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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 rner W. R. Wilson VOL. XXVI - NO. 9 MEETINGS Friday, MID-SUMMER 1994 October 7th - 8: 00 p. m. at the Museum. Annual Autumn Slide Night. Members are invited to bring up to fifteen slides each to illus trate their summer sh ip-watching activities. Rampant flights of imagination are, as always, welcomed! * * * * * * * THE EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK We hope that our readers have enjoyed a pleasant summer, filled with in teresting ships, and that the absence of "Scanner" for a few months has not created too much hardship. Your Editor has been most grateful for the respite from the typewriter, but now here we are with the Mid-Summer issue and the October issue will not be far behind. Our sincere thanks to those who kept us so well supplied with marine news during the summer months. MEMBERSHIP FEES FOR THE 1994-1995 SEASON ARE NOW DUE AND P A Y A BL E . Once again, it is time to renew your support of the Toronto Marine Historical Society. We have been able to hold the line on costs, and fees remain at $25. 00 per annum. We request your renewals at this time, and would ask that you send your payment to our Chief Purser, using the renewal form enclosed with this issue. The October issue will be the last sent to those who do not renew, so please remit as soon as possible. We look forward to hearing from you very soon. In the New Taylor, of fornia. Member Department, a hearty welcome goes out to Capt. John M. Parry Sound, and to Raymond Ouderkirk, of Santa Monica, Cali * * * * * * * AFFILIATED WITH THE M ARINE M U S EU M OF UPPER C A N A D A ISSN 0318-014X