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Father Alvin Yard returns home after surgery, 1977

Also Father Alvin Yard June 1977 hospital note

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TypeEvent
Datecirca 1977-06
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
circa 1977-06
Kind
Medical
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Beaver Island
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Modern era
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Beaver Island

Summary

The June 1977 Beaver Beacon reports that Father Alvin Yard underwent surgery at Little Traverse Hospital and returned home to recuperate on Beaver Island.

Evidence and limits

This is a brief newspaper hospital note, not a clinical record or complete treatment history.

Sources

  1. Reports that Father Alvin Yard was a patient at Little Traverse Hospital for surgery and had returned home to recuperate on Beaver Island. It does not provide clinical records, diagnosis, dates, or treatment outcome. 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 · 1977-06_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held ten-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the hospital and recovery note.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1977-06_Beaver-Beacon

Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Father Alvin Yard returns home after surgery, 1977”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-father-alvin-yard-hospital-recovery-1977/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 1977, “Hospital Notes.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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