NATURE NOTES  - 1943
DATE AUTHOR TITLE
ASTRONOMY
Jan. 43 Long, Mrs. Edith, Reporter Astronomy Group up in the Air - Talk by Miss Irma Oeflein about
some of the problems faced by airplane pilots in navigation.
Mar. 43 Long, Edith, Reporter Flying by the Stars - Review of talk on subject presented at the 
January meeting of the Astronomy Group.  (to be continued in
the April Bulletin)
Jul. 43 Long, E. Shooting Stars - July 31 - Announcement of meeting of 
Astronomy Section a home of Stuart O'Byrne.  O'Byrne and
Edward Friton of the American Meteor Society will speak.
Oct. 43   Jones, S. P.  A Proposed Revised World Calendar, by the World Calendar
Association
BOTANY
Jun. 43 Miss Heising's Talk on Trees - Miss Heising, of the Missouri Bo-
tanical Garden revealed a great deal of information about trees 
that many of us fail to realize or appeciate.
Jul. 42 Rau, Maude L. Wildflowers for July  (list of expected bloomers)
Sep. 43  Dreyer, A. S. Bomb Released Plants - Botanists are watching areas of bomb-
scarred London to see if the famous London Rocket, a two-foot
plant with whitish four-petaled flowers, may appear for the first time
in 270 years, as it did after London's Great Fire of 1666.  Already
nearly 100 species strange to the city have sprung up in bombed 
areas.
Sep. 43 Ellis, Mrs. Katherine Botanizing - The Easy Way - I just sit down and absorb a plant;
then its mine and I seldom forget it.
CONSERVATION
Jan. 43 Forest and Wildlife in Missouri - Review of Harold O'Byrne's talk
about the Conservation Commission's problems given at the
December General Meeting.  Includes a proposition submitted to
the Webster Groves Nature Study Society for a Conservation
program and the formation of a standing Committee on
Conservation.
Feb. 43 Jones, Sterling P. Bambi - And Conservation - Urges readers to see this movie 
because of its emphasis on various aspects of conservation.
Feb. 43 Natural Resources Council All officers re-elected at January meeting.  Officers included
Ms. Albert Heinze, a vice-president.
Mar. 43 Jones, Sterling P. Deporting Cats and Dogs - Wrong Way - The bad results of 
dumping them in parks and other areas.
Mar. 43   Wildlife Goes to War - Four bulletins published by the Conser-
vation Commission on how to use wildlife to aid the war effort.
Apr. 43 "They're Trying Again"  to attack the bi-partisan Missouri 
Conservation Commission via the Spearman Bill.
Apr. 43 Don't Miss This Joint Meeting - Mr. Asbury Roberts, Chief, 
Protection Division, Conservation Commission of Missouri, will
address a joint meeting of the St. Louis Bird Club and WGNSS 
at the Cabanne Branch Public Library Auditorium, 1106 Union Blvd.
Apr. 43 The Natural Resources Council Has Grown Up.  Feedback from the
National Wildlife Week dinner on March 22, with an imposing 
array of speakers.
Apr. 43 They Are Trying Again - To Put the Missouri Conservation Com-
mission Out of Commission.  Voice your opposition and write
your legislators.
May. 43 KENEU - THE EAGLE - CALLING - Poem, urging the purchase of
War Bonds.
May. 43 The Margaret Krueger Forest - On the left side of Hwy. 50 between
Pond and Glencoe Road.  A pine forest named for the lady who
collected 5000 pennies for purchase of the pine seedlings which
formed the forest.
Jun. 43 Conservation Problems - Conservation Commission warns of 
need for avoiding forest fires with 50% of its personnel in the armed
forces. Commission refused to relax catch limits in current
fishing regulations, urged by some to relieve the food situation.
Jun. 43  Knapp, Ernie In the Good Old Days - and NOW - Story of the decline of Pittsburg
Lake, now the City Park, East St. Louis, Ill.  In 1900 had 65 miles
of shoreline. In 1915-21 the State of Illinois dug a short canal
which drained part of Pittsburg Lake and several smaller ones.  In
1928-38 several more canals were dug, which drained most of the
rest of Pittsburg Lake and destroyed  one of the finest wildlife
refuges in Illinois.
Aug. 43 Review of the July 1943 issue of Missouri Conservationist.  Article
deals with the Land Forms, Climactic Variation, "The Waters-Meet",
and the fishes of Missouri (information on this subject quite ex-
tensive.)
