- Date
- 1966-01
- Kind
- Construction
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communityeducationrecreation
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Beaver Island Youth Center presented a Christmas program with island school children and volunteers, and began building an approximately half-acre ice rink below the church hill. The January 1966 Beaver Beacon says Walt Wojan’s tractor work leveled the site.
Evidence and limits
The report documents a community program and construction activity. It does not provide a complete participant list, budget, or later operating record for the rink.
Open questions
- Where are Youth Center minutes, program materials, or photographs?
- Was the rink flooded and used during the 1965–66 winter?
Sources
- Reports a Christmas program using island school children, volunteer help from Marge Wagner, the Dominican Sisters, and Lillian Gregg, plus construction of an approximately half-acre skating-rink site by Walt Wojan. It does not provide a complete program roster, budget, or record of the rink’s later operation.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1966-01_Beaver-Beacon
- 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.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1966-01_Beaver-Beacon
Added 2 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Youth Center presents a Christmas program and builds a rink, 1966”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-youth-center-winter-program-and-rink-1966/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1966, “Youth Center Activities.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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