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Vacationer Bob Fullerton returns after appendectomy, 1969

Also July 1969 Beaver Island hospital notes

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TypeEvent
Datecirca 1969-07
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Event
Date
circa 1969-07
Kind
Medical
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
healthcarecommunity
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The July 1969 Beaver Beacon reported that Detroit vacationer Bob Fullerton was flown to Little Traverse Hospital for an appendectomy shortly after arriving on Beaver Island, and later returned to the Island.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper hospital notice. It does not provide admission, surgical, or flight records.

Sources

  1. Reports Bob Fullerton flown to Little Traverse Hospital for an appendectomy shortly after arriving for vacation and then back on Beaver Island; it does not provide admission, surgical, or flight records.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1969-07_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held six-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published hospital notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1969-07_Beaver-Beacon

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Vacationer Bob Fullerton returns after appendectomy, 1969”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-hospital-notes-july-1969/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 1969, “Hospital Notes.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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