- Date
- circa 1973-12
- Kind
- Medical
- Participants
- LaFreniere's General Store (donor) · Beachcomber Tavern (donor)
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communicationhealthcarecommunityeconomy
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
In its December 1973 holiday issue, the Beaver Beacon printed greetings from LaFriere’s Store and Beachcomber Tavern saying that each business was making a donation to the Beaver Island Medical Center Building Fund instead of sending Christmas cards.
Evidence and limits
The notices establish an announced charitable intention, not the amount, receipt, transaction date, or later use of either donation. The source prints “LaFriere’s Store”; this record preserves that spelling and does not identify the business’s owners or equate it with a separately documented LaFreniere family member. The December notice calls the other business “Beachcomber Tavern,” while the November issue calls the venue “Beachcomber Bar”; this record preserves the two source names without claiming a legal business history.
Open questions
- What amounts were donated, and when were the transactions received?
- Do receipts, fund ledgers, or later reports document either contribution?
- What legal or ownership records establish the businesses’ identities and name continuity?
See also
Sources
- The LaFriere's Store and Beachcomber Tavern greetings say that each business was making a donation to the Medical Center Building Fund instead of sending Christmas cards; no amount, receipt, transaction date, or fund accounting is supplied.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1973-12_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 · 1973-12_Beaver-Beacon
Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Holiday donations to the Beaver Island Medical Center Building Fund, 1973”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-medical-center-building-fund-holiday-donations-1973/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 1973, “Merry Christmas And A Happy Healthful New Year.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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