
NEW YORK SHELL CLUB NOTES No. 26 September 1980 Page 
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pearls, diamonds and/or carved coral, : 
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panquet which featured roast beef and more and deus atte “aeatea! 
tions represented the famous "Running of the Roses," for which the 
city is probably better known tha 
other attributes. n for its interesting history and 
Three areas were to be covered on Friday's field trips We'd a ~ 
ciate reports from those of you who were able to go malate? 
Next year the AMU will meet in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and by ec 
incidence the same dates in July: 20th - 25th. This will be th mn 
50th anniversary meeting of the AMU and President Richard S. Houbrick 
is already making plans. Mark your calendar. 
Dorothy Raeihle 

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE JUNE MBETING 
The nominating committee, consisting of Richard Goldberg and Bob 
Janowsky, proposed for reelection the incumbent officers: President, 
Fred Cannon and Vice-President Dorothy Janowsky for second terms; 
Treasurer, Mathilde Weingartner; Recording Secretary, Milton Werner; 
Corresponding Secretary, Marie Sussman; Historian, Nick Katsaras. 
There were no nominations from the floor, and by unanimous approval 
the secretary was empowered to cast one vote for the entire slate. 
Bob Janowsky presented a slide talk based on photos he had made of 
shells selected from Fred Cannon's collection. The specimens were 
all from South India, and all were freaks. Among them were Melongena 
(eight, all different), Turris, TOs Fusinus, Cypraea arabica, 
Cypraea caputserpentis, and Murex haustellum. 
Fred read a letter from Dr. William K. Emerson, head of the Museum's 
Department of Living Invertebrates, with the information that the 
Museum is displaying, until September 20th, photographs taken during 
Shelling expeditions that it has sponsored over the years. The 
photos are in the published reports of the expeditions, copies of 
which have been opened to appropriate pages. Shell photos are ac- 
companied by specimens. The location is the entrance to the Rare 
Book Room, fourth floor, near the 77th Street elevators. 
The main speaker was Mathilde Weingartner, whose subject was "Water." 
With slide photos and description, she covered its various forms -- 
clouds, fog, rain, snow, ice -- and the place of each in water's ; 
cyclic existence. She also touched on such phenomena as Mt. Ranier's 
fifteen glaciers, the hot mineral waters of Yellowstone National 
Park, and the geyser "Old Faithful." Tillie also outlined the me- 
chanical uses that man makes of water, its place in the food picture, 
and its importance as a habitat. These led to her concluding obser- 
vations, which were on the subject of pollution. 
Milton Werner, 
Recording Secretary 
