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The February 1963 Beacon reports hospital recovery and mainland-care notices

Also Beaver Island February 1963 hospital notes · Beaver Island February 1963 Grandvue notices

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TypeEvent
Date1963-02
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1963-02
Kind
Medical
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
healthcarecommunity
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The February 1963 Beaver Beacon reports Mrs. Bud “Skip” McDonough returning to Beaver Island after a two-week stay at Little Traverse Hospital. It also notes Telles O’Brien and Jimmy Floyd residing in Charlevoix homes.

Evidence and limits

These are brief newspaper notices and do not establish diagnoses, treatment, or complete residential or care histories.

Sources

  1. Reports Telles O’Brien residing at Mrs. Dougherty’s home in Charlevoix, Jimmy Floyd at the Everts home in Charlevoix, and Mrs. Bud “Skip” McDonough returning home after a two-week stay at Little Traverse Hospital.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1963-02_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held five-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notices; it does not provide clinical, residential, or care records.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1963-02_Beaver-Beacon

Added 8 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “The February 1963 Beacon reports hospital recovery and mainland-care notices”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-hospital-and-grandvue-notices-february-1963/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1963, “Grandvue News” and “Hospital Notes.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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