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Alpena Evening News
January 25, 1910

                    REMEMBER THE OLD OCEAN WAVE?
                    
                  Shipbuilder's Death Recalls Some 
                    of the Old Time Schooners Trading
                    from Alpena.
                    
              The annoncement in the state despatches of
            the death at his home in Algonac of ABRAHAM
            SMITH, 91 years of age, recalls memories of
            early shipping and marine interests and the
            days when the schooner and bark were supreme
            on the Great Lakes.
              ABRAHAM SMITH was one of the pioneer ship
            builders, the founder of SMITH'S ship yard
            at Algonac, and especial interest is attached
            to his career from the fact that he built many
            boats owned and operated from Alpena. The
            schooner L. M. Mason was named after a former
            Alpena man and was built in Algonac.
              And such old timers as the Ocean Wave,
            Oliver Mitchell, Alice Spencer, Wolverine
            and Sultana! The early mariners, the men who 
            sailed before the mast, well remember these 
            schooners. Nearly all lumber carriers at one 
            time or another, they made money for their
            owners, but have long since been consigned
            to the boneyard. And the good old days of
            the lake sailing craft will never come back.
            
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