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ANNOUNCEMENT = meeting on Pa lear iat | 16th at 8 P.M., will pe slide show givengb fellow member Bill Noe will be held at Aatyine Child High ion. 1015 N.Silvery Lane, caatn. The location is nine blocks west and four blocks south of the inter- section of Ford Road and Telegraph Road. Plan to attend this meeting. | THE LOG The sandsucker LESCO (ex GRAND ISLAND) has been rename F.M.OSBORNE, and is dbwned by Osborne Materials Co . ra Lorain. The vessel now has a black hull. Canada Steamship Lines will reenter the ocean trade. The FORT CHAMBLY will load cargo at Trois Rivieres and Rimouski and sail for Dublin. She will then proceed to Gothenburg, Sweden to be fitted with cargo derricks. Reoch's AVONDALE has been sold for scrap to Dwor Metals of Port Colborne. The latest transfer of ships has the THOMAS MILLSOP, A.T.LAW- SON and SAMUEL MATHER going to Pierson Holdings. Renames are; A.T.LAWSON to GEORGE L.HENDERSON, THOMAS E.MILLSOP to E.C.NEWBERRY and SAMUEL MATHER to JOAN M. McCULLOUGH. ROY M.BATES The founder of our Society passed away late last year at his home in Fort Wayne, Indiana. It was in the spring of 1944 that Roy Bates and John O'Brien and the late Robert Larson got together and decided that there should be some kind of an organization in Detroit for people who were interested in ships. Later qd in that summer our Society was initiated with 14 charter members. Mr.Bates wrote the first constitutions, and insisted that the word "Historical" be part of the name of our Soci- ty. He served as its third President, 1948- 1949, when a business appointment required his move away from Detroit. Those of us who remember Roy are deeply grateful to him. The ST.LOUIS