Name: Civic Association announces a 1963 Beaver Island vacation drawing
Start: 1963-05
End: 1963-07-04
Location: Beaver Island

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Event

Dates: 1963-05 – 1963-07-04
Kind: Fundraising
Where: Beaver Island
Carried out by: Beaver Island Civic Association
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: fundraisingtourismcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The May 1963 Beaver Beacon announces a Civic Association drawing for $75 toward one week’s Beaver Island lodging. Tickets cost a one-dollar donation and were due June 20 for a July 4 drawing.

Evidence and limits

This is an advance fundraising notice. It does not establish ticket sales, a winner, proceeds, or redemption.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, May 1963, “Beaver Island Vacation.”
Announces a one-dollar donation drawing on July 4 for $75 toward one week’s Beaver Island lodging before November 1, with tickets due June 20.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1963-05_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, May 1963, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held six-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the advance fundraising notice; it does not provide receipts, the winner, or a final financial report.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1963-05_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, June 1963, “Vacation Anyone?”
Repeats the final chance to buy tickets for the July 4 drawing for $75 toward a week’s lodging; it does not report ticket sales, the winner, or proceeds.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1963-06_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, June 1963, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held six-page issue scan confirms the repeated advance fundraising notice; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1963-06_Beaver-Beacon

Added 8 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Civic Association announces a 1963 Beaver Island vacation drawing”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-civic-association-vacation-drawing-1963/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1963, “Beaver Island Vacation.” (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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