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MARINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF DETROIT, INC. ANNOUNCEMENT : Our next meeting will held on Wednesday evening, October 27th, at the Edison Boat Club, foot of Lycaste St. on the River. The meeting will convene at 8 P.M. Members who may wish to take g their dinner at E.B.C. will be welcome to the dining room from 6 P.M. on, where a good supper may be had reasonably (Menu prices, $1.65 up). The speaker will be Fr.Dowling, who will tell us about the ships on the Chicago to Northern Michigan and Lake Syperior routes. Come and in vite your friends. The November meeting will be held on the 24th. Dr.Morrison of Windsor will retell the story of Abigail Becker, the heroine of Long Point. John C.Goodrich, Secretary ANNOUNCEMENT: The Advisory Council, at its meeting of October 6, elected Capt.Sid.Ferriss to fill the vacancy created by the death of John Poole last summer. pee ae eR re Se ae Se Se Set haar ea Sar A daa A Ree a eee dpe ee oe ier es pees MASTHEAD Our line drawing for this month's masthead is taken from an old folder of the Northern Navigation Co. and shows the NORONIC, coming bow on. wR KK KOK OK KOK OR KOK OK OK KK OK KOK OK KOK KR OK OK KOK OK OK OK OK OK KOK OK OK OK SHIPS The new Hanna freighter GEORGE M.HUMPHREY ran her sea trials on October 5. The new canaller BAIE COMEAU, recently completed for the Quebec and Ontario paper fleet, at Plymouth, Wales, is now enroute to the Great Lakes. Her sister motorship, MANICOUAGAN, will arrive next spring. The CITY OF CLEVELAND III is being scrapped in WINDSOR. Mérritt, Chapnan & Scott, construction contractors, have purchased the former Columbia bulk mm freighter WOLVERINE (ex MICHAEL J.RARTELME, ex SIR HENRY BESSEMER, 1896), ‘Ww and will use her for equipment storage for the Mackinac Bridge work. She is presently anchored near St.Ignace. The new Boland and Cornelius self- unloader DETROIT EDISON (ii), was recently christened at Manitowoc. This vessel will be quite similar to the new JOHN J.BOLAND. No information on the rename of the former DETROIT EDISON (ex ADAM E.CORNELIUS (i)). As lay- ups continue to increase toward the end of the season, rumors also come indicating that we may see several of the older and smaller freighters re- tired or scrapped soon. No names mentioned. Below : The first W.C.RICHARDSON (1902 - 1909). Pesha Photo