
December 14, 1979 

FOUNDED JAN. 1949 
Dear Friends: 
The New Year and Holiday Seasons are almost upon 
us, and I want you to know how much I've enjoyed working 
with all of you these past few months. I am looking forward 
to the start of a new year and a new decade at our club that 
will interest and stimulate all of us. 
The first meeting of the new year will be on Janu- 
ary 13th and will start our new monthly series of short, in- 
formal talks on "Collecting Shells." The subject of the 
first talk will be "Obtaining Shells" and will cover the 
three main areas: self-collecting, trading, and purchasing. 
The months to follow will include the following subjects: 
Cataloguing and labelling 
Nomenclature 
Display and storage 
Forming a library 
Photography 
Keeping specimens alive 
Fossils 
Each talk will be followed by a short question and answer 
period which will include a question box for shy members. 
I am very pleased to announce that Mr. Ed Petuch 
of the University of Miami has agreed to start our new year 
off with a wonderful, exciting talk, “New and Unusual Species 
from Brazil, Venezuela and North Colombia." He has lots of 
surprises for us along with a series of beautiful slides of 
shells, his travels, and Darwinesque collecting experiences, 
I hope you will all brave whatever the weather 
will bring us on January 13th and come to our meeting to 
give Ed our support and help get our collecting talks off 
to a great start. 
May you and your families all enjoy your holidays, 
and I wish you all a Happy, Healthy and Joyous New Year. 
Sincerely, 
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Fred Cannon 
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