Lin Rountree celebrates his 84th birthday, 1966

Locator map: Beaver Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago — Took place at Beaver IslandLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.

Event

Date: circa 1966-05
Kind: Celebration
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: familycommunityheritage
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The June 1966 Beaver Beacon reported a surprise party for Lin Rountree’s 84th birthday attended by more than 50 friends. It also described his museum and civic work on Beaver Island.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper birthday report. It does not provide a complete guest list or independent biographical record.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, June 1966, “Happy Birthday.”
Reports a surprise party for Lin Rountree's 84th birthday attended by more than 50 friends and describes his museum and civic work; it does not provide a complete guest list or independent biographical record.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1966-06_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, June 1966, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published birthday report; it does not expand the source-specific family, attendance, or biographical claims.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1966-06_Beaver-Beacon

Added 8 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Lin Rountree celebrates his 84th birthday, 1966”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/lin-rountree-84th-birthday-1966/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 1966, “Happy Birthday.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

Last revised 2026-08-08. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.

BibTeX for “Lin Rountree celebrates his 84th birthday, 1966”RIS for “Lin Rountree celebrates his 84th birthday, 1966”