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Event

Beaver Island holiday visitors and servicemen home on leave (1960–1961)

Also 1960–61 Beaver Island holiday homecomings

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

TypeEvent
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era

Summary

The January 1961 community column records many former Islanders and friends returning to Beaver Island during the holiday season, along with Billy Pischner and Robert Palmer home from military service on leave.

Evidence and limits

This is a roster-level community notice. It does not establish a complete visitor list, travel itinerary, military assignment, or durable residence for any named person.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, January 1961, “Holiday Parties.”
    Lists the Joe Grossell family, Jack and Roland Cull, Betty Lockton and family, the Dave Pike family, the Buster Elms family, Jim Freeman, Margaret and Rosemary McDonough, Francis, Ronnie, and Margaret O’Donnell, Beverly and Alex Walgus, the John Adams family, Bob Smith, and servicemen Billy Pischner and Robert Palmer as holiday visitors or people home on leave. It does not provide a complete visitor register, travel dates, or full identities for the roster.