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Ee the LoG ee We made it! For the first time in history Great Lakes vessels kept sailing around the calendar for a non-stop season. Whether this historic moment came on the 15th of March as the Lake Car- riers contend or April 2 or 5 as others claim, it has now been accomplished. But despite tech- nological advances that helped, the mild temperatures made it possible while more normal read- ings next year could again put an end to sailing. A lot of ta- conite came down to U. S. Steel mills at Gary and..South Chicago during the extended season. It was ironic, however, that the first iron ore to reach Detroit came up the St. Lawrence from Sept Iles aboard J. N. McWATTERS and SINCOE...FRANKCLIFFE HALL was spotted at Detroit with a red hull. Looks nice...The Coast Guard warns that trawlers are now working the lakes and lack the maneuverability of other types of fishing vessels. Ves- sels are asked to give trawlers a wide berth. They carry green and white trawling lights on a vertical line with the green light uppermost...The Norfolk & Western Bridge on the Rouge had a cracked pinion gear that slow- ed operations until a new gear could be fabricated... ALGOWAY was the first boat upbound past Detroit with S.T.=CRAPO first to go up to Lake Huron and return. YANKCANUCK was the first down at Detroite ooooo THE NEW NAMESAKES OF THE LAKES, by John O. Greenwood, is of the same general format as his two prior NAMESAKES with a picture of each ship and a short story about the ship and the origin of its name. Many of the accounts indicate where the picture was taken and when and tell about the ship's maiden voyage. The pictures are the big improvement over NAMESAKES OF THE LAKZS. Most pictures, over 350 of W them, are excellent with pictures of the new vessels since the first NAMESAKES included. Many of the ships whose ownership has changed in the past six months are listed under their new fleet. Ships are lis- ted as to their fleet with the Contents giving the first page for each fleet and the Index the page of the individual ship. Freshwater Press, Inc., 463 The Arcade, Cleveland, Ohio, 44114, the publisher, has them as will fellow member George D. Brown, 7001 Bancroft St., Toledo, Ohio, 43617. RAZ ooooo0 SOOO OI III III IISA IISA I IST, cMeet You at°SidS-c April 26th! Our Dinner Meeting this year will be at Sid's at St. Clair, Mich. which reportedly has regained its former reputation for fine good St. Clair River. We will be served by those waitresses who come out and wave their white aprons each time the Bob-Lo's COLUMBIA makes a Port Huron trip. The dinner will be Saturday, April 26, at 6 p.m. with John N. Bascom, editor of the Toronto Marine Historical Society's fine publication, the Scanner, as our speaker. Price is $7 includ- ing tip. Our "Historian of the Year" will be announced, and never lost its prime boat watching location on the