M O N T H L Y NEWS BULLETIN OF THE T O R O N T O Executive C om m ittee 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 u rn er W. R. Wilson VOL. XXVI MEETI N G S O C T O B E R 1993 N o v e m b e r 5th - 8 : 00 p. m. at the Conference Room, Ca rlton Cards. A nnu al Video Night. We will have several marine video prese n t a t i o n s for your enjoyment. See Page Two for dire ctions to the meeting. Friday, D e c e m b e r 3rd - 8 : 00 p. m. at the Museum. Gordon Turner and Jay Ba sco m will present "A Camera at Sea", a prog ramme of slides, m a i n l y deep-sea passenger vessels, taken from the 1950s to the 1980s by our late member, C. A. Lorriman. * * * * * * * THE EDITOR'S N O T E B O O K M E M B E R S H I P FEES FOR THE 1 9 93-1994 SEA S O N AR E N O W DUE A N D P A Y A B L E . Fees for our new season remain at the same $ 2 5 . 00 level as last year, and entitle me mbers to receive nine issues of "Scanner" and to attend our mont h l y e n t e rtainment meetings, October through May. With our M i d - S u m m e r Issue, we ma i l e d a renewal form for the use of me mbers in r e a f f i r m i n g their support of T. M . H . S., and we hope that you used that form to remit your fees to our Treasurer. If you did not, please send your remi ttance as soon as possib le to W i l l i a m R. Wilson, 173 Gl enrose Avenue, Toronto, On tario M4T 1K7. We r e gret to advise that this is the last issue that will be sent to those who do not re new their support. Won't you please join those who al re ady have sent us their dues for the new season? Thank you. Please look inside this issue for financ ial p o s i t i o n of the Society. our annual Treasurer's Report on the Friday, This issue begins the 26th volume of our publication. It also is the 25th volume p r o d u c e d under the e d it orship of Y . T. We have enjo y e d b r i nging you "Scanner" m o n t h by month as the years have passed, but we w ould be remiss AFFILIATED WITH THE MARINE MUSEUM OF UPPER CANADA ISSN 0318-014X