This is Throwback Thursday #40. In these, we look back into the past at ESCONI specifically and Earth Science in general. If you have any contributions, (science, pictures, stories, etc ...), please sent them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks!
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25 Years Ago – January 1996
- An ESCONI Scholarship in the name of Bill Allaway was established. Bill had recently passed away and was a founder of ESCONI.
- The general meeting program was on the 1991 eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in the Philippines.
- The Mineralogy/Micromount Study Group’s program was about the minerals of lava flows.
- The Lapidary group was doing wire wrapping and copper sculpturing.
- The Archeology study group talked about the Olmec of Mesoamerica.
- ESCONI dues were $15.
50 Years Ago – January 1971
- The general meeting was held at Downer’s Grove High School, and the program was on the Tarahumara Indians of Copper Canyon in Mexico.
- The Downer’s Grove Juniors were studying iron, copper and fluorite. There was also a Medinah Juniors Group.
- The Archaeology Group studied the Kensington Rune Stone.
- The club had a tour of the Lizzadro Museum.
- Club dues were $2 per adult, with lesser amounts for “associate” members, out-of-town members and juniors.
