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Will Neff

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WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Summary

Will Neff was identified in a March 2001 Beaver Beacon item as a fifth-grade student, the son of the Neffs of Indian Point Road, and a Beaver Island summer resident since birth. His poem was reported as one of ten winners in a Creative Communications national contest and slated for anthology publication.

The link to Indian Point Road follows the family connection the article reports; the source does not establish a full biography or civil identity record.

Open questions

  • What anthology published the winning poem?
  • What are Will Neff’s full name, birth date, and later career?
  • Can the Neff family’s Indian Point Road property be identified?

Sources

  1. Identifies Will Neff as a fifth-grade student, the son of the Neffs of Indian Point Road, and a summer resident since birth. It says his poem was entered in a Creative Communications national contest and selected as one of ten winners for publication in an anthology. It supplies no birth date, full civil identity, school record, or anthology citation. 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 · 2001-03_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held twenty-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 · 2001-03_Beaver-Beacon

Added 2 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Will Neff”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/people/will-neff/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 2001, “A Poem by Will Neff.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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