This is Throwback Thursday #109. 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 [email protected]. Thanks!
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1997 USPS Stamps "Mighty Dinosaurs"
25 Years Ago - May 1997
- The topic of the General Meeting was "Interpreting Topographic Maps" given by Ray Brod, Staff Cartographer , Anthropology, and Geography Program at the University of Illinois - Chicago.
- The Juniors had a field trip about fossils at the Goose Lake Prairie State Park, Visitors Center.
- The March Paleontology Meeting was canceled due to a brown out, so they had a rescheduled program on the Devonian Period.
- The CGMA show was held on May 24th, 25, and 26th at the DuPage County Fairgrounds.
- The USPS issued the "Mighty Dinosaurs" stamp series.
- The Lapidary Study Group was working with opals.
- New members included Roger Sesterhenn and Barbara Roder - still members today!
50 Years Ago - May 1972
- The American Federation "Code of Ethics" appeared in the newsletter.
- "Jewelry Design" was the topic of the General Meeting. It was presented by William Smith.
- The Juniors had a field trip to the Dresden Lake Recreation Area on May 13th... can I come along?!?
- The Paleontology Study Group was collecting Ordovician fossils in Grant County, Wisconsin.
- The book "Gem Trails of Texas" was reported as missing from the library. If you still have it, we will go light on the fines...
- The micro-mount of the month was an "Alligator" for the micro-mounter.
- The Colorado Petrified Forest was renamed to the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument.
70 Years Ago - May 1952
- The Brentlingers, Mary and Clell, visited ESCONI on May 9th. Apparently, they were famous in lapidary back in the 1950's.
- Stevens T. Norvell wrote about Desert Glass in the newsletter.
- There was a field trip to visit the Aurora Mastodons on May 18th.
- Chairman Bill Allaway was lamenting the bad winter and hoped that "Dame Nature" would compensate with a nice summer.
- Chairman Bill spoke of "Trilobite Mines" and "swinging a heavy hammer" to build up muscle for the upcoming field trip season. Are you in fossil shape yet?
