Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Telescope, v. 44, n. 6 (November-December 1996), p. 142

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Page 142 MEMBERSHIP NOTES • Institute Member Terry Sechen has published his 11th Annual Winter Lay-Up List. At least twenty Great Lakes fleets will be listed with lay-up dates, ports, and docks for all vessels. To order a copy, send $5.00 US or $6.50 Canadian funds to: Terry Sechen, Winter Lay-Up List, Route 2, Box 26, Mason, Wisconsin. 54856-9407. Additional copies are $3.00 US or $3.50 Canadian. The Marine Historical Society of Detroit has announced the publication of Ahoy and Farewell II in January, 1997. This book details vessels that have been built (Ahoy) or ended their careers (Farewell) during the 25-year period 1969 - 1994. This book follows the successful volume one of Ahoy and Farwell. published in the 1960's. Over 440 Great Lakes vessels are covered with sixty photographs. The soft-cover book retails for $25.00 and those ordering by mail should include $3.50 for postage. MEETING NOTICES • Mr. Greg Rudnick will be our guest speaker on Saturday, January 18, 1997 at 11:00 a.m. at the museum. His slide presentation will tell the story of Cleveland's waterfront and the vessels that have traveled on the Cuyahoga River. Mr. Harvey Nissley will present the Art of the Modelmaker on Saturday, March 15th. Harvey's ship models are on display in many Great Lakes museums. CONTENTS • Membership Notes, Meeting Notices, etc. Preserving's Michigan's Marine History The Unusual Chicago Tribune The Grand Trunk Carferries in Muskegon Great Lakes & Seaway News Back Cover Picture Published by the GREAT LAKES MARITIME INSTITUTE ©All rights reserved. Printed in the United States by Macomb Printing, Inc. OUR COVER PICTURE . . . Marine artist Robert McGreevy details the sinking of the Daniel J. Morrell in Lake Huron on November 19,1966. As crewmembers gather to launch the liferaft, no distress signal would be sent as the electrical wires were cut when the vessel broke in two. Only one crewman, Dennis Hale would survive thirty-eight hours on the liferaft before being picked-up by a Coast Guard helicopter and flown to a hospital in Harbor Beach, Michigan. This remarkable story has been published in Sole Survivor: Dennis Hale's Own Story, which is available for $15.00 at the museum. 142 by Susan McGreevy 143 by Skip Gillham 148 by Howard Peterson 153 Edited by Don Richards 157 164 Telescope© is produced with assistance from the Dossin Great Lakes Museum, an agency of the Historical Department of the City of Detroit.

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