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Beaver Island Fire Department Auxiliary reports its 1985 work, 1986

Also 1985 Fire Department Auxiliary report · Beaver Island Fire Auxiliary 1985 activities

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TypeEvent
Date1985
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1985
Kind
Fundraising
Where
Beaver Island
Carried out by
Beaver Island Volunteer Fire Department
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
emergency-managementpublic-serviceeconomycommunitycommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Island Fire Department Auxiliary’s report in the February 1986 Beaver Beacon described its 1985 fundraising and equipment support, including weekly Bingo, the remodeled resale shop, $2,250 contributed to the Auxiliary fund, and 1,401 pounds of merchandise donated to Missions.

Evidence limits

This is an organizational newspaper report, not an audited ledger, complete equipment inventory, lease instrument, or membership register.

Sources

  1. Reports equipment support, weekly Bingo fundraising, the remodeled Old Malloy Meat Shop resale store, a rent-free two-year lease, $2,250 contributed to the Auxiliary fund, and 1,401 pounds of merchandise donated to Missions. It identifies officers and meeting arrangements but is not an audited financial report, equipment inventory, lease instrument, or membership register. 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 · 1986-02_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held ten-page February issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the Auxiliary report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1986-02_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Fire Department Auxiliary reports its 1985 work, 1986”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-fire-department-auxiliary-1985-report/, accessed [date], citing B.I. Fire Department Auxiliary 1985 Report, Beaver Beacon, February 1986. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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