- Dates
- 1972-11 – 1972-12
- Kind
- Medical
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Medical Center Auxiliary
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- healthcarecommunitygovernance
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
By December 1972, plans for an addition to the Beaver Island Medical Center had been discussed with the town boards and sent to Lansing for state approval. The Beaver Beacon reported a $500 Grand Rapids Club contribution, $167 from an oil-painting raffle, and a building fund exceeding $4,000.
Evidence and limits
This is a planning and fundraising status report, not evidence of approval, construction, licensing, or completed clinical capacity. The source does not preserve the preliminary plans or a fund ledger.
Open questions
- What plans were sent to Lansing, and did the state approve them?
- Which later records document construction, financing, or changes in services?
Sources
- Visually checked page 4 and remote OCR. Reports Dr. Christie discussing an addition at a joint town-board meeting, preliminary plans sent to Lansing for state approval, a $500 Grand Rapids Club contribution, $167 from an Allie McDonough oil-painting raffle, and a building fund above $4,000. It does not provide plans, permits, an approval decision, a contractor, or construction evidence. 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 · 1972-12_Beaver-Beacon
- Held scan used to verify the planning and fundraising update. The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and does not expand source-specific claimsdata1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1972-12_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Medical Center addition remains in planning, 1972”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-medical-center-expansion-status-1972/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 1972, “Island Happenings.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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