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Christmas homecoming of Hugh Cole and Jeff McGlocklin, 1973

Also 1973 Beaver Island servicemen’s Christmas visit

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

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TypeEvent
Datecirca 1973-12
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Locator map: Beaver Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at Beaver IslandLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
Event
Date
circa 1973-12
Kind
Celebration
Where
Beaver Island
Participants
Hugh Cole (participant) · Jeff McGlocklin (participant)
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
communityeducation
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Hugh Cole and Jeff McGlocklin returned to Beaver Island to spend Christmas with their families in 1973. The January 1974 Beaver Beacon printed their new mailing addresses for island readers who wanted to write to them.

Evidence and limits

The notice is a brief community update and address notice. It does not establish the length of the visit, later military assignments, or a complete service record; the published addresses are not reproduced here.

See also

Sources

  1. Reports that Hugh Cole and Jeff McGlocklin returned home to spend Christmas with their families and publishes mailing addresses for correspondence; this record preserves the visit without reproducing the addresses or asserting service-status details beyond the notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1974-01_Beaver-Beacon
  2. 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 · 1974-01_Beaver-Beacon

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

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Christmas homecoming of Hugh Cole and Jeff McGlocklin, 1973”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/homecoming-of-hugh-cole-and-jeff-mcglocklin-1973/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1974, “Servicemen’s News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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