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Women's Weekly

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This week’s, December 19th, 1964, Women’s Weekly: Bridge News, Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Bramblett won the South Pacific Duplicate Bridge; Aunt Belle’s Scrapbook, poems are Never Court But One and Do They Miss me at Home; Notes on the Guam Woman, home…

The Last Word on Lattes Photo 7

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Simulated latte and house in the Tumon High School courtyard built for the pageant ‘I am Chamorri’ represent popular interpretation of purpose of the Latte. (J. Beaty)

The Last Word on Lattes Photo 5

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Most Guam latte resemble this one made of coral found at the Cognga site before the area was cleared in 1958

The Last Word on Lattes

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An article by Janice J. Beaty with accompany photos by A. Ratzlaff. Beaty gives an overall history of the latte stone along with prevailing theories and legends of creation

Shells Alive Photo 7

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The Tridacna Clam is often half buried on the reef where it lives

Shells Alive Photo 6

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One of the largest Guam Cones is the Lettered Cone – and animal that spends the nights eating marine worms

Shells Alive Photo 5

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The Spotted Auger of Guam burrows just under the surface of the sand at night

Shells Alive Photo 4

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Patridge Tun. This shell is large and fat with thin walls. The animal is even larger and cannot hide itself completely within its own walls

Shells Alive Photo 3

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Money Cowries and Gold-ringer Cowries. In the olden days, an African elephant tusk was sold for 200,000 of these tiny shells

Shells Alive Photo 2

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Tiger Cowry. This large Pacific cowry is common around tropical islands and highly prized as a decoration