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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 S O C I E T Y Editor Jay N. Bascom 100 Whitehall Road Toronto, Ont. M4W 2C7 Capt. J. Leonard G. Turner W. R. Wilson VOL. XXIII - NO. 5 MEETI N G S F E B R U A R Y 1991 Fr Friday, Friday, M a r c h 1st - 8 : 00 p . m. at the Museum. Annual Video Night. We will have several interesting marine videos for the members' enjoyment, including ones feat uring BENSON FORD (I) and SOUTH AMERICAN. We hope to try new viewing equipment. Please plan to attend. April 5th - 8 : 00 p. m. at the Museum. Programme to be Announced. Please watch for details in the M arch issue. * * THE EDITOR'S N O T E B O O K Our January Me et i n g featured our annual theme slide presentation. This time, members showed slides interpreting the theme "Before and After". As usual, a wide variety of material resul ted and we were treated to some excellent photos. An en joyable evening was had by all in attendance, and we thank all those who participated. The Annual Dinner Meet i n g will be held at the Ship Inn, in the Marine Museum of Upper Canada, on Saturday, M a y 1 1 t h . Our speaker for the occasion will be member Robert J. MacDonald, of Erie, Pennsylvania. Please mark the date on your calendar and watch for full details in the March issue. We should like to express our sincere thanks to all of the many members who par t i c i p a t e d in the p r e p a r a t i o n of our annual lay-up listing which appears in this issue. The names of those who c o l lected inform a t i o n for us a c c o m p a nies the listing, but a special "Front Page Thank You" seems appropriate. In the Ne w Me m b e r D e p a r t m e n t , a hearty Toronto, to D. H. Thorne of Goderich, Capt. Greg Leigh of St. Catharines. welcome goes out to Jean Ouellet to Ma arten Dake of Toronto, and of to AFFILIATED WITH THE MARINE MUSEUM OF UPPER CANADA