- Date
- circa 1967-04
- Kind
- Opening
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communicationinfrastructurecommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The April 1967 Beaver Beacon published replacement telephone numbers after the March telephone-office fire. It thanked Dick LaFreniere for keeping a portable phone operating during the blackout.
Evidence and limits
This is a newspaper communications notice. It documents a replacement directory, but not installation records, a switchboard report, or the exact date normal service resumed.
Sources
- Publishes replacement telephone numbers and thanks Dick LaFreniere for operating the temporary phone during the blackout; it documents the restored service directory but does not provide installation records, a switchboard report, or exact restoration date.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1967-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published communications notice; it does not expand the source-specific restoration or infrastructure claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1967-04_Beaver-Beacon
Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island telephone service publishes replacement numbers, 1967”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-telephone-service-restored-1967/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1967, “New Telephone Numbers.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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