Name: Governor Williams and Mort Neff visit for the bass-season opening, 1958
Start: 1958-09
End: 1958-09
Location: Beaver Island

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Event

Date: 1958-09
Kind: Publication
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: fishingcommunicationtourismcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The September 1958 Beaver Beacon reports Governor Williams and Mort Neff of Michigan Outdoors on Beaver Island for the opening of bass season. It says photographers planned to show their edited, scored film at a future Civic Association meeting.

Evidence limits

The notice does not resolve the governor’s initials, identify the film, provide catch records, or establish that the proposed screening occurred.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, September 1958, “GOVERNOR WILLIAMS & MORT NEEF.”
Reports Governor Williams and Mort Neff of Michigan Outdoors visiting for the opening of bass season and says photographers promised to show their prize film at a general Civic Association meeting after editing and music dubbing. It does not resolve the governor’s initials as rendered in the OCR, identify the film, provide catch records, or establish a later screening. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, September 1958, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held six-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the visit and planned film notice; it does not expand the fishing, broadcast, or visitor record.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Governor Williams and Mort Neff visit for the bass-season opening, 1958”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-governor-williams-mort-neff-bass-season-1958/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 1958, “GOVERNOR WILLIAMS & MORT NEEF.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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