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MONTHLY NEWS BULLETIN OF THE T O R O N T O Executive Committee 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 urn er W. R. Wilson VOL. X X V - NO. 4 M E E TINGS J A N U A R Y 1993 Friday, Friday, F e b r u a r y 5th - 8 : 00 p. m. at the Museum. Buck Longhurst, of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, will present an i l l u s trated prog ra mm e enti tl ed "The H i s t o r y of Tugboats". Plan to at tend this special event. M a r c h 5th - 8: 00 p. m. at the Museum. Roger Chapman, our p h o t o grapher extra or di na ir e, will prese nt an ev ening of views of old lake ships. W atch for further de tails in the F e b r u a r y issue. * * * * * * * THE EDITOR'S N O T E B O O K Those present at our De cember Me eting were re galed by the remin i s c e n c e s of Bob Clark, pres id en t of St. Lawrence Cruise Lines Inc. This ra co nteur supreme fasci n a t e d all of us wi th his stories of the gr ounding of C A N ADIAN EMPRE SS on her m a i d e n cruise up the Rideau River, and his e v e n t u a l l y s u c cessful effor ts to pry the future V I C T O R I A N EMPRE SS out of the Alas k a n clutch es of the Exx on org an iz at io n. We s i n cerely thank Bob for com in g from K i n g s t o n to speak with us, and we hop e that he will ret ur n at a future date to tell us more of his great anecdotes. As we head into a New and, we hope, Happ i e r Year, 1993, we wis h to ex tend sincere thanks to all those who have kept us suppl ie d wi th a steady flow of m ar in e news and clippings during the past year. Your effor ts are muc h a p p r e ciated even though, as you know, we cannot reply ind i v i d u a l l y to each letter. We hope that we may count on your support and assi st an ce again in 1993, and that more of our memb er s will join the ranks of our regular cor re sp on de nt s. It is the active p a r t i c i p a t i o n of our me mbers that enables us to keep p r o d u c i n g this p u b l i c a t i o n for your enjoy me nt and edification. * * * * * * * AFFILIATED WITH THE MARINE MUSEUM OF UPPER CANADA ISSN 0318-014X