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MAY x JUN, 1978 Page 62 MEMBERSHIP NOTES We've received a fair response to the changes evident in the last issue of Telescope, and we thank those of you who took the trouble to call or drop us a line. It is difficult to work in a vacuum, and we often have to. We try to make your magazine better, and we usually think we succeed simply because we hear nothing contrary. However, this time we know. You looked at pages 44 and 45, with the old typeface on the left -- and the new alongside -- and you responded. This time you will find nothing with which to compare. This entire issue is done in the new style. Those who responded seemed to like the Helios type, and we agree. . .we think it is easier on the eyes, and that is how the bulk of future issues will be done. In the News section, last issue, we used '"'bullets" to head each entry. "Too many black dots," said one correspondent, so this time we return to the old three-dot leaders. No doubt there'll be other changes as we feel our way into this new method. We'll try something new, and you. . .orwe. . .won't like it, so we'll try something else. But the point remains, if we don't hear from you we won't know if we're pleasing you, or just ourselves. So, let us hear from you. O MEETING NOTICES The next regular membership meeting is scheduled for May 19, early to avoid Memorial Day week- end. There is no meeting in July. In September we will meet at the Detroit Boat Club on the 15th for the Annual Dinner. The speaker will be Larry Coplin with underwater movies of Great Lakes shipwrecks. . .an exceptionally fine program. If you live in the metro-Detroit area you'll receive a mailing on this meeting. If you live outside the metro area and want to attend, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope and we' II include you in the mailing. Business meetings will be held June 23 (election of officers) and August 25. Except for the dinner, all meetings are at the Dossin Museum at 8:00 PM. O CONTENTS Membership notes, meeting notices, etc. 62 A Sandsucker's Tale Richard Gebhart 63 The H. M. Pellatt Remembered Walter E. Becker 68 Life and Times of the Bessemer Fleet Gordon P. Bugbee 70 An Award for Heroism An Editor's Report 81 Great Lakes and Seaway News Edited by FredericE. Weber 82 Published at Detroit, Michigan by the GREAT LAKES MARITIME INSTITUTE ©All rights reserved Printed in the United States by Macomb Printing Specialties OUR COVER PICTURE. . .There is no indication of where, or when, this view of the KELLEY ISLAND was taken, but the old girl makes a pretty addition to the placid scene along a quiet stream, somewhere, in a never-to-be-repeated setting. The ship is featured in an article beginning on page 63. O Telescope Magazine is produced with assistance from the Dossin Great Lakes Museum an agency of the Historical Department of the City of Detroit.