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State and County subsidized dental program serves Beaver Island children, 1968

Also 1968 Beaver Island subsidized school dental program

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TypeEvent
Datescirca 1968-05 – circa 1968-06
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Dates
circa 1968-05 – circa 1968-06
Kind
Medical
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
healthcareeducationgovernmentcommunity
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The May–June 1968 Beaver Beacon reported that the State and County subsidized dental program was serving Beaver Island children. Dr. Nelson Smith and his wife and dental assistant, Dawn, were cleaning and filling children’s teeth and had been busy with the schedule.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper program report. It does not provide patient counts, treatment records, or the program’s funding contracts.

Sources

  1. Reports Dr. Nelson Smith and dental assistant Dawn Smith cleaning and filling children's teeth under the State and County subsidized program; it does not provide patient counts, treatment records, or program contracts.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1968-05_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published dental-program report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1968-05_Beaver-Beacon

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “State and County subsidized dental program serves Beaver Island children, 1968”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-dental-program-1968/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May-June 1968, “Dental Program.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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