Summary
The Beaver Island Civic Association’s July 4, 1973 celebration included games, a community lunch, baseball, bingo, prize drawings, and harbor fireworks. The report says the association raised more than $500, its only money-making project, and names the two drawing winners.
Evidence and limits
This is a post-event newspaper account. It does not provide attendance, expenses, a complete volunteer roster, or an independent financial statement.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, July 1973, “4th of July.”Reports children's games, a noon-to-five lunch, Beachcombers versus the Coast Guard cutter Sundew in baseball, Last Call versus the Beaver Island Ripple Pickers in a women's game, an evening bingo and Basket of Joy drawing, fireworks, a picture drawing, and more than $500 raised by the Civic Association. It names Kirsten Jensen as Basket of Joy winner and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Eicker as picture winners; no attendance or expense ledger is supplied.
- Beaver Beacon, August 1973, “Sports.”Adds the reported July 4 women’s score: the Beachcomber Last Call defeated the Beaver Island Ripple Pickers 8–3; the humorous account names Miss Baked Potato Gillespie and Miss Collision Cull among the players.