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F. Arnold Conn donates sports equipment to the Civic Association, 1958

Also 1958 Beaver Island Civic Association sports-equipment donation

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TypeEvent
Date1958-02
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1958-02
Kind
Announcement
Where
Beaver Island
Carried out by
Beaver Island Civic Association
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
communityrecreationgovernance
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

F. Arnold Conn, identified by the February 1958 Beaver Beacon as a new island property owner from Lansing, provided the Beaver Island Civic Association with skating-rink reflectors, shoe skates, balls, bats, and horseshoes.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper donation notice. It does not provide a receipt, equipment inventory, rink construction or use record, or complete donor/property record.

Sources

  1. Reports that F. Arnold Conn, a new island property owner from Lansing, provided the BICA with outdoor reflectors for a skating rink, shoe skates, balls, bats, and horseshoes. It does not provide a donation receipt, equipment inventory, rink construction or use record, or a complete donor/property record. 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 · 1958-02_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held four-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the equipment-donation notice; it does not expand the association, recreation, or property record.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1958-02_Beaver-Beacon

Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “F. Arnold Conn donates sports equipment to the Civic Association, 1958”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-bica-sports-equipment-donation-1958/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1958, “SPORTS EQUIPMENT.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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