Sep. 43 Jones, S. P. Natural Resources - Their Care and Use in Wartime - What is 
the Conservation Commission doing to meet this emergency?
Sep. 43 Jones, S. P. Conservation Meeting in Washington, Mo. - Report and meeting,
and discussion of game bag limit rules.
Oct. 43 Jones, S. P. Conservation Comments - Re the current objectives of two 
Missouri conservation organizations.
ENTOMOLOGY
Aug. 43 Knapp, Erwin Birds - And the Katydid Weather Prophet - Six years of records
indicate that the date a katydid is first heard can be used to
predict the date of the first frost.
Dec. 43  Day, M. F. Reports on Mosquitoes Collected in St. Louis County
during 1942 (Transactions, Academy of Science of St. Louis, vol. 
21, no. 2, pp. 29-45, Dec. 1, 1943)
Dec. 43 Rau,Phil The Nesting Habits of Mexican Social and Solitary Wasps of the
Family Vespidae (Annals, Entomological Society of America, vol. 
36, no. 3, pp. 515-536, September, 1943)
GEOLOGY
Jan. 43 Pfeffer, Magdalene, Curator Geology Department Library - Recent additions.
Aug. 43 Dreyer, Adolph W. A Geological Exhibit Near Chain-of-Rocks - Fifty feet of Pleistocene
exposed in an almost vertical cliff.  The upper 36 feet is composed
Aug. 43 Dreyer, Adolph W. of loess, the next 6 feet of brown boulder clay, then grading down
into coarse sand, gravel and boulders.  This terminal moraine
was deposited by a lobe of the Illinois ice sheet.  The moraine is
about 3/4 mile west of the Chain-of-Rocks Waterworks and about 
a ten minute walk from the park road through Hoffman's Grove.
Sep. 43 Dreyer, Adolph W. Another Nearby Geology Exhibit - A 150 ft. high bluff containing
stratigraphic members of three major periods - the Upper 
Ordovician, the Devonian and the Mississippian.  About twenty
miles west of the city limits along the Missouri Pacific Railroad
right-of-way.
Oct. 43  Dreyer, Adolph W. Meramec Highlands Quarry - Now a picnic ground for Boy Scout
hikers.  Many fossils to be seen there.
LODGE
Mar. 43 O'Byrne, May Attention - Members - Thanks individuals who helped build the 
museum case now on display in the Webster Groves Public 
Library.
Nov. 43 Rau, Maud Shutters to Be Built - To keep windows from being broken and 
prevent the vandalism that is being experienced.
Nov. 43 Rau, Maud Shutter Making and Wood Cutting Bee at the Nature Study 
Lodge, Sunday, Nov. 7, all day.  Come early; bring lunch and 
supper, and any spare lumber for making shutters.
ORNITHOLOGY
Jan. 43 St. Louis Bird Club Lecture, 8 PM, Tuesday, Jan. 19, at the St.
Louis University Auditorium, 3642 Lindell, St. Louis.  Karl H. 
Maslowski will offer an entirely new film "From Seashore to 
Glacier".
Jan. 43 Comfort, James Earl Birds of North Carolina, Camp Butner Area
Jan. 43  Annual Christmas Bird Count.  The heavy rain of the night before
did not stop the Ornithology Group from an all day bird hunt, but
it kept the birds from furnishing an average sized list.
Feb. 43 St. Louis Bird Club Lecture, 8 PM, Monday, Feb. 8, at St. Louis
University Auditorium, 3642 Lindell Blvd.  W. F. Kubicheck of the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, will show his motion pictures 
"Haunts for the Hunted".
Feb. 43 Pauls, Charles C. A Four Year Bird Record (for the River des Peres Park in St.
Louis).  Gives boundaries of area.  108 species seen in the four
year period, and a list given.
Feb. 43 Jones, Sterling P. Spring's Advance Agent - Discussion of some of the harbingers of
spring, avian and floral.
Feb. 43 A Timely Bird Book - "Birds in Your Back Yard", by Virginia
Eifert, published by the Illinois State Museum, Springfield.
Feb. 43 Comfort, James Earl Birds of Washington, D. C.
Mar. 43 St. Louis Bird Club Lecture, 8 PM, Tuesday, March 2, at the St.
