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MARINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF DETROIT, INC. John R. Campbell, Pres. F. J, McAllister, Vice Pres. Kenneth E. Smith, Treasurer Robert A. Zeleznik, Secretary 1575 Cleveland, 444 Sandwich St., W., 153 Monterey, | 2015 Dime Building, Lincoln Park, Michigan Windsor, Ontario Highland Park 3, Michigan Detroit 26, Michigan ANNOUNCEMENT: | Our September picnic meeting will be held on the afternoon and evening of Saturday, the 10th at the Fort Malden Museum in Amherstburg. Come early & bring your lunch basket with you. This meeting inaugurates our Society's twelfth season: let's all make it a successful one. The meeting proper will convene at approximately 8:00 PM (Detroit time) in the Museum Annex. Out speaker will be Captain Harlow Meno, a member of the Meno family prominent in Great Lakes marine affairs. Capt.Meno was for many years Superintendant of the Ann Arbor car ferries and is presently mar- ine survayor for the U.S.Salvage Co. of Cleveland. His experiences and "know- how" Will be of interest to us all. Dont forget our October meeting, on the evening of Wednesday the 26th Robert A.Zeleznik, Secretary OR OR OK OR KK ROR OR OR OK OK OK KOK OK OK OK ROK OK OK OK OK OK KOK OK KOK KK KOK OK OK OK THE LAST VOYAGE (Captain Alfred J.Palmer, 1872-1955) Members of our Society, and indeed all who knew and loved the Lakes and their ships, were saddened by the recent passing of Capt.Al Palmer. His career began in 1889 as a seaman with the D.& C.fleet. Up to the time of his retirement in 1940 he had sailed in nearly all of the D.& C. ships and had commanded several of them. After 1940 Capt.Palmer resided in Detroit and was active in Masonic circles, in our Society and in many other organizations. Among his many friends he was loved and respected. It is with regret that we read accounts of old ships being laid up P and consigned to inactivity. Much more deeply do we feel sorrow at the Ce] passing of those who commanded these ships. And yet, we should not be saddened, for unlike the lifeless ships they navigated, commanders are persons, creatures of God, for whom death, enhanced by Christian enlight- enment, is not condemnation to port for the last time but rather the hope- full embarkation on a voyage that will never end. In Psalms we read that "They who go down to the sea in ships and ply their trade on its great expanse, behold the Lord and His majesty." May God grant td Capt.Palmer eternal rest, and to those near and dear to him, understanding, resigna- tion and sonsolation. eK KK KK OK KOK KK KOK KOK OK KOK OK KK OK OK KK OK OK KK KK KK KK KK MASTHEAD George Lauhoff contributed our little cut of a two masted schoon- er, taken from the letter head of the Walter Oades Shipyard, lo- cated for many years at the foot of Dubois Street in Detroit. OK OR OK OR OK OK OK OK OK OK OK ROK OK OK OK OK OR KOK OK OK OK OK OK KOK OK OK OK OK KOK OK OK OK At Left: The NORTH, at Duluth, in the old colors of Buckeye SS CO.,i.e. yellow stack with black top, dark red hull and white cabins. Compare this picture with that in DMH,v.5,n. 2. to see how mech @ she was built over while on salt water.