- Date
- circa 1968-08
- Kind
- Opening
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- commercecommunityhousing
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The August 1968 Beaver Beacon reported that Mrs. Lawrence McDonough opened the Green Acres coin-operated Laundromat next to her home on King’s Highway. It had four washers and three dryers, stayed open until 11 p.m., and offered coffee, doughnuts, parking, and playground equipment; a dry-cleaning machine was planned.
Evidence and limits
This is a newspaper business-opening notice. It does not provide a license, ownership record, or later operating history.
Sources
- Reports four washers, three dryers, evening hours, coffee and doughnuts, a children's playground, and future dry-cleaning plans; it does not provide a business license, ownership record, or later operating history.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1968-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held six-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published business opening notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1968-08_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Green Acres Laundromat opens on Beaver Island, 1968”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-green-acres-laundromat-opening-1968/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 1968, “Green Acres Laundromat.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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