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May 1993 Beaver Island letters thank readers, correct a canoe mix-up, and propose a youth baseball series

Also May 1993 Beaver Beacon letters to the editor

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TypeEvent
Dates1993-05 – 1993-08-21
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Dates
1993-05 – 1993-08-21
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Modern era
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Beaver Island

Summary

May letters to the Beaver Beacon included a surgery thank-you, a canoe misidentification explanation, and an invitation to organize a three-game August youth baseball or softball series at McDonough Ball Field.

Evidence limits

The sports series is a proposal in a letter; the issue does not establish that teams were assembled or that the games occurred.

Sources

  1. Includes thanks after Dale Lewis’s surgery, Laura Reid’s explanation of a canoe mistaken as missing, and Randal Hudgins’s proposal for a three-game Beverly Hills–Beaver Island youth baseball or softball series August 19–21. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1993-05_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eleven-page issue scan confirms the letters and proposed youth series.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1993-05_Beaver-Beacon

Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “May 1993 Beaver Island letters thank readers, correct a canoe mix-up, and propose a youth baseball series”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-may-1993-letters-to-editor/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1993, “Letters to the Editor.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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