- Date
- 1971-09-05
- Kind
- Announcement
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communityheritage
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Dr. and Mrs. John Ludwig announced their daughter Jo-Ellen Bechtol’s engagement to Daniel Gallagher at a party at the Beaver Lodge on September 5, 1971, according to the August–September Beaver Beacon.
Evidence and limits
The notice explicitly says a wedding date had not been set. This record captures the announcement without inferring a later marriage, venue, or civil record.
See also
Sources
- Reports that Dr. and Mrs. John Ludwig announced their daughter Jo-Ellen Bechtol’s engagement to Daniel Gallagher at a Beaver Lodge party on Sunday, September 5; it explicitly says no wedding date had been set.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1971-08_Beaver-Beacon
- 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.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1971-08_Beaver-Beacon
Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Engagement announcement of Daniel Gallagher and Jo-Ellen Bechtol, 1971”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/engagement-announcement-of-daniel-gallagher-and-jo-ellen-bechtol-1971/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August–September 1971, “Engagement.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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