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Beaver Island reports a 2011 Halloween Trunk or Treat gathering

Also Beaver Island Halloween Trunk or Treat 2011

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TypeEvent
Date2011-10
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
2011-10
Kind
Celebration
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
communityfamilycelebrationcommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The November 2011 Beaver Beacon reports Beaver Island’s Halloween tradition of children receiving candy, families dressing in costume, and people gathering at Gregg Hall. The issue includes photographs of the costumes and participants.

Evidence limits

The OCR is interrupted by the issue’s page layout and advertisements. It does not establish the exact date, organizers, attendance, or complete program.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. The announcement scheduled a Gregg Fellowship Center parking-lot event for October 31, 5–7:30 p.m., with hot dogs, hot chocolate, and vehicle-trunk candy distribution. It establishes the advertised logistics but not attendance or completion.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 04 · t004245
  2. Beaver Beacon, November 2011, "Hey, Kids; What's in the Trunk?"
    Reports the Halloween tradition of free candy, costumes, and gathering at Gregg Hall; the OCR is split by page layout and does not preserve the event date, organizers, or attendance. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2011-11_Beaver-Beacon
  3. The held issue scan confirms the Halloween report and accompanying costume photographs.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2011-11_Beaver-Beacon

Added 8 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island reports a 2011 Halloween Trunk or Treat gathering”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-trunk-or-treat-2011/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “Trunk or Treat,” October 24, 2011. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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