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Beaver Island Game Club Hunters Banquet held, 1976

Also 1976 Hunters Banquet · 1976 Game Club banquet

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TypeEvent
Date1976-11-17
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1976-11-17
Kind
Celebration
Where
Beaver Island
Participants
Philip Robert Gregg (Game Club report presenter) · Herb Johnson (speaker) · Bernard W. "Bill" Wagner (film presenter) · H. Lorraine Palmer (fifty-fifty drawing winner)
Carried out by
Beaver Island Game Club
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
huntingconservationrecreationcommunity
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Island Game Club’s 1976 Hunters Banquet was held November 17 with approximately 90 hunters. The report names the Game Club presentation, Herb Johnson’s talk, Bill Wagner’s proper-land-use film, and Lorraine Palmer’s $80 fifty-fifty drawing prize.

Evidence and limits

This is a post-event newspaper report, not an attendance register, audited account, complete volunteer roster, or copy of the film.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. Reports the November 17 banquet with approximately 90 hunters, Phil Gregg’s annual Game Club report, Herb Johnson’s brief talk, Bill Wagner’s “Wooden Nickles” proper-land-use film, and Lorraine Palmer’s $80 fifty-fifty drawing prize. It does not provide an attendance register, financial account, or complete program record. 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 · 1976-11_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue confirms the completed banquet, reported attendance, program, and drawing result.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1976-11_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Game Club Hunters Banquet held, 1976”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-game-club-hunters-banquet-1976/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1976, “Game News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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