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M O N T H L Y NEWS BULLETIN OF THE T O R O N T O Executive C om m ittee 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 100 W hitehall Road Toronto, Ont. M 4 W 2C7 Capt. J. Leonard G. Tu rn er W. R. Wilson VOL. XXVI - NO. 7 MEETINGS APRIL 1994 Saturday, May 7th - Annual Dinner Meeting. P l e a se see details below. This will be our last regular membership meeting until we begin our new season in October. Your Executive Committee and, most particularly, our Programme Chairman, Gordon Turner, would be pleased to receive suggestions from the members regarding possible topics or speakers for future meetings. Do we have any volunteers out there? * * * * * * * THE EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK The March Meeting, which featured an excellent programme dealing with marine casualties, presented by Ron Beaupre and Alan Sykes, was one of the best-attended meetings in years! We enjoyed seeing a number of members who seldom can make it to our regular meetings, and we were pleased to welcome a number of guests. We extend sincere thanks to our speakers who put on such a well-prepared and successful presentation. Perhaps one day we will be able to welcome Ron and Alan back with a second instalment of their casualty reports. The ANNUAL DINNER MEETING will be held on Saturday, May 7th, aboard the JADRAN, which is moored on the east side of the Yonge Street slip on the Toronto waterfront. (Parking is available in either of two lots alongside the ship. ) The bar will open at 6: 00 p. m., with dinner served at 7: 00 p. m. Our guest speaker will be Capt. Marc Ackert of the passenger vessel KAWARTHA VOYAGEUR, who will present a programme entitled "The Trent-Severn Waterway, Past and Present". Tickets for the dinner will be $29. 00 per person ISSN 0318-014X (including taxes and gra- AFFILIATED WITH THE M AR IN E M U S E U M OF UPPER C A N A D A