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Farmers Sign Up for 

 CONVENTION TRIPS 



RESERVATION REQUEST 



Roy P. JohiMon 



Illinois Agricultural Asiociotien 



43 E. Ohio Strcat, Chicago 1 1, III. 



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Hero's my roquost lor roservotions on tho lAA special 

 train. Please maice train reservations for tho following 



number of persons: These train reservations are 



for the following route: (Chock route desired) (a) 

 Eastern trip on Pennsylvania Railroad (b) South- 

 ern trip on Illinois Central Railroad 



I want my reservcrtien for the following type of Pull- 

 man can (Checic type desired) (a) Intermediate Pullman 



can (b) Standard Pullman can 



(Standard Pullman cars are newer and more expensive 

 but lioth types of cars provide the same travel comforts). 



I wish the following type of berth: 



(aj Uwer fo 



(b) Upper for one . . . 



(c) lower for two . . . 



(d) Compartment for 

 two 



(e) Compartment for 



(f) Drawing room for two 



(g) Drawing room for 



three 



(h) Drawing room for 



four 



(i) Coach seat 



I also wish to reserve hotel reservations while at At- 

 lantic City for the following number of persons: 



Following are the names and addresses of members of my 



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JUST what we've been waiting for — a vacation trip 

 to the convention." This is the message we've been 

 receiving from folks who sent in their requests for 

 a berth on the lAA caravan trains the day they 

 read the good news in last month's RECORD. 

 As you know, two special trains will carry Illinois Farm 

 Bureau members to the annual convention of the American 

 Farm Bureau Federation which will be held in December in 

 Atlantic City. 



The first request for the southern train trip came to the lAA 

 office from Mr. and Mrs. Mark Williams of Dixon, Lee county, 

 and for the eastern trip from Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Gomel and 

 Mr. and Mrs. Carl Kepp of Annawan, Henry county. 



More than 70 requests were sent in during the first week. 

 So if you want to go east this fall, make your reservations early 

 by completing and sending in the reservation request on this 

 page. 



Any questions you have relating to the trip and convention, 

 including train ticket and hotel reservations during the AFBF 

 annual meeting, should be addressed to Roy Johnson, Illinois 

 Agricultural Association, 43 E. Ohio Street, Chicago 11, 111. 



The southern tour will leave on the Illinois Central Railroad 

 Dec. 5 and will arrive at Atlantic City Dec. 13. It will leave 

 after the convention Dec. 16, arriving in Chicago the next day. 

 The eastern caravan will leave Chicago Dec. 8 on the Penn- 

 sylvania Railroad, arriving at Atlantic City Dec. 1 3. It will leave 

 Dec. 16, returning to Chicago by way of New York City. Both 

 trains will stop at Washington, D. C. 



The railroads are planning a number of side trijjs and these 

 are included in the costs of the train 

 fares. A feature of the eastern trip 

 will be a tour of Beltsville, the United 

 States Department of Agriculture Experi- 

 mental Farm. On the southern tour, 

 a sp>ecial side trip will include a ride 

 in a glass bottom boat at Silver Springs, 

 Florida. 



The southern trip, the longest of the 

 two, will cost about $220 and the eastern 

 tour about $175. Both figures include 

 the cost of the railroad ticket, most 

 meals en route, tips, and special sight- 

 seeing junkets. 



For help in filling out the reservation 

 request see the July Record, where a 

 complete schedule of train fares is shown, 

 listing the prices and availability of vari- 

 ous berths. 



AUGUST, 1948 



