- Date
- 1963-03-09
- Kind
- Celebration
- Followed by
- Chicago St. Patrick's Party for Holy Cross Church, 1964
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- celebrationcommunityheritagereligion
- Within
- Chicago
Summary
The March 1963 Beaver Beacon announced the annual Chicago St. Patrick’s Day party for Holy Cross Church, held March 9, 1963, at American Legion Post #792, 8521 Commercial Avenue, Chicago — the same address used for the 1965 edition (there given as the “Stelmaszck Walter Post #792”). The April issue reported an approximate attendance of 300 and proceeds of $300.00 turned over to Holy Cross Church, making this one of the better-documented editions in the series.
Program
Dancing, lunch, and door prizes, with a $2.00 per-person and $1.50 per-child donation. A delegation of islanders was reported planning to attend in advance, and the April report names three who did — Jewell Gillespie, Russell Palmer, and Ed Boyle of Manistee — noting that the trio furnished music the next day at a gathering at the “Bing” McCafferty home.
Evidence limits
The source calls the party “annual” but assigns it no ordinal number, so this article does not assert where it falls in the hub’s numbered sequence. No chairman is named for 1963. The attendance figure (300) is described as “approximate,” not a counted total, and the proceeds figure ($300.00) is given without an accounting of expenses.
Open questions
- Is the “American Legion Post #792” named here the same hall the 1965 edition calls “Stelmaszck Walter Post #792” at the identical 8521 Commercial Avenue address — i.e., did the post’s name simply appear inconsistently across issues, or did the post itself change its name between 1963 and 1965?
- Where does the 1963 edition fall in the numbered sequence the hub derives (arithmetically the 9th, though no source states this)?
See also
Sources
- Reads: "CHICAGO - On March 9th the annual St. Patrick's Day party for Holy Cross Church will be held at the American Legion Post #792, 8521 Commercial, Chicago, Illinois. Dancing, lunch and door prozes [sic]. Donations - $2.00 per person, $1.50 per child. A delegation of Islanders plan on attending this party." Calls the party "annual" but gives no ordinal number or chairman.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1963-03_Beaver-Beacon
- 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 · 1963-03_Beaver-Beacon
- Reports the outcome: "The Chicago party was a great success with an approximate attendance of 300. The proceeds from the Chicago party, which was turned over to Holy Cross Church, was $300.00." Also names three Islanders (Jewell Gillespie, Russell Palmer, and Ed Boyle of Manistee) who furnished music the following day at a private gathering after attending.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1963-04_Beaver-Beacon
- 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 · 1963-04_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Chicago St. Patrick's Party for Holy Cross Church, 1963”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/st-patricks-party-for-holy-cross-1963/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1963, "Chicago." (and 3 further sources listed on the page).
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