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Beaver Island Historical Society expands and elects its 1980 trustee board

Also 1980 Beaver Island Historical Society trustees

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TypeEvent
Date1980-11-13
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
1980-11-13
Kind
Election
Where
Beaver Island
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Beaver Island Historical Society
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Modern era
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Beaver Island

Summary

The Historical Society reported affirmative ballots to expand its Board of Trustees to nine members and listed the resulting 1980 board: Grace Cole, Dick Burris, Alice Dorian, Stanley Floyd, Phil Gregg, Ed Ladd, Gwin Langford, Al Montague, and Curt Petrak.

Evidence and limits

This is a published governance report, not minutes, bylaws, or a complete election record.

Sources

  1. Reports affirmative ballots for increasing the Board of Trustees to nine and for the nominating committee’s slate, then lists Grace Cole, Dick Burris, Alice Dorian, Stanley Floyd, Phil Gregg, Ed Ladd, Gwin Langford, Al Montague, and Curt Petrak. It is a published governance report, not minutes, bylaws, or a complete election record. 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 · 1980-11_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held six-page November issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the trustee-board report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1980-11_Beaver-Beacon

Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Historical Society expands and elects its 1980 trustee board”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-historical-society-board-election-1980/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1980, “Curator-Director’s Report” and annual report. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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