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Page 30 MEMBERSHIP NOTES • It is with deep regret that we announce the death of Bill Luke in February, 1997. Bill was an active member and contributor to most of the marine societies around the Great Lakes. He wrote articles and submitted photos to various publications in an effort to share his vast knowledge of Great Lakes marine history. Those of us fortunate to hear Bill's slide talks realized his love of the water and the ships that sailed upon them. Bill served as Editor of "The Log" for the Detroit Marine Historian beginning in 1963 and continued for fifteen years. He was honored as "Historian of the Year" in 1990 by the Marine Historical Society of Detroit. Bill's knowledge and encouragement that had been passed along to new and younger members around the lakes will be sorely missed. MEETING NOTICES • We have made a change this year for our Annual Dinner in September. We will have a three-hour cruise aboard the Diamond Belle from 2-5 p.m. on Sunday, September 21, 1997. The boat will depart from Stroh's River Place (foot of Jos. Campau) in Detroit. The meal will be served buffet style with a cash bar. Members are welcomed to bring freinds - boat capacity is 150 persons. Details will be sent in the next issue of Telescope CONTENTS • Membership Notes, Meeting Notices, etc The Milwaukee Clipper - Boat of the Future "Watch Out For Those Trees" Wickes Marine Terminal - "The Bean Dock" Great Lakes & Seaway News Great Lakes Calendar and Back Cover Photo Published at Detroit, Michigan by the GREAT LAKES MARITIME INSTITUTE ©All rights reserved. Printed in the United States by Macomb Printing, Inc. OUR COVER PICTURE. One of the Iast Interlake straight-deckers J.L. Mauthe will be converted to a seIf-unloader during 1997. During the peak of steel production, the Mauthe was busy carrying ore, coal and stone. When the majority of U.S.-flag vessels became self-unloaders, many straight-deckers went to the scrapyard. During this period the Mauthe was placed in the grain trade from the upper lakes to Buffalo. When she begins her new career as a seIf-unloader, she will operate in the stone trade. This photo of the Mauthe with the Great Lakes Towing tug Louisiana in the Maumee River was taken by Jim Hoflman. 30 by Howard H. Peterson 31 by Alan Mann 38 by Lawson Browne 41 Edited by James Morris 44 52 Telescope is produced with assistance from the Dossin Great Lakes Museum, an agency of the Historical Department of the City of Detroit.