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Matt Melville celebrates his eighty-second birthday, 1972

Also C. Matthew Melville 82nd birthday · Matt Melville birthday, April 1972

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TypeEvent
Date1972-04-19
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1972-04-19
Kind
Celebration
Where
Beaver Island
Participants
C. Matthew “Matt” Melville (birthday_person)
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
familycommunitycelebration
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The April 1972 Beaver Beacon reported that Matt Melville celebrated his eighty-second birthday on April 19.

Evidence and limits

This is a brief newspaper birthday notice. It does not provide a civil birth record or details of a gathering.

Sources

  1. Reports that Matt Melville celebrated his eighty-second birthday on April 19; it does not provide a civil birth record or details of a gathering.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1972-04_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the birthday notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1972-04_Beaver-Beacon

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Matt Melville celebrates his eighty-second birthday, 1972”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/birthday-of-matt-melville-1972/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1972, “Island Notes.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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