- Date
- 1961-08
- Kind
- Property transfer
- Where
- Beaver Island · Sand Bay
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- economytourismcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island · Sand Bay
Summary
The August 1961 Beaver Beacon reported two property transactions: a harbor house formerly owned by Jewell Gillespie and a cottage at Sand Bay formerly associated with Dean Blackburn and Dorothy McGregor.
Evidence and limits
The newspaper notice is not a deed, title search, price record, or complete ownership history.
Sources
- Reports Don Bachman, Mr. Schemerberg, Dr. Metty, and John T. Green purchasing Jewell Gillespie’s harbor house, and Melville R. Bissell III and his wife purchasing the Dean Blackburn–Dorothy McGregor cottage at Sand Bay. It does not provide deeds, prices, exact parcel descriptions, or complete purchaser identities.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1961-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1961-08_Beaver-Beacon
Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “New owners purchase harbor and Sand Bay cottages, 1961”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-property-purchases-harbor-sand-bay-1961/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 1961, “New Property Owners.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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