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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



I. A. A. Board to Elect 



Director for 24th Dist. 



Method of Filling Vacancies Ex- 

 plained in Statement by 

 Kirkpatrick 



THE vac.incv in the board of direc- 

 tors of the I. A. A. caused by the 

 death of Chas. L. Scott of Grayville 

 has aroused much interest over the state 

 . in the mctliod provided by the consti- 

 tution and by-laws fiHing such a va- 

 cancy. 



An opinion submitted to the direc- 

 tors by Donald Kirkpatrick, legal coun- 

 sel, at their last meeting advises as fol- 

 lows: 



"Section 6 of Article II of the 

 by-laws of Illinois Agricultural As- 

 sociation provides that the board of 

 directors shall elect a successor quali- 

 fied to hold office for the unexpired 

 term of office of the director. This 

 section further provides that in the 

 selection of a director by the board 

 to fill a vacanc)', the selection shall 

 be made from members residing in 

 the district, and that the board of 

 directors in making such selection 

 shall give preference to the informal 

 nominations solicited from the dele- 

 gates representing the members in 

 the congressional district. 



"I am of the opinion that the 

 board of directors should take action 

 at its next meeting authorizing and 

 directing the secretary of the asso- 

 ciation to solicit nominations of per- 

 sons qualified from the several dele- 

 gates in the district. After selec- 

 tion has been made from the dele- 

 gates within the district for informal 

 nominations, and after reasonable op- 

 portunity has been given to such 

 delegates to respond to such informal 

 nominations, the board of directors 

 should proceed to the election of a 

 member to fill the vacancy. 



"The board can select a member 

 from the informal nominations made 

 by the delegates or elect from among 

 other persons qualified to act as a 

 member of your board. The selec- 

 tion of a member from the informal 

 nominations is not mandatory but 

 should, in my opinion, be carefully 

 considered and selection made there- 

 from as a matter of good adminis- 

 trative policy." 



On motion duly made by Mr. 

 Wright, seconded by Mr. Black, it was 

 unanimously moved at the July 22 

 meeting of the board "That the secre- 

 tar\' of the Association be authorized 

 and directed to carry out the provi- 

 sions of Section 6 of Article II of the 

 By-Laws of the Association in filling the 

 vacancv in the board of directors, ere- 



IN MEMORIAM 



NEWS of the untimely death 

 of Charles L. Scott, director 

 on the I. A. A. board from the 

 24th district, who passed away at 

 his home in Edwards county the 

 morning of July 15, was received 

 witii great sorrow at the I. A. A. 

 offices in Chicago, and by Farm 

 Bureau members throughout sec- 

 tions where Mr. Scott was well 

 known. 



For \ears C^harles I.. Scott has 

 been identified prominently with 

 the Farm Bu- 

 r e a u move- 

 ment in south- 

 eastern Illinois. 

 He was an 

 outstanding 

 ea ler in his 

 cc .imunity, a 

 former mem- 

 ber of the state 

 egislature, was 

 a charter 

 member of the 

 Edwards County Farm Bureau, 

 and for years was on its executive 

 committee. 



Mr. Scott was a grain farmer 

 and for the past five years repre- 

 sented Illinois wheat growers on 

 the board of directors of the Cen- 

 tral States Soft Wheat Growers' 

 Association with headquarters at 

 Indianapolis. He served as presi- 

 dent of the association for one 

 vear. and more recently was vice- 

 president the Central States Grain 

 Elevator Corporation. 



The heat accompanied by over- 

 exertion during the harvest season 



C'hnx. I.. Scott 



and a chronic, internal disorder 

 are thought to have been the cause 

 of Mr. Scott's sudden passing on. 



W. L. Cope of Salem and Fred 

 Dietz of De Soto represented the 

 I. A. A. at the funeral on July 17. 



At its regular meeting in Chi- 

 cago on July 22, the Board of 

 Directors passed the following 

 resolution: 



"WHEREAS, In the death of 

 Charles L. Scott, a member of 

 the board of directors of the 

 Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion, there has been lost to the 

 state and to his community 

 one of its foremost citizens, a 

 man of keen intellect, of gen- 

 ial personality, a builder of 

 constructive force, and a 

 counsellor of wisdom, now, 

 therefore, be it 



"RESOLVED, That the board 

 of directors of the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association, be- 

 ing deeply sensible of the loss 

 thus sustained, shall and it 

 hereby does note in its records 

 its tribute to the life and 

 worth of Mr. Charles L. Scott, 

 and its appreciation of his 

 noble character and the emi- 

 nent services he has rendered 

 to his country and to hu- 

 manity; and be it further 



"RESOLVED, That a copy of 

 this resolution be tendered to 

 his bereaved family and that 

 a copy be spread on the min- 

 utes of this meeting of the 

 board of directors." 



ated by the death of Mr. Charles -L. 

 Scott." 



In the meantime representatives of 

 the counties in the 24th congressional 

 district had held a meeting .U Carmi 

 and selected W. A. Grant of ILirii^- 

 burg to represent the district at I. .\. .•\. 

 board meetings in an intorm.il c.ip.icity 

 until a successor to the late .\Ir. Scott 

 is legally elected. Mr. Grant attended 

 the board meeting on July 22. and wa"^ 

 invited to be present at the August 

 meeting pending the election of a suc- 

 cessor. 



Advisers Move 



MALCOLM H. WATSOX, county 

 adviser in Kendall county, re- 

 cently resigned to go into the oil busi- 

 ness in the state of Colorado. His suc- 



cessor is W. P. Miller, formerly faim 

 adviser in Brown county. Miller begpn 

 work in Kend.dl county August 1. 



E. A. C'.irncross. f.irm adviser fo/ the 

 past eiuiit years in DuP.tj^e county, 

 wlure lie made an excellent record of 

 .iccompii^hment, recently resigned to 

 become uencr.il ai:ent to handle the va- 

 rious Farm Bureau insurance services in 

 Cook county. 



O. L. V."elch of Sciota, McDonough 

 Count\' Farm Bureau, has been em- 

 ployed to succeed J. H. Lloyd as farm 

 adviser in Hancock county. 



.Mr. Welch graduated from the Uni- 

 versity of Illinois in 1922, and since 

 that time has of>crated a 320-acre grain 

 and live stock farm about a mile north 

 of Sciota. He has been a leader in 

 many community enterprises. He will 

 begin work about Sept. 1. 



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