- Dates
- 1958-03-27 – 1958-04-14
- Kind
- Fundraising
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Civic Association
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- governancecommunitypublicationpublic-service
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The April 1958 Beaver Beacon reports that the Beaver Island Civic Association started a $50 sinking fund for future mimeographing equipment and scheduled the second week of April for an annual cleanup week.
Evidence and limits
The issue reports a board action and planned activities. It does not provide minutes, financial ledgers, equipment purchases, cleanup results, or prize records.
Sources
- Reports the March 27 board meeting, Donald Cole’s proposal for a sinking fund for future Beacon mimeographing equipment, the board’s $50 starting contribution, and the second week of April as annual cleanup week with a prize for the best effort. It does not provide minutes, a fund ledger, equipment purchases, cleanup results, or prize records. 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 · 1958-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held three-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the fund and cleanup-week notice; it does not expand the financial or work record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1958-04_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Civic Association starts a Beacon equipment fund and schedules cleanup week, 1958”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-civic-association-sinking-fund-cleanup-1958/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1958, “BEAVER ISLAND CIVIC ASSOCIATION.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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