Gen 4: Glory Anne Beall
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[Photo courtesy of Suzanne Beall - Aug 2001]

Glory water-skiing at Lake Tahoe - late 1960's

 

[Photo courtesy of Suzanne Beall - Aug 2001]

Glory snow skiing in a race at Squaw Valley - late 1960's

 

 [Photos courtesy of Suzanne Beall - Aug 2001] -- CLICK TO MAKE PICTURES LARGER

Glory racing at Lake Havasu, AZ

 

 

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Glory's antique 1917 Fay and Bowen Launch, named the 'LOON', next to Ross Jr.'s rayson boat 

and Glory in her antique boat, the 'LOON', at Tahoe, with friend John - mid 1990's

 

 

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[Photo courtesy of Suzanne Beall - Aug 2001]

Glory with 'The Cannon' - Fourth of July mid 1990's

 

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Fish picture - Idaho 1999

 

[Photo courtesy of Suzanne Beall - Aug 2001]

Carol and Glory hiking at Saddle Back Lake - Fall 1999

August 2001 Bios

bulletGlory Ann Beall, born 10-17-1946 in San Francisco, CA. She graduated from McClathy High in June of 1965. She attending Sierra College and Majored in Skiing. Worked as a Ski Instructor at North Star and Squaw Valley. She then moved backed to Sacramento in the mid 70's and worked as a promotion director for Arden Fair Shopping Center. In the Late 70's she became property for Fair Mart, Inc. in Yuba City, Ca. She now works for Super Shuttle and also has established a business of selling and buying antique wooden boats.

Glory has been competing in several sports professionally .  She started with water skiing and snow skiing in the 1960's and moved to boat racing in the 1970's.  She currently still races boats.

Glory's hobbies include restoring antique wooden boats.  The first one that she bought, the 1917 Fay and Bowen Launch, which she found in upper state NY, brought it to Tahoe, and spent about 2 years restoring it. Around 1989-1990

 

bulletRacing boats:   [Courtesy of sister Suzanne - Aug 2001]  'My older sister Glory inherited the "bug" for boats from my father.  She used to race our old Chris Craft. Then she purchased a Rayson Craft and had an engine specially built for racing.  She was actually on the pro circuit for a while.  She used to travel back and forth across the U.S. racing her boat.  She raced what they call the endurance races, which was circle racing, for 100 laps, at speeds over 100.  

My Dad and Glory started several events at Tahoe that continue still today.  In the early 70's, they started the "Classic Boat Show" at Chambers Landing at Tahoe.  It continues to this day and is nationally recognized as one of the premiere events for classic boats in the nation.  It started from 15 wood boats of family friends and now has over 100 boats.  It grew from a one-day event to a whole week of events.  In the early 70's, the Beall family donated a silver cup to the Tahoe Yacht Club, to be awarded to the best home restoration of an antique boat.  My dad and sister wanted to make sure there was always a place in the show for home restoration of boats and not just professionals doing the restoration work.

They also started the poker run using boats, which was a time/distance race and best poker hand. You would start off at one pier and proceed to several other piers. You would pick a card at each pier.  There was a prize for the best hand and closest time to preset course time. The Yacht Club still holds this event every summer.

After my father died in 1984, we sold most of the boats.  Glory decided to give up racing and get into something a little slower. She restored a 1917 Fay and Bowen Launch.  She showed it every year in the show until its sale in 1999.  Glory is still active in the Annual Boat show and in several organizations at Tahoe.  Glory was also named the first woman commodore of the Tahoe Yacht Club in the early 80's.  She was also the President of the Northern Chapter of the Antique Classic Boat Society.  She is a current member of the Board of the Tahoe Maritime Museum which just opened their museum at Sugar Pine Point State Park in the old boat garage on the shores of Lake Tahoe.'

 

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