Name: Barry Pischner and Mary Lee Baker announce their engagement, 1959
Start: 1959-01
End: 1959-01
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 1959-01
Kind: Announcement
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: communitymarriageeducation
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The January 1959 Beaver Beacon announces Barry Pischner’s engagement to Mary Lee Baker of Charlevoix and identifies Barry as a student at Kendall School of Designing in Grand Rapids.

Evidence limits

The notice does not provide a date, wedding plan, civil record, or complete biographical identities.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, January 1959, “ENGAGED.”
Announces the engagement of Barry Pischner, son of Dolores, to Mary Lee Baker of Charlevoix and says Barry was attending Kendall School of Designing in Grand Rapids. It does not provide an engagement date, wedding plan, civil record, or complete biographical identities. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, January 1959, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held five-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the engagement and school notice; it does not expand the family, education, or marriage record.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Barry Pischner and Mary Lee Baker announce their engagement, 1959”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-barry-pischner-mary-lee-baker-engagement-1959/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1959, “ENGAGED.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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