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Beaver Island Homecoming weekend, 2003

Also 2003 Beaver Island Homecoming · Homecoming Celebrations 2003

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TypeEvent
Dates2003-08-08 – 2003-08-10
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Dates
2003-08-08 – 2003-08-10
Kind
Celebration
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Beaver Island Homecoming weekend, 2004
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Summary

The 2003 Beaver Island Homecoming ran August 8-10, again centered on the Bud McDonough Memorial softball tournament, which that year was won by an off-island team, TDS Telecom of Spring Lake.

Program

Softball. Eight teams competed. TDS Telecom of Spring Lake finished 1st (scoring 17 runs in one inning at one point), Gray Gables of Charlevoix 2nd, and Bergman Marine of Charlevoix 3rd. The reigning 2002 champion, McDonough’s Market, did not place among the top three.

Related gathering. A “Lumbarr Yarrd Party” was calendared for Powers’ Lumberyard on August 10, alongside the weekend’s other activities.

Evidence limits

No dinner, dance, or organizing body is reported for 2003 in the held issues; the softball tournament is the only programmatic element documented in detail. A Letters column complains about a heavy State Police presence during the weekend, useful only as color evidence that the weekend drew a large crowd.

Open questions

  • Was a parish dinner or dance held in 2003? No held issue reports one.

See also

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, April 2003, calendar of events.
    Calendar entry "Homecoming - August 8th - 10th." A separate Township minutes item notes that a proposed sheriff's substation "will probably see them [State Police] less ... but they'll be here for Homecoming at least." Read in the in-repo data/ tree. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2003-04_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held thirty-six-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 · 2003-04_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Beaver Beacon, August 2003, calendar of events.
    Calendar: "Homecoming; 'Lumbarr Yarrd Party', 7 pm, Powers' Lumberyard ..... Aug. 10." Read in the in-repo data/ tree. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2003-08_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held thirty-six-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 · 2003-08_Beaver-Beacon
  5. Beaver Beacon, September 2003, "Homecoming Celebrations."
    Reports the Bud McDonough Memorial Tournament with eight teams: Flight Deck/Top Rank, Gray Gables, Tom's IGA, Swanson's, H & D, and Mark White Paints, all from Charlevoix (as was Bergman Marine); Universal Sign from Grand Rapids; and TDS Telecom from Spring Lake (which "scored 17 runs in one inning"). TDS Telecom finished 1st, Gray Gables 2nd, and Bergman Marine 3rd; last year's winner, McDonough's Market, did not repeat. A companion "Letters" item complains about a heavy State Police presence "for one of the most important weekends of the summer season." Read in the in-repo data/ tree. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2003-09_Beaver-Beacon
  6. The held thirty-six-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 · 2003-09_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Homecoming weekend, 2003”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-homecoming-2003/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 2003, calendar of events. (and 5 further sources listed on the page).

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