Name: Holy Cross Altar Society serves Beaver Island St. Patrick’s ham dinner, 1961
Start: 1961-03-19
End: 1961-03-19
Location: Holy Cross Catholic Church building

Holy Cross Altar Society serves Beaver Island St. Patrick’s ham dinner, 1961

Also 1961 Beaver Island St. Patrick’s celebration

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TypeEvent

Date1961-03-19

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Date: 1961-03-19
Kind: Celebration
Where: Holy Cross Catholic Church building
Carried out by: Holy Cross Altar Society
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: religioncatholicismcommunitysociety
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

On March 19, 1961, the Holy Cross Altar Society served a ham dinner and held games at the Parish Hall as Beaver Island’s St. Patrick’s celebration.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, April 1961, “St. Patrick’s Day.”
Reports that the Altar Society served a ham dinner and held games at the Parish Hall on Sunday, March 19, after a change in the original celebration plan. Rose Connaghan is named as the Ecko knife winner; the notice does not provide attendance or financial records.
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Beaver Beacon, April 1961, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held six-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.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Holy Cross Altar Society serves Beaver Island St. Patrick’s ham dinner, 1961”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-st-patricks-day-ham-dinner-1961/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1961, “St. Patrick’s Day.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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