaver Island Christian Church Thanksgiving dinner (1971)Beaver Island Christmas and Midnight Mass (1959)Beaver Island Christmas Bazaar (1974)Beaver Island Christmas caroling (1974)Beaver Island Christmas fruitcake special (1973)Beaver Island Christmas homecomings (1959)Beaver Island Civic Association announces 1961 membership renewals Beaver Island Civic Association announces its January 1961 annual meeting Beaver Island Civic Association assigns committees and continues rental inquiries (1962)Beaver Island Civic Association election announcement (1975)Beaver Island Civic Association elects its 1962 officers and board Beaver Island Civic Association financial report for 1959 Beaver Island Civic Association holds its annual meeting and election (1961)Beaver Island Civic Association membership drive (1960)Beaver Island Civic Association plans February 1961 workshop Beaver Island Civic Association publishes its 1960 financial report Beaver Island Civic Association reprint of Ancient and Modern Michilimackinac (1960)Beaver Island Civic Association starts teen parties (1960)Beaver Island class of 1961 takes lake trip and attends Detroit doubleheader (1961)Beaver Island Club donation to Medical Center Building Fund (1972)Beaver Island Club of Grand Rapids donations to parish, cemetery, and Medical Center (1974 notice)Beaver Island Coast Guard station closes for the winter (1960)Beaver Island community birth notices (December 1961)Beaver Island community birth notices report five 1961 births Beaver Island community Christmas tree and holiday activities (1974)Beaver Island Community School baccalaureate and commencement (1972)Beaver Island Community School field trip to Big Rock Point (1972)Beaver Island Community School field trip to Mackinaw City (1972)Beaver Island Community School graduation (1973)Beaver Island Community School Library winter access (1974)Beaver Island Community School opening and 1971 roster Beaver Island cross-country snowmobile race (1974)Beaver Island dedicates its new municipal dock (1960)Beaver Island Deer Hunting Reopened for the 1938 Season Beaver Island deer leave their winter yards (1960)Beaver Island disposable-bottle reduction campaign (1971)Beaver Island Dominican Sisters school-continuity crisis (1974)Beaver Island driver education program (1972)Beaver Island ecumenical church service (1972)Beaver Island emergency first-aid course (1974)Beaver Island emergency-plane flights (August 1974)Beaver Island fall hunting report (1974)Beaver Island fire-equipment demonstration (1971)Beaver Island fishing improves and twin fawns are sighted (1960)Beaver Island Fly-In (1974)Beaver Island Fourth of July celebration (1972)Beaver Island Fourth of July celebration (1973)Beaver Island Fourth of July program (1974)Beaver Island game and fishing report for November (1974)Beaver Island game and hunting season report (1973)Beaver Island game and hunting season report (November 1973)Beaver Island Game Club announces its 1960 Hunters Dinner Beaver Island Game Club conservation project proposals (1974)Beaver Island Game Club deer prizes and 1959 season total Beaver Island Game Club expands marked hunting trails near Lake Geneserath (1961)Beaver Island Game Club financial report for 1959 Beaver Island Game Club habitat management (1971)Beaver Island Game Club habitat work and program planning (1972)Beaver Island Game Club holds its 1961 hunters' dinner (1961)Beaver Island Game Club Hunter’s Banquet (1974)Beaver Island Game Club hunters’ banquet (1971)Beaver Island Game Club hunters’ dinner (1972)Beaver Island Game Club hunters’ dinner (1973)Beaver Island Game Club publishes its 1960 financial report Beaver Island Game Club reports its 1960 deer prizes Beaver Island Game Club spring observations (1973)Beaver Island grouse season opens under an improving forecast (1960)Beaver Island gun deer season opens (1960)Beaver Island harbor cleanup campaign (1973)Beaver Island harbor under-ice test netting (1974)Beaver Island High School graduation ceremonies (1960)Beaver Island high-school first-aid course (1973)Beaver Island high-school graduation is held at Holy Cross (1961)Beaver Island Historical Society 1973 museum season report Beaver Island Historical Society announces August officers’ meeting and museum collecting plans (1961)Beaver Island Historical Society elects officers and schedules an open house (1961)Beaver Island Historical Society membership drive (1960)Beaver Island Historical Society museum and Protar Home improvements (1974)Beaver Island Historical Society museum donations and display cases (1960)Beaver Island Historical Society museum receives August loans and collections (1960)Beaver Island Historical Society receives additional museum objects (1960)Beaver Island Historical Society renewals and summer museum hours announced (1961)Beaver Island holds a community Halloween party (1960)Beaver Island holiday celebrations and caroling (1961)Beaver Island holiday greeting roster (1974)Beaver Island holiday visitors and servicemen home on leave (1960–1961)Beaver Island Holy Cross whitefish dinner (1974)Beaver Island Homecoming program (1972)Beaver Island Homecoming program (1973)Beaver Island Homecoming program (1974)Beaver Island horse-boarding service offer (1974)Beaver Island hospital and medical-transport notices (January 1962)Beaver Island hospital and nursing-center notices (1973)Beaver Island hospital and recovery follow-up (November 1974)Beaver Island hospital and recovery