Name: Beaver Island School announces its 1965 banquet, graduation, and closing, 1965
Start: 1965-05-18
End: 1965-06-01
Location: Beaver Island

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Event

Dates: 1965-05-18 – 1965-06-01
Kind: Announcement
Where: Beaver Island
Carried out by: Beaver Island Grade and High School
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: educationcommunityreligion
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The May 1965 Beaver Beacon announced a Beaver Island High School banquet for May 18, a Charlevoix spelling contest for May 19, graduation at Holy Cross Church on May 21 with a Parish Hall reception, and school closing on June 1. The listed graduates were Pauline Kenwabikissee, Edward Wojan, Daniel Gallagher, and Glenn LaFreniere.

Evidence and limits

These are advance school notices. They do not establish that every planned activity occurred, preserve a complete class roster, or replace school and parish records.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, May 1965, “School News.”
Announces the May 18 high-school banquet at Holy Cross Hall, the May 19 Charlevoix spelling contest, May 21 graduation at Holy Cross Church with a Parish Hall reception, and June 1 school closing. It does not provide later completion reports, a full roster, or school records.
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Beaver Beacon, May 1965, held issue PDF, source scan.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island School announces its 1965 banquet, graduation, and closing, 1965”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-school-graduation-and-closing-plans-1965/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1965, “School News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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