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Summary
The Beaver Island Club of Grand Rapids announced a Beaver Island Caper benefit for October 14, 1972, with proceeds intended to benefit Beaver Island. A later issue thanks contributors for the successful party and records a $500 Medical Center Building Fund donation.
Evidence and limits
The Beaver Beacon provides event and donation acknowledgments but no separate charter, officer roster, attendance count, or financial report for the club. The January 1974 amounts are publication acknowledgments, not independently verified transactions.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, June–July 1972, “Beaver Island Caper.”Announces the club’s October 14 benefit at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Wyoming, Michigan, with proceeds to benefit Beaver Island.
- Beaver Beacon, October–November 1972, “Beaver Island Club of Grand Rapids.”Thanks contributors for the success of the October 14 party and lists the door-prize winners without providing a membership roster or financial accounting.
- Beaver Beacon, October–November 1972, “Beaver Island Medical Center Auxiliary News.”Identifies the club as the donor of $500 to the Medical Center Building Fund; no receipt or transaction date is supplied.
- Beaver Beacon, July 1973, “The Beaver Island Club of Grand Rapids Announces The Eighth Annual Beaver Island Caper.”Announces the club’s October 13, 1973 Caper benefit with proceeds intended for Beaver Island; it does not provide membership, attendance, or financial results.
- Beaver Beacon, January 1974, “To The Beaver Island Club of Grand Rapids — Thank You.”Records thanks for the club’s $600 donation to Holy Cross Parish, $50 donation to the Cemetery Fund, and $100 donation to the Medical Center; it does not provide receipts, transaction dates, or a financial ledger.
- Beaver Beacon, August 1974, “The Ninth Annual Beaver Island Caper.”Announces the club’s October 5, 1974 Caper benefit at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Wyoming, Michigan, with a $5 per-person donation and proceeds for Beaver Island; it does not provide membership, attendance, or financial results.
- Beaver Beacon, November 1974, “Thank You.”Thanks people who attended the ninth Caper and reports that the club sent $1,000 to “The Island”; it does not identify the recipient account, provide a receipt, or supply a membership roster.