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MARINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF DETROIT, INC. Albert Bradley, President Curtis Haseltine, Vice Pres. John Campbell, Treasurer Robert Zeleznik, Secretary 7035 Army 13951 Faust 1575 Cleveland 2015 Dime Building Detroit 9, Michigan Detroit 23, Michigan Lincoln Park, Michigan Detroit 26, Michigan a ANNOUNCEMENT: On Thursday, Nov. 19, at 8 pam. in the Edison Boat Club Clare Snider, superintendent of the marine department of the Ford Motor Company, will speak briefly on Ford's marine activi- ties and then show us a film of the WILLIAM CLAY FORD bucking ice on the first trip of the season. Dinner reservations should be made with Ken Smith not later than Tuesday, Nove 17. FOR YOUR LIBRARY Introduction to the Great Lakes and the St.Lawrence Seaway by Frederick Lb, Whitlark, Amery, Wis., Great Takes Books, Ince, 1959. 28 pages plus index. 23 pages of line drawings and 95 photographs. $3.95. Dr. Whitlark's readable and informative account has been well ree ceived by cruise passengers and visitors to the Great Lakes region for whom it is primarily intended. The book departs from the historical format of previous Great Lakes "primers" and provides instead a broad elementary survey of the operation of the Great Lakes ships and the processing of their cargoes. Of more universal value is the second half of the book,a guide to waterways and landmarks of the Great Lakes and St.Lawrence system. Whitlark provides a pictorial section with a generous and broad selection of vessel types and landmarks. Those buying the book for its photographs will find the quality of them is not good, but this does not mar their educational value. Explanatory Qg line drawings are scattered throughout the text. Gordon Bugbee NO, FRIEND, the T.A.IVEY does not haul coals to Newcastle. It hauls coal from Erie to Port Dover for John Ivey's greenhouse. And the MEN- TREK does not belong to CSL. Some days we don't know whether we are coming or goinge SHIPS The ARTHUR B. HOMER, a 730-foot bulk freighter, was launched on Nov.7 at Great Lakes Engineering Works in River Rovge for Beth= lehem Steel. She will be an oil-burning steam turbine, equal in size to the EDWARD L. RYERSON to be launched in December for Inland Steel and with greater capacity than the MURRAY BAY recently launched for Canada Steamship. Laid up at Muskegon by the steel strike, the CHARLES L. HUTCHINSON had to make an emergency run with a real "hot cargo," 15,000 tons of coal apparently ignited by spontaneous combustion, She went to Chica- go to unload it. Sale of the state ferry VACATIONLAND has been postponed by steel strike. Browning Lines of Detroit withdrew $1,500,000 offer because it was already laying up bulk carriers. Negotiations continue. Bids of Grand Haven and Traverse City to move the icebreaker MACKI- NAW to their towns have been rejected after 9th District Coast Guard é survey showed Cheboygan still best home port because of central sites ce) Stoddard White