notices (December 1960)Beaver Island hospital and recovery notices (February 1961)Beaver Island hospital follow-up (December 1974)Beaver Island hospital follow-up notices (1973)Beaver Island hospital notes (1974)Beaver Island hospital notes (August 1974)Beaver Island hospital notes (January 1960)Beaver Island hunter trail is marked and a color map is planned (1960)Beaver Island Improvement Workshop meets and reports projects (1961)Beaver Island July fishing and pheasant report (1974)Beaver Island junior-senior banquet and graduation plans (1960)Beaver Island junior-senior banquet is held at Beaver Lodge (1961)Beaver Island March of Dimes collection (1974)Beaver Island March of Dimes drive (1972)Beaver Island March of Dimes drive (1973)Beaver Island Medical Center Auxiliary building-fund luncheons (1972)Beaver Island Medical Center Auxiliary Christmas Gift Tree and bazaar (1973)Beaver Island Medical Center Auxiliary fundraising planning (1973)Beaver Island Medical Center Auxiliary summer fundraising plans (1972)Beaver Island Medical Center Auxiliary summer fundraising plans (1974)Beaver Island Medical Center Auxiliary summer luncheon and rummage-sale plans (1973)Beaver Island Medical Center Auxiliary summer luncheons (1973)Beaver Island Medical Center expansion governance and progress (1973)Beaver Island Medical Center expansion plan (1971)Beaver Island Medical Center expansion project (1972)Beaver Island Medical Center financial report for 1959 Beaver Island Medical Center fund reports 1960 balance Beaver Island Medical Center license and subsidy crisis (1973)Beaver Island Michigan Lottery winners (1973)Beaver Island milk-fed and malt-fed pig contest (1960)Beaver Island Museum summer volunteer and collection call (1972)Beaver Island New Year’s Eve party at the Shamrock (1960)Beaver Island notice warns that only a few copies of a Strang book remain (1960)Beaver Island open-burning permit and environmental guidelines (1972)Beaver Island patches sale at LaFreniere’s Store (1974)Beaver Island Players summer-production recruitment (1974)Beaver Island Polio Benefit at the Shamrock raises $118.74 (1962)Beaver Island Polio Benefit party raises $143 (1961)Beaver Island property-tax protest letter (1972)Beaver Island property-tax protest letter (1974)Beaver Island property, motel, and cottage notices are reported (1960)Beaver Island real-estate listings (1974)Beaver Island representatives attend Michigan Independent Telephone Association meeting (1960)Beaver Island sailors board U.S. Steel steamships (1972)Beaver Island sailors return to their vessels (1960)Beaver Island School 1973–74 teaching staff Beaver Island School 1974 senior banquet and graduation Beaver Island school Christmas party (1959)Beaver Island school Christmas plays are reported as completed (1960)Beaver Island school Christmas program is announced (1960)Beaver Island School field trips (1974)Beaver Island school holds 1956 graduation in Parish Hall Beaver Island school honor roll and senior honors (February 1960)Beaver Island School hosts a hunter-safety course (1961)Beaver Island School joins the Library Club of America (1961)Beaver Island School junior-class fundraising (1973)Beaver Island school publishes its December honor roll (1960)Beaver Island school publishes its November honor roll (1960)Beaver Island school reopens with 56 grade-school pupils and nine high-school students (1960)Beaver Island School roadside cleanup fundraiser (1974)Beaver Island schools open with 53 grade-school and 13 high-school students (1961)Beaver Island seasonal movements are reported (December 1960)Beaver Island seasonal restaurants open for visitors (1974)Beaver Island seniors plan a Chicago and Soo class trip (1961)Beaver Island service-men notices report assignments and enlistment (1960)Beaver Island service-men notices report December 1960 assignments Beaver Island servicemen’s notices (February 1961)Beaver Island servicemen’s notices are published (1961)Beaver Island servicemen’s notices report training and assignments (1961)Beaver Island smelt run and expected perch season (1960)Beaver Island snowmobiling weekend package offer (1973)Beaver Island Soil Survey and Planned Alfalfa Fertilizer Experiments in 1932 Beaver Island spring roadside clean-up (1971)Beaver Island St. Patrick’s Day party at the Parish Hall (1961)Beaver Island State Forest Campground reaches heavy August use (1960)Beaver Island Student Council activities (1971)Beaver Island submarine power-cable installation (1971 report)Beaver Island summer businesses open for the season (1960)Beaver Island tax-allocation and local-services letter (1974)Beaver Island teenagers take an Emerald Isle boat ride (1960)Beaver Island telephone circuit carries unintended voices (1961)Beaver Island Telephone Company announces January switchboard service (1960)Beaver Island Telephone Company expansion notice (1963)Beaver Island Telephone Company holds annual meeting (1960)Beaver Island Telephone Company hosts Michigan Independent Telephone Association district meeting (1961)Beaver Island Telephone Company prepares a new switchboard (1960)Beaver Island Telephone Company publishes new island numbers (1961)Beaver Island Telephone Company reports new switchboard installed (1961)Beaver Island township election results (1974)Beaver Island township representatives at Michigan Townships Association convention (1974)Beaver Island transition to bulk fuel supply (1971)Beaver Island trappers report a spring