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Beaver Island hospital and helicopter notices, 1964

Also February 1964 hospital notes · Mel Gallagher helicopter evacuation

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TypeEvent
Datecirca 1964-02
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Event
Date
circa 1964-02
Kind
Medical
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
healthcaretransportationcommunity
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The February 1964 Beaver Beacon reported that Mel Gallagher was found after a fall, taken by station wagon to the airport, and transported by a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter to Charlevoix. It also reported Arthur Larsen’s release from an Ann Arbor hospital pending a later check-up and Dick LaFreniere’s healing broken kneecap after a fall.

Evidence and limits

These are newspaper medical and transport notices, not medical records. The issue does not provide complete treatment dates, diagnoses beyond the reported descriptions, outcomes, or hospital and helicopter logs.

Sources

  1. Reports Mel Gallagher’s fall, station-wagon trip to the airport, Coast Guard helicopter transport to Charlevoix, Arthur Larsen’s release and planned follow-up, and Dick LaFreniere’s broken kneecap; it does not provide medical records, complete dates, or transport logs.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1964-02_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held seven-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 · 1964-02_Beaver-Beacon

Added 2 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island hospital and helicopter notices, 1964”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-hospital-and-helicopter-notices-february-1964/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1964, “Hospital Notes.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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