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Medical Auxiliary pursues a dentist and receives a memorial operating lamp, 1980

Also 1980 Beaver Island dentist search · Vera Wojan memorial Castle lamp

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TypeEvent
Dates1980-11 – 1980-12
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Dates
1980-11 – 1980-12
Kind
Medical
Where
Beaver Island
Carried out by
Beaver Island Medical Center Auxiliary
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
healthcarecommunitycommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The Medical Auxiliary reported continuing efforts to find a dentist for island residents, approved Medical Center supplies, and received a Castle operating lamp donated by the March of Dimes in memory of Vera Wojan.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper community-health report, not a recruitment file, equipment inventory, or donation receipt.

Sources

  1. Reports the Auxiliary’s search for a dentist, approval of Medical Center supplies, and a Charlevoix County March of Dimes donation of a Castle operating lamp in memory of Vera Wojan. It is a newspaper community-health report, not a recruitment file, equipment inventory, or donation receipt. 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 · 1980-12_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eighteen-page December issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the Medical Auxiliary report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1980-12_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Medical Auxiliary pursues a dentist and receives a memorial operating lamp, 1980”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-medical-auxiliary-dentist-and-lamp-1980/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 1980, “Medical Auxiliary.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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