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St. Patrick's Day on Beaver Island, 1968

Also 1968 Beaver Island St. Patrick's Dinner

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TypeEvent
Date1968-03-17
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1968-03-17
Kind
Celebration
Where
Holy Cross Parish Hall
Followed by
Beaver Island celebrates St. Patrick’s Day with parish meal and dancing, 1969
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
celebrationcommunityheritageirish-arranmore
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Beacon’s February 1968 issue announces a Turkey Dinner at Holy Cross Parish Hall on St. Patrick’s Day, and its April 1968 issue confirms the “Annual St. Patrick’s Day Dinner” was held at Holy Cross Hall, naming several off-island visitors who attended and reporting total proceeds of $99.52.

Program

A Turkey Dinner served beginning at 5:30 p.m., with admission of $1.25 for adults and 50 cents for children 12 and under (pre-schoolers free).

Evidence limits

The report gives named visiting attendees and a proceeds figure but not a full organizer roster or an overall attendance count. Neither issue names a sponsoring organization for the island dinner directly (unlike the 1958-1970 editions that name the Altar Society explicitly), so carried_out_by is left empty rather than assumed. The February 1968 issue’s report of the 14th annual Chicago St. Patrick’s Party for Holy Cross Church, and the April 1968 issue’s report of that party’s outcome, describe a separate event, tracked in St. Patrick's Party for Holy Cross Church, Chicago, not this island dinner.

Open questions

  • Which organization ran the 1968 dinner — likely the Holy Cross Altar Society by analogy with 1958-1967, but not named in either source checked here?

See also

Sources

  1. Announces: "On St. Patrick's Day, March 17th a Turkey Dinner will be held at the Holy Cross Parish Hall. Serving will begin at 5:30 p.m. Admission will be \$1.25 for adults, 50c for children 12 and under and pre-schoolers will be admitted free." The same issue separately announces the 14th annual Chicago St. Patrick's Party for the benefit of Holy Cross Church, a distinct event tracked in event/st-patricks-party-for-holy-cross-chicago.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1968-02_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held six-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1968-02_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Reports, under "St. James," that "The Holy Cross Hall was the location of the Annual St. Patrick's Day Dinner," names visiting attendees (Irvin Grabau, Mr. and Mrs. Bucky Vreeland, Mike Gallagher and friend, Mr. and Mrs. Herb Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Chambers, Dr. Christie, Mary Simon, Walker Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Perry Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Barry Wood, and Mr. and Mrs. Bud Keie), and states total proceeds of \$99.52. The same item separately reports the Chicago party outcome, a distinct event.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1968-04_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held six-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1968-04_Beaver-Beacon

Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “St. Patrick's Day on Beaver Island, 1968”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-st-patricks-day-1968/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1968, "BEAVER ISLAND ST. PATRICK'S DINNER." (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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