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Medical Center fund update and summer benefit plans, 1978

Also April–May 1978 Beaver Island Medical Center Report

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

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TypeEvent
Dates1978-04 – 1978-08-29
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Locator map: Beaver Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
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Event
Dates
1978-04 – 1978-08-29
Kind
Fundraising
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
healthcareeconomycommunityconstruction
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The April–May 1978 Beaver Beacon reports $18,039 in winter contributions, additional Women’s Auxiliary support, $1,766 from benefit parties, and a Medical Center addition standing and partly in use. It announces further summer dances and luncheons.

Evidence and limits

These are source-reported fundraising and construction figures and advance plans, not audited accounts, final construction records, or event outcomes.

Sources

  1. Reports $18,039 in winter contributions, $9,578 from the Women’s Auxiliary with another $2,000 planned, $1,766 from Ludington and Beaver Island benefit parties, the building standing and partly in use, equipment installation, and planned July 22 dance and June 20, July 18, and August 29 luncheons. It does not provide an audited ledger, final construction account, equipment inventory, or completed event results. 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 · 1978-04_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held twelve-page combined April–May issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the fund and benefit plans.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1978-04_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Medical Center fund update and summer benefit plans, 1978”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-medical-center-fund-update-and-summer-benefits-1978/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April–May 1978, “Beaver Island Medical Center Report.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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