- Date
- 1998-12
- Kind
- Announcement
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- familycommunitycelebrationtransportationcommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Island Airways owner Ellen Welke established a tradition of flying Santa to Beaver Island and supplying books for island children. The January 1999 issue describes the tradition’s early Santa Red Rowley and later Santa and Mrs. Claus Mark and Sue Robins.
Evidence limits
This is a reprinted magazine feature and family/community account, not a complete program ledger or attendance list.
Sources
- Describes Ellen Welke’s five-year effort to fly Santa to Beaver Island, her purchase of books for about 70 children ages 1–12, Red Rowley’s Santa role, and later Mark and Sue Robins as Santa and Mrs. Claus. 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 · 1999-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the reprinted Christmas feature.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1999-01_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Island Airways brings Santa and Christmas gifts to Beaver Island children in 1998”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-christmas-angel-santa-tradition-1999/, accessed [date], citing Elizabeth Edwards, “A Winged Christmas Angel,” Traverse Magazine, December 1998, reprinted in Beaver Beacon, January 1999. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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