Name: Holy Cross Sodality members take a January sleigh ride, 1960
Start: 1960-01
End: 1960-01
Location: Beaver Island

Locator map: Beaver Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago — Took place at Beaver IslandLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.

Event

Date: 1960-01
Kind: Celebration
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: recreationcommunityreligion
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The February 1960 Beaver Beacon reports that 14 Holy Cross Sodality members took a one-and-a-half-hour sleigh ride along Beaver Island back roads and ended at the Shamrock for hot chocolate.

Evidence limits

The newspaper gives no complete roster, program, or independent attendance record.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, February 1960, "Holy Cross Parish News."
Reports 14 Sodality members spending an hour and a half on two sleighs along back roads, singing and laughing, and ending at the Shamrock for hot chocolate. It does not provide a roster, program, or attendance record beyond the reported number.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1960-02_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, February 1960, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held four-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the sleigh-ride notice.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Holy Cross Sodality members take a January sleigh ride, 1960”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-sodality-sleigh-ride-1960/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1960, "Holy Cross Parish News." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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