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M O N T H L Y N E W S B U L L E T I N O F T H E T O R O N T O M A R I N E H I S T O R I C A L Executive Committee J. H. Bascom Roger Chapman Capt. J. Leonard Jay N. Bascom Lorne Joyce G. T u rn e r David Bull W. R. Wilson Editor Jay N. Bascom 100 Whitehall Road Toronto, Ont. M4W 2C7 VOL. XXV - NO. 3 DECEMBER 1992 MEETINGS Friday, January 8th - 8: 00 p. m. at the Museum. Annual Theme Slide Night. Members are invited to bring up to fifteen slides each to illustrate our topic "Casualties". As usual, we expect that the fertile ima­ ginations of our members will run rampant with this topic! Friday, February 5th - 8: 00 p. m. at the Museum. Buck Longhurst, of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, will present an illustrated programme entitled "The History of Tugboats". * * * * * * * THE EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK Our November Meeting was held in the Presentation Room at Carlton Cards, thanks once again to the generosity of our member, Jim Semon, and his com­ pany. The large group in attendance enjoyed three interesting marine videos, presented via our host's excellent viewing facilities. We were greatly encouraged this autumn by the enthusiastic response of our members to our annual membership renewal drive. Our readers' reaction has been extremely gratifying, especially to those Committee members who are in- volved with producing and mailing "Scanner", and those who arrange or chair our regular meetings. Only a few recalcitrants have been tardy in sending us their renewals. If you know of any such procrastinators, or if somebody re­ gularly borrows your copy of "Scanner" to read it rather than joining the Society and getting his/her own copy, please give such persons a good, swift kick in the direction of their chequebooks and the closest mailbox... In the New Member Department, a hearty welcome goes out to Dale Dean, of Port Lambton, Ontario. * * * * * * * AFFILIATED WITH THE MARINE MUSEUM OF UPPER CANADA ISSN 0318-014X