Louis University Auditorium, 3642 Lindell, St. Louis.  Alfred M.
Bailey, Director of the Colorado Museum of Natural History, will
lecture on "Color in the Southwest",
Mar. 43 SPJ Owl Disrupts Business (by perching near the top of a downtown
office building)
Apr. 43 Short, Wayne The Public Bird Walks in Forest Park - Offered each Sunday
morning in April, 7:30-10 AM, by the St. Louis Bird Club
Apr.43 Loyalty Night Saint Louis Bird Club Lecture - Monday evening, 
St.Louis University Auditorium.  Professor A. A. Allen of Cornell
University will lecture on "Listening in on the Home Life of Birds"
Apr. 43 Pickel, Frances Alexander Is Dead - a mallard duck found fifteen years ago and 
raised in the yard of Mr. Max Schwarz.
May. 43 Audubon Society of Mo. And St. Louis Bird Club Lecture - 
Because of wartime travel restriction, the Audubon Society 
will hold regional meetings this year instead of a state convention.
One of the scheduled features of the St. Louis regional meeting
will be the St. Louis Bird Club free lecture on Friday, May 7.  
Alexander Sprunt, Jr., of the National Audubon Society will present
"Shooting Wildlife with a Camera".
May. 43 Comfort, James Earl A Birder at Walter Reed Hospital - (Comfort apparently was a 
patient at Walter Reed for a while)   He tells about bird seen from
hospital room and during walks around the grounds.
Jun. 43 Comfort, James Earl Birding at Arlington National Cemetery and Fort Myers
Jul. 43 Espy Jay (S.P. Jones) The Piasa Bird - A Legendary Bird in the St. Louis Region
Jul. 43 Comfort, James Earl Birds of Washington, D. C. and Arlington National Cemetery
Jul. 43 Pfeffer, Magdalen Both I and the Phoebe Were Surprised - Account of encounter
with phoebe at Ranken Lodge.
Jul. 43 Knapp, Erwin Hungry Birds - Observations of birds feeding on parking lot on 
leftovers from employee lunches.
Aug. 43 Comfort, James Earl Birds of Arlington National Cemetery
Aug. 43 Jones, S. P. The Screech Owl and the Jays - Report of jays feeding a baby owl.
Aug. 43 Knapp, Erwin Birds and the Katydid Weather Prophet (birds seen in Franklin
County)
Aug. 43 Jones, S. P. The Cage-Bird Club - Information about this organization.
Sep. 43 Cunningham, James W. A Bird Record for the St. Louis Region - A European
Widgeon last April at Temps Clair Marsh among a flock of bald-
pates.
Sep. 43 Wildlife in Action Lecture - The first of the St. Louis Bird Club's
1943/44 natural history lecture programs will be held  on Sept. 30
at the Soldan High School Auditorium, St. Louis.  The speaker 
will be Olin S. Pettingill, Jr., of Carleton College, Northfield, Minn.
Sep. 43 Children's Bird Day and Halloween Time Quiz - On Friday, 
Oct. 29, at the Henry W. Kiel Auditorium, 1:15 to 8:15 PM.  Will
feature Gerard Darrow the Radio Quiz Kid and Bart Hartwell of
the National Audubon Society.
Sep. 43 September Return of the Wood Warblers - About 55 visit the
St. Louis area; details given.
Oct. 43 Comfort, James Earl Autumn (and Birds) at the National Capitol
Oct. 43 Saint Louis Bird Club Lectures - Gives a program schedule for 
Sept. 1943 thru May 1944.  The Bird Club is now a branch of the
National Audubon Society.
Nov. 43 Espy Jay (S. P. Jones) Vacationing in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut - Report
on the Thirty-ninth Annual Convention, National Audubon Society,
and visits to other places.
Nov. 43 Comfort, Pvt.James Earl Birding at Arlington Cemetery
Dec. 43  Espy Jay (S.P. Jones) Birds at the Woodlawn Lunch Counter - Description of a mid-
winter window ledge for birds, including fare served.
Dec. 43  Comfort, James Earl Winter Birds of Arlington Cemetery
Dec. 43  Canary and Cage Bird Exhibition - Sunday, Dec. 5, 10 AM to 
10 PM, Spry Farms, 6180 Delmar Blvd., St.Louis
Dec. 43  Jones, S. P. The Annual Christmas Count - History, Plans/schedule for
the present year. Territory to be covered, people needed, etc.
