This is Throwback Thursday #66.  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 send them to esconi.info@gmail.com.  Thanks!

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Here’s a little poem from the May 1958 edition of the ESCONI newsletter.  It’s called “It’s In the Bag” and was written by Donnafred Hoff.  Her husband, Wilbur “Doc” Hoff, was Vice President of ESCONI in 1958.  He was President in 1959.  We have a photo of them in April 1958.

IT’S IN THE BAG

Come on and buy a litter bag!
Oh, it may bulge and it may sag.

But it will hold an awful lot
Of almost everything you’ve got.

Much handier than any box
For road maps, fossils, gems or rocks.

Extra film or sunburn lotion,
Or other necessary potion.

Rain hat, sun shade, camera,
A bit of lunch, etcetra!

All your precious paraphernalia,
The rockhounds friend, it will not fail ya!

You need a pack horse for your swag?
Come on and buy a litter bag..

— Donnafred Hoff —