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Holy Cross Altar Society serves Beaver Island St. Patrick’s ham dinner (1961)

Also 1961 Beaver Island St. Patrick’s celebration

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

TypeEvent
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era

Summary

On March 19, 1961, the Holy Cross Altar Society served a ham dinner and held games at the Parish Hall as Beaver Island’s St. Patrick’s celebration.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, April 1961, “St. Patrick’s Day.”
    Reports that the Altar Society served a ham dinner and held games at the Parish Hall on Sunday, March 19, after a change in the original celebration plan. Rose Connaghan is named as the Ecko knife winner; the notice does not provide attendance or financial records.