Name: The Beacon jokes about Dick LaFreniere extracting Musette’s tooth, 1959
Start: 1959-01
End: 1959-01
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 1959-01
Kind: Observation
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: communityhealthcarecommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The January 1959 Beaver Beacon jokes that Dick LaFreniere extracted a tooth for Musette after she broke it and Doc Sorenson was unavailable. The notice is community humor, not a clinical or professional record.

Evidence limits

The item does not establish treatment details, licensing, pain, outcome, or a dental-care history.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, January 1959, “HE DID IT AGAIN.”
Humorously reports that Dick LaFreniere extracted a “situation tooth” for Musette after she broke a tooth and Doc Sorenson was not due for another month. The item references earlier Beacon jokes about Dick helping a hunter and Charlie “Harlem”; it is not a clinical record or evidence of dental licensing, treatment, pain, or outcome. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, January 1959, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held five-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the humorous dental notice; it does not expand the healthcare or professional record.
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Beaver Island Archive, “The Beacon jokes about Dick LaFreniere extracting Musette’s tooth, 1959”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-dick-lafreniere-tooth-extraction-joke-1959/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1959, “HE DID IT AGAIN.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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