- Date
- 1980-03-15
- Kind
- Celebration
- Followed by
- St. Patrick's Day on Beaver Island, 1981
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- celebrationcommunityheritageirish-arranmore
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Beaver Beacon’s February-March 1980 issue (a combined bimonthly number) announces a St. Patrick’s celebration on Saturday, March 15th — a Mass, dinner, and dance with a published price schedule for adults and children. No outcome report for the 1980 event was found in the following held issue.
Program
Mass at 5:30 p.m., Dinner at 6:30 p.m., Dance at 9:00 p.m. Priced separately: $5.00 for adults attending both dinner and dance, $3.00 for adults attending either alone, and $1.50 for children under 12 for either.
Evidence limits
This is an announcement only; the April 1980 issue was checked and contains
no St. Patrick’s Day recap (its only “Shamrock” mentions are an unrelated
birthday party at the Shamrock Bar and an unrelated advertisement). No venue
is named in the announcement, so took_place_at is left empty and
spatial_status is approximate. The Beacon’s masthead identifies the paper
itself as “a Publication of the Beaver Island Civic Association,” but the
announcement does not itself name an organizer for the celebration, so
carried_out_by is left empty rather than inferred from the masthead alone.
Open questions
- Did the March 15, 1980 celebration take place as announced, and who organized it?
- Is there a later 1980 issue (not held, or held but not checked here) with an outcome report?
See also
Sources
- Announces, under a masthead reading "A St. Patrick's Day Message": "SATURDAY - MARCH 15th. MASS - 5:30 P.M. DINNER - 6:30 P.M. DANCE - 9:00 P.M." with prices: "Dinner and Dance - Adults - \$5.00. Dinner or Dance - Adults - \$3.00. Children under 12 - \$1.50 for Dinner or Dance." The masthead identifies the Beacon itself as a "Publication of the Beaver Island Civic Association." 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 · 1980-02_Beaver-Beacon
- The held twelve-page combined February-March issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the St. Patrick’s announcement.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1980-02_Beaver-Beacon
Added 3 August 2026 · revised 4 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “St. Patrick's Day on Beaver Island, 1980”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-st-patricks-day-1980/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February-March 1980, "ST. PATRICK'S CELEBRATION ON BEAVER ISLAND." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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