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26 notices

People — notices, 1960

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.

March 1960

Michael Long (1960 birth notice)

Personunverified

Michael Long was named as a son born on March 30, 1960, to Norman Long and Mary Margaret Martin.

Evidence and limits

This is a birth-notice record, not a complete civil or biographical identity.

Open questions

  • Can a civil record confirm the date, name, and parentage?

See also

Birth of Michael Long (1960)Modern eracommunitydemography
Beaver Beacon, May 1960, “Future Voters.”

April 1960

Jo Lynn Armstrong (1960 birth notice)

Personunverified

Jo Lynn Armstrong was named as a daughter born on April 30, 1960, to Robert Armstrong and his unnamed wife.

Evidence and limits

This is a birth-notice record. The mother and complete civil identities remain unidentified.

Open questions

  • Can a civil record confirm the birth details and parents?

See also

Birth of Jo Lynn Armstrong (1960)Modern eracommunitydemography
Beaver Beacon, May 1960, “Future Voters.”

May 1960

Mark George Van Buren (1960 birth notice)

Personunverified

Mark George Van Buren was named in a June 1960 notice as a son born on May 10.

Evidence and limits

The notice does not provide a hospital, address, or independent birth record.

Open questions

  • Can a civil record confirm the birth date and parents?

See also

Birth of Mark George Van Buren (1960)Modern eracommunitydemography
Beaver Beacon, June 1960, “Born.”

December 1960

Teresa Lynn Bennet (born 1960)

Personunverified

Teresa Lynn Bennet was named in a Beaver Island community birth notice for a December 20, 1960 birth.

Evidence and limits

The notice does not provide a civil record or complete family identity.

Birth of Teresa Lynn Bennet (1960)Modern erademographycommunity
Beaver Beacon, January 1961, “Births.”

James Leo Martin (born 1960)

Personunverified

James Leo Martin was named in a Beaver Island community birth notice for a December 25, 1960 birth.

Evidence and limits

The notice does not provide a civil record or complete family identity.

Birth of James Leo Martin (1960)Modern erademographycommunity
Beaver Beacon, January 1961, “Births.”

Date not stated

A. J. Angus (1959 Medical Center donor)

Personprobable

A. J. Angus of the Esterling-Angus Company sent the Beaver Island Medical Center a $500 Christmas gift for equipment and maintenance in 1959.

Evidence and limits

The notice supplies no full civil biography, formal company role, construction ledger, or donation receipt.

Beaver Beacon, January 1960, “Medical Center News.”

Billie Bennet (1960 birth notice)

Personunverified

Billie Bennet was named as the father of Teresa Lynn Bennet and as Kate Connaghan’s grandson in the January 1961 birth notice.

Evidence and limits

The notice supplies no full civil identity, occupation, or family record.

Birth of Teresa Lynn Bennet (1960)Modern eracommunitydemography
Beaver Beacon, January 1961, “Births.”

Dan Massini (1960 birth notice)

Personprobable

Dan Massini was named as a parent in the October 1960 notice of a son born on September 12.

Evidence and limits

The notice does not provide a full civil identity, residence, or later family record.

Open questions

  • Which civil and family records identify Dan Massini and the child?

See also

Beaver Beacon, October 1960, birth notice.

Dick Moran (1960 deer biologist)

Personunverified

Dick Moran was named as a biologist checking Beaver Island deer during the first week of the 1960 season.

Evidence and limits

The notice supplies no agency, full name beyond the printed form, or biographical record. This is an episode-qualified person record.

Open questions

  • Which wildlife-agency records identify Moran and document the deer checks?
Beaver Island 1960 deer season harvest reportModern eraconservationenvironmentcommunity
Beaver Beacon, December 1960, “Conservation News.”

E. R. Bergau (1959 deer-prize winner)

Personprobable

E. R. Bergau of Lansing won the Beaver Island Game Club’s $25 prize for the largest deer reported from the 1959 season, a 190-pound buck.

Evidence and limits

The issue supplies initials and residence only, not a full name or independent hunting or prize record.

Beaver Island Game Club deer prizes and 1959 season totalModern eraconservationcommunitytourism
Beaver Beacon, January 1960, “Game Club News.”

Emmett Martin (1960 Beaver Island student)

Personunverified

Emmett Martin was named as the Beaver Island school student who won a prize for the best Clipper Ship drawing in December 1960.

Evidence and limits

The brief notice supplies no grade, age, family information, or independent school record.

Open questions

  • Which school records identify Martin and document the drawing competition?
Beaver Beacon, December 1960, “School News.”

Father Fitzgerald (1960 deer hunter)

Personunverified

Father Fitzgerald was reported to have shot the deer with the largest rack in the 1960 Beaver Island hunting season.

Evidence and limits

The source gives only a title, surname, residence, and hunting context. It does not identify a parish or full civil identity.

Open questions

  • Which parish, hunting, or local records identify Father Fitzgerald?
Beaver Island Game Club reports its 1960 deer prizesModern eraconservationcommunityreligion
Beaver Beacon, December 1960, “Game Club News.”

Frank Skopp (1960 death notice)

Personunverified

Frank Skopp was the person named in a June 1960 notice reporting death in Orlando and burial arrangements in Chicago.

Evidence and limits

This is an episode-qualified record based on a brief notice.

Open questions

  • Which civil, funeral, and cemetery records identify Skopp?

See also

Funeral and burial of Frank Skopp (1960)Modern eracommunitydemography
Beaver Beacon, June 1960, “Deaths.”

