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-66- Telescope Curator's Corner Robert E. Lee Curator Dossin Great Lakes Museum Interest in navigational aids seems to be on the increase. The excellent series of articles by Rev. Edward J. Dowling on the light ships of the Great Lakes has more than proven this point in the response we have heard. There are currently at least two efforts we know of directed toward the saving and preserving of obsolete light houses. Some time ago, member Don Bliss presented a fourth order bullseye lens to the Museum. This was cleaned up and minor repairs made for its display. Before we got it on the floor we were asked to loan it to the Saginaw Museum for a special marine exhibit. It was, we are told, a "main attraction" there. Now it is back, and on display on the upper level bridge. At the Institute meeting on March 30 we were fortunate to have CDR Howard Linse of the Detroit Coast Guard Base as speaker, and he used this opportunity to formally present a fifth order Fresnel lens to us. This latest accession will join its larger counterpart on the bridge. We are also negotiating for another such lens of a different character. Those who have been in the museum of late have noted that we have a constantly growing collection of house-flags. Three more of these flags have come to us within the last month. The Imperial Oil fleet flag came to us through the efforts of Captain J. Burns of the IMPERIAL WINDSOR; the Pringle Barge Line flag was presented to us by Institute Member Emerson Knack of the Oglebay Norton Company; and from Member John C. Duncan, a Pickands-Mather flag. Thus, the collection continually grows. We thank these donors for their help. Curator's Corner, By Robert E. Lee ........................ 66 The Michigan and Ohio Car Ferry Company By George W. Hilton .................................... 67 Lighthouse Tenders of the Great Lakes (Part Two) By Rev. Edward J. Dowlmg, S. J. ................. 73 Joint SOUTH AMERICAN Cruise to Bay City with Marine Historical Society of Detroit, June 6 ..... 76 A Brief Biography of Robert Hopkin T1SJ BY Arthur Hopkin Gibson ..................................... 78 oeooeli Great Lakes Marine News ................................. 79 Picture Pages By Emory A. Massman, Jr. HPT-Jl'Q and Rev. Edward J. Dowling, S. J................. 83 1 111 J Hig;h and Dry; STE> CIAIRE By William A. Hoey ...................................... 86 The Big Splash: ROCHESTER ICCI Tl? Rev. Edward J. Dowling, S. J....................... 87 lOOUH/ Meeting Notices and Cover Description ................... 88