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Beaver Island Game Club financial report for 1959

Also Game Club 1959 financial report

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TypeEvent
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era

Summary

The Beaver Island Game Club’s 1959 report, published in February 1960, shows $1,124.67 in credits, $465.72 in listed disbursements, and $658.95 on hand at year end. The listed work included a harbor fish shelter, road-building projects, a $70 bounty for 14 coyotes, and a $25 largest-deer prize.

Evidence and limits

The report is a newspaper financial summary. It does not provide a ledger, receipts, project maps, trapper identity, or a formal account of the deer prize recipient.

Open questions

  • Do Game Club minutes or treasurer records identify the projects, trapper, and prize recipient?

See also

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, February 1960, “Game Club.”
    Reports $1,124.67 in Game Club credits, $465.72 in listed disbursements, and $658.95 on hand at year end. Listed work includes road-building equipment and projects, a harbor fish shelter, a $70 bounty paid to a trapper for 14 coyotes, and a $25 largest-deer prize. It does not give project locations, names, minutes, or receipts.