Name: Beaver Island Club of Grand Rapids announces fifth annual Caper, 1970
Start: 1970-10-10
End: 1970-10-10
Location: Wyoming

Locator map: Wyoming highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago — Took place at WyomingLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.

Event

Date: 1970-10-10
Kind: Fundraising
Where: Wyoming
Carried out by: Beaver Island Club of Grand Rapids
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: communityfundraisingcommunication
Within: Wyoming

Summary

The Beaver Island Club of Grand Rapids announced and then detailed its fifth annual Caper for October 10, 1970, at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Wyoming, Michigan. The June and August invitations specified a 7:00 p.m.–1:00 a.m. program of door prizes, Irish entertainment, dancing, lunch, and refreshments, with advance admission by a $3 per-person donation. The August reminder gave September 10 as the reservation deadline. In September, the Beacon reported that tickets were still available.

Evidence and limits

This remains an advance announcement. It does not provide attendance, named beneficiaries, or an outcome; the reservation form records a donation request, not final event proceeds.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, March 1970, “Beaver Island Club of Grand Rapids.”
Announces the fifth annual Caper for October 10 at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Wyoming, Michigan, and promises further details; it does not provide admission, beneficiary, attendance, or outcome information.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1970-03_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, March 1970, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held five-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published Caper announcement.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1970-03_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, June 1970, “Beaver Island Caper.”
Provides the October 10 event hours, Knights of Columbus Hall address, advance-admission requirement, $3 donation, door prizes, Irish entertainment, dancing, lunch, refreshments, and reservation deadline.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1970-06_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, June 1970, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan is paired with the June OCR source and confirms the detailed Caper invitation.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1970-06_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, August 1970, “Beaver Island Caper.”
Repeats the October 10 event details and changes the advance-reservation donation deadline to September 10, 1970.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1970-08_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, August 1970, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan is paired with the August OCR source and confirms the later reservation reminder.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1970-08_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, September 1970, “Beaver Island Caper.”
Reports that tickets remain available for the October 10 event and repeats the Wyoming venue, 7:00 p.m.–1:00 a.m. hours, and entertainment and refreshment program.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1970-09_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, September 1970, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan is paired with the September OCR source and confirms the ticket-availability reminder.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1970-09_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Club of Grand Rapids announces fifth annual Caper, 1970”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-caper-benefit-party-1970/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1970, “Beaver Island Club of Grand Rapids.” (and 7 further sources listed on the page).

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