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There was no great variety of bird
stories this month - Alan Thomas reported
large flocks of wild geese flying north last
Saturday, Claire Hutton saw three great blue
herons on a nearby pond, and Betty Ligon
has seen a large hawk, possibly a red
tail, nearby. Flora Goff told an interesting
episode of the rescue of a sea gull which
had gotten a claw stuck in a piling near
where they were staying on the Island Water
way in Florida. Sarah Mannakee recollects
a nest she saw quite some time ago -
lined with her brothers red hair - her
father served as the family barber in
those days. That story made me
wonder how birds were making out
these days - with all the long - hairs
and wigs.

Robert Miller reported that the local
Lion's Club and Boy Scouts were
cleaning out and around the old
Sandy Spring - What a nice
community project!

The secretary read letters of resignation
from Elizabeth Canby and Zela
Heckendorn, and she was instructed