PEOPLE
Jan. 43 Bettis, Anne M. Private Letter - To Olive O'Byrne from Mrs. James R. Bettis, 
pioneer resident of Webster Groves and pioneer member of
WGNSS.  Reminiscences about early days in Webster Groves, 
at the Lodge, etc.  Recounts how she met Henry Shaw as a young
girl.
Jan. 43 Mrs. R. C. Lange - Mrs. Lange died in December.  A Life 
member and former Flower Exchange Secretary.  
Mar. 43 A Letter from Central America (from Rev. & Mrs. Walter 
Herrscher, WGNSS members) - Describes the flora and fauna
at their home in San Pedro, Sula, Honduras
Mar. 43 The Berkowitz Birds (Albert and Alice) will migrate to Iowa in 
          Gallagher of Kirkwood, early April March.   This loss follows closely on the migration of the 
Zempel birds (Arnold and Agnes), who slipped away to Kansas
City.
May. 43 New Cradle Group Members:
     Jean O'Byrne, daughter of Stuart O'Byrne - March 23.
     Sheila Mary Gallagher, daughter of William and Mary
          Gallagher of Kirkwood, early April
     Frederick O'Byrne, son; of Harold and Olive O'Byrne, 
          now well advanced in months
     Mary Elizabeth Lewis, daughter of Ralph and Dorothy 
          Lewis, born Dec. 9
Aug. 43 Mrs. Mary Evelyn Baker - Died July 3 at age 90.  She was often 
present at Group meetings.  We sympathize with Mr. & Mrs.
Comfort who took care of her during her declining years.
Aug. 43 Berkowitz News - Albert and Alice Berkowitz are now settled in
Des Moines, Iowa, and have joined the local Audubon Society.
Aug. 43 Attune Your Ears for the Sound of Wedding Bells:  Miss Iva
Leonard will marry Mr. Edward Jackson of Jefferson City in 
early September; Margaret Hill and Walter Self will also be married
in early September.
Aug. 43 A Party for Marge (Hill) and Walter (Self), Aug. 28, 8:30 
PM, for our newly engaged couple, at the home of Mrs. William
Pickens, 72 Marshall Place, Webster Groves.
Aug. 43 Another Junior/Junior Group Member - June Edith Hill, daughter
of Ludlow and Adele Hill, who arrived on June 28.
Sep. 43 Comfort, Pvt. James Earl The Thrill That Comes Once in a Lifetime - An encounter with
Dr. Arnold Zempel (now Captain Zempel) in Arlington National 
Aug. 43 Cemetery.  
Sep. 43 Wayne Short, president of the St. Louis Bird Club, has been 
selected as Assistant of the Executive and Midwestern Repre-
sentative of the National Audubon Society.
Nov. 43 Rau, Maud A Tribute to Mrs. Pickens - On Thursday, Nov. 11, at 7:30 
PM, at the Green Parrot Inn in Kirkwood.
Nov. 43 Comfort, Pvt. James Earl Birding at Arlington Cemetery
Nov. 43 Comfort, Harry B. A Duck Hunter's Side of the Game Bird Question 
Nov. 43 Pheasants in Missouri Protected - permission to shoot pheasants
under certain specified conditions has been withdrawan.
MISCELLANEOUS
Feb. 43 Bowman, Helen O. The Image in the Rock - Discussion of stone art objects in the 
St. Louis Art Museum.
Feb. 43 Natural History course at W. W. in Biology and Geology of  the
local area, to be conducted by Harold O'Byrne, now Conservator
at Rockwoods Reservation.
Mar. 43 The Museum of National Expansion (in the Old Court House at
4th and Market Streets.
May. 43 Rockwoods Doings - The George W. Letterman Wildlife Exhibit
will be dedicated at 3:30 PM Sunday, May 23.  Letterman was
for many years a teacher at Allenton school and one of the
earliest naturalists in the area now forming Rockwoods Reservation.
Jun. 43 Exhibit of Missouri Iron - Recently on display at the Webster 
Groves Public Library.  Exhibit provided by the Geology Dept. of
Washington University and mounted in the recently completed
WGNSS display by the Lodge Museum Director, Ralph Lewis.
Jun. 43 Rockwoods News - The dedication of the Wldlife Exhibit on May 23
   was a great success.  81 braved the rain to attend.
