| Category: |
Archives -> Document Boxes: Archives
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| Donor: |
Scott Burrow |
| Location: |
Document Room -> Document Boxes -> W-1 W-1
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| Accession Number: |
2011.154.01
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| Name of Object: |
Billy and Bea Walsh information
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| Description: |
Bea and Billy Walsh were entertainers who visited troops during WWII. They were killed over the Pacific Ocean during a return trip Feb. 5, 1948. Their bodies were never found. Eddie Tallman was the tour manager for their vaudville shows and manager of a theater in Chicago. Joan Burrow's(donors mother of 7128 Park Ave in Pentwater) mother owns a cottage at Pentwater that was built and used by Eddie Tallman. These pages of information are about the Walsh couple and their travels. - doc Box W - folder-Bea and Billy Walsh
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| History: |
The Bass Lake Community donated a plaque which is attached to a stone by a white pine tree near the Chapel. This was given in memory of Bea and Billy Walsh prior to 1991.
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| Condition: |
Excellent
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| Height: |
11 inches |
| Width: |
8.5 inches
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