Summary
Thomas H. Bussell thanked the Beaver Island Evacuation Service after a flight to Harbor Springs while visiting his mother-in-law on the island. He credited the flight and island care with averting major surgery and enclosed a token of appreciation.
Evidence and limits
This is a retrospective patient letter, not a medical record, flight log, donation receipt, or proof that the letter’s flight was one of the two August flights reported elsewhere in the issue.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, August 1974, “Thank You.”Prints Thomas H. Bussell’s letter after returning home, thanking the Beaver Island Evacuation Service for a flight to Harbor Springs while visiting his mother-in-law’s island home. He says the flight helped avert major surgery for a cardiac-valve/esophageal obstruction problem and encloses a contribution; the letter supplies no flight date, medical chart, amount, aircraft identity, or recipient accounting.