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Beaver Island-connected students return home and begin college, 1969

Also January 1969 Beaver Island college news

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TypeEvent
Dates1968-12 – 1969-01
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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1968-12 – 1969-01
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Education
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Beaver Island

Summary

The January 1969 Beaver Beacon listed five Beaver Island-connected students who returned home for the Christmas holidays: Bill Gillespie, Gary Earley, Phyllis Gregg, Ed Wogan, and Joe McDonough. It also reported that Douglas Southern, a December graduate of Beaver Island High School, had begun at Ferris in Big Rapids.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper education notice. It does not provide enrollment records, degree outcomes, or complete educational histories.

Sources

  1. Lists Bill Gillespie, Gary Earley, Phyllis Gregg, Ed Wogan, and Joe McDonough returning for the Christmas holidays, and Douglas Southern beginning at Ferris in Big Rapids; it does not provide enrollment records or complete educational histories.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1969-01_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held six-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published college notices.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1969-01_Beaver-Beacon

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island-connected students return home and begin college, 1969”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-college-news-january-1969/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1969, “College News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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