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William Wittenberg hosts a Lake Geneserath open house, 1966

Also William Wittenberg Lake Geneserath open house 1966

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TypeEvent
Date1966-11-06
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1966-11-06
Kind
Celebration
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
community
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The November 1966 Beaver Beacon reported an open house at William Wittenberg’s Lake Geneserath home on November 6. Walter Wogan and Alice Wittenberg assisted with the event.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper social notice. It does not provide a complete guest list or attendance count.

Sources

  1. Reports the November 6 open house at the Wittenberg home on Lake Geneserath and names the assisting hosts; it does not provide a complete guest list or attendance count. 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 · 1966-11_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published social notice; it does not expand the source-specific attendance or family claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1966-11_Beaver-Beacon

Added 8 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “William Wittenberg hosts a Lake Geneserath open house, 1966”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-wittenberg-open-house-1966/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1966, “Open-House.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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