This is Throwback Thursday #242. 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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25 Years Ago - December 1999
- The ESCONI Holiday Party for 1999 was held on December 5th. Dr. John Flynn was there to talk about his exciting discoveries in Madagascar.
- The 1999 Flea Market was a huge success. Special thanks went out to Floyd and Betsy Rogers.
- DINO NEWS highlighted the September issue of Scientific American. There were three articles in the magazine about Tyrannosaurus rex.
- The ESCONI By-Laws were up for changes.
50 Years Ago - December 1974
- The General Meeting saw Ted and Helen Piecko do a presentaion called "The Fossils of Pit 11". Boy, wouldn't you love to see that now! The Pieckos have multiple Mazon Creek species named for them.
- Mineralogy did a material swap.
- Micromounting did a round robin identification content. Members were asked to bring their microscopes!
- Wilma and William Kelly were awarded an Honorary Membership. Both were very active in ESCONI from near the beginnng. Bill wrote many articles for the newsletter.
- The Micro of the Month was Ostracodes - minute bivalve crustaceans.
70 Years Ago - December 1954
- The General Meeting was "Gemstones - Fancy, Fabulous, and Phony". Jack Lund was the speaker.
- The Archaeology Study Group met at the home of Bill and Wilma Kelly to discuss the history of DuPage County.
- Bill Kelly wrote a short article about classification of plants and animals.
- Jay Farr gave presentations at both Junior Meetings - "The Earth is Born" and "Coral".
- DID YOU KNOW stated that ran that falls has been aloft fot about 3 weeks.
