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MUSEUM NOTES The Youth Training Program For many months the Museum of Great Lakes History has been planing a pro­ gram for young people that will give them a chance to learn to sail in crews and under competent instruct­ ors. As is implied by its title this is strictly for training. Just going - along for the ride will not be toler­ ated. Enrollees will be taught seamanship in all its branches, and have an opportunity to practice what they learn, in a vessel small enough for them to handle. With this end in view the little schooner belonging to the museum is being put into cruising condition. A committee, chaired by Mr. Grant M. Piggott, of the J. T. Wing Co., is ac­ cepting contributions to the fund for that purpose. Progress on actual repairs has been slow and it is doubtful that the schooner will be ready for this season. Meanwhile, through the good offices of the president of the T. H. Browning SS. Co., Mr Troy Browning, and Mr. Nathan Silverstine the widely known dealer in surplus materials, one of the lifeboats from the steamer "Put-in-Bay" has been given to the museum for use in the program. With this craft available instruction in the safe handling of small boats may begin at an early date. MUSEUM EXTENSION PLAN The last number of the TELESCOPE gave a full account of progress made towards extending the Museum of Great Lakes History, the Maritime branch of the Detroit Historical Museum. The schooner "J. T. WING" is almost completely filled with exhib­ its and there is urgent need of more space and a more fireproof place. Preliminary plans for a suitable structure have been completed and a scale model has been constructed, showing a modernistic building part­ icularly adapted to the needs of a maritime museum. More on this sub­ ject at a later date. THE SAGA OF THE FRIED CAKES-- by Jack Miller A pleasing old sailor yarn is told some years ago, in a issue of The Lake Erie Breeze, a publication of the Ashley and Dustin Steamer Line. In the sixties, seventies, and well into the eighties, there were more sailing boats than steam boats on the Great Lakes. It was clear sail­ ing for the windjammers out in the lakes, but when they reached the mouth of the Detroit River sailing conditions were different. Many passenger steamers picked up consid­ erable money on the side by towing schooners up the Detroit River to Detroit. There was a big fleet of tugs in these waters to handle this business, but neverless, the side­ wheelers were always on the lookout for sailing vessels to tow in. Captain Selah Dustin was running a snappy little sidewheeler between Sandusky and Detroit in those days and towed many a sailing craft into the river. One day, in a dead calm, a schooner was laying out off Bar Point at the mouth of the Detroit River. She had no signal set for a tow, but was just riding at anchor. The steamer Dart, Captain Selah Dustin in command, on her way up from Put-in-Bay, pulled over to the schooner and the mate of the Dart threw a heaving line aboard the schooner. This was the regular way of inviting the captain of the schooner to send his tow line over to the Dart, but the captain of the schooner threw the line off his deck. The Captain of the Dart was not to be put off so easily and began to bargain with the schooner people. "This dead calm may last for a week", roared Captain Dustin, "and there's no telling when you will reach Detroit; I'll tow you in for twenty-five dollars. " "Not this ship", roared back the captain of the schooner, "I've got plenty of time to wait for the breeze; family is all on board; plenty of grub and tobacco; and my wife is a good cook". Just then the tantalizing aroma of hot cooking was wafted aboard the sidewheeler and Captain Dustin, with CAKES page 7