Name: March 1966 Beaver Island hospital and recovery notices, 1966
Start: 1966-03
End: 1966-03
Location: Beaver Island

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Event

Date: 1966-03
Kind: Medical
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: healthcarecommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The March 1966 Beaver Beacon reported three medical follow-ups: Jack Connaghan returned to a Veterans Hospital after an ear operation, Mary Margaret Green Breden recovered at home after surgery, and Loy Malloy spent several hours in a Lansing hospital after falling at the Lansing St. Patrick’s party.

Evidence and limits

These are brief community notices. They do not provide diagnoses beyond the printed descriptions, medical records, or complete civil identities.

Open questions

Which Veterans Hospital treated Connaghan, and are the medical records preserved?
Can civil or directory records identify Breden and Malloy beyond these notices?

Sources

Beaver Beacon, March 1966, “Hospital Notes.”
Reports Jack Connaghan returning to a Veterans Hospital for an ear-operation check-up, Mary Margaret Green Breden recovering at home after surgery, and Loy Malloy briefly hospitalized in Lansing after a fall at the Lansing party. It supplies no diagnoses beyond the printed notices, medical records, or complete identities.
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Beaver Beacon, March 1966, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held eight-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.
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Beaver Island Archive, “March 1966 Beaver Island hospital and recovery notices, 1966”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-hospital-notes-march-1966/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1966, “Hospital Notes.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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