Summary
Russ Green is named as first mate aboard the Beaver Islander during the December 27, 1968 final-season crossing. The article places him on the bridge with Captain Lawrence McDonough and engineer Johnny Gallagher while the ferry searched for Charlevoix’s harbor lights and foghorn in the storm.1
The held source does not establish his full biography or civil identity. The article’s “Russ Green” is kept as an episode-qualified record rather than merged with other Green records on name similarity alone.
See also
Footnotes
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Charlevoix Courier, January 1, 1969, “Beaver Islander’s last trip.” ↩
Sources
- Charlevoix Courier, January 1, 1969, “Friday’s storm fails to halt final run for boat” and “Beaver Islander’s last trip.”Names Russ Green as first mate and describes him helping search for harbor buoys and Charlevoix’s foghorn during the return crossing.
- Charlevoix Courier, January 1, 1969, raw issue OCR.Held raw issue OCR preserves the first-mate name and role independently.
- Beaver Beacon, April 1965, “Beaver Islander Readies for 1965.”Names Russell Green as part of the Beaver Islander fitting-out crew; the matching full name and vessel context support the expanded form of the 1969 “Russ Green” attestation.
- Beaver Beacon, July 1973, “Emerald Isle Returns.”Names Captain Russ Green as the person who brought the chartered Emerald Isle back from Mackinac Island during the Beaver Islander clutch repair; the source does not supply a complete captaincy record.