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Beaver Island Game Club holds its 1961 hunters' dinner, 1961

Also November 1961 Beaver Island Game Club dinner · 1961 Beaver Island hunters' dinner

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TypeEvent
Date1961-11-16
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1961-11-16
Kind
Conservation
Where
Beaver Island
Participants
Archie Lafreniere (participant) · Rogers W. Carlisle (speaker) · Vernon Fitzpatrick (speaker)
Carried out by
Beaver Island Game Club
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
conservationcommunitytourism
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Island Game Club held its November 16, 1961 hunters’ dinner after announcing it in the November issue. The December report says 134 dinners were served. Archie LaFreniere served as master of ceremonies, Rogers Carlisle reviewed the Club’s activities, and Vernon Fitzpatrick showed Conservation Department films. James Carpenter of Grand Rapids won a year’s membership and a Game Club patch, while Nellie O’Donnell held the lucky transistor-radio ticket.

The advance notice also offered a $25 prize for the heaviest island deer, subject to weighing by the Conservation officer and prior Club membership.

Evidence and limits

The two issues document the program and reported dinner count, but not a full attendance list, film titles, financial account, or eventual heavy-deer winner.

Sources

  1. Announces a November 16 dinner for hunters, a fried-chicken menu, a kitchen committee led by Mary Gatliff and Ada Martin, Conservation Department hunting films, membership enrollment, and a $25 prize for the heaviest deer weighed on the Conservation scale.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1961-11_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held five-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 · 1961-11_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Reports that 134 dinners were served; Archie LaFreniere served as master of ceremonies; Rogers Carlisle described the Club’s yearly activities; Vernon Fitzpatrick showed Conservation Department films; Nellie O’Donnell held the lucky ticket for a transistor radio; and James Carpenter of Grand Rapids won a year’s membership and Game Club patch. It does not provide a complete attendance list or the dinner’s financial account.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1961-12_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held six-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 · 1961-12_Beaver-Beacon

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

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Game Club holds its 1961 hunters' dinner, 1961”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-game-club-hunters-dinner-1961/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1961, “Game Club News.” (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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