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FEBRUARY DINNER MEETING Capt. C. A. Bodensieck, assistant operating manager for Canada Steamship Lines, will be the speaker at our annual dinner-meeting on Saturday night, Feb.11, at the Norton=Palmer Hotel in Windsor. Make reservations by Feb.8 with Bob Zeleznik, 877 University Pl.y Grosse Pte.,Mich., for outstanding speaker and Society gathering, THE LOG A Reuter dispatch of Jan. 6 reported grounding of the former laker HARRY R, JONES (a.D.G.KERR i) off the southwestern coast of Scotland at Ardros- san, Mishap occurred while JONES was being towed to Troon, Scotland, shipbreakers, During the 1960 season, 926 salties passed Detroit northbound, as contrasted with 993 transits the preceding year. We may see the MACUTO, best remembered locally as the THEODOROS A., again, but only on film, First reported arriving Spezia, Italy, Sept. 4, 1960 for scrapping, later report had her sold to an English moviemaker to be torpedoed in Irish Sea as part of filming a World War I movie. Fjell-Oranje Line's new passenger-cargo liner PRINSES MARGRIET was launched in the Netherlands during week of Dec. 12, Upon completion she will join her sister, PRINSES IRENE, in lake-ocean service, CSL's LEMOYNE (a.GLENMOHR) is being reboilered at Collingwood Shipyards this winter. Included in project is conversion from coal to oil, British-American Oil's B,A.PEERLESS made her first tropical run, to Nether- lands West Indies, early this winter, The Collingwood-built tanker is laid up at St.Johns, Nfld., fof the winter. Upper Lakes' L.A.MCCORQUODAIE (a,SUPERIOR, b.RALPH BUDD) will be fitted with Cole Cranes at Montreal this winter for the vessel's new package freight duty. Federal Court at Detroit has ordered sale of the JACK DALTON (a. VACATIONLAND), at public auction by March 6, Group headed by Jack Dalton defaulted interest and principal payments on $1,200,000 purchase from Michigan Highway Department. Two of Imperial Oil's canal-sized tankers will be lengthened 414 feet and their hulls raised 2'34" this winter at Canadian Vickers' Montreal yard. The ad- ded length, comprising one tank, will be placed forward of wheelhouses on IMPERI- AL COLLINGWOOD and IMPERIAL LONDON, Toronto Transit Commission's 49-year-old ferry, T. J. CLARK was sold in Decem- ber to Toronto Dry Dock Co. for $1. Refused Dept. of Transport certificate year ago last fall, the ferry almost sank at her dock recently. Hull of burned-out ISLAND KING II (a.DALHOUSIE CITY) has been refloated at Lachine by new owners, Buckport Shipping, Ltd. Following removal of engine and boiler, hull may be used as a barge if condition permits, In an unprecedented move, Canadian General Electric Co., Ltd., has announced award of $18,000,000 in new vessel contracts, Company will have two 4,000-ton package freighters and two 25,000-ton bulk carriers built for charter to Great Lakes operators, Both smaller vessels will be built at Collingwood. While un- confirmed, one may be FORT CHAMBLY for charter to CSL, Other may be 445-footer, award for which was announced in January '61 LOG, One bulk carrier will also be constructed at Collingwood with Carryore, Itd,, mentioned as charterer. Second large freighter will be built by St.John Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Ltd., of St.John, N.B., and may be chartered to Eastern Lake Carriers, Ltd., of Montreal, Canadian Government announces it will operate 11 ice breakers between Mont— real and Gulf of St, Lawrence, Bradley Transportation announced self-unloader CALCITE is being scrapped at Pittsburgh Conneaut Dock Co. She found no buyers after "retirement" from adq ley fleet last November, JOWLEDGEMENTS: Don Baut, Detroit; Al Bradley, Detroit; Arnold Dempster, - Collingwood; Jim Kidd, Toronto; Bill McDonald, Detra@£t; William Westbrook, Og- densburg. W. J. luke