Name: Mary Tom Gatliff’s 85th birthday is celebrated on Beaver Island, 1982
Start: 1982-06-26
End: 1982-06-26
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 1982-06-26
Kind: Celebration
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: familycelebrationcommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Mary Tom Gatliff’s 85th birthday was celebrated on Beaver Island on June 26, 1982, with an invited dinner and dance in the hall.

Evidence limits

The newspaper report establishes the celebration but not attendance, receipts, or a complete family and guest list.

Sources

“Birthday Parties,” Beaver Beacon, July 1982.
Reports relatives renting the hall, hiring a band, extending an island-wide invitation, and serving dinner followed by a dance for Mary Tom Gatliff’s 85th birthday. It gives no attendance or financial record. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, July 1982, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held thirty-five-page mixed archive item is paired with the canonical OCR source; its first fifteen pages contain the July 1982 birthday report and later pages contain a separately dated July 1985 insert.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Mary Tom Gatliff’s 85th birthday is celebrated on Beaver Island, 1982”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-mary-tom-gatliff-85th-birthday-1982/, accessed [date], citing “Birthday Parties,” Beaver Beacon, July 1982. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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