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Beaver Island hospital and recovery follow-up, November 1974

Also November 1974 Hospital Notes · 1974 hospital thank-you notices

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TypeEvent
Datecirca 1974-11
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Event
Date
circa 1974-11
Kind
Medical
Participants
C. Matthew “Matt” Melville (patient) · Edna G. "Skip" McDonough (patient) · Annabelle Mae “Annie” Hayhoe (patient) · Bea Townsend (patient)
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
healthcarecommunity
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The November 1974 Beaver Beacon reports Matt Melville recuperating in Jackson after Charlevoix Hospital, Skip McDonough as a Little Traverse Hospital patient, and Anne Heyhoe as a Traverse City Osteopathic Hospital patient. Bea Townsend and Skip McDonough also published thanks for community support.

Evidence and limits

These are newspaper hospital and recovery notices. They do not establish diagnoses, admission or discharge dates, medical records, or full identities. The source’s room number for Anne Heyhoe is not repeated here because it is contact information rather than a historical claim.

Sources

  1. Reports Matt Melville recuperating after Charlevoix Hospital at a Jackson address, Skip McDonough as a patient at Little Traverse Hospital, and Anne Heyhoe as a patient at Traverse City Osteopathic Hospital. Bea Townsend thanks people for cards, flowers, and concern after her Beaver Island hip injury, and Skip McDonough thanks people for prayers, cards, and flowers. The notices do not provide diagnoses, admission or discharge dates, medical records, or a civil identity history.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1974-11_Beaver-Beacon
  2. 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 · 1974-11_Beaver-Beacon

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

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island hospital and recovery follow-up, November 1974”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-hospital-follow-up-november-1974/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1974, “Hospital Notes” and “Thank You.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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