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Beaver Island reports Christmas and New Year’s celebrations, 1988

Also 1988 Beaver Island Christmas season · Beaver Island Christmas services and New Year’s Eve

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TypeEvent
Date1988-12-04
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
1988-12-04
Kind
Celebration
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The January 1989 issue reports Beaver Island’s December 1988 holiday season, including bazaars, church services, a school program, open houses, dances, and New Year’s Eve celebrations.

Evidence limits

This is a retrospective newspaper account, not a complete attendance, worship, financial, or performance record.

Sources

  1. Reviews the Holy Cross bazaar, Christian Church Cookie Carnival and Christmas Eve service, Holy Cross Living Nativity, Lumber Company Garage dance, Gregg open house, New Year’s Eve dinners and dances, and the school Christmas program. 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 · 1989-01_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held twenty-page January issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR and preserves the retrospective holiday report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1989-01_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island reports Christmas and New Year’s celebrations, 1988”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-christmas-season-programs-1988/, accessed [date], citing “The Christmas holiday season on Beaver Island,” Beaver Beacon, January 1989. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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