- Date
- 1982-12-18
- Kind
- Celebration
- Where
- Saint James
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- celebrationfamilycommunityfundraisingcommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
On December 18, 1982, Santa visited 72 Beaver Island children at a Shamrock party with stockings, food, toys, and community support, then appeared at the new First State Bank branch’s ribbon cutting.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper community report, not an attendance, donation, or drawing ledger.
Sources
- Reports a December 18 Shamrock party for 72 children age 11 and younger, with stockings, toys, candy, fruit, nuts, lunch, photographs, and contributions from many island businesses and residents. It also reports Santa’s appearance at the First State Bank ribbon cutting and a drawing won by Santa with a $200 savings bond. This is a newspaper community report, not an attendance, donation, or drawing ledger. 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 · 1983-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eleven-page January issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the Santa visit report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1983-01_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Santa visits Beaver Island children and community businesses, 1982”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-santa-visit-and-holiday-party-1982/, accessed [date], citing “Santa Visits the Island,” by Barb Beckers, Beaver Beacon, January 1983. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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