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Tenth annual Beaver Island Caper announced for October 11, 1975

Also 1975 Beaver Island Caper · Grand Rapids Beaver Island Club Caper

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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.
TypeEvent
Date1975-10-11
WithinWyoming
ErasModern era
On this page
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
1975-10-11
Kind
Celebration
Where
Wyoming
Carried out by
Beaver Island Club of Grand Rapids
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
communityrecreationeconomy
Within
Wyoming

Summary

The Beaver Island Club of Grand Rapids announced its tenth annual Beaver Island Caper for October 11, 1975, at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Wyoming. The notice describes dancing, entertainment, a buffet, door prizes, and a benefit for Beaver Island.

Evidence and limits

This preserves the announcement as planned activity. It does not establish the event’s attendance, financial result, or later transfer of proceeds.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. Announces the October 11 dance and benefit at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Wyoming, Michigan, with a $5 donation, entertainment, buffet, door prizes, and proceeds for Beaver Island. It is a planned-event notice and does not establish attendance, receipts, or later distribution. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1975-08_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held combined issue confirms the tenth-anniversary wording, date, venue, and intended benefit.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1975-08_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Tenth annual Beaver Island Caper announced for October 11, 1975”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-caper-plans-1975/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August–September 1975, “The Tenth Annual Beaver Island Caper.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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