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Barb Beckers closes the Shamrock Bar for the season, 1980

Also 1980 Shamrock Bar seasonal closure

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TypeEvent
Date1980-03-29
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1980-03-29
Kind
Closure
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
commercecommunitycommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Barb Beckers closed the Shamrock Bar on March 29 and held a surprise birthday party for her mother, Betty Anderson.

Evidence and limits

This is a seasonal business and social notice, not a license, lease, or operating ledger.

Sources

  1. Reports Barb Beckers closing the Shamrock Bar on March 29 and treating her mother, Betty Anderson, to a surprise birthday party attended by islanders. It is a seasonal business and social notice, not a license, lease, or operating 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 · 1980-04_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held twelve-page April issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the Shamrock notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1980-04_Beaver-Beacon

Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Barb Beckers closes the Shamrock Bar for the season, 1980”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-shamrock-bar-closes-1980/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1980, island observations. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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