The Bea;met

Only Island Publication since King Strclng's ``Northern Islander" in ]856 -Established Jonuciry 1955

July 1969

After a cold and wet beginning, sumer has finally come to the Islandand with it.rmny boa.i loads of su`rmer visitors. Wit':1 such a slowbegin.ning this season will hardly set any reccirds, but the past threeWeel.{s have been pretty nea,I perfect for all oil.tdoor activities.

WEAIHER: Ihe Beaver Isle.nd wea,ther for the month o£ June as recordedby Fire Officer Bill Wagner.

High temperature 77 degrees on the 26th.Ijow nighttime -'uempei'.ature 36 degrees on the 22nd.High 5 P.IT. tempera+,ure 72 degrees on the 27t'n.A.verage high tempera,ture 63.7 degrees.Average lol„ temjipera.ture 45.2 degrees.Average 5 P.in. ten-perature 57 degrees.Iotal rainf8,11 for month 7.54 inches.Iota.I preo:ipltation since Jam. 1st (includ.iflg snow) 16.8 inctl.es.

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GAmE HEWS: Fishing he.s beeTi excellent for tile most part this month.Great Ijakes Oho.rter Service, otit of Oharlevolxg have displayed Somefine catches of small mouth bass from the fool.cy coves of Hog Island.La.rge catches of c8.dice flies dampened fishin.5 for about five days,but their appeJciJces are `now getting baclc i;o norms.i. Calm weathe.I b.asbeen a great 'ne].p itl rece.,.it weelcsg 8,llowing fis'rieruan freedom to ex-plore new areas.

Appa,rently our faThn crop is of notable size this year for seldom .is 8,trip made 8.round JGhe Islaiid Trfithout seeing a doe with one or tng®speckled fawns in tow.

1mhT'IER PliA1{S: Ihe Beaver Isle.nd Snowmobile Olut> is already forunlating

a::%:L€:a ±£eL::¥±#nTc=¥T,:rf ss3:::°n[E::d;r::v: f,:m£%5£E #T:em%%y£.+::i:Eggmore people in some of the fun. Ihose interested will T,`Jant to keep inmind the last 1.leek-end in Janu,?Lry and. the first week-end ill February.Ihere will be plenty of action gmd abunda,nee of fun but it will beimportaLnt to get an accura'Ge count of ho+vv many iJill want to take part,so the final plans dan be titiade early, thus assuring accommodationsand transportation for all. This, of course, TVJill include young and

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old allk® and the more t,he better.. I`o see all of Beaver Island in tllewint,er..is` truly' a thrilling experience. .Those who feel oertairi they Can nal[e it eii;her or both Week-ends9

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mEDI0AI CENTEpi 1\TE{^rs: ''.A. te.lephone is 5ust a phori.e until you f.iud ouilho.W to use i.'c." Ihe Bea,vet Island ELedioal Center through the lLfindn`?s€`,6f the Aul:illary and the late Ija-wrcnce Garthwal+ue have a new O¢9.mbrid€FElectro-ca,rdiograpli wit`[.I an Interba,se O'able enabling I)octol. O`£lristicto transmit a cardiograph by plugging into a tclcphono.

i:€%¥8e#:I:%Vfo:3££a¥:d3e±:sis[:?rd.±hft::rt°at8:e%:=i¥:€yi%efig%£t°€|||.interprththc c{°,.rdiograpb arid a.dvise I)octor Chris.tie as to treatmoiit or'

:ty:::a::riii:iflfg#¥i%::`ii;c§:%i::¥:ii±:s£:::i:'L:ir:%L!::i:H;:§l{:i:!%EConfirmation by mail. How all on Beaver Island. inay have the samfT,diligent Spec-lalizcd ®are for tbclr hearts a,s ot`Lie,rs get ill C. 0or`ona.I:I

Tnre urge all to conJGrl.outc to the Beaver Island Medical Auxlllc`.ry fora ent er .

their great underta..¢irig in this their first jrc8.r. Ihe President isMrs. Vernon H. Ije.Frenic,rt3 and ttTLe Secretary-Trcasurcr is Mrs. IIawren„1vlcDonou.gh.

4TH OF JuljY: This 4th of July was a groat success with the OivioAssociation netting o.v7.er $300.00.

§#:£ieE:a%:it;h:±§;,ih::e:;+:tiiElia:::.a%¥§i:i:¥&ti:::%:i::i:ScM%¥:c:::;:At dark firei7orks wore displayed at the i,.Ta+uer frorit, which completeded,

a busy da}r.

