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Beaver Island Association of Michigan

Also Beaver Island Association of Michigan

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TypeOrganization
Founded1961-03-15
Coordinates42.7336° N, 84.5539° WGoogle MapsDownload KML
ErasModern era
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Summary

The Beaver Island Association of Michigan was a Lansing-based organization of island property owners, formed in March 1961 from the earlier Beaver Island Club of Lansing. It published a newsletter, the Beaver Island Beam, held meetings through at least March 1965, and made a final memorial donation in 1972 after its treasurer’s death.

History

The association organized at a dinner meeting on 15 March 1961 — timed to St. Patrick’s Day — at the Holiday Inn Motel in Lansing, drawing more than sixty Beaver Island property owners. The Beacon describes it as the former Beaver Island Club of Lansing under a new name. George Egbert was elected president, Keith Rasmussen vice president, Charles C. Earley secretary, and Murray D. Wanty treasurer. Henry Allen spoke on “recent developments and future trends of Beaver Island,” and color movies made by Rogers Carlisle were shown.

That October, president Egbert sent the Beacon the first issue of the association’s own newsletter, the Beaver Island Beam, which the Beacon quoted as saying “Every Beacon, if operative and effective, must have its Beam,” and welcomed as a “sister” paper.

The association’s last recorded meeting was held in Lansing in March 1965. Afterward a balance remained in its expense fund — covering costs such as printing, mailing, stationery, and decorations — and by March 1972 its surviving officers, Egbert, Rasmussen, and Charles C. Early (secretary- treasurer, absorbing Wanty’s former office), resolved to give $100 each to the Beaver Island Medical Center Auxiliary and the Beaver Island Historical Society, in memory of Murray Wanty, who had died the previous fall. The Beacon notice said any further association activity would be reported in its pages; none is recorded in the sources held here.

Evidence and limits

The report does not establish the association’s legal status, founding document, complete membership, or whether the 1972 donation decision came from a new meeting or only from correspondence among the surviving officers. The record preserves the association as named in the source rather than merging it with other Beaver Island organizations.

Open questions

  • Did the association hold any meetings or activity between March 1965 and the 1972 donation notice?
  • Does any copy of the Beaver Island Beam newsletter survive?
  • Was the association formally dissolved, or did it simply lapse after 1972?

See also

The dated record

4 dated events · 1961–1973These years on the timeline →

Sources

  1. Reports a March 15 organizational dinner at Lansing’s Holiday Inn, attended by more than sixty island property owners, and names George Egbert, Keith Rasmussen, Charles C. Earley, and Murray D. Wanty as officers. It says the association was formerly the Beaver Island Club of Lansing but does not establish incorporation, a membership roll, or formal dissolution.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1961-04_Beaver-Beacon
  2. 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 · 1961-04_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Reports that association president George L. Egbert sent the first edition of the Beaver Island Beam newsletter. It does not provide the publication itself, circulation, or a complete organizational history.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1961-10_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held five-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 · 1961-10_Beaver-Beacon
  5. Says the association’s last meeting was in Lansing in March 1965, that a balance remained in its expense fund, and that officers approved equal donations to the Medical Center Auxiliary and Historical Society in memory of Murray Wanty. It does not establish incorporation, dissolution, membership, or whether the 1972 action was a formal meeting.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1972-03_Beaver-Beacon
  6. The held eleven-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 · 1972-03_Beaver-Beacon
  7. Returned a city-level point at longitude -84.553927, latitude 42.733625. The source evidence locates the association in Lansing but supplies no office address; this point is a city locator, not a headquarters or meeting-site claim.

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

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Association of Michigan”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/organizations/beaver-island-association-of-michigan-1965/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1961, “Beaver Island Association of Michigan.” (and 6 further sources listed on the page).

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