Name: The January 1959 Beacon records holiday arrivals, sailors’ return, and winter departures, 1959
Start: 1958-12
End: 1959-01
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Dates: 1958-12 – 1959-01
Kind: Migration
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: migrationtransportationcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The January 1959 Beaver Beacon records several holiday arrivals, identifies Patrick LaFroniere Jr., Don Burke, and Willard Pischner as the only resident island sailors home from sailing, and lists several residents leaving for winter destinations including Peru, Muskegon, Bay City, and Chicago.

Evidence limits

These are newspaper movement notices, not travel logs, passenger lists, route records, employment files, or a complete seasonal-movement register.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, January 1959, “HOME FOR CHRISTMAS,” “HOME FROM SAILING,” and “AWAY FOR THE WINTER.”
Lists Tilly Schmidt, A. J. Gallagher, the Francis Ricksgers family, Mr. and Mrs. Pat Burke, and Joseph Ricksgers as home for Christmas; Patrick LaFroniere Jr., Don Burke, and Willard Pischner as home from sailing; and George and Marguerite Donat, the James O’Donnells, Mike Culls, and Bort, Mary, and Turner as leaving for winter destinations. It does not provide travel dates, routes, passenger lists, employment records, or a complete seasonal-movement register. 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, January 1959, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held five-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the holiday and winter-movement notices; it does not expand the travel or employment record.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “The January 1959 Beacon records holiday arrivals, sailors’ return, and winter departures, 1959”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-holiday-movements-january-1959/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1959, “HOME FOR CHRISTMAS,” “HOME FROM SAILING,” and “AWAY FOR THE WINTER.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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