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Hugh Cole returns to Beaver Island after Coast Guard service, 1977

Also Hugh Cole Coast Guard return 1977

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TypeEvent
Datecirca 1977-09
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
circa 1977-09
Kind
Transportation
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
maritimetransportationcommunitycommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The September 1977 Beaver Beacon reports Hugh Cole’s return to Beaver Island after completing his Coast Guard tour and says he and his brother Raymond were working with their father in commercial fishing.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper service and residence notice, not a personnel file, service record, or fishing-business record.

Sources

  1. Reports Hugh Cole’s completion of a United States Coast Guard tour and return to Beaver Island, where he and his brother Raymond were working with their father in commercial fishing. It does not provide personnel, service, residence, or fishing-business records. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1977-09_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held ten-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the service-return notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1977-09_Beaver-Beacon

Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Hugh Cole returns to Beaver Island after Coast Guard service, 1977”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-hugh-cole-coast-guard-return-1977/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 1977, “Serviceman Returns.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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