Name: Beaver Island school announces its 1956 graduation calendar, 1956
Start: 1956-05-17
End: 1956-06-01
Location: Beaver Island

Locator map: Beaver Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago — Took place at Beaver IslandLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.

Event

Dates: 1956-05-17 – 1956-06-01
Kind: Education
Where: Beaver Island
Carried out by: Beaver Island Community School
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: educationcommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The May 1956 Beaver Beacon announced the Beaver Island school’s late-spring calendar: a Junior-Senior Banquet on May 17, prom on May 18, baccalaureate on May 27, and graduation on June 1. It named Rosemary McDonough, Thelma Schmidt, Hubert McCauley, and Roland Cull as graduates.

Evidence and limits

This is an advance calendar and named graduate list, not a completion report. The article does not supply programs, attendance, a full class roster, or independent graduation records.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, May 1956, “School News.”
Announces a May 17 Junior-Senior Banquet, May 18 prom, May 27 baccalaureate, and June 1 graduation, and names Rosemary McDonough, Thelma Schmidt, Hubert McCauley, and Roland Cull as graduates. It is an advance calendar and does not provide completion reports, a program, attendance, or a full class roster. 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, May 1956, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held four-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published school calendar; it does not expand the graduation or education record.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island school announces its 1956 graduation calendar, 1956”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-school-graduation-plans-1956/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1956, “School News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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