- Dates
- 1991-08-09 – 1991-08-11
- Kind
- Celebration
- Where
- Holy Cross Parish Hall
- Followed by
- Beaver Island Homecoming weekend, 1992
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- celebrationcommunityheritagereligion
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The 1991 Beaver Island Homecoming ran August 9-11. A raffle for a 1991 Ford Tempo, tickets sold in advance for $20, was drawn Sunday, August 11, at the Parish Hall, following a packed Saturday dance and a Sunday dinner.
Program
Dance. Saturday, August 10, at Holy Cross Parish Hall, described as packed “wall to wall.”
Shamrock Bar. Concurrent live entertainment by “Easy Street,” standing room only.
Car raffle. A 1991 Ford Tempo, tickets $20 each, sold in advance at several locations including the Rectory; drawn Sunday, August 11, at 9:00 p.m. at the Parish Hall, after the dinner. Beth Green won.
Dinner. Sunday, preceding the car raffle drawing; no menu is given.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper report plus advance advertising, not an attendance
register or financial account. Ticket sales at the Rectory suggest parish
involvement in the raffle, but no issue held here states an organizing body
for the weekend, so carried_out_by is left unset.
Open questions
- Was a softball tournament held in 1991? No held issue reports one.
- What was the car raffle’s net benefit, and to which fund did it go?
See also
Sources
- Advance advertisement: "HOMECOMING SUNDAY AUGUST 11 AT 9:00 PM AT THE PARISH HALL," tickets $20 each, sold at listed locations including the Rectory. Read in the in-repo data/ tree. 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 · 1991-06_Beaver-Beacon
- The held twenty-two-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1991-06_Beaver-Beacon
- Repeats the car raffle notice and a calendar entry "August 9 - 11: Homecoming Weekend" with "August 11: Car Raffle." Read in the in-repo data/ tree. 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 · 1991-07_Beaver-Beacon
- The held twenty-two-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1991-07_Beaver-Beacon
- Reports the Homecoming Dance held Saturday, August 10, at Holy Cross Parish Hall, "packed with wall to wall people"; Shamrock Bar entertainment by "Easy Street" with standing room only; a Sunday dinner followed by the car raffle drawing, won by Beth Green (a 1991 Ford Tempo); and favorable weather over "the entire weekend." Read in the in-repo data/ tree. 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 · 1991-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held twenty-two-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1991-08_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Homecoming weekend, 1991”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-homecoming-1991/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 1991, "1991 FORD TEMPO" car raffle notice. (and 5 further sources listed on the page).
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