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Beaver Island Fire Auxiliary announces resale-shop opening, 1989

Also BIFDA Resale Shop · 1989 Fire Auxiliary resale shop

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TypeEvent
Date1989-05-15
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1989-05-15
Kind
Opening
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
communitycommercefundraisingemergency-managementcommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Island Fire Auxiliary announced that its resale shop would open in the repaired ground floor of the old livery building on May 15, 1989.

Evidence limits

The notice documents repairs and an announced opening, not a building permit, shop ledger, or later operating record.

Sources

  1. Reports early-April volunteer repairs to the old livery building and announces a May 15 opening and weekly fundraiser. 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 · 1989-04_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eighteen-page April issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1989-04_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Fire Auxiliary announces resale-shop opening, 1989”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-fire-auxiliary-resale-shop-opening-1989/, accessed [date], citing “New location of the B.I.F.D.A. Resale Shop,” Beaver Beacon, April 1989. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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