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3 THE THIRD ANNUAL MODEL EXHIBITION As in past years the annual model exhibition was held on the schooner "J# T.Wing", the home of the Museum of Great Lakes History, Belle Isle, Detroit* This is the one big event of the year for the Great Lakes Model Shipbuilders1 Guild, and is made possible by the Guild being granted permission to hold the show in this now well-known ship* Because the museum is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays those are the days of the week every year* The dates are left to the Guild to decide. In the past the available days nearest the anniversary of the Battle of Lake Erie have been chosen,when possible* It is now evident that some time in August is a better time. THE EXHIBIT PROGRAM The primary exhibit is, of course, the models which are entered in competition for awards* This is divided into two major classes,--steam and sail, each with junior and senior classes* With more self-propelled models being built it appears that a separate class must be established for them next year* Among the secondary exhibits each year are models of merit which do not qualify for the competition* To qualify for the competition a model must be the work of the person or persons entering it, and must not have taken first prize in an earlier Guild exhibition* Other secondary exhibits may be objects related to model building or Great Lakes history, geography, etc. This year these Included a display of originals, tracings, and blue prints of plans of Great Lakes ships which have been perfected in the drafting rooms of the Museum or by members working at home* They covered four panels, each four by eight feet* Included were the following vessols * ANNA C. WILSON BUTCHER BOY C.P. BIELMANS, JR. JOHN ERICSSON MILTON PUT-IN-BAY U.S.S* MICHIGAN WILFRED SYKES WALK-IN-THE-WATER J. T .WING THE SHIPS AND THEIR BUILDERS -0O0-South American The "South American" is one of the two deluxe cruise ships operated by the Chicago,Duluth, and Georgian Bay S.S. Company, She, with her running mate the "North American" are the only vessels offering trips out of Detroit of more than a few hours duration. The company's summer-time cruises are the only over-night boat trips out of U.S. Great Lakes ports. Mr,Paul T,Hurt, who built the model of this ship and won First Prize in the 1951+ competition, is a cruise fan who has enjoyed more than a few trips on the Great Lakes and knows the "South American" down to the smallest details, and he put all of them into his model* Few builders have been willing to put as much into a model of larger scale* This one is built to a scale of 1/32" to 1'. Assinniboia This is another of Mr. Paul Hurt's 1/32" scale models. The "Assinniboia" is a Canadian passenger steamer in the Lake Huron-Lake Superior trade, where she is rated as a comfortable boat even in heavy weather, Mr. Hurt almost equaled his "South American" in this model* Anna C. Wilson Only a master craftsman would try this little steamer in a 1/32* scale, but, of course that is what Mr.Hurt is* She is so small that the museum staff gave her the affectionate title of "Doodle-bug". The real ship was built in 1912 and her super structure remodeled from time to time, so that model builders may not always agree on details above the second deck, but it is good to know that at least one of her type has been preserved in model form*She was one of the little ships which served so many so well where the big boats could not make a go of it* The Guild has plans of all of her decks, her Cont. page 6