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Betty Beeby honored for contributions to Michigan history

November 9, 2008

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The Historical Society of Michigan awarded its 2008 State History Award for Distinguished Volunteer Service to Eastport’s Betty Beeby, citing her work as an illustrator, muralist, author, preservationist and co-founder of the Wilkinson Homestead Historical Society.  (Readers of Torch Lake Views know that’s not the half of it.  Betty’s greatest contributions to Michigan history lie ahead, […]

Letters from Katherine: Who knew Aunt Betty was a biker?

August 15, 2008

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The entire Pearl/Beeby/Bretz/Berst clan is en fête this week, as Norton and Mary Lee’s son is getting married.  It’s possible the population of the township has doubled.  In any case, the general atmosphere of merrymaking has led to unexpected consequences, and this Letter from Katherine:  Gerry, We all know and love Aunt Betty (Beeby) but few of us […]

Dedicated to the future: Community Services Building opens

July 5, 2008

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The place to be on Saturday June 28 was over at the new township hall – ahem, the Community Services Building – for the dedication, ribbon cutting and open house. For once we had some pretty weather, and it was an entirely festive afternoon. You can read all about it in all the weeklies hereabouts. […]

Betty’s Bench

May 27, 2008

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Everyone who knows her – or who read about Betty Beeby on the occasion of her 85th birthday – knows about the bench she commissioned for the Pearl family section in Lakeview Cemetery.   Blacksmith Art Brown translated Betty’s design into wrought iron at his studio at Torch Tip Ironworks.  In April I dropped by to see the work in progress, and […]

Betty Beeby’s Sturdy Stable Artist’s Fables

April 10, 2008

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When I first started coming to Eastport I met Jane and Salo Suwalsky.  “You’ll like my mother,” Jane said when she learned I was a writer.  “She’s an illustrator.  Her name is Betty Beeby.”  That, I thought, is a great name.  I went to meet Betty, and began a whole series of adventures. 

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