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PUBLISHED BY Great Lakes Model Shipbuilders' Guild J. E JOHNSTON, 6J01 Woodward Jieoue R. H. DAVISON, Editor! Detroit 2, «icbiBa» Associate_Editor Membership $4.00 Membership $4.00 Supported in part by the Detroit Historical Society THE THIRD QUARTERLY MEETING. EDITORIAL The Third Quarterly Meeting of the Board of Directors may have marked a turning point in the affairs of the Guild. Attendance was very good and for once everyone present got into the act, including lay members who really expressed themselves. It appears now that we will go back to regular monthly meetings not later than the first of the coming year and much more emphasis will be placed on model building. It was agreed that at future meetings one or more members will bring in the models they are working on, or models which they have completed, and explain the techniques they have used. This will be a big lift to other builders, especially those who have not been long in the game. It will help everyone, and undoubtedly will expedite projects now under way. Every model builder has devised ways of doing things and these methods can be of value to all the rest. Leading the discussion were, among, others, Kenneth L.Fairbanks, John F.Miller. Robert H.Davison, William Hoey, Captain William J. Cowles, and President Robert L. Ruhl. While the Guild is a historical group it will tell its best stories in three dimensions, that is with its models of vessels which have made history on the Great Lakes in the past three centuries. At long last we appear to be getting off dead center and may now look forward to increased activity. With the additional plans that are coming in from the American Shipbuilding Company and other sources we should soon be seeing models of ships which have never before been attempted. The big bottleneck will be in the drafting room. James B. Jones is working at top speed to get out new plans, but good drafting is slow work at best and we prefer quality to mere quantity. Dr. O. H. Siegmund, of Annandale, N. J. has volunteered to do detail drawings to show model-building techniques; George D.Saunders, of Great Neck Plaza, N. Y. offers to do a whole set of plans for us; and one of our Illinois members has long been struggling with problems connected with the development of a good set of plans of the Sidney O. Neff." Who else will lend a hand? THE GUILD Organized in 1962 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 at 5401 Woodward Avenue, Detroit 2, Michigan, 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. the Guild are Deductible for tax income purposes. OFFICERS Robert L. Ruhl,.........President John K.Helgesen.Sr Vice President Joseph E.Johnston, Secy-Treas. DIRECTORS Robert II.Davison........Ferndale. Walter Massey........ LaSalle, Ontario. John F.Miller.... Grosse Pointe • Leo M.Flagler........ Windsor,Ontario • Carl G.Ammon ••••••• Detroit. Wm.N.Stevens.............. ...Detroit.