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M O N T H L Y NEWS BULLETIN OF THE T O R O N T O Executive C o m m ittee Jay N. Bascom R. F. Beaupre David Bull Roger Chapman Lorne Joyce Capt. J. Leonard M A R I N E H I S T O R I C A L Editor Ja y N. Bascom 100 W hitehall Road Toronto, Ont. M 4 W 2C7 Capt. G. O uderkirk G. Tu rn er W. R. Wilson VOL. XXVIII - NO. 3 ME E TINGS D E C E M B E R 1995 Friday, Friday, J a n u a r y 5th - 8 : 00 p. m. at the Museum. Annual Theme Slide Night. Members are invited to bring up to 15 slides each to illustrate the theme " l c e " . We leave it to our members to think of i m a g i n a tive inte r p r e t a t i o n s of this topic. F e b r u a r y 2nd - 8: 00 p. m. at the Museum. You have seen views of na v i g a t i o n on the M i s s i s s i p p i and Ohio Rivers. Come along as Bill Wilson and Jay Ba s c o m present "Stea m b o a t i n g on Some Other Rivers" and see ships and shipping on such rivers as the Cumberland, T e n nessee, Arkansas, Illinois and St. Croix Rivers, plus a few more. * * * * * * THE E D I T O R ' S L O G B O O K All those present at the N o v ember Meet i n g at Carlton Cards enjoyed an u n usual but fascin a t i n g s e l ection of movies and videos. We thank the donors for the films, Carlton for its hospitality, and all those on the C o m m i t tee involved in the p r e p a r a t i o n and p r e s e n t a t i o n of the programme. If any of you have e x p e r i e n c e d delays in rec e i v i n g recent issues of "Scanner", we apologize. A number of mailings were returned by the Post Office and had to be remailed. We hope that the prob l e m will not be r e peated. Our Greetings of the Season message is c o ntained in this issue, but the front page is where we really should wish A V ery M erry Christmas to All! And a H a p p y New Year, too! In the N e w Member D e p a r t m e n t , a hea r t y welcome of Ogdensburg, New York. goes out to J. Paul M u r r a y 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