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“Home for Christmas Year” planning begins, 1960

Also Home for Christmas Year project

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

TypeEvent
Dates1960-05 – 1960-11
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Dates
1960-05 – 1960-11
Kind
Announcement
Eras
Modern era
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Beaver Island

Summary

The May 1960 Beaver Beacon announced a future “Home for Christmas Year” project that would publish the families planning to spend Christmas on Beaver Island.

Evidence and limits

The issue supplies no roster, organizer, rules, or evidence that the project was completed.

Open questions

  • Did later issues publish the promised families, and who organized the project?

See also

Sources

  1. Says the paper would begin publishing the names of families planning to spend the next Christmas on Beaver Island in the following month and calls the project “Home for Christmas Year.” It records an announcement, not a completed program or roster.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1960-05_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held three-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 · 1960-05_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Lists a few families planning to spend the holidays on Beaver Island, including the Culls, Grossells, Buster Elms, and Dave Pike families. It is a partial planning list, not a complete roster or proof of travel.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1960-11_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held three-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the holiday-planning follow-up.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1960-11_Beaver-Beacon

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

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, ““Home for Christmas Year” planning begins, 1960”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/home-for-christmas-year-planning-1960/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1960, “Attention All Former Residents.” (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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