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Father Joseph organizes a Louisville sportsmen’s club modeled on BICA, 1959

Also 1959 St. Anthony Sportsmen’s Club · Father Joseph BICA model

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TypeEvent
Date1959-06
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1959-06
Kind
Announcement
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The June 1959 Beaver Beacon says Father Joseph was organizing a Louisville Sportsmen’s Club with a constitution and bylaws modeled on BICA, and that he would return as an honored guest for August Homecoming.

Evidence limits

The notice does not provide the new club’s formal name, membership, constitution, or minutes.

Sources

  1. Reports Father Joseph, formerly Beaver Island’s pastor and then pastor of St. Anthony’s Church in Louisville, organizing a Sportsmen’s Club whose constitution and bylaws were patterned on the Beaver Island Civic Association plan. It also says Father Joseph would be an honored guest at August Homecoming. It does not provide the club’s name, membership, constitution, or minutes. 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 · 1959-06_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held three-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the reported organizational imitation and Homecoming invitation; it does not expand either association’s records.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1959-06_Beaver-Beacon

Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Father Joseph organizes a Louisville sportsmen’s club modeled on BICA, 1959”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-st-anthony-sportsmen-club-bica-model-1959/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 1959, “COPY CATS--COPY CATS.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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