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Phil and Lil Gregg hand Beaver Beacon production to Kathy Speck, 1978

Also 1978 Beaver Beacon editorial transition · Beaver Beacon farewell

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TypeEvent
Dates1978-11 – 1978-12
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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1978-11 – 1978-12
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Beaver Island

Summary

After sixteen years producing the Beaver Beacon, Phil and Lil Gregg announced that Kathy Speck would take over the paper’s production.

Evidence and limits

This is a publisher communication, not a corporate filing, ownership instrument, or subsequent publication history.

Sources

  1. Reports Phil and Lil Gregg’s decision after sixteen years to end their production role and hand the Beacon to Kathy Speck, with the editor thanking them and supporting the transition. It is a publisher communication, not a corporate filing, employment record, ownership instrument, or subsequent publication history. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1978-11_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held twelve-page combined November–December issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the editorial handoff notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1978-11_Beaver-Beacon

Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Phil and Lil Gregg hand Beaver Beacon production to Kathy Speck, 1978”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-beacon-editorial-handoff-1978/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November–December 1978, “Beacon Farewell.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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