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Beaver Island March of Dimes drive (1973)

Also 1973 Beaver Island March of Dimes collection

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

TypeEvent
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era

Summary

Vera Wojan headed a Beaver Island March of Dimes drive reported in February 1973. The notice reports $265 collected from island residents and an additional $33.49 collected by schoolchildren.

Evidence and limits

The figures are newspaper-reported totals. The source does not provide a donor list, collection dates, accounting records, or an independent population count.

See also

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, February 1973, “March of Dimes.”
    Reports Vera Wojan heading the collection, $265 collected from the island population, and $33.49 collected by schoolchildren. The source’s per-capita comparison uses a population under 200 and is preserved as its calculation, not a census result.
    beaver_beacon · 1973-02_Beaver-Beacon