October 1968 Beaver Beacon Mail Bag prints a “Great Grandmother” poem and birth notice

Also October 1968 Beaver Beacon Great Grandmother poem · Eric James Boes birth notice, 1968

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TypeEvent

Datecirca 1968-10

ErasModern era

Event

Date: circa 1968-10
Kind: Publication
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: communicationartsdemographycommunity

Summary

The October 1968 Beaver Beacon’s Mail Bag printed Fern Carpenter’s two-stanza “Great Grandmother” poem and reported the birth of Eric James, identifying James and Fern Carpenter as his great-grandparents.

Evidence and limits

This record preserves a short literary and family notice. It does not provide the poem’s full publication history or civil birth records.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, October 1968, “From the Mail Bag.”
Prints Fern Carpenter’s two-stanza “Great Grandmother” poem and reports Eric James, son of Herman and Mrs. Boes, with James and Fern Carpenter identified as great-grandparents; it does not provide the poem’s full publication history or civil birth records.
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Beaver Beacon, October 1968, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published poem and birth notice.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “October 1968 Beaver Beacon Mail Bag prints a “Great Grandmother” poem and birth notice”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-october-1968-mail-bag-poem-and-birth/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 1968, “From the Mail Bag.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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