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Doctor Luton provides near-continuous duty during a busy weekend, 1960

Also July 1960 Doctor Luton duty

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TypeEvent
Dates1960-07-17 – 1960-07-18
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Dates
1960-07-17 – 1960-07-18
Kind
Medical
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
healthcarecommunity
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Doctor Luton was reported on almost twenty-four-hour duty on July 17 and 18, 1960, during a particularly busy period on Beaver Island.

Evidence and limits

The notice gives no practice, facility, patient, or case details.

Open questions

  • Which medical-center or community records explain the workload and identify Doctor Luton?

See also

Sources

  1. Reports Doctor Luton being on almost twenty-four-hour duty on July 17 and 18. It does not identify the practice, cases, facility, or reason for the unusually heavy duty.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1960-08_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held four-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 · 1960-08_Beaver-Beacon

Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Doctor Luton provides near-continuous duty during a busy weekend, 1960”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/doctor-luton-emergency-duty-1960/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 1960, medical notice. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

Last revised 2026-08-03. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.

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