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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 Editor Jay N. Bascom 100 Whitehall Road Toronto, Ont. M4W 2C7 Capt. J. Leonard G. T urner W. R. Wilson VOL. X X V - NO. 9 MEETINGS M I D - S U M M E R 1993 Friday, O c t o b e r 1st - 8: 00 p. m. at the Museum. Annual Autumn Slide Night. Memb e r s are invited to bring up to fifteen slides each to i l l u s trate their summer s h i p -watching activities. Rampant imaginations are, as always, welcomed. * * * * * * * THE EDITOR'S N O T E B O O K We hope that our members have en joyed a pleasant, warm and ship-full summer and that the absence of "Scanner" for a few months has not been too d i f f i cult a burden to bear! Your Editor has most certainly en joyed his v a c ation from the typewriter, but now we are here w ith our M i d - S u m m e r issue, and the October nu m b e r will not be far behind. Our sincere thanks to those who have kept us s u p plied with marine news during the summer months. M E M B E R S H I P FEES FOR THE 1993-1994 SEASON AR E N O W DUE A N D P A Y A B L E . Yes, once again, it is time to renew your support of the Toro n t o Marine Histo r i c a l Society. Thanks to special fun d-raising a c tivities du r i n g the past season, there is no need for us to consider any change in m e m b e r s h i p fees, which remain at $ 2 5 . 00 per annum. We are r e q u e s t i n g your renewals at this time, and w ould ask that you send your payment to our C h i e f Purser, u sing the renewal form e n c losed wit h this issue. The October issue is the last that will be sent to those who do not renew, so please remit as soon as p o s sible. We look forward to he aring from you very soon. In the N e w M e m b e r D e p a r t m e n t , a hearty we lcome goes out to Luc Srigault, Niagara Falls, Ontario, and to W i l l i a m C. Reckin, of Wiarton, Ontario. * * * * * * * of AFFILIATED WITH THE MARINE MUSEUM OF UPPER CANADA ISSN 0318-014X