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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: The Annual Dinner Meeting will be held on Saturday Evening, February 23rd, at the Norton Palmer Hotel in downtown Windsor. The dinner will be served at 6:30 P.M. and the meeting will follow at approximately 7:45 P.M. As always, our guests are welcome. Those who plan to attend the dinner will please send their reservation cards (enclosed herewith) to the Secretary in such time that hse receives them not later than February 2lst. And remember, there is no mail delivery on the le 22nd. The Menu will consist of Turkey, and the charge will be $2.75 per plate, including tip. The Speaker will be Mr.W.W.Oak, Director of the Weather Bur- eau in the Detroit Area. He will tell us about weather predictions in the Great Lakes country, with special emphasis on ice condition forecasts. For years past Mr.Oak's reports have been recognized for their accuracy and relia- bility. ‘lan now to attend the Dinner, and be sure to inform your Secretary before the 2lst of the month. Robert A.Zeleznik, Secretary. OK KK KOKO KOK OK KK OK KOK OK KR KOK OR ROR KOK KOK OK ROK K KOK KOK KK K SHIPS Upper Lakes & St.Lawrence will be the owners of a 21,000 ton bulk freighter, work on which has begun at Port Weller. Delivery is due early in 1958. NORTHCLIFFE HALL and LEECLIFFE HALL are to be conver- ted to tankers this winter at the Vickers Yard in Montréal. The veteran sidewheeler ferry BLUEBELL is being stripped down at Toronto. Her hull will see further use as a barge. The tug ROGERS CITY has been renamed DOLOMITE. Another tug, the WILLIAM! RJPANTON (ex SAMUEL J.DARK) of Dunbar & Sullivan, has been withdrawn from documentation. OK KK OK OK OK KKK KOK OK OK KR OK OK KK KOK KK KK KK KKK KKK KK KKK OK MASTHEAD Our line drawing for this number depicts the former Lake Superior passenger ship HIRAM R.DIXON of the Booth Line. It is taken from an old timetable in the John Poole Memorial Collection. xe RK KOK KR OK OK At Left: The HAMPTON ROADS, farmerly the LAKE GALIEN, Like many of her sister "Lakers", this ship was a casualty of the second War. In the Battle of the Atlantic, our "Lakers" have left a glorious record. (Graham Photo)