Beaver Island Fire Department Auxiliary announces its 1987 auction and smoke-alarm program

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Event

Date: 1987-02
Kind: Announcement
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: emergency-managementfundraisingcommunitypublic-servicecommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The Fire Department Auxiliary announced a May 30, 1987 auction, sought donated items, reported that new fire jackets had been paid for, and made smoke alarms available locally.

Evidence limits

The notice documents plans and an equipment update, not the auction’s completion, proceeds, or a complete equipment inventory.

Sources

BIFDA, Beaver Beacon, February 1987.
Announces a May 30 auction at Marie Reigle’s house, requests donated items, reports payment for new fire jackets, offers smoke alarms, and says bingo has been doing well. 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, February 1987, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held eighteen-page February issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the BIFDA notice.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Fire Department Auxiliary announces its 1987 auction and smoke-alarm program”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-fire-department-auxiliary-auction-1987/, accessed [date], citing BIFDA, Beaver Beacon, February 1987. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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