This is Throwback Thursday #158. 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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ESCONI was established in November 1949. For the first few editions of the newsletter, the cover featured various drawings and prospective logos. The cover of the January newsletter was a shield showing a fossil fern, a diamond, a dinosaur, a crystal, and an arrowhead.
In the January 1950 newsletter, there was an announcement of a contest to choose a logo.
A WORD ABOUT THE COVER
We have no name. We have no symbol. Therefore we have caused to have. designed by one of our talented group this shield which represents the basic earth sciences backed by the tools of our trade and topped by the globe or earth which we are going to study. It will have to stand until we have a name and symbol which will be recognized from that point on as representing a vital and active organization.
The February 1950 newsletter cover featured a globe with crossed hammers.
The March 1950 cover was much different... a sign in a desert scene.
There was a final call for ideas in the March 1950 newsletter.
NOT TOO LATE FOR COVER DESIGN AND NAME FOR BULLETIN
Two competitive contests will be held at our next meeting, March 10th. One will be for the selection of a club emblem to be used as a symbol on our Bulletin cover and stationery. The winner will receive a slab of beautiful Eden Valley opalized wood. The second contest will determine the name of the club's monthly publication. The prize will be a group of nail head spar (calcite crystal). The contest will be open to visitors as well as members, Incidentally, the club wishes to express its appreciation to Mr. Beghtol for the covers for the first three bulletins.
During the March 1950 meeting, a logo submitted by Stevens T. Norvell was selected. The S.T.N. initials at the bottom are his initials. Norvell was an ESCONI founding member and the first treasurer. He moved to Colorado a few years later, but continued to contribute articles for the newsletter into the 1960's.
Since April 1950, the newsletter had the same logo on the cover.
Colored patch version of the ESCONI logo.
