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Beaver Island Fourth of July celebration, 1984

Also 1984 Beaver Island Fourth of July

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TypeEvent
Date1984-07-04
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Event
Date
1984-07-04
Kind
Celebration
Carried out by
Beaver Island Civic Association
Followed by
Beaver Island Fourth of July celebration, 1985
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
celebrationcommunity
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Beacon’s July 1984 issue reports that the Beaver Island Civic Association’s June meeting planned that year’s Fourth of July celebration: a carnival, a possible professional clown, two raffles, and a road rally, the last also confirmed elsewhere in the same issue as a fundraiser for a beach alewife cleanup. No held later issue reports the event as completed.

Program

  • Carnival, planned for 7:00-9:00 p.m. on July 4; a professional clown was under discussion.
  • Two raffles: a benefit raffle paying 15%, 10%, and 5% of the take to winners, and a second raffle of prizes donated by island businesses.
  • A road rally, discussed as part of the Fourth of July celebration and separately confirmed as a fundraiser (for a beach alewife cleanup) to be held “on the 4th of July weekend.”

Evidence limits

This is a single forward-looking Civic Association announcement. No held issue from later in 1984 (checked through November) reports attendance, proceeds, winners, or volunteers for the carnival, raffles, or road rally. No venue is named for any of the planned activities.

Open questions

  • Did the carnival, raffles, and road rally run as planned, and who organized or won them?

See also

Sources

  1. Reports that the Civic Association's June meeting planned that year's Fourth of July celebration: a carnival planned for 7-9 p.m. on July 4, with the possibility of a professional clown discussed; two raffles, one a benefit raffle paying out 15%, 10%, and 5% of the take, the other with prizes donated by island businesses; and a road rally "discussed as possible for the 4th of July celebration also." A separate item in the same issue confirms a road rally would be held "on the 4th of July weekend" to fund a beach alewife cleanup. This is a forward-looking announcement; no held later-1984 issue (checked through November) reports the celebration as completed. 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 · 1984-07_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held twelve-page July issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the Fourth of July planning notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1984-07_Beaver-Beacon

Added 3 August 2026 · revised 4 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Fourth of July celebration, 1984”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-fourth-of-july-1984/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 1984, Civic Association column. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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