
- Date
- 1959-06
- Kind
- Announcement
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communitygovernancerecreationcommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The June 1959 Beaver Beacon says Father Joseph was organizing a Louisville Sportsmen’s Club with a constitution and bylaws modeled on BICA, and that he would return as an honored guest for August Homecoming.
Evidence limits
The notice does not provide the new club’s formal name, membership, constitution, or minutes.
Sources
- Reports Father Joseph, formerly Beaver Island’s pastor and then pastor of St. Anthony’s Church in Louisville, organizing a Sportsmen’s Club whose constitution and bylaws were patterned on the Beaver Island Civic Association plan. It also says Father Joseph would be an honored guest at August Homecoming. It does not provide the club’s name, membership, constitution, or minutes. 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 · 1959-06_Beaver-Beacon
- The held three-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the reported organizational imitation and Homecoming invitation; it does not expand either association’s records.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1959-06_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Father Joseph organizes a Louisville sportsmen’s club modeled on BICA, 1959”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-st-anthony-sportsmen-club-bica-model-1959/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 1959, “COPY CATS--COPY CATS.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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