Name: McDonough’s Store forty-year open house, 1973
Start: 1973-05-06
End: 1973-05-06
Location: Beaver Island

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Event

Date: 1973-05-06
Kind: Business
Where: Beaver Island
Participants: Joseph L. “Bud” McDonough (proprietor) · Edna G. "Skip" McDonough (proprietor) · June McDonough (proprietor)
Carried out by: McDonough's General Store
Eras: Modern eraLumbering era
Concepts: economylumberingcommunityheritage
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

McDonough’s Store held an open house on May 6, 1973, celebrating forty years of operation under the McDonough name. The issue also preserves a longer property history: a 1903 Beaver Island Lumber Company purchase, a 1915 sale to John Grill, and a 1933 purchase by Lloyd and Eva McDonough.

Evidence and limits

The event and chronology come from a local retrospective. The account does not replace deeds, corporate records, or a complete history of the property and business.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, May 1973, “McDonough's Market Marks 40th.”
Reports a May 6 open house with refreshments and a cake for Bud, Skip, and June McDonough, celebrating forty years under the McDonough name. The retrospective says the Beaver Island Lumber Company bought the property on May 16, 1903, sold the store to John Grill on May 15, 1915, and that Lloyd and Eva McDonough bought it in 1933; it does not establish deeds, corporate continuity, or a complete store history.
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Beaver Beacon, May 1973, held issue PDF, source scan.
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.
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Beaver Island Archive, “McDonough’s Store forty-year open house, 1973”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/mcdonough-store-forty-year-open-house-1973/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1973, “McDonough's Market Marks 40th.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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