beaver harvest (1961)Beaver Island trapping-season report (1960)Beaver Island Volunteer Fire Department saves Albert Lewis home (1961)Beaver Island weather report for April (1973)Beaver Island weather report for April (1974)Beaver Island weather report for August and September (1973)Beaver Island weather report for February (1974)Beaver Island weather report for January (1974)Beaver Island weather report for July (1974)Beaver Island weather report for June (1973)Beaver Island weather report for March (1974)Beaver Island weather report for May (1974)Beaver Island weather report for November (1974)Beaver Island weather report for October (1973)Beaver Island weather report for October (1974)Beaver Island wild-turkey planting plan is investigated (1960)Beaver Island wildlife habitat improvements (1973)Beaver Island wildlife-habitat planting plans (1974)Beaver Island Wildlife-Stocking Program from 1922 Beaver Island winter departures and returns are reported (January 1961)Beaver Island winter departures and seasonal travel (1959–1960)Beaver Island winter game and habitat management report (1974)Beaver Island Yacht Club elects officers and gains regional association admission (1960)Beaver Island Yacht Club organizes during Chicago-Mackinac race visit (1960)Beaver Island youth clubs hold a January sleigh ride (1962)Beaver Island zoning ordinance public hearing rescheduled (1973)Beaver Island zoning study and hearings (1972)Beaver Island zoning-ordinance public hearing (1974)Beaver Island-connected December 1961 deaths reported Beaver Island–Arranmore twinning celebration Beaver Island’s spring wagon train carries residents toward south-end operations (1961)Beaver Islander first 1973 season trip and schedule (1973)Beaver Islander spring service, repairs, and inspection (1972)Beaver Islander's Final 1968 Supply Trip Through a Winter Storm Beaver Lodge Golf Club driving-range project (1972)Beaver Lodge Golf Course 1973 season closing Beaver Lodge Golf Course season opening (1973)Beaver Lodge golf tournaments (1972)Benzonia Boy Scout Troop 41 visits Beaver Island (1960)Bert McDonough retires from Beaver Head light-station service (1961)Beverly O'Donnell and Alex Walgus announce a planned marriage (1960)Bill Whelan dies in Chicago (1961)Bill Whelan receives Yachtsman of the Year award (1961)Birch Hills Camping Club returns to Beaver Island (1960)Birth of an unnamed child to Charlotte and Bob McDonough (1960)Birth of an unnamed daughter to Art McCafferty (1960)Birth of an unnamed daughter to Eugene Mooney (1960)Birth of an unnamed Ricksgers daughter in Grand Rapids (1961)Birth of Angela Hope Himebaugh (1974)Birth of Barbara Ann O’Donnell (1973)Birth of Beth Ann Green (1961)Birth of Brooke Elizabeth Slater (1974)Birth of Chelsea Dawn Pischner (1974)Birth of Connie Therese Left (1961)Birth of Craig Allen Wagner (1972)Birth of Darlene Marie Wielke (1960)Birth of Garrett Francis Cole (1960)Birth of James Henry Gallagher (1960)Birth of James Leo Martin (1960)Birth of Jennifer Lynn Miller (1973)Birth of Jo Lynn Armstrong (1960)Birth of John Michael Palmer (1961)Birth of Judith Eva McDonough (1961)Birth of Kathleen Marie Gillespie (1960)Birth of Laura Elizabeth Wilson (1973)Birth of Laurel Louise McCafferty (1961)Birth of Lee Christopher Pischner (1974)Birth of Linda Lou Wogan (1960)Birth of Mary Coleen Nackerman in Pontiac (1961)Birth of Matthew Mark Hetherington (1973)Birth of Matthew Patrick Carey (1974)Birth of Michael Long (1960)Birth of Monica Louise Halloran (1960)Birth of Peggy Sue DeRosia (1974)Birth of Perry Gatliff (1961)Birth of Robert Armstrong (1961)Birth of Shari Ann McCauley in Pontiac (1961)Birth of Shari Ellen Oole (1973)Birth of Teresa Lynn Bennet (1960)Birth of Therese Myrtle and Thomas Charles Bradley (1960)Birth of William Jerome McDonough at the Beaver Island Medical Center (1961)Births of Heather Gillespie and Caroline Wojan at Beaver Island Medical Center (1972)Brook-trout stocking at Fox Lake (1961)Burdene Stromberg is appointed Beaver Island Civic Association secretary (1960)Burial of Elizabeth Gallagher (1971)Burial of Mary Elizabeth (Duffy) Gallagher (1971)Burn injury and recovery notice for Lydia Lehey (1973)C. C. Ludwig reports Beaver Island bird-banding recoveries (1961)Campaign to improve Holy Cross Cemetery’s care begins and continues (1961–1962)Cancer benefit party at the Shamrock (1960)Captain and Mrs. Forrest Pratt arrive for the summer (1960)Cartoonist Kreigh Collins visits Beaver Island aboard the Heather (1961)Central Michigan University center collection is earmarked for Protar Home repairs (1961)Central Michigan University classes increase Beaver Island's summer population (1960)Central Michigan University ornithology class identifies more than 100 bird species (1960)Central Michigan University summer extension school reaches capacity (1960)Chain of Lakes ARRL field day operates emergency station at Sand Bay (1961)Chainsaw injury during Beaver Island right-of-way work (1959)Charles Martin purchases and moves the former Beaver Island Life-Saving Station building (1961)Charlevoix County 4-H children travel on the Emerald Isle (1960)Charlevoix Teachers’ Institute for Beaver Island staff (1973)Charlie Martin completes a winter ice trip to Naubinway (1961)Chicago benefit party for Ann Gatliff and Darlene Schmidt (1960)Chicago seventh annual St. Patrick’s Day party benefits Holy Cross Church (1961)Chicago-Mackinac race yachts visit Beaver Harbor (1960)Chief Antoine Park