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Beaver Island promotes a television raffle for the Dominican Sisters, 1956

Also 1956 Dominican Sisters television-set project

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TypeEvent
Date1956-12
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1956-12
Kind
Fundraising
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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religioncommunicationcommunity
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The Christmas 1956 Beaver Beacon reported a television-set project for the Dominican Sisters, promoted by Musette LaFreniere through quilt and doll raffles and supported by named donors.

Evidence and limits

This is a fundraising report, not a financial ledger or equipment-delivery record. The source does not establish ticket sales, proceeds, purchase or delivery, or later use of a television set.

Sources

  1. Reports that Musette LaFreniere promoted a television-set project for the Dominican Sisters through a quilt raffle won by Florence Rolland and a doll raffle won by Pete Rennie, and names special donors Pete Rennie, Dick LaFreniere, Joe Dillingham, Jewell Gillespie, Larry Davison, and Lloyd and Eva McDonough. It does not provide ticket sales, proceeds, purchase or delivery records, or later use of a television set. 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 · 1956-12_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held two-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the television-set fundraising report; it does not expand the financial, equipment, or religious-community record.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1956-12_Beaver-Beacon

Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island promotes a television raffle for the Dominican Sisters, 1956”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-dominican-sisters-tv-raffle-1956/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, Christmas 1956, “TV-Set.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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