Summary
The April 1955 Beaver Beacon advance notice lists Mark Gross as the planned captain of the new Emerald Isle. The May report names Mark Cross as captain during the ferry’s April 21 maiden voyage to Charlevoix.1
This record preserves the Gross/Cross spelling conflict and treats the names as one episode-qualified captain record for graph continuity. It does not claim that the spelling is resolved or establish a full civil identity.
Open questions
- Which company, census, registry, or later newspaper records resolve the Gross/Cross spelling?
See also
- Arrival, Maiden Voyage, and Christening of the Emerald Isle (1955)
- Emerald Isle (1955 Beaver Island ferry)
Footnotes
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Beaver Beacon, April and May 1955, “Day of the Month for April Is Boat Day” and “The Emerald Isle.” ↩
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, April 1955, “Day of the Month for April Is Boat Day.”Lists Mark Gross as the planned captain of the new Emerald Isle.
- Beaver Beacon, May 1955, “The Emerald Isle.”Names Mark Cross as captain during the April 21 maiden voyage; the spelling differs from the April notice.