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Beaver Island hospital notes, August 1974

Also August 1974 hospital notes · Beaver Island patient notices

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TypeEvent
Date1974-08
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Event
Date
1974-08
Kind
Medical
Participants
Raymond Cole (patient) · Carol A. LaFreniere (patient) · Bea Townsend (patient)
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
healthcarecommunity
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The August 1974 hospital notes report surgery-related care for Raymond Cole and Carol Lafreniere and a broken hip for Bea Townsend after a fall at the Beaver Lodge.

Evidence and limits

These are brief newspaper patient notices. They do not supply medical records, precise admission dates, diagnoses beyond the printed descriptions, or outcomes.

Sources

  1. Reports Raymond Cole as a Charlevoix Hospital patient for surgery following appendicitis, Carol Lafreniere as a Little Traverse Hospital surgical patient, and Bea Townsend as a Little Traverse Hospital patient with a broken hip after a fall at the Beaver Lodge. It provides no medical charts, diagnoses beyond the notices, admission dates, or outcomes.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1974-08_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held ten-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 · 1974-08_Beaver-Beacon

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

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island hospital notes, August 1974”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-hospital-notes-august-1974/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 1974, “Hospital Notes.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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