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Beaver Island Community School baccalaureate and commencement, 1972

Also 1972 Beaver Island school graduation · 1972 Beaver Island graduates

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TypeEvent
Dates1972-05-21 – 1972-05-24
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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1972-05-21 – 1972-05-24
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Summary

The May 1972 Beaver Beacon names James Wogen and Joseph Kenwabikise as Beaver Island School graduates. It reports baccalaureate services at Holy Cross Church on May 21, a Junior-Senior Banquet at Holy Cross Hall, and commencement and a reception on May 24 in the parish church and hall.

James Wogen planned to study building construction at Ferris State College; Joseph Kenwabikise planned to join the United States Air Force later that year.

Evidence and limits

The report gives a source-level graduation sequence but no school transcript, certificate, complete roster, or independent records of either graduate’s later education or military service. It calls May 24 Friday, a weekday conflict left explicit rather than silently corrected.

See also

Sources

  1. Reports May 21 baccalaureate services at Holy Cross Church, a May 24 Junior-Senior Banquet at Holy Cross Hall, and commencement and reception in the Holy Cross Parish Church and Parish Hall; it calls May 24 Friday despite the calendar date, and the graph preserves the source wording without resolving that weekday conflict.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1972-05_Beaver-Beacon
  2. 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 · 1972-05_Beaver-Beacon

Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Community School baccalaureate and commencement, 1972”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-school-graduation-1972/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1972, “School News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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