E xecutive C o m m itte e J. H. Bascom Jay N. Bascom David Bull Roger Chapman Lorne Joyce Capt. J. Leonard G. T urner W. R. Wilson Editor Jay N. Bascom 100 Whitehall Road Toronto, Ont. M4W 2C7 VOL. XXVII - NO. 4 MEETINGS FEBRUARY 1995 M a r c h 3rd - 8: 00 p. m. at the Museum. Capt. A lain Gin dr oz will present views of the ships in w h i c h he has sai le d dur in g his 18 years on the lakes, their cargoes and the ports they have served. Friday, A pril 7th - 8: 00 p. m. at the Museum. Ala n Sykes will pre se nt a pr og ramme illu s t r a t i n g the trans it io ns in the U . S. lake fleets over the 40 years from the 1950s to the 1990s. Saturday, M a y 20th - Please set this evening aside for the A n n u a l Dinner Meeting, to be held aboa rd JADRAN. Wat ch for full de tails in the March issue of "Scanner". Friday, THE EDITOR'S N O T E B O O K The Ja nuary M e e t i n g was ver y wel l attended. The snow di dn't stop our m e m bers but did cut d r a s t i c a l l y the public atte nd an ce at the nea r b y Boat Show, thus leav in g lots of pa rking spaces for T. M . H . S.! Our thanks to all who brought or sent slides for our theme show, and our ap ologies to those w ho se slides could not be shown because we ran short of time. We should note that me mbers could assist us on open slide nig ht s by having their slides rea dy in trays before the start of the meeting, and by keeping their comments about each slide to a very short duration. The Case of the M i s s i n g P h o topage - S o l v e d : Our trusty p h o topage printer, Bas Headford, of Minett Print i n g & Photographic, is now back to wo rk after his recent surgery, and thus not onl y do we have a re gular p h o t o page wit h this issue, but we also are e n closing (loose) the A . M c V I T T I E photo pa ge to be inserted into the Jan ua ry issue. We thank the me mbers for AFFILIATED WITH THE MARINE MUSEUM OF UPPER CANADA ISSN 0318-014X