- Date
- 1961-04
- Kind
- Election
- Where
- place/st-james
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- governanceeconomyinfrastructureeducation
- Within
- place/st-james
Summary
The May 1961 Beaver Beacon reported that the prior five-year, four-mill St. James Township levy had expired and that voters approved a five-mill levy for street lights, the playground, dump cleanup, and airport purposes, including one mill for the airport. It also said the separate school levy would fall from 7.5 mills as the school debt neared payoff.
Evidence and limits
This is a newspaper account of a local election and levy. It does not provide the vote tally, tax roll, budget, or debt statement.
Sources
- Reports that St. James Township voters renewed a five-mill levy after the prior five-year four-mill levy expired, with one mill included for airport purposes; it also reports the separate school levy declining from 7.5 mills as the school debt neared payoff. The notice does not preserve election returns, budgets, or tax records.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1961-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held seven-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published election and levy report; it does not expand the fiscal claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1961-05_Beaver-Beacon
Added 8 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “St. James Township renews millage for local services and airport purposes, 1961”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-1961-millage-election/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1961, “Election News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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