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Beaver Island hospital and recovery notices, December 1960

Also December 1960 Beaver Island hospital news

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TypeEvent
Date1960-12
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Event
Date
1960-12
Kind
Medical
Participants
Catherine L. "Katie" Connaghan (patient) · Thelma Cuddington (patient) · Anne Kurth (patient)
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
healthcarecommunity
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The December 1960 hospital column reported Katie Connaghan hospitalized at Charlevoix Hospital, Thelma Cuddington of Grand Rapids out of hospital and improving, and Ann Gatliff scheduled to enter Little Traverse Hospital on December 15 for surgery related to earlier injuries.

Evidence and limits

These are brief community notices, not medical records. They do not establish diagnoses, admission or discharge records, surgical outcomes, or complete civil identities. Private addresses are omitted.

Open questions

  • Which hospital, family, and civil records document these episodes and outcomes?

See also

Sources

  1. Reports Katie Connaghan hospitalized at Charlevoix Hospital from November 30; Thelma Cuddington of Grand Rapids out of the hospital and improved; and Ann Gatliff entering Little Traverse Hospital on December 15 for surgery related to injuries from a car accident the previous September. The notices provide no diagnoses beyond the printed accident context, medical records, exact outcomes, or private addresses.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1960-12_Beaver-Beacon
  2. 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 · 1960-12_Beaver-Beacon

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

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island hospital and recovery notices, December 1960”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-hospital-notices-december-1960/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 1960, “Hospital News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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