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Bill Luke, Editor of The Marine Historical Society's Historian the Year for 1983 is Daniel C. McCormick of Massena, New York, whose book, "The Wishbone Fleet" published in 1972, provides an excellent history and pictorial review of the vessels of the George Hall Corporation and Hall Corporation (Shipping) 1969 Limited. Mr. McCormick has been a Society member since 1955. His book may be obtained through him at 1 Isabel Street, Massena, New York 13662. *** Overnight cruise service may be returning to the Great Lakes, absent since the departure of the Georgian Bay Line's steamer SOUTH AMERICAN in the Fall of 1967. The American Holiday Line of Warren, Rhode Island, has a 160-foot motorvessel, CARIBBEAN PRINCE, under construction there scheduled for late November delivery. Following a Winter schedule in the Jamaica area, the vessel will begin 12-day sailing from the Detroit area to northern Lake Huron and Georgian Bay ports and the American Soo on June 15th of next year, continuing until September 5th. Owen Sound will apparently be the vessel's main port during the schedule, with passengers bussed to that Georgian Bay port. The motorship will be similiar to the cruise vessel NEW SHOREHAM II which operates on the East Coast during the Summer time. *** Western Metals of Thunder Bay is said to have an option on five of the six coal-burning ore carriers recently placed for sale by U. S. Steel. The steamers are the B. F. AFFLECK, JOSHUA A. HATFIELD, JOHN HULST, HORACE JOHNSON and AUGUST ZEISING. The sixth carrier, WILLIAM A. IRVIN, has been placed on a $1.00-per-year lease to the city of Duluth for use as a museum. Should this option by Western Metals be exercised, the five boats would be scrapped at the Canadian Lakehead. *** Misener Transportation has leased Halco's 730-foot motorship OTTERCLIFFE HALL for two years and are said to be planning her rechristening as ROYALTON, returning that familiar name to their fleet roster. Meanwhile, Misener has laid up their steamer SCOTT MISENER and slated her for lengthening by forty-six feet to maximum Seaway size. *** A long-familiar sight on the Soo waterfront, the former Great Lakes Towing Company salvage tug FAVORITE, was towed from there to Detour Village by the tug CHIPPEWA on July 29th. Acquired by John Southward of Muskegon, the FAVORITE was being dismantled at Detour the week of August 22nd. She had been in the Soo since 1972 when she was acquired by Le Sault de Ste. Marie Historic Sites, Inc., owner/operators of the museum laker VALLEY CAMP. *** The museum-convention center steamer CLIPPER, moored at Navy Pier at Chicago, was designated a Registered National Landmark on July 28th, *** Los Angeles-based Seaway Lines, Inc., purchasers of four Cleveland-Cliffs' steamers in layup at Toledo, has abandoned plans to convert the vessels for combination bulk and container trades, citing the present state of the economy, railroad deregulation and Canadian rail competition as major factors in their decision. The former Cliffs' boats involved are WILLIS B. BOYER, CADILLAC, CHAMPLAIN and WILLIAM P. SNYDER, JR. *** At mid-September, Inland Steel was said to have only one ore-carrier in operation, the steamer WILFRED SYKES, in the run between Escanaba and Indiana Harbor. U.S. Steel was planning the layup of their giants EDWIN H. GOTT and EDGAR B. SPEER for several weeks this Fall, leaving only their steamer PHILIP R. CLARKE running in their red-hulled ore fleet. Columbia will layup their steamer MIDDLETOWN and bring out RESERVE, which has been inactive at Bay Shipbuilding's Sturgeon Bay yard since her conversion to the self-unloader trades. *** Bay Shipbuilding has secured an order for a 550-foot coal topping-off barge for Lamberts Point Barge Company of Virginia. The craft is scheduled for delivery mext May. *** American Steamship's idle steamer JOHN T. HUTCHINSON was towed from Cleveland to Toledo's Frog Pond on August 4th, a move which does not lend encouragement to her further operation. *** Further gloom currently clouds the future for the Straits’ rail ferry CHIEF WAWATAM as her operators fail to get indications of sufficient intended usage from industrial customers to warrant her continued running. Forty-five rail cars per week would be required to keep the ferry economically feasible with state subsidy. With strong indications that subsidies will end in 1985, the CHIEF WAWATAM's _ future therefore appears truly shakey. Of the sum of 50,000 promised for the steamer's drydocking and survey, only $17,000 is yeedea