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St. Patrick’s Day celebration on Beaver Island (1972)

Also 1972 Beaver Island St. Patrick’s Day · 1972 civic holiday

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

TypeEvent
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.