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John H. Coppens transfers to Lake Worth Inlet Lifeboat Station, 1960

Also 1960 John Coppens lifeboat-station assignment

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

Locator map: Lake Worth Inlet, Florida highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at Lake Worth Inlet, FloridaLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
TypeEvent
Datecirca 1960-10
ErasModern era
On this page
Locator map: Lake Worth Inlet, Florida highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at Lake Worth Inlet, FloridaLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
Event
Date
circa 1960-10
Kind
Appointment
Where
Lake Worth Inlet, Florida
Participants
John H. Coppens (participant)
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
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Summary

The October 1960 Beaver Beacon reported that Chief Boatswain John H. Coppens and Mrs. Coppens had recently gone to Lake Worth Inlet Lifeboat Station.

Evidence and limits

The notice does not give an effective date, station file, complete Coast Guard record, or service address. The event is connected to the existing episode-qualified John H. Coppens record through the matching full name and Coast Guard role; no broader family identity is inferred from this notice.

Open questions

  • Which Coast Guard or lifeboat-station records document Coppens’s assignment and dates?

See also

Sources

  1. Reports Chief Boatswain and Mrs. John H. Coppens recently going to Lake Worth Inlet Lifeboat Station. It does not provide an effective date, unit file, station record, or complete household identity.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1960-10_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 · 1960-10_Beaver-Beacon

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

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “John H. Coppens transfers to Lake Worth Inlet Lifeboat Station, 1960”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/john-coppens-lake-worth-lifeboat-station-assignment-1960/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 1960, service-men news. (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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