Name: Beaver Island Civic Association hosts a farewell for Joe Dillingham, 1963
Start: 1963-05-04
End: 1963-05-04
Location: Beaver Island

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Event

Date: 1963-05-04
Kind: Celebration
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: communitycelebrationcommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The June 1993 retrospective column reprinted a 1963 Beaver Island Civic Association farewell for Joe Dillingham and his family at the Beaver Lodge, with institutional gifts, speeches, and community entertainment.

Evidence limits

This is a reprinted newspaper account, not the Association’s minutes, guest register, or financial record.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, June 1993, “Thirty Years Ago in the Beacon.”
Reprints the Civic Association farewell at Beaver Lodge, including a buffet, gifts from civic institutions, speeches, and community entertainment. 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 · 1993-06_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, June 1993, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held sixteen-page issue scan confirms the retrospective Civic Association report.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1993-06_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, May 1963, “Civic Hosts Joe.”
Reports the May 4 Beaver Lodge farewell buffet, institutional gifts, speeches, and community entertainment for Joe Dillingham and his family; it does not provide minutes or a guest register.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1963-05_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, May 1963, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held six-page issue scan confirms the contemporaneous farewell report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1963-05_Beaver-Beacon

Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Civic Association hosts a farewell for Joe Dillingham, 1963”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-civic-association-farewell-joe-dillingham-1963/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 1993, “Thirty Years Ago in the Beacon.” (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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