HOSPIIAL HT0IES: Bob Fu]|eriJong of I)e-'6roit, was flown uu jl+ui,+.. +.-.__Hospital for arppe.LidootoTur`~y shortly after bc arrivc`d on the Island forhis vacpLtlon. Two arc happy to say Bob is ba.clc oil th`e Island again,en3oying ill.,e rest of 'iiit-3 vacation.

OBIILTARIES: 03C,J?L I). (:Iac) :FLO 0Ij||\TT!|O, 71, give fig.lie, owner of ltac'SGa,rage on DiclLcma-fl Road and a, General Motors Corporation lrucTt Salesand Serv-lcc I)(3aler8 died ltonda,y, June 16t'ii a.t the Battle OreeT€ S8.-nit-arium tw`[iero .nc had been a patient one wcelc. lie had been illabout tl^JO' ---- I-^ n"^^mc`hiit.ir. Tmc|. and went to Battle 0reelE in_ _1__ J3"i^4 |in

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his Wife, the for`.nor lv*'rs. Vr~rna Rinoha,rt, 8. daughtr`,i{±git%C%f°£a£:u±c,J8:::T[°%:%.frir%-?dL:::£i%U;#;;r;£c¥:3L.t

ownship .

He is survived bI,'Irs. (Mona lu.[aricGerald (Dprislenof 'Bati:1c` CreekuJ-JJ,+I,u u-\` --__'_Services wcrc held a.b the RoyalRev. Dr. George Scifcrt of the

Chapel, Juno 20th at 10:00 a.in. IkeIjakovicihJ Baptis+u CILiurch Wa.s the oler,Bye

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ms. MARY JOENSI0EN: RErs. Mary Johflstono a. former resident` of BeaverIsland, died Sunday, J.Lily 6th, in Detroit. She is the for.mer l\:aryJohnson and left the Island 50 years ago to move, to Pietroit.lief bod}T wlA,s returned. to Bea,ver Isle.nd Wednesd"L July 9th foi. a fL1`nc:`11 Mass a.t St. Jane.s Churc'L'i on :hursday, July loth, morning.S'Lle Was bur-led i`ii Holy Orof=s Cemetery, wli;h Father Louis lhlreii .off.icif~LJ\;ing ai; tli,e serv.ices.She is survived bar ci Son Ijeonard Jotmston of Grosse Pointo, ri. brotht?r,Peter Johnf?o.f. of I]ast Jordan; tov grandchi].droll and four €,frcai:-grand-children.

ms. LAlm.E110E (Elill)A) -EljLIO'JI: Services for mrs. Ijawrencc (Elida)Elliott, of Boyne City, 67, who died July loth c.t Ijoclav7ood-14L`~cDonaldHospital were held. Ithonda" Juli/ I.4th from the StLLckus Fu-neral Home.Rev. Raymond llcBra.i]nle officiated and interment i7as in Ma,plel.OLwli Oeme-

She wa.s born Elida. Peaine, i.'Iay lstg 1902 on Beaver Island.tery.

±=|±%€% :Ee|8%r;I:£g E:m3±egu±£yig%E+: died in 1929. She mrrlrried |Cr.Survivors include 'GWo sons, James Duley, of I.[e`.n.celona and Charles I)ulc,;r^a Tmrlini. T}i`rf`r. One brothcrrJJacob Peaine C)f Tiisconsin and C'. Sister9_ o o _ _.-_i,.of Indian River. une oruuLii.I.+.uu.uvu ~_ ____Lissa Oompo, of the Upper 1`Ilichigan Penfi.insula.

(BIIjljlE) EVAl{S: Plrs. Phyllis (Billie) Evans, 55e lraverse Hospita.1 on Ju.Lie 29th following a ionln 1912 in Arm Arbt)I, Itichlg,an, the daughter of

passedg -illnes S .Di.. and

Evens family moved to Beaver Isle.nd from Roclcfordo Michi`%`'--..--- _Th`-^y`cll_ TJnmQ.. oharlevo-ix9 Mioh. o,'Li

€%rt2€:: f,%:eE¥%±g :%m±±% #r:i%ae:£e;V-ini-er;1 F+one, oharlcvolxg ivi-iexi. uL_Iuesday, July lst a.nd. Interrment was in the Charlcvoix ®c,mctery.

