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Beaver Island Christmas and Midnight Mass (1959)

Also 1959 Beaver Island Christmas · 1959 Christmas Midnight Mass

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

TypeEvent
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era

Summary

The January 1960 Beaver Beacon reports that nearly the entire Beaver Island community attended Midnight Mass at Holy Cross Church on Christmas Day 1959.

Evidence and limits

This is a community newspaper account, not a parish register or attendance count. The weather description is preserved as contemporary context.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, January 1960, “A Happy New Year To All.”
    Reports that Christmas was happy, the weather was cold and clear with a little snow, and just about everyone on the island attended Midnight Mass at Holy Cross Church. It does not provide a service register or attendance count.