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Event

St. James Cemetery marker-improvement project (1973)

Also 1973 St. James Cemetery update project

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

TypeEvent
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era

Summary

The townships adopted a St. James Cemetery update project reported in February 1973. The notice requested information about unmarked graves and said materials had been purchased for forty new crosses.

Evidence and limits

The report establishes a planned community heritage project, not a completed cemetery survey or installation record. “St. James Cemetery” is retained as the source’s name and is not silently equated with another cemetery record.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, February 1973, “St. James Cemetery.”
    Reports that the townships adopted a cemetery update project, requests information about unmarked graves through Dick DeRosia, and says materials had been purchased for forty new crosses. It identifies the DeRosia family as maintaining the cemetery but does not define the cemetery boundary or document project completion.