Peggy and all,

Actually Bill Frank responded privately to the gal looking for info on
Corrinne and was able to help out quite a bit.  Thanks,

Tom E

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> From: Conchologists of America List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> Behalf Of Peggy Williams
> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 9:22 PM
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> Subject: Re: Geneology Search
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>
> Lt Col Corrinne Edwards (Ret) was a great ol' gal when I knew her. I
> first met her at my very first shell club meeting in 1974. There was a
> table of shells at the front of the meeting room and I was looking them
> over, thinking "this shell looks like a cerith - must be related to
> ours", etc, when a little woman came up to me and commanded, "Here, you
> sit in the front row - you looked at the shells!" It was Corinne, who
> was speaking on her trip to Australia.
>
> She came on a trip with me to Roatan, Honduras in 1979 and collected
> (among other things) an Acanthopleura granulata, the common Atlantic
> Fuzzy Chiton. She didn't have a board to tie it to so she tied it to a
> chair leg with some of that heavy tape that has fabric cords through it
> to make it impossible to break. The chiton curled itself enough to
> break away and crawl off!
>
> Her exhibits (that I saw) were far from the professional-looking ones
> we see today (or even then), but they had fascinating subjects with
> different twists and were always educational.
>
> I've heard some wonderful stories about her from members of the Greater
> Miami Shell Club. Somebody come through, will you?
>
> Peggy
>
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