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Stones and Bones: A 50th Birthday Party For Perry Mastodon

Joseph Moore, Community Contributor

Join
Wheaton College in the Meyer Science Center for Stones
and Bones: A 50th Birthday Party for the Perry Mastodon.



The
family-friendly open house features geology-themed activities, crafts, games, a
community art project and birthday treats. It will also include appearances by
Stertorus "Tor" Thunder, Wheaton's plush mastodon mascot.



The
open house commemorates the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the skeleton
of a Mastodon Americanus on the Glen Ellyn property of U.S. Federal District
Court Judge Joseph Sam Perry. The Perry Mastadon was excavated by Wheaton
College geology majors, then restored. It has been on display on Wheaton's
campus since 1973.

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