- Date
- 1962-05-25
- Kind
- Education
- Where
- Saint James
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- educationcommunityreligion
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Beaver Island Community High School’s 1962 graduating class consisted of two students, Coleen Nackerman and Isabel LaFreniere. The Beacon reports a Beaver Lodge banquet, May 25 commencement exercises at Holy Cross Church, and a post-graduation trip to Detroit and Chicago with adult chaperones and a local guide.
Evidence and limits
The report preserves the class size, ceremony, motto, and itinerary as printed in the island newspaper. It is not a school transcript, a complete roster, or an independent record that the planned tour occurred exactly as described.
Open questions
- Can school registers identify the two graduates’ full names and later education?
- Is there an independent record of the Detroit and Chicago trip?
Sources
- Names Coleen Nackerman and Isabel LaFreniere as the two graduates, reports their Beaver Lodge banquet and May 25 Holy Cross commencement, and describes their Detroit and Chicago trip with Carol O’Donnell, Evelyn Palmer, Frank Nackerman, Grace Nackerman, and Jack Cull. It does not provide a transcript, complete class register, or independent travel record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1962-06_Beaver-Beacon
- The held four-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 · 1962-06_Beaver-Beacon
Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Community High School graduates its two-person class, 1962”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-school-graduation-1962/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 1962, “School News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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