- Date
- circa 1973-01
- Kind
- Appointment
- Participants
- William P. "Bill" Welke (leader)
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- governancecommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Charlevoix County Sheriff’s Department appointed Bill Welke as Beaver Island’s year-round deputy sheriff in January 1973. The notice contrasts the appointment with his former three-month full-time summer and part-time off-season arrangement.
Evidence and limits
The source establishes a local newspaper account of the appointment, not the departmental personnel file, salary, oath, or complete jurisdiction.
See also
Sources
- Reports Welke’s appointment by the Charlevoix County Sheriff’s Department to serve as Deputy Sheriff year-round, replacing a schedule of three full-time summer months and part-time work for the rest of the year; it does not provide appointment paperwork, salary, or jurisdictional records.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1973-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The held seven-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1973-01_Beaver-Beacon
Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Appointment of Bill Welke as year-round deputy sheriff, 1973”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/appointment-of-bill-welke-as-year-round-deputy-1973/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1973, “Full Time Law Officer.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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