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Beaver Island potluck dinner benefits the Convent Fund, 1968

Also February 1968 Beaver Island Convent Fund potluck

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TypeEvent
Date1968-02-18
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
1968-02-18
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Fundraising
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Summary

The February 1968 Beaver Beacon reported a potluck dinner in the school multipurpose room on February 18, with proceeds going to the Holy Cross Convent Fund.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper fundraising notice. It does not provide attendance, receipts, or the amount raised.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. Reports the February 18 potluck dinner in the school multipurpose room, with proceeds going to the Convent Fund; it does not provide attendance, receipts, or the amount raised.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1968-02_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held six-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published fundraising notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1968-02_Beaver-Beacon

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island potluck dinner benefits the Convent Fund, 1968”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-convent-fund-potluck-dinner-1968/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1968, “Pot Luck Dinners.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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