Name: Beaver Island School hosts a hunter-safety course, 1961
Start: 1961-03
End: 1961-03
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 1961-03
Kind: Education
Participants: Vernon Fitzpatrick (instructor)
Carried out by: Beaver Island Grade and High School
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: educationconservationcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Twenty-six Beaver Island students aged twelve and older were reported taking a four-week hunter-safety course under Vernon Fitzpatrick, with instruction in the safe handling of firearms, bows, and arrows.

Evidence and limits

The notice does not identify students or document completion records.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, March 1961, “School News.”
Reports twenty-six boys and girls, age twelve and older, spending one hour each Friday for four weeks in a hunter-safety program under Vernon Fitzpatrick, covering firearms and bows and arrows. It does not provide a student roster or completion certificates.
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Beaver Beacon, March 1961, held issue PDF, source scan.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island School hosts a hunter-safety course, 1961”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-hunter-safety-course-1961/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1961, “School News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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