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MONTHLY NEWS BULLETIN OF THE T O R O N T O Executive Committee J. H. Bascom Jay N. Bascom David Bull Roger Chapman Lorne Joyce M A R I N E H I S T O R I C A L SOCI ETY Editor Jay N. Bascom 1 0 0 Whitehall Road Toronto, Ont. M 4 W 2C 7 Capt. J. Leonard G. T urner W. R. Wilson VOL. XXIII - NO. MEETINGS M A R C H 1991 A p r i l 5th - 8: 00 p . m. at the Museum. Our speaker will be Bill Wil so n who will present " P ad dl ing T h ro ug h Europe", an i l l u st ra te d re vi ew of paddle steamer op er a t io ns through out Europe and Scandinavia. Saturday, M a y 11th - Ann ual Di nner Meeting. Please see deta ils below. Friday, THE E D I T O R ' S N O T E B O O K All those present at the Fe br u a r y Meeting e n jo ye d Buck L o n g hu rs t' s i ll us tr at ed re v i e w of the Purvis Marine fleet of tugs and barges, together with the tr an sa tl a n t ic d e l i v e r y vo yage of A V EN GE R IV. We wish to thank Buck for his efforts in p r e p a r i n g such an exc el le nt pr og ram me and for coming all the way from Sault Ste. Marie to present it for us. The A n n u a l D i n n e r M e e t i n g will be held at the Ship Inn, in the Museum, on Saturday, May 11. Dinner will be served at 7: 00 p. m., and the bar will be open earlier for those w i s h i n g a r e s t o ra ti ve before the meal. Robert J. MacDonald, of Erie, Pen ns yl va nia , will present an il l u s t r a t e d pr ogr amm e ent it le d "Erie - The Lake and The Port". Tickets will be $2 2 . 00 per person and guests will, as usual, be welcome. Please send your early rem it ta nc e to W i l l i a m R. Wilson, 173 G l e n r o s e Avenue, Toronto, Ont ar io M4T 1K7. Tickets will be held at the door for all those who have reserved. P lease N o t e : R es ta ur an t c a pa c i t y is limited and we have a dead lin e for c o n fir min g the num ber that will attend. Rese rva tio ns, a c c o m p a n i e d by p a y m e n t , must be re ce iv ed by Tuesday, May 7th. We regret that there can be no refunds after that date, and that tickets will not be sold at the door. Please reserve early to ensure that there will be space a v a il ab le for you and your party. A FF ILIA T E D W IT H THE M A R IN E M U S E U M OF UPPER C A N A D A ISSN 0318-014X