Name: Beaver Island Polio Party raises $209 through a donated-gift auction, 1969
Start: 1969-02-01
End: 1969-02-01
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 1969-02-01
Kind: Fundraising
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: fundraisingcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The annual Beaver Island Polio Party was held at the Shamrock on February 1, 1969. A donated-gift auction led by Frank Schnaudigel, Lawrence McDonough, and Bill Wagner raised $209.

Evidence and limits

The report does not provide a full donor list, attendance, or remittance record.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, February 1969, “Polio Party.”
Reports the February 1 annual Polio Party at the Shamrock, a donated-gift auction led by Frank Schnaudigel, Lawrence McDonough, and Bill Wagner, and $209 raised; it does not provide a full donor list, attendance, or remittance record.
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Beaver Beacon, February 1969, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held six-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the completed fundraising report.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Polio Party raises $209 through a donated-gift auction, 1969”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-polio-party-1969/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1969, “Polio Party.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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