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Garthwaite family gives Medical Center memorial donation, 1969

Also 1969 Garthwaite memorial donation to Beaver Island Medical Center

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TypeEvent
Date1969-03
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1969-03
Kind
Fundraising
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
healthcarefundraisingcommunity
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Mrs. Lawrence Garthwaite donated $100 to Beaver Island’s Medical Center in memory of her husband. The March 1969 Beaver Beacon said the Garthwaites had been coming to Beaver Island for 26 years.

Evidence and limits

The notice does not provide a receipt, donor ledger, or memorial designation record.

Sources

  1. Reports Mrs. Lawrence Garthwaite's $100 donation to the Medical Center as a memorial to her husband and notes the family's 26-year connection to Beaver Island; it does not provide a receipt, donor ledger, or memorial designation record.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1969-03_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published memorial donation notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1969-03_Beaver-Beacon

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Garthwaite family gives Medical Center memorial donation, 1969”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-garthwaite-medical-center-memorial-1969/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1969, “Memorial.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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