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Beaver Island School Assistance Guild elects its first board, 1982

Also Beaver Island School Assistance Guild May 7 1982

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TypeEvent
Date1982-05-07
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1982-05-07
Kind
Meeting
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
educationgovernancecommunityfundraisingcommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Island School Assistance Guild held its first meeting on May 7, 1982, elected four officers or trustees, and discussed homeroom parents, fundraising, and public participation in school governance.

Evidence limits

The notice establishes the reported organization and officers but not formal bylaws, membership, or later activity.

Sources

  1. Reports the May 7 first meeting at the school, election of Jean Kinsley as chair, Terry Bussey as secretary, and Ellen Welke and Jacque LaFreniere as trustees, plus plans for homeroom parents, fundraising, and community participation in school-board meetings. It is a founding notice, not bylaws or a complete membership 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 · 1982-05_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held twelve-page May issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the Guild notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1982-05_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Reports a successful Central Michigan University Orchestra presentation at Holy Cross Church, a planned Christmas Bazaar booth with winter-sports equipment exchange and stocking stuffers, and a raffle of an afghan and matching pillows to fund a Michigan Tech summer scholarship for an island student. This is a newspaper activity report and appeal, not a Guild ledger, attendance record, or scholarship award 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 · 1982-11_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held eighteen-page November issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the Guild news.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1982-11_Beaver-Beacon

Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island School Assistance Guild elects its first board, 1982”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-school-assistance-guild-formation-1982/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island School Assistance Guild notice, Beaver Beacon, May 1982. (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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