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2 notices

Events — notices, 1961

Short, single-source notices — each one a claim from one attested source, kept separate until more evidence merges it into a fuller article. Every entry has a stable anchor link.

November 1961

Bishop Allan J. Babcock confirms thirty-eight children at Holy Cross (1961)

Eventprobable

Bishop Allan J. Babcock visited Beaver Island in 1961 and confirmed thirty-eight children at Holy Cross, according to the November parish notice.

Evidence and limits

The notice does not supply the service date, a candidate roster, or an independent diocesan record.

Beaver Beacon, November 1961, “Holy Cross Parish News.”

December 1961

Rogers Carlisle’s Round Lake goose hunt ends at the Welke farm (1961)

Eventprobable

The December 1961 game column describes Rogers Carlisle hunting blue geese near the northeast end of Round Lake. After one bird was shot and the flock flew toward the Welke farm, a bird fell just over the fence from Don Welke’s home.

Evidence and limits

This is an anecdotal hunting report, not a harvest record or precise location survey.

Beaver Beacon, December 1961, “A Goose Story.”