People — notices, 1961

Judith Eva McDonough was named in a Beaver Island community birth notice for a January 1, 1961 birth at Charlevoix Hospital.

John Michael Palmer was named as a newborn in the August 1961 Beaver Island birth notices.

Robert Armstrong was named as a newborn in the August 1961 Beaver Island birth notices.

Beth Ann Green was named as a newborn in the August 1961 Beaver Island birth notices.

Connie Therese Left was named as a newborn in the August 1961 Beaver Island birth notices.

Perry Gatliff was named as a newborn in the August 1961 Beaver Island birth notices.

Leah Fisher’s October 19, 1961 birth was announced in the November Beaver Beacon.

Christopher Joseph Burke’s November 10, 1961 birth was announced in the December Beaver Beacon.

Tyrone William Zimmerman’s November 19, 1961 birth was announced in the December Beaver Beacon.

Margaret Mary Adams was reported born in Kalamazoo on December 4, 1961, to parents identified as Beaver Island property owners.

Scott Van Buren was reported born on December 10, 1961. The notice identifies his parents as former Beaver Lodge managers.

Ann Marie Wojan was reported born at Little Traverse Hospital on December 11, 1961, to Walt and Vera Wojan of St. James. The raw OCR also produces the variant form “Wogan” in this paragraph.

Kelly Joseph McDonough was reported born in Charlevoix on December 21, 1961, to Bruce McDonough, with Lloyd and Eva McDonough identified as grandparents.

Shannon Grace Smith was reported born in Detroit on December 23, 1961. The notice connects her mother to Frank Nackerman of St. James.

The June 1961 issue identifies Albert E. Heustis as State Health Commissioner overseeing publicity for Beaver Island’s doctor-recruitment appeal.

Albert Lewis was named as the homeowner whose Beaver Island house was involved in the fire reported in January 1961.

Alberta Gronke of Chicago is named as the bride in the November 18, 1961 marriage to Joseph “Bussy” LaFreniere.

Allan J. Babcock is identified in the November 1961 parish notice as the bishop who confirmed thirty-eight children at Holy Cross on Beaver Island.

Anna McCann was identified in August 1961 as a longtime Beaver Island resident and former general merchandise-store operator.

Archie LaFreniere is named with Bert McDonough as a household member who raised the 252-pound malt-fed pig in the reported contest.

Archie Minor of Newberry married Mary LaFreniere at Holy Cross Catholic Church on January 4, 1961.

Arthur Souter was named in a January 1961 notice about his Navy enlistment and planned Medical Corps assignment to the USS Galveston.

August Sendenburgh is identified in the November 1961 Beaver Beacon as a retired U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employee with thirty years of service.

Bernard O’Donnell was identified as chairman of the seventh annual Chicago St. Patrick’s Day party benefiting Holy Cross Church.

Bert J. McDonough is identified in the September 1961 Beaver Beacon as a Beaver Head light-station worker retiring after 33½ years of lighthouse service.

Bert McDonough is named with Archie LaFreniere as a household member who raised the 252-pound malt-fed pig in the reported contest.

Betty Lockton of Chicago organized a reported 1961 campaign to raise money for Holy Cross Cemetery.

Bill Whelan was named in the January 1961 report of a Yachtsman of the Year honor and a trophy from Chicago Mayor Daley.

Bob Delaney of Grand Rapids is named as an assistant in the 1961 Holy Cross Cemetery fundraising campaign.

Bruce McDonough was named as the father of Judith Eva McDonough in the January 1961 birth notice.

C. C. Ludwig of East Lansing was identified in July 1961 as a long-running Beaver Island bird-bander.

Charles Davis of Harrison is identified in the September 1961 Beaver Beacon as Grace Atchison’s groom and an employee of McClure Drilling Company.

Charles Martin of St. James is named in the December 1961 report of the purchase and relocation of the former Beaver Island Life-Saving Station building.

Charles Martin is identified in October 1961 as an owner of Hyde and Doolittle Fisheries of St. James.

The June 1961 issue identifies Colleen Nackerman, class of 1962, as Toastmistress at the junior-senior banquet.

Dan Boyle was identified in August 1961 as a 90-year-old native-born Beaver Island resident who died July 29.

Dick Hough of Kalamazoo was named in the August 1961 report of a large northern pike caught in Lake Genesareth.

Dick Martin is identified in October 1961 as an owner of Hyde and Doolittle Fisheries of St. James.

The June 1961 issue reports Donald Cole finding a newly orphaned buck fawn and helping search for its mother.

Donald O’Brien is named as the groom in the November 25, 1961 marriage to Mary Janice Supernaw.

