- Date
- 1963-11
- Kind
- Celebration
- Where
- Holy Cross Catholic Church building
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Game Club
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- conservationcommunityeconomy
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Beaver Island Game Club held its 1963 hunters’ banquet at Holy Cross Hall. The December Beaver Beacon says the dinner drew more people than expected and reported a net profit of $251.94 for game and fish improvements. Perry Gatliff was named the club’s largest-trout winner.
Evidence and limits
The financial figure and attendance description are newspaper-reported. No receipt book, complete menu accounting, or prize register is available in this record.
Open questions
- Can Game Club minutes or treasurer records confirm the banquet proceeds and prize?
Sources
- Reports a Game Club dinner chaired by Jack Martin, a menu, an unexpectedly large crowd, a reported $251.94 net profit for game and fish improvement, and Perry Gatliff's largest-trout prize; it does not provide attendance or audited accounts.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1963-12_Beaver-Beacon
- The held nine-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 · 1963-12_Beaver-Beacon
Added 2 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Game Club hunters’ banquet, 1963”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-hunters-banquet-1963/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 1963, “Annual Hunter's Banquet.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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