Hugh Cole (1959 hospital notice)

Personprobable

Hugh Cole, identified as the son of Don Cole, was a recent Charlevoix Hospital patient after tonsil removal in the December 1959 notices summarized by the January 1960 Beaver Beacon.

Evidence and limits

The notice gives no exact date, medical record, or identity bridge to the later Hugh Cole records.

Beaver Island hospital notes (January 1960)Modern erahealthcarecommunity
Beaver Beacon, January 1960, hospital notices.

James W. Barnes (1959 deer-prize winner)

Personprobable

James W. Barnes of Rockville, Indiana, won the Charlevoix Courier’s $5 prize for the first buck brought in during the 1959 Beaver Island deer season.

Evidence and limits

The notice supplies no independent hunting, prize, or civil record.

Beaver Island Game Club deer prizes and 1959 season totalModern eraconservationcommunitytourism
Beaver Beacon, January 1960, “Game Club News.”

Jewell Gillespie (1959 hospital notice)

Personprobable

Jewell Gillespie spent several days at Charlevoix Hospital and had returned home by the January 1960 Beaver Beacon.

Evidence and limits

The notice gives no diagnosis, precise dates, medical record, or identity bridge to other Jewell Gillespie records.

Beaver Island hospital notes (January 1960)Modern erahealthcarecommunity
Beaver Beacon, January 1960, hospital notices.

Jimmie Martin (1960 birth notice)

Personunverified

Jimmie Martin was named as the father of James Leo Martin in the January 1961 birth notice.

Evidence and limits

The notice supplies no full civil identity, occupation, or family record.

Birth of James Leo Martin (1960)Modern eracommunitydemography
Beaver Beacon, January 1961, “Births.”

Joseph E. Gallagher (1960 death notice)

Personunverified

Joseph E. Gallagher was the former island resident named in a May 1960 death notice.

Evidence and limits

This is an episode-qualified record based on a brief notice, not a complete civil or genealogical identity.

Open questions

  • Which records identify Gallagher and document the death, funeral, and burial?

See also

Beaver Beacon, May 1960, “As Must to All Men.”

Julius Gilbert (1959 school Christmas gift)

Personprobable

Julius Gilbert of Detroit sent $150 for Beaver Island school children’s 1959 Christmas party, continuing a gift reported for the second year.

Evidence and limits

The notice supplies no biography, school accounting, or independent receipt.

Beaver Island school Christmas party (1959)Modern eraeducationcommunityeconomy
Beaver Beacon, January 1960, “A Happy New Year To All.”

Katie Connaghan (1960 hospital notice)

Personunverified

Katie Connaghan was reported hospitalized at Charlevoix Hospital from November 30, 1960, in a December community notice.

Evidence and limits

The notice gives no diagnosis, outcome, medical record, or complete civil identity.

Open questions

  • Which hospital and civil records document Connaghan’s admission and recovery?
Beaver Beacon, December 1960, “Hospital News.”

Kurt Van Buren (1960 Medical Center patient)

Personunverified

Kurt Van Buren was identified as the patient in a November 12, 1960 operation at the Beaver Island Medical Center.

Evidence and limits

The newspaper supplies no diagnosis, age, operative record, or complete civil identity.

Open questions

  • Which Medical Center, hospital, and civil records identify Van Buren and document the operation?
Beaver Beacon, December 1960, “Hospital News.”

Margaret Hanley (1960 injury notice)

Personunverified

Margaret Hanley was named in a May 1960 report about a broken left leg and a possible return to teaching.

Evidence and limits

The notice does not establish her school, treatment, or recovery.

Open questions

  • Which school and medical records identify Hanley and document her recovery?

See also

Margaret Hanley suffers a broken leg (1960)Modern erahealthcarecommunity
Beaver Beacon, May 1960, “Good and Bad News.”

Mary Margaret Martin (1960 Long birth notice)

Personunverified

Mary Margaret Martin was named in the May 1960 notice as a parent of Michael Long.

Evidence and limits

The parent relationship follows the notice’s wording. No civil record or marriage/name-change record is held.

Open questions

  • Which civil and family records identify Mary Margaret Martin and confirm the parentage?

See also

Birth of Michael Long (1960)Modern eracommunitydemography
Beaver Beacon, May 1960, “Future Voters.”

Norman Long (1960 birth notice)

Personunverified

Norman Long was named as a parent of Michael Long in a May 1960 birth notice.

Evidence and limits

The record preserves the notice’s parent relationship without a complete civil identity or family reconstruction.

Open questions

  • Which civil record identifies Norman Long and confirms the parentage?

See also

Birth of Michael Long (1960)Modern eracommunitydemography
Beaver Beacon, May 1960, “Future Voters.”

Robert Armstrong (1960 birth notice)

Personunverified

Robert Armstrong was named as a parent of Jo Lynn Armstrong in a May 1960 birth notice.

Evidence and limits

The record preserves the notice’s parent relationship without a complete civil identity or family reconstruction.

Open questions

  • Which civil record identifies Robert Armstrong and confirms the parentage?

See also

Birth of Jo Lynn Armstrong (1960)Modern eracommunitydemography
Beaver Beacon, May 1960, “Future Voters.”

Thelma Cuddington (1960 recovery notice)

Personunverified

Thelma Cuddington, identified in the notice as Mrs. Lee Cuddington, was reported out of hospital and much improved in December 1960.

Evidence and limits

The notice gives no hospital, diagnosis, medical record, or complete civil identity.

Open questions

  • Which hospital and civil records identify Cuddington and document the recovery?
Beaver Beacon, December 1960, “Hospital News.”