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1957 Cape May Geographic Society Eleventh Annual Bulletin - JuneDescription
The Annual Bulletin published the activity from the previous year. Topics include:
NOTES ON THE BIRDS
FOSSIL BIRDS OF NEW JERSEY
BUTTERFLY BANDING
BLACK DRUM TIME
FOSSIL MAMMALS FROM THE NEW JERSEY COAST
Fossil Crabs Found Off Cape May
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS IN THE 1600's
ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING
Every Saturday morning from June 30 to September 1 inclusive trips were arranged for the purpose of studying the birds, plants, shells and marine life, and points of historic and architectural interest in the vicinity of Cape May. Places visited include ed the oyster beds at Pierce's Point, Bennett Bog, Higbee's Beach, the salt marshes, Lily Lake at Cape May Point, the Victorian houses in Cape, May. On Friday, August 10,a boat trip was taken to observe the birds of the inland waterways back of Stone Harbor.
An innovation in the program this year was a visit to the Cape May County Historical Society Museum in Cape May Court House where the Curator, Mr. Karl Dickinson, explained the collections on exhibit. Other leaders of the nature and historic trips during the season included Mr. Robert C. Alexander, Dr. Ernest A. Choate, Mr. David G. Fables, Jr., Mr. F. Russell Lyons, Dr. Thurlow C. Nelson, Dr. Horace G. Richards.
The following series of illustrated lectures was presented on Friday evenings at the Cape May High School Auditorium:
July 27. Charles F. Kier, Jr. "Our Heritage." Archaeological exploration of Indian sites of Southern New Jersey. An exhibit of Indian artifacts was arranged ,by John J. Spencer, Jr.
August 10. Esther Heacock. "From Birds to Blossoms." Adventures with nesting birds; lapsed time motion pictures of flowers.
August 17. Horace G. Richards. "Old Cape 'May." Pictures of the sea shore resort in its early days. In addition some recent photographs of East and West Berlin were shown.
August 31. Ernest A. Choate. "Birds and Other Creatures." Colored photographs of the wild life of the region.Collection
Cape May Geographic Society
