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Beaver Island Game Club announces its November 1959 hunters’ party, 1959

Also November 16 · 1959 Beaver Island hunters party · Game Club largest-deer prize

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TypeEvent
Date1959-11-16
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1959-11-16
Kind
Celebration
Where
Beaver Island
Carried out by
Beaver Island Game Club
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
huntingcelebrationcommunityconservation
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The November 1959 Beaver Beacon announces a Game Club hunters’ party at the Parish Hall on November 16, including dinner, a sportsmen’s program, and a $25 largest-deer prize for a club member.

Evidence limits

This is an advance announcement, not an attendance register, receipt account, program result, or prize record.

Sources

  1. Announces a November 16 Game Club hunters’ party at the Parish Hall, with dinner from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m., a sportsmen’s program, and a $25 prize for the largest deer bagged during the season by a club member. It does not provide attendance, receipts, program results, or prize documentation. 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 · 1959-11_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held five-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the hunters’ party announcement; it does not expand the event or prize record.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1959-11_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Reports the November 15 deer-season opening, an official count of 157 deer with four days remaining, and the November 16 hunters dinner, where 140 hunters were fed and nearly 700 pounds of perch were prepared. It reports $161.01 net proceeds for the Game Club and outlines trail and fish-refuge projects, but does not provide licenses, a complete kill ledger, receipts, attendance list, or project completion records. 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 · 1959-12_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held five-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the deer-season and hunters-dinner report; it does not expand the wildlife, financial, meal, or project records.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1959-12_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Game Club announces its November 1959 hunters’ party, 1959”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-game-club-hunters-party-1959/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1959, "THE HUNTERS PARTY." (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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