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The Beacon reports new Sand Bay property owners and late-summer visitors, 1959

Also 1959 Beaver Island property and visitor notices · Fred Juberville Sand Bay purchase

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TypeEvent
Date1959-09
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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1959-09
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Beaver Island

Summary

The September 1959 Beaver Beacon reports Fred and Mrs. Juberville’s purchase of a Sand Bay lot, professors camping on another lot, several visitors, former General Motors president Charles E. Wilson fishing for bass near Garden and Hog Islands, and George and Mrs. Donat’s property sale and seasonal moves.

Evidence limits

These are newspaper property, visitor, and movement notices, not deeds, visitor registers, itineraries, or independent biographical records.

Sources

  1. Reports Fred and Mrs. Juberville’s Sand Bay lot purchase, Fry and Eggleton camping on a Sand Bay lot, a visit by an Orlando judge and his wife, Charles E. Wilson’s bass fishing at Garden and Hog Islands, and George and Mrs. Donat’s sale and planned seasonal moves. It does not provide deeds, visitor registers, itineraries, or independent biographical records. 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 · 1959-09_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held three-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the property, visitor, and seasonal-movement notices; it does not expand the property or travel records.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1959-09_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Reports the Welsh family moving from Sturgeon Bay to Beaver Island, the Douglas Burke family moving from Detroit after Douglas’s Army discharge, Ralph Rutt’s first winter stay near Lake Geneserath, the Fishers’ move to Arizona, and Noni Gallagher’s winter move to Charlevoix. It does not provide deeds, residence registers, military records, or travel logs. 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 · 1959-11_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held five-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the residence and seasonal-movement notices; it does not expand the property or migration record.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1959-11_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “The Beacon reports new Sand Bay property owners and late-summer visitors, 1959”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-new-property-owners-and-visitors-1959/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 1959, "NEW PROPERTY OWNERS—WELCOME!" (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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