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 S O C I E T Y Editor J ay N. Bascom 100 W hitehall Road Toronto, Ont. M 4 W 2C7 Capt. J. Leonard G. Tu rn er W. R. Wilson VOL. XXVI - NO. 2 MEETINGS N O V E M B E R 1993 Friday, Friday, D e c ember 3rd - 8: 00 p . m. at the Museum. Gordon Turner and Jay B asc om will present "A Camera at Sea", a prog ramme of slides taken from the 50s to the 80s by our late member, C. A. Lorriman. J a n u a r y 8th - 8 : 00 p. m. at the Museum. Ann u a l Theme Slide Night. Membe rs are invited to bring up to 15 slides each to illustrate "Ships in Public Service", w h i c h could be g overnment ferries and tugs, naval and coast guard vessels, transports and supply boats, etc., limited only by the bounds of members' imaginations! PLEASE NOTE CAREFULLY THE DATE OF THIS MEETING - FRIDAY, JANUARY 8. * * * * * * * THE EDITO R ' S N O T E B O O K You may be w o n d e r i n g wh ether you r e m e m b e r e d to renew your m e m b e r s h i p in T. M . H . S. for the 1993-1994 season. Not to worry! If you receive this issue, then your m e m b e r s h i p is fully paid up and in good standing. If, however, any of your friends me nt i o n that they have not r e c eived an issue of " S c a n ner" since October, you might m e n t i o n that the sending of a renewal to our C hie f Purser would put them back on the T . M . H . S. m a i l i n g list! The October Me et i n g was a great deal of fun as usual, as our members p r es en te d photos reminiscent of their summer s h i p w a t c h i n g acti vities (no par ti cu la r year s p e c i f i e d ! ). Our sincere thanks to all who participated, and es pe c i a l l y to Roger Chapman who served as p r o j e c t i o n i s t par excellence. In the New Me m b e r D e p a r t m e n t , a he art y w e l c o m e goes out to John M. Cameron, of St. Cat harines, to Donald Casselman, of Wi lliamsburg, Ontario, and to Pa tri ck Chambers, of Ma ckinac Island, Michigan. * * * * * * * AFFILIATED WITH THE M AR IN E M U S E U M OF UPPER C A N A D A ISSN 0 3 1 8 -0 1 4X