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Summary
The Beaver Island Telephone Company was the local telephone company named in an October 1963 service-expansion notice. The notice invited anyone interested in telephone service anywhere on Beaver Island to contact manager Erwin C. Martin and records an annual stockholders meeting.
Evidence and limits
The source does not provide incorporation records, subscriber counts, exchange technology, ownership, or a complete operating chronology. The company record therefore remains source-qualified to the 1963 notice.
See also
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, October 1963, “Telephone Anyone?”Announces the Beaver Island Telephone Company's plans to expand service anywhere on Beaver Island, names Erwin C. Martin as manager, and records an annual stockholders meeting; it does not establish incorporation, network extent, or later service history.
- Beaver Beacon, November 1971, “The Beaver Island Medical Center.”Reports that the Island Telephone Company increased circuits to Petoskey, enabling Medical Center ECG tracings to be transmitted to heart stations; it does not document the technical system, date of installation, or service agreement.
- Beaver Beacon, August 1960, telephone-company notice.Reports the July 8, 1960 annual meeting and says the board and officers were unchanged; it does not name them or preserve minutes.
- Beaver Beacon, November 1960, telephone-company notice.Reports preparation for a new switchboard that arrived October 31; it does not supply installation, technical, directory, or service records.
- Beaver Beacon, December 1960, telephone-company notice.Announces January 12, 1961 service, new subscriber numbers, and the need for additional Petoskey trunking before direct-distance dialing. It does not supply installation, technical, directory, or service records.
- Beaver Beacon, January 1961, “Beaver Island Telephone Company News.”Reports the new switchboard installed, new directories being issued with changed subscriber numbers, and the published monthly, seasonal, and installation rates. It does not supply a directory copy, subscriber list, technical specifications, or proof of direct-distance dialing.
- Beaver Beacon, August 1961, “BITCO News.”Reports the first long-distance direct-dialing call received on the Island, a test call by Donavon A. Langford Jr. of Indiana Bell, and area code 616. It does not provide switch logs, equipment details, or a service rollout record.