MONTHLY NEWS BULLETIN OF THE T O R O N T O Executive Committee J. H. Bascom Jay N. Bascom David Bull Roger Chapman Lorne Joyce M A R I N E H I S T O R I C A L SOCIETY Editor Jay N. Bascom 100 Whitehall Road Toronto, Ont. M 4W 2C7 Capt. J. Leonard G. Tu rn er VOL. XXIII - NO. 1 MEETINGS OCTOBER 1990 Friday, Frid a y , N o v e m b e r 2 n d - 8 : 00 p . m. at the M us eum . Our P r o g r a m m e C h a i r ma n, G o r d o n T u r n e r , w i l l g ive an i l l u s t r a t e d p r e s e n t a t i o n e n t i t l e d "The C h a n g i n g S c e n e in E u r o p e a n S h i p p i n g " , b e i n g a s u r v e y of r e c e n t d e v e l o p m e n t s in v a r i o u s types of v e s s e l o p e r a t i o n s . D e c e m b e r 7th - 8 : 00 p . m. at the M us eum . P r o g r a m m e to be a n n o u n c e d . P l e a s e w a t c h the N o v e m b e r " S c a n n e r " for c o m p l e t e d et ail s. * * * * * * THE EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK M E M B E R S H I P R E N E W A L S F O R T H E 1 9 9 0 - 1 9 9 1 S E A S O N A R E N O W D U E A N D P A Y A B L E . Our n e w s e a s o n b e g i n s in O c t o b e r a nd we ho pe that all of our loyal m e m b e r s wi ll r e n e w for the c o m i n g y ea r . Fees r e m a i n at $ 1 8 . 00 per annum, an d as we c an n o t m a i l out i n d i v i d u a l b i l l i ng s, we w o u l d a p p r e c i a t e r e c e i v i n g an ea rly r e m i t t a n c e , a d d r e s s e d to ou r C h i e f Purse r, W i l l i a m R. W i ls on , 173 G l e n r o s e A ve n u e , T o r o n t o , O n t a r i o M 4 T 1K7. In m os t cases, m e m b e r s h i p cards for those who h a v e r e n e w e d w i l l be m a i l e d w i t h the next " S c a n n e r " a f te r fees are received. T H I S IS T H E L A S T I S S U E T H A T W I L L BE S E N T T O T H O S E W H O DO N O T R E N E W . We s i n c e r e l y t h a n k a ll those who a l r e a d y have sent their pa ym ent . The attention of the members is respectfully S t a t e m e n t w h i c h is c o n t a i n e d in this issue. In it on the f i n a n c i a l h e a l t h of our S o c i e t y and it i n c r e a s e w i l l be n e c e s s a r y n e xt year. P le as e read drawn to the Financial our C h i e f P u r s e r r e po rt s is c o n c l u d e d that a fee the r e p o r t c a r e f u l l y . Tu r n e r E ug en e In the N e w M e m b e r D e p a r t m e n t , a h e a r t y w e l c o m e goes out to D o u g l a s of S a r n i a , O n t a r i o , to Rev. D a v i d B r a d f o r d of T h u n d e r Bay, and to F e l t y of B r i g h t o n , M i c h i g a n . AFFILIATED WITH T H E M AR IN E M U S E U M OF UPPER C A N A D A ISSN 0318-014X