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Raymond Cole

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WithinBeaver Island
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fl. 1974
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Summary

Raymond Cole was named as a Beaver Island School graduate in the May 24, 1974 commencement report.

Evidence and limits

The notice supplies no further biography or school record.

Namesake, not the 1937 Marold II victim. Raymond Cole documents a different Raymond Cole, killed in the January 1, 1937 Marold II explosion at reported age 30–33 (born circa 1906) — a gap of nearly four decades before this 1974 high-school graduate, ruling out identity. The Holy Cross Cemetery index also lists a third Raymond Cole, husband of Grace (Gillespie) Cole (1908–1998), whose own dates are not given in the index; the Cole surname recurs across at least three men of this given name in the corpus, and no source read here connects this 1974 graduate to either.

The dated record

2 dated events · 1974–1974These years on the timeline →

Sources

  1. Names Raymond Cole as one of five seniors receiving a diploma at the reported May 24 commencement; it supplies no age, family, or civil identity details.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1974-05_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eleven-page combined May–June issue scan is paired with the OCR source stored under the archive 1974-05 key 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 · 1974-05_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Reports Raymond Cole as a Charlevoix Hospital patient for surgery following appendicitis; it does not provide a medical record or establish additional identity.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1974-08_Beaver-Beacon
  4. 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 · 1974-08_Beaver-Beacon

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

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Raymond Cole”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/people/raymond-cole-graduation-1974/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May–June 1974, “Graduation Notes.” (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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