E. M. Davis, then living in Fletcher, North Carolina, was identified as the donor of her 1919 Beaver Island newspaper articles to the Historical Society.

Edward Minor of Newberry was reported to have died unexpectedly on December 30, 1961, at age 75. The notice identifies him as Archie Minor’s father.

The June 1961 class report identifies Edward Palmer as a piano player at the class dance party.

Elaine Smith was identified in July 1961 as the exhibitor and student of Petoskey stones and Beaver Island rocks.

The June 1961 issue identifies Mrs. Wayne Mosdager as formerly Eleanore Hetherington, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. John Hetherington.

Elizabeth McCaulcy was identified as Hubert McCaulcy’s mother and a former Beaver Island resident in the March 1961 birth notice.

Father Louis Wren officiated at the January 4, 1961 Nuptial High Mass for Mary LaFreniere and Archie Minor at Holy Cross Catholic Church.

Francis H. Burke was identified as a sergeant and as the first Beaver Island serviceman to leave the island in 1941; his planned June 1961 retirement was reported in March.

Frank Neer is named in the November 1961 account of trapping twelve large free-roaming cats after rabbit losses.

Fred Spaulding is identified in October 1961 as a former owner of the King Strang Hotel; the notice reports his death in Chicago and interment at Bay City.

Fred W. Herp was identified as a former Beaver Island resident and the father of former island priest Joseph Herp in the August 1961 obituary.

Gene Burke was reported to have received the Beaver Island south-end mail contract after continuing the route his father Edward Burke had carried.

George L. Egbert is identified in October 1961 as president of the Beaver Island Association of Michigan at Lansing and sender of its first Beaver Island Beam newsletter.

George Van Buron was reported elected president of the Beaver Island Civic Association on January 5, 1961.

Gerald Connaghan is named in a September 1961 hospital notice about his fall from a moving car and subsequent treatment and evacuation.

Grace Atchison of Harrisville is identified as the bride in the August 12, 1961 Beaver Island wedding to Charles Davis.

The June 1961 class report identifies Gracie Palmer as a guitarist at the class dance party.

Helen Cole McClean is identified in October 1961 as a former Beaver Island resident who operated the King Strang Hotel and owned the property later known as Gillespie’s Garage.

The June 1961 obituary reports Herman W. Allers’s May 19 death in Kalamazoo and identifies him as a former Beaver Island resident.

Jack Cull of Chicago was named a godparent at William Jerome McDonough’s February 26, 1961 christening.

James Everett Giege was named in the August 1961 notice of his July 6 marriage to Kathryn Ann Bales.

Janet Lastinger of Detroit is identified in October 1961 as the hunter who took the first reported Beaver Island bow-season deer.

Jean Wogan/Wojan was named as a godparent at William Jerome McDonough’s February 26, 1961 christening.

Jeanne Klein of Ludington is named as the bride in the November 4, 1961 marriage to Verl McCann.

Jerry Moravy was identified as a McClure oil driller in the August 1961 report of the company’s Beaver Island operations; the newspaper says he was only lightly injured when his car rolled in soft sand.

Jo Carlisle was listed as secretary of the Holy Cross Altar Society for the coming year in March 1961.

Joseph “Bussy” LaFreniere, formerly of St. James, is named as the groom in the November 18, 1961 marriage to Alberta Gronke.

Karl Erber of Charlevoix was reported as president of the Beaver Island Boat Company in March 1961.

Kathryn Ann Bales was named in the August 1961 notice of her July 6 marriage to James Everett Giege.

Kreigh Collins, identified as the cartoonist who drew “Kevin the Bold,” visited Beaver Island aboard the Heather in summer 1961.

Lawrence E. Marble and his wife were reported as purchasers of a lot in Wicklow Beach in November 1961.

Lawrence McDonough is named with Wini McDonough as the household that raised the 256-pound milk-fed pig in the reported 1960 holiday-season contest.

Lewis R. Fugitt and his wife were reported as purchasers of a lot in St. James in November 1961.

Lillian Gallagher was listed as vice president of the Holy Cross Altar Society for the coming year in March 1961.

Lillian Gregg was reported elected treasurer of the Beaver Island Civic Association on January 5, 1961.

Lillian Gregg was named as the person who supplied hot coffee to firefighters during the Albert Lewis home fire reported in January 1961.

Loretta Malloy was reported elected a director of the Beaver Island Civic Association on January 5, 1961.

The June 1961 class report identifies Lorraine Palmer as a pianist and vocalist at the class dance party.

Louis F. Lawrence, M.D., of Birmingham was reported as a purchaser of Sand Bay property in November 1961.

Madelyn M. Wojan is identified in the November 1961 wedding notice as the bride of Melvin P. Renaud.

