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Beaver Lodge opens a public summer laundry-mat, 1963

Also Beaver Lodge laundry-mat 1963

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TypeEvent
Date1963-05
Withinplace/beaver-lodge
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1963-05
Kind
Opening
Where
place/beaver-lodge
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
commercetourismcommunity
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place/beaver-lodge

Summary

The May 1963 Beaver Beacon reports Beaver Lodge leasing and operating a public laundry-mat for the summer, managed by Olive Dillingham.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper business notice. It does not provide a lease, hours, rates, or operating records.

Sources

  1. Reports that Beaver Lodge leased the laundry-mat for public summer operation, with Olive Dillingham as manager.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1963-05_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held six-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published business notice; it does not provide a lease, hours, or operating ledger.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1963-05_Beaver-Beacon

Added 8 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Lodge opens a public summer laundry-mat, 1963”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-laundry-mat-opening-1963/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1963, “Laundry-Mat Opens.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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