Name: Richard Burris is appointed Peaine Township supervisor, 1982
Start: 1982-11
End: 1982-11
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 1982-11
Kind: Appointment
Where: place/peaine-township
Carried out by: place/peaine-township
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: governmentcommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The November 1982 Beacon reported that Peaine Township’s board appointed Richard Burris supervisor after the death of Ed Demorest.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper governance notice, not township minutes or an appointment resolution.

Sources

Beaver Beacon announcement, November 1982.
Reports that, following the death of Peaine Township Supervisor Ed Demorest, the board appointed Richard Burris as the new supervisor. This is a newspaper governance notice, not the township minutes or appointment resolution. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, November 1982, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held eighteen-page November issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the appointment notice.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Richard Burris is appointed Peaine Township supervisor, 1982”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-richard-burris-peaine-supervisor-1982/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon announcement, November 1982. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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