Summary
The Beaver Island Telephone Company hosted a Michigan Independent Telephone Association district meeting on June 28–29, 1961. The July report says 51 people formed the main group and records demonstrations, films, and a roughly $40 park fund donation from surplus collected for the meeting.
Evidence and limits
The issue does not preserve minutes, a complete attendee roster, or the meeting’s financial accounting beyond the reported donation.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, July 1961, “BITCO News.”Reports a district meeting of the Michigan Independent Telephone Association hosted by the Beaver Island Telephone Company, with a principal group of 51 and members of 13 operating and accounting services. It describes films by Rogers Carlisle, a direct-dialing trouble-tracing demonstration, and an Operation Abolition film. Joe Dillingham donated approximately $40 in package-deal surplus to the Chief Antoine Park fund; the article does not provide minutes or a full attendee list.