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     NEWSLETTER 
     
    
   
   
    
     NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Newsletter No. 5 February 1975 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     NEXT MEETING 
     
    
   
   
    
     Date: Tuesday, February 4 
     
    

    
     Time: 8 p.m. 
     
    

    
     Place: Provincial Health Building, 3rd floor, Room 47 & 48. 
     
     (Enter through underground garage on west side of the Provincial 
     
     Administrative Building). 
     
    

    
     Program: Russell Irvine, a member of this society, will speak at the 
     
    
   
   
    
     February meeting. He is general manager of the Conservation 
     
     and Outdoor Recreation Branch of the Dept. of Tourism. His 
     
     subject will be "Provincial Parks and Their Future". 
     
    
   
   
    
     As well, Kathy Martin will show some slides taken during a 
     
     January jaunt down the Morell River. This illustrated canoe 
     
     trip should give members a greater empathy with one of the 
     
     Island's few remaining wild rivers. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ANNOUNCEMENTS; 
     
    
   
   
    
     The nature slide competition results will not be made known before the 
     
     March meeting. The competition organizer, Mr. Wendall MacKay, is unable 
     
    
   
   
    
     to attend the February meeting because of official duties out of the 
     
     province. 
     
    
   
   
    
     .Membership Dues for 1975 have been coming in satisfactorily. If mailing, 
     
    
   
   
    
     the $2 per member should be sent with mailing address and phone number 
     
     to: ‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Natural History Society of Prince Edward Island 
     
     c/o Miss Margaret Mallett, Secretary-treasurer 
     
     53 Fitzroy Street 
     
    
   
   
    
     Charlottetown, P.E.I., 
     
    
   
   
    
     Canada ClA 1R4 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     The Society's copies of "Nature Canada", "Ontario Naturalist", 
     
     "Young Naturalist" should be returned to each meeting. To speed up 
     
    
   
   
    
     circulation, it would be a good idea to pass them along to other members 
     
     between meetings. 
     
    
   
   
    
     and 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     The Natural History Society is planning to write and present a 
     
     brief on future land use considerations to the Land Use Commission. The 
     
     first draft of the brief will be read at the February meeting and members 
     
     will be asked for additional comments and suggestions. Each one of you 
     
     is encouraged to present a personal brief, either written or spoken. 
     
     After all, it is in your own best interests! 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     We are about to lose a valued member. Joan Saunders has been chief 
     
     naturalist at Prince Edward Island National Park for the past two years. 
     
     She leaves early in February to become head naturalist at Terra Nova 
     
     National Park in Newfoundland. In honor of her contributions to the 
     
     society, we presented her with a picture of a winter scene in Milton, 
     
     taken by one of our members, Margaret Mallett. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     - Notes from January Meeting - 
     
    
   
   
    
     Following is the slate of officers elected at the annual meeting, 
     
     January 7: 
     
    
   
   
    
     Past President 
     
    

    
     President 
     
    

    
     Vice—president 
     
     Secretary-treasurer 
     
    

    
     Assistant secretary-treasurer 
     
     Director 
     
    

    
     Director 
     
    
   
   
    
     Bruce MacLean 
     
    

    
     Eleanor Lowe (re-elected) 
     
     Diane Griffin 
     
    

    
     Margaret Mallett (re—elected) 
     
     Helen Duffey 
     
    

    
     Wendall MacKay (re-elected) 
     
     Rosemary Curley