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Perry and Bev Wells thank Beaver Island hosts in the Mail Bag, 1976

Also September 1976 Mail Bag · Perry and Bev Wells Beaver Island letter

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TypeEvent
Datecirca 1976-09
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
circa 1976-09
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Publication
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The September 1976 Beaver Beacon Mail Bag publishes Perry and Bev Wells’s thanks for a brief Beaver Island visit and their congratulations to Frank and Grace Nackerman on their Golden Jubilee.

Evidence and limits

The record preserves a published letter and its named social context, not a complete visitor, host, or family roster.

Sources

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Sources

  1. Publishes Perry and Bev Wells’s thanks for hospitality during a brief Beaver Island visit with Msgr. Gallagher and Mae Coppens, together with congratulations to Frank and Grace Nackerman on their Golden Jubilee. It is a published letter, not a complete visitor or host roster. 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 · 1976-09_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue confirms the Mail Bag letter and its named anniversary congratulations.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1976-09_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Perry and Bev Wells thank Beaver Island hosts in the Mail Bag, 1976”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-perry-bev-wells-mailbag-1976/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 1976, “From the Mail Bag.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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