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Beaver Island public telephone moves to Gillespie’s Sales and Service, 1956

Also 1956 Beaver Island public telephone relocation

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TypeEvent
Date1956-07
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1956-07
Kind
Announcement
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
communicationcommunitytechnology
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The July 1956 Beaver Beacon reports that Beaver Island’s public telephone had moved to Gillespie’s Sales and Service.

Evidence and limits

The notice documents a change in the public communication point. It does not provide a move date, telephone-company record, service hours, subscriber data, or a complete communications history.

Sources

  1. Reports that the public telephone had been moved to Gillespie’s Sales and Service. It does not provide the move date, telephone-company records, service hours, subscriber data, or a full communications history. 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 · 1956-07_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held five-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published telephone notice; it does not expand the communications or service record.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1956-07_Beaver-Beacon

Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island public telephone moves to Gillespie’s Sales and Service, 1956”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-public-telephone-moves-1956/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 1956, “The Public Telephone.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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