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Beaver Island families report college moves and fall vacations, 1959

Also October 1959 Beaver Island college entrants · 1959 island family vacations

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TypeEvent
Date1959-10
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1959-10
Kind
Migration
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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educationmigrationcommunitytourism
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The October 1959 Beaver Beacon reports Richard Elms entering the Selostian Brothers Novitiate, Nelson Pike entering Western Michigan under scholarship, and several island families taking short mainland vacations.

Evidence limits

The notices do not provide enrollment records, scholarship files, itineraries, or completed educational outcomes.

Sources

  1. Reports Richard Elms entering the Selostian Brothers Novitiate, Nelson Pike entering Western Michigan under scholarship, and several McDonough, LaFreniere, Wogan, and O’Donnell family trips. It does not provide enrollment records, scholarship files, itineraries, or completed educational outcomes. 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 · 1959-10_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held four-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the education and vacation notices; it does not expand the student or travel records.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1959-10_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Reports Owen Boyle flying from Chicago for Thanksgiving, several college students returning for the holiday, and Jean LaFreniere spending Thanksgiving with her mother. It does not provide flight logs, enrollment records, itineraries, or complete family histories. 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 · 1959-12_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held five-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the visitor and student-holiday notices; it does not expand the travel or education records.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1959-12_Beaver-Beacon

Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island families report college moves and fall vacations, 1959”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-college-entrants-and-vacationers-1959/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 1959, "A NUMBER OF YOUNG PEOPLE" and "VACATIONERS." (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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