Fifty years of SUCCESS

Stories Unearthed from the Collected Correspondenceof the Entomological Society of Saskatchewan

Cedric Gillott

31 MAY 1952

LLOYD PUTNAM - first President of the ESS

CLIFFORD E. BROWNFirst Vice-President

M.N. (MAC) MACLEODFirst Secretary-Treasurer

ESS Membership 1952 - 2002

Joint meetings

Regional

National

1960

Dues $1

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JOINT MEETINGS

National

1960 ESC (Saskatoon) ($203)

1968 ESC (Saskatoon)

1975 ESC/CBA/CPS (Saskatoon)

1983 ESC (Regina)

1992 ESC (Saskatoon) ($6700)

1999 ESC (Saskatoon)

Regional

1967 ESA (Edmonton)

1978 ESA (Lethbridge)

1980 ESA (Saskatoon)

1985 ESM (Winnipeg)

1994 ESA (Canmore)

BEES IN THE BONNET!

Expressed ‘regret that the entire agenda of the meeting made no inclusion of entomology per se’

Art Brooks (1960)

Objected to the inclusion of Roy Edwards as an invited speaker for thecentennial of the ESC, on the grounds that he was unable to deal

objectively with the topic assigned!(‘Past, present and future research on the ecology of prairie grasshoppers’)

The Executive (1962)

Applauded the ESC members for ‘ignoring the common names of insectsbecause .. it is better that insects not be called by common names’

Howard McDonald (1963)

Joint meetings

Regional

National

1960

Dues $1

1961

Student AwardsBrooks Prize

Best Paper Award

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STUDENT AWARDS

1961 ESS Student Award - Larry Burgess($20 value, for ‘book[s], collecting equipment,or an instrument set’)

1963 A.R. Brooks Memorial Prize - Bob Byers($500 scholarship, cash award)

1986 Best Student Paper Award - Kevin Floate($100 cash prize)

1962

Proceedings

Joint meetings

Regional

National

1960

Dues $1

1961

Student AwardsBrooks Prize

Best Paper Award

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1962

Proceedings

Joint meetings

Regional

National

1960

Dues $1

1961

Student AwardsBrooks Prize

Best Paper Award

Insignia

1965

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INSIGNIA

Dr. Jacob G. Rempel F.R.S.C.

1972

Student & AmateurEncouragement

1962

Proceedings

Joint meetings

Regional

National

1960

Dues $1

1961

Student AwardsBrooks Prize

Best Paper Award

Insignia

1965

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STUDENT AND AMATEUR ENCOURAGEMENT

(1954, Art Brooks ‘committee of one’; 75 cent pamphlet)

1972 Student Encouragement Committee

1979/80 Student and Amateur Encouragement Committee

1984 Microscope

Activities

Presentations to schools and groups (scouts, clubs)Displays (schools, shopping malls)

Gardenscape (Little Green Thumbs and Society booth)Bug Club (Regina)

Field tripsParticipation in BioScan (U. of S. Biology Club)

U. of S. Summer Science Camp (to First Nations Students)Ecology Camp (U. of S.)

Mentoring school science projectsHortWeek (Identifying Insects in Your Yard and Garden)

Saskatchewan InsectSurveys

1977

Dues $5 (Students $2)

1972

Student & AmateurEncouragement

1962

Proceedings

Joint meetings

Regional

National

1960

Dues $1

1961

Student AwardsBrooks Prize

Best Paper Award

Insignia

1965

1974 Dues $2 No!

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SASKATCHEWAN INSECT SURVEYS

1984: bumblebees,Phil Curry

1986: blackflies,Hartley Fredeen

Incorporation

1978

Saskatchewan InsectSurveys

1977

Dues $5 (Students $2)

1972

Student & AmateurEncouragement

1962

Proceedings

Joint meetings

Regional

National

1960

Dues $1

1961

Student AwardsBrooks Prize

Best Paper Award

Insignia

1965

1974 Dues $2 !!!

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Field Trips1995

1987 Dues $10 (Students $4)

1985

Slide Library

1983

Entomologists of Saskatchewan

1980

Newsletter

Saskatchewan Insect Surveys

Student & AmateurEncouragement

Proceedings

Joint meetings Student Awards

Insignia

Incorporation

31 MAY 1952

FIELD TRIPS1957 Elbow 1996 Big Muddy Badlands 1998 Waskesiu

1995 Great Sand Hills

Annual General Meeting, 1995 - 4L Motel, Leader, SK

2000 Dues $20 (Students $5)

1995

Canola Video

1987 Dues $10 (Students $4)

1985

Slide Library

1983

Entomologists of Saskatchewan

1980

Newsletter

Field Trips1995

Saskatchewan Insect Surveys

Student & AmateurEncouragement

Proceedings

Joint meetings Student Awards

Insignia

Incorporation

31 MAY 1952

The Canola Video - 1995

CONCLUSIONS

1. The data show that the Society has enjoyed remarkable success during its first half century.

2. The Society has demonstrated excellent ability to compete alongside larger and older regional societies when it comes to: (a) hosting joint meetings with the national and other regional societies (b) recognizing the excellence of student entomologists (c) encouraging amateurs, young and old, to foster their interest in ‘bugs’ (d) devising innovative means of accruing a healthy bank balance!

3. The Society has set itself high standards during the first 50 years. I am confident that these standards will at least be matched as we move towards our centenary!

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Dennis Dyck - for ‘powerfully pointing’ me in the right direction

Owen Olfert and Murray Braun - for successfully locating the minute books etc.