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Beaver Island Game Club publishes its 1956 financial report, 1957

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Dates1956-01-01 – 1956-12-31
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1956-01-01 – 1956-12-31
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Summary

The April 1957 Beaver Beacon published the Beaver Island Game Club’s 1956 financial statement. It reported $257.05 in receipts, $51.58 in disbursements, a $22.90 beginning balance, a $228.37 ending balance, and total assets and liabilities of $279.95; listed expenses included seed and freight and a $20 bounty on four coyotes.

Evidence and limits

These are the newspaper’s presented figures, not an audited ledger. The report does not provide receipts, minutes, project locations, trapper identity, or a complete wildlife-management record.

Sources

  1. Reports Game Club receipts of $257.05, disbursements of $51.58, beginning balance of $22.90, ending balance of $228.37, and total assets and liabilities of $279.95. Listed items include Hunters Ball receipts, a county allotment, memberships, seed and freight, and a $20 bounty on four coyotes. It is a newspaper financial presentation, not an audited ledger. 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 · 1957-04_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held five-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published 1956 Game Club statement; it does not expand the accounting, project, or wildlife record.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1957-04_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Game Club publishes its 1956 financial report, 1957”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-game-club-financial-report-1956/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1957, “FINANCIAL REPORT Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 1956 — GAME CLUB.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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