improvement fundraising campaign is planned (1961)Chief Antoine Park shelter and fireplace are completed (1961)Children’s Clinic holds a Beaver Island school screening (1961)Christening of William Jerome McDonough (1961)Christian Brothers hold retreat on Beaver Island (1960)Christmas homecoming of Hugh Cole and Jeff McGlocklin (1973)Circle M Supper Club reopening (1973)Civic Association approves limited advertising in the Beaver Beacon (1961)Civic Association completes dock-area post fence project (1961)Civic Association decides on Fox Lake fish eradication and restocking (1961)Civic Association mimeograph fund buys an electric typewriter (1960)Civic Association plans a multi-year Beaver Island historical-restoration program (1961)Civic Association plans films of Beaver Island (1960)Class of 1961 dance party is held at Tony McDonough’s home (1961)Claude Swafford murder hearing Clergy Economic Foundation conference meets at the CMU center on Beaver Island (1961)Closure of the Killarney Inn (1973)Coast Guard cutter Sundew breaks St. James Harbor ice (1961)Coast Guard cutter Sundew visits Beaver Island (1960)Coast Guard helicopter assistance to Martha and George Miller (1973)Coast Guard plans to restore a lighted buoy between Beaver and Garden Islands (1961)Coast Guard returns to Beaver Island station (1960)Coast Guard tug Kaw breaks Beaver Island harbor ice (1972)Completion and acceptance of the Conference House (1959–1960)Completion of Yacht Dock beach repair (1972)Confirmation service at Holy Cross Church (1972)Conservation and fishing-management plans discussed at Beaver Island workshop (1961)Conservation Department plans January wild-turkey delivery to Beaver Island (1961)Conservation Department releases 28 ruffed grouse on Hog Island (1961)Conservation Department sets 500 Beaver Island deer permits (1960)Conservation Department stations a patrol boat on Beaver Island (1960)Conservation Fish-Net Patrol Near Beaver Island in 1945 Construction of Beaver Island emergency-aircraft hangar (1974)Coronation of James Strang Correction to Norman Gallagher obituary and funeral thanks (1974)Correction to Shumsky–Grant wedding notice (1974)County Agents Summer Conference at Beaver Island in 1941 County appropriates funds for Chief Antoine Park improvements (1961)County nurse gives Beaver Island school health checks (1960)County Road Commission delivers a snow-plowing tractor (1960)D. J. Angus contributes to the Beaver Island Medical Center (1961)D. J. Angus gives $500 to the Beaver Island Medical Center (1961)Dan Boyle dies and is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery (1961)Dead bobcat found on Garden Island (1960)Death and funeral of Alberta LaFreniere (1974)Death and funeral of Bruce Nowland Zeitler (1974)Death and funeral of Charles Philip Gallagher (1974)Death and funeral of Dora Pearl Sutton (1972)Death and funeral of Dorothy Ann Licavoli (1972)Death and funeral of Father Alexander Zugelder (1960)Death and funeral of Frank Schnaudigel (1972)Death and funeral of George A. LaBlance (1972)Death and funeral of Jean G. Smigel (1974)Death and funeral of John L. “Mickey” Malloy (1974)Death and funeral of Rev. Aiden J. Witte (1972)Death and funeral of Sister M. Aquino Boyce (1974)Death and funeral of Sister Mary Clare Malloy (1973)Death and funeral of Theodore K. Hine (1973)Death and funerals of Rogers W. Carlisle (1971)Death and memorial request for Mable Roy (1974)Death and planned Holy Cross burial of Peter Johnson (1973)Death and reported burial of Della Ruth (1959)Death notice and reported interment of Mary F. “Mamie” McCauley (1974)Death notice for Philip O’Brien (1973)Death of Captain Andrew J. Greene (1972)Death of Charles E. Tilly on Beaver Island Death of David Chase in a Beaver Island train wreck (1907)Death of Don McNew (1960)Death of Dorothy L. McGregor (1960)Death of Elston Pischner (1973)Death of Harry Moore After a Beaver Island Injury Death of J. Lawrence Malloy (1970)Death of John J. Ranger in plane accident (1970)Death of John Roen (1970)Death of John W. Green (1963)Death of Leo McDonough (1972)Death of Leo McGinnis (1960)Death of Lloyd McDonough (1972)Death of Martin Arthur Larsen (1964)Death of Mary Elizabeth (Duffy) Gallagher (1971)Death of Mary Ruth (Gatliff) Robbins (1973)Death of Michael Cull (1964)Death of Mrs. Bernard Fitzpatrick (1960)Death of Mrs. Edward Minor of Newberry (1961)Death of Mrs. F. E. Luton (1960)Death of Mrs. Frank McCourt in Chicago (1960)Death of Ray Osbourn (1960)Death of Richard Stromberg (1972)Death of Robert Somerville (1973)Death of Sadie Brown (1972)Death of Sandra Lynn Smith (1972)Death of Sister Mary Urban (1972)Death of Sister Rene Langlois (1970)Death of Thomas Perry (1972)Death of William A. Belfy (1966)Death, funeral, and planned Holy Cross burial of John R. Martin (1974)December 1961 Beacon announces two Beaver Island-connected births December 1974 Beaver Beacon front-sheet artwork Demolition of the Gallagher Dock (1965)Dick Hough catches 42-inch northern pike in Lake Genesareth (1961)Doctor Luton provides near-continuous duty during a busy weekend (1960)Domnian Brothers plan to open their Beaver Island retreat house (1961)Don Welke and family move to Beaver Island (1961)Dr. N. P. Sorensen schedules Beaver Island dental work (1960)Drowning of Clarence Sikorski in Pine Lake (1960)Drowning of William Gibson and Edward Gallagher E. M. Davis donates 1919 Beaver Island newspaper articles to Historical Society (1961)Eager Beaver