- Date
- circa 1972-08
- Kind
- Medical
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- healthcarecommunitytransportation
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The August 1972 Beaver Beacon carried hospital and recovery notices for Beaver Island-connected people. Elizabeth Gallagher was reported in Little Traverse Hospital after a heart attack and pacemaker placement; Franke Solle had returned home after an emergency appendectomy; John Gillespie was home on crutches after a fall from a telephone pole; and other notices described hospitalization, surgery, an automobile accident near the island, and Mel Harmon’s recovery from a broken back.
Evidence and limits
These are newspaper notices, not medical records. The issue does not establish complete patient identities, dates of treatment, diagnoses beyond the reported descriptions, outcomes, billing, or helicopter and hospital logs.
Sources
- Lists Elizabeth Gallagher, Franke Solle, John Gillespie, Mrs. Joseph Christie, Mrs. Patrick LaFreniere, Howard Demorest’s automobile occupants, and Mel Harmon in hospital, accident, or recovery notices; it does not supply medical records, complete names, diagnoses, or independent transport logs.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1972-08_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 · 1972-08_Beaver-Beacon
Added 2 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island-connected hospital notices, August 1972”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-hospital-notes-august-1972/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 1972, “Hospital Notes.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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