Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Scanner, v. 23, no. 1 (October 1990), p. 6

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Financial Statement - cont'd. no matter how 6. " d i ff i cu lt " are see ms ab le to p r o d u c e a s a t i s f a c t o r y resul t the p h o t o s w i t h w h i c h we a sk him to work. In a d d i t i o n , on b e h a l f of the E x e c u t i v e C o m m i t t e e and all of the m em be rs of T . M . H . S., we should like to e x pr es s our thanks to our T r e a su re r, Bill Wil s o n, for his c o n t i n u i n g e f fo rt s in l oo ki ng a ft er our funds and the books. We s h o u l d a l so r e c o g n i z e the w o r k of our Se cr eta ry, Jo hn H. Bascom, the k e e p e r of the p o s t a g e m eter, and the c o - o r d i n a t o r of c o r r e s p o n d e n c e , "Sc a n n e r " m a i l i n g s , etc. We are most grateful. * * * * * THE "S C A N N E R " SCHEDULE Eac h su mm er , we get m a n y l e t t ers e n q u i r i n g as to wh y m e m b e r s have not r e c e i v e d all the s um m e r i s s u e s of "Scanner". This o c c ur s d es pi te our notes in the M a y i s s u e w h i c h i n d i cat e w h e n the next "Sc anner" wi ll appear. Per h a p s this w o u l d be a g o od time to r e v i e w our p u b l i s h i n g s ch e d u l e in ord er that m e m b e r s m a y save th e m s e l v e s w r i t e r ' s cramp and p o s t a g e in w r i t i n g to us to e n q u i r e a b o u t the w h e r e a b o u t s of n o n - e x i s t e n t issues. Our p u b l i s h i n g y ea r b e g i n s in Octo ber , at w h ic h time m e m b e r s h i p fees are due. We p r e s e n t " S c a n n e r " m o n t h l y d u r i n g the p e r i o d O ct o b e r th r o u g h May. The r e th en is a h i a t u s a nd the last issue for the m e m b e r s h i p year ap pe ars at w h a t we cal l M i d - S u m m e r ; that is sue m a y go out in Au gus t or in e ar ly Sep t e m b e r , a c c o r d i n g to the E di t o r ' s p e r s o n a l v a c a t i o n schedule. Thus, t he re are o n ly n i ne i s s ue s of " Sc ann er " per year, and e v e r y o n e who is paid up for the s ea so n will a u t o m a t i c a l l y r ec ei ve all nine. A c c o r d i n g l y , ther e is no n e e d to w r it e to ask w he re the June or Ju l y issue mig h t be, b e c a u s e ther e i sn ' t one! Ple a s e r e m e m b e r that y o u r E d i to r w o rk s for a livin g and pr od u c e s "Scanner" on a v o l u n t e e r b a s i s in his spare time (when he can find some). He does not r e c e i v e a n y c o m p e n s a t i o n for p r o d u c i n g "Sc ann er " and s i m p l y tries s om e h o w to fit it into his life and schedule. S o m e t i m e s he su cc e e d s and som e t i m e s he d o es not. M e m b e r s m i g h t re fer to the it em in this issue c o n c e r n i n g our r e c e n t b a t t l e s wit h a r e c a l c i t r a n t t y p e w r i t e r to see w h y t he M i d - S u m m e r i s s ue was d e l a y e d this year. A nd p l e a s e r e m e m b e r that y o ur m e m b e r s h i p fees are onl y due and p ay abl e w he n we a d v is e y o u to that e f fec t in "Scanner". If we don't ask for fee pay m e n t s , the n y o u m a y a s s u m e that they are not due u n ti l we do ask you. Ev e r y o n e ' s fees co me due at the same time (in Oc to be r) , and we wi ll let you k n o w e ac h y e a r w h e n it is time to pay. All we ask is that y o u read the n ot i c e s w h i c h a p p e a r on the front page of "Sc anner", w h e re such thin gs as r en e w a l n o t i c e s , etc., a l w a y s appear. * * * * * QUIZ ANSWERS 1. - 1 936 V E S S E L P A S S A G E S F iv e sh ips s ti l l a f l o a t - C . W. CAD WEL L, R OB ER T W . E. B U N S E N (MARQUIS ROEN), E D W I N T. D O U G L A S S ( P . S. BA RGE NO. 1), P RE SQ UE ISLE (E. M. FORD) and R I D E A U L I T E ( N I A G A R A II). L o s s e s by e n e m y a c t i o n - A L B E R T C. FIELD, JAC K and TREVISA. (DU ND AS O X F O R D d id not r e t u r n but they wer e not losses to the e n e m y . ) Victims of the 19 48 Collision - J. P. M O R G A N JR. and CRETE. and 2. 3. 4. V e s s e l s lost by a c c i d e n t - We c o u n t e d H E N R Y C. DARYAW, EM PEROR, D A N I E L J. M O R R E L L a nd her s i s t e r E D W A R D Y. TO WN SE ND, the latt er lost d u r i n g a s c r a p tow on the Atlantic. We m i s s e d ( ! ! ! ) G R A I N M O T O R and TR AN SI TE R, lost on sa lt w a t e r as A N D Y and W I T S U P P L Y , r es pe ct i v e l y . hop e that y o u e n j o y e d our quiz and got all the a n s w e r s correct. We * * * * *

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