- Date
- 1988-11
- Kind
- Announcement
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communicationcommerceinfrastructurecommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The November 1988 Beaver Beacon announced planned cable television for St. James and Ken and Judy Taylor’s purchase and renovation plans for the Beachcomer.
Evidence limits
Both items are plans and announcements; the issue does not establish service activation, final ownership filings, or the completed kitchen and menu.
Sources
- Reports planned St. James cable service by Christmas with 15–18 channels and two pay channels; Curt Petrak as service technician; and Ken and Judy Taylor’s purchase of the Beachcomer, with a kitchen addition and expanded menu planned for Memorial Day opening. 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 · 1988-11_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eighteen-page November issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and preserves the cable and business notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1988-11_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Cable television and new Beachcomer ownership are announced for St. James, 1988”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-cable-tv-beachcomer-ownership-change-1988/, accessed [date], citing Cable TV and Beachcomer notice, Beaver Beacon, November 1988. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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