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.