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Beaver Island Homecoming weekend announced, 1994

Also 1994 Beaver Island Homecoming · 62nd Annual Homecoming Dinner

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TypeEvent
Dates1994-08-13 – 1994-08-14
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Event
Dates
1994-08-13 – 1994-08-14
Kind
Celebration
Carried out by
Holy Cross Catholic Church
Followed by
Beaver Island Homecoming and World War II 50th-anniversary ceremony, 1995
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
celebrationcommunityheritagereligion
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The 1994 Beaver Island Homecoming was advertised for the weekend of August 13-14: a relocated craft show on Saturday, August 13, and the “62nd Annual Homecoming Dinner” – grilled chicken and homemade desserts, sponsored by Holy Cross Church – on Sunday, August 14. A softball tournament is confirmed to have run that weekend by an incidental library notice, though no result survives.

Program

Craft show. A show rained out on the Fourth of July was rescheduled to Saturday, August 13, “at the Harbor.”

Dinner. The “62nd Annual Homecoming Dinner,” Sunday, August 14, 5:00-7:30 p.m., grilled chicken and homemade desserts, $9.00 for adults and $4.50 for children 4-11, with a 7:30 p.m. raffle drawing. The advertisement states it is “Sponsored by Holy Cross Church.”

Softball. A tournament ran that weekend; the Friends of the Beaver Island District Library ran a refreshment concession there, but no team names or standings are held for 1994.

Evidence limits

The dinner notice is an advance advertisement, not a report of how the meal, raffle, or attendance actually went; no venue is named for the dinner, so spatial_status is approximate. The softball tournament is confirmed only incidentally, through a library fundraising notice, with no result.

Open questions

  • Did the dinner and raffle happen as advertised, and what were the proceeds?
  • What was the 1994 softball tournament’s result?

See also

Sources

  1. Reports that a craft show rained out on the Fourth of July was rescheduled to "Homecoming" Saturday, August 13, "from 1 to 5, at the Harbor." 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 · 1994-08_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held twenty-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 · 1994-08_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Display advertisement: "August 14, 1994, 5:00 P.M. TO 7:30 P.M. Featuring Grilled Chicken, & Homemade Desserts. $9.00 Adults 12 & Over, $4.50 Children 4 to 11. RAFFLES - 7:30 p.m. (Drawing). Sponsored by Holy Cross Church." 1994 minus 62 gives 1932, agreeing with the hub's founding-narrative arithmetic. This is an advance advertisement, not an outcome report. 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 · 1994-08_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held twenty-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 · 1994-08_Beaver-Beacon
  5. Notes that the "Friends of the Beaver Island District Library" ran a refreshment concession "at the recent Ball Tournament during Homecoming Weekend," confirming a softball tournament occurred but giving no result. 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 · 1994-09_Beaver-Beacon
  6. The held eighteen-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 · 1994-09_Beaver-Beacon
  7. Repeats thanks for the library's "refreshment concession at the Homecoming Softball Tournament." Incidental confirmation only. 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 · 1994-10_Beaver-Beacon
  8. The held sixteen-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 · 1994-10_Beaver-Beacon

Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Homecoming weekend announced, 1994”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-homecoming-1994/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 1994, "LIVING WITH A RAINOUT" and "CRAFT DISPLAY ON HOMECOMING SATURDAY." (and 6 further sources listed on the page).

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