- Dates
- 1962-11-17 – 1962-12-05
- Kind
- Celebration
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Game Club
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- conservationcommunityeconomy
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Beaver Island Game Club held its annual Hunter’s Dinner on November 17, 1962. The December Beacon reports 136 chicken dinners sold, $53 in memberships and shoulder patches, three outdoor films, and a $25 prize for William J. Donoghue’s 176-pound dressed buck.
Evidence and limits
The dinner totals and prize are newspaper-reported. They do not substitute for club minutes, receipts, a complete film catalog, or a state harvest record.
Sources
- Reports 136 chicken dinners sold, $53 in memberships and shoulder patches, three outdoor films shown, Civic Association film copies available, and William J. Donoghue receiving the $25 largest-deer prize for a 176-pound dressed buck. It also says films were sent to Bruce Meixsell for a December 5 conservation-club meeting.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1962-12_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eight-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 · 1962-12_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Game Club holds its 1962 Hunter’s Dinner, 1962”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-game-club-hunters-dinner-1962/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 1962, “Game Club.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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