- Date
- 1966-04-01
- Kind
- Celebration
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Grade and High School
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- educationcommunityrecreation
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
On April 1, 1966, Beaver Island School dismissed students for a kite-flying contest at the field of the Frank O’Donnell farm. The Beaver Beacon reported awards for Leonard Kenwabakise, Jim Wojan, and Gale Dillingham.
Evidence and limits
This is a newspaper school-news report. It does not provide a complete entrant list, scoring record, or official attendance register.
Sources
- Reports school dismissal for the contest, the Frank O’Donnell farm field as the launch area, and awards to Leonard Kenwabakise, Jim Wojan, and Gale Dillingham. It does not provide a complete entrant list, scoring record, or school attendance register.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1966-04_Beaver-Beacon
- 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 · 1966-04_Beaver-Beacon
Added 2 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island school holds a kite-flying contest, 1966”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-kite-flying-contest-1966/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1966, “High Fliers.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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