Sep. 43 Necessity is the Mother of Invention - How the study of bat's echo
system contributed to the development of radar.  (from the Chau-
tauqua Mazine, New York)
Dec. 43 Hill, Helen New Nature Exhibit at (Webster Groves) Library - Displays 
fossils from Deer Creek, a branch of the River des Peres. 
Exhibit arranged by Museum Director Ralph Lewis and Vice-
President Helen Hill.
ADMINISTRATIVE
Mar. 43 Proposed Amendment to Constitution (stating that WGNSS will
cease to be a section or affiliate of the American Nature Study
Society.)  Pros and Cons of the move.
Mar. 43 New Members  (3 total)
Mar. 43 Nominating Committee:  Miss Helen Bowman, Chair., Mrs, May 
O'Byrne, and Harry B. Comfort.  Suggestions welcome.
May. 43 Passing in Review - Historical note on this, the first issue of the
fifteenth volume of Nature Notes.  Credits Stuart L. O'Byrne with
the idea of replacing the monthly letter with a Bulletin on nature 
news.  Credits Mrs. Charles A. Fitz Gerald of Kirkwood with 
proposing the name "Nature Notes" chosen for the Bulletin.
May. 43  Introducing the new officers, elected at the annual meeting 
on April 2:
     President - David Rau
     Vice-President - Arthur Pfaff
     Vice-President - Mrs. Helen Hill
     Secretary-Treasurer - Mrs. Edith Long
     Lodge Director - Max D. Schwarz (succeeding himself)
     Lodge Museum Director - Ralph H. Lewis (succeeding himself)
     Curator of Properties - Mrs. Harry B. Comfort
     Chairman of Society's delegates to the National Resources
          Council - Miss Frances Pickel
     Editor - S. P. Jones (for a second term)
Aug. 43  R. H. L. Section Memberships - American Nature Study Society - Following
the termination of the status of WGNSS as an affiliate of the 
American Nature Study Society in April, another type of member-
ship in the ANSS is available.  Details given.
MEETINGS
Jan. 43 WGNSS General Meeting, 8 PM, Friday, Jan. 29, at the Old
St. Louis Court House, 415 Market St., St. Louis.  Talk on The
Natural Environment and National Expansion and a visit to The
Museum of National Expansion.
Mar. 43 WGNSS General Meeting, 8 PM, Friday, March 5, at the home 
of Mr. & Mrs. Max Schwarz, 625 Tuxdedo Blvd., Webster 
Groves.  Program:  1) Conservation Newsreel, and  2) Missouri
Out-of-Doors, by Harold O'Byrne.
Apr. 43 The Annual Meeting and Election of Officers will be held on 
Friday, April 2.  At this meeting the resolution published in the
March issue of Nature Notes re changes in the Constitution/
By-Laws of the Society will be voted on.  Two reels of motion
pictures, "The Goldfinch" and "Feeding Young Birds", will also be
shown.  The meeting will be at the home of Mrs. William Pickens,
72 Marshall Place, Webser Groves, starting at 8 PM.
May. 43 All Day Field Meeting at the Nature Study Lodge on Sunday, 
May. 16. Starts at 10 AM wih trail trip.  Miscellaneous jaunts
and events in the afternoon;  stargazing at night and a campfire
circle.
Jun. 43 At Nature Study Lodge, May 16 - Only a few members turned up
on that bright shunshiny May day, but the field trips were interesting
the wildflowers abundant and beautiful, and the day perfect.  The
small turnout attributed to gas rationing.
Jul. 43 General Field Trip, Nature Study Lodge, Sunday, July 25, starting
at 2 PM.  Astronomy observations in the evening.  Rides furnished.
Sep.43 WGNSS General Meeting, 8 PM, at the Old St. Louis Courthouse, 
415 Market St., St. Louis.  Joint Meeting with the St. Louis 
Academy of Science.  Dr. E. P. Meiners will present an 
illustrated talk on The Life and Works of C. U. Riley, in 
connection with a special exhibition on Riley in the Museum of
National Expansion.
Oct. 43 Combined Ornithology and WGNSS General Meeting, 8 PM,
Friday, Oct. 22, at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Max D. Schwarz, 
625 Tuxedo, Webster Groves.  Mr. & Mrs. George E. Moore of 
Meramec State Park will show color picures and slides.