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Editorial Great Lakes Model Shipbuilders* Guild THE ABSENT ONES. 5401 Woodward Avenue Detroit 2. Michigan OFFICERS Capt. William J. Cowles.... President Detroit, Michigan William N. Stevens....Vice-President Detroit, Michigan Capt. Joseph E. Johnston. . Sec-Treas. Detroit, Michigan DIRECTORS Robert L. Ruhl........Detroit Robert H. Davison....Ferndale William Hoey.........Ferndale Kenneth L. Fairbanks. .. Detroit John A. Leonetti.......Warren Leo Flagler .Windsor, Ont. THE GUILD Organized in 1952 to locate, acquire, ana 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 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. Supported in part by THE DETROIT HISTORICAL SOCIETY **** Joseph E.Johnston, Editor While we realize that in most organizations like the Guild it is always the hard core of dedicated souls that keep the wheels turning we feel that this is to be deplored. The Guild membership is now at its highest, with new members coming in every month, but attendance at meetings has shown little increase. Time was when we had so few members in Detroit we did not expect more than a dozen of so at a meeting. Now we have, in Detroit and the suburbs, about 30$ of the entire number in the organization. These local members are missing out on two counts-- they are failing to reap the benefit of of personal contact with others who are interested in Great Lakes History and the art of model ship building, and also denying themselves the satisfaction of contributing to the cause which the organization serves. This is bad enough where one is only a member, but as regards officers and members of the Board of Directors it is even*worse. In order to do the things we have set out to do it is essential that those who have accepted the responsibility of office in the Guild be present at meetings. In order to correct the existing situation the new Constitution, adopted at the August meeting, carrys an article which empowers the President to appoint members to fill vacancies on the Board caused by the elimination of members who fail to attend three consecutive meetings without good cause, such failures, under the new Constitution, now being declared tantamount to resignation. With the new building for the Dossin Great Lakes Museum moving closer to reality, increased opportunity for accomplishment presents itself. With the Guild so closely affiliated with the museum there are many ways in which members may serve. There is every reason to believe that the Dossin Great Lakes Museum will take its place beside the other cultural institutions in Detroit. To have taken a part in promoting the growth of this unique project will be a source of pride to those who help now, long after growing pains have been forgotten. To have let the wheelhorses do all the work on the up-hill pull, then try to climb on the wagon when the way levels off just isn't cricket. WINKY, the ship's cat says: THE SEPTEMBER MEETING "Don't confuse hat price with head value". Friday, September 26, 7-30 P.M. at the Detroit Historical Museum