- Dates
- 1961-06-28 – 1961-06-29
- Kind
- Meeting
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Participants
- Joe Dillingham (host)
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Telephone Company
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- economycommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
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
- 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.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1961-07_Beaver-Beacon
- The held seven-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1961-07_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Telephone Company hosts Michigan Independent Telephone Association district meeting, 1961”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/michigan-independent-telephone-association-meeting-beaver-island-1961/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 1961, “BITCO News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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