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Greetings of the Season - cont'd. of you our very best wishes for A Very M e r r y Christmas and for all possible H a p p i n e s s in the Ne w Year. Take care, dear friends, and ma y 1996 bring to us all a full meas u r e of love, warmth, good health and success in all of our endeavours. * * * * * L A Y - U P L I S TINGS Each winter, we feature in the pages of "Scanner" the lists of the various vessels laid up at our various lake and river ports. This provides a v a l uable hist o r i c a l record for future readers, and helps our present m e m b e r s to locate ships they might w ish to go and see during the lay-up period. We will run the list ings in our F e b ruary issue, which means that we need your reports as soon after the close of n a v i g a t i o n as possible, and at least by J a n u a r y 20th if we are to meet our p r i n t i n g deadline. Please go to your nearest port as soon as p o s sible after the holid a y s and make a list of every ship w i n t e r i n g there - even if some are e x p e c t e d but still running. Please be very accurate w i t h the names. You ma y include tugs, ferries, etc., in your list, but please be sure to label them as such. This look rest these south is a chance for m any m e m b e r s to assist us with our newsletter, so we forward to h e a r i n g from y o u as early as possible. Of p a rticular i n t e to us (as sometimes we have had trouble getting reports for some of places) are the ports at the Lakeheads, on Lake Michigan, and on the shore of Lake Erie. to all for their help w i t h this imp o r t a n t project. * * * * * WINTER WEATHER Last wi n t e r was r e l a t i v e l y mild, with very little snow in the Toronto area, but can we expect another wi n t e r like that? We doubt it! And if the weat h e r on the day of a T. M . H . S. m e e t i n g in January, F e b ruary or M a r c h looks so t e r rible that you are not sure w h e t h e r to set out or not, you may phone P r o gramme Chairman G o r d o n Turner (ONLY on the day of the meeting, please) for in form a t i o n at (416) 762-3130. * * * * * A LAKE HURON TRAGEDY On the night of October 7th, 1895, the steamer A F R I C A f o u ndered w i t h the loss of all hands in Lake Huron, 20 miles off the coast of the Bruce P e n i n sula, and the s c h o o n e r - b a r g e SEVERN, w h i c h she was towing, grounded a half mile off Bradley Harb o u r and her crew of seven were rescued. The h i s t o r i e s of these two vess e l s are recounted, and the details of their tragic loss exp l a i n e d in a 31-page p a m p h l e t produ c e d by T. M . H . S. member Capt. Gerry Ouderkirk, e n t i t l e d S h i p w r e c k e d on the Bruce C o a s t . I l l u s t r a t e d with maps, photos and drawings, the book is a v a ilable at a cost of C a n a d i a n $ 6 . 00 (including postage and handling). Those w i s h i n g to order should address request and payment to K. Ouderkirk, 4215 Meado w v a l e Drive, Unit 45, N i a gara Falls, Ontario L2E 5W8. * * * * * Local m e m b e r s can use the H o l i d a y s to dig out some slides for our Janu a r y Theme Slide Night. R e m ember that our theme is "ice", w h i c h may be i n t e r preted in any wa y yo u wish. We kno w that our members have ver y vivid i m a g i nations, and we expe ct to be am a z e d and amused by what they make of this theme. See you all on Janu a r y 5th at the Museum. Thanks