Name: St. James Mission chapel bake sale is announced, August 1963
Start: 1963-08-10
End: 1963-08-10
Location: Beaver Island

St. James Mission chapel bake sale is announced, August 1963

Also St. James Mission bake sale August 1963 · Mission chapel fundraising bake sale

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TypeEvent

Date1963-08-10

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Date: 1963-08-10
Kind: Fundraising
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: religionfundraisingcommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The August 1963 Beaver Beacon announced an August 10 bake sale supporting the St. James Mission chapel project and solicited baked-good contributions.

Evidence limits

This is an event announcement, not a proceeds ledger, attendance record, or complete construction-fund history.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, August 1963, “Mission Bake Sale.”
Announces the August 10 bake sale, donation drop-off at LaFreniere’s Store, and volunteer contacts; it does not establish proceeds, attendance, or final construction funding.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1963-08_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, August 1963, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held five-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the fundraising announcement.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1963-08_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “St. James Mission chapel bake sale is announced, August 1963”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-mission-bake-sale-1963/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 1963, “Mission Bake Sale.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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