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REPRINT MARINE HISTORICAL SOCIZIY OF DETROIT THE DETROIT MARINE HISTORIAN Volume 1, No. 1 September, 1947 ANNOUNCEMENT: Our Society's opening meeting will be held on Sept- ember 135th, at the Fort Malden Museum at Amherstburg, There will be a picnic dinner at 6:00 P.M. You are to bring your sandwiches and the like. Coffee will be served there for all. The meeting proper will convene at 8:00 with Dr, Neil Morrison of Windsor as Speaker. Dr. Morrison teaches Georgraphy at Walkerville Collegiate Institute, and is a prominent author, lecturer, radio speaker and columnist on historical topics. The titie of his address will be "Lauchlen Morrison, Captein on the Great Lakes." Invite your friends and acquaintances. We wish to get off to a good start this year. A Rev. Edward J, Dowling, S.Jd., Secretary. This sheet will, we hope, grow into a worthy volume to record the plans, achievements and common interest of our Society. The announcements for forthcoming meetings will appear as part of this paper. Any items of interest concerning the ships or the Lakes which you may have, will be welcomed as contributions, Our program for the coming year is being filled very successfully, Here is the information we have at hand now, regarding the dates, speakers and places of coming meetings: October 22 Kenneth E. Smith The White Star Line November 19 William Finzel (Orchestra Director on Ships) December 17 C. W. MeVicar (Formerly with D. & C.) January 28 Open February 22 Ray M. Bates Physical and Geological Development of the Great Lakes. March 31 Rev, E. J. Dowling Ships that Made Milwaukee ‘aMOUS » (The above meetings will ALL be held at the Detroit News Conference Room, where we met several times last year.) April 28 (Dinner Meeting) Speaker and place to be announced. June 5 (at Amherstburg) Open.