- Date
- 1959-07
- Kind
- Meeting
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Telephone Company
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communicationtechnologygovernanceeconomycommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The August 1959 Beaver Beacon reports that the Beaver Island Telephone Company had 81 phones in service, compared with an original hope for 25, and that retiring board members were returned to office at the early-July stockholders meeting.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper report, not corporate minutes, a subscriber roll, financial statements, or technical installation records.
Sources
- Reports the early-July stockholders meeting, says the company had grown from an original hope of 25 phones to 81 in service, and says retiring board members were returned to office. It does not provide minutes, a subscriber roll, financial statements, or technical installation records. 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 · 1959-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held five-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the reported telephone count and board result; it does not expand the corporate or service record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1959-08_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Telephone Company reports 81 phones in service, 1959”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-telephone-company-81-phones-1959/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 1959, "TING-A-LING-A-LING!" (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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