Beaver Island-connected hospital notices, May–September 1964

Event

Dates: circa 1964-05 – circa 1964-09
Kind: Medical
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: healthcarecommunitymigration
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The May through September 1964 Beaver Beacon reported hospital and recovery notices including Arleen Malloy’s appendectomy; Eva McDonough’s May 2 admission to Blodgett Hospital; William Belfy’s continued Little Traverse Hospital stay; Onnie McPhillips’s recent Charlevoix hospitalization; Rogers Carlisle’s gall-bladder operation; Mary Turner’s release after gall-bladder surgery; and Mary Green’s recovery in Charlevoix Hospital. The June issue followed Eva as an outpatient at Blodgett and reported William Belfy’s return home after six weeks at Little Traverse. The July issue added Lawrence Malloy, Eva McDonough’s return home, Peter Johnson’s return to Grandvue Hospital, and Willie Schmidt’s return home after Little Traverse Hospital. The August issue reported that Eva Gallagher, an annual visitor, was recovering from a heart attack at St. Francis Hospital in Milwaukee and hoped to return home. The September issue added Lawrence Malloy’s post-operation hospitalization, Patrick Bonner’s return home after a Charlevoix check-up, Mrs. Bud (Skip) McDonough’s Little Traverse notice, and Bill Wittenberg’s Little Traverse notice.

Evidence and limits

These are community medical notices, not medical records. The issues do not provide complete diagnoses, treatment dates, hospital charts, or outcomes.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, May 1964, “Hospital Notes.”
Reports Arleen Malloy’s Charlevoix appendectomy, Eva McDonough entering Blodgett Hospital May 2, William Belfy remaining in Little Traverse Hospital, Onnie McPhillips as a recent Charlevoix patient, Rogers Carlisle undergoing gall-bladder surgery, Mary Turner released after gall-bladder surgery, and Mary Green as a Charlevoix patient recovering well; it does not provide medical records, complete diagnoses, or outcomes, and no single event location represents the combined notices.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1964-05_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, May 1964, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held six-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 · 1964-05_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, June 1964, “Hospital Notes” and “Notes.”
Reports Eva McDonough as an outpatient at Blodgett Hospital and says William Belfy returned home after six weeks at Little Traverse Hospital; it does not provide medical records, complete diagnoses, or outcomes.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1964-06_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, June 1964, 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.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1964-06_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, July 1964, “Hospital Notes.”
Reports Lawrence Malloy as a recent Little Traverse Hospital patient, Eva McDonough returned home from Grand Rapids Hospital, Peter Johnson returned to Grandvue Hospital in East Jordan, and Willie Schmidt returned home after Little Traverse Hospital; the OCR has nearby columns interleaved and the notice does not provide medical records, complete diagnoses, or outcomes.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1964-07_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, July 1964, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held six-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 · 1964-07_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, August 1964, “Hospital Notes.”
Reports annual visitor Eva Gallagher recovering from a heart attack at St. Francis Hospital in Milwaukee and hoping to return home; it does not provide medical records, a complete diagnosis, or a subsequent outcome.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1964-08_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, August 1964, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held six-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 · 1964-08_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, September 1964, “Hospital Notes.”
Reports Lawrence Malloy as a Little Traverse Hospital patient following an operation, Patrick Bonner home after a Charlevoix Hospital check-up, Mrs. Bud (Skip) McDonough as a Little Traverse patient, and Bill Wittenberg as a Little Traverse patient. It does not provide medical records, complete diagnoses, or outcomes.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1964-09_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, September 1964, held issue PDF, source scan.
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 · 1964-09_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island-connected hospital notices, May–September 1964”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-hospital-notes-may-1964/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1964, “Hospital Notes.” (and 9 further sources listed on the page).

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