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7 notices

People — notices, 1956

Short, single-source notices — each one a claim from one attested source, kept separate until more evidence merges it into a fuller article. Every entry has a stable anchor link.

Date not stated

Al Phillips (1956 rescue witness)

Personprobable

The June 1961 retrospective credits Al Phillips with spotting the drifting High Island caretakers and notifying the life boat station.

Evidence and limits

The notice does not provide Phillips’s full name or position.

Beaver Beacon, June 1961, island news and retrospective notices.

Hubert McCauley (1956 graduate)

Personprobable

The June 1961 retrospective names Hubert McCauley among the Beaver Island school graduates of June 1, 1956.

Evidence and limits

The notice does not provide a full civil biography.

Beaver Beacon, June 1961, island news and retrospective notices.

John Drum (High Island caretaker, 1956 rescue)

Personprobable

The June 1961 retrospective identifies John Drum as a Townsend Cattle Ranch caretaker on High Island rescued near Beaver Island in 1956.

Evidence and limits

The retrospective gives no age, full civil name, or later biography.

Beaver Beacon, June 1961, island news and retrospective notices.

John Hetherington (1956 fiberglass-boat retrospective)

Personprobable

The June 1961 retrospective identifies Dr. John Hetherington as the first person reported with an outboard on a new fiberglass boat in the harbor on May 25, 1956.

Evidence and limits

This episode record is not merged with the Hetherington family references without further identity evidence.

Beaver Beacon, June 1961, island news and retrospective notices.

Ray Bills (High Island caretaker, 1956 rescue)

Personprobable

The June 1961 retrospective identifies Ray Bills as a Townsend Cattle Ranch caretaker on High Island rescued near Beaver Island in 1956.

Evidence and limits

The retrospective gives no age, full civil name, or later biography.

Beaver Beacon, June 1961, island news and retrospective notices.

Roland Cull (1956 graduate)

Personprobable

The June 1961 retrospective names Roland Cull among the Beaver Island school graduates of June 1, 1956.

Evidence and limits

Kept separate from the 1961 servicemen’s notice without identity evidence.

Beaver Beacon, June 1961, island news and retrospective notices.

Thelma Schmidt (1956 graduate)

Personprobable

The June 1961 retrospective names Thelma Schmidt among the Beaver Island school graduates of June 1, 1956.

Evidence and limits

The notice does not provide a full civil biography.

Beaver Beacon, June 1961, island news and retrospective notices.