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Beaver Island seniors visit Charlevoix for Government Day, 1968

Also 1968 Beaver Island school Government Day trip

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TypeEvent
Datecirca 1968-03
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
circa 1968-03
Kind
Education
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
educationgovernancecommunity
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The April 1968 Beaver Beacon reported that Beaver Island seniors Gary Earley, Joe McDonough, Roberta Palmer, and Dennis Wagner spent a day and night in Charlevoix observing Government Day and learning how a moderately sized city functions.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper school-trip report. It does not provide a program, attendance register, or the students’ later assessments.

Sources

  1. Reports Gary Earley, Joe McDonough, Roberta Palmer, and Dennis Wagner spending a day and night in Charlevoix observing Government Day and learning how a moderately sized city functions; it does not provide the program or student reports.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1968-04_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held six-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published school activity report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1968-04_Beaver-Beacon

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island seniors visit Charlevoix for Government Day, 1968”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-school-government-day-1968/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1968, “School Activities.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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