- Date
- 1973-07-04
- Kind
- Celebration
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Participants
- Martha M. Miller (donor) · George F. Miller (donor) · Dick DeRosia (supervisor)
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Civic Association
- Followed by
- Beaver Island Fourth of July program, 1974
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communitygovernanceheritagetourism
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Beaver Island Civic Association’s July 4, 1973 celebration included games, a community lunch, baseball, bingo, prize drawings, and harbor fireworks. The report says the association raised more than $500, its only money-making project, and names the two drawing winners.
Evidence and limits
This is a post-event newspaper account. It does not provide attendance, expenses, a complete volunteer roster, or an independent financial statement.
Sources
- Reports children's games, a noon-to-five lunch, Beachcombers versus the Coast Guard cutter Sundew in baseball, Last Call versus the Beaver Island Ripple Pickers in a women's game, an evening bingo and Basket of Joy drawing, fireworks, a picture drawing, and more than $500 raised by the Civic Association. It names Kirsten Jensen as Basket of Joy winner and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Eicker as picture winners; no attendance or expense ledger is supplied.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1973-07_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eleven-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1973-07_Beaver-Beacon
- Adds the reported July 4 women’s score: the Beachcomber Last Call defeated the Beaver Island Ripple Pickers 8–3; the humorous account names Miss Baked Potato Gillespie and Miss Collision Cull among the players.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1973-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held ten-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the published source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1973-08_Beaver-Beacon
Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Fourth of July celebration, 1973”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-fourth-of-july-celebration-1973/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 1973, “4th of July.” (and 3 further sources listed on the page).
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