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SEP OGi ore Page. 122 Membership Notes The Dossin Museum is now exhibiting a comprehensive display dealing with the new Bethlehem Steel ship STEWART J. CORT. The exhibit includes models of the ship, the yard arrangement where she was built, and an operating model of the unloading equipment. This exhibit was prepared by the museum with the cooperation of Litton Industries' Erie Marine and Ingalls Nuclear Shipbuilding divisions, together with the Detroit News. As presently plan- ned, the Dossin Museum is the only placeon the Lakes where this material will be shown in its entirity. MEETING DATES The September meeting will be the ANNUAL MEET THE AUTHOR DINNER at the Harmonie Club in Detroit. The date is SEPTEMBER 24. Details have previously been announced, but if you failed to reserve and wish to attend, there may still be time. Phone the Institute office at 567-7441. A business meeting of the Board of Directors will be held at the Dossin Museum at 8:00 P.M., Friday, October 29, 1971. All members are, as usual, urged to attend these meetings. CONTENTS Membership Notes, Museum Notes, Contents 122 The United States Captain Frank E. Hamilton 123 The New Calithumpian | C. E. Stein 134 Operation Skylift Barry Gillham 138 Great Lakes & Seaway News 143 cece OUR COVER PICTURE...Looking every bit a monarch, and Carrying an assortment of civic and political dignitar- ies, the UNITED STATES threads her way between bridges on the Chicago River, May 22, 1909; her maiden voyage. Dossin Museum collection.