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PABI volunteers remove Community House demolition debris in August 1999

Also The Soldiers of PABI · Community House demolition cleanup August 10 1999

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TypeEvent
Date1999-08-10
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1999-08-10
Kind
Demolition
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
heritageconstructioncommunitycommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The September 1999 Beaver Beacon recounts an August 10 work party in which PABI volunteers removed nails and timbers from the Community House demolition debris, loaded material for disposal, and worked through the day to clear the site.

Evidence limits

This is a first-person community account and thank-you, not a construction contract, complete labor roster, or independently measured completion report.

Sources

  1. Recounts the August 10 work party removing nails and timbers from the Community House demolition pile, loading debris for disposal, and thanking the named PABI volunteers and donors. 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 · 1999-09_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the volunteer work-party account.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1999-09_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “PABI volunteers remove Community House demolition debris in August 1999”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-pabi-community-house-debris-cleanup-1999/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 1999, “The Soldiers of P.A.B.I.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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