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Beaver Island Christmas Bazaar and community supper, 1972

Also 1972 Holy Cross Christmas Bazaar · 1972 Beaver Island Christmas supper

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

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TypeEvent
Date1972-12-17
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Locator map: Beaver Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at Beaver IslandLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
Event
Date
1972-12-17
Kind
Celebration
Where
Beaver Island
Carried out by
Holy Cross Catholic Church · Beaver Island Christian Church
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
religioncommunityeducation
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Beaver Island’s Christmas Bazaar was held on December 17, 1972. The report describes a Parish Hall community supper, schoolchildren’s carols, a Santa visit with gifts and candy, and a Junior Class television won by Marie Reigle.

Evidence and limits

The notice confirms the reported program but gives no attendance figure, financial statement, complete volunteer roster, or independent parish or school record.

Open questions

  • What were the bazaar and supper proceeds and how were they used?
  • Which organizations and volunteers maintained the event records?

Sources

  1. Visually checked page 5 and remote OCR. Reports a December 17 Christmas Bazaar sponsored by Holy Cross Church, a 5 p.m. Parish Hall community supper, schoolchildren singing carols, a Santa visit with gifts and candy, and Marie Reigle winning the Junior Class television. It does not provide attendance, proceeds, a full volunteer roster, or a parish/school 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 · 1972-12_Beaver-Beacon
  2. Held scan used to verify the realized bazaar and associated community program. The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and does not expand source-specific claims
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1972-12_Beaver-Beacon

Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Christmas Bazaar and community supper, 1972”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-christmas-bazaar-and-community-supper-1972/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 1972, “Island Happenings.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

Last revised 2026-08-03. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.

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