basketball game at Charlevoix (1972)Early Charlevoix–Beaver Island mail and passenger route retrospective (1973)East Jordan FFA Beaver Island Outing in 1945 Editorial reports illegal shooting of cattle, deer, and a duck (1961)Edward Lewis Nestle dies and is buried in Bliss Township (1961)Edythe Kleinhentz dies after illness in Harbor Springs (1961)Eighth Beaver Island Caper benefit announcement (1973)Elaine Smith exhibits Beaver Island rocks and Petoskey stones (1961)Election of Beaver Island Civic Association officers (1960)Election of Beaver Island Civic Association officers (1973)Election of Beaver Island Civic Association officers (1974)Election of Holy Cross Altar Society officers (1973)Election of Holy Cross Altar Society officers (1974)Emerald Isle begins its winter ferry schedule (1960)Emerald Isle begins the 1960 ferry season Emerald Isle begins the 1961 ferry season (1961)Emerald Isle makes its final 1960 trip and enters winter layup Emerald Isle makes its final 1961 trip and enters winter layup Emerald Isle tests a Cross Village route to Beaver Island (1960)Emergency return of the Emerald Isle to Beaver Island service (1973)Emerson R. Boyles donates to Beaver Beacon publication (1960)Emmet and Ernie Martin report a close encounter with a coyote near the airport (1962)Emmett Martin wins a Beaver Island school drawing prize (1960)Engagement announcement of Daniel Gallagher and Jo-Ellen Bechtol (1971)Engagement of Dorothy Holic and Jeffrey Rogers Powell (1974)Engagement of Linda Arden and Kevin McDonough (1972)Engagement of Mary Ann Palmer and Roger Ferguson (1973)Engagement of Ruth Ellen Gregg and David Ray Himebaugh (1973)Erwin Belfy and Mike Cull anniversary notices (1960)Evelyn Johnson plans a Beaver Island visit from Alaska (1960)Explorer Scouts stay at Beaver Island State Forest Campground (1960)Explosion and Loss of the Marold II Expulsion of the Strangites F. E. Luton attends the State Medical Convention (1960)Fathers Roland and Luke visit Beaver Island (1960)February 1962 Beacon announces three Beaver Island-connected births February 1962 Beacon reports four Beaver Island-connected January deaths Federal prosecution of Strang and associates (1851)Ferris State College graduation of Judy LaFreniere and Kevin McDonough (1972)Fire at Gus Melike’s St. James Sawmill in 1929 Fire at the Cloud Nine Cabin group (1970)Fire destroys the Gail Berchard cottage at Nomad (1960)Fire destroys the second story of William Belfy's home (1960)First 1973 season fish tug arrival at Beaver Island First Central Michigan University summer class arrives (1960)First long-distance direct-dialing call reaches Beaver Island (1961)First medical evacuation by Beaver Island emergency aircraft (1974)First wild-turkey release on Beaver Island (1961)First winter fish shanty appears in Saint James Bay (1962)Fishing boats return to Beaver Harbor after the ice breaks (1961)Florence Grandmaison and Vernon Fitzpatrick announce an engagement (1960)Florence Grandmaison and Vernon Fitzpatrick marry (1961)Formation and first flights of the Beaver Island Flying Club (1971)Four Navy ships anchor at Beaver Island (1960)Fourth annual Beaver Island Dawn Patrol is held amid Parish Hall fire (1961)Fourth of July visitor weekend and fireworks on Beaver Island (1960)Fox Lake fish-removal treatment results are reviewed (1961)Fox Lake is poisoned and a trout-planting plan is approved (1961)Fox Lake remains toxic to fish while trout planting awaits test results (1961)Francis H. Burke is reported due to retire from military service (1961)Frank and Anne Williams move from Chicago to Beaver Island (1961)Frank Luton announces planned June 1961 retirement (1961)Frank Luton appointed to the Beaver Island Telephone Company board (1961)Frank Luton’s 82nd birthday party at the Shamrock (1961)Frank Neer traps feral cats after rabbit losses (1961)Fred Annand plans beef-cattle operation at George Donat Farm (1960)Fred W. Herp dies in Louisville, Kentucky (1961)Funeral and burial of Frank D. O’Donnell (1973)Funeral and burial of Frank Skopp (1960)Funeral and burial of Joseph E. Gallagher (1960)Funeral and burial of Mary K. Greene (1973)Funeral and burial of Max Sondereggor (1960)Funeral and burial of Patrick J. Bonner (1973)Funeral and burial of William John Gallagher (1960)Funeral and burial report for Isabelle G. LaFreniere (1971)Funeral of Edward “Bub” Burke (1960)Funeral of Elizabeth Gallagher (1971)Funeral of Emerson R. Boyles (1960)Funeral of Fred L. Floyd (1974)Gallagher Dock reopens and A. J. Gallagher receives a Coast Guard assignment (1960)Game biologists prepare Garden and High Islands for grouse season (1960)Game Club plants grain and clover clearings for wildlife habitat (1961)Game Club receives mineral blocks for Beaver Island deer (1961)Game Division plans another turkey-trapping effort for Beaver Island (1962)Garden and High Islands have no September grouse season (1960)Garden and snow-removal service offer by Dennis Wagner (1974)Gary McDonough is reported preparing for a transfer to northern Italy (1962)Gene Burke receives Beaver Island south-end mail contract (1961)George Chase visits the Beaver Island train-wreck site (1960)George Van Buren resigns as Civic Association president before leaving Beaver Island (1961)Gerald Connaghan is injured in a car-door fall and flown for hospitalization (1961)Golden wedding anniversary of Roland J. and Ethel McCann (1973)Grace Atchison and Charles Davis marry at the Episcopal Mission Church (1961)Graduation of Arthur R. Gallagher from the Detroit Police Academy (1973)Graveside service for Charles Philip Gallagher (1974)Graveside service for John R. Martin (1974)Graveside service for Roy L. Provancher (1971)Grounding of an unnamed Manistique fishing tug at Indian Point (1960)Grounding of the Eugene J. Buffington on Boulder Reef Harbor Hills Golf Course closes for the 1960 season Harbor Hills miniature golf course opens for summer (1960)Harbor rescue of Timmy Turner (1971)Has Beens defeat Wanta Bees as Chief Antoine Park raffle raises $104 (1961)Has Beens defeat Wanta Bees in annual baseball game (1961)Henry Allen announces the proposed Island Club Woods development (1962)Herb Lees’s steelhead catch in Lake Geneserath (1972)Herman W. Allers dies in Kalamazoo (1961)Historic-preservation campaign for Protar Home and Bonner farm (1970)Historical Society asks islanders to preserve items for the museum (1960)Historical Society grants lifetime memberships and pays down the museum mortgage (1961)Historical Society receives a copy of an alleged Joseph Smith letter to James Strang (1961)Historical Society receives a Protar photograph and offers a Strang diary edition (1961)Historical Society records museum donations and jail stabilization work (1961)Holiday donations to the Beaver Island Medical Center Building Fund (1973)Holiday donations to the Beaver Island Medical Center Building Fund (1974)Holy Cross Altar Society election, pantry shower, and supper plans (1960)Holy Cross Altar Society elects its 1961 officers Holy Cross Altar Society serves Beaver Island St. Patrick’s ham dinner (1961)Holy Cross Cemetery fund drive (1973)Holy Cross Christmas Bazaar (1959)Holy Cross Church altar and pew maintenance (1960)Holy Cross Church celebrates its centennial (1960)Holy Cross Church centennial book is released (1960)Holy Cross First Holy Communion (1960)Holy Cross Parish announces its centennial Homecoming schedule (1960)Holy Cross Parish Cemetery maintenance succession (1974)Holy Cross parish centennial and “Home for Christmas” planning (1960)Holy Cross Parish completes its centenary Homecoming celebration (1960)Holy Cross parish hall improvement planning (1960)Hospital follow-up and winter residence of Curley Hartzell (1973)Hospitalization of Joseph L. “Bud” McDonough (1973)Household goods are offered for sale in St. James (1961)Hyde and Doolittle Fisheries report a strong whitefish return (1961)Ice-Floe Drift and Beaver Island Coast Guard Search in 1936 Ice-skating injury of Erwin Martin (1959)Indianapolis Beaver Island property-owners dinner (1973)Institute of Fisheries Research samples Beaver Island lakes (1960)Irish settlement of Beaver Island Islanders net smelt at the Jordan River (1961)Isle Haven Tourist Court expansion (1960)J. R. Childs revisits Beaver Island and recalls 1912 store work (1960)Jack and Bea Boyle celebrate their twenty-fifth anniversary (1961)James and Constance DeClaire purchase Wanty property at Nomad (1960)Janet Lastinger takes the first reported bow-season deer of 1961 January 1962 snow and drifting isolate parts of Beaver Island January 1971 Beaver Island blizzard and supply disruption Jeanne Klein and Verl McCann marry in Ludington (1961)Jerry LaFreniere spends the winter in Charlevoix (1961)Jesse M. Cole former-resident letter (1973)Jewell Gillespie is reported as a Charlevoix Hospital patient (1960)Jim Janda Day and Beavercombers baseball sponsorship (1973)John H. Coppens transfers to Lake Worth Inlet Lifeboat Station (1960)John Hetherington is first reported with an outboard on a fiberglass boat (1956)John Ozaga predator study on Beaver Island (1961)John Ozaga studies predators on Beaver Island (1960)John Ozaga’s tagged Beaver Island coyote is shot near Levering (1961)Joint St. James and Peaine Township appointments (1973)Joint township and Charlevoix County Road Commission meeting (1974)Joint township and State Aeronautics Commission airport meeting (1974)Jory Seybold recovers after an Ohio car accident (1960)Joseph Balsano completes amphibian collecting on the Beaver Islands (1960)June 1960 wedding and engagement notices Karl Erber becomes Beaver Island Boat Company president (1961)Karl Kuebler reports shooting two coyotes (1961)Kathryn Ann Bales and James Everett Giege marry (1961)Killarney Inn redecoration before reopening (1960)King’s Highway road-construction project (1970)Kurt Van Buren undergoes surgery at Beaver Island Medical Center (1960)Landscaping begins around the new Beaver Island yacht dock (1960)Lansing Girl Scout troop camps at Beaver Island State Forest grounds (1961)Lawrence Collins and Patsy Doney return to business after house fire (1960)Lawrence Malloy Jr. hospitalized in Chicago (1960)Ludington Centennial beard and costume judging (1973)Mackinac Islander delivers material for an oil-equipment dock (1960)Madelyn Wojan and Melvin Renaud marry (1961)March of Dimes party at the Shamrock (1960)Margaret Ann LaFreniere marries James Plemons (1960)Margaret Ann LaFreniere receives minor car-accident injuries (1960)Margaret Cronyn and family are injured in a Bay City automobile accident (1961)Margaret Hanley suffers a broken leg (1960)Marriage of Audrey Celia Wojan and Gregory W. G. Potter (1972)Marriage of Bruce Lockwood and Loni Bolin (1974)Marriage of Celeste Kay Gallagher and Danny Carl Mills (1973)Marriage of Dennis Wagner and Bonnie Mason (1972)Marriage of Linda S. Arden and Kevin C. McDonough (1973)Marriage of Loretta LaFreniere and