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RENI)EZVOUS: On July 12t'Li the Great Lakes Cruising Club held a Rendez-Vous on Beaver Isla.ltd, 1r7.ith a'oout 50 boats ln cl.i:i:endance.

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H0mECOItllTG: Sunda.y, Jmqust loth is the date for the Annucul Homecomi.ng

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everyone to put €i decorated floo,t, bieycle, etc. in the Parade. Ijet'smal.£e it the best ever.

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lffis. PHTLlilsaway at IJittlShe w£.s bornMrs. I)epree.

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the Seemi.ngly end.less boxes 8,nd Cartons of "jurik" that I have ,:,1.counluilcr`.ted over the years (I just can't seem to thro.ii.anything:aTh'`JV) , l].SWell as the res.Ily heavy furni.Cure and appliaLncos, and to all 1\7ho lit~,i`-'tSo kindly offered help or 8.ssist8,nee in anfr way.

S'.3 far, the peace cT,nd qu`iet has been ever-/thing that I hope,a I?org I-,}1f``I 1001[ forw.r.rd. i:o each ri`ew day. I even have p,-Art of one bf.,I.ii :f_.cntcd

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lhanks ago.i.11 to cveryonc. I -shall keep you all in iny da,il:7 M`|ss andPr£`Lyer,5.

Fathc.I Edi.Tar(`-I G. I)onahoe

BEJIVER ISLA"I) HISI0RI0Alj SOCIETY: Ihe beaver Is].cind Historical SocietyWill open the prlusoum July aiid A.ugust from 12:30 p..in. to 4;00 p.in.daily t'Luru LL`.bor Da3J-.We have mp.ny more interesting items for the Isla.ncl. people cind visitorsto see,Ijast year we 1.lad over 1390 pQoplc registered to `fr,o through and theyseemed very pleased wli:h our col.lection. Wcrc you one of them?We are -now setting up a. room for the collection ttl,at hip. Iiai`Trence}ei%L±%¥ #:Ei%gr£:8in?°a#±L`L%;sL-%o#:c¥¥::u%i o€%:S fi:%%; i:a:: ¥: 1:%:¥n

interesting.We expect peno-il sl[ctohes of man7 of the first Irish settlers i.7'a.o oami?to Beaver Island fi-om Ireland c`.nd m8.ke their homes hereg 1.Jill bc ondisplay rToon.Playbe many of the Island residents have not notiocd the new beautifulplagues oil the two pieces of ship outside of the ltuseum and we hcl,vccL new one th.at will be installed 8.t the location of tTiie tr,:`.1.ii. wreclc,1r,There David Chase lost his life on Good Friday, 1907. Ibis beautifulengraving i`Jork has been made curd donated JGo Jche Museum by Adcr:JLftEngrcLvers, Inc. c)f I)etro.it, pr.ichigri.n. Ihe comptln}r is owned 'D}r Robertprh Bil.dseye of Grosse Pointe PccLrk, Iv':ichigc\.n a,ltd Robert I. Ooc of I)etnroit, Itichlg8.n a.nd through the assistance of J\.1bert Doebler, of St.0lair Shores, .t\Jho vaccLtions on the Island eo.ch }rec.r, t'Lie pl{J,Sues hc!,vebeen placed on the a.bove -iteins.A.1so, we just aQ.quired cun originc`,i map of I.[ichiL¥,I..fl of 1836, Which isnow on displa.y.We would lil.ce to aslc if there are cmy women on the Island who couldgive your I.IL1,seum 4 hot..rs one d.`i;I a weel{ or more to assi,3t us in thelpv£:I:id:£%'-flo±2c:,iL±n%.¥i8.Tfr£4Tg:```Lfta-£Er:.a.ii%is¥:.¥:fig.::i€go±B3r]i[:a::into

see the greg.i collection of intcres.bins items i}hat hc.ve been placedin the IJluseung 0.nd to mee`G the people who come i:o the lsla.nd.Thy not loolc cLrou`jid your home and see lf you have some items i:hatpertain to the Histor:y of Be:uvei. Isl:`.nd a.-nd do-flate or loci.n it toyour mii.seu-in for us to put oil displa.y.At the last Boo.rd Electing it i.}as voted that all Life Members wouldenter the museum a.t anytime, free, by s'Lioi.'7ing their Ijife prlcmbcrship .ca,rds. Ihe ltuseum aLttendant i^Till ha.ve you register c.s o.life member.

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