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TELESCOPE Page 2 MEMBERSHIP NOTES e@ The Michigan Nautical Time Capsules exhibit will open on Wednesday, January 16 at the museum. This exhibit will trace the history of shipwrecks in Michigan waters through the use of photos, drawings, models, videotapes and artifacts. A special preview showing will be held for Institute members and their guests on Sunday, January 13 from 1-3:00 p.m. (not on Saturday, January 12 as stated in the November Telescope.) The Dossin Museum will have an exhibit at the Michigan Boat Show at Cobo Hall in downtown Detroit from February 2-10. Those interested in volunteering should contact the museum for a sign-up sheet. John Greenwood of Freshwater Press has written the seventh book in the Namesakes series. Namesakes 1920-1929 covers 371 vessels that operated on the lakes during a transitional period in industrial America. The book sells for $22.00 plus $2.50 in postage. Members often ask the museum for information on other Great Lakes newsletters that are available and their subscription price. We would like to publish such a list in the May issue of Telescope. Any Great Lakes organization is invited to send us their information and we will print about five lines for each publication. The deadline is March 1st. Hopefully this will become an annual event with updates published each year. MEETING NOTICES e@ Mr. Luke Clyburn will speak on the wreck of the Emperor at this month's entertainment meeting on January 18. (See notice on page 27.) Mr. Gary Lord will speak on the shipwrecks Hamilton and Scourge at the March 15 meeting. Entertainment meetings begin at 8:00 p.m. at the museum. Future business meetings (which all members are invited to attend) will be held on February 15, April 19 and June 21. Business meetings begin at 7:30 p.m. The Blessing of the Fleet will be held at Mariners' Church in Detroit on Sunday, March 10 at 11:00 a.m. Visitors should park in the Ford Auditorium underground parking lot on Jefferson Avenue. CONTENTS e@ Membership notes, meeting notice, etc. 2 Three Editions of the New York News by Skip Gillham 3 Wreck of the Sarah E. Sheldon by Jack Messmer 9 1984 Model Contest 16 Great Lakes & Seaway News Edited by Frederic Weber 18 January Entertainment Meeting Notice 27 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. . .Cleveland Cliffs operated a fleet of ships on the Great Lakes since 1869. The number of ships sailing each year reflected the ups and downs in our nation's economy. Boat watchers have seen only the Edward B. Greene and the Walter A. Sterling sailing in recent years. Last fall, Rouge Steel Company purchased the Greene and the Sterling and they will appear in Rouge Steel colors this spring. This photo of the Edward B. Greene was taken by Bill Hoey in 1982 while she was in the Detroit River. O Telescope is produced with assistance from the Dossin Great Lakes Museum, an agency of the Historical Department of the City of Detroit.