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Gil Bailey starts Beaver Island trash-pickup service, 1969

Also 1969 Beaver Island trash pickup service

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TypeEvent
Date1969-05
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
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Event
Date
1969-05
Kind
Business
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
commercepublic-servicecommunity
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Gil Bailey announced a regular Beaver Island trash-pickup and light-hauling service in May 1969.

Evidence and limits

The notice does not provide rates, a service area, or later business records.

Sources

  1. Announces that Gil Bailey is starting a regular trash-pickup and light-hauling service and gives a telephone number; it does not provide rates, a service area, or later business records.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1969-05_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published new-business notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1969-05_Beaver-Beacon

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Gil Bailey starts Beaver Island trash-pickup service, 1969”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-trash-pickup-service-1969/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1969, “New Business.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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