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Page 58 MEMBERSHIP NOTES • There will not be a shipmodel contest held at the museum in October this year. Beginning in 1989, the shipmodel contest will be held in the spring. Tentative dates are scheduled for the end of April each year. On the last page of the news section is a calendar of events for future reference. Because Telescope is a bi-monthly publication, we may not be able to inform you of last minute changes. As dates are firmly set, we pass along information on this calendar. The contract has been approved for the foundation of the Wm. Clay Ford's pilothouse at the museum. Plans call for the pilothouse to be brought over later this spring and opened to the public in early fall. When it is finally opened, the museum is looking for volunteers to work in the pilothouse as guides. On Saturday, June 11th, the second annual Great Lakes marine art show and sale will be held at Dossin Museum from 10-3:30 p.m. The cost for an 10 x 10 foot booth will be $15.00 and those interested in displaying their work should contact John Polacsek at the museum 267-6440. MEETING NOTICES • Mr. Paul LaMarre will present a slide program on Friday, May 20th at 8 p.m. at Dossin Museum. (See notice on page 82.) The annual election of officers will be held at the next Board meeting on Thursday, June 9th at 7:30 p.m. at Dossin. CONTENTS • Membership Notes, Meeting Notices, etc. The Steamboat Oswego On A Buffalo Tow Farewell To The Halco Fleet Detroit Traditions by marine artisit William Moss Total Losses on the Great Lakes from November 1868 to November 1869 Part I Great Lakes & Seaway News Great Lakes Calendar and May Entertainment Meeting Notice 82 Published at Detroit, Michigan by the GREAT LAKES MARITIME INSTITUTE ©All rights reserved. Printed in these United States by Macomb Printing Specialties. OUR COVER PICTURE . . . The m/v Richard Reiss is one of the few "mantimers" still operating on the lakes. She was built in 1943 and was converted to a seIf-unloader in 1964, which extended her career. This photo of the Reiss was taken by James H. Jackson in August, 1987, as she was downbound in the Detroit River off Grassy Island. On this trip she was carrying gypsum to Sandusky, Ohio. □ 58 by Richard Palmer 59 by Lawson Browne 63 66 Centerfold by Frederic Hollister 73 Edited by Don Richards 77 Telescope is produced with assistance from the Dossin Great lakes Museum, an agency of the Historical Department of the City of Detroit.