Name: Beaver Island hospital and medical-transport notices, January 1962
Start: 1962-01-01
End: 1962-01-01
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 1962-01-01
Kind: Medical
Participants: Mrs. Sydney Schochet (patient) · Tellis O’Brien (patient) · Marie Sendenburg (patient)
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: healthcarecommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

On New Year’s Day 1962, the Beaver Beacon reported three Beaver Island medical cases: Mrs. Sydney Schochet was taken by Coast Guard helicopter to Little Traverse Hospital, Telles O’Brien went to Grandvue, and Marie Sendenburg was flown to Charlevoix Hospital.

Evidence and limits

These are brief newspaper notices, not medical records. The report supplies no aircraft or crew identity, admission details, or later clinical outcomes.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, January 1962, “Hospital Notes.”
Reports a Coast Guard helicopter from Traverse City taking Mrs. Sydney Schochet to Little Traverse Hospital after she was found unconscious with acute influenza; Telles O’Brien going to Grandvue after months of ill health; and Mrs. Gus (Marie) Sendenburg being flown to Charlevoix Hospital after becoming ill unexpectedly. It says the patients were progressing satisfactorily but does not provide medical records, aircraft identity, crew, admission times, or later outcomes.
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Beaver Beacon, January 1962, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held five-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.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island hospital and medical-transport notices, January 1962”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-hospital-notes-january-1962/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1962, “Hospital Notes.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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