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Montgomery Ward holds a Beaver Island turkey shoot, 1967

Also 1967 Montgomery Ward Beaver Island turkey shoot

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TypeEvent
Date1967-10-16
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1967-10-16
Kind
Sports
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Montgomery Ward of Petoskey held a turkey shoot on October 16, 1967, at the beach by the Beaver Tail Restaurant. Bob Southern won the first prize, a 30-30 deer rifle; Perry Crawford won a bolt-action .22; and Mike Crawford won a .22 rifle.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper event report. It does not provide a complete entrant list or event administration record.

Sources

  1. Reports Bob Southern winning a 30-30 deer rifle, Perry Crawford a bolt-action .22, and Mike Crawford a .22 rifle; it does not provide a complete entrant list or event administration record.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1967-10_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held five-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published turkey-shoot report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1967-10_Beaver-Beacon

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Montgomery Ward holds a Beaver Island turkey shoot, 1967”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-montgomery-ward-turkey-shoot-1967/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 1967, “Turkey Shoot.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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