Name: Beaver Island Medical Center addition opens and is dedicated, 1978
Start: 1978-12-03
End: 1978-12-03
Location: Beaver Island

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Event

Date: 1978-12-03
Kind: Opening
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: healthcareconstructioneconomycommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The expanded Beaver Island Medical Center was opened and dedicated on December 3, 1978, after a year-long fund drive reported at $36,328.14.

Evidence and limits

The figures and completion account are newspaper reports, not audited accounts, contracts, inspections, or equipment inventories.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, November–December 1978, “Medical Center Open House.”
Reports the December 3 open house and dedication of the expanded Medical Center, Fr. Alvin Yard’s blessing, a large crowd despite icy weather, and a fund-raising total of $36,328.14 that paid construction expenses and a $20,000 X-ray machine. It also says the dedication coincided with the Center’s twenty-fifth year and Dr. Christie’s fiftieth year in practice. These are newspaper-reported figures, not audited accounts, construction contracts, inspections, or equipment inventories. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, November–December 1978, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held twelve-page combined November–December issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the Medical Center dedication report.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Medical Center addition opens and is dedicated, 1978”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-medical-center-open-house-and-dedication-1978/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November–December 1978, “Medical Center Open House.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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