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J. E. Johnston, R. H. Davison, PUBLISHED BY P V j. EMitnr* ~ x-. Associate editor to 1 to r. Great Lakes Model Shipbuilders* Guild Membership $3*00 belli isle detroit 7. michigan Subscription $2.50 Supported in part by the Detroit Historical Society. EDITORIAL OF THIS AND THAT On page 3 we announce the reopening of the museum in its new, and we hope, temporary, quarters. You are invited to visit our section of the Detroit Historical Museum and get an idea of what can be done when end if we get a building on Belle Isle, Our special offering for March is the oil paintings of Great Lakes vessels. Be sure to see these during March for they may have to make way for our April special exhibit of builders' half-models. Our special exhibit for May will feature "Aids to Navigation". Every month or so we will put on these special exhibits. At this time it is not possible for me to give exact dates for the many subjects but here are a few of them. Old prints of Lakes vessels. Old and new charts of the Great Lakes . The story of the development of anchors. Plans of Lakes ships, both old and recently constructed. Photographs of early and recent Lakes vessels from various public and private collections. Other subjects will be on at fairly regular intervals. About twenty-four are already on our list, and others will be added as time passes. As soon as possible a schedule will be published, giving dates of opening, etc. This month's center spread presents the plan of an Ohio pound boat.It has taken a lot of doing to get this into Telescope. It is not a product of our own drafting room but is the work of the distinguished naval architect Howard I Chapelle, and is reproduced by special permission of Mr. Chapelle and his publishers, W.W.Norton Company, N.Y., and to both of them go oir thanks. There will be others from the same source published in Telescope from time to time. Full-size plans may be obtained through the publisher. Our reason for presenting them is: Our model builders who like to construct models of small craft may now know where to turn for plans. (See Howard I.Chapelle*s "American Small Sailing Craft". THE GUILD ORGANIZED IN 1952 TO LOCATE. ACQUIRE. AND PRESERVE INFORMATION AND OBJECTS RELATED TO THE HISTORY OF SHIPPING ON THE GREAT LAKES AND TO MAKE SAME AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE MUSEUM OF GREAT LAKES HISTORY AND THE COLUMNS OF TELESCOPE. THE CONSTRUCTION OF AUTHENTIC SCALE MODELS OF GREAT LAKES SHIPS IS ONE OF THE PRIME OBJECTIVES OF THE ORGANIZATION. WHICH HAS BROUGHT INTO BEING THE LARGEST EXISTING COLLECTION OF MODELS OF THESE SHIPS. THE MUSEUM OF GREAT LAKES HISTORY. LOCATED ON THE SHORE OF BELLE ISLE. IN DETROIT. IS OFFICIAL HEADQUARTERS FOR THE ORGANIZATION AND THE REPOSITORY OF ALL OF ITS HOLDINGS. THE GUILD IS INCORPORATED AS AN ORGANIZATION FOR NO PROFIT UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN. NO MEMBER RECEIVES ANY COMPENSATION FOR HIS SERVICES. DONATIONS TO THE GUILD ARE DEDUCTIBLE FOR TAX INCOME PURPOSES. ------ -----*• W OFFICERS Robert L.Ruhl, President John K.Helgesen,Sr Vice President Joseph E.Johnston, Secy-Treas. DIRECTORS Robert H.Davison......Ferndale. Walter Massey,.....LaSalle,Ontario. John F.Miller,... Grosse Pointe . Leo M.Flagler,..... Windsor.Ontario. Carl G.Ammon,........Detroit. Frank Slyker,.........East Detroit.