Beaver Island-connected hospital and recovery notices, November 1964

Event

Date: circa 1964-11
Kind: Medical
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: healthcarecommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The November 1964 Beaver Beacon carried hospital, check-up, and recovery notices for seven Beaver Island-connected people. The notices mention Little Traverse, Mercy, St. Lawrence, and Bay City hospitals, Linda Wojan’s dislocated hip and cast, and Jimmy McDonough’s tonsillectomy.

Evidence and limits

These are brief newspaper health notices, not medical records. They do not establish complete patient identities, diagnoses beyond the printed notices, admission dates, treatment outcomes, or hospital logs.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, November 1964, “Hospital Notes.”
Lists Ronald Gallagher at Little Traverse Hospital in Petoskey; former resident Dave Pike at Mercy Hospital in Muskegon; Vernon LaFreniere returning after a Little Traverse Hospital check-up; Mrs. Bill Wittenberg at St. Lawrence Hospital in Lansing; Linda Wojan at home after a dislocated hip and expected months in a cast; Jimmy McDonough as a Little Traverse tonsillectomy patient; and Vern Runberg at Bay City Mercy Hospital. It does not provide diagnoses beyond the notice, admission dates, medical records, or complete identities.
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Beaver Beacon, November 1964, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held 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.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island-connected hospital and recovery notices, November 1964”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-hospital-notes-november-1964/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1964, “Hospital Notes.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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