Margaret Cronyn is identified in October 1961 as a co-author of The Saga of Beaver Island and as an injured participant in a serious automobile accident near Bay City.

Marion Martin was listed as treasurer of the Holy Cross Altar Society for the coming year in March 1961.

Mark A. Strang is identified in the November 1961 Beaver Beacon as James J. Strang’s grandson and the transcriber of his 1831–1836 diary.

Mary Darlene Schmidt of Beaver Island is identified as the bride in the September 14, 1961 wedding to Richard Johnson.

Mary Janice Supernaw is named as the bride in the November 25, 1961 marriage to Donald O’Brien.

Mary LaFreniere of St. James married Archie Minor at Holy Cross Catholic Church on January 4, 1961.

Mary McDonough was listed as president of the Holy Cross Altar Society for the coming year in March 1961.

Melvin P. Renaud is identified in the November 1961 wedding notice as the groom who married Madelyn M. Wojan on October 21.

Michael Delia of Fremont is identified in the September 1961 Beaver Beacon as the groom in the September 2, 1961 wedding to Sally Irene Martin.

Milt Bennett was named as the finder of a dead wild turkey reported in the February 1962 Beaver Beacon.

Orville Miller of Bellaire, Michigan, was identified as president of the Chain of Lakes American Radio Relay League in the July 1961 field-day report.

The June 1961 hospital note identifies Pamela McDonough as the daughter of Wini and Lawrence McDonough and reports her appendectomy.

The June 1961 issue names Patrick Edward as the first child of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick LaFreniere Jr., born at Manistee on May 21.

The June 1961 issue reports Patrick J. Conlin’s purchase of a lot in Wicklow Beach and identifies him as Judge Conlin’s son.

Dr. Paul Nelson is named in the December 1961 notice about dental work on Beaver Island and a donation of the service payment to the Medical Center fund.

Perry Gatliff cared for the orphaned buck fawn Jackie in July 1961, feeding it formula at his home before a reported Municipal Dock Park shelter was erected.

Perry Smith of Charlevoix is identified in October 1961 as the husband of former Beaver Island resident Ruth Gatliff; the notice reports his September death and Charlevoix interment.

Phil Hurry was identified as McClure Oil Company’s geologist during the 1961 Beaver Island drilling operation.

Dr. Philip F. Lange of Lansing is identified in the February 1961 issue as the purchaser of two Wicklow Beach lots on East Side Drive.

R. P. Hoffman of Plymouth, Michigan, was identified in December 1961 as the first president of the Beaver Island Historical Society and as a lifetime member.

The June 1961 social notes identify Rayburn Bice as Susan Bissel’s husband and report his Navy station at Patuxent Naval Air Base.

Richard Johnson of Midland is identified as the groom in the September 14, 1961 wedding to Beaver Island resident Mary Darlene Schmidt.

Robert C. Frue and his wife were reported as purchasers of lots in Wicklow Beach in November 1961.

Rodney Nackerman was identified in March 1961 as the father of Mary Coleen Nackerman and son of island postmaster Frank Nackerman.

Roger Ricksgers was identified in March 1961 as the father of an unnamed baby girl born in Grand Rapids.

The June 1961 issue reports Roland Cull visiting his parents after completing basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

Sally Irene Martin of St. James is identified as the bride in the September 2, 1961 Holy Cross Catholic Church wedding to Michael Delia.

The June 1961 social notes identify Susan Bissel as the new Mrs. Bice after an early-May wedding.

The June 1961 issue identifies Ted Irvin as Dr. Heustis’s associate who visited Beaver Island to prepare news material and tape a panel interview.

The July 1961 Beaver Beacon identified Theodore S. Charney of Chicago as researching a book about the Rouse Simmons and the Christmas-tree trade.

Thomas Michael Cole is named in the September 1961 Beaver Beacon as the son born to Donald and Mrs. Cole at the Beaver Island Medical Center on August 29.

The June 1961 issue announces an unnamed baby girl born to Wayne and Eleanore Mosdager on June 2.

Verl McCann is named as the groom in the November 4, 1961 marriage to Jeanne Klein and as a son of Edna and the late James McCann of St. James.

The June 1961 issue identifies Walker H. Hill as a Beaver Island property owner elected commander of the Lansing Power Squadron on May 5.

Walter Lyons of Chicago was reported to have died in December 1961 after owning a Beaver Island cottage for several years.

Walter Wogan was reported elected a director of the Beaver Island Civic Association on January 5, 1961.

The June 1961 issue identifies Wayne Mosdager of Indianapolis as the father in a birth announcement.

Wini McDonough is named with Lawrence McDonough as a household member who raised the 256-pound milk-fed pig in the reported contest.