People — notices, 1962

Brenda Jean Walgus was announced as born January 8, 1962. The notice connects her mother, Beverly O’Donnell, to Beaver Island through Frank and Nellie O’Donnell.

William Herbert Annand was announced as born January 11, 1962. The notice says his family owned a Beaver Island farm.

Jean Wogan participated in the January 26, 1962 youth-club sleigh ride and was reported to have broken a small bone in her left hand after a fall.

John Gerard McCafferty was announced as born in Chicago on January 28, 1962. The notice identifies his mother, Madonna McCafferty, as a daughter of Bert and Mary McDonough of St. James.

Art Brown was named as the winner of a donated roast auction at the January 1962 Beaver Island Polio Benefit.

Florence Burke donated towels that were auctioned at the January 1962 Beaver Island Polio Benefit.

Patrick Gallagher was named as the winner of donated towels at the January 1962 Beaver Island Polio Benefit.

Alvin LaFreniere was named as a participant in the three-day coyote hunt reported in January 1962.

Bud McDonough was reported elected president of the Beaver Island Civic Association on January 4, 1962.

Captain Charles C. Allers is identified in the February 1962 Beaver Beacon as the scrapbook owner whose collection preserved the reprinted township clipping. The notice also identifies him as Musette LaFreniere’s maternal grandfather.

Charles La Belaunga was reported to have died in Munising on January 28, 1962. The notice says his mother was born on Beaver Island and that the family later returned there after his father’s death.

Dick LaFreniere is named in the February 1962 Beaver Beacon as a chairman of the January Polio Benefit, Activities Committee chair, and Musette LaFreniere’s anniversary partner.

Don Cole was named as the driver in the February 1962 account of a coyote encounter near the Beaver Island airport.

Frances LaFreniere was named as the host and radio contact for the hunters in the three-day Beaver Island coyote hunt reported in January 1962.

Gary McDonough was identified in the February 1962 servicemen’s notice as preparing for a transfer from McGuire Air Force Base to northern Italy.

Henrietta Crawford was credited with spotting one of the coyotes during the Beaver Island hunt reported in January 1962 and alerting the hunters through Frances LaFreniere.

Marie Sendenburg, printed as Mrs. Gus (Marie) Sendenburg, was reported flown to Charlevoix Hospital after becoming unexpectedly ill on New Year’s Day 1962.

Mattie Pratt, formerly Mattie Cole, was reported to have died in Ormond Beach, Florida, on January 16, 1962. The notice connects her to the Cole family’s Beaver Island history.

An unidentified Mr. Foxe of Rogers City was named as a participant in the three-day Beaver Island coyote hunt reported in January 1962.

Mr. Hartell is identified in the February 1962 Beaver Beacon as the naval architect for the proposed new Beaver Island ferry.

Mrs. Sydney Schochet, identified as the wife of Beaver Island physician Sidney S. Schochet, was reported taken by Coast Guard helicopter to Little Traverse Hospital on New Year’s Day 1962.

Myron “Bo” Dunham was reported to have died in Grand Rapids on January 21, 1962, after visiting Beaver Island for many years.

Owen Chapman was named as the first person to take a fish shanty onto the bay during the winter of 1962.

Pat LaFreniere, described as a Chicago-based Sears employee, visited Beaver Island children in a Santa Claus suit during the 1961 holiday season.

Roy Vincent of Indian River was named as a participant in the three-day coyote hunt reported in January 1962.

Roy Vincent Jr. was named as a participant in the three-day Beaver Island coyote hunt reported in January 1962.

Mrs. Telles O’Brien was reported taken to Grandvue Medical Facility on New Year’s Day 1962 after several months of ill health.