Name: Holy Cross carillon dedication is completed on Memorial Day weekend, 1977
Start: 1977-05-29
End: 1977-05-29
Location: Holy Cross Catholic Church building

Event

Date: 1977-05-29
Kind: Religious service
Where: Holy Cross Catholic Church building
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: religionheritagecommunicationcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The April 1977 Beaver Beacon invited friends and relatives to a 10:00 a.m. Mass and 11:00 a.m. Holy Cross carillon dedication scheduled for May 29. The June issue reports that the dedication took place after Mass on May 29, with a memorial plaque, hymns played on the carillon, parish refreshments, and continuing memorial-name appeals.

Evidence and limits

The June article is a newspaper completion report, not a technical inventory, donor ledger, final-cost statement, attendance register, or maintenance record.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, April 1977, “You Are Invited.”
Invites friends and relatives to a 10:00 a.m. Mass and 11:00 a.m. dedication of the Holy Cross carillon on Sunday, May 29, during Memorial Day weekend. It is an invitation and does not establish attendance, dedication completion, program details, or final carillon 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 · 1977-04_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, April 1977, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held twelve-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the invitation and scheduled dedication.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1977-04_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, June 1977, “Carillion Dedicated at Holy Cross.”
Reports the completed May 29 dedication after Mass, the memorial’s origin in David and Helen Pike’s idea and donation, the rapid fundraising response, the memorial plaque presentation, names read by Father Alvin Yard, hymns played on the carillon, parish refreshments, and continuing memorial-name and tape appeals. This is a newspaper completion report; it does not provide the instrument’s technical specifications, donor ledger, final cost, or maintenance 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 · 1977-06_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, June 1977, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held ten-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the dedication report and memorial appeal.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1977-06_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Holy Cross carillon dedication is completed on Memorial Day weekend, 1977”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-holy-cross-carillon-dedication-1977/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1977, “You Are Invited.” (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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