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The NEW YORK SHELL CLUB meets on the second Sund 
September through June, in PR EEIRESY AF ened mons 
ROOM 319, AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 
NEXT MEETING: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1977, at 2:00 PM 
PROGRAM: BILL OLD'S REPORT ON HIS ACTIVITIES, SUMMER 1977 
(With color slides.) 

CONTENTS 
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Obituary: Axel A. Olsson 1 
Obituary: Kitti Westfall 4 
Muskingum River Naiad Mollusks David H. Stansbery 2 
Review: WONDERS OF STARFISH D. Raeihle 2 
The Fossil Shells of Rockaway Beach M. K. Jacobson i 
Buys in Books on Fossils from Paleontological Research Inst. 4 
Highlights of the October Meeting Milton Werner 5 
Inspired by Seashells Ethelyn Woodlock 5 

AXEL ADOLF OLSSON, 1889-1977 
We are sorry to announce that the very well known and well liked 
Axel Olsson died October 26th at his home in Coral Gables. He was 
88 years of age. 
Born April 19, 1889 in Gloversville, New York, Dr. Olsson attained 
his education at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Cornell 
University. His career began at Cornell where he was Instructor of 
Invertebrate Paleontology during the period 1913-17. During his 
long professional life he produced many, many papers on mollusks and 
paleontology. Probably his most widely known work is "Pliocene Mol- 
lusea of Southern Florida" (with A. Harbison), 1953. Another impor- 
tant work, for which he was honored, is "Contributions to the Terti- 
ary Paleontology of Northern Peru," (in six parts) 1928-44. There 
is also "Neogene Mollusks from Northwestern Ecuador," 1964 and, per- 
haps of more local interest, "Some Tertiary Mollusks from South 
Florida and the Caribbean," 1967. 
Dr. Olsson's enthusiasm for his work did not diminish with advancing 
years; his animation, friendliness, and helpfulness endeared him 
especially to the amateur workers of South Florida. 
KITTI WESTFALL 
Kitti Felix Westfall, a native Floridian and resident of Pinellas 
Park, Florida, died suddenly on July 17th while on a shelling expedi- 
tion in the Dominican Republic. She was 47 years old. 
Mrs. Westfall was a photographer and journalist as well as a collec» 
tor and was known to many of our readers. NYSC members will remember 
her very descriptive article, "Sojourn in the Grenadines," which she 
contributed to these NOTES No. 138. 


