Throwback Thursday #149: Dues Are Due... From the Past! #TBT #history #ThrowbackThursday

This is Throwback Thursday #149.  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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Have you paid your 2023 ESCONI dues?  I know I have to pay mine!  Please get them in, you can use our PayPal link on the website.  It makes it very easy!

ESCONI was more creative in the past when they sent out the Dues requests.  Here is a "Dues are Due" poem from February 1973.

DUES ARE DUE

Dues are Due and what do you get?
A year filled with fun and friends -- You bet
You learn about rocks and minerals, too;
There's oodles and oodles of things to do.

There are Field Trips and shows and Programs galore.
Now what do you mean? "Can't we offer you more?"
Sure, there are scads of books you can read
To keep your old noggin from going to seed.

There are Auctions and door prizes and raffles to boot;
If you are lucky enough, you can win lots of loot.
You do not have to remember You are reminded to meet
By your monthly bulletin which we hope is a treat.

There are displays at each meeting for you to see
And hot coffee and cake, for cake eaters like me.
You can visit with friends to your heart's content,
SO PLEASE PAY YOUR DUES - "TIS MONEY WELL SPENT.

So plunk down your money and smile when you do,
Cause there are lots of pleasures in store for you.
Cannot think of a way you get more for your Dough
Than by joining a Rock Club with "GET UP AND GO"

-- from THE GEM NEWS via many others! --

Here's a graphic from the newsletter in January 1966.

Another one from January 1967.

February 1972 was another good one.

And, here is the request for 2023 from Rose who runs membership for ESCONI.

This is a friendly reminder that your ESCONI Membership is expiring for 2022.

If you wish to renew your membership for 2023 and beyond, you can either pay via PayPal with a credit card (see our website www.esconi.org for this type of renewal), or you can send a check made payable to ESCONI: (mail it to Rose Jansen, 2 Langford Ct, Bolingbrook, IL 60440).

$20.00 for 1 year Renewal

$50.00 for 3 year Renewal

Renewal information can also be found in your newsletter (see the second page of the newsletter right after the cover page).

 

If you do not wish to renew, you can email me back to let me know so that I can remove you from our email list and you will not receive any further annoying renewal requests.

 

If you feel that your renewal year is incorrect, please let me know and I will check it for you. Mistakes happen and I want to make sure that your membership is correct.

 

If any of your information has changed in the past year, please let me know. (Address, phone, family members, or if you want me to use a different email address than this one.) Thank you!

 

Sincerely,

Rose Jansen

ESCONI Membership