- Date
- 1968-02-14
- Kind
- Fundraising
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- fundraisingcommunityreligion
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Beaver Island Christian Church Women’s Circle held a country auction in the school multipurpose room on February 14, 1968. Its numbered-chance format raised $71.55, and the May–June issue later reported a June 6 joint country auction sponsored by the ladies of Holy Cross Church and the Christian Church.
Evidence and limits
These are newspaper fundraising reports. They do not provide a complete item, attendee, or proceeds record for the June auction.
Sources
See the sources block above.
Sources
- Reports the numbered-chance auction in the school multipurpose room, its $71.55 proceeds, and plans for a later joint auction with the Altar Society; it does not provide a complete item or attendee list.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1968-02_Beaver-Beacon
- The held six-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published fundraising report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1968-02_Beaver-Beacon
- Reports a June 6 country auction sponsored jointly by the ladies of Holy Cross Church and Beaver Island Christian Church, with a station wagon as the top money maker; it does not provide proceeds, an item list, or a complete attendee roster.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1968-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the follow-up fundraising notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1968-05_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Christian Church Women's Circle country auction raises $71.55, 1968”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-womens-circle-country-auction-1968/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1968, “Country Auction.” (and 3 further sources listed on the page).
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