- Date
- 1958-03-15
- Kind
- Celebration
- Followed by
- Chicago St. Patrick's Party for Holy Cross Church, 1959
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- celebrationcommunityheritagereligion
- Within
- Chicago
Summary
The March 1958 Beaver Beacon announced the annual Chicago St. Patrick’s party for March 15, 1958, at 95th Street and Woodlawn, and the April 1958 issue named the seven-person island delegation that traveled to attend and returned “in time” for the island’s own St. Patrick’s Day dinner the same season. No source held here states an ordinal for this edition or a beneficiary institution by name, though the series is otherwise consistently described elsewhere in the run as benefiting Holy Cross Church.
Program
The March notice gives only the date (March 15) and the intersection (95th and Woodlawn) as the venue. The April report names the traveling delegation — Don Burke, Jewell Gillespie, Archie LaFreniere, Milt Bennett, Jack Connaghan, Walt Wojan, and Bussy LaFreniere — and says “they all said they had a fine time,” but gives no program detail (band, menu, donation amount), attendance count, or proceeds figure.
Evidence limits
Neither issue names a chairman, states an ordinal (“Nth annual”), or reports a dollar total. The evidence here is an advance notice plus a short after-the- fact note about who from the island attended — enough to establish that the 1958 edition of the Chicago party occurred, but not enough to describe its scale or outcome.
Open questions
- Was the beneficiary in 1958 Holy Cross Church, as in every other year with fuller detail, or does some other 1958 issue name a different cause?
- Does any later 1958 issue give an attendance or proceeds figure for this edition?
See also
Sources
- Reads: "BEAVER ISLAND DELEGATION...is planning to attend the annual St. Pat's Party in Chicago on March 15th to be held at 95th and Woodlawn. See you there." Calls the party "annual" but gives no ordinal number, chair, or price. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1958-03_Beaver-Beacon
- The held five-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the Chicago-party announcement; it does not expand the venue, attendance, proceeds, or beneficiary record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1958-03_Beaver-Beacon
- Reports on the island's own St. Patrick's dinner and adds: "The delegation to the Chicago St. Pat's Party made it back in time. They were: Don Burke, Jewell Gillespie, Archie LaFreniere, Milt Bennett, Jack Connaghan, Walt Wojan & Bussy LaFreniere. They all said they had a fine time." No proceeds or attendance total is given for the Chicago party itself. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1958-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held three-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the delegation’s reported return and account; it does not expand the Chicago party’s attendance, proceeds, or program.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1958-04_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Chicago St. Patrick's Party for Holy Cross Church, 1958”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/st-patricks-party-for-holy-cross-1958/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1958, "Beaver Island Delegation." (and 3 further sources listed on the page).
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