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New priest and teachers fill Beaver Island vacancies, 1985

Also 1985 Beaver Island new residents · Father Lionel Harnish and new teachers

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TypeEvent
Dates1985-08 – 1985-09
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Dates
1985-08 – 1985-09
Kind
Announcement
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
communityeducationreligioncommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The August–September 1985 Beaver Beacon announced Rev. Lionel Harnish as the new Holy Cross Parish priest and introduced Cory Einhardt and Jayne Lilly as teachers filling Beaver Island Community School vacancies, while noting related departures and educational leave.

Evidence limits

This is an advance newspaper welcome and staffing notice. It does not establish complete personnel records, arrival dates, or later appointments.

Sources

  1. Reports Rev. Lionel Harnish’s assignment to Holy Cross Parish after Rev. Gabriel Fox’s reassignment, Cory Einhardt’s high-school teaching appointment, Kitty McNamara’s educational leave, Karla Karbowski’s move to special education, and Jayne Lilly’s planned third–fourth-grade teaching position. The article says further introductions would follow, so it is an advance welcome and staffing notice, not a personnel file or census. 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 · 1985-08_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eighteen-page August–September combined issue PDF, filed canonically as August 1985, is paired with the remote OCR and confirms the staffing and welcome notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1985-08_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Introduces Jayne Lilly, the new third–fourth-grade teacher, giving her Michigan and California education and teaching background, her relationship to Joe Cunningham, and her move to Beaver Island with her daughter Hannah about a week before school began. It is a newspaper welcome profile, not a personnel file, credential verification, or residency record. 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 · 1985-11_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held nine-page November issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the Jayne Lilly welcome profile.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1985-11_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “New priest and teachers fill Beaver Island vacancies, 1985”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-new-residents-fill-vacancies-1985/, accessed [date], citing New Residents Fill Vacancies on Beaver Island, Beaver Beacon, August–September 1985 (combined issue filed as August). (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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