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Heads Baseball League 



Five New Counties Propose to Enter 

 Teams in 1928 Race 



Minute* of annuo/ mseting of the lUinoie 

 Farm Bureau Batball League, Room K, Fort 

 Armetrong Hotel, Wednetday, Jan. IS, l»tS. 

 Rock Itland. 



'X'HE meeting was called to order 

 1 at 9:30 a. m. by Secretary E. G. 

 Thiem in the absence of President 

 George R. Cline and Vice-President 

 W. G. Griffith. 



Between 75 and 100 delegates, mem- 

 bers, and visitors were present. 



The first order of business was the 

 election of a temporary chairman. C. 

 R. Ford, president of the Peoria 

 County Farm Bureau, was duly nomin- 

 ated and in the absence of other nom- 

 inations, was elected without opposi- 

 tion. 



The secretary-treasurer's report was 

 next presented. It was moved and 

 seconded that the report be accepted 

 as read. Carried. 



The financial statement of the 

 league, as read by the secretary-treas- 

 urer, showed a balance on hand as of 

 December 31, 1927, of $102.98. Sub- 

 sequently, |25 for 1927 dues was re- 

 ceived bringing the total to $127.98. 



Committeet Announced 



Following the reports it was moved 

 and seconded that a committee be ap- 

 pointed for the purpose of appointing 

 committees on credentials, resolutions 

 and eligibility, and nominations. 



Harrison Fahrnkopf of McLean 

 County, chairman of this committee, 

 reported as follows: for the committee 

 on credentials, E. G. Thiem, E. D. 

 Walker, of Henderson County, and 

 ' H. O. Tedford, of Lawrence County; 

 for the committee on resolutions and 

 eligribility, W. A. Stevenson, Hender- 

 son County, Harrison Fahrnkopf, Mc- 

 Lean County, and L. R. Welk, Taze- 

 well County; for the committee on 

 nominations, Guy Husted, Cass 

 County, Theodore Stimpert, Wood- 

 ford County, and F. E. Fuller, Marsh- 

 all-PutAam County. 



It was moved and seconded that the 

 report of the committee on committees 

 be accepted as read. Carried. 



I Eligibility A Problem 



A discussion of rules and plans for 

 1928 was next taken up. The ques- 

 tion of eligibility was first considered. 

 After much discussion pro and con on 

 the question as to whether or not 

 the league should be opened to all 

 Farm Bureau members and their fam- 

 ilies regardless of residence or oc- 

 cupation, the report of the committee 

 on resolutions and eligibility was call- 

 ed for. Mr. Fahrnkopf of McLean 

 County reported for the committee 

 and advised that it favored the fol- 

 lowing amendment to the eligibility 

 clause in the constitution. Article IV, 

 Section 1: 



Tke New Amendment 

 "Any Farm Bureau member or 



member of his family whose business 

 is farming and whose principal in- 

 come is derived from farming, pro- 

 vided said Farm Bureau membership 

 shall be contracted for in the custom- 

 ary way, shall be eligrible to play in 

 this League. Said elig^ibility must be 

 certified to by the directors or farm 

 adviser from each county." 



The committee, likewise, submitted 

 a more liberal amendment declaring 

 any Farm Bureau member or member 

 of his family eligible to play in the 

 League. The first proposed amend- 

 ment was favored by the committee. 



To determine which delegates were 

 entitled to vote. Secretary Thiem next 

 reported for the credentials committee. 

 The following were credited as voting 

 delegates having fulfilled all the re- 

 quirements necessary to that office: 

 Guy Husted, Cass County; Theodore 

 Stimpert, Woodford County; George 

 Clark, McLean County; W. P. Miller, 

 Brown County; F. M. Hastings, Mar- 

 shall-Putnam County; Sam McClugage, 

 Peoria County; L. R. Welk, Tazewell 

 County; W. E. Foard, Bond County; 

 J. D. Burns, DeWitt County; H. O. 

 Tedford, Lawrence County; and W. A. 

 Stevenson, Henderson County. Adams 

 and Effingham counties, both of which 

 were eligible to one delegate each, 

 were not represented. 



