Name: Civic Association and townships appropriate funds for Beaver Island airport improvements, 1958
Start: 1958-03
End: 1958-03
Location: Beaver Island Airport

Event

Date: 1958-03
Kind: Announcement
Where: Beaver Island Airport
Carried out by: Beaver Island Civic Association
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: governancetransportationeconomycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The March 1958 issue reports that the Beaver Island Civic Association, St. James Township, and Peaine Township each appropriated $500 for airport improvements, with $1,500 to be matched by the State. The work was scheduled for completion that spring. The same notice reports 153 personal, 25 business, and one complimentary BICA membership and approves 5,000 information folders and 4,000 advertising guides.

Evidence and limits

These are newspaper-reported appropriations, plans, counts, and approvals. The issue does not provide resolutions, grant agreements, engineering plans, receipts, completion records, or print-run evidence.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, March 1958, “BICA BOARD.”
Reports BICA, St. James Township, and Peaine Township each appropriating $500, with a $1,500 State match, for airport improvements scheduled for completion in spring 1958. It also reports BICA membership counts of 153 personal, 25 business, and one complimentary membership, plus approvals for 5,000 information folders and 4,000 advertising guides. It does not provide appropriation resolutions, grant agreements, engineering plans, receipts, or completion records. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, March 1958, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held five-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the reported appropriations, State match, membership counts, and publication quantities; it does not expand the airport, financial, or print-run record.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Civic Association and townships appropriate funds for Beaver Island airport improvements, 1958”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-civic-association-airport-appropriation-1958/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1958, “BICA BOARD.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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