- Date
- 1985-08-17
- Kind
- Fundraising
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Civic Association
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- heritagecelebrationcommercecommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
On August 17, 1985, the Civic Association held a memorial-fund sunset cruise aboard the South Shore. The Beaver Beacon reported 109 passengers, music, refreshments, and a rain-and-lightning-affected two-and-a-half-hour trip toward Garden Island.
Evidence limits
This is a post-event newspaper account. It does not establish the net proceeds, complete passenger list, vessel log, or weather measurements.
Sources
- Reports that 109 people sailed from Beaver Island aboard the South Shore on August 17 for a Civic Association memorial-project fundraiser, with music by Gwen and the Men, a cash bar, snacks, and a two-and-a-half-hour cruise toward Garden Island despite rain and lightning. It names Kevin McDonough as pilot and Tom James and Kathleen McNamara as crew. It is a post-event newspaper account, not an attendance or financial ledger. 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 · 1985-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eighteen-page August–September combined issue PDF, filed canonically as August 1985, is paired with the remote OCR and confirms the cruise account.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1985-08_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Civic Association holds a sunset cruise for the memorial fund, 1985”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-sunset-cruise-memorial-fundraiser-1985/, accessed [date], citing Sunset Cruise, Beaver Beacon, August–September 1985 (combined issue filed as August). (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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