Name: Jimmy Rennie selected for the Central Division junior ski team, 1965
Start: 1965-03-12
End: 1965-03-20
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Dates: 1965-03-12 – 1965-03-20
Kind: Sports
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: communityeducation
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The March 1965 Beaver Beacon reports that Jimmy Rennie of Traverse City was selected for a Central Division U.S. Skiers Association National Junior Champion Team. The team was scheduled to fly to Bend, Oregon on March 12 for competition between March 15 and 20.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper selection and travel notice, not an official roster or competition result. The prior broken-leg account is preserved as the paper’s retrospective context.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, March 1965, “Try, Try, Again.”
Reports Traverse City’s Jimmy Rennie selected among 14 boys and 9 girls for a Central Division U.S. Skiers Association National Junior Champion Team, scheduled to fly to Bend, Oregon on March 12 for an event running March 15–20. It recalls his prior broken-leg attempt but does not provide official selection records or competition results.
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Beaver Beacon, March 1965, held issue PDF, source scan.
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.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Jimmy Rennie selected for the Central Division junior ski team, 1965”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/jimmy-rennie-national-junior-ski-team-1965/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1965, “Try, Try, Again.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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