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Kay Hartzel opens a St. James beauty shop, 1967

Also Curley Kay Hartzel beauty shop opening

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Locator map: Saint James highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at Saint JamesLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
TypeEvent
Datecirca 1967-08
WithinSaint James
ErasModern era
On this page
Locator map: Saint James highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at Saint JamesLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
Event
Date
circa 1967-08
Kind
Opening
Where
Saint James
Participants
Curley Hartzell
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
commercecommunity
Within
Saint James

Summary

The August 1967 Beaver Beacon announced that Mrs. Curley “Kay” Hartzel had opened a beauty shop beside her home in St. James. The paper described it as a needed island business and expected her to be busy throughout the year.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper opening notice. It does not provide a license, lease, or complete operating history.

Sources

  1. Announces the opening of Mrs. Curley “Kay” Hartzel's beauty shop next to her home in St. James and describes it as a needed year-round island business; it does not provide a business license, lease, or operating history.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1967-08_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held six-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published business opening notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1967-08_Beaver-Beacon

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Kay Hartzel opens a St. James beauty shop, 1967”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-kay-hartzell-beauty-shop-opening-1967/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 1967, “To Day’s for Curls.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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