Counties Fay Up 



This made a total of 11 accredited 

 voting delegates representing 11 coun- 

 ties. 



Following the reading of this list the 

 following counties paid their dues and 

 be came eligible to vote : Logan, War- 

 ren, Jefferson, and Morgran. Dele- 

 gates accredited from these counties 

 were as follows: J. H. Checkley, Lo- 

 gan County; Curtis Bates, Warren 

 County; L. R. Caldwell of Jefferson 

 County, and F. A. Fisher of Morgan 

 County. 



Amendment Adopted 



After considerable sparring around 

 it was moved and seconded that the 

 recommendations of the committee on 

 eligibility be accepted and that the 

 first amendment proposed be incorpor- 

 ated into the constitution and by-laws. 

 Roll call on this motion was asked for. 

 the Counties voting in favor of the 

 motion were as follows: Cass, McLean, 

 Brown, Marshall-Putnam, Peoria, Taze- 

 well, DeWitt, Henderson, Logan, and 

 Warren; against the motion, Wood- 

 ford, Bond, Lawrence, and Jefferson. 

 The count showed 10 in favor, and 

 four against. Inasmuch as only a two- 

 thirds vote is required to amend the 

 constitution, the amendment, there- 

 fore, was declared adopted. 



A discussion now followed regard- 

 ing the interpretation of the amend- 

 ment. Several delegates voiced their 

 opinions regarding the interpretation. 

 After much deliberation it was moved 

 by Tedford of Lawrence County that 

 the word "dependent" be inserted be- 

 fore the word "member." The mo- 

 tion was seconded. A roll call vol* on 



Chu. S. Black 



Black Is New Director Dist. 20 



Was Eight Years President of Morgan 

 County Farm Bureau 



CHARLES S. BLACK, recently 

 elected to the I. A. A. Executive 

 Committee from the 20th district, was 

 born in 1869 on a 

 farm in Morgan 

 county near Jack- 

 sonville, Illinois. 

 After finishing the 

 elementary 

 schools, he entered 

 Brown's Business 

 College at Jack- 

 sonville where he 

 later g^raduated. 



Mr. Black and 

 his two sons are 

 farming BOO acres 

 of land. He also 

 superintends the 

 farming of 600 additional acres. He 

 has always taken an active part in all 

 community enterprises. He served as 

 school director for 26 consecutive 

 years, and has held various offices in 

 the Methodist Episcopal Church. 



Eight Years President 



Mr. Black helped organize the Mor- 

 gan County Farm Bureau and served 

 eight years as president. He was un- 

 tiring in his efforts to make it a suc- 

 cess. He was a charter director of 

 The Farmers Stote Bank and Trust 

 Company and is a vice-president of 

 that institution at the present time. 

 He is also affiliated with a number of 

 fraternal orders, being a thirty-second 

 degree Mason, a Shriner, and now 

 Commander of Hospitaller Command- 

 ery, No. 31, Knighte Templar. He 

 also belongs to the Odd Fellows, 

 Knights of Pythias, Anti-Horse Thief 

 Association, and is a farmer member 

 of the Rotary Club, Jacksonville. 



Mr. Black is the first Morgan county 

 man to be elected to the I. A. A. Ex- 

 ecutive Committee. He is the fifth 

 representative on the I. A. A. Board 

 from the 20th District. His prede- 

 cessors were: Jos. R. Fulkerson, Jer- 

 sey county; W. A. McNeill, Case 

 county; Earl C. Smith, Pike county, 

 and Charles Borgelt, Mason county. 



this question was obtained, resulting 

 in seven votes in favor and only two 

 against. The motion was declared 

 carried. 



I How It Reads Now 



The amendment as amended now 

 reads as follows: "Any Farm Bureau 

 member or dependent member of his 

 family whose business is farming, pro- 

 vided said Farm Boreau membership 

 shall be contracted for in the cus- 

 tomary way, shall be eligible to play 

 in this League. Said eligibility most 

 be certified to by the directors or farm 

 adviser from each county." 



After a discussion regarding the 

 time of opening the season, it was d»- 

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