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Page 30 MEMBERSHIP NOTES • There are several new books available at the museum's gift shop that will be of interest to members. Ships of Upper Lakes Shipping bv Garnet Wilcox and Skip Gillham traces the history of all their ships that have sailed on the Great Lakes, rivers and oceans. Each chapter provides an overall history of the company during a decade and the individual ships that were added to the fleet. The final chapter details the fleet in the 1990's and includes the vessels chartered under "Seaway Bulk Carriers". In late 1993, an agreement was made to acquire fifteen vessels to be divided between Upper Lakes and Algoma Central in 1994. Written by Garnet Wilcox, an employee of Upper Lakes Shipping Group for over six decades and Skip Gillham, well- known author of several marine histories including Ships of Collingwood and Ships of Port Weller. Skip was named "Marine Historian of the Year" by the Detroit Marine Historical Society on April 30,1994. This book retails for $17.95 and may also be ordered from Riverbank Traders, 57 Main Street, St. Catherines, Ontario Canada L2N 4T8. Great Lakes Ships We Remember III, published by the Marine Historical Society of Detroit, continues the format of the previous two editions with the histories of 160 vessels that have sailed the Lakes. Included are tugs, passenger vessels, and freighters, many of which left the Lakes in the past decade. The life of each vessel was written by several well-known marine historians from around the lakes and accompanying photos document the various fleets that a vessel sailed for. This book retails for $35.00 and is also availabe from Freshwater Press, Inc. at 1700 E. 13th Street, Suite 3-R, Cleveland, Ohio, 44114. Members ordering from the Museum's store are entitled to a 10% discount and should add $2.00 for postage. MEETING NOTICES • There are no meetings scheduled for the summer. The Curator Robert E. Lee Dinner will be on Friday, September 24, 1994 at the St. Clair Inn. Dinner notices will be sent in the July issue of Telescope. CONTENTS • Muskegon's Mystery Propeller by Howard Peterson 31 Nicolet - Glowing Octogenarian by Bob Johnson 34 World War II Troopships That Have Sailed the Great Lakes : S.S. Exira & S.S. Extavia by Fred Weber 37 Bob-Lo Island: Farewell to an Old Friend by David Miramonti 39 Great Lakes & Seaway News Edited by Donald Richards 43 Published at Detroit, Michigan by GREAT LAKES MARITIME INSTITUTE Printed in the United States by Macomb Printing, Inc. OUR COVER PHOTO ... Ice and cold weather cause delays for vessels as they make their last few trips of the season before the Soo Locks close in January. This photo was taken by Terry Sechen as the Great Lakes Towing tug Vermont assisted the grounded 1,000-footer Stewart J. Cort away from the Burlington Northern Dock in Superior, Wisconsin on December 30,1993. Telescope is printed with assistance from the Dossin Great Lakes Museum, an agency of the Historical Department of the City of Detroit.