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VOL. XXXVIII - NO. 8 SUMMER 2006 MEETINGS Saturday, October 7 - 2: 00 p. m. at the Swansea Town Hall. Open Slide Show. Members are invited to bring up to 15 slides each to illustrate their summer shipwatching activities - or whatever! Saturday, November 4 - 2: 00 p. m. at the Swansea Town Hall. Annual Video Show. We will have some great marine films, so plan to attend. * * * * * * * THE EDITOR'S LOGBOOK Here we are back again and we hope that you all had a very enjoyable sum­ mer. But your Editor will be out of town for most of the latter part of September, so there will be no October issue this year. We'll be back in your mailbox in November. Don't worry, however, about the number of issues you will receive in the 2006-2007 society year, as we will be bringing back the January issue this time around. So you'll still get eight issues for your membership bucks. Speaking of which, Membership Fees for the 2006-2007 season are now due and payable. Unfortunately, costs have dictated an increase in the fees, which is explained in the insert with this issue. Please clip the coupon at the bottom of the insert page and return it, with payment, to the Chief Purser, Bill Wilson, at your earliest opportunity. Kindly do NOT send pay­ ment to the Editor. In the New Member Department, we extend a most hearty welcome to John S. Williams, Jr., of New Orleans, Louisiana. We hope that you will enjoy your membership in the Toronto Marine Historical Society. We always are looking for new members, so if any of you know of interested persons, please put them in touch with us. * * * * * * * Editor Jay N. Bascom 100 Whitehall Road Toronto, Ont. M4W 2C7 E xecutive C o m m it tee Jay N. Bascom Roger C h ap m an C apt. G. Ouderkirk R. F. B eaupre Lorne Joyce G. Turner David Bull W m . P. M o ran W. R. Wilson ISSN 0318-014X