Welcome
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CONTACT INFORMATION Mark Johnson - President Karlynn Morgan - Treasurer Winston Salem, NC Vicky Wall - Secretary Mayodan, NC |
Annual Shell Show The Club sponsers a judged show each year. Competition is held in a wide range of categories with special groups for novices and juniors. Divisions for shell crafts and photography are included as well. The Club invites the public to attend and vote for their favorite display. For more information, contact Shell Show Co-Chairmen: John Timmerman
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MEETINGS The Club meets four weekends per year. Meeting locations change each quarter and occasionally are out of state. Locations are announced in the club newsletter prior to each meeting. Programs on Friday and Saturday nights feature speakers. During the day on Saturday there is an opportunity to collect shells. The Club invites guests to join us for any of our meetings. |
Click Shell for Raffle Information 2022 Club Meeting Schedule
Ocracoke, NC
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Morehead City , NC Admission Charge $5 Adults
Read Cape Fear Living Magazine's Article about our 2019 Shell Show ~~~~~~~ Morehead City, NC/ September 23-24 Western Park Community Center SPECIAL COLLECTING TRIP ~~~~~~~ Carolina Beach , NC November 11-12 November Date to be Determined
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NEW PAGES ADDED:
See John Timmerman's Article published in Select components of a shell show exhibit ~~~ Dr. Daniel Minior's article "Description of Hyalina cunhai, a new species of Marginellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the eastern seaboard of Brazil" appeared in the most recent issue of THE FESTIVUS (Vol. 52, Issue 3) July, 2020
COA 2022
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Newsletter The Club publishes a newsletter four times a year which provides articles on shells, descriptions of field trips, and information on up-coming meetings. The newsletter is now mailed electronically except to those individuals who do not have computer access or require a printed copy.
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Annual Auction One of the highlights of the year is the annual fund-raiser held during the November meeting. Shells and shell-related items are offered in both silent and live auctions.
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North Carolina Shell Club Officers:President - Mark Johnson - - - - - - - -Treasurer - Karlynn Morgan
THANK YOU SHELL CLUB MEMBERS!Find out about the North Carolina Shell Club's project to display shells at the Nunnelee Pediatric Specialty Clinic in Wilmington - organized by John Timmerman and Brady Semmel.Click HERE for article from Jul-Sep 2017 newsletter DID YOU KNOW?The North Carolina Shell Club has a Facebook Page. Please drop by for a visit and join this group, easily found at:
New Scholarship at UNC-W! Ron and Janie Hill have funded a new scholarship, the Ron & Janie Hill Honors Scholarship at UNC-W in Marine Biology. Within the next three years they hope to have the value of the scholarship reach $6,000 annually. The Hill's daughter, Mandy, studied Marine Biology at UNC-W, obtaining her B.S and Master's Degrees there.
Special Collecting Trips During the year special trips may be scheduled to local beaches, off-shore islands or fossil sites for collecting.
~~~~~~~~~~ Click HERE for a pictoral review of the 2022 fossil collecting trip at Maryland's Calvert Cliffs in April, again presented by leader Dora Zimmerman Click HERE for an interesting look at fossil collecting at Maryland's Calvert Cliffs in April, 2018 presented by Dora Zimmerman
Click HERE for a nice photo essay on the club's trip to Cumberland Island in February 2016 prepared by club member, Vicky Wall. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
S. Peter Dance has written a wonderful article about Donald and Eloise Bosch which he has shared with use. You may read it HERE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NEWS FLASH! Article in the Ocracoke Observer about the March, 2018 NC Shell Club meeting and trip to Portsmouth. Click HERE Club member Art Bogan has had an article published in the Raleigh News & Observer. To read Art's article, click on this link:
Club member John Timmerman, has written a brief article on NC Shells for "Going Green" magazine's current issue. It can be viewed and downloaded at their website: www.goinggreenpublications.com This link is actually to the archives section. John's article appears in Vol. 1 Issue 4 (the Winter 2008 issue with his shell photo on the cover)
Interesting Article on Taxonomic Etymology
Ocracoke newspaper article features NC SHELL CLUB weekend! ~~~~~ Click Above Shell ~~~~~ See a Photo review of the 2022 Oak Island Shell and Fossil Show! ~~~~~ Click Above Shell
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Here is a link to an article (Page 1) about the Shell Club's meeting in Ocracoke published in the Ocracoke Observer April, 2017. Here is Page 2 ~~~~~
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In Memorium _____________________________________________________
Dr. Doug Wolfe Awarded Club member Everett Long, COA Neptunea Award Chairman, presents Doug Wolfe his award.
Jeannette Tysor and Ed Shuller Given Their Club member Everett Long, COA Neptunea Award Chairman, presents Jeannette and Ed their award. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Club member Vicky Wall was recently featured in the September 2021 issue of Our State Magazine in an article about Collectors. Click on Vicky's photo for a link to the entire article. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OFFICIAL North Carolina Size Records The Club's Records Committee has generated a complete listing of size records for marine mollusks found in North Carolina. The Rules for submitting your own record-size shells, along with the listing itself can be found by clicking on the symbol below. Current Record Size Listing for North Carolina Shells New Scotch Bonnet, Semicassis granulata State Record added at Shell Show in Morehead City! Tamara Zetka finds record size Semicassis granulata on Portsmouth Island field trip!
Congratulations Art! At the joint meeting of the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society (FCMS) and
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NC SHELL CLUB MEMBERS ON COA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Karlynn Morgan - President Alan Gettleman - Vice President Vicky Wall - Secretary Vicky Wall - Awards Director Anne Joffe - Convention Co-ordinator Alan Gettleman - Historian Dan Minior - Member at Large Amy Dick - Advertising Manager ~~~~~ NEW!! __ Click Above Shell To read Vicky Wall's Article which appeared in the March, 2016 issue of American Conchologist, entitled "Shelling the Pearl Islands of Panama" ~~~~~
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