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THE AUDUBON BULLETIN 



The May wood Bird Club 



The Maywood Bird Club, organized in March, 1917, has accomplished 

 so much in the few months of its existence that a summary of its activities 

 should prove of value. A vigorous publicity campaign marked its begin- 

 ning. It started off with a live membership of adults and with business 

 and professional men among its list of officers. During the first six months 

 of its existence it had several interesting public gatherings, conducted bird 

 hikes on Saturday afternoons, enrolled twelve teachers and three hundred 

 children in Junior Audubon classes, pushed through the Village Board a 

 "Cat Ordinance," appeared, through its representative, before a circuit 

 judge in defence of the ordinance and received much free advertising in the 

 Chicago papers. It had enrolled as a member of the National Audubon 

 Society and had become a contributing member of the Illinois Audubon 

 Society. 



It is worth while examining the methods through which the Club was 

 able to accomplish so much in so short a time. At the time of its organiza- 

 tion the Club distributed handbills to attract attention to its program. A 

 copy of one is here reproduced. 



It held its meeting in the Village Hall, which it filled to overflowing, 

 and it reported its activities fully in the columns of the local papers. A 

 circular stating the specific aims of the Club was sent out. This included 



carefully prepared instructions 

 as to building and placing bird 

 nesting-boxes, suggestions as to 

 suppressing the activities of cats 

 and English sparrows, and 

 blank spaces were provided for 

 a bird census, the latter to be 

 published in the local papers at 

 the end of the season. 



Mr. Samuel A. Harper, a 

 lawyer with offices in Chicago, 

 was chosen President of the 

 Club and for its Secretary it 

 has had Mr. Roy Langdon, an 

 energetic young business man 

 with a genius for organization. 

 Mr. Harper is the author of a 

 work just coming from the Al- 

 derbrook press entitled "Twelve 

 Months with the Birds and 

 Poets." 



With the co-operation of 

 Supt. LaRowe of the city 

 schools, the "Burroughs Asso- 

 ciation of Junior Audubon 

 Classes" was organized in the 

 schools on Burroughs' birth- 

 day, each class taking for its 

 name that of some favorite 



Join the 



MAYWOOD 



BIRD CLUB 



Have you ever considered how fortunately our village is 

 located along the wooded Desplaines Valley for the attraction 

 of a great variety of wild birds? 



Do you know that 150 or more species of birds can be seen 

 in Maywood during a season? What a wealth of song and 

 beauty they bring into our community! 



The purpose of the Maywood Bird Club is to arouse an 

 interest in bird life and to encourage birds to come and stay, by 

 protecting them against their enemies, by putting up bird 

 houses, bird baths and feeding stations. 



Why not lend your influence to this movement by becom- 

 ing a member and attending a special meeting of the club to 

 be held in the Village Hall. 



Next Monday, April 2nd 



AT 8:00 P.M. 



Children are entitled to membership fronf date of enroll- 

 ment until fifteen years of age upon payment of 10 cents. The 

 fee entitling adults to active membership is 50 cents per annum. 



REMEMBER THE DATE AND PLACE. THIS WILL BE ' 

 YOUR LAST CHANCE TO ENROLL AS A CHARTER MEM- 

 BER. 



Roy M. Landon, Sec, 



709 N. Third Ave. 



Telephone 804J 



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