Name: Beaver Island Yacht Club elects officers and gains regional association admission, 1960
Start: 1960-09-04
End: 1960-11-15
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Dates: 1960-09-04 – 1960-11-15
Kind: Election
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: maritimetourismcommunitygovernance
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The February issue supplies a retrospective chronology for the Beaver Island Yacht Club: a September 4 meeting elected officers and a board, articles of incorporation were filed in October, and the club was accepted into the Lake Michigan Yachting Association by mid-November. It reports 66 prospective charter members, $10 annual dues, and headquarters at the King Strang Hotel.

Evidence and limits

The account preserves the printed officer names and approximate sequence without treating them as independently verified biographies. Formal corporate, association, membership, and burgee records remain open.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, February 1961, “Island news.”
Reports a September 4 meeting at the King Strang Hotel, 66 prospective charter members, named officers and directors, October articles of incorporation, mid-November acceptance into the Lake Michigan Yachting Association, a planned burgee and stationery, and $10 annual dues. It is a retrospective newspaper account, not the incorporation filing, membership register, or association acceptance record.
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Beaver Beacon, February 1961, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held nine-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, “Beaver Island Yacht Club elects officers and gains regional association admission, 1960”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-yacht-club-formation-followup-1960/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1961, “Island news.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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