- Date
- 1958-05
- Kind
- Announcement
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Civic Association
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- governancecommunicationcommunitytoponymy
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The May 1958 Beaver Beacon reports 14 “pro” and 6 “con” responses in a recent poll about changing the village name from St. James to Beaver Island. It also prints a form seeking additional opinions.
Evidence and limits
This is a reported opinion poll and civic appeal, not a formal petition, legal proceeding, or name-change result.
Sources
- Reports that a recent poll on changing the village name from St. James to Beaver Island produced 14 “pro” and 6 “con” responses, and prints a form asking readers to state their opinion. It does not provide the response forms, a complete respondent list, a formal petition, legal action, or a name-change result. 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 · 1958-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held five-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the reported poll and printed response form; it does not expand the civic or legal record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1958-05_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Civic Association polls readers on changing St. James’s name to Beaver Island, 1958”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-st-james-name-change-poll-1958/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1958, “THE RECENT POLL OF PUBLIC OPINION.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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