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Beaver Island Property Owners Association is formed, 1988

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TypeEvent
Date1988-12
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1988-12
Kind
Announcement
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The December 1988 Beaver Beacon announced the formation of the Beaver Island Property Owners Association, with approximately 40 members and William Schneider as president.

Evidence limits

The report establishes a newspaper-announced organization and planned meeting, not incorporation, bylaws, membership records, or later activity.

Sources

  1. Reports the newly formed association of approximately 40 property owners, William Schneider as president, and a planned January organizational meeting. 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 · 1988-12_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eighteen-page December issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1988-12_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Property Owners Association is formed, 1988”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-property-owners-association-formation-1988/, accessed [date], citing “St. James Two. Meeting,” Beaver Beacon, December 1988. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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