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Beaver Island Game Club financial report for 1959

Also Game Club 1959 financial report

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TypeEvent
Dates1959-01-01 – 1959-12-31
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Dates
1959-01-01 – 1959-12-31
Kind
Conservation
Eras
Modern era
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Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Island Game Club’s 1959 report, published in February 1960, shows $1,124.67 in credits, $465.72 in listed disbursements, and $658.95 on hand at year end. The listed work included a harbor fish shelter, road-building projects, a $70 bounty for 14 coyotes, and a $25 largest-deer prize.

Evidence and limits

The report is a newspaper financial summary. It does not provide a ledger, receipts, project maps, trapper identity, or a formal account of the deer prize recipient.

Open questions

  • Do Game Club minutes or treasurer records identify the projects, trapper, and prize recipient?

See also

Sources

  1. Reports $1,124.67 in Game Club credits, $465.72 in listed disbursements, and $658.95 on hand at year end. Listed work includes road-building equipment and projects, a harbor fish shelter, a $70 bounty paid to a trapper for 14 coyotes, and a $25 largest-deer prize. It does not give project locations, names, minutes, or receipts.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1960-02_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held seven-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 · 1960-02_Beaver-Beacon

Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Game Club financial report for 1959”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-game-club-financial-report-1959/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1960, “Game Club.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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