St. Patrick's Day on Beaver Island, 1960

Event

Date: 1960-03-13
Kind: Celebration
Carried out by: Holy Cross Altar Society
Followed by: Beaver Island St. Patrick’s Day party at the Parish Hall, 1961
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: celebrationcommunityheritageirish-arranmore
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Beacon’s March 1960 Holy Cross Parish news reports the Altar Society sponsoring a corned beef and cabbage supper on March 13th “for St. Patrick’s Day,” ahead of the holiday itself; the April 1960 issue confirms “Our St. Patrick’s supper with ham and all the trimmin’s was a big success.”

Program

A corned beef and cabbage supper, described afterward as served “with ham and all the trimmin’s.”

Evidence limits

The announced date, March 13th, precedes March 17th itself; the source does not explain why the supper was held four days early, and no separate March 17th program is reported this year. Neither the announcement nor the outcome report names a venue, so took_place_at is left empty and spatial_status is approximate. Proceeds and attendance are not given. The same March 1960 issue’s Chicago St. Patrick’s Party announcement is a separate event, tracked in St. Patrick's Party for Holy Cross Church, Chicago, not this island supper.

Open questions

Why was the 1960 supper held on March 13th rather than the 17th, and did the parish separately mark March 17th itself?
What venue hosted the supper — Holy Cross Hall by analogy with the Altar Society’s other suppers, but not stated here?

Sources

Beaver Beacon, March 1960, "HOLY CROSS PARISH NEWS."
Reports the Altar Society's February 8th officer election, then, in the same item: "A corned beef and cabbage supper will be sponsored by the Society for St. Patrick's Day, on March 13th." "The Society" refers to the Altar Society named in the immediately preceding paragraph. This is also the same issue that announces a separate Chicago-Beaver Island St. Patrick's Party for March 19th (see event/st-patricks-party-for-holy-cross-chicago) and reports the Chicago Party Notice under a different heading.
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Beaver Beacon, March 1960, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held four-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 · 1960-03_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, April 1960, "HOLY CROSS PARISH ITEMS."
Reports the outcome directly after a note on a March 31st parish-hall meeting: "Our St. Patrick's supper with ham and all the trimmin's was a big success." No venue, attendance, or proceeds figure is given for the supper itself.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1960-04_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, April 1960, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held four-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 · 1960-04_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “St. Patrick's Day on Beaver Island, 1960”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-st-patricks-day-1960/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1960, "HOLY CROSS PARISH NEWS." (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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