- Date
- 1975-04-25
- Kind
- Announcement
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Bicentennial Committee
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- heritageeconomycommunitygovernancecommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The April 1975 Beaver Beacon begins listing contributions to the Bicentennial fund. The published table reports $1,785.00 in pledges through April 25 and a separate $60.28 in cash donations, or $1,845.28 across the two reported subtotals. Donors include island residents, local businesses, and named individuals.
Evidence and limits
The figures are a newspaper-published appeal list, not a bank statement, receipt book, complete donor ledger, or evidence that each pledge was paid or that the State supplied matching funds.
Sources
- Publishes $1,785.00 in listed pledges and $60.28 in cash donations, for $1,845.28 reported in the two subtotals. Named pledge donors include an Island Resident, Archie LaFreniere, Gillespie Oil & Transit and Gillespie Sales & Service, Richard Gillespie, Bernard Wagner, Shamrock Bar, William Welke, and Richard E. Burris; named cash donors include Sheldon R. Parker, David F. Gladish, Andrew Gladish, and Gladys Schraudigel. It is a published appeal ledger, not a bank statement or complete donor/accounting 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 · 1975-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue confirms the published pledge and cash-donation tables.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1975-04_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Bicentennial fund pledges and cash donations, 1975”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-bicentennial-fund-drive-april-1975/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1975, “Pledges to April 25, 1975.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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