Beaver Island ArchiveA primary-source archive & encyclopedia45°40′N 85°33′W · Lake Michigan
Colour scheme
Search

Event

Beaver Island School 1974 senior banquet and graduation

Also 1974 Beaver Island graduation · 1974 senior banquet and commencement

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

TypeEvent
Dates1974-05-22 – 1974-05-24
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Event
Dates
1974-05-22 – 1974-05-24
Kind
Education
Where
Holy Cross Catholic Church
Participants
Raymond Cole (graduate) · Julie A. Gillespie (graduate) · Aleta Doris Kenwabikise (graduate) · Karen L. McCafferty (graduate) · Laurie McGlocklin (graduate) · Buz Anderson (instructor) · Sister Agatha Artman (participant)
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
educationcommunitycatholicismheritage
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Beaver Island School held its annual senior banquet at Holy Cross Hall on May 22, 1974, and commencement at Holy Cross Church on May 24. The reported graduates were Raymond Cole, Julie Gillespie, Doris Kenwabikise, Karen McCafferty, and Laurie McGlocklin.

Evidence and limits

This is a completed newspaper report, not a school register or diploma record. The five people are recorded as episode-qualified graduates; same-name records from earlier activities are not silently merged without an identity bridge.

See also

Sources

  1. Reports the May 22 annual banquet at Holy Cross Hall, including School Board, faculty, Superintendent and Mrs. James Shepard, clergy, parents, high-school and eighth-grade students, junior-class mothers’ dinner, and a Buz Anderson woodworking lectern presented to Sister Agatha. It reports May 24 commencement at Holy Cross Church, Rev. Msgr. Victor Gallagher’s address, Rev. Herbert Graf presenting diplomas to Raymond Cole, Julie Gillespie, Doris Kenwabikise, Karen McCafferty, and Laurie McGlocklin, and a Holy Cross Hall reception; it gives no school register or independent diploma records.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1974-05_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eleven-page combined May–June issue scan is paired with the OCR source stored under the archive 1974-05 key 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 · 1974-05_Beaver-Beacon

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

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island School 1974 senior banquet and graduation”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-school-graduation-1974/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May–June 1974, “Graduation Notes.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

Last revised 2026-08-03. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.

BibTeX for “Beaver Island School 1974 senior banquet and graduation”RIS for “Beaver Island School 1974 senior banquet and graduation”