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September TELESCOPE 194 COMING MEETINGS BUSINESS MEETING, Friday, October 29, at Dossin Museum, 8 p.m. Visi- tors are welcome as usual at these Institute Board meetings. GENERAL MEETING, Friday, November 19, at Dossin Museum, 8 p.m. A pro- gram of entertainment will be pro- vided. NOTES Member Phyllis E. Wood of Pala- tine, Illinois, writes, "I received my copy of the August Telescope yes- terday. The picture of the North American at Mackinac Island brought back many memories and tears to my eyes. The North was "our" ship in the eyes of the Chicago Great Lakes lovers, and losing her was a great blow. I am one of the many who now commute to Detroit to take the South. The poor North has had so much financial trouble since she left the Georgian Bay Line, and I have fears she will soon go the way of our little Alabama. "I saw the Alabama from the deck of the South as the tug took her from Holland to Bay City. The fare- well salutes were given by the South with the whistle that once belonged to the Alabama, which was quite appropriate. They really stripped her, and there was little left to show what a beautiful ship she once was. "You did make a few mistakes in yourastory about Mackinac Island, however. The island at the left on photograph #3 is not Bois Blanc, but Round Island. The old Round Island lighthouse is visible out on the spit of land extending out from the island. Also, you left Round Island off the "chart" completely. Bois Blanc is much larger than pictured, and not quite that close to Mackinac Island. You didn't mention the fam- ous fudge that is sold on the Is= land, either. Mackinac without fudge is like Atlantic City without salt water taffy. " * * * Member John Derler of Ludington, Michigan, writes, "November 30 of this year marks the fifth anniver- sary of the stranding of the little ocean freighter Francisco Morazan on South Manitou Island. Since she slid onto that rock-studded beach five years ago, I have visited her rusty sides and even rustier decks twice. Although she originally stopped in 15 feet of water, she now rests with her stern in 7 feet and her how in 9 feet of water and is shown in that position in the en- closed photo which I produced when I was last on South Manitou in Aug- 1963." ust,