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Appointment of Bill Welke as year-round deputy sheriff (1973)

Also 1973 full-time Beaver Island law officer · Bill Welke deputy appointment

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

TypeEvent
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era

Summary

The Charlevoix County Sheriff’s Department appointed Bill Welke as Beaver Island’s year-round deputy sheriff in January 1973. The notice contrasts the appointment with his former three-month full-time summer and part-time off-season arrangement.

Evidence and limits

The source establishes a local newspaper account of the appointment, not the departmental personnel file, salary, oath, or complete jurisdiction.

See also

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, January 1973, “Full Time Law Officer.”
    Reports Welke’s appointment by the Charlevoix County Sheriff’s Department to serve as Deputy Sheriff year-round, replacing a schedule of three full-time summer months and part-time work for the rest of the year; it does not provide appointment paperwork, salary, or jurisdictional records.
    beaver_beacon · 1973-01_Beaver-Beacon