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Beaver Island Medical Center transitions to community governance, 1979

Also 1979 Community Medical Center transition

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

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TypeEvent
Date1979-04-16
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1979-04-16
Kind
Medical
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
healthcarecommunitygovernancecommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Effective April 16, 1979, the Beaver Island Medical Center became a Community Medical Center governed by a board, with a full-time Michigan Department of Public Health physician and a published new fee schedule.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper organizational notice, not a charter, employment file, budget, or complete medical-services record.

Sources

  1. Reports the April 16 change from the prior private-practice arrangement to a Community Medical Center under a board, with a full-time Michigan Department of Public Health physician and a new fee schedule. It is a newspaper organizational notice, not a charter, employment file, budget, or complete medical-services record. 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 · 1979-04_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eight-page April issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the Medical Center transition notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1979-04_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Reports that Dr. Joe Christie planned to retire December 29, one day before his seventy-fifth birthday, and that the Beaver Island Medical Board was seeking a replacement. It is a retirement and recruitment notice, not a completed succession, employment contract, or clinical-service record. 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 · 1979-06_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held twelve-page Summer 1979 issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the Medical Center notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1979-06_Beaver-Beacon
  5. Reports Dr. Joe Christie’s December 30 retirement and seventy-fifth birthday, a Holy Cross Mass and Parish Hall reception, and the community welcome to new physician Dr. Leonard Siudara and Alex Siudara. It is a newspaper transition report, not a medical license, employment contract, or clinical record. 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 · 1979-12_Beaver-Beacon
  6. The held nine-page December issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the physician transition.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1979-12_Beaver-Beacon

Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Medical Center transitions to community governance, 1979”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-community-medical-center-transition-1979/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1979, “Medical Center News.” (and 5 further sources listed on the page).

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