Lin Rountree thanks Beaver Island schoolchildren and others for get-well cards, 1968

Also 1968 Lin Rountree get-well thank-you

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TypeEvent

Datecirca 1968-10

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Date: circa 1968-10
Kind: Announcement
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: communicationcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The October 1968 Beaver Beacon printed Lin Rountree’s thanks for get-well cards after his illness, especially cards sent by Beaver Island schoolchildren.

Evidence and limits

This is a brief community communication notice. It does not provide a complete correspondence or medical record.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, October 1968, “Thank You.”
Prints Lin Rountree’s thanks for get-well cards, especially those sent by Beaver Island schoolchildren; it does not provide a complete correspondence or medical record.
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Beaver Beacon, October 1968, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published thank-you notice.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Lin Rountree thanks Beaver Island schoolchildren and others for get-well cards, 1968”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-lin-rountree-get-well-thank-you-1968/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 1968, “Thank You.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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