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Township offices and postal succession, 1973

Also 1973 Beaver Island office changes

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Locator map: Saint James highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at Saint JamesLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
TypeEvent
Date1973-11
WithinSaint James
ErasModern era
On this page
Locator map: Saint James highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at Saint JamesLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
Event
Date
1973-11
Kind
Appointment
Where
Saint James
Participants
Mary C. Minor (operator) · Vivian H. Visscher (clerk) · James Janda (supervisor)
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
governancecommunityheritagecommunication
Within
Saint James

Summary

After Frank Nackerman’s retirement as postmaster, Mary Minor continued as Saint James postmaster and resigned as township clerk. Vivian Visscher filled out Minor’s clerk term, while James Janda replaced Bud McDonough as township supervisor after McDonough resigned because of business responsibilities and illness.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper office-change notice, not a postal personnel file or township appointment instrument. The James Janda record is kept episode-qualified rather than merged with the separate Jim Janda record.

Sources

  1. Reports Mary Minor’s move from township clerk to postmaster after Frank Nackerman’s retirement, Vivian Visscher filling Minor’s clerk term, and James Janda replacing Bud McDonough as township supervisor; it does not provide appointment instruments or terms.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1973-11_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held ten-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 · 1973-11_Beaver-Beacon

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

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Beaver Island Archive, “Township offices and postal succession, 1973”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/township-offices-and-postal-succession-1973/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1973, “Township Offices Filled.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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