- Date
- 1978-09-30
- Kind
- Anniversary
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- healthcarecommunitycommunicationheritage
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The newspaper reports the September 30, 1978 twenty-fifth reunion of the 1953 Mercy Central School of Nursing class and names five island-connected nurses.
Evidence and limits
This is a newspaper reunion report, not a complete class roster or institutional record.
Sources
- Reports the Mercy Central School of Nursing class of 1953’s twenty-fifth reunion, a tour of St. Mary’s Hospital, a Thanksgiving Mass, and a social hour and dinner; it identifies Joy Green, Ruth Nackerman, Marie Boyle, Edna “Skip” McDonough, and Lil Cole as island nurses in the class. It does not provide a complete class roster or institutional reunion records. 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 · 1978-10_Beaver-Beacon
- The held nine-page October issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the reunion report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1978-10_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Island-connected Mercy Central nursing class holds twenty-fifth reunion, 1978”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-mercy-central-nursing-reunion-1978/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 1978, “Reunion.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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