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She ll Get All Spruced Up George Ayoub's seemingly ceaseless vigil along the Iroquois iock has paid off again! This time he caught the U. S. Coast Guard's BRAMBLE downbound from her former Detroit base to Curtis Bay, Md., on Sept. 15. The 30-year-old "Balsam" class sea-going buoy tender (WLB 392) is to be refurbished and brought up to date, including, it is rumor- ed, air conditioning for her six officers and 47 enlisted men. oo0oo Marine Historical Society of Detroit, Inc. 1974-75 Officers President Hal Jackson, 3538 Polk, Dearborn, ii. 48124 Vice-Pres. Fr. Ray Donahue, 25001 Hollander, Dearborn, Mi. 48128 Secretary Robt. 4eleznik, 877 University Pl., Grosse Pte., MMi. 48230 Treasurer Robt. Pocotte, 521 Wilcox, Clare, Mi. 48622 Editor Curtis Haseltine, 13951 Faust, Detroit, Mi. 48223 Pub. Mgro Fr. Ray Donahue, 25001 Hollander, Dearborn, Mi. 48128 Archivist Richard Wright, Bowling Green(Ohio)StateUniversity 435403