Summary
Beaver Island’s entire school traveled by boat to Charlevoix on May 1, 1974. The junior and senior group made a six-day trip through Lansing, the Dayton Air Force Museum, King’s Island, Cincinnati, and other stops. The younger groups visited Lansing, the Capitol, Greenfield Village, farms, museums, and public- safety facilities; the May–June issue says the trips were a success and reports the grades 5–10 and grades 1–4 groups returning to Charlevoix on May 3.
Evidence and limits
The May–June follow-up confirms reported completion and names many students’ chaperones, but the held issues do not provide full attendance, costs, or institutional travel records.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, April 1974, “School News.”Announces the entire school’s May 1 boat trip to Charlevoix: juniors and seniors to King’s Island, grades 4–10 to Greenfield Village through Lansing and the Capitol, and grades 1–3 to a farm near Boyne City with nursery, museum, fire, and police visits. The article names the vehicle donors but not a complete student, teacher, or chaperone roster and the results were deferred to the following month.
- Beaver Beacon, May–June 1974, “School News.”Reports that the May 1 trip occurred: the junior and senior group traveled through Lansing, the Dayton Air Force Museum, King’s Island, Cincinnati, and other stops on a six-day trip; grades 5–10 visited Lansing, the Capitol, Greenfield Village, and Brighton Mall and returned to Charlevoix May 3; grades 1–4 visited farms, museums, public-safety facilities, and other educational sites before joining the second group. The report names many chaperones and says the trips were a success, but does not provide full attendance, costs, or institutional records.