Beaver Island ArchiveA primary-source archive & encyclopedia45°40′N 85°33′W · Lake Michigan
Colour scheme
Search

Event

Beaver Island Civic Association reorganizes its board and director roles, 1985

Also January 1985 Civic Association reorganization

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

Locator map: Beaver Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at Beaver IslandLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
TypeEvent
Dates1985-01-10 – 1985-01-17
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Locator map: Beaver Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at Beaver IslandLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
Event
Dates
1985-01-10 – 1985-01-17
Kind
Election
Where
Beaver Island
Carried out by
Beaver Island Civic Association
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
communitygovernmentcommunicationcommerce
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The Civic Association reorganized its work in January 1985 around director roles for the Beacon, Chamber of Commerce, festivals, fundraising, and general projects, then elected Joe Cunningham president and named its other officers and directors.

Evidence limits

The article is a newspaper report of organizational action, not a substitute for bylaws, minutes, or a complete membership record.

Sources

  1. Reports Winter Games preparations, proposals for paid Beacon and Chamber directors and volunteer festival, fundraising, and general directors, January 17 elections, and the resulting officers and directors. It is a newspaper organizational report, not bylaws or a membership ledger. 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 · 1985-02_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eighteen-page February issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the Civic Association reorganization report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1985-02_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Reports February director discussions about future Winter Games, harbor cleanup and plantings, the memorial, public beaches, a 30th anniversary, a new brochure, radio promotion, information cards, and Beacon computer typesetting. It records continuing implementation planning, not completed projects or bylaws. 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 · 1985-03_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held seventeen-page March issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the directors report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1985-03_Beaver-Beacon

Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Civic Association reorganizes its board and director roles, 1985”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-civic-association-reorganization-1985/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Civic Association January meeting report, Beaver Beacon, February 1985. (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

Last revised 2026-08-04. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.

BibTeX for “Beaver Island Civic Association reorganizes its board and director roles, 1985”RIS for “Beaver Island Civic Association reorganizes its board and director roles, 1985”