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MARINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF DETROIT, INC. Robert A. Zeleznik, Pres. John R. Campbell, Treasurer John C. Goodrich, Secretary 2015 Dime Building, 1575 Cleveland, 4328 Adams Court, Detroit 26, Michigan Lincoln Park, Michigan Wayne, Michigan | we KR RK KR ROK KR KOK OK OK OK OK OK OK KOK KOK OK KOK OK OK KK OK KOK OK OK KK ANNOUNCEMENT ; Our November meeting will be held on Wednesday evening, the 24th at the Fdison Boat Club, at the foot of Lycaste St., on the River. The meeting will convene at 8 P.M. Members of our Sochety - who wish to have their dinner at the E.B.C. will be welcome to the dining room from 6 P.M. on, where a good supper may be had reasonably. Those who plan to eat at E.B.C. are asked to inform Ken Smith (TO 6-4494) by Tuesday. The speaker will be Dr.Neil F.Morrison of Windsor, whose talk will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the heroic deed of Abigail - Becker, the heroine of Long Point lighthouse. Come, and invite your tetends: As has been the custom in recent years there will be no meeting in December. The January meeting, on the 12th, will feature mice : of various Great Lakes places and ships, presented by itr. H. Radunz Ze John C.Goodrich, Secretary ee KK KR OR KOK OK OK OK ROR KOK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK KOK OK KOK KOK K KOK KK KOK OY SHIPS Colonial Steamships, Ltd. have purchased seven canallers from the if Hall Corporation of Canada. the vessels, built between 1927 and E 1930 are the re L.EATON, WALTER B.REYNOLDS, CONISCLIFFE HALL, EAGLES- CLIFFE MEADCLIFFE HALL, ROCKCLIFFE HALL and WESTCLIFFE HALL. They will be renamed for the 1955 season, and will be engaged largely in carry- ing Labrador ore to the Great Lakes. Hall Corporation is expected to re- place the sold vessels with newer ships. The Finnish freighter HAMINA, 0 which sailed the Lakes for many years as the package freighter NORTH STAR and later as H.A.SCANDRETT, has been sold for scrapping in Belgium. Like- .w wise, Belgian shipbréakers have obtained the former LAKE FLATONIA, built in 1919 at Duluth. The Norwegian freighter CHICAGO, formerly the LYSAKER IV and VALE OF MOWBRAY, built in 1924 at Haverton Hill, England, is re- ported to have been sold to buyers in Chicago, Ill. The Dutch freighter PRINS WILLEM V, foundered a few miles out of Milwaukee after colliding with an oil barge. It is: reported to be a total loss. While undergoing’ demolition at Sandwich, the old CITY OF CLEVELAND III, burned to the bare hull in a spectacular blaze early in October. The remains are likewise ~ deemed valueless. The new GOERGE M.HUMPHREY is now in service. Work con- tinues on the conversion of the MARINE STAR at Muskegon. The British ship CAPTAIN ANDREAS, formerly the CALVIN COGGIN, built in 1943 at Superior, has been sold to Costa Rica buyers and renamed MEROPI. wR RR KK OK KOK KR KOK KOK KOK KR OK OK KOK KOK OK ROK OK OK KOK OK OK OK OK OK OK ‘ At left: The D.E.CALLENDER i. {Ross & Wiley Photo). The ships of the old Valley Camp fleet had black hulls, white cabins ané forecastle, black stacks with white edged red diamond and white monogram "VCron the w diamond. RRR KK ROK KR OK KK ROK OK