- Dates
- 1958-12 – 1959-01
- Kind
- Fundraising
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communityeconomyhealthcareeducation
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The January 1959 Beaver Beacon reports a $150 gift from Julius Gilbert of Detroit that funded Christmas gifts for island children and a $500 contribution from D. J. Angus of Indianapolis to the Beaver Island Medical Center.
Evidence limits
The notices do not provide receipts, distribution lists, accounting entries, equipment inventories, or later-use records.
Sources
- Reports a $150 check from Detroit cigar manufacturer Julius Gilbert that made Christmas gifts to island children possible, and a $500 gift to the Beaver Island Medical Center from Mr. Angus of Indianapolis, described as his largest total contribution and part of the equipment support made possible through his generosity. It does not provide receipts, distribution lists, accounting entries, equipment inventories, or later-use records. 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 · 1959-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The held five-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the two gift notices; it does not expand the financial, distribution, or clinical record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1959-01_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Julius Gilbert and D. J. Angus support Beaver Island children and Medical Center, 1959”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-christmas-gifts-and-medical-center-donation-1959/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1959, “CHRISTMAS GIFTS TO ISLAND CHILDREN” and “ANOTHER GIFT TO B. I. MEDICAL CENTER.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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