- Date
- 1957-10-06
- Kind
- Celebration
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- transportationtourismcommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The November 1957 Beaver Beacon reported that the first Sunday of October’s Dawn Patrol registered 229 planes, with an estimated total of 250. Holy Cross Hall served 475 breakfasts, with overflow guests sent to Beaver Lodge, King Strang, and Killarney dining rooms. Mort Neff filmed the event for Michigan Outdoors, which the notice said appeared the following Thursday.
Evidence and limits
This is a newspaper event report. It does not provide aircraft or attendee registers, receipts, a copy of the film, or an independent broadcast record.
Sources
- Reports the Dawn Patrol on the first Sunday of October with 229 planes registered and an estimated total of 250, 475 breakfasts served in Holy Cross Hall, overflow guests sent to Beaver Lodge, King Strang, and Killarney dining rooms, and Mort Neff filming for “Michigan Outdoors”; it says the film appeared the following Thursday and that Neff returned with a party for partridge season. It does not provide aircraft or attendee registers, receipts, film copies, or broadcast 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 · 1957-11_Beaver-Beacon
- The held four-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the reported aircraft, breakfast, and television-film figures; it does not expand the event, financial, or broadcast record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1957-11_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island’s 1957 Dawn Patrol registers 229 planes and serves 475 breakfasts, 1957”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-dawn-patrol-1957/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1957, “DAY OF THE MONTH.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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