Summary
Beaver Island declared Friday, March 17, 1972 a holiday. The February Beaver Beacon announced a Civic Association lunch, afternoon snowmobile and ice-skating games and races, and a 6 p.m. turkey dinner served by the Holy Cross Altar Society.
Evidence and limits
This is an announced community program. The source does not provide attendance, race results, a formal municipal proclamation, or an independent account of the activities after the announcement.
See also
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, February 1972, “St. Patrick’s Day.”Announces March 17 as a Beaver Island holiday, a Civic Association lunch, afternoon snowmobile and ice-skating games and races, and a 6 p.m. Holy Cross Altar Society turkey dinner; it does not provide the later event’s attendance, race results, or an independent proclamation.
- Beaver Beacon, March 1972, “St. Pat’s Day.”Provides the post-event account: Civic Association lunch, children’s foot races, harbor snowmobile races, and a Holy Cross Altar Society dinner for approximately 136 people; the realized race results are modeled separately in event/st-patricks-day-snowmobile-races-beaver-island-1972.