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TELESCOPE Page 150 MEMBERSHIP NOTES e Another year is about to be put behind us, and we feel it is a year of which we may be justly proud. In spite of increased costs (and they have increased!) we are holding the line on the cost of membership dues; and in spite of last year's increase the membership numbers have held up and, better than that, at the midpoint of 1979 we were actually 41 members higher than at the midpoint of 1978. But these gains do cost us, and the largest factors in these cost rises can be found in postage rates. That is why what follows is important to you. . .and tous. Years ago, in order to cut some of the costs we stopped mailing out statements for dues. We figured that with everybody expiring at year'send. . .and with most of our members being adults, it shouldn't be necessary to remind members of something they wanted to do. We were wrong! So, we conceived the idea of using a false-cover on the December issue as a renewal form. That worked pretty well, but we still got letters in June and July chastising us, saying, "you never sent me a bill." We couldn't see how a person could open Telescope and not see the cover, but... "Well," we thought, '"'perhaps they looked at the back of the magazine," and that was blank. So, we put duplicate notices on the front and back covers, and we said, "This is your renewal notice, no other billing will be sent." That helped, but can you believe we still get told that "you never sent a bill"? So, all we can say at this point is, IT IS TIME TO RENEW. PLEASE DO IT, AND PLEASE DO IT NOW! You'll save yourself, and us, money by being prompt. Again, we wish we could extend the saving to our Canadian friends, but there is no way we can. At least we accept your Canadian checks, and that is more than some American organizations do. Finally, a personal note: Thanks for all the good wishes and fine cooperation we've had from the members during the past year. Season's greetings and best wishes to you for a good year. O MEETING NOTICES © CHANGE OF DATE -- As previously announced, the meeting originally scheduled to be held on November 30th has been rescheduled for December 7th. This was done to permit us to bring you a very special program, "William Hamilton Merritt," speaking on the Welland Canal. Full details were given in our last issue. The following entertainment meeting will be held on January 25, and details of that program will be presented in the next issue. Business meetings are scheduled for January 4, and February 29, 1980. All meetings are at Dossin Museum at 8:00 pm. O CONTENTS @® Membership notes, meeting notices, etc. 150 Sunken Schooner May Hold Secrets C. A. Norberg and W. D. Weed 151 One of Many: The C. W. Elphicke John Messmer 155 The Motor Vessel Material Service William Lafferty 158 Great Lakes & Seaway News Edited by Frederic E. Weber 166 Index, Volume XXVIII 176 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. ._ .Therigors of winter don't chill the spirit of the men who must face ice and tormenting wind. A jaunty Christmas tree graces the top of Gaelic Tugboat's WM. A WHITNEY as she cuts ice around HENRY FORD IT making the winter coal run from Toledo to Detroit. This watercolor painting was specially created for Telescope by marine artist Paul C. LaMarre, Jr., and the editor expresses the appreciation of all the membership. O Seasons Greetings Telescope Magazine is produced with assistance from Dossin Great Lakes Museum an agency of the Historical Department of the City of Detroit.