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Marine News - c o n t 'd . 5th, 4. whe n she PARI S I E N made the first d o w n b o u n d c o mmercial transit on Apr il passed through bound in ba llast for Sept I l es, Quebec. The state of the ec onomy is evident in the numbe r of vess e l s whi ch w i n t e r e d at Toronto but have not fit te d out this spring. As of the first wee k in May, WINDOC, JAMES NORRIS, SEAWAY QUEEN, C A N A D I A N HU N T E R and SAGUE N A Y r e m a i n e d at the wall, as wel l as the lon gt im e lay-ups CONGAR and HOCH EL AG A. We hope that some of these ships man y see service during 1993. * * * * * RONALD PENNINGTON (1917-1993) It is wit h regret that we report the passing, on M a r c h 18, 1993, at the A l e x a n d e r Marine Hospital, Port of Goderich, Ontario, of Ron al d P e n n i n g ton, a longtim e memb er of the To ronto Marine H i s t o r i c a l Society. Ron P e n n i n g t o n was a lake mari n e r and always was pro ud that his thirty years of sail in g were spent in the old coal- f i r e d ste am er s such as STARBUCK, M A N T A D O C (I), M A R T H A H I N D M A N and PA RKER EVANS. Wit h his con ge ni al manner and ex tensive kn owledge, Ron a c t i v e l y pu rsued the p r e s e r v a t i o n of Great Lakes history, and always was w i l l i n g to c ontribute and to share his k n owledge wit h others. At Goderich, he fr eely c o n t r i b u t e d time and effort to upgr ad e the m e m o rial c e m e t e r y plot ded i c a t e d to the u n k n o w n sailors who came as hore in the Great Stor m of 1913. He also was the dr iving force in the e r e c t i o n of a perman ent memor i a l for Great Storm vict im s who had bee n i n t erred in u n m a r k e d graves at Kin ca rd in e. Thro u g h his efforts, the Mariners' Chu rc h Service continues today as an annual w o r s h i p service. He is survived by his wife Lenna, two sons, four brothers, five g r a n d c h i ldren and six great-gr a n d c h i l d r e n . A r e spected marine h i s t o r i a n and a kind and consid e r a t e sailor, Ron wil l truly be m i s s e d by all his man y friend s and family, to w h o m we ext en d our most sincere condolences. * * * Ed. N o t e : For their assi s t a n c e in p r e p a r i n g this remem br an ce , extend our thanks to Glen Gardi n e r and to Ron Beaupre. * * * * * we wis h to THE G RAND PRIZE W I N N E R At the c o n c l u s i o n of the p r o gramme at our Apr il Meeting, we g a t hered up all of the tickets w h i c h our m e m b e r s had pur c h a s e d in the dra w for a trip for four perso ns during 1993 aboard a Great Lakes Bulk Carri e r s freighter, and p lac ed them in a fishtank. They were dul y mixed and the w i n n i n g ticket was d ra wn by Capt. Gre g Leigh, throu gh whose kind effor ts the d o n a t i o n of the trip had bee n a r r a n g e d as a fund-r a i s e r for T. M . H . S. We are ind ee d plea s e d to F A I R W E A T H E R , of Toronto. an nounce that our Gra nd Prize Winne r is HO W A R D We not ed that H o w a r d was i m m e d i a t e l y swa rm ed by w e l l w i s h e r s - some of who m a p p e ared to be attempting to arr an ge vacat i o n plans! We s i ncerely cong r a t u l a t e H o w a r d and we hope that he enjoy s his trip. We w ould like to thank all those memb er s who p u r c h a s e d tickets in the draw, which rai sed almost two thou sa nd doll ar s to help de f r a y the cost of p r o d u c i n g "Scanner" for the members. We also ext en d since re thanks to Great Lakes Bulk C a r riers Inc. for its g e n e r o s i t y in d o n a t i n g the trip to the b e nefit of the Society, and to Capt. Gre g Lei gh for s u g g e s t i n g the idea and a t t e n d i n g to the n e c e s s a r y arran ge me nt s. * * * * *