Kenneth Slater (1972)Marriage of Mary Anne Palmer and Roger Dale Ferguson (1973)Marriage of Mary Jane Fox and Gregory Eugene Lawson (1973)Marriage of Mary LaFreniere and Archie Minor (1961)Marriage of Mary Margaret De Vogel and David Allen Pischner (1972)Marriage of Phyllis Squire and Daniel Wojan (1960)Marriage of Roland J. McCann and Ethel Mielke (1923)Marriage of Ruth Ellen Gregg and David Ray Himebaugh (1973)Marriage of William Gillespie and Janice Ann Kures (1972)Mary Agnes Allen graduates and marries (1960)Mary Darlene Schmidt and Richard Johnson marry at St. Bridget’s Church (1961)Mary Elizabeth Gallagher receives a Northern Michigan Jobbers Association scholarship (1960)Mary Janice Supernaw and Donald O’Brien marry in Charlevoix (1961)Mary Scovill visits Beaver Island for child-guidance work (1960)Matt Melville travels from New York to Ireland for the winter (1961)Maurice Tyler reports the first catch from Beaver Island bass refuge (1960)May 1961 Beacon reports six births connected with island families McClure Oil Company begins Beaver Island drilling operations (1961)McClure Oil Company locates well No. 1 near Hannegans Corner (1960)McClure Oil Company postpones Beaver Island drilling (1960)McClure Oil Company prepares to drill on Beaver Island (1960)McClure plugs its first 1961 well and moves to a site near Miller’s Marsh (1961)McDonough’s Store forty-year open house (1973)Medical Center doctor-recruitment campaign selects Sidney Schochet (1961)Memorial donations from the Beaver Island Association of Michigan (1972)Michael Cull appointed harbor master (1960)Michigan Republicans visit Beaver Island on Emerald Isle cruise (1961)Mike and Mabel Cull celebrate their 48th wedding anniversary (1961)Mike Woodfield is injured in a hunting accident (1960)Military enlistments of Hugh Cole and Jeff McGlocklin (1973)Milt Bennett donates a baby basket to the Medical Center (1960)Mister Ed’s Fixit service offer (1974)Mort Neff films Beaver Island Dawn Patrol and Parish Hall fire (1961)Mrs. J. Lawrence Malloy fractures her ankle in Chicago (1960)Mrs. Johnston announces a seasonal return from Alaska (1960)Nancy Waubininkee is returned to Beaver Island for burial (1961)Naval Reserve boats damage municipal dock lights and Emerald Isle moorings (1961)New Beaver Island cottages under construction (1960)New Beaver Island property ownership notices (1960)New Beaver Island property purchases are reported (1960)New Beaver Island residents reported (1973)New owners purchase harbor and Sand Bay cottages (1961)Ninth Beaver Island Caper benefit announcement (1974)Nonsuch II visit to Beaver Island (1971)November 1961 Beacon announces two births connected to Beaver Island November 1961 Beacon reports four new Beaver Island property owners November 1961 Beacon reports the death of a diplomatic-family infant November 1961 game column records coyote, partridge, and goose reports October 1961 Beacon birth notices report Polly Stuart and a Malloy son October 1961 Beacon obituaries remember four Beaver Island-connected people Oil company leases Beaver Island sites for test wells (1960)Oil Queen capsizing and righting (1973)Old Beaver Island jail moved beside the museum (1960)Open house for Dennis Wagner and Bonnie Mason (1972)Ordination of John Michael Gallagher (1971)Orphaned deer fawn Jackie is raised under an exhibition permit (1961)Pamela McDonough is treated for appendicitis at Charlevoix Hospital (1961)Pancake supper for Frank and Gladys Schaudigel (1972)Pantry shower for the Dominican Sisters (1961)Parish Hall kitchen-wall fire disrupts Dawn Patrol breakfast (1961)Parish Hall repairs are nearly complete after the Dawn Patrol fire (1961)Patrick Edward LaFreniere is born at Manistee (1961)Patrick J. Conlin purchases a lot at Wicklow Beach (1961)Paul Nelson donates dental-service payment to the Medical Center (1961)Peaine Township annual meeting (1973)Peaine Township temporary zoning-board appointments (1973)Perch Fishing and Bird Hunting on Beaver Island in 1950 Peter Johnson arrives in Saint James by horse-drawn sleigh (1961)Peter Sorensen and Carol Mount marry in Greenville (1960)Phil Gregg is appointed Beaver Island harbor master (1961)Philip F. Lange purchases two Wicklow Beach lots (1961)Philip Gregg and Walker Hill propose a boat-storage marina (1960)Phillip Gregg family is welcomed as new Beaver Islanders (1960)Pink Poodle Gift Shop moves into the old LaFreniere Store (1960)Pink Poodle Shoppe opens at Beaver Lodge (1960)Planned non-operation of Beaver Island Coast Guard sub-station (1973)Plaza Suite theatrical performance announcement (1973)Ponderosa of Beaver Island cattle partnership plans a 300-head herd (1961)Ponderosa of Beaver Island receives 68 Hereford cows and a bull (1961)Post-nuptial shower for Archie and Mary Minor (1961)Preparation of Beaver Island emergency aircraft (1974)Protar House roof and porch repairs (1971)Protar will and land-title abstract are displayed through Historical Society materials (1961)Publication of “The Shores of Beaver” (1974)Purchase and preservation plans for the Don Burke Farm (1970)Pvt. Billy Pischner returns home on military leave (1960)Regional Chamber and Boat Company study a shorter Beaver Island ferry route (1960)Repairs to the eroded Yacht Dock beach (1972)Repeated salvage attempts on the Milwaukee Belle (c. 1965–1968)Report of a Missing Garden Island Fishing Boat in 1905 Rescue and Near-Loss of the Lucie A. in 1913 Rescue of Frank Sherman in a 1904 Blizzard