- Date
- 1971-03-06
- Kind
- Celebration
- Followed by
- Eighteenth annual Chicago St. Patrick’s party for Holy Cross, 1972
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- celebrationcommunityheritagereligion
- Within
- Chicago
Summary
The January and February 1971 Beaver Beacon issues announced the “17th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Party,” held March 6, 1971, at St. Kevin’s Parish Hall, 10513 Torrence Avenue, Chicago, for the benefit of Holy Cross Church. The March issue reported “a fine attendance” and named six island attendees.
Seventeen years back from 1971 again places the founding party in 1955 (1971 − 16 = 1955), the fifth directly stated ordinal in the held run to corroborate that year, and this edition’s ordinal chains forward exactly to the existing Eighteenth annual Chicago St. Patrick’s party for Holy Cross, 1972 the following year.
Program
Donations of $2.50 per person at St. Kevin’s Parish Hall under Rev. Bernard Scheid’s pastorate. The March report names those who attended from the island: Bing and Madonna McCafferty, Rita and Mary Gillespie, Eddie Connaghan, and Archie LaFreniere. It also carries a small human-interest note: Lucille Gillespie Osborn of Iowa had planned to attend with her family but broke her arm the night before leaving and could not travel; her family attended the party without her.
Evidence limits
“A fine attendance” is qualitative; no attendance count or proceeds total is given for this edition.
Open questions
- What was the 1971 edition’s proceeds total?
See also
Sources
- Reads: "The 17th Annual St. Patrick's Day Party is to be held on March 6th, 1971 at 8:00 p.m. for the benefit of Holy Cross Church on Beaver Island. The party will be held at St. Kevin's Parish Hall, 10513 Torrence Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, and everyone is welcome."data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1971-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The held ten-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1971-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The formal announcement, repeating the venue, date, and Rev. Bernard Scheid's pastorate, with donations of $2.50 per person.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1971-02_Beaver-Beacon
- The held seven-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1971-02_Beaver-Beacon
- Reports: "The Chicago St. Patrick's Day Party was held on March 6th at St. Kevin's Parish Hall, with a fine attendance. Attending from the Island were Bing and Madonna McCafferty, Rita and Mary Gillespie, Eddie Connaghan and Archie LaFreniere." Also notes that Lucille Gillespie Osborn of Iowa had planned to attend but broke her arm the night before and could not travel, though her family attended in her place. No attendance count or proceeds figure is given.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1971-03_Beaver-Beacon
- The held six-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1971-03_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “17th Annual St. Patrick's Party for Holy Cross Church, 1971”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/st-patricks-party-for-holy-cross-1971/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1971, "17th Annual St. Patrick's Day Party." (and 5 further sources listed on the page).
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