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Beaver Island Christmas homecomings (1959)

Also 1959 holiday homecomings · 1959 Beaver Island Christmas arrivals

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TypeEvent
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era

Summary

The January 1960 Beaver Beacon lists island residents and students spending Christmas 1959 at home and reports Robert Malloy, Patrick LaFreniere Jr., Earl Boyle, and Don Burke returning from sailing in time for the holidays.

Evidence and limits

The list is a community notice, not a travel register. It supplies no vessel, route, exact dates, or complete identity records for the named people.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, January 1960, Christmas homecoming notices.
    Lists Beverly and Margaret O’Donnell, Ronald O’Donnell, Sally Martin, Gary McDonough, Loretta LaFreniere, Rosemary McDonough, John Bonner, and Stanley Burns as spending Christmas at home with their families. It separately says Robert Malloy, Patrick LaFreniere Jr., Earl Boyle, and Don Burke arrived home from sailing for the holidays. The notice gives no travel dates, vessel, itinerary, or complete identity records.