- Date
- 1966-07-04
- Kind
- Celebration
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Civic Association
- Followed by
- Beaver Island Civic Association holds its 1967 Fourth of July celebration
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communitygovernancetourismeconomy
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
On July 4, 1966, the Beaver Island Civic Association held its annual Civic Carnival. The reported program included a 12:30 p.m. parade, an afternoon opening of Holy Cross Parish Hall with booths and refreshments, a drawing for a portable Zenith 19-inch television won by Robert Malloy, and fireworks as the day’s finale.
Evidence and limits
This is a completed newspaper report, not an attendance register, financial statement, complete program, or prize-administration record. The source does not establish the parade route, the number of booths or visitors, or the cost and disposition of the fireworks.
Open questions
- Are photographs, programs, or Civic Association financial records preserved?
- Was the television drawing part of a recurring annual carnival format?
See also
Sources
- Remote OCR used for search and transcription support; it is not an independent witness and is read against the held issue PDF.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1966-07_Beaver-Beacon
- The held six-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1966-07_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Civic Association holds its 1966 Fourth of July carnival”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-civic-association-fourth-of-july-carnival-1966/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 1966, “4th of July,” OCR derivative, p. 1. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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