Rescue of Kenneth Gallagher and Bertrand McDonough from a Raft Rescue of Lansing Shoal Light Station crew members (1973–1974)Rescue of the Alice K Party Retirement of CWO John H. Coppens from the Coast Guard (1967)Retirement of Frank Nackerman as Saint James postmaster (1973)Return of Philip “Don” Burke to the Great Lakes (1974)Richard Sondereggor is appointed to the Michigan Civil War Centennial Commission (1961)Richard Stromberg reported as a permanent Beaver Island resident (1960)Robert Nestle suffers a sawmill lathe injury (1960)Robert Seybold family buys a Sand Bay cottage (1960)Robert Tuck studies small mammals on Beaver Island (1960)Roger Pischner receives a Fort Knox service address (1960)Rogers Carlisle catches a large otter near Beaver Island (1961)Rogers Carlisle prepares Beaver Island Game Club promotional film (1961)Rogers Carlisle reviews a decade of Beaver Island improvements (1960)Rosemary McDonough places second in Patricia Stevens Girl of the Year finals (1961)Roy Chambers reports capturing 99 snapping turtles on Beaver Island (1961)Royal Oak Boy Scouts camp on Beaver Island (1961)Sale of the James E. Sanford and Its Beaver Island Mail Contract Sale of the Shamrock Bar (1973)Sally Cull and Richard Hammermeister marry in Illinois (1961)Sally Cull and Richard Hammermisher announce engagement (1961)Sally Martin and Michael Delia marry at Holy Cross Catholic Church (1961)Salvage and renaming of the George M. Humphrey (1944)Salvage of unidentified ancient sailing-vessel remains (1967)Sea Scouts visit Beaver Island on a conservation tour (1960)Seasonal closure of Beaver Island Coast Guard station (1970)Second medical evacuation by Beaver Island emergency aircraft (1974)September 1961 Beacon death notices remember four Beaver Island-connected people September 1961 community notes record a dock christening and children’s watermelon treats Shamrock bartenders school and beverage conference (1974)Shooting of John Floyd at Saint James Shriners visit Beaver Island (1960)Sidney Schochet donates Medical Center furniture (1961)Sidney Schochet is selected as Beaver Island’s replacement doctor (1961)Silver anniversary of Father Joseph Herp’s ordination (1960)Sinking of the Erie L. Hackley Sisters Agnes Lea and Paula visit Beaver Island school (1960)Snowmobile ice trip from Beaver Island to Naubinway (1974)Snowmobile trip from Beaver Island to Naubinway (1972)Sonny Don freight trip from Beaver Island to Charlevoix (1974)Squaw Island Light-Crew Tragedy (1900)St. James Cemetery marker-improvement project (1973)St. James Episcopal mainland visitor service (1973)St. James Episcopal Mission plans a new Beaver Island church (1961)St. James Township annual meeting (1973)St. James Township picnic-table building bee (1971)St. James Township picnic-table building bee (1972)St. Patrick’s Day celebration on Beaver Island (1972)St. Patrick’s Day celebration on Beaver Island (1973)St. Patrick’s Day celebration on Beaver Island (1974)St. Patrick’s Day snowmobile races on Beaver Island (1971)St. Patrick’s Day snowmobile races on Beaver Island (1972)State reassurance about Beaver Island Medical Center support (1973)State tax valuation increases are reported for Beaver Island townships (1961)Stranding of the Frank C. Leighton (1887)Stranding of the J. I. Case (1883)Stroke of Alberta LaFreniere (1973)Sundew fuel and icebreaking visits to Beaver Island (1971)Sundew rescues High Island caretakers Ray Bills and John Drum (1956)Sundew visit to Beaver Island (1963)Supplemental Security Income program announcement (1973)Susan Bissel marries Rayburn Bice (1961)The 1961 Beaver Island perch run is reported nearly absent The February 1962 Beacon reports two Beaver Island wedding anniversaries The September Beacon reports three additional Beaver Island property purchases (1961)The Sorensons and Tom Chmura complete separate walks around Beaver Island (1961)Theodore S. Charney researches the Rouse Simmons Christmas Tree Ship (1961)Thomas H. Bussell thanks Beaver Island evacuation service (1974)Thomas Michael Cole is born at the Beaver Island Medical Center (1961)Timber stand improvement south of Green's Lake (1973)Tom Allen graduates from Notre Dame in civil engineering (1960)Township offices and postal succession (1973)Under-ice bait-bucket retrieval at Lake Geneserath (1973)University of Michigan staff purchase Beaver Island properties (1960)Unnamed son born to Dan Massini and Kay McDonough (1960)Unnamed son born to Denny Wogen family (1960)Vehicle accident involving Eugene Mooney (1960)Volunteer firefighters respond to five grass-fire calls during a dry spring (1961)W. Bernard Scheid celebrates his silver priesthood anniversary (1961)Walker Hill is elected commander of Lansing Power Squadron (1961)Walter and Vera Wojan complete a tourist court (1960)Walter Wojan advertises insecticide and herbicide spraying (1961)Wanta Bees win Fourth of July baseball games as raffle raises Chief Antoine Park funds (1961)Wayne and Eleanore Mosdager announce birth of daughter (1961)Welcoming party for new bride Florence Fitzpatrick (1961)Winnie and Lawrence McDonough host a Beaver Island teen hayride (1960)Winter mail service is provided by McPhillip’s Flying Service (1961)Wreck of the Chandler Wells Wreck of the LaFinire (1886)Wreck of the Vega

Notices

Short, single-source notices, digested by year rather than given standalone pages. Each keeps a stable anchor link.

1959 · 5 1960 · 1 1961 · 2 1971 · 1 1972 · 1 1973 · 32 1974 · 12