Name: Domnian Brothers plan to open their Beaver Island retreat house, 1961
Start: 1961-06-23
End: 1961-06-27
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Dates: 1961-06-23 – 1961-06-27
Kind: Opening
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: religioncommunitytourism
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The May issue announced plans for Brother Cornelius Luke to arrive on June 23, 1961, to open the Domnian Brothers’ retreat house on Beaver Island, followed by forty more Brothers on June 27.

Evidence and limits

This is a planned-arrival notice; the issue does not document the later arrival or the retreat house’s organization.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, May 1961, “Domnian Brothers.”
Reports Brother Cornelius Luke’s planned June 23 arrival from Barrington, New York, to open the retreat house at the Domnian Brothers Lodge, followed by forty more Brothers on June 27. It is an advance notice, not proof of arrival, operation, or the lodge’s institutional history.
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Beaver Beacon, May 1961, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held seven-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, “Domnian Brothers plan to open their Beaver Island retreat house, 1961”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/domnian-brothers-retreat-house-opening-plan-1961/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1961, “Domnian Brothers.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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