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23rd Annual St. Patrick's Party for Holy Cross Church, 1977

Also 1977 Chicago St. Patrick's party · 23rd annual Chicago Holy Cross benefit

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TypeEvent
Date1977-03-05
WithinChicago
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1977-03-05
Kind
Celebration
Followed by
24th Annual St. Patrick's Party for Holy Cross Church, 1978
Eras
Modern era
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Chicago

Summary

The January and February 1977 Beaver Beacon issues announced “The 23rd Annual St. Patrick’s Party,” scheduled for March 5, 1977, at St. Kevin’s Church Hall, 10513 Torrence Avenue, Chicago, for the benefit of Holy Cross Church, with a $4.00 per-person donation, raffle, and door prizes. No issue covering the party’s outcome is known to survive.

Twenty-three years back from 1977 again places the founding party in 1955 (1977 − 22 = 1955). This edition’s ordinal chains directly, one year at a time, from 22nd Annual St. Patrick's Party for Holy Cross Church, 1976 the year before.

Program

A $4.00 per-person donation at St. Kevin’s Church Hall, with a raffle and door prizes, under Rev. Bernard Scheid’s pastorate.

Evidence limits

This edition is documented only by two advance announcements. No March 1977 Beaver Beacon issue is held — the held run for 1977 goes directly from February to April — so no report on attendance, proceeds, or who attended survives for this year.

Open questions

  • Did a March 1977 issue exist and report the party’s outcome, or is this a genuine gap in what the Beacon published that year?

See also

Sources

  1. Reads: "Announcing: The 23rd Annual St. Patrick's Party - March 5th - 8:00 p.m. St. Kevin's Church Hall, 10513 Torrence Avenue, Chicago, Ill. 60617. Donation $4.00 - raffle, door prizes. More information on this party next month." The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1977-01_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held nine-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the brief advance notice; it does not report attendance, proceeds, or the party outcome.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1977-01_Beaver-Beacon
  3. The formal announcement, repeating the venue, date, and $4.00 donation, and naming Rev. Bernard Scheid as pastor. No March or April 1977 issue is held to report the outcome — the run jumps from February directly to April 1977. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1977-02_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held eighteen-page combined-issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the formal Chicago party notice; it does not report attendance, proceeds, or the party outcome.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1977-02_Beaver-Beacon

Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “23rd Annual St. Patrick's Party for Holy Cross Church, 1977”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/st-patricks-party-for-holy-cross-1977/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1977, "The 23rd Annual St. Patrick's Party" (brief notice). (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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